Clipping:Altoona admitted to the UA
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| Date | Sunday, March 2, 1884 |
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| Text | The Altoona Club, of Altoona, Penn., has been elected to membership in the Union Association by the following vote: Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington and Chicago, yes; St. Louis and Cincinnati, non-committal. Its accession to the ranks, however, is contingent, and may be rescinded at the schedule meeting in this city March 17th. If the membership of the association is not increased to eight clubs, Altoona will, of course be dropped, as it is next to impossible to arrange a schedule with an interchange of games between seven clubs. It is more than likely, however, that one more club will be admitted, and just now the new club in Boson has the call. There is some opposition to the eight club plan and several of the delegates are in favor of entering the inaugural season with six clubs, the same number the American Association embraced in its initial year. Altoona is a city of about 30,000 inhabitants, and has splendid railroad facilities. While not near as large as the other cities in the association in point of population, it is said to be a great ball town, and can muster enough patronage to support a first-class team. It is also an intermediate point, and will break the long railroad jumps between the Eastern and Western cities. If Boston is also added the association will be divided into two division, just as the American Association was last year. Cincinnati Enquirer March 2, 1884 Mr. Lucas is delighted with the prospects of the Altoona Club. It is backed by the Pennsylvania Railroad officials, and will have very nearly the same nine that beat the Philadelphia league team. The President is the foreman of the Pennsylvania Company's shops, which employ 9,000 men, whose only recreation is base-ball. The city has a population of 30,000, and the game is very popular with all classes. Sunday games will be played, and are expected to have very large attendances, numerous flourishing towns being certain to avail themselves of the unsurpassed facilities for local travel which the Pennsylvania Road affords, and will send large delegations. Cincinnati Enquirer March 12, 1884 |
| Source | Cincinnati Enquirer |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
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