The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-15
MEETING TONIGHT
WILLDETERMINE
SPORTS INTEREST
Ch a m b er OF Commerce
Sponsors Discussion OF
Organized Ball
By EDWARD SACHS

A citizens committee to promote
organized baseball in Wilmington
may be one of the results of to-
nights public meeting sponsored
by the Chamber of Commerce al
the county courthouse, it was
learned last night.
If enough fans from Wilmington
and the city's trade area attend
the meeting to warrant further at
tempts by the city in obtaining a
franchise in an organized league,
the committee may be formed in
an attempt to give better organ
ization to local efforts.
J. E. L. Wade has issued an in
vitation to all fans to attend the
meeting and to express them
Selves
AS the situation now stands, the
fans will probably want to know
how a baseball venture would be
money could be raised, in which
league would Wilmington fare
best.
1t is known that two leagues
are eager to have this city in
Guided in their plans for 1916 op-
erations. They are the Tri-State
league headed by c. M. Llewellyn
of Concord and the Tobacco State
league, directed by Sam Allen OF
Raleigh.
Llwellyn has been reported by
Wade to be in conference with
Clark Griffith, Washington Sena-
tors owner in the capital.
1t is not too difficult to guess
what the Llewellyn-Griffith dis
cussions are centered about. The
Washington club has a very keen
interest in all baseball operations
in this area because of its Char.
lottee Hornets venture. Griffith
has been trying for the past sew.
eral months to have the Charlotte
club admitted to the Piedmont
league along with another club,
probably Wilmington, to make it an
eight-team operation. The Pied.
mont in turn has stood pat on its
six-club program which has
proved to be a success financially
because of reduced travelling ex.
penses.
Llewellyn's success in convinc.
| ing Griffith that the Tri-State
league would be an Improvement
over no league for his Charlotte in.
terest is not known, but he has
promised to advise Wade on the
conference in time for the meeting
tonight.
Llewellyn in the past has in
formed the Star that his league
would probably welcome Whining.
toms addition and at one time he
told this newspaper that if a check
covering the $1,000 required te
insure this city's good faith in the
venture and an added check fol
$500 to be deposited with the
president of the National Minol
League association, Judge w. G
Bramham, were mailed to him, by
local baseball leaders, it would al
but "clinch" this city's chance.
in the Tri-State.
However, any action on the mat
ter was cancelled until after the
Christmas holidays.
The Tri-State's proposed cir
cult of operations would include
Asheville, Knoxville, Spartanburt
and Anderson, S. c., in addition
to the two dark horses" viii
mington and Charlotte. The Tri
State would be Class p" league
Sam Aliens venture on the 9th
err hand would be Class D affair
with league cities planned in Ra
leigh, Smithfield, Angler, Fuqua,
Springs, and Whiteville. Thu
Raleigh man would like an eight
team circuit and for that reason il
reported very interested" in thi
city's baseball plans.
Still another avenue to an or
ganized baseball league may b.
opened at the meeting when tn
much-discussed new" league com
posed of cities in southeastern
| NOItu SoA O1lIld ana OOutu OdIO
lima is present before the meet
ing.
Present plans call for C. M. Har
rington, president of the Chambe
of Commerce to preside with JOIN
H. Farrell, secretary of the organ
ization acting as secretary.
g.. Wade will be the featured speak
er and will detail past baseball
dealings in addition to answerin
+ questions on the various subtitle
S of the transactions.
The meetinp will start at &