The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-20
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ADDITIONAL SPORTING JEWS

fiuence tho Lcthbridge folks is that
in W years their city has made rapid
increase many more during the sea-
son and seasons to come. Even il
they do not get the crowds at home
they would like, it is n cinch that in
Calgary II Edmonton they would
get much better gases With a high
salaried team, which would more
than offset the small gates at home.
Even il the team did not make much
money the first season again, they
should he willing to spend IL few hun
dred dollars if necessary to advertise
the city. Just as other cities have done
and are doing year after year, and
what better way can they advertise
Il town with such little expense 80
through the medium of q baseball
team.
Medicine Hat was represented at
h meeting by President Eckstrom
and he. hcinG also the representative
of Lethhridge, favored the low limit.
Medicine Hat has also seen great de-
velopment in the past few years and
should be a good bal ltown now. as it
was not a bad one when i'm the circuit
before. Saskatoon. which. by the
way. was not represented at the meet
ing. is also long past the doubtful
stage as far as baseball is concerned.
or anything else for hat matter, and
it is safe TO SAY that if representatives
of that club had been present they
would have taken their stand with
Brother Savage of Calgary and pulled
for the S1.S00 limit. Moose Jaw was
absent. and it is hard tn say what POI
sition it would have taken. although
from the experience of last season /
think they would favor the high-pric-
ed players. That city turned out last
season and supported its team in
grand style, and it had a grand team
there. too.
international Circuit Might Succeed.
From Grand Forks comes the in
formation that they are going to have
a ball club this season, supported by
the Commercial club of that town.
More power to them and may they
land in some league that will stay to-
gether for the season and many sea-
sons to come. but where are they go-
ing to get in? That is the question.
1t is proposed to form a league come
posed of Grand Forks. Superior. Du-
luth. Fargo, Virginia and Winnipeg.
This circuit has been proposed for 10,
thees many years, but whether it will
ever be an actual fact still remains to
be seen. Duluth and Superior are
good towns and Winnipeg is and will
be a good baseball town. tho fault
there at present being i nthc narrow
m1nded set OF Or:ClalS controlling the
club.
Let good live men that know some-
thing of the game take hold in VIM
nipeg and baseball will be "a hummer
from the start. Whether a learre
composed of hat city and the SOUTH
ern cities would meet with favor is
not known, nut it looks as if it might
be n fair success.
AS to Winnipeg being essential to
the success of the western Canada
league. / am of the opinion that Bill
Hurley of Moose Jaw had the right
dope when he said in a recent letter /.
to The Sporting News that Winnipeg
and Brandon could easily be d%ispens-
cd with as far as his circuit is con-
cerned. 1t is a. fact that Il league
composed of Regina. Saskatoon,
Moose Jaw. Lethbridge. Medicine Hat,
Calgary and Edmonton would he
about as compact Il circuit. with all
good towns. that could be formed in
this country.
If a few men of the forceful char
acter of Bill Hurley would get busy
in the section. such a league could
easily be formed and pushed to sue
cess in ono or two seasons. of course
this is only my idea. backed up by the
suggestion from Brother Hurley. who
has had enough baseball experience
to know what he is talking about. and
in this section of the globe at that.