Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
LEAGUE BERTH
BALTIMORE HOPE
Rumors Again Stir Baseball
Circles in Baltimore and
Washington

Baltimore, Md, Aug 2s.-Balti-
more fans, who have more ups and
downs in the baseball world than
those of almost any other big Amer
ican city, are again given reason to
hope for big league baseball. Never
before has the big league talk been
so persistent, and the men who pro-
fess to be on the inside" are more
emphatic this time than ever in de-
claring that next season will see the
home of the famous old orioles in
the American League.
As unreasonable as 1t may seem
to those whose last flickering hope
for major ball for Baltimore died
into cold ashes to be swept away by
the winds when the Federals went
crashing to the rocks, information
from a source without question is
that plans are on foot to transfer the
Washington franchise here.
Rumors that such q movement was
BdAhlll6 momentum IlluMdS OIL IIllS
season, when the Washington fans
began looking on Clarke Griffiths
consistently losing team with cold
disdain, caused local fans to stick an
ear to the ground. But Ban John
son, always the nemesis of major
ball is expected regain for the Old
When he did away went hope once
again. Car Ban told the world that
there was absolutely no chance of
this city supplanting the Nations
Capital in his circuit.
Times Are Changing
However, times are changing
From an unexpected and semi off
cial source information comes that
Bans heart has begun to soften. He,
it is now understood, is thoroughly
in accord with Clarke Griffiths plan
to close up the show in Washington
and come here, where Sunday base
ball is expected regain for the old
Fox and those who have sunk their
kale in the Washington Club the
enormous losses sustained the last
couple of years.
Jack Dunn it is understood is 60
ing to New York to endeavor. with
his wonderful ability to develop
young stars, to lift the Yankees out
of the mire. With a winning team
TO the American Leagues foundation
would be added couple more layers
OF concrete. Wild Bill Donovan.
since leaving Providence to go to
New York, hasn't done anything
worth raving about.
Dunn Gets Ready
Dunn is right now, according to
the best information, cleaning house
preparatory to leaving Baltimore.
HIS players, no matter who they may
be are on the market. Barber, Few
steG, Lamar, Thermahlen, Shannon
and McAvoy already have been sold.
Merito Acosta, who belonged to
Washington, will be recalled at the
end of the season. There are several
others on the club who may go in a
day or so.
Having come from such a reliable
source, and the facts are so plaus-
lble and interesting, this dope is
given added significance by infor-
nation to the effect that the plan to
shift the Washington franchise is
really the outcome of the suit of the
Baltimore Feds against Organized
Baseball. 1t is said, and again re-
liably so, that this was agreed IN
when the famous suit was so sud-
denly withdrawn from the United
States District Court at PHILADELPHIA.
The local Feds, it is believed, will be
given the controlling stock in the
club, with Clark Griffith retaining
the big block he already holds. The
American League, it is said has been
brought around to the side of Bal
tlmore by the outpouring of fans at
the recent Sunday games,