Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-28
Line Up FORCES
FOR THE FRAcAS
Burrmeister and. Cohorts will
Endeavor to Carry Out
Original. Program.
|PULFORD. LET AL
READY TO FIGHT
Will Make Efforts to Block
Every Move-Winona
to Raise Cain.

Winona. Nov. 2S.--During the COM
ing week magnates of the Northern
league will be engaged busily in as
semblmg their howitzers in prepara-
ton for the annual meeting on Mon
day. December z, which will be held
at Duluth.
Shells are certain to burst in the
will be assembled there. How the tide
Of the battle will go cannot be fore
cast at this distance.
OiIng the Steam Roller.
President John Burmeister and
those who were associated with him
at the Minneapolis meeting recently,
will endeavor to carry out their orig
1nal program. It calls for the GUST
Ing of A. H. Pulford at Winnipeg and
the looping OFF at Winona in q new
circuit, to embrace Winnipeg, st.
B~oniface, Fort William and Port Ar
thur In Canada, and Duluth, Superior,
Fargo and Grand Forks on this side
OF the border. In fact, hat circuit
was determined upon at the Mill City
gathering but the national board Of
arbitration threw out the action there
taken. The arbitrator held the
meeting illegal because it was not
held on the date specified In the con-
stitution of the organization as the
annual gathering.
The decision of the board said that
lzatton has a right to act according to
its constitution If any such action
does not conflict with the laws Of
baseball" In that section of the rul-
ing, the men opposed to the Burmeis-
ter plan see the .::nigger in the fence"
They believe it virtually says that
the reorganization element, IL it is in
the majority, may proceed to disband
the old Northern league. make the
changes desired In the complexion of
the fold. and than@make haste to or
ganize the new league. But the In
surgents assert that if that program
Is carried through 1t will find the
hardest kind Of going.
To Fight Hard.
They propose to block every step
and it is intimated. even. that when
j! he deliberations begin, Burmeister's
faction may discover it is in the min
eority. Such a possibility is indicated
by the trend of the politics of the lea
que. 1T Is known that the insurgent
has been unusually active. AS a mat
ter of fact they have a candidate in
the field. But a. victory by the anti
reorganization group would not ter
inmate the Northern leagues trou.
bies. 1t would probably further COM
fAANNSS viz AdAA VI Cllo OTSdIlZaLlON
n mean, undoubtedly. hat there
would be no baseball in several of the
cities. at least, during the 1914 sea-
son.. Several of the club owners have
made h positive statement that they
no longer will be affiliated with q
baseball organization in which Mr.
Pulford has a part.
mould the Burmeister men tri-
umph In the majority vote, there Is
| M QSEIIr0N 9ro that <h@ ~r~S~-A .,,lAl
the new alignment will go through
The truth of the situation is that 81
will not carry if, the losing faction
car prevent 1t. even t. the extent OF
carving the fight into the civil courts
Mr.. Pulford undoubtedly will be
at the Duluth meeting ready to fight
to retain his interests at the top OF
the circuit In the Manitoba city. II
Is promised that he will have q num-
Der Of spicy documents for the scruti.
ny of the directors. The indications
are that Burmeister will be put on the
defensive If the factions go to the
mat. -
Pulford Has One Advantage.
Although Pulford is the target of g
group of men in the Northern league
fold. he will have one advantage. II
OF the new league fail and the fight
ends In q deadlock, he probably will
be IN q position to plant his club and
Winnipeg In the Canadian league, and
baseball will be furnished in. the Ca
madam metropolis, while the other
towns on the 1914 circuit will be halt.
Ing while the fight continues.
Winona directors say they will night
to the last ditch to prevent being
ousted. Nothing will be left undone
they say. to safeguard their interests
in this city. The, REPRESENTATIVE
will go to Duluth with Instructions
to unite with Pulforde and to make ev.
cry effort to block the program 81