The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-15
PRESIDENT PRICE IS
DISCOURAGED
At OUTLOOK
Returned Today From West
Superior and Crookston /.
Not Considered.

This noon President Price of the
Northern Baseball league reached
Fargo from the west, where he went
to attempt to interest the towns of
Bismarck, Mandan, Valley City and
Jamestown in North Dakota league.
In an interview with The Evening
Times over the long distant phone,
Mr.. Price had the following to say:
Il am as much at sea as the next
fellow relative to the future of the
Northern league. l have spent time
and money in an endeavor to frame
up some sort of a combination which
would be satisfactory to all con-
cerned, and up to date l have almost
utterly failed. l just reached Fargo
from the west where l talked baseball
but as knew before made the jour-
ney the western towns are too small
and too far away, teams could not
be maintained.
81 received letter from E. H. Kent
today in which he says that he will
handle negotiations for Superior,
Crookston and Devils Lake. There
seems to be some hope of a league
with Devils Lake in the place of SUI
perior. 1 might as we'll say now as
at any other time that in my judg-
ment, Superior is out of it. Mr.. Kent
offered to furnish $1,000 bond if the
city would put up $4,000 and they
would not raise that amount Mr..
Lamb and 1 spent two days in Super
ior without results. Crookston does
not give us any encouragement. 1
have tried to get them to send a rep
resentative to Duluth next Sunday,
even Offering to furnish transporta-
ton, but they replied that Mr.. Lamb
might represent them They have no
franchise, it being forfeited last year,
and hence cannot delegate their pow
ers.
Il have no faith that Crookston will
make good. Further, l will oppose
the maintenance of teams in either
Crookston or Superior by the North
ern league. We have lost more than
$4,000 in a single season failing up
these teams and for one am through
with it.
''Mr. Lamb writes me that he thinks
that the final conference will be held
on Sunday. I will be there and do all
l can to convince the copper country
that we need them in the league, but
if they will not come in and the other
towns continue to slumber, I am
through. I have spent all the time
and money can to make the thing
stand up.
II have been steadily opposed by
such newspapers as the Grand Forks
Herald which have knocked from first
to last. There is absolutely no reason
for it. I have treated them right as
we'll as the other papers of the league.
l have done all that have from dis
interested motives and this knocking
is rank injustice.
I'm this connection l wish to ex-
press my appreciation of the manner
in which the Grand Forks Times has
stood with me. 1t has been fair at
all times and has done all in it's power
to bolster up the Northern league. We
all appreciate the work it has DONE"
From the tone of Mr.. Prices inter-
view, it is evident that all depends
upon the meeting Sunday and that if
the copper country stays out, the
league is short lived. It is highly i'm
probable that the copper country will
come in. They have always played
money making ball. Their towns are
close together, being connected by
trolley, and their transportation has
been donated. With the Northern
league, it costs at least $1,000 for
transportation. 1t can hardly be ex-
pected that they will drop paying
game and go into a losing one. If
Crookston and Superior are out of the
running, the outlook for the Northern
league is gloomy, indeed.