Last Saturday afternoon, several witnesses reported a meeting near Madigan House, Manhattan, where several distinguished legacy league ballplayers held conference in the basement of The Headwaters Hotel. Rumors report household names like Danny Edgerton (Philadelphia) and Ricky McCoy (Detroit) in attendance. The rumor of the player gathering drew a small crowd to the event, where…
Category: The Sporting Times
Sporting Times: Rumor of a New League Sparks Hope
Thursday, November 11, 1894 Manhattan, New York Since the collapse of the National League in 1891, the future of organized baseball in America lies cowled in most agitating uncertainty. Several herculean obstacles lay before the feet of many organizations vying for control of a “national” baseball organization—the greatest of which is organizing the funds and…