Clipping:The Olympic of Philadelphia propose an amateur city league

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Date	Wednesday, January 28, 1885
Text	The only proper way for amateur clubs to form associations is to do so in their respective cities and vicinity. This idea was broached by a member of the Olympic Club, which, by the way, is the oldest ball organization in exist5ence, for a series of games to be played by the Young America, Riverton, P. R. R. Club, Tioga and Olympic, and for the formation of an association, with rules, &c., to govern same. The idea was received favorably and with the desire to push it for the season of 1885. Such an organization could be made permanent and very effective, as Philadelphia contains some very strong, strictly amateur clubs, each being the possessor of enclosed grounds. … [signed] Olympic Ball Club. The Sporting Life January 28, 1885 a German newspaper baseball departments Among the new features in base ball circles in Cincinnati next season will be a regular base ball department in our leading German paper, the Volksfreund. The Sporting Life January 28, 1885
Source	Sporting Life
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
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