The Washington times., 1922-01-08
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WANTS TO SELL
BASEBALLCLU
IN PROVIDENCE
Jersey City Representative Is In
Rhode Island Town Trying to
Negotiate Deal.

NeSoudto Oodl.
BECAUSE of the lack Of support
n last season, the Jersey City
club Of the International
league Is willing to transfer its
franchise or sell It outright. Pat
Donovan. former manager Of the
Brooklyn club. who pilots the Skee-
tiers, has been appointed a special
agent by Owner Moran with full
power to engineer such q deal.
Providence has made such a plea
for chance to return to the In
ternational league. that Donovan is
now in that city feeling out the
leading sporting men on the PROPOSE
ton.
Just how keen the Rhode Island
city is for the return of league ball
remains to be seen. It IL the last
chance Providence VIII have to get
lack on the baseball map for many
years probably.
The proposition Donovan IL ped.
ding Is to sell the club outright II a
suitable price can be obtained. or to
operate the team in Providence. pro.
viding the fans of that city will fur.
nish the plant. The fans viii have to
take quick action. as Montreal is rea iy
to seize the opportunity Of getting
back into the International.
Overtures for a franchise were made
at the recent meeting of the Interna-
tional League by Montreal promoters.
Owner Moran and Manager Donovan
believe that Providence lays all over
Montreal as a desirable city. But II
Providence turns down this. last chance
the franchise viii be shifted to the
Canadian city.
For more than two years there las
been an insistent clamor for league
baseball Of the Glass IA brand IN
Providence.S Dinners have been held
at which the sentiment OF the speak
ers was Overwhelmingly In favor of u
movement to restore the old Eastern
and International League stronghold
to its place in the diamond sun.
Governor San Souci and Mayor
Gamer have, spoken in favor of the
plan. Many business and professional
leaders have indorsed the movement
The army of fans want to see Jack
Dunn's Orioles, George Stalling's
pitted against the Grays. again.
Putting II squarely up to the fans.
the Providence Journal says:
"How keen are the baseball fam OF
Providence for franchise in the In
ternational League? Getting down to
brass tacks. do the supporters Of the
rlan to restore baseball want II badly
enough to invest their money In the
proposition?. Building baseball plants,
unfortunately, costs money. How many
boosters will cut the purse strings?''
Pat Donovan has a safe and sane
business proposition to offer Provi-
dence fans. He says: 81. am author
lied to state that Mr.. Moran, owner
Of the Jersey City club. will either sell
the franchise and players outright, or
operate the club in Providence. pro!
viding honey can be raised for the
building OF an up to date park, He
does not believe Providence fans would
be eager to have am outsider step in
and operate the club and also own, the
plant. A happy combination, in Mr..
Moran's opinion, would be ownership
Of the park by Providence stockhold-
ers, and, in view of the heavy outlay
Involved in the purchase of the fran
chise and the building Of the plant,
the running of the team by himself"
A few weeks ago Owner Ernest
Landgraf of the Syracuse club visited
Providence TO look over the territory
with view to bringing the franchise
to Providence. Last week the SYRIA
cuse Chamber, Of Commerce went to
the front and adjusted every difficulty.
with the result that LandRraf signed
a three-year lease on the mark