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Additional Sports
CANT|LL0N IS A
BUSY K|LL:J0Y
The Miller Leader Takes No
Stock in Proposed Expan-
sion of Association
Sports
lBy j. III. Ritchie.l

Miquc Cantillon is the busy little
kill-joy on all the reports of expan
sion of the American association or
the Western league ~ h Charley
doll new league, or. in fact. anything
that seems to portend a change in the
minor league baseball map.
Mike paused long enough to tell his
views last night. He is busy all day
with his new ball park and at night
spends his time going over the work
with u lantern-the same lantern, by
the way. that he swung when he was
a brakeman on the Shantytown inc
Bogfillc division Of the Northwestern
system.
There isn't n chance for any
changes" said Miguel as he carefully
put back Il misplaced knot i'll the
planking. I'm the first place. the as
ISOLATION will not get into any of the
up "a new ten-year agreement with the
majors, and don't worry that the ma
jors are going to let. the association
do anything i nthe way of expanding
that they can help. The association
is the only league the majors fear
SO far az any possibility of ou:lawry
goes. We have players and good
parks. We have the money.We are the
only one that has a chance of getting
Ill liz ol III u anu lIle
majors + not worrying over any Of
these. grasshopper n butterfly lea
cues organized during the winter. If
the association wanted to fight, it
could have a chance to fight and win.
but there isn't n chance for any OF
these Others to win out and the mia
jors know it. Everything looks to be
settled for len years at least and if
there are any changes in franchises
/ nj tho. oQCn11attnvN 4 ylyt11 Ha SS,aralNy
to move if a town gets too weak to
hold up the pace Of the company 1T is
in. There will he no general shifts
of either the association or the West
ern league. Anything that is done
will be done under the organized
rules The majors are not going to
give up anything to the association
moter wind.
The story of the Western going
into Chicago and taking some of our
cities is all bosh. The same thing
holds good of that league organized
on paper in Milwaukee. Minneapolis
is being named quite freely as Il point
where, changes may he made. but we
would, not. be spending all the money
we are here or long leases and new
stands II things did not look thor
oughly stable and settled for a long
term Of years.
II don't think that Minneapolis
wants OF needs n more. baseball
than the city is getting. We have
Won two championships here recently
and a new league would. l am afraid.
have rather slim picking even if VIC
allowed such a club to Use our
grounds on open dates. The league
has moved up into 81 new class and
within two years at least. l expect
to see the association playing faster
baseball than We have known pre-
viously on this circuit. A lower class
league would have n hard time COM
peting. The contrast would be too
great.
$50 far as ! can see. baseball affairs
are more solid and upon a better ba-
sis today than they nave been since l
have known anything about the game.
1t doesn't cost much to organize and
equip Il league in January. but when
the spring training begins and the call
for real coin comes. all those pussy
willow leagues will fade away like
rain on an Arizona sand stretch. Mi
nor changes may come. as I have said,
by peculiar. circumstances in some
one city or other OF any league. but
there isn't a thing in sight. so far as
I know. OF any radical changes in lea
que lineups as regards expansion, on
traction or moving sideways"
After which he hoisted the lantern
and crawled under the stand to pick
up all the nails the carpenters had
dropped during the days mauling.