The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-21
TRACK AND FIELD
Fans Wanted
=Inter-League
Series In Fall


NEW YORK Tho calling of OF the In
terlesgue series between tho CLUBS OF 'he
American association and the lntcrna-
tional league was keen disappointment
to-tbe fans OF both circuits
The proposed series would be p'H
novelty. II would attract the attention
OF baseball lans all over the country ana
beca use OF the long standing rlNnlry oc-
tween the two big minors, WIN 'he P'u'
pert Of seeing II thrashed OUT on Wv
fieh OF play, interest would nave ue'h ue
keyed up TO n higher pitch In oo'n
ieSxues throughout the regular playing
ec1Bons A..
7 according TO President Ed Barrow the
International league would have wiling
iy gone through with It's agreement ne
declares that the series was caued OH u,
the Inst igation OF the association anu
thIs action, he says. win block ncgotla'
tions for future series OF the klnd
A. A. Was Divided.
fhat all OF the American association
rluh owners were In favor OF calling on
thu interleague games has been denied
By Colonel Wathen, owner OF the LOUIS
vine club and vice president ot the
league So II is apparent that harmony
in association ranks Is not complete. IL
appears that a few OF the club owners,
who have power with President Tom
Hickey. became highly alarmed after n
few weeks OF bad weather and prevailed
upon him TO take the initiative IN chlhnk
the games off
Presdent Hickey and George Teboau,
owner OF the Kansas city club visited
New York. prior to the opening OF their
season and made an cfort To nave tne
interleague schedule rearranged Th"y
wanted the series started at later dnte
than that originally sot and changes
made which would give association clubs
the benefit OF some doubleheader dates
They Intimated that they did not have
confidence In the drawing power OF tho
lnterna tiunal league cities
Beginning OF tho End.
This intimaton got under President I'd
Barrow's hide and he refused to make
any radical changes In the schedule Thus
the bottom began to fall out Of the pro-
posed feature series and the biggest
minor league attraction In the history or
the game finally went by tho boards
with war holding the spotlight all over
the world, association maRnhtes finally
srrued that they did not want 10 take a
chance on spoling a good thing for tho
future They reasoned that II the series
should be PLAYED under adverse condl'
tions and fail, future attempts would he
useless In this Barrow agreed, but he
wanted time TO talk II over with his club
owners, and when he found that the as
eOciatiOn was set on calling off the series
he knew II would eventually fall through.
However the association called II OF on
its own hook and then Barrow and hts
lesguers called off all cot operative re
lations with the big Mid Western minor.
Blow to tho Game.
II is to be regretted that tho series viii
not be played II would have furnished
the fans In tho two big minors with fod
der for year 10 come, and with ren,
sonnhle success II would have been n
good thing for the game. Rig league clut
owners were among those who regretted
the cancellation They wanted to see th'
plan tried out for, as Garry Herrmani
has admitted. there In possibility tha
tho major league may adopt some new
plan 10 take the place OF the worlds &c
r'es In seasons To come, and this sorI
OF series has been considered