Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-27
PREDICTS DOWNFALL OF
 EASTERN ASSOCIATION
Harry M. Robinson of the New Haven
 Union Prophesies Its Finish.

Harry M Robinson of the New Ha- ven Union delivers himself of the fol- lowing:
 The Eastern Baseball association, or in the old days, the Connecticut league. are never nearer to the point of fall ing off the baseball map than at the present time. It will take a lot of pulling and holding to keep the old league in place for the coming season and then twill take lot of boosting to keep the organization in the run ming during the 1915 season. Not only are several of the franchises in the association practically worthless, owl ing to the fact that no cities can be found where the clubs may be trans ferred to that will pay any better than the present ones. but the club owners feel the salary limit paid the players is altogether too large. This will have to be shaved down considerably before next spring and many of the men who have played in the association will find a substantial cut in salary for next season. For the calfbre of ball shown in the association last season sal- aries paid the players are altogether tod high. For the money paid out by the club owners much faster and ex- perienced players ought to be secured. All of the club owners are in favor of trimming the salary limit another sea- son in hopes that there may be some thing left in the club treasury at the | end of the season. When the associa- ton directors meet in New Haven in
 January there will be much to talk over. An attempt will be made to re- wise the circuit and then the salary | limit matter will be definitely acted
 upon. l. is we'll known fact that | Scinsli will never go back to New Bri- tain to play ball. It is a known fact
 that the Waterbury and Bridgeport
 franchises are on the market. and il tto VryIf oh thof | is trying to dispose of his Pittsflel6
 franchise. In 1913 Teller made more
 money in Pittsfeld than any of thu
 club owners realized from their clubs This was because the game was new
 there, Last year the Pittsfield clut
 But he is still ahead of the game fol
 the two seasons and probably figures ; it would be wise business move tC
 sell out while he is ahead of the game
 For surely another season in Pittsfielt
 will just about eat up all that Zellel Scinsd still hangs into the New Bri. tain franchise in hopes of landing somewhere, it looks as if Bill had beer
 stung good and hard and will be ou
 of baseball next year. that is as fal
 as the Eastern association is concern
 ed. He has had about all the baseball lexperience he needs and it has cos
 him dearly. Until the Eastern associa
 tion and New England league director.
 get together and form one good clas
 B league, nothing can be expected iron
 either of the organizations. By tryini
 to keep both of these leagues goinl the minor league baseball situation il
 New England is surely a sad one an,
 soon those with money invested will
 wake up and take steps to protec their capital. There is no good reasol Iwhy a consolidation of the two league lcould not take place. If it is be Icause Tim Murnane and Jim O'Rourk lare fighting to hold their jobs as pres lidents of the organizations, then tn Iclu'b owners are a lot of boobs. Al lthe club owners have to do is to ge together and take the matter up wit 1.-the national commission regardless o the stand taken by the two president: