The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-01
NEW LEAGUE
is POSSIBLE
Annual Meeting Of Base Ball
Assn. to Be Held Soon
LOCAL SENTIMENT STRONG
Intercity Association Paid Running Ex-
penses Last Year and Whitfield
Down the Debt--Prospects for
Next Summer.

The stoekholders in the Tntercity
Athletic association, the hackers of the
lntercitp baseball team i'll the Northern
league, will BE called together Ia annuaa
meeting within two weeks of So and at
that time the prospects Of baseball the
coming summer will be considered.
Meanwhile the local officials will CORE
spond with one or two other cities in last
seasons league I'd ascertain the baseball
spirit there. Ii IL probable that the
Northern league ii dead at least dead
10 far as it was constituted last sum
mer But eaat there viii be Il league
0f some sort II the confident assertion
of followers III the game Ill Barre and
Montpelier Ottawa II undoubtedly out
of the question for another year Bur
lington Rutland and Plattsburgh are
possibilities. of course,
In case no satisfactory league can be
arranged with these teams included, Io-
cal sporting men intend to turn toward
towns TO the east of them There are
q number Of nearby New Hampshire
towns that support summer teams made
up largely Of college players Claremont
and Newport fur illustration. While
perhaps not quite 50 fast baseball II
played in those places, there is neyerthe-
less exciting sport and more on par
with the Barre and Montpelier pocket
book. Then also, St. Iohnsbury has
been mentioned as a possible member
of new league, should such be formed.
Several more towns have been consid
cred, none Of which would be willing to
60 into the extravagant race that has
been set in .e Northern league, but
which would afford some exciting
brushes
In spite Of the fact that too much
money was spent in the Northern league.
the Intercity team bettered its financial
condition. and is in more solvent state
than. any other team in the league The
close Of the first season of Northern
league baseball left Barre and Mont
pelier in debt to the amount Of $500.
The two succeeding years the current ex-
penses have been paid and the debt
Whitfield down 50 that there are now
outstanding obligations to the amount
OK only $780, The assets of the aaso-
ciation would be enough 10 wipe out
the remaining debt. say the directors.
they having been offered more than that
amount for the lumber ON 1ntereitv park
OF course the lumber is worth more
in It's present shape and the directors
wish TO keep it so. Bnt on a pinch they
say they could pay all their bills now.
lnev expect that with another summer
of baseball they will be able to cancel
everything and still have their present
assets.
There i one thing certain; that if
Barre and Montpelier 70 into baseball
this year they will do some slashing Of
salaries and not pay the ridiculously
high prices paid last simmer. They
were paying the same salaries that the
players got in the New England ana
Eastern leagues which represented cities
of from 10000 TO 100000 inhabitants
| 1t is probable that some of the old
Northern leaglIers would come back at
reduced salaries Clerk Charles H. Wish
art Of the lntereity team has received
letter from one Of the star mon on
last summers team, in which he stated
that while he had an offer 10 play ii
the west, he would prefer 20 come back
to the lntereity, and, doing so, would
bring man with him who IS star
player No mention was made OF sal
aries in the letter, but baseball brings
higher money in the minor leagues IN
the east. and il is probable that this
player and his friend would consent to
be a little cut down.
II u suggested that if ia new IeagueA
Is formed that the final authority be
vested in the president Of the league
who shall not be Il resident Of any town
represented ID The league, and who shall
have no interest whatever IN any team
Heretofore the vice. presidents, from each
league city, have had the controlling
power and they lave been pulling and
lhauling largely whichever way their nat
Rral affiliations prompted them. 1t is
to get rid Of the chickering's that this
suggestion is advanced.