Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-22
Improvement in the American Asso-
cations Prospects.
PREPARING FORAPHILADELPHIA CLUB
Officials Chosen for the Christmas
Foot Ball Game.
CURRENT SPORTING NEWS

The tip has been given to look for two
eishi-club organizations next year, one of
winch will be the American Association.
Before Adrian c. Arson, one Of the prime
movers in the new association movement,
LEFT Philadelphia yesterday he is said to
have been. given the promise of all the
financial backing necessary to place a good
team in that city.
Arson spent over two days in the Quaker
city. During that time he looked over the
field there and met several Philadelphians
who have been reported for several years
as being eager to break into the base ball
game. 1t has been known for a long time
that enough capital could be easily secured
to locate an association club in Philadel-
phla, but the movement so far as that
city is concerned, has appeared to lag for
two months, it being stated that the would
De packers there desired to see how strong
the other clubs would be financially before
embarking in the enterprise.
Anson spoke very hopefully of the new
organization. and he claimed it not only has
Suiflc1ent backing in Chicago, where ne
holds the franchise. but in the other west
ern and eastern cities as well.
BOOm in Association Stock
one OF the causes which is said to have
resulted in the boom in the associa tons
STOCK Is the present row in the National
League This squabhle is being taken adj
vantage of by the would-be promoters who
see in the present league situation a SPLEEN
did opportunity to give their plans a boost
Ihen too. they realize that the public has
got about all it wants of the methods of
certain National League magnates who
nave injured the game while they settled
their grievances with each other and they
believe the fans will gladly welcome a
change.
That the league magnates are not count
ing on the association movement being dead
because of the little talking being INDUCED
IN by the latter's promoters is certain Last
week, when negotiations were entered into
for the purchase of the Louisville clubs
franchise, promise was wanted that the
Colonies owners would not organize a club
to represent Louisville in another organiza-
ton. Since then President Brush of Gin
clnnau has come out with plan for one
national and two sectional leagues. the lat
ter pair taking in the discarded territory.
1t can thus be seen that the big league
in reducing its circuit does not propose to
leave the four cities cut off it's map I'M
protected To effect this some deals will
have to be made with the Eastern and
American or Western leagues. This has al
ready been done regards the cities in this
section, since President Powers of the
Eastern League has applied for protection
for Baltimore and Washington, and he sent
III his check to cover the territory with his
application.
The League Taking Few Chances.
These straws show which way the wind
is blowing. The National League is taking
as few chances as possible of giving a rival
Il chance to gain foothold. That they
have some fear of either the American AS
ISOLATION next year some similar body
at some other time stepping in and giving
the public what it wants in the line of its
favorite outdoor amusement is certain.
So well laid have been the plans of the
National League to have the cities which
1t proposes to give up represented in friend
ly union leagues that it is hard to see how
the association can place clubs in any of
these cities without fight. The latter t
was stated yesterday, the associations pro-
motors are not seeking. and it is not likely
the league wants this any too much, either.
The chances of Philadelphia being repre-
scented in two big base ball organizations
next year are brighter than they Were one
week ago and it was said last night that
the association scheme is maturing so fast
that the public announcement of more of
their plans may be looked for as soon as
the leagues committee makes decision on
the circuit question.