The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-02-26
DILLLANG[ TOFORM
INTERNATIONAL BALL
LEAGUE THROUGH Y
Famous Chicago Colt Sails for Bu.
rope Soon 70 Accomplish Dream
Of sporsmsn; wm Work
Through Armies and Y. NJ Q. A.

mn IanEe. tho fence breaker a
ne ola cA4cago colts. champ fielder
md base funner ard. many still think
even frOar tho tast BASEBALL player
thai ever drew On o glove. not even
,nffinr ~ Cobb. VIII sau Tor France
his usek 10 ihe uniform u the y NJ
n A. on about the nirreat mission that
ne baseball man sNsf tackled, % be-
came known here today.
The forn.athn % an International
Baseball irarus. fot YEAR, ne dream
4 plnvers AID ofnciula n ,nutnllt-
lion ~ EnrhSf. fmnce iirirlum and
pofnlhh lab. whose pfuunrt win.
nrra would meet those ~ he lai.ed
-fatc- the series mas eu alternately
IN hts country aud Europe u be-
l-angc'r hands 10 hrinr q realization
Ne believes the time h rlv ripe fcr
such an enterprise and he Min SCI
thpui making arranrvnrn's ~ mo
Heut he inndH on French soil
uAn Johnson has rounts1ioocd
Large a. his European representative
20 lonk over tnr field WIN q tiew 90
taking the prnnant winner "a ~.
American league neNi fah Tor a hu.
ropoan tnur fof the entertainment "
the allied soldiers. Ths matter D. en-
tirciY ln Lnnrc's handa uri as iudE-
mcnt Will b. final Nlth Ban luhlfun
a. 10 whether the team shah 60
abroad. johnson also has given NJ
promiae % ~ 20 arrange fof tho Nh-
llonai league winners % inin the cN-
petition. assuring an the principal
European cities 81 an rxhlbltion 80
riss ~ strictly worid-champiunshtp
baseball
fanrc viii taxi charge. AZ general
haaeball director Tor the n A. a. a
~ Eurupe. % b scures of araIy aud
navy teams developing abroad, tho
hirrest baseball league ever formed
and one tba 4 counted on 60 give the
game the nnesi boost Il has ever TO-
cri.ru LANCE Will have be headquar-
tera a. faus With representative IN
al. parts Of Europf
John Mcuraw. nov an owner 81 the
Cant. has made LANCE bic chief su-
frurau scout Mclraw believes bore
IL plenty Of rich material In the teams
uis army and navy have developed ln
France. and with faure a. his ieuih
h. fleets confident % getting the roam
% the PROMISING player
ianee also takes with MIN whom ie
vaih ext Saturday about fiH.0oH q
Laffhau Uafaphernaiin. the result ri
CLARK Grifnih's "hail and Bat FunH,
which he will distribute 10 she arrF
% committee 20 tie him up rnd DO
Nlil dole out the equipment just ts
~ sees ~ Indicating the conndenc.
Griffin and his club have Ia he VET
Since Lange began over "a year aro
10 Try 20 arrange 90 Sc. Into the SER
VICE o. the \. n. e. A.. baseball men
have had their eye ON him a. 4 pus
BE- European representative 1911 end
I'd No great career as a PLAYER Way
Dack ln ltoN-clEhfeen ear ago
but he has never ceased 10 be- "a base
ball men. anG HE Judgment ana in-
teEfiv have put BIN IN constant de-
mand ~ an adviser and counsellor %
friends uil over the cuuutD. A. a.
member 90 tho olympic club. in san
Francisco. where be has built up a.
prnaperous real estate and Insurance
h~urlnrsa. niu has been active ln al
sorts ~ athletic actitltles
u was tho loss of so many friends
IN the Olympic club who Departed 20
go into var service ~ u . OF am.
other. that determined uiil. he says
10 DO bis biz u took some months 90
arrange hla business Affairs and finish
up war work in which be Wa "a leader
III SAN Francisco. and then h. set out
FOR Chicago. where he entered the Y
n g. A. school Tor sccrotarlcs lie
had about finished bio course when an
attack uf the "nu" seized him ~
NNN wv MANAAAN NNNNN w We" NNN Ut
the running A. soon az be had rec
cuperaied he made Tor New YORK %
began preparations for his work over.
seas The news that Hlll was in town
was enough, o. commissions have
kept pllinE up Until he D. uulY nov
ready for his biE work overseas
t.AnEe will set ~ bis e-duuaftcrs
IN Paris ana n ~ his FIRST acts Viii
he 20 open what Do calls u "hlr sport
Ing goods store TtsH wIu be the
~siorehnuse and headquarters for
"Grlffr hall ana bat fund The cargo
OF baseball equipment be D. taking
with him H. packed in harH. cuch con-
tainlnE three bate. half "a dozen hhils
glove. "a chest protector fnnsk ami
enough other odds and ends 60 form
the first QUILTING of 4 baseball team
49, the time the sprinF season opens.
uNl viii hnVe an idea where thls siuff
viii do the most good o. Niil dts
tribute h. in bis pocket he carries the
following letter from Clark Griffin
"a take great pleasure IN rccnm.
monding AZ Lanre 60 the : " e..
A, az I have known him Intimately