Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-02-18 | Page 10 | No International Club in Brooklyn

Ii HAL Plan to Meet Federal Invasion Inva-sion Falls Through; Hope to Get Stahl. XEW YORK, Foil. 17. The plan of organised baseball to place an International Interna-tional league club In Brooklyn to compete com-pete with the Invading Federal league team was abandoned today after nego-Matlons nego-Matlons between Presidents Charles H. Ebbetts of the Brooklyn National league and Thomas Fogarty of the Jersey City International league clubs had failed of thrlr purpose. Kbbetts, It was learned, desired to charge the Jersey City team a sum, reported re-ported to be $50,000, for permission to play in the Newark ball park, which he controls. Ebbetts held that the Jersey City players would enjoy the patronage which last year supported a championship champion-ship team Had the plan been carried out, Eb-bctts Eb-bctts intended to transfer the Newark club, which he owns, to Brooklvn, plav- Img on inn national league grounds thpr while tho Jersey City team would play In Newark. Fogarty, however, refused to meet Eb-betts's Eb-betts's terms. It was said that the National Na-tional league magnate cut his price In twain, but even then Fogarty declined to accept-This accept-This leaves the International league circuit of 1913 Intact.