Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-15
NORTHERN PLOT
AGAINST VERNON
CONTINUOUS BALL" STILL
BOTHERS M'CREDIE
isH TALKS FooLlsHLY- ABOUT
NEW PLANS
Berry Authorizes Statement That
Elimination of Vernon Next Year
Will Not Be Permitted-Non-
sense from Northerners
ny A. E. DuNNING

That old bugaboo, the fight of the
northerners against continuous base
ball for Los Angeles, has again arisen
for a brief fitting from its grave. AS
1 pointed out in these columns more
than a week ago, an effort Is being
made by the baseball magnates of the
extreme northwest territory, inhabited
by the Northwestern league and backed
by Frank Ish of San Francisco looking
toward the formation of an etght-cluD
league and the elimination of Vernon
from the coast league. AT the time
this matter was presented to the local
fans through the columns of The Her
aid, Messrs. Dugdale and Lucas of the
Northwestern league-one the owner of
the Seattle team and the other the
president of the league-Were daily Civ
ing out numerous red-hOt interviews
threatening to go into outlaw baseball,
taking Portland away from the Coast
league, and various other highly exclt-
able and equally silly statements. They
stated at that time that the McCredies
of Portland were backing them in a
fight for an eight-club league, and now
comes word that the Portland mag
mates have lined themselves up solidly
with the Northwesterners in fight
against the San Francisco and Los
Angeles interests The object of the
McCredie-Lucas-Is -Dugdale combina-
tion is the entrance of Tacoma, Seattle
and Spokane into the league, the elm
inatlon of Vernon, and the election OF
Dugdale as president of the Coast
league.
Beautiful Dreams
But these beautiful plans, as I out
lined last week, although sweet TO the
ears of the fans of the Northwestern
league, are hy-by-night dreams. lsh
and Cal Ewing, president of the Coast
league, are not on good terms. Ism
wants a new president, and is willing
to conspire with the northerners, sell
ing the Coast league to the Northwest
erners for a president of his own choos-
ing. ,... 10
turned from a trip to Portland firmly
convinced that the fans of the north
deserve entrance into Coast league cir
cles, and that there is more money to
be made by placing four teams in the
north and four in the south than by
the present arrangement. Various
vague statements are made that the
receipts of the Northwest league teams
are more than those of the Coast league
teams in Portland and in Los Angeles,
and that every visiting team that mas
come to Los Angeles has lost money
Henry Berry, president OF the Angel
city association, has something to say
on this matter that may sound like
something final.
Vernon Must Stay
"You may say for me-" says Berry,
land say it most emphatically, that
there will be nothing doing in any
movement looking to the elimination
of Vernon from the Coast league situ-
alton as long as l am in the Coast
league. ! have fought for continuous
ball for Los Angeles, and continuous
ball we are going to keep. 1t has
proved decidedly popular with the
fans. and we have made more money
this season than ever before in the his
tory of the league. The northerners
speak about teams coming south los
ing money Just go out to Chutes
park and watch the present series. We
are playing to the largest crowds ever
gathered on> week days in the Coast
league. Yesterday, for example, the
gate was 4500. We are outdrawing the
Northwestern league on an average of
to 1.
LAS for McCredie and the Portland
ers. if they start talk about outlaw
baseball we will never think of head
ing them off. That franchise Is worth
about $4,000, and we would be mighty
glad to have it the moment they con-
slider letting it 60"
Graham, Long, Ewing and Brooks of
the Coast league directorate are lined
up solidly with Berry on this PROPOSE
tion. McCredie and Ish are alone. This
is enough said. If there is an eight
club league next year the fans may be
assured that Vernon will figure in the
reckoning. There will be no division of
four teams to the south and four to
the north.