The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-19
new YORK DROPS
OUT Of LEAGUE
CHARLEY WHITE PASSES TT MIS-
FRANCHISE IN United
STATES ciRCuIT.
BUFFALO MAY GET IN
PLANS OF PROMOTERS ALL UPSET
AND SCHEDULE WILL HAVE
TO DE ExTiRELy RE-
ARRANGED.
BUFFALO MAY GET IN

NEW YORK, March 1S.--The
threatened invasion OF New York By
| the United States Baseball League for
.maily fell through t.night. when
| Charles A. White. the sporting n1an,
| gave up his franchise and handed Ia
his resignation. The Brooklyn fran
sh''e FL, ,ssnds :, and ! ss'' Nr
White gave az his scason for giving
up his franchise the inability to Sc
cure suitable grounds at any price
anywhere in New York.
The loss OF New York to the pro-
motors Of the new league was dts
appointment - other franchise own
Ofs. 1t also upsets the prepared sche-
duie OF the league and Its adoption
has been postponed for te" days. The
Now York franchise may 50 to Chi
cago Or Buffalo, as applications have
bean received from both cities. II was
i!ntimated. however, that Bunalo
would probably land 1t, owing to the
with relation to tho circuit.
The seven cities Ia the league are:
Brooklyn, Pttfshurg. Reading. WASH
ingtOn. Cleveland. Cincinnati and
Richmond.
the league adopted the .a national
bali as the ohacial sphere.
Fccling III Promoters.
The promoters are positive that the
| moment they complete their circuit
and publish schedule OF playing
datee the public will be convinced that
the so-calied outlaw league has come
to stay. They also feel sure that me
League intends to play will support the
movement Loyalty even though me
| caibrc OF the players at first may not
compare faycrabiy with the standard
Get BY the leading organized circuits.
The United states League. there
I, fore, will depend upon a batch OF I'm.
known ball players, with here ana
there q Discarded star from the big
circuite The admission rates will be
woySrned by IS cent tarin ana
salaries must BIO small. In a ma.
jority OF the cities the grounds ana
standa will not cost much. at least tue
U. &. l.. promoters figure It that way;
.o that the only expensive item VIII
b. railroad fares and hotel bills. when
in the biz leagues consume large sums;
rho circuit VIII provide for several
long Jumps. The Eastern wing VIII
Include brooklyn. Washington and
Richmond. with the Western enc en-
bracinG Reading. Pittspur9' Nihein-
natl and Cleveland
aaid one or the New York men,
| inst before Charley White gave up
his franchise.
~, /. admitted that $4,000 must
| be spent in fitting up the PARK. the
annual rental will amount to At least
$4,000. while players salaries ArranE'
| ed upon the lowest scale. Will ncces.
state an outlay OF at least S.o,eoo
| more. The expenses OF the team
| away from home may reach *l",Voo,
SO that the club viii DC liable ioi
about $4,000 for the entire season
No matter how the schedule IL ar
ranged there must he conflicting
wames with either the Giants Of the
HiRhlanders The schedule calls for
s!xty.three games at homo and the
same number abroad. 30 that the club
must average 1900 in receipts for
each game to cover all expenses. In
Guiding a 50 per cent. division OF gate
money to each visiting club. Al "a
cents a. head the games must draw
an averaKs attendance OF $500, ex-
elusive Of extra charges for reserved
| seafs. A winning team ii necessary
yet without star players 1t 10 predict
cd that the opposition at the Polo
rounds and American League Park
! viii prove insurmountable.
The promoters Of the new circuit
insist that only $4,000 u needed
10 fioat each club. but experienced
baseball men say that this estimate
IL entirely too small. It IL matter
Of faSt that the New York American
League club spent $4,000 before
! the doors were first thrown open to
the public, but Of course that venture
| was projected on q larger scale than
the United States League Will at
tempt. To start this new undertak-
Ing, therefore. means the Investment
4 al. big money. togethcr with much pa
tience and q willingness 70 stand the
gan. II the promoters could secure
the services OF about forty or atty
well known major league players
their path would be comparatively
smooth. but without such valuable as
! sets, tho launching Of the new CIR
cult appears to be dificult task
sui the promoters are willing to take
the chance. feeling sure that they
have practically nothing to lose and
everything to gain. In short the yeia-
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