The San Francisco call., 1909-01-08
ttOUTLAW. LEAGUE
PLANS FOR AIN
INVASION
President Herman Arranges
for Independent Teams in
This City and Los Angeles
By T. p. MagiIIigan


fornia State league sprung the biggest
sensation in years in coast baseball cir
cles yesterday when he announced on
his return from Los Angeles that the
so called outlaws had made arrange
ments to place Independent teams both
in San Francisco and Los Angeles
For several days Herman has been
in Los Angeles talking the matter over
with men of means, and he says he has
interested several persons with money
and influence in the cause of independ-
ent baseball, and gives assurance that
the new team in Los Angeles will not
lack backing in the southern city.
Herman also made the announcement
tnat the state league had secured an
option on the old Eighth and Harrison
streets grounds, and that a big force
OF Workmen would start to clear off the
ground next Monday preparatory to the
erection of a first class baseball mark
to accommodate the local state leaguers
next season.
The president of the California league
would not divulge the names of the
parties back OF the Los Angeles ven
ture, nor did he give out who would
be behind the local State league team,
but 1t is a certainty that Cy Moreing
and his Stockton team will be the club
TO dish up baseball to the local fans
OF the State league next season.
The transfer of the Stockton team
here will mean that the Slough City
fans Will have to content themselves
with new team next season Danny
Shay will remain in Stockton and he
Will have the management of the new
club that will be placed in that city.
Although Stockton fans will have to
stand for the transfer of their great five
time pennant winners they will not lack
first class baseball team, as Shay has
the pick of excellent material from
which to build a team of first class
toSsers.
The placing of ball park and team
in this city will mean the entire aban-
donment of Oakland as a state league
prospect and the probable abandonment
of Alameda.
President Herman and his comrades
in the state league realize that they
Will have to put UP first class article
of baseball in this city and have several
stars of high magnitude to draw the
tickle fan They claim TO be equal TO
this emergency and are now planning
to put no less a baseball worthy in
command here than Doc MoSkiman,
Hal Chase is the man who is slated
for the berth of running the Los An
geles team.
With the new lineup of the circuit of
the State league baseball is bound to
take a much needed boom in San Fran
cisco. The placing of a State league
team here is bound to force the Coast
leaguers of this city to stretch them
selves in the matter of securing new
and better talent to cayoEt around
Recreation park, and it is very likely
that Danny Long will see to 1t that
the Coast league will have a much
improved team here when the gong
sends the diamond warriors away next
April.
league, is in the east and his mission
is undoubtedly one in the nature of a
hunt for real stars with which TO lure
the. fans to the Valencia street grounds.
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next week, and it is believed that when
he gets back he viii have important
news for the fans of this city.
President Herman said yesterday that
he had met with unlocked for success
in Los Angeles. why" said Herman,
we have options on three first class
locations in Los Angeles, and the men
who are willing to back a State league
team are among the most influential
in the city. We will go right ahead
in Los Angeles. and will start to build
a ballyard Soon.
Usually the question of securing ball
players is the bane of baseball club
owners, but Herman does not in the
least seem worried over such an OBJ
staele, Let me tell you, said Her
man, that we will have no trouble in
securing all the players we need. Al
ready the different clubs have enough
applications from good ball players TO
players to pick and choose from. You
would be surprised at the number of
ball players in the ranks of the or
ganized clubs who want to join us We
are going to be careful in the selection
of our players, and you can bet we will
put up an article of baseball that will
attract the ball fans"
Frank Ish and Danny Long, the big
smokes" in local Coast league circles,
do not take the invasion of the out
laws very seriously. When Ish was
apprised Of the news he was superin
tending the filing in OF hollow places
in the ballyard at Recreation park
you see these grounds Of mine here?'
aueried Ish. well, they represent an
outlay of more than $4,000 and am
not getting wealthy off them either. II
costs money and big money to run a
ball club. One is met with great items
of expense at every turning post. 1
may be mistaken, but | don't think the
State league can get the backing here.
Maybe they can, but when they get
into the game right they will find that
running a ball club is somewhat more
expensive than being sole proprietor of
a peanut stand.
Danny Long, who is calculating and
level headed baseballnian, does not look
for the State league TO make much of
splurge here. Il don't see how the
outlaws, can make their league pay.
They haven't any towns in their league
that will support more than two games
week, and they have some towns
that won't even support one. One o.
two paying cities In circuit will not
maintain a baseball league. and the
state Ieaguers will find this out before
they hit the hurdles of the fourth of
July. In more than one city in the
State league circuit last season the
owners were forced to cut salaries.
tempest In a teapot. There is plenty
of noise in the league, but little steam.
I don't think the league will be a sue
cess"