The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-04

leagues In advancing the Interest,". os
pasepaii on the Coast cannot he ovar-
aleo. Inc best men of both oreani-
a.inS nave long recognized the necessity
% VIC step, and the only bar. TO its con-
sna.ioh nave been fixing upon cir.
~ anu arranging other necessary pre-
..ii,inaries. While it would seem that an
n'-ciuo league is preferable TO one of
a.. eiuos, the men who effected
sne formation of the new Ieague
ao oouot looked over the ground
thoroughly and did what will brine
ABOUT the best results. The dron.
pins OF Spokane from the northern
Gnu OF the circuit was absolutely neces-
sary rom Its geographical location. At
.he south 1t looks as if Oakland will be-
ieit out altogether, while it is a question
as 10 whether Los Angeles will take Sacra-
ihento place. The tirst-named town Will
PROBABLY have larger attendance than
Dae'aihento, but there are many
,nihgs In favor of the latter.
lts location could not be i'm.
proved, as it is close TO San Francisco
anu on the direct route from the CALI
iornia metropolis to Portland. Then. too.
! was not like Oakland and San Jose.
dependent for support on San Francisco.
Out ran Its club independently. There
was some talk of Salem for fourth club
at the north, and John S. Barnes, after
the dropping of Spokane, announced his
intention to place a club there. The
leaders OF the new league, however, evil
gently do not consider Salem good enough
Tor place in the league.
The only two magnates in the two
leagues that seem to be disgruntled are
hopinson. proprietor of the Oakland club,
ana PRESIDENT Hudson, of the Portland
cluo. Robinson certainly seems to have
some ground for his disaffection, for under
the present arrangement he is to be left
out altogether. With Hudson it is differ
ent. He announces that he is
not IN favor of the scheme OF
paying visiting clubs 80 per cent.
OF the gate receipts, because Portland
would have to support the other Northern
towns as San Francisco does the smaller
California towns. In this he is penny
wise and pound foolish. The 50 per cent.
plan OF division was undoubtedly the most
important measure adopted by the organ
lZers OF the new league Portland, it is
true, would have to divide larger receipts
than any other Northern town, but the
beneficial results to the other towns
would react on Portland itself. Self
ishness is ruinous in baseball, and when
league adopts the percentage plan that
lends aid to the weaker clubs il goes a long
way toward putting the organization on
solid financial footing. The Portland club
might keep all of its receipts to itself and
perhaps allow the other clubs to undergo
financial loss and be compelled to throw
up their franchises. Portland might re-
main, but with no clubs to play against, of
what avail would its course be? The
league that is a mutual aid organization
in financial matters is the one that is most
apt to have success.
The makeup of the new Coast league
seems likely now to be made up of cities
with the following population: Seattle,
5000; Tacoma, 10000; Portland, $4,000;
San Francisco, 325, 900; San Jose, 10000,
and Sacramento, 10000, or Los Angeles,
$4,000. Here is total population of from
$4,000 TO 1000 in six cities from which
TO draw. That it will be better territory
than any that could be had under either
of the two four-club leagues as they ex-
listed during the past season cannot well
be disputed.