The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-06
SUCCESS.
1t Will Crown
Local Efforts
FOR LEAGUE BALL.
Ample Financial Backing
Assured in Detail.

Worcester's base ball cranlSs are in
an excellent way to see their fondest
hopes realized.
That this city will be included in the
Eastern League schedule is now all but
a certainty.
Yesterdays developments in the sit
uation We're all favorable to the eff
fort now being made to locate an
Eastern League franchise and the
team that goes with it in the Heart of
the Commonwealth.
Through similar talk on former &C.
casions regarding Worcester Eastern
league alliances, many lovers of the
game here are not inclined to take all
the stock in the world in the present
agitation. Nevertheless, unless there is
some hitch in present arrangements,
Worcester will get franchise when
President Powers and his confreres dis
tribute the bits of paper at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel in New York city next
Tuesday.
At the meeting of the circuit commit
tee in Albany yesterday afternoon, it is
a fact that Worcester's case was not
acted upon. Neither was any action
upon any one of the other applications
received. The men who were after the
franchises addressed the meeting, and
then it adjourned to meet with the
league directors in New York on Tues
day.
But while Worcester's application did
not receive decisive action, it was
looked upon with favor. The question
of tprri tnria1 rights in
course, came up, but those who are on
the inside know that there is nothing
TO fear upon that score. President
Powers, who attended the meeting,
wired that this city had been looked
upon favorably providing you can
Show to the committee the right to the
territory"
As was stated in yesterdays paper,
WorceSter's application was made by
NJ. ]. Finn, who is well known in base
ball circles in New England and in the
Eastern League. He has had his eye
on Worcester for couple Of years, and
now that the time for action is ripe he
proposes to strike, and strike hard.
He has assurance of ample financial
backing on the part of well known To-
cal business men, and has an UNDER
standing with the New England League
regarding all territorial rights.
MIR. Finn is at the present time in
New York, where he is manager of the
roller polo club of Jersey City. He ex-
poets TO visit Worcester In the course
Of day or two, however, to make the
final arrangements before attending
the New York meeting. While here he
WIFI get thoroughly in touch with some
of the leading base ball enthusiasts
and know just what is wanted before
leaving. With the franchise, Of course,
viii go the reserved list Of players of
that club, and Worcester would prob
ably get either the Ottawa or the
Wilkesbarre outfit. 1t Is too early yet
to talk team makeup, but Manager Finn
would NOT be content to place either the
Ottawa or Will0esbarre team here in
Its entirety. He would sign a number
Of new men, thus infusing young and
fresh blood into the team.
AS for grounds, the games would be
played On the fair grounds. Those who
are interested with Finn in the pro-
posed Worcester team realize full well
that games at the oval can never be
conducted upon a paying basis, and
they GO not propose to make any eK-
periments along these lines. They have
their eyes upon the fair grounds as
about the only available place, and say
that II would not require very large
amount of money to construct q good
ball field there.
The exact makeup Of the circuit is
as much in doubt as 1t was "A hours
ago. But with the four New England
cities, Worcester, Providence, Spring
field and Hartford, together with three
or possibly four in New York state, the
league would be sufficiently compact
to oFviate large travelling expenses.
The feeling among local cranks, as
it has been all along, is that If .Wor-
cester ia to have base ball, it must be
of the Eastern League order to insure
its success, and with the interest now
manifested in the game 1t would APP
pear that Worcester's team in the East
ern League, with experienced men at
the head, was destined to be a sue