The Washington herald., 1918-01-04
PROVIDENCE TO
STAY IN FIELD
Punch Put Through by Lam
MN VIII Keep Interna-
tional League Going.

Providence, r. L, Jan. 3.-Postpone
the plans for q wake for the Interna-
tfonal League. please. for in spite of
all the funeral dope the old boy isn't
quite dead. and there is a growing
hope as the hackers of the various
clubs begin to compare notes after
the results of the recent meeting In
New York that the circuit may yet
be revived Do not pan the magnates
TOO severely, either, for their hgura-
tive assassination of julius Caesar
Barrow until both sides of the case
have been heard 1t may be true that
the league might have dealt Mr.. Bar
row his fatal thrust from some other
angle than the one chosen, but that,
after all, is only incidental.
Anyway, it wasn't done with any In
tention to set Barrow in such a light
as has been suggested. for il was not
made any secret that the cut in Bar
rows salary was the sort of an inyi-
tation he took II to be. 1t was the
chosen way-sportsmanlike or not-a
dealing a counter-blow to Barrow's
attempt some time ago to break up
the International League by amalga-
mating Toronto, Buffalo, Baltimore
and Newark with Toledo, indianapolis,
Columbus and Louisville to form a
third major league, to be known as
the Continental Because he figured
to freeze them out Of baseball and
because in answer to anxious queries
as to the plan before he tried to
spring Ii at Louisville the league boss
denied the story, the anger of the
Richmond. Rochester. Montreal and
Providence owners was such they
could molly satisfy themselves by
handing Mr.. Barrow a hot one" 1t
is significant. too. that when their
plan to scotch him was sprung the
aggrieved quartette found willing allies
in ]. J. Lannin, the former Red Sox
owner, and in Jack Dunn, of Balti-
more, and so the plan to clip OF IS, 600
from Barrow's salary, hatched up at a
dinner Monday night before the final
league session. at which representa-
tives Of ive clubs attended. went on
beautifully when it was launched at
the meeting the next day.
As far as Providence is concern
ed, the local owners have from the
start been anxious to maintain In
ternational League ball When a
test vote was taken on the Ques-
tion of disbandment, Providence
voted to quit simply because Pres
ident Gammons had been instruct
ed to make no fight to maintain
the league. but to act with the
majority, but if the other clubown-
ers are willing to go ahead they
will not find Providence backward.
The local men, who are in Interna-
tionol League baseball today be-
cause President Barrow told them
what a good thing it was, are de-
tsrmined to keep the local park
busy next summer, figuring, and
wisely, too. that if the league ever
shuts down once it may as well
break up its parks for kindling
wood. The national pastime is one
game. which, when once discontin-
ued in a city seldom rises to its
old prominence.
Toronto and Baltimore are anx-
ious to keep going. Newark has
no particular reasons for surren-
dering the Rochester and Richmond
are not so terribly keen about quit-
ting if they can see daylight ahead.
Montreal is the problem. but either
Jersey City. or if worse comes 10
worse, an International League club
in Brooklyn might solve the prob
lem There has also been talk of
nuanctal help from the majors, but
this must be taken with a grain
of salt. for the majors will have
their own troubles next year.