Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-30

Such manner as to induce the great
est grand stand attendance.
The effect of the greater grand
stand seating facilities will be seer
in pool dates. Under the present park
arrangement at Winnipeg. the holiday
receipts are curtailed. to the detri-
ment Of all other clubs.
st. Boniface. too. is to have a down
town park, and that fact will add ma
tertally to the income of the league
as balanced against receipts at either
Einona or Virginia. the towns that
are dropped from the circuit.
Duluth is talking about new base
ball plant also, A. H. Blume, the
owner of the team there. being desir-
Gus of making permanent improve
ments only when he is assured of the
permanency Of baseball. Such per-
manency Is assured through the ten
year period for which the new league
has been organized
Winona is still showing its teeth,
and threatens to fight. They main
tain that the league magnates are
without authority to put them out of
the circuit. but all the time their
Willingness to quit is quite evident,
their only hope being the realization
OF cash bonus for their PLAYERS and
franchise.
AS expressed bv one of the Winona
club officials, the following is their
view:
The action taken Yesterday by the
club owners of the Northern league
was underhanded, and contemp ptible
to say the least. "It would have at
least been fair and manly to let us
know of the contemplated action. The
way 1t looks now. we stand to lose
our players. the worth of our invest
ment and the physical value of our
park. VI Jul
Just how magnates of any league
can meet and dtsorganize a league and
organize another one. is a matter be.
yond the comprehension Of the Off
clals of the Winona club. We consid-
er the whole action unfair, unmanIv
ness"
The Grand Forks baseball club will,
abide Its time in making decision as
70 the acceptance of the franchise in
basis. III
Grand Forks baseballers have manv
things to consider in taking on such
a contract.
AS for the attitude Of Fargo. moth
ing is definitely known vet. However
Mike Cantillon is through there. and
the Fargo baseball boosters are in a
position to proceed on their own in
ltiatlve In preparing the way for next
Doubtless. emissaries from the lea
que will visit Fargo in a few davs to
set better line on the situation
there. Fargo is not as we'll situated
as Grand Forks, in that it has no per
manent baseball organization, such as
this city has. and its park question
also Is more complicated.
lnter-ctty rivalry is feature that
IS given great impetus in the new lea :
que plan. Duluth and Superior, Port
alsaeI ~. ana Fort William. Winnipeg
ana 81. Boniface, and Grand Forks
and Fargo. are all on such basis of
rivalry that baseball cannot hut he
benefited thereby. '' NC
Inc schedule committee of the new
league, already appointed, has been
games. VI i'l
The season will begin about Nav ?
to 15.. the same as this wear,
Under the proposed salary ,,r,i+
tne e monthly payroll is fixed at $500
Wlnona's howl over the reoreaniza-
tlon or the league will be a mild sum
lner squall as compared with the
sauali that may be expected from IN
winnipeg way one of these days when
happened. "A"' "As
Ihe weaving Of Pulford from the
now OF golden sheckels induced by
paseoall IN the Manitoba capital won't
De a1ected without sonne littla diNa
Guilty. That Pulford was due to Leave
the Northern has been understood for
some little time. He hasn't been mar
tlcularly active in developing base
pail on a sound basis in Winnipeg. the
refusal to handle the park situation
pelng his most serious offense in the
eyes of other club owners.
fuiIord can be expected to make
fight against the custer movenant