The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-12-22
CENTRAL WILL POSITIVELY NOT
MERGER THIS YEAR.
q. J. SMITH TO ATTEND GRAND
hetos MEETING FoR eoARp
OF TRApE-6AsEBALl GOSSIP.
tsY MUTD

teY MuTD
When the Central league moguis
meet At Grand Rapids after the hoh-
days. IN Invitation will be extended
TO them on behalf % the Wheeling
Board % Trade OF Tradsm by H. J.
fbutsyD smith. proprietor OF the Cen
trai league and sporting representa-
tive az the board 20 hold th-ir March
meeting IN this city. The outlook
for this CITY s~cuFins the ~eORssntioa
II more than encouraging. and the
business men Of the city made no mis-
take by selecting AR. Smith 10 rep
resent them a he IN perhaps one 90
the best known sport writer's ina the
minor leagues.
The March meeting Will be an i'm
pOrtant one. and will last three or
four days. II il the schedule meet
ing OF the league and for this TeasOD
II one Of the most Important confer
snces OF the m~AsnRtes. The meeting
will bring all the club OWNERS 81 the
circuit. baIl players. seribes
and sporting good representatives. In
all from % TO 20 men Will attend.
II has been many years since
, Wheeling secured the meeting. Claude
Narneli. Of this city may also appear
at the meeting on behalf OF Wheeling.
and he has n much influence. as any
OF the mOguis and more than any.
With the club owners Directing to
the proposed merger OF the Central
and -. & =. league n is sn assured
fact now that no effort will be made
at the Grand RAPIDS meeting TO con-
solidate the two leagues into "A
twelve club circuit. According to
the baseball rules a league cannot re-
district OF merger with another
league unless by unanimous consent
OF all the owners Since the Two
objections have been made and both
owners stating hat they will not
change their plans II Is an assured
fact that The merger viii not take
place.
However. in 1919 the league may be
redistrlcted for hen the terms OF the
league comes TO an end
Despite the outlook that the Central
will not be a twelve league circuit
next season win the OBJECTIONS OF the
two the following interview
appears In the Fort Wayne Journal
Gazette Of yesterdays issue:
That the twelve-club league pro-
position is a possibility n not all n
matter OF talk and admitted by Presi-
dent Carson. or the Central league.
last night over the telephone 90 the
Journal-Gazette. Officials Of both
leagues. ana especially those OF the
O-P. league. from which organization
four clubs will probably be recruited
for the central. hav been at work
on the plan for some time. Dr. Car
son declared. While he was unwil-
ling 20 give any OF the details Of the
proposed merger for publication,
Carson vouched the information tina
considerable headway had already
been made relative to the move.
Before ar action could be taken
along this line II was imperative
that the executive board OF the Ma
tional Association OF Minor League
indorse the move Or. Carson informed
the Journal-G Gazette that he was IN
no position 10 divuiee the exact rul-
ings Of the board on the proposed
action but admitted that Il had looked
favorable POT the suggested merger
and that II no DIFFICULTIES were encoun
tered elsewhere that the board would
place its stamp Of approval upon the
present plans OF consolidation.
The real activities along this line
will not start until next weeks SEES
sions Of the o.-P league In Cleveland.
declared DIR. Carson. youngstown
Erie. Canton and Akron. the four
towns which Will be Incorporated into
. the Central II present plans material