The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-28
OPPORTUNITY TO
GET A FRANCHISE
Two in International League
VIII Be Disposed OF
in Short Order.
JERsEf CITY AND MONTREAL
Jack Dunn. OF Baltimore, Favors
Richmond for One
OF Cities.
NJ GUS MALnERT.

Two franchises in the International
League are TO be disposed OF. and
disposed of quickly. They are jersey
City and Montreal. This is authen-
tic and comes from Edward Barrow.
head of that organization. The rea-
son for wishing TO dispose OF these
two franchises is that neither city is
making expenses. Rather. both are
losing money much faster than either
the present holders of the franchises
or the other masnates in the league
arc willing to stand. In otner words.
the circuit of the international League
Will undergo several changes before
another season begins. 1t may not be
done before the end of the present
season. In all PROBABILITY. IL will not
be done until the coming winter. but
now is the time for Richmond to take
notice.
Unless opportunity must come this
way armed with a sledgehammer. in
order to break in then the people of
Richmond will greet this chance to
set what the people OF Richmond nave
been clsmoring for for many months
better baseball. Getting into the
international. however. isn't going to
be merely a matter OF buying a fran
opposition, from some OF the magnates
OF the league 10 admitting Richmond.
The cry is that Richmond is small
town and will never support baseball
OF the Eastern League type.
Barrow Leads OppositIon.
Edward Barrow. president OF that
league. is leading the opposition to
Richmond. People here know MIR. Bar
row and know that he came to Rich
mona with Jake Wells several years
ago and entered into venture which
didn't grow real, yellow dollars at the
hIst crack OF the gun. he lost few
dollars. and he has been knocking
Ricnmond ever since, while the man
with whom he was associated. who
had more pluck and more faith in this
city. has grown from that small be-
ginning into one of the foremost the
atrioel magnates in the country.
however. that ia all aside from tho
question Barrow doesn't want Rich
mond. He wants to put a club In his
League in Pittsburgh and BROOKLYN
put ne hasn't the support of the club
owners In this move. Jack Dunn
owner OF the Baltimore club. and ono
of the shrewdest men in the game To-
day. man who. by the way, has made
some real money out of baseball. does
want Richmond. Dunn believes mat
Richmond is regular city and a city
mat VIII pay handsomely as an IN
vestment in the International. Not
only that. but Dunn has with him a
number of the other magnatcs. But the,
all want to know what Richmond ia
doing. Does Richmond really want
to get into thu International? Are
Richmond people willing to put UP the
money necessary to get into tho In
ternational?
Couldn't Get Franchise.
The present owners OF the Richmond
franchise In the Virginia League have
repeatedly made the statement that
they were ready and willing and anxi-
Gus to get better baseball for Rich
mond IL 1t could BIO done Tho reply
to all requests for better baseball has
been answered continually by saying
that there could be obtained no fran-
chise in any other league. Now Their.
are two franchises. and friends Will
ing to help. But Richmond must do
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