Seattle, Tacoma and Portland Gear Up for a New Baseball League

The interest in the movement for the reorganization of the Pacific Northwest League is rapidly increasing, and has reached such proportions that there can be little doubt of the successful termination of the undertaking. Matters have already so shaped themselves that the question will be definitely settled within two weeks' time, and, in all probability, settled in favor of baseball.

W. R. Rockwell, president of last year's league, has just returned from Bellingham Bay, and in consequence of his visit there is a new candidate for membership in the league. The towns of New Whatcom and Fairhaven between them supported a high-salaried team of professionals in 1891, and an amateur team was given good backing last season. The Bellingham Bay baseball men are anxious to enter the circuit, and will make a strong fight toward that end at a league meeting that is to be called soon.

From the present outlook Seattle, Tacoma and Portland may be looked upon to a certainty as three of the four clubs of the league. The candidates for the fourth place are Bellingham Bay, Salem and Victoria, and there promises to be a hard triangular fight between them for the prize. Whichever is chosen there will be a strong circuit, with all the towns easy of access and traveling expenses light. There will be a big falling off, too, in salaries, and $1,000 this season will go as far as $1,500 last year. Under these circumstances the people of the North Pacific coast may look for another season of baseball which will be a pretty stiff article of its kind.