The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-08

Hartford. Nov. S-Tha meeting of ing body of the minor leagues of the ,sional Baseball Leagues, the contro1l- ing body of tn erninor leagues of the country, scheduled for Louisville next month, promises to hold much inter- est for club, owners in the Eastern League. as we'll as fans throughout New England, as great ,doings are promised as a result of this impor- tant session. The proposed Union League, to take in the four best cities of the International League and the American Association, is expected to be put through definitely while the delegates from these different leagues are on hand at this session,
 Already rumors are flying about with regard to the disposition of the cities that will be left outside of the amalgamation and one of them con cerns che Eastern League, This latest proposal calls for a change in the New York State League that will take in Montreal. Ottawa. Rochester, Utica, Syracuse, Albany, Springfield and Providence, On the face of it, however this does not, look at all feas- ib1e, as the Canadian cities cannot be taken seriously, Ottawa has never had anything in baseball of first class nature, and cannot be expected to rise to such an occasion at this time. Montreal has always been a drag upon the International League and has been tolerated only to make it a foil for the excellent Toronto ter ritory. With the International League discarding this Canadian city, it would be folly for the New York State League to go in there and try to succeed where near-najor league failed
 However, what is more likely on the part of the New York State League is move te form a new Class A league and attWsHpt to get into the Eastern League territory to round out their circuit, as this league has been proven during the past year the most successful and only seif-supportina Class B circuit in the country during 1917. Eastern magnates who are watching the proposed changes to form the Union League are intimating that the first announced circuit tbat included only Springfield will quickly be changed so that it will likely in- clude Worcester and Hartford, making an eight-c1ub circuit of Providence, 11dItlOtui w tCOStCl, Al bany, Utica, Rochester and Syracuse. League cities, three from the New York State League and three from the Eastern, and this circuit could readily be raised to a Class A organi- zatfoni
 Such a project as this was preached yesterday afternpon to Owner James H. C1arkin of the Hartford club, but it did not get any great amount <of enthusiasm from him in that makeup While he said he was always ready to give Hartford as fast baseball as possible, and if getting into a Class A. league would help matters in this respect, he would be willing to do his share, yet he favored a change in the present Eastern League circuit, under the proposed conditions which to his mind would bring along a Class A league. and be an even better prop osition all around, at the same time preserving the Eastern, League for, the greater part. Said Owner Clarkin:'
 '4The abandonment of Providence one of the best baseball cities in the country by the International League in its proposed reorganization, sim ply because it is not well situated for the new Union League, opens up a fine opportunity for the Eastern league, and I am sure this circuit will be quick to embrace it if the Union lea que goes through along the present proposed lines. The addition of Providence to the Eastern league, along with Jersey City, another club set free by the closing of the Interna- iional league, would place the Eastern league upon the plane which it has been seeking ever since it's formation as a result of the combination of the best in the old Ea~ .ern Association