Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-05
THE EASE BALL MOVEMENT.

New Haven to be Canvassed-The Lead
 ing Business Men to be Visited and
 Their AId SOlicised-Humt wants
 Position on the Tean-Manager Putt
 mann to be Here To-Morrow.
 Nearly everybody is talking about base ball just now, and one would really be sur prised to find what an interest the people of New Haven are already taking in it. But there is something else to do close behind talking. To-day committee will pr6bably visit all the leading business men of the city and their backing will be solicited. It is ab- solutely necessary that 5000 be raised to start of the season, but $5,O00 would be much better. The items in the COURIER last
 Friday place the expenses at $2,30O. IS
 the intention to get the business men inter-
 eeted.
 The new Atlantic league is the strongest
 and best minor league ever organized, being
 stronger than the International league. Pres
 ident John B. Day of the New York team is
 back of the Jersey City club, and his name
 alone, without those of other professional
 men, should be enough to instill confidence in New Haven's business men. It is for them to decide whether or not New Haven will once more launch forth in the base ball world and belong to such a strong league as the Atlantic, which is composed of two cities
 in Pennsylvania, two in New Jersey, two in Connecticut and two in Massachusetts. The scheme that is first on the list is to
 visit New Haven's prominent men and see
 whether they are willing to give $1O0 or more
 toward the enterprise and become stock
 holder. Arrangements will try to be made
 for grounds and the horse car company will be asked to do something. If the scheme fails then books with tickets for admittance
 to every game, with & check for the grand stand, will be sold at SEQ, and if the prom ises will amount to enough to guarantee the starting of the club then New Haven will ap- ply for admittance to the league. When the business men thoroughly under stand this move, and know who the men are who are at the head of the league, and are assured that New Haven will have no more lushers nor broken down players, they will without any doubt at all come to the front and do the handsome thing. But within the next few days some great hustling has got to be done.
 Manager Putnam will be here to-morrow, and Managers Powell and Purcell in time for Monday nights meeting. The committee desire to get as many promises as possible before Thursday, so it can then be settled whether or not New Haven will apply for admission.
 New Haven never had better chance than this. It is next to the American association, and whenever vacancy arises city will be admitted into the association from this new league.
 Hunt, who played center field for Yale last year wants to join the New Haven team if one is organized. He is good fielder and a heavy hitter. He led the college league at the bat He went to the bat 34 times, made
 ten runs, with percentage of .470. He also made more big hits than anyone else of the college players, having an average in total hita of 823 How w0uId this do for an ont feldi "Dickie" Burns, Burke (who explained the Sa1ems last yesr) and Hunt. As the COURIER has stated, Manager Put nam's team would have to be strengthened some. He has the nucleus for @ first-clasa ! team. They are all young players, and not afraid of running bases.
 Each person should remember that as much devolves on him for the starting of 8 team as on anybody else. Your help is needed. Everything will be settled in few days.
 I Now wboop her up, everybody.