Evening journal., 1914-10-30
LEAGUE
ONLY AN EPISODE
So Says President Barrow,
OF the International
Organization
WILL NOT BE
RECOGNIZED

Il want TO say right now, and with
emphasis. that the International League
is not going out OF business said I'D.
H. Barrow, president of the league.
II cannot condemn too strongly the
ridiculous statement that the lnterna-
tional League is going TO quit this win
ter and for the enlightenment of those
who are busy circulating this story, !
viii say that the international League
will be in the field enjoying the patron
age and confidence OF the ians long al
ter the Federal League is dead ana
forgotten.
"Ihe Federal League is an episode
the International League Is an institu'
zion.
"The international League is very
much alive and kicking. II has sur
viycd a strenuous campaign that
taxed our resources and the sports
manship of the various club owners TO
the utmost But we have emerged with
heads up and colors dying, ready Tor
another season and another battle with
the enemy OF organized basebail-the
Federal League.
ut is high time those wiseacres and
xnow.it -alls. who predicted the collapse
OF the International League. took to
the woods. In almost every case the
wish of these selfconstitutcd prophets
was father TO the thought.
at stands 10 reason that if We ever
had any intention OF quitting we surely
would not have waited until the season
was over before we threw up the sponge.
"The Federal League has been skat-
ING on thin ice all season. II has not
/ been success either artishcully OF
financially n has been a failure from
the start, and II Is doomed go failure in
the end About the only thing IT has
really accomplished is the ruin of sey-
eral minor leagues and the partial iuit
of two or three major league clubs.
While few of our clubs made money
/ this season. their owners are confident
that the public interest viii revive. and
| that another year we shall again he ON
our feet, bigger, better and stronger for
our unpleasant experiences tins season.
Early in the campaign II became
le,ident that this was going to bc not
only AN of year in baseball. but that
the Federal League would make scriou'
trouble for ms in Baltimore. I am free
TO admit that the enemy outdrcw ui
i'm that city. but we outdrew them n
Buffalo. making il am even break IL
these two cities. However. the tota
attendance i'm both of these two citic
was far below that of previous years
when one club occupied The field.
Baseball IL a peculiar institution il
that Il depends for succcss ON the en-
thusiasm of the fans, and that enthusi
asm was lacking everywhere this pas
season But neither this temporary
lack of interest, nor the Federal League
opposition. was sufficient to drive th'
International League to tho wall TN,
club owners met their troubles gamely
in that spirit with which only thorough
sportsmen are possessed. and that they
would win out in the end.
eve may decide on change OF TIVE
in our circuit this winter, aud we MAJ
decide 10 stand pat One thing You cal
bank on. and that is that the Feds
will never be taken into the fold of or
ganizcd baseball understand tina
there are one or two Federal Lcagu
club owners who would be a credit &
any league. and these gentlemen nigh
be recognized 10 the extent of permit
ting them 10 purchase franchises IN som
league but the Federal League NJ
whole will never be recognized. There
neither room nor demand for IL; and Il
promoters and hackers have done ia
much to iniure the sport, by dcstrovn
many of its safeguards, and upscttin
conditions that are absolutely ncccssar
TO keep the game clean and free froi
faint and suspicion