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Show iillilSl LlAUUl Id Club Owners Who Will Not Be Included in Union League Are Discontented. NEW YORK. Nov. S All will not be harmonious in the ranks of baseball when the minor leagues get together in Louisville nex't week. The formation of the third league, to be named the Union, has caused a wave of discontent to sweep through the conteralated program. Club owners own-ers who will not be included in the third major league, are sowing the seeds of discord. The Kansas City, St. Paul. Milwaukee Milwau-kee and Minneapolis clubs of the American association are the ones that will be left out in the cold. The national commission has been appealed to to prevent the dissolution of the big league into a third major. T. J. Hickey, president of the American Amer-ican association, is practically leading the fight against the plan. Hickey's fight came after the report was sent out that Ed Barrow, president of the International league, was to be chosen as head of the new league. Hickey had visions of being the leader of the now circuit, Hickey's argument is that the Toledo, To-ledo, ColumbuS, Louisville and Indianapolis Indian-apolis clubs in his circuit cannot withdraw with-draw from the league without unanimous unani-mous consent of the club owners. He contends that if these clubs are permitted per-mitted to Join the Union league the structure of organized baseball will crumble. Majors Favor It. Whether the national commission will interfere Is problematical. The heads of the two majors are inclined in-clined to favor a new league. They figure it will be a good thing for the game, will keep up an Interest in the sport during the war and also prove a financial success. But the commission will undoubtedly undoubted-ly adopt a "hands off" policy in settling set-tling the dispute. They will not interfere, inter-fere, according to all reports, because 111 J-JIU.I,.J1ILJ'.IM III I II II 111! of technicalities. The commission's jurisdiction is confined to disputes between be-tween major and minor leagues. The third league has not yet been formed. 1 It Is not yet a major circuit. Thus' the commission will bo in its' rights in refusing to heed Hickey's plea. If the club owners fail in their efforts ef-forts to hold bouts in New York state after the passing of tho .boxing law next week, there Is every likelihood that the pugilistic pilgrimage will journey southward. New Orleans is likely to be the mccca for the sport Tho success which attended the Herman-Burns bantam championship bout on Monday night has opened the eyes of fight managers to the possibilities of a golden harvest for their charges in the southern city. Racing will begin in Nov; Orleans very shortly. Many persons from the north will journey there to witness tht? sport of kings and also to get away from the northern winter climate. New Orleans will have a cosmopolitan crowd. Bouts Well Attended. Bouts there will be well attended. According to plans, it is proposed to hold a big fistic carnival in the southern south-ern city at which the champions and near champions in every class will probably be signed. And in New Orleans, twenty-round bouts can be held, which will undoubtedly undoubt-edly appeal to all lovers of the game. It is figured .that ten rounds the limit in New York is too short to test the merits of most of the present day fighters. |