Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-13
NORTHERN
LEAGUE MAY
BE REVIVED
Carnes of Duluth Confident
Fans Will Support Organ
lied Baseball.
To Be international, Includ-
ing Canadian, Minnesota
and Dakota Teams.

Duluth, Mimi, Oct. 13.-Possibili-
ties for reviving the old Northern
baseball league for the 1922 season
are unusually bright, asserted Ray j..
Carnes, president of the Duluth Ath-
letic club. with whom the Winnipeg
club Of the Western Canada league
has been negotiating Of late.
Since the breaking up of the North
ern league in 1916. Winnipeg cast it's
lot with the Canadian league only to
lose money and withdraw its franchise
In the middle of the past season. Du-
luth and Superior, other members of
the Northern league, have been
stumbling along since its disorganiza-
ton toying with amateur and semi
professional ball until, according to
Carnes. the fans are fairly bowling for
organized baseball.
Carnes is q veteran in the baseball
promoting game. in the northwest.
having managed several clubs in vari-
ous cities and towns. He is giving the
Winnipeg club every satisfaction pos
nbl under the present indefinite con-
ditions, and 1t the same time is at
tempting to enlist the attention of
Minnesota, North and South Dakota
cities
& With the recent adjustment of the
Dakota league in South Dakota base
ball, enthusiasts in this section hope
to see the organization of a circuit
That would include such cities as
Sioux Falls. Mitchell and Aberdeen,
South Dakota; Wahpeton-B recken-
ridge and Fargo, N. D.; Duluth,
Mimi; Superior. Wis, and Winnipeg,
Man.
Winnipeg baseball magnates report
that attendance at games in the West
ern Canada league were small in
comparison to the occasions when the
old Northern league was operating
and teams from the states invaded
the ."Canuck" territory.
international Touch.
: Everywhere. according to Mr..
Carnes, interest would be greatly in
tensifed should the Canadian town be
North Dakota baseball wheel, thus
Giving it an international touch. With
such an organization attendance re-
suits should offset the high expense of
transporting the, teams around the
circuit, It was asserted.
Heretofore baseball promoters have
been discouraged in considering plans
for a league of this kind because of
the apparently prohibitive expense Of
such an undertaking. Now, accord
ing to information accumulated in
Duluth baseball circles, magnates
elsewhere are convinced that the
interstate and international touch
naturally attached to a league Of
Canadian, Minnesota and Dakota
cities together with the class Of ball
expected to be provided would make
the plan a paying proposition.
At n rate, Mr.. Carnes intends to
investigate sentiment regarding the
proposed new circuit thoroughly, and
that early in the winter so as to in
terest prospective clubs and give
them an opportunity to get started
early on plans for their 1922 plans
Careful presentation Of the feast
bility Of promoting a new league Of
this proportion should readily attract
commercial interests in the various
cities involved, hackers Of the pro-
posed circuit contend. Head Of the
Lakes cities with which several of the
Dakota towns mentioned, closely
linked in a commercial trade way, are
expected to lead the way toward en-
Souraging, financially, the new circuit
Droviding. of course. it can be estab-
lished hat the league would be a.
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