The Washington herald., 1918-03-06
INTSSURE TO
KICK BUCKET
Sidetracking New York Sun.
day Baseball Bill Means
Death Of international.

New York's Sunday baseball bill
Ias been shelved, according to re-
port from Albany yesterday.
The efforts to legalize Sunday ball
are not likely to receive any further
attention at the present session OF the
upstate legislature. State Senator
Lawson, Of Brooklyn. New York, was
the member that had this Sunday bill
side-tracked, as he claimed that this
would be an inopportune time to bring
up such legislation.
And to state Senator Lawson lays
the death Of the International League
for the period Of the war.
Fandom of Ed Barrow's former cir
cult can lay all the blame to the
Brooklyn Senator, as even when the
new pilot of the Red Sox resigned
from the league and left them very
much i'm the rut, six of the club own
crs were ready and willing to pledge
themselves to go through the sea-
son.
Behind these pledges Of the
niagnates was the bright prospects
that Sunday baseball would sure be
legalized in the Gotham State 1t
was planned by the International
club owners to jump into new ter
ritory had this bill passed. figuring
on the Sunday crowds to get them
. over the rocky roads which appear to
be ahead for all minor leagues this
season.
Either the Providence or Toronto
club franchise was to have been
transferred to Syracuse, giving the
league three cities in the State in
which Sunday baseball was legal.
With a six-club circuit the schedule
would have been arranged so as to
play a game in Syracuse, Buffalo
and Rochester on each Sunday dur
ing the season.
The rnagnates even dreamed OF
going furrher. as they were attempt
ing to swing a deal with the major
league moguls and the National Com
mission. which would have allowed
them to invade little old New York
for Sunday games, whenever the
dates of the big leagues called one OF
the Gotham teams out of the big
town.
All hopes Of the league falling in
line appear very dim at present, but
this pigeon-holing of this Sunday
bill will mean that each of the
magnates in the International League
ever this season and money is some
scarce with nearly all Of them.
The Old Fox was confined to his
bed yesterday with a severe cold
but expects to be on. the job today
Having not received his mail yes
terday there was no news to be
given out in regard to the num-
Der of his players who have failed
to date to hand in their signed con,
tracts.
Mike Martin and Joe Judge pulled
out on the Atlantic Coast line yes.
terdsy afternoon for the Augusts
Training Camp. Eddie Ainsmith
I1e - rery catcher of the Ma,
tion1iz ,sho will be forced to stanC
he tnrden of the work this sum,
iper. pleaded with the Old Fox t.
llqW In TO make the trip with thi.
advance squad as he is anxious t.
get down to the work of putting
himself in shape. Manager GrifitF
advised otherwise and Eddie will
not go until the pitchers make tht
jump on Saturday.
The Grifmen who are now under
contract are as follows: Catcher
Ainsmith; Pitchers Ayers, Craft
DU Mont. Harper, Shaw, and Wald.
bauer; Infielders Judge, Foster
Lavan. Mcbride. and Shanks: Out,
q fielders C. Milan. Rice, Shotton
Cass, and Sandquist.
The players not yet signed up art
as follows:
Catchers, Charity and Brennan
Pitchers Johnson, YinSling. Thomp.
son, and Lynch; Inhelders Morgan
and Crane; Outielders H. Milan ant
Acosta.