Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-10
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
MEN STILL IN QUANDARY
Sentiment Against Six-CIub
League and New Problems
Are Presented.
MINORS OPPOSE TRANSFERS
New York State Organization
Not Disposed to Part With
Syracuse.

International League club owners
met again yesterday for a short time
without reaching any definite solution
to their problems regarding the fran
chise transfers of the Jersey City and
Baltimore clubs. Indications are that
the matter will not be cleared up for
several weeks. The big obstacles now
in the path of the progress of the
proposed switches Is the difficulty in
pacifying the New York State and the
Virginia State leagues.
The National Commission held a
meeting yesterday and twice received
the committee on the transfer ques-
ton. Syracuse, although a poor pay
ing proposition this year, has been
one OF the strongholds of the New
York State League, while Richmond
holds the same position in the Vir-
ginia State League. AS might be ex-
pected, the leagues are loath to part
with these valuable bits of property
The proposition of six-club league
is dead, according to President Ed
ward G.. Barrow, who was hot on the
trail of the magnate who is reported
to have given the story. Barrow is
keeping his subjects from talking on
any of the league affairs and news is
particularly hard to pick up this year.
Majors VIII Help League.
One thing that the majors did as
sure the International League was
that they would support the organi-
zation strongly. The league is the
weakest and most vulnerable spot in
the defences of organized baseball,
and has felt the Federal Leagues at
tack most Organized baseball can
not afford to stand by and see the
international League suffer.
There has been some talk of the ma
jors helping the International by send
ing all of the surplus stock possible to
the league.
One Of the stories of the day had it
that John McGraw, manager of the
Giants, Is anxious to find a good
minor league club as farm on which
to develop some of his star players,
and the possibility of the New York
club coming to Newark for that pur-
pose was mentioned. 1t is hinted that
Harry Hampstead, president of the
Giants, might be one of those re-
ported to have made offers to Presi-
dent Charles H. Ebbets, ST.
Newark VIII BE Looked After.
The International League is inter
ested in Newark more seriously than
might be supposed. Every means pos
sible of putting baseball back on it's
feet and regaining some of the lost
gate receipts must be considered and
one of the league's first moves after
the definite solution of the Jersey City
and Baltimore franchises will be to
bolster up some of the teams upon
which the league must depend most
for its earnings next year. The four
clubs which must bear the brunt OF
this burden are Newark, Providence,
Rochester and Toronto. In Toronto
The situation is none too bright be-
cause of the cloud thrown over the
Dominion of Canada by the war.
which has taken all interest away
from baseball. This year for the
tirst time the Toronto newspapers
did not think it worth while to send
men down to attend the meeting and
flash reports to the Canadian press.
Toronto, however, has always been
a good baseball city and unlike
Buffalo has no Federal League oppo-
sition.
Providence should have a good sea-
son next year-in fact no city has
brighter prospects. The fans Of New
england were all aroused by the
great showing made by the Boston
Braves and baseball also took new
lease of life when the Grays won
the pennant.
Only Two Players Drafted.
One International Lacquer in dis
cussing the poor season of the league
remarked how bad was the state OF
affairs this year when only two play
ers were drafted from the entire
league. Buffalo lost George McCon-
nell and Toronto gave up Bob Fisher
The only player sold outright was
Artie Bues, who went from Jersey
City to the Chicago Cubs. There
were, of course, many recalls, sucn
as the Brooklyn Club exercised
against Newark and the Boston
Americans against Providence. Jack
Dunn sold out in mid-season and
about the only valuable man left on
his team is Gus Gleichman, the Irv-
ington boy.
Jack has become so Disguised, 1t is
said, that he declared he would rather
remain In Baltimore during a heated
moment which occurred during the
private meeting of the league, but
Dunn Is quite shrewd and he IS not
tipping off his nit.
President Thomas Fogarty, OF the
Jersey City Club, has been sounding
local men in regard to the possibility
Of forming a stock company to take
over the Tigers. The head OF the
Skeeters declared that nothing would
suit him better than to come to New
ark and that he would be Wiling 10
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