The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-28
PROSPECTS FOR BASEBALL.
&EW HAVEN MAY BE REPRESENT-
 ED IN THE EASTERN LEAGUE.

ED IN 1I1E B<tsIIAlLN LEAN v ne Attempt Will be Made to Form a Team
 Here-Eastern League Anxious to Add
 This City to It's Circuit-Two Other Pro
 posed Leagues Also Want New Haven.
 One more attempt will probably be made during the coming season to re- vive the national game of baseball in this city, and the indications now are that the effort will be successful. There is no reason why city with nearly 1OO,- 900 inhabitants should not support a ball team, if it were properly and econ omically managed, and the general inn pression is that such team would be success here.
 The Eastern league has it's eye on this city, and is extremely anxious to have team located here. This would mate rally strengthen the leagues circuit, and at the same time reduce the travel ing expenses of the other teams in the league, as it would break the present long jumps from New York state to Springfield and Providence. In order to accomplish this result, it is said that the league would be willing to assist in supporting a team in this city until such time as the local team became self-supporting.
 Under these circumstances the pros poets of baseball being revived in this city during the coming season seem un- usually favorable. Ted Sullivan, the well known player and manager, has been in the city recently and looked over the ground thoroughly, and before his departure expressed his belief that this city would be represented on the diamond during the coming season as a member of the Eastern league. So en- couraged was he with the outlook that he said he would be perfectly willing to come to this city and manage the team and invest his own money in the enterprise.
 While here he called upon a number of baseball enthusiasts, and it is said that all whom he saw expressed a will ingness to help form stock company with capital stock of $3,000, which would be a sufficient amount and secure a franchise in the Eastern league. If the team is formed the grounds will in all probability be located at Elm City driving park, which Is now, owing to the introduction of electricity on the Fair Haven and Westville road, withing easy access of all parts of the city. It is also thought that the railroad com pany would be willing to take consider able stock in the new enterprise. In fact, it is said that such assurances were given to Sullivan while he was in this city.
 Tn reference to the grounds the Hu- bingers, who are always interested in all kinds of sport, have expressed a will ingness to have the games played at their driving park, and it is also said that they would take stock in the new enterprise Manager Sullivan will re- turn to this city within a week or two, and at once begin the formation of a stock company, or at least will attempt to do so. It is believed that a team could be made a success in this city, and would be self-supporting almost from the beginning
 Two other proposed baseball leagues are also anxious to secure New Haven as members of their circuit. These are the proposed reorganzed Atlantic association, and the proposed state league. The former would be composed of eight clubs representing cities along the Atlantic coast. while in the latter it is proposed to place teams represent | ing Hartford Meriden, Bridgeport, | Stamford or Winsted, Norwalk, New Britain, Waterbury and New Haven.
 In the event, however, of team be- ing formed here it would undoubtedly l become a member of the eastern | league. but should the league not be | willing to admit New Haven the club | could then become member of either | of the other organizations. Tn any | event the Drostpects for a revival of l baseball during the coming season are l considered very bright.