The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-08
Outlaws KiIl Their Ore Chance.


When the LnIted States leasders
sta rtea 70 organize. they had a enance.
writes Joe JACKSON. They nov seem
10 be victims of that vaul'ins amoi-
tlon that o es les pS ltSeit. SIS the rara
expresses 1t. And the look 10 be-
gone. Their circuit. originally com
pact and not expensive To travel, Is
now grown too ambitious. fpJs tur-
not hand class e. bail to New orE
diet, and get away with il. And these
outlaws cannot hope 10 cope with the
tr-s7-
they have not tho parks, nor tho
players They cannot build the
former. and they cauaot tempt the lat
ter.
AS "A minor league circuit purVrying
minor league han and keeping down
To a minor league expense account.
;he,, surely could start and possibly
mi aht last When they invite the
out1itc to rcE1r,f t.f~r,s ss s'sr..i- 10 h..
majors they xiii their game. And II
they are going to he a major league.
their first stcI. should be 70 eliminate
Reading. In with New York, Brook
lyn, Washington, and either major
cities. it does not belong. Ii barely
supports TT! State ball. What is II
going 10 do Woth major leaguo sal
aries IL pay? The United States must
g.t back In The original prn nnsiilhA--
or call it OF.
IL this league should start, and the
American should go after il. there
..s .ssas ta..t3st t.A-
situation. The United States WIN re-
speet contracts. but the reserve rule.
That is lust what the Americas
League did. and just hpw ii made it,
self The American leaguers. how
ever. wore crusaders. fighting in
holy war. This new crowd viii he
branded as outlaws. engaged in steal
ing others property, and enemies to
organized bali and the guardians OF
It's interests. Strange what a differ
ence just a few years make.
New Parks as War Measure.
When Brooklyn boun@s into the
arena and makes public its plans for
s70Q,0 geo baseball plant, il would
seem entirely unnecessary. 10 go any
further in argument with those who
maintain thai there is room Tor
third major league. For every time
that an ownership starts building one
of these modern plants it really en-
cages in a war move. by adding to
the difficulties that will beset ny
bunch of promoters who attempt to
launch an on"osing organization. On
what the Brooklyn club alone viii
spend in preparation fer the 1919 sea-
son---money for nlayers, for this plant.
and for it's general exnenses---it would
have been almost possible tn finance
eatiEe-a,4tIa1g- naaioE-lea~ae- ,lropo--
sitton a. decade ago. @,a,
81 TO fight ftgerf~vU t3g circuits -sss- day.
it is necessary that parks de luxe,
as we'll as the best soft of baseball
be provided. The expense involved
would be prohihitive No new major
league could do business now, start
ing with set Of structures, and with
the general accommodations, that the
American League found sufficient
ten years bttck.--ft ffsti-r.ffy tn show
the talent. and 1t got that more cheap
~ than 1t rouid be secured now. 'sSny
major outlaws. who go into business
from this time on must furnish half
nail ION. Gpt1ay telas t.sr4 thstrs p@tss,ftsss
and must put UP the cash for a
SEASON ahead for their players. There
are ways that look safer. 10 those who
have for Investment the amount of
money such enterprises would re-
quire.
Regarding Umpires.
Cases of bali players becoming um-
pires are frequent, bnt instances of a
reverse nature are unknown, and in
stances of uurptres Becoming, man.
nxers. after ~-s ..iffc- manner ~ Hunk
onay, are scarce. Tim Hurst gave
was umpire Garry HERMANN will he
4 mana ger In st. Louis, but was net
n success and returned to umpiring
Joe Cantiiien became n successful
manage in the. Awsrican Association
after br'n~ an umpire in thu Aneri-
ear Lesgue.
Foweecr, a great aeal depends on
the man. ana though = b. a nIatstusle,
yet II can be sat- with cmrhss's that
IL O'Day II ss -cnd manager as he
wa surnpire Garry Hermann Will he
In luck President Lynch was very
sorry to lose O'D1y fropsshis staff. for 4
<3ruH Hank despite Al esata~tsssaH
icyelied at him and unwarrante6
prejudice against him In certain quar-
fers. WAS IA gnnd nm umpire as eyer
lived and viii be missed. He has