The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-19
DULUTH WILL
PLAY BALL
News-Tribune Believes the Northern
League to Be Out Of the Running
viii Go in With Copper Country in
Wisconsin League.

VIII UO lii WIN copper country In
Wisconsin League.
Duluth News Tribune: With the
meeting of the Northern League cir
cult committee to convene at Grand
Forks tomorrow, at which L. Van
Praagh will represent Duluth little or
nothing of the actual intention of the
| mantpulators of the future of the
White SoX is known. In this connec-
tion "rumor" is working overtime and
upon a variety of theories 1t would
seem that there is little hope that
anything will come of the Grand Forks
meeting, for it requires the optimism
of patent promoters to work out any
combination by which the Northern
league can be, kept afl0at. There is
literally "nothin' doin'" in the way of
even a promising frame.
Nevertheless, the prospect is by no
means an unalluring one. Upon clos
er inspection Of the situation, with the
meagre knowledge which can be
cleaned from the sphinx-like bosses Of
the Duluth club, two enticing vistas
open to view. Both Of these eliminate
the balance of the Northern league
driftwood, but neither will be granted
as a possibility by the White Sox man
agement, which, however, is equally
unwilling to deny that the schemes
are good.
The first and the best of these is
that Duluth may pick up its traps and
register with the Copper Country
league. There are a number of indi-
cations which point to this as the solu-
ton of the problem.
While the Copper country men were
in Duluth at the annual meeting of
the Northern league, they spoke of
many and mysterious doings, limiting
that they had a package of good
things to show the Duluthians of
which the local men knew nothing.
Added to this, is the fact that the Cop
per Country league has no definite
schedule laid out, although it was
planned to have it settled long ere
this. The men in that section seem to
be waiting for something. 1t is more
than likely that that something is Du-
luth.
In the event that Duluth should go
to that league, a siX-club circuit with
Duluth, Calumet, Lake Linden, Hough-
ton, Hancock, and either Iron Noun
tain or another town would be framed
up.
From Calumet comes word that this
theory finds favor among the fans in
that locality. and, while the league
magnates of the Copper country seem
to suffer from similar epidemic of
silence to that which has enveloped
athe Duluth outfit, they have been per-.
suaded to say that the proposition
would be consummation devoutly to
be wished.
The only other plan, except that of
patching up the old Northern league,
which looks hopeless task, is that
Duluth should throw in its lot with
the Wisconsin league. This does not
look good for this year, partly be-
cause the arrangements of that league
are now we'll under way and also on
account of the fact that it would take
considerable time to figure out prac-
ticable combination with Lacrosse,
Oshkosh, Beloit, Green Bay, Neenah
and Eau Claire, which are the towns
Of that circuit. Another thing against
this frame is that it would involve
long jumps with no great inducement
in the way of gate offerings. 1t is
understood that Duluth would be well
coined in that league.
Whatever may be the outcome, it is
assured that Duluth will play ball.
Artie O'Dea will call his men together
Z March Is, near Peoria, ILL.,, and will
open his training tour in that town on
March 81, and will also hold the dia-
mopd there April / and 2. Then sew
eral weeks travel will be had in that
section.
@ It is not expected that the White
Stockinged outfit will gather in many
victories in that section, but they are
sure to put up a good and plentious
9, strife , in which case Duluth fans will