Clipping:Early rumor of the AA
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| Date | Monday, September 12, 1881 |
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| Text | Since the death of the International Association in 1879, various efforts have been made to revive the opposition to the League by starting similar organizations. All have so far proved signal failures. The chief cause of this has been in the fact that they were poorly managed and lacked strong backing. Base-ball next year will experience a resuscitation such as it did in 1877, 1878 and 1879. The outlook is very promising. Cities that have been out of the business for years are beginning to show renewed interest in the game, and there is no doubt but the spring of 1882 will see at least a score of new Clubs in the field. Louisville, St. Louis, Philadelphia and New York, among the best supporters of the pastime in its palmy days, and who lost all love for the sport through the grumbling and dishonest actions of local teams, have had the old ardor awakened by the work of semi-professional nines, such as the Eclipse, Brown Stocking, Athletics and Metropolitans, and propose to attempt representation in the diamond once more. As it appears that the League will not drop its dead-weights in the East, like Worcester and Troy, and will not think of newer members, a scheme is on foot to organize a new Association, to include St. Louis, Louisville, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Cincinnati, Pittsburg and New York. Already the proposition has been entertained in St. Louis and Louisville, and a meeting will be held in Pittsburg October 10th to perfect arrangements. All of the cities named are most excellent base-ball cities, and if the idea is well managed it must certainly develop into a successful issue. A careful canvass has been made of several of the cities named, and it is safe to say that if the necessary number of Clubs capable of exhibiting a strong financial basis can be obtained, there will be a “Richmond” in the field next season that Mr. Hulbert and his associates will not look upon with scorn. J. A. Williams, of Columbus, is to be the Secretary, and the details for the Association are to be carefully arranged. |
| Source | Cincinnati Enquirer |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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