Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-04-02
WHY NOT?
League Of Ohio
Cities
Proposed by Base Ball
Enthusiast.
Mansfield Is In Favor
of II.
Akron Is Included In
the List.
Pool and Bowling Games-Local
Sporting News.

SPorting News.
There is movement on foot TO or
ganize league OF base ball teams
from the cities of Ohio.
The Mansfield News has taken the
matter UP and is booming 1t to stand
still. On paper 1t looks like good
thing and 1t Is hard to figure how 1t
could lose. Akron Is included In the
list of cities which it is proposed to
take in.
The plan advanced by the Sporting
Editor of the News is given in the fol
lowing taken from that paper. 1t
reads:
Base bail Is probably dead in Mans
field this season, so far as having a
team I'm the new Western association
is concerned, but it il believed that
there Is yet a good chance to form a
new league, possibly all of Ohio towns
and again possibly made up Of few
towns outside of the state so that more
properly speaking it would be an Inter
atata lnnonn onutn ID
The proposed or prospective new lea
que, which has been talked of by the
fans in this city since the news of
the makeup of the new Western asso-
ciatlon has been made public, has also
been given an impetus in other towns
over the state and there has already
been some correspondence upon the
subject. Mansfield has had base ball
now for II number Of years in success
sion and the old town will seem very,
dead during the long summer days
this season IL there IL no base bah.
feeling prevails throughout the city
that we should have some base ball
The cities OF Canton. Youngstown, Ak
ron, Lima and number of other
places have been agitnting the formn
tion of II state league with a low sal.
airy limit for several months. A mum.
Der OF towns have had semi profession
al clubs for several years. They are
also equipped with base ball parks and
are almost practically ready TO play
ball.
The great trouble with the old Inrcr.
state ienGue was the fact that the bail
they furnished was too swift There
was too much difference In the size OF
the cities and the different clubs own.
ers got to reaching out and paving too
high salaries. This sort Of thing prov.
ed TO he financial ruin. II IL believed.
however, that an Ohio league with a
salary limit to say 500 or $500 per
month would be big success There
are any number of young college men
Ia the principal cities OF the state who
while they would not like To talto I'm
professional ball as means OF earn
ing livelihood, would no doubt ba
willing 10 give their services during the
summers season for n fair comncnss.
ton. II might be necessary to hire
several good pitchers to play with each
OF the clubs aud possibly one or two
other good men, but the teams could be
allied in with other men who havs
played ball. In this way a league
could be formed with reasonable OK.
pense. Since the circuit OF the West.
ern association has been announced.
the agitation for the formation of A
new league has been strong from sey-
eral towns. Wheeling wants base ball
the worst kind of way and has even
gone to the length of telegraphing to
the sporting editor OF the News to see
what chance there would be for plac-
ins club In the proposed new league