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Show JUDGE M'CREDIE NOT X mmim whit Says the "California-Coast Leag-ue" May Do as It . Pleases. PORT LA N H, Dec. 12. "if the 'Callfor-iiia-Pacific. Coast Ramie' decides to cut Portland off t he circuit, give the fran-chi.-e to Sacramento for nothing, and let the Sacramento people gn into the open market and purchase hall players, leaving leav-ing us with our tosscrs, I guess we won't squeal and claim that we are get! ing th short end of Ihe stick," said Judge McCredie Mc-Credie ibis morning, upon lu3 return from Seal tie. M the meeting November we wore nssnrcd J bat hrfo;v Port laud would- lv d copped ami Sa ratiieuto subst it u led cv-et cv-et tiling w on Id he made satisfactory to us I undersiHiul thai J. Ca Ewing has been ui'ored t' the effect that ho is going go-ing to wire me. and thai he believes everything ev-erything will be saiisfa'-tory after T receive re-ceive this wire. J'Vr this reason I em not going to make any rHsh statements, or do anything' until J know whero we stand. Northwestern Looks Good. "After my visit to Seattle and a conference con-ference there with President Die wet t and H. E. 1 mgdalo, J am not convinced that it wouldn't be a hotter thing for Portland li be in the - "Nort invest ern j ban in the California league, whh-h is all that it will amount to with Portland out. Business Busi-ness Is booming in Seattle and will bo throughout the nort h ert. "If 'we don't sell our players to Sacra-memo, Sacra-memo, we can keep ihem ourselves. I wiil go so far an to venture the prediction predic-tion that the Northwestern leaguo will be paying as large salaries as the Coast will next year, after the California owners own-ers get through slashing at their annual meeting, unless: I hoy intend to go brolto in n hurry. Wo will be able to deal with any or all of our players who arc lefl, 1 a in sure. "I am also going lo venture another prediction. Tn six months. If wc go into tho Northwestern, the fans here will forget for-get there ia any such thing as a Coast league." A bile Judge MeOedio wouldn't Issuo any sort of a statement, (fiero is no doubt that there Is a logal aspect to tho case which might cause the Coast league owners own-ers trouble if thoy simply ignored both the- Portland franchise and Its players in making the transfer to Sacra men to. Ask Class A Rating. There is no use in prophesying "whether (he M- 'rodles would take the matter Into t he courts or not,, oven if they had a good case. The better guess would bo that, they would simply ignore the whole situation and plan to enter the Northwestern, North-western, leaving the California owners to , shoulder their own responsibilities with- out adding to them In the shape of lawsuits. law-suits. Portland doesn't want lo inflict its ; presenco where it isn't wanted, seems lo be the motto of the McCredles, and : they will undoubtedly conduct their club along these lines. |