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Show WESTERN LEAGUE AIMS TO REMAIN IN CLASS A Chicago, Nov. 12 When the Western West-ern League baseball magnates meet today, the awarding of the 1910 pennant pen-nant to President Tom Filrwcathor of the champion Sioux City club Is to be merely a sid? Issue of the real program, pro-gram, which calls for a vigorous campaign cam-paign la favor of keeping the Western in class A society with the American association, the eastern, southern and Pacific coast circuits. "Under the latest census, the league now represents a total population of SyO.OOO," said Jack Hendricks, manager mana-ger of tbe Denver club, last night. "To remain In class A. under the revised re-vised classification proposed by the National association which meets here Tuesday In annual session, our league must show 1,000,000 residents of the eightccities Lincoln, Topeka. Omaha, Sioux City, Wichita. Denver, Des Moines nnd St. Joseph. It's going to be a hard fight to stick in the present pres-ent class, but all the owners will be here prepared to battle lo the last ditch." |