Clipping:A realistic assessment of the UA's prospects
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| Date | Monday, September 17, 1883 |
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| Text | The new body might as well realize from the start that it will have a hard, unequal fight, and prepare itself accordingly. The American Association found the field ripe for it, and but little cultivation was required. With the new organization things will be different because it has in its ranks too many cities where strong clubs are already located, and it is just possible that the base ball business may be overdone. A new club in Chicago will have hard work to divide the support of the popular League club. In Baltimore base ball is well patronized, but it is an open question whether two professional clubs can live there. In New York and Philadelphia there are already four professional clubs, and to put in one more in each is giving it to the public in rather heavy doses. In St. Louis, the field is inviting, as but one club exists there now, and the management of that is extremely unpopular. In Washington there will be be no opposition, and there the outlook is bright. In Richmond there is already a club, the Virginia, which has the best ground and good financial backing, which declares is purpose of going into the new Eastern League. In Pittsburg there is possibly room for another club, as the Association club now located there is somewhat in public disfavor, and besides the population is large. Brooklyn, Hartford and Indianapolis are good ball towns, and there is no opposition. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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