The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-10
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.,,.,,,d Plans Have Been For
'rm'Isted to ReOrganlze
Coast Leagues.
az ". D. RisHEL.

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=. NJ weeks ago Ban Johnson
- Puniam journeyed TO the
-.,u ostensibly for the purpose
800 the california state league,
- examination, under protec-
= this they failed. In the light
-,s since that time, the reorgani-
:, the National association, in
= .b,as Of the minor leagues of the
we're raised to a higher stand
u,uld not be surprising if there
...inq behind that trip 10 the
sl ~, has not been made public.
p. Eng president of the Coast
" - much In evidence at the
n which the Coast league was
seHs nth the American association
vN,..srn league. On his return from
J - 80 Ban Johnson gave out the
- communication on conditions
1 The cast.
| Js.nssn's Idea of Conditions.
+rin 10 the coast by President
- If the National league and my
e. in the nature of a peace mis-
= At the same time I was after
s-,rston as to how things were con-
~ ant there. I wanted to see for
~ how the land lay and to get an
n the locations Of the different
=. tbs necessary travel, etc. Had
c,,e league retained an eight-club
=. here would have been no chance
y. sutlaw league to get a fOothol0,
svnsct that the Coast league peO-
I'll return to the eight-club idea
-ssv realize that it is the ideal cir
sSd thar they made a serious mis-
When they reduced from eight to
1 having had the eight clubs for
.,ns The indications are that they
n 4sEs in Seattle again, as they still
I'M fiat territory. and the plan VIII
- have Portland. Seattle, Spokane
a sl,ber Tacoma or Vancouver for
fsrr Northern towns. while the four
yeS cities in California will make
~ southern end of the circuit. They
No doubt come to some agreement
4 be Northwestern league when the
.oouas TO make the change. Seattle
ais IN get back into the Coast league
thA civ is growing fast, and so IS
2ossre and Tacoma Under the new
iitions the Coast league viii be
nger than ever and viii come within
limits Of class A league.
No Outside Indications.
far there has been no outside in
Nations that such a league as pro-
n bv Ban Johnson would be formed
Northwest league has outlined its
rs for next year and takes in all of
4 nortbeTn cities mentioned by john
On the face Of this il is hard to
,prstand how the Coast can invade
& territory Of it was not for one
E -
Ss,gthe meeting in Cincinnati thu:
a the Pacific Coast league, at its
4 As il now stands. a weak Organi'
on. Was placed I'm the new classifl
ion with a rank of AA by the SIT
tbe Eastern league and American as
hd0n. Just why the Coast league
row stands. should be shovel
zy 20 next TO the two major leagues
1erplainable unless there is some
q Big to be pulled off on the COAST
ia. up to date, the fans have no
Ia lei in on. This can only be tbs
gsznization of the Coast league
q the lines suggested by Ban John
in the above interview. This migh
ma difficult matter-the Coaster:
abhing the territory of the Lucas
d sue-if the way has not been paved
AT the Cincinnati meeting a claus
Is slipped through giving the class A.
gug the right to take the teTritor!
the lower organization in the Ma
aal association. This may not SOUND
Is on the face Of It. but just the same
gives J. Cal Ewing a right to gral
attic. Tacoma. Spokane and Portland
pm The Northwest league. This woul'
/ qusstionsbly break up the Luca
Il que as it now stands.
he cards are stacked to do tn
ng Lucas probably knows ali abou
81 as il can be- depended upon that i
bot been asleep while Ewing ha
- playing baseball politics an
81 Frightening himself. He may :
q for a play in the reorganizei
'as league, OF this may be the reasol
report vas sent over the wire abou
month ago that Lucas would com
81 Fiber east and organize an inter
q ountaiu league with town Of MontaHS
aho and Utah on its circuit. Any
by, The trend of events i'm baseball i
west viii he interesting to wstct
letreF % helps Salt Lake or not