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Date	Wednesday, September 28, 1887
Text	[from an interview of Ward] ...there is plenty of money at our disposal to organize any association or league. We know of any amount of capitalists who want to invest their money in base ball. I will go further and say that we will be recognized as an organization and we will all play next year whether the League people like it or not. The people now managing the business are powerful, and have plenty of money to back them up, but we believe that we will have the support of the masses in the stand we have taken. It is claimed that a new League could not be formed, because it would have no grounds and the other necessaries to begin with, and that it would meet the same fate as the old Union Association. Now, as to the first argument, how long would it take to get new grounds and erect new stands? Before the season was half over they would be paid for. As for the old Union Association, it would never have died had it had the Brotherhood to draw from. It lacked the proper attractions to make it a success.
Source	Sporting Life
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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