The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-15
STATE BASEBALL LEAGUE.
4 M0YEMENT I1AUa URATED FOR
SUCH IN ASsoCIA1I0N.

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The Opinion Of Manager Powers Regard
Ing the Project-Bowlers of the Jer-
sey City Athletic Club on the Alleys
Notes of Other Sports.
How would a State Baseball League
strike you? This query is put TO the
overs of the national game in this city.
Would it excite your interest and in
duce you to sustain a club entered in a
combination of New Jersey clubs alone,
or is the first city in the State 50 far above
the others in Importance that we could
not condescend to run the risk of having
our baseball Representatives play second
fiddle to a nine from Mud River or Melon
Patch?
We have had mines from way down
East, from the far South, and from be-
yond the st. Lawrence. Good mines they
were in the Leagues with the home
team, and lovers of the sport here must
admit that they Witnessed as ipe playing
as was ever seen on q ball field. They
failed, however, to respond properly, and
the stockholders had to pocket their loss
and be content with approving consci-
ences.
Ahd1 bucy luEulSutQ Splcuulu DdiOuD
cannot be disputed. Many Of the men
who wore the uniform of the Jersey
Citys are now or have been leading play
ers in the big leagues and the Associa-
ton. Would a rivalry within the State
lead Jersey citizens to support the miner
The movement for the formation OF a
State League has been started. The idea
is That of Mr.. John J. Cleary, a well
known journalist and sporting editor OF
the Trenton Sunday Advertiser.
A few days ago he consulted a practical
man n n who is not a stranger In this
city It was +. 7. Powers, who for sew
eral years was manager of the Jersey City
Club and left this city a few months ago
to take charge of the Rochester Club. Mr..
Powers said.-"Anybody who has fol-
lowed the ups and downs of baseball in
this State for the past half dozen years
must recognize the fact that the problem
of success has not thus far been solved.
Only Jersey City and Newark are capa-
nle q supporting 2 Cup attached
sociations, and even these cities will
not give proper support, except under
the most favorable circumstances. II
they have a club under the average, they
don't consider it worthy of support, and
II they have crack teams. they declare
that there is no interest in the contest be-
cause the outside clubs can't hold q can
die to the home mines. / have come to
the conclusion that the State League is
the proper idea after all. and you can
quote me as favorable to it,"
Mr.. Powers on being asked for some
reasons for his conclusion said substan-
TALLY that such a league could be
maintained at q comparatively small ex-
pense such as our Jersey cities could
easily meet and that the local rivalry
would infuse interest and excitement in
every game played. The different
clubs would have small distances
to travel, and in consequence there
would be nc big bills for railroad fare or
for hotel lodging. In almost every in
stance a club could return to it's home
the same day as it played it's game, no
matter whether the game was in North
Jersey or South Jersey. Mr.. Powers be-
lieves that If the matter were brought
properly before Jersey City and Newark
people, they would approve the idea.
Paterson, also, could be counted in, for
Paterson used to be Trenton's great rival
years ago. With Jersey City, Newark,
Paterson and Trenton to start with, it
would be easy to secure two more cities
to enter the league.
Now here Is a chance for our capitalists
who like to see a good game Of baseball
and have Jersey City represented on the
diamond to contribute and establish a
club in this city. Give us the State
League, and let Jersey City fly the pen
nant.