Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1917 — LIKELY TO LOSE ITS RATING [ARTICLE]

LIKELY TO LOSE ITS RATING

With Denver Out of Western League Standing aa Class A Circuit May * Be Surrendered. > If another attempt Is made this winter to reclassify the leagues remaining under the protection of the National association, then the Western league is likely to lose its standing as a Class A league, a rating it has claimed by concession rather than actual population. With Denver out of the league, .as now seems possible, next year, and a small tpwn like Hutchinson in the circuit, the Western might have some trouble mustering population enough even to make a Class B league. The circumstances are of interest, in connection with territorial changes.