The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-05
WAR
THAT Is A WAR
American League and Minors Ready
For Scrap.
N. LEAGUE CAN LAUGH
CONFLICT COMES 1T WILL
HELP THE GAME HERE.

While baseball folk in the intermoun-
tain country are talking baseball war
as il some terrible calamity had be-
Fallen the game. this section can con-
slider itself In luck that it is not mixed
|up IN baseball war of such proper
lions that IL would shake the entire
|basebal universe. Such a war is now
proving, according TO the best in
Formed authorities. and should the
|smoldering spark break into flame, the
|Paciiic National league should send
.Secretary Farrell a gold medal for the
|lhroWdoWD he gaze them The forces
|are now lined up, the American league.
the powerful major organization, on
'one hand, and the National assOcia-
Zion, the combination that threw down
he Pacific National league, on the
|Dther hand.
Should this war break loose, Il means
Ehat ball players galore viii be fit
Ping around, jumping from one COM
|olnatiOn to the other, and 1T viii be
slow manager in the Pacific National
league who does not pick up many
sFtray high class player i'm the miXup
hat follows the blaclllisting of men
! by these two organizations.
What the Coast Thinks of II.
Out on the coast they already fear
Pbe war, and the following from Bag
pine may expect:
During the past few days delegates
from the American association. West
fern and Eastern leagues, have been
fholding a quiet session at Chicago and
Discussing ways and means Of bring
ing the American league to terms.
There has been some sort of campaign
mapped out. for President Bert re
sceived a telegram from Chicago yes
erday stating that Tip O'Neill, pres
IL. Wy,
&Rrd Griffith, member of the Jersey City
zfEub and member of the board of ar
Sbitra ton, were on their way TO San
Francisco to confer with the leaders
7pf the Pacific Coast league in regard
o Glass A leagues forming a compact.
President Bert grasped Immediately
What was meant by forming a COM
apact,' for when he was east last fall
be heard considerable talk about IT.
Il Z seemed to be the opinion Of ma
+ GRITTY of the minor league magnates
s hat the two major leagues were re-
n reiving more than their share of the
Protection which the national agree
nent bestows, and that the time had
arrived for the minors TO do some re-
belling.
Would Draw 5ert's League In.
president Bert was approached
bout the Pacific Coast league afFili-
ting with the other Class a leagues
N an association. the benefits of which
vould be mutual His reply was that
e could no. give the promoters an
nswer until he had laid the matter
before his league. When he returned
81 ONE President Bert talked with some
p the influential magnates, and all
n deemed to be opposed to forming any
n lliance with other Class a leagues
.he matter was then dropped and
othfhg was heard OF it until Presi-
lent Bert received word yesterday that
@b'Neu and Griffith were speeding west
ward 10 confer with the Coast league
don't know what proposition they
viil make to us said President Bert
Today. speaking Of the coming OF Grif-
18th and O'Neill, so 1 can't anticipate
hat action this league viii take.
know when ] was back east I heard
81 lot OF talk about the dictatorial meth
Rds Of the American league.
johnson Ready For Fight.
4" When we drew up our new draft
ms measure we were told that Ban
ohnson would fight US. but we thought
# hermann and Pulliam, who are on the
II a1ioual commission. would be able
n pull him down, but it turned out
hat they weren't 1t looks to me as
Il the eastern Class a leagues propose
l. give the big leagues battle, and
they want US to join them 1 think
ur people viii go a little slow about
Eetting into another fight We are do
MS very well as we are, but OF course
#vilI listen 70 what they have to pro-
bose OF course. if all the Class A
#eagues go together they can make a
ot OF trouble for the American and
National leagues. I really think that
hey intend TO compel Ban Johnson
e % accede to their demand in regard TO
"A rafting players.