El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-13

1.-THE ia issue OF the Baseball
Magazine has an article with the
u significant title. The I~nterna-
tional League, the Belgium % the Base
ball War. The article shows that while
the majors and the Federal league have
! been fighting. the minors have been
I paving the freight.
To quote from the article
The international league was once
great respected, prosperous. Her clubs
were composed Of PLAYERS but little in
lerlOr to the major league standard
The salaries she paid her leading stars
exceeded those which many major
league players are receiving She ca
tered TO q population which ranged into
the millions Her very name was one
Of glorious possibilities. What cities
more Worthy- OF representation than
Montreal the export center Of the up
per continent, OF Toronto. the busy and
wealthy metropolis OF a vast. fertile
section Of southern Canada But one
snort year ago and the International
league represented a capitalization OF
wen over a million dollars Her eight
franchises could not have been pur-
chased FOR that amour Charles Eb-
bets refused an offer Of S135. 900 for the
Newark franchise and Newark was by
no means the most valuable Of the
franchises In that great league. To
what thin strata Of the upper air has
AaL mllA0u dollars vanished nOW2
Wanted Only Peace.
me league. like Bel
gum wanted no baseball war 1t want
| ed 10 be let alone. to enjoy its valuable
privileges If there must be war, the
international wanted at all costs. TO
Keep IN the background. Its interests
were strictly neutral Like Belgium, its
n supremefneed was peace.
And, Xix Belgium. the storm burst
with It's greatest fury on the Interna-
Ional league At Baltimore, the largest
city in the continent outside the major
leagues ana much larger than some
within the ranks. the perseverance and
ingenuity Of owner Dunn had built up
what was generally conceded to be the
most powerful club in minor league his
tory This formidable club looked like q
I sure winner Of the remnant. But then
came the Federal league and the entire
| population Of Baltimore not unnatural
" warming to the prospects Of major
league rating welcomed the invader.
Iorsook the banners OF their one time
fayorFes, and let the Baltimore Inter
national club drift on toward bank
l ruptcy- Dunn was obliged TO disrupt his
| great team, 70 sell his star players
Where he could, and at the end Of the
season the International making a viz
Tue OF necessity, abandoned Baltimore
utterly 10 the invader and transferred
the franchise 20 Richmond.
Received Other Blows.
At Buffalo, another great stronghold
or the legue. the invaders, while they
tailed at so sweeping a victory, GAINED
! the Hons share Of the PATRONAGE The
affairs Of the local club became so in
q $780, NAAE inc -AAaAaAAA COMMISSION
was oohged TO come TO the rescue with
a number Of disbursements in the form
or loans, TO tide the crippled club
trough the season. Another paralrz-
ing blow was the establishment OF a
third Federal league club in a position
70 draw from both NeWark and Jersey
city. thus SCATTERING the standing OF
the league in the east. In Canada the
eItects OF the mighty European conflict
must at least be felt and there is a gem
efal disposition 70 believe that this ef-
feet VIII be sufficient 70 wipe out the
narrow margin of profit there and leave .
The international with the remnant OF
us circuit in Providence and Rochester. J
with the new and doubtful acquisition
OF
Is Ready for Burial.
Within the past few weeks 7 have {
TAXED with several magnares of the /
major leagues. One OF them said. I
league will start the season I cannot /
say But this much 7 can say. if they :
start II, they VIII never finish"
Another nut the situation still more /
cogenuy. The International league
he said, els dead and merely waiting for
someone TO bury it,"
Minors Are D~isreEarded.
That Is the pathetic side OF the stu
alton. With an their LOYALTY 20 me Z
cause OF organized baseball the Minors
nave been consigned. with scaut cour-
tesy, TO destruction
a snort time Ban Johnson was I
credited with the statement that the q
minors had best clOsa down for q year.
suspend business altogether IL IS DOS
siple that Ban Johnson did not make
TINS statement although he was quoted
on good authority But If he did not 3
make the statement the major leagues !
as 2 whole are acting that statement.
Inc Federal league may be regarded
ny many as the cause OF all the trouble,
but not rightly So The Federal league.
IS we have pointed out in previous ar
lcleS IS merely c~nueavorluE 10 fin the
unnuma for #Lwna hHm Hnnn~HmE MI ~.
manQ. the u~uclangiuE system Of or
gained baseball made no provision for.
ana since the major league maguarcs
VIII not give the public the benefit Of
ttree major leagues they have no Just
complaint when others step orwarI
and enueavOr 10 supply this need. The
entrance Of the Federal league inevi-
tablr made q tremendous sacrifice on
the part OF the minors assured though
DO was no wish Of the Federal LEAGUE 10
bring about this result.
Feds Don't Oppose Minors.
In a letter by James Gilmore 10 man
eeer Cautillon OF the MINNEAPOLIS club
or the American association this atti-
tude Is clearly defined.
TO quote from this letter.
personally realize that with the
eoeral league in the fields as an out
organization the hardshfpS. ffnan-
elal ana otherwise. are being shoul-
dered by the minor leagues. and we feel
that YOU should place some OF tho brr-
den on the National and American
leagues
Our league as a whole has nm am
toward the minor l~eae71es on
the contrary we would be more than
glad TO aid them in any manner pos
On the ether hand the leaders Of ma
league baseball, while they have
little or no Xcu for continuing the
LlgnL since they have nothing 70 gain
from victory and nothing to lose from !
deieat, stil -obstinately worship the fet- I
OF the two league theory. lust as
blindly and persistently as the old Ma
tlon3l leaSue w~OrshiDed the fetish OF I
league. {
What about It,. major league mag
4ates- h are YOU fighting for2 How :
1oes the establishment Of a third MAJ :
lor league inJure your interests Why
-sh lhere room for a third major 4
Room For All.
In an the greed for universal empire.
Tor world power. and the like. there is
Dom for England and Germany. for
austria and rauce There is room for