Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-07-20 | Page 7 | Murray and Boise to Drop out of the League

MURRAY ID BOISE 10 DROP OUT OF TOE LEAGUE A. P Bigelow. president of the Ogden Og-den Baseball club of the Union association, asso-ciation, departed at 3 20 p. m. yes tcrday for Butte, Mont, to attend a meeting of the association The meet ing will be held tonight and with it will rest the question of the Union association remaining a six-team league or dropping to one of four teams President Ed. F, Murphy, who called the meeting, according to re ports from Butte, has said that a four-club four-club league was what looked probable. prob-able. This conclusion was reached after he made the trip to Pocatello with Dr. Harveille of Murray, and tailed to get the boosters of that town to take over the franchise for the remainder re-mainder of the season. The condition of the treasury of the association would not warrant the taking over of the debts of the Murray club and its expenses likely that the club win be dropped. If this is done another team will also have to be dropped and. In the opinion of one of the local magnates. Boise Is Just as likely to be the "other" "oth-er" team as is Helena, which was on ' the anxious seat a couple of weeks ago. Butte Is going to stay in and also is desirous of keeping the six team league intact, i The Butte team arrived in Ogden at 9:05 today and will open a series with Ogden tomorrow afternoon at Glenwood Its work against Salt Lake two weeks ago was evidence that the team has been greatly strengthened and the team that wins the present week's series in Ogden will have to play mighty good ball, lis the local club is also going strong. I Butte. Mont.. July 20 The directors direc-tors of the Union Baseball association decided today to drop the Murray. Utah, team from the league It was determined also to revoke the franchise fran-chise of one other team. Impromptu discussion indicated that the other team to go would be either Helena or Boise Players released from the two teams dropped will be parcelled among the other teams of the league. on