Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-04
The Nationals Out In the Cold.

THE CLUBS IN THE LEAGUE LIMITED 10 SIX.
dispatch from Chicago last night says: 1.-THE
committee In charge of the affairs OF the Ma
fionai Base Ball League has decided to limit
the number Of clubs in the league to six. They
are Chicago, St Louis, Detroit, Philadelphia,
New \ rk and Boston. The franchises of both
the Buffalo and the Providence teams are now
In the hands of the league, and no others will
De issued. The schedule for the season will con-
sist of 100 games, each club playing twenty
| games with the others, and the program will be
so arranged that the fifty games played in each
league city will be played In engagements OF
Two weeks duration at intervals of two weeks.
MANAGER sCANLoN DOESN'T BELIEVE 1T.
The above announcement fell like a thunder
| bolt in the camp of the Nationals, for If it is
| correct the home club will be left completely
out in the cold. Manager Scanlon said this
league would 80 weaken itself as to go into the
season with but six clubs until he should see it.
The Nationals had as yet received no informa-
the papers. All the assurances received here
tofOre were that every thing was in favor of the
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western club in the place of Buffalo, and this
| shut the Nationals out. Pittsburg Is said to
have positively refused to enter the league.
Cincinnati declined also, because Sunday
games would not be allowed. When asked
what the Nationals would do next year, # shut
out of the league, Manager Scanlon said that II
would be for the stockholders of the club to de-
eide. If an association should be formed in
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thought that the Nationals would enter it, but
that 1t would be folly for the club to enter such
an association as the eastern league. Rather
than do that the club, he thought, would prefer
to disband.
WHAT PRESIDENT YOUNG SAYS.
MI. n. f. Young, the president of the league,
stated to-day that he had received no informa-
tion of the reported six club arrangement. He
was terribly afraid though that 1t would prove
correct. judging from the character and source
oil the dispatch announcing 1t. He would not
give up nope, however, until he received official
information. He said the Nationals were
lust1ned In feeling assured of their admission
TO inc league. as the clubs were formable, and
the only oostacle being the admission of a club
IN the west, which had all along expressed a
wish to be admitted to the league. He could
club, except by the over persuasive powers of
us companions in the American association.
Had the Nationals been admitted Mr.. Young
lhonght they would have made very credit
abie showing next year, and would not have
been at the tail end.
a SUGGESTION TO THE NATIONALS.
To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR:
Now that the magnates OF the National
league have given Washington the cold shoul-
der it is in order Tor the National managers to
turn their attention to the American assccia-
ton.
The action of the league in reducing its men,
bership to six clubs because of their inability to
get one of the American clubs in the west to fill
the vacancy of the Buffalo, shows cOnclusively
that the younger association is more popular in
the eyes of the public than the league.
1t is said that the Metropolitan club is in a
tottering condition. and it is an open secret that
the American association is anxious to get rid
of the tail enders Oh the New York league. \
word to the National management may not be
amiSs, and l would respectfully suggest that
they take vigorous steps TO secure the franchise
of the "Mets.' 1t would also be a good idea for
the home club 10 be represented at the coming
meeting of the American association, to be held
in Philadelphia next week, and with Judi
"a ref ho
scented in the foremost baseball association.
BASEBALL.