Atlantic League (1914)

For other leagues named "Atlantic League", see Atlantic League (1896–1900) and Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
Atlantic League (1914)
FormerlyNew York–New Jersey League
ClassificationClass D
SportBaseball
FoundedMarch 1914[1]
CeasedMarch 1915[2]: 6 
PresidentRosslyn M. Cox
No. of teams8
CountryUnited States
Last
champion(s)		Poughkeepsie Honey Bugs

The second Atlantic League was a Class D minor league baseball league that operated for one season in 1914.[2] The league had been known as the New York–New Jersey League a season earlier.[2]: 1  The league president was Rosslyn M. Cox,[1] who would later serve as the mayor of Middletown, New York.[3]

The Poughkeepsie Honey Bugs finished first in the league standings, with a record of 65–31 (there was no postseason).[4] Internal politics and poor financial agreements hindered the league, which made it to the year's end, but folded before it could play another season.[2] It was unrelated, except for name, to the first league with the name. The name has subsequently been used for a contemporary independent minor league.

  1. ^ a b "Name Changed to Atlantic League". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, New Jersey. March 16, 1914. p. 12. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Pawlush, George G. (2001). "The Rise and Fall of the 1914 Atlantic League" (PDF) – via SABR.
  3. ^ "Mayors of the City of Middletown Past to Present". City of Middletown. Retrieved July 14, 2019 – via middletown-ny.com.
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