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Show BOISE in 110 I UNION BASEBALL I ASSOCIATION On Wednesday afternoon. President F. Murphy of the Union association associa-tion met with the dlrpctors of the Boise baseball club and President W. N. Sweet of the Tri-state league. Tho proposal to Boise to join the Union association was discussed but no definite de-finite action was taken. President Murphy told the Boise promoters that the Montana and Utah teams were unanimous in extending an invitation to Boise to join the Union Un-ion Association. The matter of making an eight-club league was also discussed at the BoIsp meeting. The plans proposed would give Idaho Falls and Pocatello a franchise between them and Boise the other one. If this combination should fail it is probable that Boise i will succeed Great Falls following tbe meeting of President Murphy, with a number of Pocatello baseball "fans" last Tuesday night, the general opinion of the PocatPllo men who were at the meeting was given in an open letter, published by the Pocatello Tribune. The letter follows: "Present indications are that Boise will not again be a member of the Western Tri-State league. Boise be ing the largest city in that league, had to carry the financial burden of the league, having a profitable gate at home, only to lose out while on the road. It now looks as though the Union association will be composed only of Great Falls. Butte, Missoulo ' and Helena, with a possible change in the league name, as all the aboe towns are in Montana "Here is a grand chance for Poca- tello to get In on the realizement Boise certainly wants no Union association asso-ciation connection, as the swing 1 around the circle away up Into northern north-ern Montana involves too much expense ex-pense in transportation. Boise has tried it before and knows the cost "Now. then, a new league with Poise. Pocatello. Ogden and Salt Lake would be a winner financially, as the longest haul between teams would be from Pocatello to Boise. The latter , m city is. however, an A-l baseball town and the teams journeying there would not feel the strain. "Pocatello. of course, is not in a class with the other cities of the pro-rosed pro-rosed league in population, but being right on the line of the circuit, is the only logical fourth member of the new league. Every lover of baseball in Pocatello should take kindly to this There should be no difficulty in securing the necessary backing in I Pocatello to finance the deal. It does I take more than sentiment and love k u?e Same to make a successful baseball club. In the past Pocatello nas had sundry baseball teams composed com-posed of players who worked in other callings for a livelihood. The writer commends the suggestion made here H to the Pocatello Commercial club tor its serious consideration No better bet-ter advertisement for a town can be i tiad than to get on the map as a live baseball town, with a team made up of professional players. With a high class baseball team tho people of octello would patronize It loyally ii , geographical location of Poca-i'utS Poca-i'utS raPldl' increasing population and the added support that would accrue ac-crue to a crack professional team would preclude any danger of financial finan-cial disaster." |