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Show HESTER MAY MANAGE SALT LIKE TEAM Salt Lake. Utah, Dec. 18 Herb Hes ter. manager of the champion 1913 Great Falls team In the Union association, asso-ciation, arrived here e8terda from Portland and during the next few days wlU meet some of the dirwtors of the local baseball club In regard to plans for next year. While Hester Hes-ter Is still the property of Qfal ! Falls h declares he will not be In Montana next year, and if Salt Lak? Ih In the market for a manager h be tieves he can fill the bill In speakinc of the situation iu Mon tana. Hester said yesterday: There Is every possibility that the .Montana towns will let the national umo shift for Itself next year. All the men behind the game are more or less discouraged over their lossei and It will be a mighty hard task tu refinance the four teams In the north While, on the reserve list of Great Falls I positively will not be with thai team next year. Tbe directors of that club forced mo to travel from Memphis to Great Falls, as It was Impossible to straight n out the affair by mall or wire. I have a chance to manage cither the Spokane team in the Northwestern league or Wichita In tho Western 1 Tried to buy my release from Great Falls so I could do business with some feptn, but the men behind tnc lilectnct put m" off. "While 1 understand that McCloskey has been released here there has been considerable talk about Binnkenshlp returnini? to 8alt Lake WkUs I would prefer to manage the local club at the same time I am not here to undermine any one or to better m pajll at the expense of another. But If the directors of the local club want me and can Berure my release from Great Falls and make suitable terms I would be glad to take char C of tho local club. "I do not believe the Union association asso-ciation of last year will be a satlsfac tory circuit ior a number of years to come, for the receipts In all Of) tho tjwns outside of Salt Lake Citv are rsry small and the transport.it i.n ' of tbe clubs exceedingly large. How- I Kgfl M r. a six-club circuit with Boise B Fncatello. Ogden. R-no. Salt Lak Murray looks to me like a money ma- j BH ker If proper men are secured to ! lead tbe clubs on the field." HH H'-Htrr will remain here probably HH j until Monday, when he will leave for I i his home In Pittsburg, where be will HH I spend the holidays j |