Telegram-herald., 1891-03-03


VA saa Ne ss a. Asss
Mr.. III. ". bssehex has received
letteE fFonl Manage koss. 81 TIE Ain-
cola e.ab. zBd toe hearts Of the uAss
ball 'fansn have saaksa below ssfo, IS
Tar as al hope II seeing 0Eana kss-as
represented Ia the NssteTn League .
concerned. lsaeoln. Nsb.. Aas glssn
eoaas ol - go ana she grounds free TO
the clap, and they via STAY there fof
1881 AZ say rate.
ihe Ir.-st4ss esgae sstilg endsssof-
lng - secure Gfand Rapids. fEaak
Hlns h&s received letter from Pres
dent MeDeEa.ta OF the combination
utgtns 6raBd Rapids to become > nein-
ber lie says that Canton, AkFoa.
Mansfield and Waseling are already IN
and regulations are pending WITH
L. nlz, oandusky, Fort Wayne and bay
Clty. The e1trefnItles Of TINS league
are too distant from each other" re-
marAe.t Mr.. line, land II Is hardly
probable that Grand Rapids Will CON
nset WITH 1t. some or the critics could
schedule would los broken"
BHs there : stiA chance for Grand
Rapids O. see baseball. Al. Buenken-
berger. OF Detroit, is trying To secure
the organization OF an ASSOCIATION be-
tween Michigan and Indiana towns,
that j. meeting with favor and viii
probably be 20. The scheme eOntem-
plated ~ him includes Fort Wayne.
TerFe Hante, Detroit, BAY City. Grand
Rapids, saginaw, South Bend and Elk-
hart. All Ot them, excepting DeirOt,
are good baseball towns, aud such
league would be a success. The Indiana
League. which Is aboat morlbund, m
eludes some of these cities, and u letter
from President VIM. Meyer, OF Fort
Wayne, who IS the executive head OF
that league, says that 1t certainly can
not survive.
The directors will meet on March 3.
and dissolution will undoubtedly he
declared. Mr.. Meyers says that Buck
enberger's plan IS a good and feasible
one. lie also adds that Toledo and
Indianapolis will probably join too.
The cites are also close TO each other,
with direct railroad facilities, and
would make one of the best minor
4tto uts III tue country.
la reference 10 statement made in
morning paper yesterday, Mr.. Hinc
remarked: 1T is provoking TO have
such criticism as that made by the
stockholder quoted. Baseball was
never failure in Grand Rapids. The
club went to pieces simply because the
leagues we were III did not hold to-
gether. The fact Is Grand Rapids was
the only paying ball town in the State,
outside of Detroit, and had we only
waited week last year, instead of
gong into the International, we would
nave gone into the Western League
and been there today. 1t is hard
matter to get any good business man to
serve as director IN ball club, and
never but once i'll the history of ball
| playing IN this city did director
travel with the team, and that
was two years ago. When Roushkolb
was released as manager, | took
the team to Saginaw and Greenvile
and then / saved money enough by
buying return tickets and other WAYS
to pay for my expenses. We will have
ball IN Grand Rapids this year just the
same, and it will be good thing for
the city. The business men OF the
town should support a club. Why
Look at Detroit. What advertised that
city and made it a houseword but their
| bali team"
Grand Rapids needs advertising and
a good ball team will help do it.
Time is passing rapidly and with il
| the good ball players are being snatched
up. Ii Grand Rapids wants club tina,
is any good she had better get herself
| together and make move towards
securing it. The nine should be gotten
together for practice by the first OF
April at the latest, and by the middle
OF March If possible.