Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-29
SOME RIVALRY IF TWO.
 LEAGUES ARE ESTABLISHED
Feds and Eastern Magnates Will Fight Battle Royal for Patronage in This State.

After the meeting of the Federal or ganizers and packers on Saturday afternoon and the adjourned meeting or the Eastern association directors on Monday afternoon some kind of line may be obtained on what the pros poets will be for baseball in this sec ton the coming season.
 At the present time everything is befogged. Some are crying for merger. others want to sell out to the Federals and some believe in contin- uing under the old conditions Presi- dent Gilmore of the Federal league has announced his intention to attend the meeting at the Hotel Garde New Haven and President O'Rourke of the Eastern association says he will pos- itively be on hand when his directors get toogether.
 The meeting of the Eastern men was scheduled primarily to get a re- port from Bill Scinski upon his plan to find resting place for his wander CTS from New Britain and to see what could be done about interesting Wa terhuTy men in running a club over in that town. Scinski was unable to make much headway in regard to getting more tracks for the trolley line from New Britain to the ball park in Plain vile but the fans over there were de- manding better players rather than more tracks. According to reports from Northampton he was not very successful in interesting the sports up there in taking steps to back a team and but little has been heard of his plan to play one day stands, taking in New Britain, Stamford and way sta tions.
 Carey of Springfield and Clarkin of Hartford have been the principal plug gers for the merger scheme but they may have changed their minds after they read Sid Cballenger's blast upon this subject. Some of the fans believe that If there were two leagues here there would be such rivalry between them that they would spend all kinds of money to get good players and the patrons would see some really first class ball. If two leagues start in business the first thing the club owners should do would be to make some effort to have the population doubled for it does not seem probable that there are enough people around here to support two baseball leagues The chances are that both would go under and then what would the fans do for their favorite sport?
 "J. B. Baxter, the Boston millionaire, has been in Lawrence with Hugh McKinnon, and he declared he had leased Hampden Park Springfield, for 8 one-year term. He and AcKinnon said the new 6outlaw circuit is a cer- ta1nty and will surely be formed Sat urday in New Haven. They claim to have secured ball parks in F prospec- tive cities. including Springfield.
 Baxter said he will own the Spring field franchise, but will have a player manager now connected with Gil- more's organization. MckinRon stated that over 100 players under Federal league contracts will be distributed to eight clubs in the proposed new lea que at the meeting Saturday
 Mckinnon contends that the pro posed merger of New England and Eastern association is only a stall to discourage the Federals from invading New England territory. He is Cond- dent the merger won't materiaIize.
 Baxter promises to put a club in Springfield that will be far superior, he says, to the team the Eastern aS- Sociation will operate, and he predicts that crowds will flock to Hampden Park in preference to the opposition fidence Of acquiring League Park. Springfield, next year. intimating that the Eastern association will be unable to survive Federal opposition
 We have the money behind us" said Mckinnon, Tand this new leaalle is going through with success We win have many stars in the circuit and the standard of ball played win be far superior to what Eastern association tans have ever seen before
 President Murname of the New Eng land league makes the following state ment:
 There is considerable talk in New England circles of organizing a new league and New England league Where there may be individual club owners willing to take a chance on a new circuit of this kind. there isn"t a chance In the S'oif5 sfr@ts tEre E%+ir1lal