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Show IS LEAGUE DEAD II SLEEPING? Question Is Agitating tie Fans, President Lucas Says the Pacific National Is a Dead One, President Williams of Spokane Club Takes an Opposite View Board Will Decide. By W. H. Lucas, President P. N L "The Pacific National league Is defunct. It takes four teams to make a leajruo and now thi-t Dolse has Withdrawn It leaves but threo and thero can be no franchise held und' r the league's authority." By President Williams. Spokane Club. "Although Boise may have withdrawn. I do not c.-o that the league Is brok n up. Boise may have withdrawn but the players still belong be-long to tho Irague and It can transfer them to any city It sees fit to take Into tho league " "Is tho Pacific National league dead or merely sleeping?" This Is the question that now occupy's the minds or the fans who Inhabit In-habit tho InlcrmountaJn country'. No less on authority than W, H. Lucaa president of the Pacific National leag-ue, pronounces tho organ-laatlon organ-laatlon a dead one, while on tho other hand lyde. Williams, president of the Spokane club. Insists that, such Is not the caso. other i lub owners of the leitiru. agre,. with Williams and declare that there Is plenty of life in the organization, despite tho opinion of President Bui-as. Mr Burns says that n nw li-ajruo will be formed and that It will contain six teams Instead In-stead of four. Mr. Williams admits that six teams can be accommodate.! very nicely In the league, but theri Is no necessity of tho franchise fran-chise being forfeited. Mr Williams said: "Butte. Salt I-ako and Hols-, huv pall .mteetlon m..n- to the N'-i tlonul commission and all the directors of tho leitgun havo th.j ns;,.,t to that effect from Mr Bucas. Players Belong to League. "Players of every cltj- in the league belong nol only to the cities that have retained them but belong an well to the I. igue Itself . though It takes four teams to make a league glare Is no reason to bellevo that because IlolH.. hes nlth.ln.un th. r. will nut be four or six tean.s In the eane When the seo.son opons By a mo-ting of thn directors the BMM frnni hlsu ran b- t nin-ferr.-d to uny city tho directors so fit to take in." The following -xtracts from the Pacific National Na-tional league constitution aro cited by Mr. Williams to show that tho lenguo is still In existence: "The mombTshlp of any league may bo terminated ter-minated by reslpri.-nlon dulv accepted bv thie.i-fuurlhs thie.i-fuurlhs v..to of all the . lubs In meeting duly accepted, as provided In section 4." SVs tlon A reads "Anv club member of this bagiio finding ItKolf uiuiblo to meet tho obll gatlotis It hus asMiiined shall have the right to ik the league f. r -.rmlssl..n to dispose of Its rights and franc'iUes. us a membsr of the leaUe to somo other city or organization " Mr Williams Contends that Kolsij has no right to rel.-ojie Itu play, rs without consent of He board Of directors and that plovers .mii be rrnod over to any city that tho directors see l'ho artler further provide: "The disband-in. disband-in. -nt of a leagu. i lub. Its Withdrawal from or loss of league mamberahln shall nnuMti n Si release of the plovers from coritrnrt and reservation of said club, hut the right to contract con-tract with and reserve sold players shall be subject to transfer to such other club as the Il LgUQ may d.-slgnoto after acceptance of their said sorvlccs." Section -' "f the national agrismrnt, to which national agreement the league has paid its protection money, provides: "No circuit shall bo changed without consent of a majority or more of tho clubs of such leuguo; nor shuM any club transfer or release Its ployor for the purpose of Injuring or weakening the leagiiu of which It Is a member " |