Telegram-herald., 1888-07-15

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t4Fn here. aaa a., VIIh01G ezceplioa, nav
i1ag rseeived convincing proof of the lntenss
Gapop1-arlty u the aga t4rId, an appeal
Was made D. ths Fallacelphia club for q
change A nal vote was taken, and en-
Frlezy President Young notified Ar. Reach
that b. ansnL1ous vote " tls league clubs
the Philadelphia club would be allowed n
future . reduce the price Of admission -
= eeuts. TIE change weAt INTO eject Sat
grdzy, June 30.
The Athletic club has done considerably
better thsn the local league club usder the
h zh rate. cut II TOO, VIII. % course have -
enarge aventy-hve cents from now on A
seet.oa - TIE bylaws adopted by the jo4nt
/ rules committee at ths Cincinnati meeting
I last December prevented the Athletic club
I from doing any thing Independently. w
cry thing rested with the Phliadelp lphIzelub,
/ which. IA tts tGrn, was ruled by the other
Il clubs Of ths league. The rule II question
rsaas "a follows:
/" II i fsrther provided that Ia any city
where both al Association club aud another
einb member of sns party Of the first part
| of the H&aOaal agreensnt is located, the
I Association club shall BE required 70 oehargo
A. east a. much, and no more, FOR admis-
SION 70 its grounds than IS charged BY saad
/ other club"
The news WAS received with pleasure,
/ says the PhilsdelDAia Sporting LVe, by al
I patrons OF the game ia this city. The pro
/ prietOrs OF the local claos are luhlant, and
both clubs yet hope 20 recoup their losses
Even ths players are pleased with the
change, they say, as thsy expressed them
selves "a tired OF playing 20 empty bench
Is. FOR them, however, the change VIII
mean more 10 the future than now appears,
and for the local clubs the reduction means
SIMPLY pcstponement of the evil day for
one or the other. as bosh can not live and
prosper under the twenty -fve cent tariff.
Philadelphia has been greatly overrated
a. base ball city, and the facts bear out
the statement that bota clubs, under twen-
ty-nve cents, hardly erSr made any thing
worth speaking OF IN one and the same
season. When the Athletics wers on top
the Philiies Just about managed to keep
adoat, and when the Phflies finally secured
the local prestige the Athletics went stead
ily behind until bankrupcy stared the club
| IN he face last season and reorganiZatloR
became necessary; and history will doubt
lsssrspest itself unless the two can be con-
solidated or expenses reduced within the
income OF each.
| But the charge viii have other than local
| bearing IL assures 10 each of the big or
ganizaticns franchise IN Philadelphia, and
| Will check. for q time a. least, the cOnsOlda-
tion OF the league and association, which
| was, under the high tariff. becoming more
and more imminent, for the reason that the
Old dividing hne between league and as
saciaslon, VIZ. high and low tariff, viii be
restored. IL would be folly 20 suppose that
the reduction will halt al Philadelphia
Baltimore and Louisville are IN sore
straits also, and wiA have to receive con-
I
and that done the other clubs will also have
20 fall IN line sooner or later in obedience to
the demands OF their patrons, who will not
submit to pay more for their baseball than
other association cities. With general re-
auction the fop of certain Of the association
clubs Of the league fold will not be so easy
And 80, perhaps, the reduction may after
AL save the association from dismember-
meat. But with reduction another problem
viii stare the clubs sQuarely IN the face,
and that Is how to make both ends meet at
he lower figures The chief, and indeed
the only, reason for the increase was pri-
marisly the heavy expenses at present
nscsssitated BY the public demand FOR trst-
class ball, and BY the suicidal methods of
stub owners
/ Many OF the league clubs cud II difficult
natter 20 exist, even under the high league
sarif The association clubs, the weakest
VI whom u under Just as great expense as
she average league team. is in precisely the
same position, and two-thirds Of the clubs
II either organization can not figure out
subsistence from either high or low tariff.
Base ball has been run under high pressure
Z Tor the last three years; the bubble has
ossn infated 70 the point Of bursting, and
| with either nj gh or low tariff the end is in
I sTi1aOle unless measures are taken a. once
% reef sails and clear the deck for the com
ng storm The Sporting Lge millennium
plan offers the only harbor OF safety for the
sase-bau craft II Is the best, the most
,racticsble plan ever devised for the rescue
,f the game from the dangers that now be-
/ ses it on every side and threaten its life.
0n every hand are signs Of decay. The
4 gar1s needs new blood. new methods TIE
,eople are growing weary Of a sport which
1 provides no novelty, but drsgs along in the
lauae grooves. with the same faces, same
Methods and sarne results year after year.
/ his fau the club managers aud owners
vi havs one more chsnce--the l8st--to
osce the game where II ought to be placed
i beyond the accidents OF q season and the
/ lelish nlismauagement OF a few. and IL
I be wiilfuly blind or pgtifuily weak knsed
I Deoele now steering the ship right upon the
/ -ocius Of disaster win not bend they must
, weak. sHd the players themselves must
axe the millennium plan in hand. with
/ rev % saving their means Of livelihood.
rhich Is slipping away from them faster
han they, perhaps. have any idea Of. Let
,gt the players take the pan ia hand. and
be capital can easily BE commanded 70
larry cut a scheme which provides not only
aosolats security fer The money invested.
,ut sssures - every nan. who handles the
ast and bal with any degree Of skill what