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Show t 4 TODAY'S SPORT ANGLE 1 1 Major league magnates need have no Art her fears as to wli.er baseball. I Six months ago' most of tho big league dug owners were all fused up over the proposed California Winter Win-ter league. When the scheme was first launched, it was proposed lo take JC or 35 major league slur to i,.,, coast. This movement caused much discussion among t lie magnates, It was .he general belief that the added lo weeks would make the players stale. Likewise ihe possibility possi-bility that some of them might be Injured wa.s an additional worry. There was also the fear ihut some of th players might not keep In condition con-dition with nothing a; : ike. It was the origin il Intention of the magnates to try to have Judge Landla stop the post-season games. Bvidcht-ly Bvidcht-ly the Judge decided it would bo unwise un-wise to do so. !: turned out to be an excellent move not to try to prevent the players from going to the BOasi Such action would have created ill feeling among the players That would have worked against harmony on the various tcairw concerned. The winter league finished the season, sea-son, bur. li proved conclusively these facts: 'oast league f ins get, enough baseball base-ball during the reguiar season. Unless Un-less all tho clubs are mude up of stars there Is little or no Interest- Only four big leaguers made the trip Staler. Sta-ler. Hornsby. Cobb and Heilman. After having once seen these four stars, the punch was gone. The season was a big failure financially. finan-cially. Only rain Insurance saved the promoters from a big lossi. The const league magnates are now positive that winter ball is bad for the game in that section. It gives th. fans too much baseball ar.d takes the edge off ihe playing season. Tho permitting of tho four stars to go o.. the coast to launch a wintor lea Kite was an excellent thing. It proved beyond a doubt that there was no demand de-mand for tuch an, organization. li. E. |