The Portland daily press., 1898-01-10
NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE.
Base Bali EntIlusias' Hope 10 See Port
land Represented.


An important matter to all lovers Of
base ball in Portland is to come before
the New England league meeting which
is to be held in Boston next Wednesday,
There are now six teams in the league
and the managers want two more to COM
plete circuit of eight clubs, Manchester
is very enthusiastic over the matter and
the outlook is very promising for that
city, and M. J. Garrity will represent
Manchester at the meeting. Lowell is
also trying hard to enter the field and
will probably he represented at the meet
ing.
If Portland wishes to enter the league
she Will have to compete against Lowell.
There is considerable talk here as to
whether Portland will have team or not
next season and if Portland has team
and can get as strong backing as Lowell,
they stand good prospect of getting
into the league.
Secretary Morse of the New England
league, recognizes Portland as good
ball town and has no doubt that if Port
land is represented at the meeting this
week she will be recognized. Portland
has supported some good teams and for
several years came out on the right side
of the ledger, and more than paid all ex-
peDses of the club. This was in 1924.
At tho meeting held here Saturday to
talk the matter over, it was not decided
who would go to represent Portland,
but the question will probably be decided
by Tuesday and good man sent in the
interest of this city.
In case Portland should get into the
New England league the management
have in view afirst-class manager, who has
always had a winning team and will put
a tirst,class club intoythe field. AS Port
land has been out of the New England
league one season there should be an in
creased interest In base ball here if she
should be fortunate enough to get the
place away from Lowell. which is more
than probable now.
There has been considerable talk in
Lewiston the past week about placing a
club in the New England league in case
Portland should be represented, but it ISL
not known at present whether anything
has yet been done or not
Mr.. M. j. Garrity, who Is an authori-
ty on base ball and all that pertains to
the game, says that with winning club
in Portland it is as good ball town as
has ever been represented in the league,
and he thinks that owing to the fact that
Boston won the pennant last season
there will be an Increased interest in
the game all through New England and
thinks the New England league will
have the most prosperous season this year
that it has had since it's organization.
One great advantage that Portland will
have this season is that Air. e. W. Muir
ply, who has control of the ball grounds,
is willing to let the association have the
grounds for practically nothing and is
also willing to help financially if the
proper interest is shown towards the or
ganization of a first class ball team.
The teams now in the New England
league are Fall River, Brockton, New
Bedford, Pawtucket, Taunton and New
port. The New England league last year
played as good ball as any minor league In
the country and the prospects are that it
will do even better this season.
BASE BALL NOTES.
Mr.. J. c. Morse, secretary of the Now
England league, in the Sporting Life,
says:
A writer in the Portland PRESS sug-
gests that Portland would make as good
club in case the present circuit is to
be enlarged as any. No doubt about
it. If representatives from Portland
and an eight club came to the annual
meeting and showed strong reasons for
being admitted no one could deny that
the chances for favorable hearing would
be very good, indeed. The expense of
the round trip to Portland is not so enor-
NOUS Nothing has been heard from
Lewiston this year.
Yesterdays Boston Herald in discuss !
ing New England league base ball, said
that there was little prospect that any
thing would be done in Portland this
season. The information was evidently
derived from misleading article inia
local paper which was written under an
entire misapprehension of the facts as
to the chances OF Portland's applying
or of it's getting a franchise If it. aid
apply.
Mr.. Henry Cody, manager OF the Lew
iston polo team, said to the writer
Thursday, chat in his opinion there was
little or no prospect that any attempt
would be made in that city to revive
base ball.
John T. Brush said yesterday that he |
had not bought the St. Louis club and
that it was SO inoumbered that it was
about impossible for anyone to buy it.