The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-02
yEW PACIFIC LEAGUE
n Promoters Confident of a
Successful Season.
euoeT AND COMPACT CIRCUIT
.,nuaI :. A. e. Meeting to BE
Held Tonight-Life->avins Class
AZ the Swimming Tank.

hwsfFfug managers can make a
league 4 success. the success OF
80 pacific League Of Professional
80 cbIos IL already assured Four
rzna4ers control tne franchises OF
80 etsss comprising the circuit, viz:
800 Tacoma. Victoria and Portland.
~s.rs The -pernlanency OF the league.
~ereentage system has been adopted.
soes away with the guarantee plan
q forruer leagues IN the Pacific North
assre5y each visiting club received
80 srra from the home club for each
nlzvsd. no matter whether that sum
,sken n AZ the gate or not.
A sinking Fund.
% establishment or ? sinking fund.
- . 70 be added 10 from the receipts
= ssea game played. Is n feature OF
= venture. II insures the player
[.~.lon for this fund ia for MS benefit.
only other lain upon IL Is the ex-
= N the league. and this will he re-
- n slicn q minimuL. that Il ALL
-rsiy rlt any figure. AS a nucleus, his
- a. 4 subscription OF $50 from each
Tae sinking fund OF S2.000. which the
- ssarts out with. IS Increased by the
s.s.an az y per cent Of the receipts Of
- x.me. This in itself wlll net a hand
=. am. This fund will remain IN the
- af the treasurer untii the close OF
= sssson. when, provided every obliga-
~ saes club member Is met. OF course
~.aaing the payment OF players salaries,
80 h. divided pro rata among the mem
NJ OF the league.
Honest sport Assured.
-sa constitution Of the new league has
- mos; carefully prepared. It IS the
~am OF those OF all existing baseball or
~.agzs,lons, with new features added. Its
- fsac,re is the preservation OF honest
a.. II is particularly severe upon any
- areroaching cTOokedness. Any mana
- eoayieled ~forfeits his franchise: any
"a convicted It's membership. and any
ssvsY 50 convicted is forever barred from
s,ssar baseball with any club under the
usosal agreement. The eompactness OF
~ circuit Of the new league is another
sssr 10 insure It's success. There are no
~ lamps across great mountains. as waa
Nsass IN former leagues. involving a loss
\ tine snd much expense in travelling.
~ fcsr les are sufficiently close toseth-
sn % a.old losing a single day In travel.
r. acquisition OF Victoria gives an inter-
uaoral character 10 the league, and will
10 doubt arouse quite a rivalry between
IL British colnmblans and the Americans.
British Columbia has never had a profess
,essl BASEBALL club. but Victoria especially
4 zsas u2 Of sport-loving people, who
ss5opr. anything in the line of good and
Exs; sgort.
Four snappy Teams.
ne several managers realize that the
gespls she will be asked to supper the
hsx league want snappy, fast baseball:
baseball played with. "A vim and rush from
ghe tine The umpire calls play" until the
asi nan Is retired. They further realize
ihat 70 issaEe such games being played
TIER isars must be made up of ambitious
wong plafsfs, sufficiently fast for the
company theg will be i'm with a few old
beads 70 STEADY the youngsters. 1t Is just
lbs Ass Of players that Messrs. GIenal-
VIZ ssahss Leadley and Dooley are after.
TEE foer gentlemen have been In the
hsaess for years. They are able TO tell n
prmzng player when they see him.
Taefe . one other policy adopted by the
Ferieus managers which is 10 be COM
senaef These youngsters will be given
sey encouragement. and a fair trial.
ne first of these players TO be signed
as Babo. Of Portland. who promises to
s7tlop vel. He played third vase for the
fstlaai Amateur Athletic Club last sea-
=. and filed a vacancy in the Comiskey-
h'res aggregation I'm the two James
fSsd IN Portland in October.
Five Months season
ne new league will play a five months
sNan Of three or -four games each week.
VII begin In April or May. and end in
sFehber or October. The exact time has
- Is yet been fixed, nor will ~ be until
z scheduled meeting, which will be held
feFtand on or about January Is. 1895.
hiae matter Of playing grounds the new
kaEae Is particularly fortunate. In the
bf cities grounds are ALREADY built. and
ag lave been secured for almost a nom
hA rental The new Pacific League. 10
3Niei Itself from de~predattons from ma
y examinations. has subscribed 10 the
ahoaal agreement of professional base
~ clubs, and has secured the right OF
tSffNton under class II.
iasirg everything into consideration.
tie Is reason to think The New Pacific
@Agae Of Professional Baseball Clubs"
ttf'ins as II does. with a compact circuit
GsAgeoa-sam OF money I'm the treasury.
sS prove a success financially and other
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