New-York tribune., 1885-09-20
THE BASEBALL SEASON.
FINANCIAL RESULTS OF THE SEASONS
WORK-NEW.YORK's PROSPECTS.

WORK--NEW-lOhks IhV0a SS
The baseball season Is now rapiaiy oi""ins "
elose. In two weeks tho American Assoois'.on ,.,'
s,,.D,,onship schedule will be completed and the
s..;ra Al Ieacue season lasts only one week longer
rhs remnant ouestions will then be settled but u
tha ,veather does not turn too cold many haiu,
sor,ht battles on the green diamond VIII DO "aseo
nefora the snow flies Generally, the American
Association season cannot be called as succeSSu a"
49, asIasA Few clubs have lost money, but lew
aIso nave cleared as much they did last season.
,rho Matropolitan managers, however. form an
oxoent;ou ana from monetary point pi vie" ehoii
cluh has done much better than last year. L"0V
season the club won the pennant' drew Nie'
crowds in every city except New-York, ana cohse-
sr.,t,v made money for every club in the Associa-
t;on except itself This year the club has dohe
,;.,,e commeudabe work. and instead OF winning
.h nennant the players have been content 10 mover
.rn,o last place the whole season. Inc gano'
hare however have been better patrohlzed anu '"0
local managers have neat sum Iaiu a""9 %
profts. The foolish step last year OF leasing All"
citing mo Metropolitan Park at One hundieu'a''u-
.gbtb.,t. and First-ave. cost the clubs treasury
several thousand dollars. The grounds were naru
to reach and as they did not catch the puolc iano9
they were O dead failure. The directors io"S'u u
sold the grounds to other speculators TINS year, anu
there has not been an American Ao'O'i
T1 O. Iouis Climb last season had little TO 90
With the championship, yet the directors made
,n,nev at an alarming rate. This year the team mas
nlaved in winning form from the start and VIII WIN
the championship easily, but VIII not make ran .no
money that IT did last year Ihe ieelng u o.
ou;s ,eople seemed to be this year that they had
club superior to any other, that the nine "oui"
aways win, aud it nearly always did on homegrounuS
and SO the people did not 90 to see tue gaihes
The introduction of the Lucas League Oiuo III 0'
Iouis also drew heavily from Won Der Ahes coherS
II seems singular that the clubs winning INC
nenn,nt this and last season should poth loSe
,nonev while IN their OH year when they played
noorly both did unusually well financially; .ho
OF the other American Association cups sisS isS
prooklvn Club ought to do fairly weli anu nhlsn
tie season with something left over. ihere naVe
been good. sized crowds at Washington fark HurinS
most of the season. and had the nlne ~ hore ,.s
nresen form from the start the interest wona ha.o
been greater in Brooklyn and the stockhoiceis
much richer. A winning club VIII De a paayIdIS payI
Investment in that city and Presioent n
With n little judieious pruning hrst-class team
can be turned out of the present 9rganizatlon:
The Cincinnati aud Pittsburg cluDs nave PIa!SSu
IN fne form all the season, and the eofers OF the
direetors are all full OF shining dollars ia cohse
quence. The Louisville managers nave none r Sgb th
baltimore Club have lost any money. me ,e laiter
nine has been unfortunate and will in all probaoli-
Iy emu started off with brighter prospects
Mo"ev was spent with a lavish hand, good PLAYERS
were secured but something nobody knows nn exactly
what has kept the team behind all the year =,
In tbe National League the season has been rhe
y,ost brilliant one in the history OF the game Inc
eight clubs generally nave aone eSn anv none
bnt that is an old story. They nave come Due
behind ever since they have been IN the League
small SUN of $1,000. The Detroit Club is
credited with the purchase, but close observers
think that the Michigan men are merely 60, pc
tuatt he real purchasers
Cincinnati. and that leagne cluo VIII pe loliGu M ~
that city next season. Inc league iaansuis @ ,i
cast longing glances at CINCINNATI for some . tlule.
and they will Use every effort to place cluO thete
if possible. h-o .ho Az. ,o,nss
vet 10 be between the ,New- York and Buffalo clubs
pisyed in this city instead of at Buffalo; and the
Arrangement may yet be completed; ed Inc Iotal thd
directors have offered Buffalo $1,000 to play the
games here put the latter have refused. Ihe otter
NAV vet be slightly increased and accepted. Dotn
mines will lose money II the games are Piay%ead %
nrlyed of witnessing some first class games Inc
two mines play of postponed game here tomorrow,
and large cTowa VIII sO 10 ,ns o game in this
city Ii the Bisons cannot be persuaded 10 remain
here the two teams will leave the city on Monday
niabt apd play in Buffalo on Tuesday.
Followers of the game in tins city are rather
despondent at present, as nothing short OF a mir
acic or some wonderful baseball playing can orihg
the coveted pennaut to this city, The local club
now has only few games 10 pay, an unIutAy
number thirteen, and TO WIN the pehnddntt dt ty Wy
1inishing the Eve games with Bntao VIII start ior
Chicago. when the question will undoubtedly oe
seitled Three victories from Oh cago nay give the
peunant to New-iork; four surely WILL but one OF
two won't The New-York club has been the most
successful baseball inStit1tion of tie year. Inc
attendance at the games has been enormous, un-
doubtedly larger than in any other elty. Az one
game over 10000 people paid 90 cents each 70 MI
Ie.s the game. That would be S6,3oO. Two
Thousand paid % cents each TO pass into The grand
stand and over 500 paid 80 cents for reserved seats
The Chicago men have played wonderfully
steady game and their only trouble has come from
tie New-York PLAYERS. Manager Anson has handled
his men with much tact, and no matter how badly
they are defeated the players have never been
srattled7 hut come smiling and confident al the
next game The Providence club plays four games
with the Chicago team at Chicago tins week: on
TUESDAY Wednesday, Thursday aud Saturday.
Unless President Allen restores Pitcher Radbourn
70 good standing and makes him pitch against the
Chicago team in at least two games the champions
have little chance of winning any OF the serles;
Shaw has apparently lost much OF his cunning, aud
he cannot 6e expected to face Chicagos heavy
batters with much success. RadbonIn has many
reasons 10 wish to beat Chicago. aud he should be
allowed to pitch ~.
Tie Boston club this week goes 10 St Louis. OF
the games played this week Providence opght to
win at least one game from Chicago, while the New
York CLUB Onght 10 win all i've gaincs from their
Buffalo opponents. The Philadelphia club viii
probably win three of the four games at Detroit,
and the honors of the Boston-St. Louis games may