Evening journal., 1907-01-18
HORACE S. FOGEL
BOOSTS ATLANTIC
Says League Has Bright Fut-
ure if Right Man
Leads

sporting editor Of The Evening Journal
on Tuesday to the effect that the At
lantic League intended waging a bit
ter war on organized bail by going into
big league territory and placing clubs
in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Whining
ton, Trenton Newark, Jersey City, Pat
erson and Hoboken has created quite
Juror In the baseball world. Horace s.
Foge sporting editor Of the Philadel-
phia Evening Telegraph, and tower
OF strength in the sporting world, has
recognized the feasibility OF the pro-
posed league by publishing a strong
and lengthy article in his paper
Mr.. Fogel says the Atlantic Leagues
proposed circuit would not be quite as
strong as the National or American
because several of It's cities notably
\ Wilmington, Trenton and Paterson, do
not rank with some Of the big league
towns. However the money saved by
such a compact circuit and the reve-
nue. from Sunday games would largely
make up for this loss in the seasons
receipts. Properly managed, with
live, hustling leader at its head, the
Atlantic League, with such a circuit,
i would probably make vastly more trou-
lble for the forces Of organized ball than
the HTri-State was ever able to make
And the Tri-State almost worried the
life out OF the trust the past three or
-four years with a much moro expensive
circuit, much smaller cities and much
less chance OF taking In sufficient
lgate receipts with which TO pay salar-
les not only because of the small pop
lulation TO draw from. but also because
lit had no Sunday games to swell its
receipts.
With season OF &c weeks, which
would mean 26 Sundays 26 Saturdays
land eight or ten other big games for
leach club on opening days and holi-
days, the Atlantic League could really
count upon sufficient revenue to sup
port teams with salaries aggregating
$4,000 to 100000 for each team. with
out counting on the remaining 100 week
\ days receipts. Take your pencil and
figure out what the receipts would be
for 26 Sundays, 26 Saturdays. and the
other big games, even II you are so
conservative as to allow for only 5000
people for each Saturday and holiday
lgame and only 5000 to 10000 for each
Sunday game. Any one of the four
Jersey towns should turn out at least
10000 people TO each Sunday game. and
more too; but suppose you figure on
only 5000, and the same number on
Saturdays in each OF the eight cities.
and you will find that, with the heavy
railroad Pullman car and hotel ex-
penses American and National League
clubs are under cut out, this new inde-
pendent circuit could pay as high salar-
les as either Of the two big leagues. and
still have chance TO make some profits
besides.
If the right men are behind this new
70 league, it stands a good chance OF be-
ing successful and Of being able be-
n sides to make the National and Amer
lean League magnates much more
trouble than the little Tri-state was
ever able TO make for them. And the
'r~' -Staters made them all the trouble
they could stand.
Another factor win enter into this
fight which did not aid the Trl-State
League, else the latter could have kept
u up the fight against organized bali in
Z definitely The Tri- state Leaguers
tlwere not shrewd enough TO enlist the
support to which l have reference
though / was present one night when
i, the bait was handed out by two Ameri-
n can League players to former President
enough in baseball matters to take It
+. Had Mr.. Creamer taken the bait at that
e time and gone TO work onergetlcally tc
o act upon It the Tri-State would have
e elenioycd prosperity all this time. and
e been stronger to-day as an independent
q body than ever before. The bait
'r thrown out to Mr.. Creamer was tC
T. lenlist the support Of an the profes.
l. sional players in America for hi,
Igl league. AS / found out afterwards
In being told by these same players. ev.
r ery bali tosser in the country wal
Is anxious TO see the Tri-State League
flkept alive as an outlaw organization
H. for reasons which are obvious to al
persons interested In baseball ST
long as the Trl-State existed as al
loutlaw just so long could the player
er of this country feel Independent, de
d, -mand the salaries they believe
MS should be paid them, and defy tn
rs magnates to treat them unjusty
M Ninety per cent. Of the players in othe
IN leagues demanded and received NOR
H. salary the past few years than woul
b. have been paid them II the outlaw Tri
an state had not been in existence
ut For these and many other reasons
or TO keep up their salaries and prever
ms managers from fining and otherwis
IL making It unpleasant for them
an harsh disciplinary measures-the pro
co fessional ball players of America, to
man, wanted to see the Tri-S stat
League kept alive and prosperous a
= an Independent organization. Wit
the Tri-State in the national agree
ment compact now, the players ar
left at the mercy OF the magnates. an
4 are therefore perhaps more anxiou
q than ever before for a new outla'
\ league 20 come into existence. Thi
n Is their only hope for independents
81 and TO keep up their present high sal
" aries. They could have kept the TT
81 State League alive If they had dor
81 what they will probably be glad to
Al 20 give life TO the projected new A
n lanuc League. OF course. I mean 7
"a giving IL their moral and nnanci
81 support. This they viii be probab
n be given a chance to do by the nc
Atlantic League.
'J Without any aid from the playe
81 the writer feels certain the new Ieag
'4 viii be a success. but to insure its pc
n manency and thus benefit every play
# in the country by keeping up basebi
y salaries and protect them against u
just treatment by the trust magnat
p it will be TO their interest to give I
Atlantic League their aid at the sta
both moral and financial. Every a
Il. guranco Is pfNen that This ctlurorf IA