Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-21
EWING DISPELS
FEARS OF FANS
CONTINUOUS BALL IS UP TO
LOS ANGELES
ASKS GUARANTEE or NECESSARY
CAPITAL FOR CLUB
confers with Men Interested in New
Southern Team and Commits
Himself In Favor Of League
Keeping Promise,

The arrival In Los Angeles of ]. C@l
Ewing, president of the Pacific Coast
Baseball league, has not produced the
results expected, in that nothing deii-
mite is ready for announcement regard
ing the organization Of the wv south
ern club in the league that will give
Los Angeles continuous baseball, UNI
less 1t be the fact that Ewing Is COM
mitted in favor of the proposition and
is here to aid in launching the plans
for the new club.
Ewing said last night that the league
has promised to give LOS Angeles con-
tinuous baseball and at this time he
can see nothing in the way to prevent
the plans being carried out He Is
here to confer with the local SPORTS
men who expect to invest the neces-
sary money In the new club. and last
night he laid down the law on the sub
ject. He wants the local promoters Of
the new club to give him some tangi-
BILE evidence that they will organize the
new club with sufficient capital, say
$25000, to assure the financial success
of the club at least for the first year.
He will meet these men today and at
that meeting 1t Is expected that some-
thing In addition to assurances will be
forthcoming to justify him in issuing
a call for special session of the
league directors to award the franchise
to the new organization. If q written
guarantee or other obligation is fur
nished to Ewing by the local pro-
motors that they will organize the new
club with sufficient capital to finance
the team through next season, the
call for the special meeting will be is
sued at once and the meeting will be
held at San Francisco within the next
ten days.
Ewing. Berry and Frank Goings
talked Informally upon the subject last
night, and the trio parted company In
thorough accord and understanding.
They will meet again today. Ewing
realizes that there Is no organization
yet to assume the proprietorship of the
franchise, and the men who expect to
become interested financially In the
club have not associated themselves
into a company or association, but
those men who will furnish the capital
stock OF the club will meet Ewing to-
day, and undoubtedly will give him the
desired guarantee or obligation regard
ing the capital stock.
Ewing said that he did not want to
be put in the position of voting upon a
subject that would come up for consid-
Grafton at future day, but he added
that he is in favor of the proposition
TO give Los Angeles continuous base
ball, believes in the league making
good its promise to Berry, ana IL the
necessary money can be raised here
to finance the club he will hasten
league action In awarding the fran
chise and assist In organizing the club
and the team that will represent 1t.
Hen Berry is standing pat on the
proposition of continuous baseball.
"We're going to have 1t or big row, =
he said last night, and Ewing listened
to the practical declaration of war
with a smile on his face. Berry added
that the fans have no cause for fear
that there will be no continuous base
call here next season, as, in hi5 opin-
ion, the only thing necessary to bring
about this much desired state OF af-
fairs is the process of complying with
the usual formalities OF organizing the
club.