The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-05
CONSOLIDATION
UP TO MAGNATES
AT MEET TODAY
w. A. President for Plan
but Declines to Pre-
dict Outcome

Special TO Tho World.
OKLAHOMA CITY, March a.
Whether there shall be consollda-
ton OF the Southwestern league with
the Western association Is expected
to be determined here Sunday.
Indications Saturday night were
that this question would take pre-
dominance over all others when di-
rectors OF the Western association
gather at 10 o'clock in the uucdins
hotel. And while the Southwestern
league is nct to meet until Monday
OF Tuesday IL is believed a definite
idea OF It's action at that time can
be forecast since representatives OF
Muskogec, Bartlesvllle and perhaps
one or two other Southwestern mem
btrs Will be here Sunday In confer
ence with Western association dele
gates
Expressions from leaders in both
organizations during the last few
days show that amalgamation is de
sired On both sides. Whether it can
be effected when the showdown
comes to prohlcmatiCs. No one on
either side was willing to predict
saturday night that it could be put
over at this time.
Little Room IN w. \.
The big difficulty right now Is
the problem OF making room In the
western association for those
Southwestern cities which arc de-
sirable I'm the new league. President
Daniels said Saturday that every
member Of his circuit was set to go
and that notices to their players
would be sent out Immediately after
the opening date OF the champions
ship race is determined Sunday.
While he said he personally was very
much I'm favor of a consolidation,
something that he considered GER
tain to come sooner or later he de-
clared decision would be left en-
tirely TO club owners of the league.
When plans for the consolidation
are hroached, It is believed. certain
the Western association will insist
upon restricting the territory TO ap-
proXimately 10O-mlle radius.
Springfield, Mo-, is the only eXcep-
tion
with this radius n league OF ap-
proximately 100000 population
could be formed. every members of
which has proved itself capable OF
bhDIpi lAllb UdNtbhll lUhtllnlltlN. IN
addition to the eight cities 1t would
include there would be four or five
Others near at hand which would
furnish replacements i'm case any
should show signs OF weakening.
Kansas Towns Far OFF.
Topeka, Hutchinson and Salina,
three cities now claimed by the
Southwestern, are not considered at
all possible But even were these
cities hoped up and "rarin' to
CO." they are considered impossib'a
because they are so far from the
other members of the league. They
are more than 100 miles from the
nearest cities now included and 800
miles by airline from Fort Smith.
Fort Smith Is too good "a baseball
city to consider dropping.
Western association interests.
however, are unanimously of the be-
lief that every effort should be made
10 include Muskogee and Bartlesville
in the now league, should the con-
solidation taXe place. Both are
within 100 radius, and con-
sidered very desirable. ndepend-
once is said to have a $35, 900 pot TO
carry it through. but the fact that
Ted Waring is manager of that club
may stand in the way OF n union
Western association officials declare
that Waring Will not be permitted
to return to the league. He was ex-
PEELED along with Dick Cooley in
1920.