The daily times., 1921-09-16
ALL NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE

ALL NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE
Sentiment in favor of an all
North Carolina League for the 1922
season is growing by leaps ana
hounds. There isn't the slightest
1oubt but that the dissatisfaction
caused by recent rulings in the Nlr-
ginia League as it has affected the
two Carolina towns has practlcally
assure the death of the Virginia
League with its present composition
ard organization. The feeling has
grown day by day that almost any
sort of method has been used, ana
will be used to prevent the pennant
from resting on North Carolina soil.
There is a strong belief that coali-
tions and combines have been work
ed galore to strengthen Virginia
League Clubs in order to make 1t I'M
possibIe for a Carolina town to win.
If is a fact that an all-star club, Sc
curing the pick of another team, has
been vainly camping on our trail try
ing to oust us from the first position;
it is equally true that scheduled
games have been transferred from
the weaker to the stronger towns
without any semblance of consulting
all other clubs in the league; it Isl
true that. a pennant has been taken
away from a club that won 1t on the
ball field on a charge that has not
been disproven by other clubs in the
league as being characteristic of their
activities; it is true that apparently
an attempt is going to be made to
take a second pennant from another
club when it seemingly has good
chances of winning; and it is equal
ly true that teams in the League
have made a practice of trading and
swapping players almost at will even
after the time limit for such opera
tions has expired. There are many
. other things that are true of the Vir-
ginia League under it's present man.
agement and control that could be
mentioned, but they are so well
known to those that have kept up
with the activities of the League
that mentioning them would be but
repeating well known history
AS a result of this feeling, which
is growing stronger and stronger
ly apparent that if the North Caro-
liam towns are to have baseball from
which any satisfaction is to be gain
ed they are going to be compelled to
cast about for other surroundings
ard other association. There is ev-
cry reason to believe that a strong
North Carolina League can be organ
lied with Charlotte the extreme pcs
slbility on one end, or with Whining
ton as a certainty on the other. Will
mington has recently expressed a
very strong desire for organized base
hall; and Charlotte has thru the
press expressed dissatisfaction with
the South Atlantic. 1t is rumored
that DanviIle is tired of her berth
in the Piedmont Kinston is eager
to get into organized baseball as
was evidenced a day or so since
when delegation visited Wilson to
ity of getting an all-Carolina circuit.
Rocky Mount has through the press
stated that she will not seek admis-
sion in the Virginia League for an
other season. If Rocky Mount goes
then it is a pretty sure bet that Will
son will do likewise. Raleigh has
frequently during the present sea-
son advocated a North Carolina
League with the two towns Of Rocky
Mount and Wilson added to the nu-
cleus already formed by the central
towns in the Piedmont circuit. New
Bern and kinston are ripe for pro-
fesslonal baseball. In fact they are
sc ripe that they spent more money
for so game series for the season
just passed with berths in the East
ern Carolina Circuit, than some
teams in the Virginia League will
spend for a 136 game schedule in
organized ball. The writer was in
formed by the Kinston delegation
that they spent $4,000 for a so
game season, and that New Bern
spent $4,000. There isn't any
doubt but that the League would be
financial success, nor is there any
doubt but that teams would be sup
ported by the fans The only aues- J