Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-07
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Managers Powers and Burnham in Town-A Talk With Manager BurR- ham-New Haven Can Support a Team-The Atlantic League is a Solid Enterprise Meeting To-Nfshx- Polo News.
 Manager Walter w. Burnham of the Wor- cester baee ball team and Manager Powers of Jersey City arrived in this city last night considerably worn out by their journey to Pennsylvania and return since last Saturday. They are stopping at the New Haven House. "New Haven has great future before her in base ball, !" enthusiastically said MT. Burn
 ham, when seen by COURIER reporter. s'In fact, can't see why such city this has not before this had 8 successful team. I
 know a good club will pay here. The people are educated to see good playing, and a second rate team will not make go of it.
 The league as now proposed is the strongest that has ever been organized. There are
 about ten applications on the circuit, while
 we want but four moro clubs, as the present
 members are Jersey City, Newark, Worcester and Lowell.
 "The prospects in New Haven are as good as in any city. I want to see New Haven in the league, because know, if rightly hand led, that there Is not better base ball city in New England. New Haven would not make success of it in 8 State league, but certainly would in the circuit that is now proposed. Wilkesbarre will join from Penn sylvania, but it is doubtful about Scranton, but that city may come to the front yet. If it doesn't, either Easton or Allingtown will be admitted.
 "To start with, you will need at least s, 900. It will probably cost you $1,500 to fit up suitable grounds. Not much difficult ty will be encountered in getting strong team. The four cities that are now in the league have by no mean weak teams, and | klaSk k<, ,,al~o @bu1 ol1 the teams must be as evenly matched as pos sible. Manager Putnam would be good man for New Haven, but in case he cannot come know of frst-class manager, who knows every ball player from A to z in the country, who could be secured"
 To day they will, in company with one or two New Haven gentlemen, visit the leading business men and see if they can get them | interested in the new scheme. The mistakes of two years ago will not be repeated. We now have men who are solid financially at the head of the scheme and it is proposed in | this city to take into the stock company none but thoroughly reliable business men. One | thing that New Haven can have that it has generally been without in many of it's sports, \ and that is 8 good manager who knows some | thing about ball players.
 Inside of few hours $5, 600 could easily | be raised if it were not for the fact that New ] Haven in nearly all its sports has been :'faked" to death. Those who have put money into the various sporting enterprises have been bit, and they are rather scarey of l of going in again. No one can blame them. But it seems as if after they understood that the new Atlantic league had strong fnan-
 cial backing that they will go into the new enterprise with renewed enterprise. There l are no more honest nor square men in the I country than Managers Powers and Burn ! ham. President Day of the New York team
 is also backing this league: Can anyone,
 then, say it will not be a successa
 The matter that is most talked about is in
 regard to the grounds. The owner of the
 land at the depot has not been seen yet as he is out of the city. It seems reasonable te
 suppose that the property can be secured and
 that the owner would be willing to rent it or
 easy terms, for at present it does not bring
 in a cents income. If the grounds were sit
 Ansonia, Bridgeport, Meriden, Wallingford
 and other places would come to see the l games.
 The Whitney avenue horse car road ars
 willing to give something toward the enter prise if the grounds are secured on Whitney
 avenue. There are two available places whict
 the road will try to secure. One is at th'
 corner of Cold Springs street and Whitney l avenue, the other on Suburban street. Th'
 first named property would make gooi
 grounds.
 A meeting will be held tonight, probabl, ' at the Elllott douse at O. O'CLOCK, Wnen tn
 whole matter will be explained to the busi ness men. All are invited to be present.
 Are the people of New Haven, becaus
 they have been ''faked" to death in the past
 to think that they are always going to ge
 bittens Look, for instance, at the success o polo, and can anyone truthfully say that tn greatest sport in the world-bsse ball-can
 not pay herea New Haven now has the bes chance she ever had for entering base bal league. Will this city take advantage of it We sincerely hope so. He is Pledged to Easton. . The following is an extract from lette