Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-01
BASEBALL FOR
 PINE BLUFF Some Talk of a State League And This City is Mention ed Among Others
FINN MAY BE THE HEAD
Will Include Cairo, Illinois, and Pop lar BIun, Me. To Hold
 State Meeting.

Little Rock, Ark, Jan &i--To maka the circuit moro compact, il k now probable that the Arkansas League of 1910 will inclnae Cairo. H.. through the dropping of Texarkana from further consideration Red Welch, of Jonesboro. who has been here for a couple of days talking oyer the 1910 circuit with Tim Flood lei,
 last night for Cairo to see what tne citizens there will do toward main taining q team next year There are absolutely no obstacles in the way Of tn" magnates taking their pick of Arkansas towns as the Northea t Arkansas Eeagu" is thing of the past, and Cairo, as well as every town in the state is free territory.
 Welch and Flood yesterday alter noon went over the towns of the league as they now see if. Little Rock. Hot Springs, Pine Bluff. Helena, Joneshoro, Cairo, H., South Memphis. and Poplar Bluff, Mo, and estimated the combined population to be over 31,0o0, which would be an average of over 10000 for each team in the league, sufficient to make of the Ark ansas organization Class c. League. Before leaving Little Rock, Welch. fE1Ond nt ;,,ta formation of the new baseball league. decided to issue call for a meeting or all the towns interested to take place here the second Sunday in Feb- rnarf. the 18th, which they think Will be lucky day for the launching of the new enterprise. Texarkana and Fort Smith will be invited to nar- tlclpate in the meeting as there are liable to be changes made which could bring them in. Welch is in favor of hlaklhg the guarantee to be posted by each club at $2,000 which would he sufficiently high to insure the teams going through the season. He says Jonesboro will put up this amount' without any trouble, and Tim Flood. says there is no doubt as to Little Rock. He says when the time comes he will show with good team and plenty of backing None of the Northeast Arkansas League officials haVihS any connection with the new league will have office unless tbev are reelected, which leaves the way clear for new set of officials entire lN II has been suggested that Finn De given that honor if he will accept il. Finn purchased a team in Water bury, Conn, and will go there in Apfll 10 stay during the summer. but Will maintain his home here The presidents of many other leag1les ara very seldom in the league cities. which shows that Finn could serve and still devote his time 10 his Wat erbi'ry team good vice-president ana se"f'f'rV if is pointed out, could oo the work which would not reouire the attention of the president. Finn IS good organizer, one of the wisest heads in baseball, and it is thought II he is selected and accepts the posi- ton, the league will never have dis sehtlon nor be in financial straits. Flhn would also cause many fast youngsters to be farmed from the big organizations with the Arkansas tea1s for additional working out
 What opposition there is here to q team in the Arkansas league has nor subsided since the promoters of tba ne" organization have stated they would release Little Rock at any tune 1t had an opportunity to better ltseif, or eget into a higher class league