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Show SOMEIHr BREWIN' IN NORTHWEST BASEBALL . I Secrecy Prevail" Over Move Con t emplatcd to Give Section League Bali. PniiTLANI. Die. I-eo. 27. Al-th'itinh Al-th'itinh baseball in Che, Nrthwpi In about as drad at present as It could possibly be. Kose City funs are given this tip there is somethliitf likely to happen this week, whether It in announced at this time or not. which will cause them to fit up and take notice. This tip Is merely to excite the cnrl-oMtv cnrl-oMtv of local fan?, who have had lntl to feed fin. .In Che way of fodder, for 'mMiV hn.AHfl. th1 nuii'n I'an run1 If It Roes through, it will caure them , to realize chat there Im a chance of see-Ins: see-Ins: baseball nxt season In Portland which will he the ral article- not the mukeKhifi nrttcte which was fotMed on the puhlir l.twt -;isoii wIipii there was . nothing rise whirl t-"HM In' ilune. Willi J the war condition badly hampering i any attempt to keep the game on its usual plane In this section f the country. coun-try. What Is In the wind f absolutely not for publication. It would probably spoil its auccessfur termination were any undue un-due publicity to be given It now. Not even the nature of the proposed change can be hinted at, for the same rea n. There are certain things required to improve the haelatl situation here. War condition ha v made such a change necessary, and It can be slated authoritatively that wheels already are stsrtlng to move, not alone in this fine ; particular case, but In other directions, j j T ii one Interested In see I n it bu seba 1 1 come back into Its own ure work lug out problems and planning on what shall be done. Tliev have very definite Ideas along these lines, and many of i them, which It Is ton early to publish, 'are along sane .and sound baseball ! lines. I I'ortlund fans hae been without any ! real professional ha m-ha II since the season of 1917. That fall they were ! dropped from the Coast league, as increase in-crease In transportation rates wouldn't permit the long Jump from Sun Kran- 1 risen and e-ult lka htira. , Cortland fans have shown that they are not satisfied wit class B ball, as i It has neen exhibited here In tha past. j There la no use trying to cover up thta fact, when planning on baseball for next year. This is known to Judge Mc-Credie Mc-Credie and other baseball magnaiea. who are eager not to drop any more kale, as they have done in recent years, and ore lust as eager to provide a better bet-ter grade of the national pastime, knowing that this Is the way. under ordinary circumstances, to bring the fans out to the ball paik i |