The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-21
THIRD MAJOR LEAGUE
WILL BE ORGANIZED
National Commission Takes This Action in Order Fight the
Federals to the End-Pick -Four Teams From
International and American Association

| New York. june ga third major
league, conceived in the brain OF ed.
Borrow, will soon be in the field fight
ing shoulder TO shoulder with tbs
National and American against the
! common enemy. the Federal This u
most radical move of the past decads
was the ultimate decision Of the mag
Lnates- Lssemhled here in a conferences 3
! Of war the past two days. The ma
tiouai commission. IA control Of or
/ aanizcd hascbalFs fight against tho
t independents, has endorsed the move
ment. Al that remains to perfect
! the new organization is the judicious
/ selection Of eight Of the best hig minor
7 league clubs. with an equal number
Of cities best adapted 20 the venture.
The third aior league is 70 be
built up from the four best cities, each
Of the International league and the
American association, the recognized
leaders Il al the minor associations
The dce1siuu Of the national COM
mission ia create the third major
WAS not announced officially after the
meeting al the Waldorf. The triun1-
vrate which honorcd Barrow would
admit only that Such q matter was z
under IdYisement, and that an answer
would he returned within the next ten 4
DAYS. Fct certain representatives OF u
the International league, who appear
ed before The comm ssion, took no &
pains 80 conceal their smiles Of satis-
faction after the conference, and IL
/ any further vcrifcations was needed 4
1t was not long being discovered in the
remarks Of President Ban Johnson. OF
the American league
! 1ynere Will be third major
league" said Mr.. Johnson. az he was
preparing to leave the city. And I
think il VIII he a good thing for the 4
peace or organized baseball. II is true
That the commission has not formally
ratified the rev project, But that II &
only question of formaiify, We will
row see how far the Federal leagne
can re against the organized baseball
Let me tell ven the rational game win
soon show its merit over Giimore's
lcague
! Johnson's3 WORD that the national
commission viii ratify the scheme for
the third tnaene makes its promotion
a dead certainty. AS To the person.
atty the hig. ear would say nothing
+ lie referred all such Inquiries to Bar
irCw. The International league execu-
tive vas quite as retcent.
1t will hR time enough to think Of
that wien the national commission
gives the word to- go ahead said Far
row. Really / could not SKY at
present NH4fft XBHF tigDG 9l INV CIR
c3lit would be selected for the ANAL
gana'icn with the American associa-
ton favored four
Neither Barrow or any Of the COM Il
missioners would SAY whether or not
! ChiEington. Of tire American aSsocia-
tion, had been consulted. 1t is be-
/ l5eVed That CshvinE:on and Barrow
had arrived at a thorough understands 4
ing Rarrow would furnish no sug-
eeStion az TO when the new league
would likely begin operation.
The commissioners and BARROW ap-
peared very secrctiVe Several others.
however, who had inside Information
were less guarded in their remarks
/ II appears that Baltimore and Buffalo
the two International league clubs
which suffer most from the Federal
league activities demanded one OF two
4 things as the price of harmony They
wished either war fund to be pre-
iYtded by the majors or exemption from
all draft
The latter boon has been granted.
Whether or not the third major
league commences operations befors
next season no International league
players may be molested by the
majors this fall.
One Of the national commissions
members dropped a hint as to the
probable makeup OF the new Circuit
Baltimore, Buffalo and Toronto a(D-
+ pear reasonably certain of gradua-ss
ton. The other Eastern clubs wf1ls
operate either at Brooklyn Or VI 4
Washington, TIE Newark cham
}pions are likely TO he tranaferrod
10 the fourth citadel. PittsburE,
Cleveland. Cincinnati and Detro4fSs
seems a good guess for the Westeru
wing. sg
I Barrow intinated that he woul6
he Influenced ia his selections by th8 u
showing of his various cities from u
now until the end of the seasons 81
That, of course, appeals as more or
less of a SOD 10 awaken Interest in3
some Of the dead towns.
President Barrow is likely To meet
+ with. plenty Of obstacles in the selee-sa
ton OF an Eastern wing FOR the third q
4 major league. President Fsgarty a. n
Jersey City took no pains to conceaI
his chagrin over the latest war
measures. S
1T is all right for lack Dunn
and those fellows who will be taaSom \
into The new show, but where do 4 Il
get off," murmured Fogarty. Ter
soy City isn't a major league. 1tSs
isn't even a minor league city. 1tS
can't do any business with the pres
ent circuit. What il it going to do
when the four best cities OF taaesss
league are taken away and that many
more undesirables added
Dunn did q lot of hol1ering cnY-s
tinued Fogarty But Ii he was In
my place he would realize how we'll
off he Is. I'm PLAYING to empty standasSa
What do you think Of 150 people fn1
a Sunday double header. I've, tS111s
about reached a rock bottom af&&9
I throwing away $4,000 already.
JACK JOHNSON SAYS