The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-28
Expected That Winena and
Twin Cities Will be Drop
ped Prom the Circuit.
DOWNTOWN Ian
IN NEXT
Grand Forks Practically Ger
tain of Again Seeing Pro-
fessional Baseball.

Grand Forks will. without doubt.
have professional baseball next year.
but the Northern league probably will
be made up of several new cities taxi
ing the place of Winona, Minneapolis
n st. Paul.
During the meetings which have
been held in Minneapolis Tuesday and
Forks was represented by NJ. Stanch-
feld, next years plans were thorough
~ discussed, though no definite de-
cision as to the circuit could be made
lt this time. The next meeting of the
league will be held September IA.
Mr.. Stanchfield has not returned
from Minneapolis, but he is expected
either this evening or tomorrow
morning.
The league magnates are casting
their eyes oil Port Arthur and Fort
tario look good to the Northern
leaguers, and they are anxious to take
them in next season. Baseball sup
port there would he certain. the Nor
thern men believe, and by. ~adoptins
those two cities in preference to WI
mona, the mileage feature would be
reduced.
Downtown Plant in Winnipeg.
In connection with the meeting IN
Minneapolis it might he stated that
there was a proposition outlined to
the assembled. magnates for the pur-
pose of securing a downtown plant In
Winnipeg. With the attendance fig
ures around the 100000 mark for the
a removed from the business center
of the city 1t is believed that the Sc
curing of a park in the business cen
ter of the city would make Winnipeg
one OF the best baseball towns on the
continent.
1t is understood thai there is some
American capital ready to back the
venture; also it is given out as a fact
That the present owners of the Win
nipeg franchise have declined with
thanks the prefer of the additions,
money for the building of a new plant.
It is said that the ners of the team
won't consider an offer to dispose ot
heir holdings.
Plans for Next Season.
1t begins to look as ii baseball Is
upon a solid basis in this section OF
the country. Heretofore the old bug
aboo regarding the disbanding of the
league has been prowling around
shortly after the season has been a
month or two old. There vas moth
ing like that during the season past.
SONIdu was IHe oLly HHdSIldlc wiz
set up the calamity howl--and Con
rad stands about as much chance &c
get in again as the ~celluloid collar
does. in; the vicinity of the open CRATE,
Winnipeg. has become in the past
season the best baseball town that this
league has ever had. Grand Forks
has had one Of its best seasons. 1t is
believed that Port Arthur and Fort
William will make excellent franchise
holders. or a franchise holder, rather,
In another season the article Of base
ball in the league will improve over
the article played this year. as the
undesirable material will have been
weeded out in the shape Of managers
and experience will have added its
store of knowledge to guard against
the mistakes of the past. Also It il
very likely that some new umpires
will be lined up during the winter sea-
son and that the problem of making
the. games shorter will be n taken
to heart with serious determination.