The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-18
PROSPECTS FOR BASEBALL.
CON NECTICUT STATE LEAGUE TO HOLD 4 MEETING HERE TO-DAY.

Three Other Cities May be Admitted to
 Membership-Fiv Clubs Already in the
 League Manager Ted Sullivan is Expect
 ed to be at the Meeting.
 An adjourned meeting of the Con necticut State League of Baseball clubs will be held at the Tontine hotel this morning at Il o'clock At
 this time the final steps toward the
 organization of the league will be taken and all arrangements completed. It is expected that Manager Ted Sulli- van, who has been granted by tele- the league, will be present and the franchise for this city formally deliv- cred to him.
 At the present time there are five clubs in the league, the cities repre- sented being New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport, Meriden and Waterbury. At the last meeting of the league, two weeks ago. a committee was appointed to visit other clubs in the state, among them being New London, Norwich, Stamford, Danbury, Norwalk and New Britain, with view to securing three more cities, thus making an eight-club circuit At the meeting to-day it Is expected that this committee will make its report and it is more than probable that at that time the two remaining cities will be selected and the eight club circuit thus completed
 The league should be a success from the start and it is believed that it will be, provided it Is carefully and economically managed. Locally the prospects for a successful season of baseball are considered excellent and it is believed that baseball has come to stay. The affairs of the league will be managed by such we'll known base ball men as James ORourke of Bridge port and Ted Sullivan of this city, both of whom know baseball from top to bottom and will make a suc- cess of the league if anyone can.
 Manager Sullivan is expected here to-day and will at once commence the organization of the local team. When he was here before he received sub stantial encouragement and it is be- lieved that an association can be formed with but little truble. An eff fort will be made to secure playing grounds at Elm City Driving Park, which is now within easy access of the center of the city and can be reached in a few minutes by the elec- tric cars of the Fair Haven and Vest ville Railroad company. An effort will be made to interest the railroad com pany in the project and if the driving park can be secured, it would seem that the club would be a financial success in this city.
 In Bridgeport and Hartford local as- sociations have been formed, each with a capital of from $2,500 to $3,000, and in both these cities almost the entire amount of stock has been subscribed for and portion of 1t paid in. With the natural rivalry between these cities and New Haven great interest, it is believed, will be taken in the contests on the green diamond and season result, even if there were no other clubs in the league.
 In speaking of the prospects of the new league last night, well known local baseball enthusiast said: "A good team might play three games a week in this city. Make small estimate and say that there would be about 5000 people attend the games each week. Then take into considera- ton the large increase in attendance on holidays and it seems only reasona- ble to suppose that the season would be a success in every way. Another thing that should be taken into con- by the skeptics is that the | Connecticut State league will be form ed with capable men at it's head and for the first time in some years the | patrons of the game can see first class sport. The indications at present are that there will be a fine start in the | spring and the start will be backed up by plenty of enthusiasm"
 A meeting of those interested in the of baseball club for Meri- den was held Saturday at the Meriden house. A great deal of enthusiasm was shown over the plan and team for that city is now practically assured. A stock company was formed with the capital at $1,O0O, the shares to be $5 each. One-third of the capital stock was subscribed for at the meeting and ] committee was appointed to solicit for the balance The electric road people have offered to assist the baseball scheme and will enlarge the grounds in that city.
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