Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-01
PHYSICAL CONDITION OF PENNSYLVANIA
TUE old year was most cventful one one

yV,rIE, old wear was a most eventful one
i in bosebau-in fact the most exciting
and important in the long history VI w
game Just what the new year VIII VI ,'e
remains to be seen. but indications po'"'
to another season that will go long way
toward shaping the destinies of oase9s'i ..sl..
for the future,
Nipeteen-sixteen saw the signing Of the
peace pact between the National and Amer.
lean Leagues and the outlaw Feder''
League. though the plans were drawn up
and agreed upon by representative VI Wv
warning factions in December 1910
peace which was so necessary 10 the "'"''''
of the game was not made othclalIF' "oN
ever. until the first week OF January ''i0'
THE return of the jumping players
changes Of ownership ana hai's''l'.'',
and many trades of unusua. 'I'.Io' t ,hn
coupled with the close pennaht races ~ ,,,
t,vn major leagues, made the Oh year w,
long to he remembered by fans, players , "nu
owners The old year also saw ll'' .,a -
of Interest and prosperity III h'lhuI "" F,,,
ball As the minor leagues aIt i,1 i." rnii
nortout cogs i'm the wheels of orgahl"eu p',i,
tba nrosnerOus season enjoyed by alii,us'
ali of the smaller organizations prcs"seS
nrosneritv for baseball in general p,"-
ylding the major leagues come I" a., ,.,i,
standing with the minors. whlcn aPI'I Psnid '''
ore aboiit TO break away from the l"lu'
,rho uncertainty of the game Is basebaIls $
,,raatest charm, and 1t Is tmpossluie 10
Tnrecpat lust what is going to take plaTt ~,
Iot7. hut II is virtually certain 'i!at a "",n
the National and American league ,,.,
viii be as close If not closer 't"t, ~ o,a,
because the tenn "pp'"
ly matched ,,o,, the
,,'ars and magnatcs over the cutting oi
salaries and the return or the 'e"e' ' r,i i,,
ten.dny clauses in the cnh'lH'' ma rgsi'
,ut tho game in q turmoil. II "ISo 10 p',d
ble that the trouble between ,t ,", effect on
n,inor leagues may have q great eie' ,iii
.,,a rore in general Both questions ~ ~,
to ,nswered before the playing Se"SS" 10
started. ,,,oott,
70 tho National Commission can sinootn
,he rufled feelings Of the players an" Iii
Leagues the playing season proo"pS 49,
i Io,.n,d Of interest. excepting IN the pay
os ue o,,,, teams. but along toward the e"u
" 80 ,,oo,. there probably Will be plenty ol
W 'it,,,,Iort 1t is being Whispered ti'"l
,oIthv sportsmen contemplate S'"' us w. :,
another Independent League 10 Mus1t VII,
og,inst organized Ball Whether ,''' W..
We done depends entirely upon the ne"
contract. o,d
,r,o old contract with the ten-day anu
i,u Iousas will not hold in court. a!-
reSgInr reSgTng TO persons well versed in baseball
contracts and law and with vtrtSi'g ,,,. Wo
barrier to prevent the signing VI so P'"S
are who will not be pleased WIN 'ne t,, w.,
a., salaries this war Will be EEe"tvi 80 :.
IN ,ba SaIa one waged by the Federal League II II
ever gets under way -......
After the failure of the Federal league Lea ne
+, was believed that there would not ,,,ep oe
arotber attempt made TO enero"rn upon ~
the field of Organized Ball ior EtarH nt a' a1
s,a ets hI,t there is a movement ON loot az
t"'''e, ,,,'snnt time TO interest capitalists IN
the venture.