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nQmdvtbJ-iehthfBy Dave Lewis!-The baseball situation down Mexico way has been pretty quiet lately, but behind the serenity the Z. Latin diamond moguls are busy asi,; bees calling on prospective Ameri-a* can ballplayers during the off sea-son to interest them in ihe hcalth-L j ful climate and advantages that0 j lie south of the border,1 I That the Mexican league is still *! very much in the picture was evi-, - denced recently when Jorge Pas-. | quel, the driving force behind the p| circuit, announced to one and all\ that “despite extraordinary ex-* \ penses the Mexican league made \ precisely 51,000,000 net last* I season.? I His feeling towards American j baseball is still very bitter, j though, and the principal object of JjPasquels irritation is Commis-3 sioner Happy Chandler.1 In fact, if Chandler doesn’t make ! an about face in his attitude to-5 j ward the Mexicans, Pasquel inti*- \ mates Happy and his baseball clubs- \ are going to be mighty srrry.- PASQUEL WANTS MAJOR i! RECOGNITION FROM U. S.)1 On a recent visit to Southern 1 California, Pasquel said “I am willing to come to friendly relations with American baseball interests on the following terms: First, I demand an apology from Mr. Chandler for the numerous sneers he lias directed at Mexican baseball; secondly, I demand that the Mexican league be recognizedas a major organization in every respect by American baseball interests.Supporting his claim to consideration of the league as of major quality, Pasquel calls attention to the relative competence of Mexican players in his organization and the 20-odd American big leaguers who jumped to Mexico the pastseason:“Actually/' he declared, “American baseball players who came to us last season were no better than our local products. I base thisstatement on the record. For instance, Vera Cruz, which contained rniire Americans than any other club in the league, finished deep in the second division. Max La- j nier of the St. Louis Cardinals was j on the club. . So were Danny Gar-1 della, Giants; Lou Klein, Cardi-j nais;' Lou Olma, Dodgers, and other IL S. big leaguers.STILL WANTS AMERICAN TALENT FOR 47 SEASON American baseball men, though, are quick to ridicule this . . . and with good reason. jPasquel still wants American; talent for 13-17, though, announc- j ing that we will continue last | I season’s practices if United States; i baseball interests persist in refus-! ring to recognize our.league. We!; want American critics to know the' j league is financially and profess- j rionally sound. We want them to:| know’ that Mexican baseball will | i be increasingly attractive to north;|of the border playeyrs who will;: come down to us in increasing \ ' numbers. ?; The Mexican league is no johnny-come lately. It has been in existence for approximately 22 years,. but for the greater part of its career it was an amateur loop. Pas-quel entered the picture in 1940 when internal strife threatened to fold up the league.He discarded the simon-pure status and began to.engage Cuban and topnotch American Negrostars. Attendance soared and eachyear more foreign players have been added.lt;Continued on Page 21)
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Long Beach Independent
Long Beach, California, US
Thu, Jan 16, 1947
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