Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
PLANNING FOR
WINTER GAMES
CLASS A LEAGUE CLUBS TO
PLAY ON COAST
FOUR PENNANT-WINNING TEAMS
INVITED TO COME
Cal Ewing Proposes Professional
Baseball for Los Angeles and San
Francisco During Cold Sea-
son In the East

There is a good prospect that Los
Angeles baseball fans will have the
opportunity next winter of attending
games played by the pennant winners
of class A leagues in the east, as Cal
Ewing, president of the Coast league,
has made a proposition to the Ameri-
can association, Eastern league, South
ern league and Western league Tor an
extended winter season in California
after the regular league season closes
in the east.
The proposition was made at re-
cent meeting of the national commits
sion, and was the result of attempts
of one or two minor leagues to have
the standing and privileges of the
Coast league reduced and curtailed.
The Coast league is class A organi-
zation and must remain IN that class
as long as 1t stays in organized base
ball. according to the peace agreement
entered into between the national COM
mission and the California outlaw
league when the latter was forgiven
and accepted into the fold of organized
baseball.
The privileges of class A league
are much greater than those of leagues
in lower divisions, where the territory
of the league is less than 100000 IN
population. The proposition to reduce
the rank of the Coast league was pre-
sented by jealous magnates OF the east
and Ewing notified them of the agree
ment that makes the Coast league a
permanent member Of class A rank.
After the question was settled raw
orably to the Coast league, Ewing got
hot under the collar and a1ter ne hau
wilted three or four celluloids In argu-
ment he made the proposition that the
nennanr winners in the Southern,
Western and Eastern leagues and
American association play two cham
nionship series, the American asso-
citation champions playing the Eastern
Ieae champs, while the Southern
league leaders played the boss team
of the Western league. Then potn
winners were to play off a series TOT
The eastern class A championship ana
ali four teams were to come 10 Can
fornia. and form winter league 10
rIay for the class A championship OF
America.
This proposition was received favor
abolv by those interested and 1t is
believed by Ewing that arrangements
can be made for the organization OF
the proposed winter professional league,
the games to be played in Los Angeles
and San Francisco The object or the
organization, primarily, is 10 Prov
that the Coast league Is stronger tnan 4
anv class A rival organization ana az
the the same time enable the visiting teams
to nut in a pleasant and profitable win
ter and keep the players in good trim
Trndoubtedly, the winter league
o,,id he a great success, as the fans
on the coast are as enthusiastic re-
garding baseball as they are In the
east cas- and the games would be well pat pal.
ronfzed throughout the winter season.
Incidentally. while discussing these
plans. Ewing indicated in a round
about way that he believes Los An
geles will annex the Coast league pen n
nant and that San Francisco Will pe
tha runner-up. as he said that the
visiting teams would have to play Los
Angeles for the class A. championship
and San Francisco would be the Sc sec, =,
ond team in the race. All this was said
IN substance and by inslnuation only
not being expressed in any positive
terms.