Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-18
SALEM MAY ENTER
INTER-CITY LEAGUE IN
WOODLANDS PLACE
League Magnates Will Meet
in Portland TO c Onfer---
First Game April 80

Secretary Geo Grayson. Of the inter
citp baseball league, came to Salem last
evening to interview the new manage
ment Of the Salem Senators about Sa-
lem entering the league. A meeting
was nastily arranged at which it was
practically decided that Salem should
have league ball. A meeting of the
league managers and officials will be
called for Thursday evening at Port
land and Salem has been requested to
have a representative at the meeting
at which time the final arrangements
will be completed if Salem enters.
AT present there are eight teams in
this league, viz: BradfOrds, Gresham,
Montaville, st. Heens, Woodland,
Kirkpatricls, Baby Beavers Wood
burn.
According to Secretary Grayson, if
Salem should enter tney will probably
take the place of Woodland. Wood
land s schedule consists of eight games
at home in the next 49, one at Portland
on Vaughn street coast league grounds,
two at ,WOOdburn, and two at Gresham.
This is only the first half of the sea-
son and on the second halI the schedule
is so arranged tnat Woodland plays the
same majority of games at home.
In case it is decided to enter the
league the opening game will be played
at WoOdburn, April 30. The follow
ing Sunday Salem will have their open
ing game at home against the Baby
Beavers.
Of course it depends to a large extent
on what the baseball fans of Salem do
for the team whether or not salem en-
ters the league. The team was organ
it'd only t week ago on a pro rata
basis among the players and tney have
no finances back of them. To 90 into
this league will take considerable mon
ey and if the fans of Salem want to
see high class ball and are willing to
supnOrt the team sufficiently to get
started there is no reason why Salem
cannot put an exceptionally fast team
in the field.
The matter will be laid before the
Commercial club at their regular meet
ing this evening in the hopes tnat they
will give t heir moral as well as finan-
cial support
CHhiN VI thV ldHo WIZ nave WllQeSeu
the three games played at WOodburn
will vouch for the statement that the
teams in this league are made up of the
best semi-prOfesional and amateur
players in this part of the country and
Salem will see some of the best base
ball outside of organized league ball
that they have seen since the Old davs
of the Tri-City league.
This year Salem has an exceptionally
stron" bunch Of players from which to
pick team, among whom are Proctor,
Humphreys, Hauser, Adams, Jones,
Miller Gill Cole Tasto Nickel, Bell. The
big star pitcher of Salem nigh school
and Salem Senators fame, Roy Keene,
aud bigsleaguer Braham, of Dallas, and
the young phenom Cole, of upper val
ley fame.
Otto Klett as manager and former
Manager c. Baker as secretary and
treasurer and John-fIumphreys as cap
tain, were chosen at the meeting last
week to handle the afafirs of the team.
All are thirty-third degree fans anil
players as well as fans are of the opin-
ion tnat the team will be handled in the
most fair and square and business like
manner for sometime past, and that it
should prove the most successful season
Salem ever experienced.