Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-19
HtI1iMoItE Hi:POItI SAYS
Bi w WILL. cow. IIIICIlI.

Dunn Will. cow: THERE
BALTIMORE. MI. December is
j. now seems a for,gonc conclusion
that Baltimore viii DO bac,; II. the In
tcrnationa! League next scasou ana
,h;t tack Dunn. now at Tho head o.
the Ktchnoud team, viii return 10 take
charge.
All hop of Baltimore getting Into
tho hig show was practically given
up io-day, when President; cu,ruM
Hasiu Of ihc local Federal club failed
In his efforts TO bus the ST Louis Va
tiounls franchise
That !:alr.luor" Will atnin be in tho
lni"cnhttonai SIS taken for gran c,i bv
the Federal hackers. and already ,hc,.
arc allH'rus about the money they hnv,
pu; into tn" club. Jack Damn vii! -.
TURN here VIII the lean d. rDw has ~
Eichruona, Well a'rrurthcn"d ana w!ll
occupy the Federal i.ca-uc park. i,
is "elieNed that the draft rnlc wi!l
be eliminated, thus allowing Duunip 10
build up and hoid good team im,ac,
for time TO come. The fans here will
suppo~i his team If The draf, rule Is
cut out, but II u is not there j. a
question whether or not his team ,.ill
draw hey" rs II di4 three ana FOUR
years ago. >unnc is as silent as n
mouse on tho subject ana say, /; i
up to the National Commission TO de-
cid" his fate"
It VIII he seen that Jack Dunn is
not having anything to say. He is
under contract To play here next year.
and that contract is a binding one
Dunn. OF course. is the majority stock
holder III the local club. but. even i!
lac shout! desire TO 10 so, the courts
would no; let him commit AN act which
would j"opardiZc the rights Of the
minority. He. however. has stated that
he was satisfied with Richmond and his
treatment. ana it is more than prob
able that he viii remain here.
BALTIMORE WAS NEVER
EVEN COOP MINOR TOWN
Baltimore has never been and never
will he . major league town. and il
Is not much of a minor league one
either. except i'm those rare years when
IL had pcnnant winner. Baltimore
with the help OF the press, tried 10
Kid Itself along with the belief that
the Federal League WAS major lea quo
outfit. ana that il was playing major
league baseball. This attitude caused
Jack Dunn TO wreck one OF the best
minor league agr:cgations ever gath
cred together, and. while hc was forced
out, the fans didn't bother themselves
overmuch about patronizing the Fed
cIal League park. and the Tcrrapins
were heavy losers.
Those small stockholders who Joined
the frcnzicd finance movement con-
nectcd with the Federal League will
reap considerable experience for their
money and nothing else. Hundreds of
small suhscrpt ions were taken after
lots of explosive talk and newspaper
print on the advantages 10 be derived
from major league ball. This money.
OF course. is lost The Federal League
will cease to exist.
The case is different here. Rich
Tondcrs Invested money in the same
way. but for q different purpose. In
baltimore the subscriptions were taken
dc
Here. however, the moncy was col
loctci to purchase something tangible
territorial rights. -rich are good
only iii richmond. This property cost
S22,50H. ana il is something that can
not be moved. Drop Richmond from
the International League an[ that 500
500 cvaporatcs like ice In July
II the 'Intcruational l.canur ,,n.y-
mates vote to Gust Richmond, which
has violated no contractular obliga-
ton it Is seriously contcnded that they
are open to a civil action for damages
and that the matter will he taken into
the courts. in addition TO the action
for II restraining order.
out in Kansas City minority stock
holders kept the Feds from dropping
them out. Tho proposition was similar
TO the one here III" city was too far
removed to make Il compact circuit,
and the Fcfcrals announced that
another would be substituted An in
junction stopped the deal
Already local men have sent to Kan
sas City for papers in that case in
order that they may he fortified with
~ precedent which would nclp them
I'm court. The threatened less Of the
franchise Is one Of the most talked-of
things the streets, and men who
were lukewnrm when the franchise
was brought here are now in favor Of
taking drastic stops to hold IT.