Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-04
Farrell knew Of
plan, IT'S SAID
So Some Declare Pulford
Hasn't Chance of Win
ming His Case.

Duluth, Mimi. Nov. l.-According
to some of the inside dope. A. H. Pull
ford hasn't the greatest chance in the
world to win his case before the or
ganized powers of baseball. which will
assemble at Omaha next week.
Before the brazen franchise robbing
of the Minneapolis mystery" meeting
was put over. so runs the story, large
John Burmeister with high desire for
the franchise holdings of Pulford in
the back of his Bermuda. journeyed
eastward and conversed and connived
with ]. H. Farrell. And as the story
goes. the direct result of the con er-
sation and connive with an official
who is supposed to represent the in
quasi permission to proceed with the
disfranchising of Pulford and the d.
vision of the spoils.
Will Pulford Go Through.
Burmeister is shrewd man, or a
wise guy. in the parlance Of the game.
Possibly he has his course through
the maze Of baseball intricacies light
ed by headlights and also has big bells
at every difficult turn to keep him
Alright.
On the other hand it is just possible
that Pulford is running wild and is
playing the game blind. with only a
righteous indignation and profound
trust in the ultimate Justice Of things
to spur him on.
Pulford has declared over his own
signature that he will drag the whole
mess into the Canadian courts. if he
is defeated at the Omaha meeting.
Should the ousted Winnipeg magnate
do this, the peculiar law Of baseball
and the more stable law of civil courts
will meet and mix and the result of
this meeting may prove Of interest to
the Northern league.
Rumors Leap and Frolic.
All Of the Northern league rehabili-
tation, if one chooses to put it that
way, has been pervaded and fairly i'm
pregnated with mystery. Rumors stand
and stare and then advance boldly and
speak. One of the rumors has it that
several hands are mixed in the owner
ship of the Winnipeg franchise. An
other rumor, possessing frank blue
eyes and a. noble countenance. de-
clares in straightforward manner that
Mike Cantillon is the man behind the
st. Boniface franchise and that some
other league capital is entwined with
Michael in the scheme.
Magnates meet in one city--Duluth
and give forth to the palpitating
press the attendance figures Of the
past season as the big news item OF
the day and the official awarding of
the pennant as the reason for calling
of the meeting. In reality the meet
ing, as events have transpired, was
called for the purpose of lining up the
forces for the subsequent meeting
that was held behind the locked doors
Of Burmester's office in the Ply
mouth building, Minneapolis.
At the Minneapolis meeting those in
the know alone are invited and the
disfranchising Of Pulford is put
through. Under the circumstances it
Is not at all strange that only rumors
serve to form the foundation for what
little news there has been of the big
scheme to change the league and shift
the holding of power.
And. now comes the statement that
]. H. Farrell Of Auburn, N. Y, secre-
tary of the National Association of
Professional Baseball clubs, sane
toned the whole matter and lent his
moral influence to the move to oust
Pulford.
An Interesting Case.
For not only the masnates but also
for the fans Of the Northern league