Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-12

also criticised the new proJnernooo scneme.
President Wikoff states that Won der Abe
must pay $1,000 fine for his Brooklyn fun.
Rain stopped all the ball games.
Secretary Scandrett stated definitely yes
terday afternoon that some very important
changes will be made In the local ball
team at the close of the season, if not before
it. The Secretary and directors have now
become thoroughly convinced that the
pitching power of the team is not much bet
ter than worthless. He talked very point
edly on the matter and said:
"Just before the season opened every base
ball authority in the country declared that
Pittsburg had the best pitching force in the
country. We all seriously believed this but
we were sadly disappointed before the first
week of the season had passed by. After one
or two games we only had one pitcher that we
could rely on, and the team has not been much
better than that during the whole season. l
don't think that the team has been in its best
condition for more than ten games during the
entire season. Of course l do not blame any
one in particular tor this, but it has been very
unfortunate and costly.
SOME BIG CHANGES.
at means that we'll make some big changes
when the season is over. 1t would seem useless
to begin with the changes now"
How about Morrls?" was asked.
''Well. Eds work has fallen considerably be-
low expectation and 1 don { see that he is
at present worth anything to the club. don't
want to commit myself on any feature of the
matter to-day, and therefore, l am not in po-
sition to talk about whether or not he will be
released when the club comes home. We can
not make any money this season and will be
content to quit even"
A call was made on resident Nimick but he
was too busy to talk about baseball affairs. 1t
was stated on good authority, however, that
Morris is to be released when the club returns
from the East. The gentleman who made this
statement said: morris will be released un-
conditionally if no club makes an offer for
him. 1t is likely, however. that if none of the
clubs in the big organizations want him some
of the minor leagues may be disposed to offer
price for him. At any rate it is safe to say that
HE WILL BE RELEASED.
He has been very disappointing man this
season, and the general opinion is that his good
pitching days are over.
President Nlmick is inclined to give Alexan-
der Jones, the Homestead left-handed pitcher
a trial A conference between the player and
President was arranged for yesterday after
noon, but if it took place Mr.. NimIck declined
TO say SO. Neither would the officials say
whether or not Jones was to be sent on to
Washington. 1t is, however very probable
that Jones will be given try, and if he does
anything like good work he will be reserved for
next season. 1t may be remarked, however,
that the local club has not given much en-
coIragement to young pitchers lately. Lots of
them have been signed, but after making one
or two poor displays have been cast adrift
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test them thoroughly. 1t is also fact that,
while The local club has been experimenting at
a costly rate with cheap youngsters other clubs
have come TO PittsbuFg and secured at reason
able prices such excellent pitchers as Gumbert,
Tener and Baldwin.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
If these three home men were now in the
local team what power they would be. The
local officials stated that a big price was paid
for Sowders, and he has yet to prove that he is
q success. If matters had been rightly
managed any or all of the three local pitchers
named could have been secured for nothing,
and any one of them is pitching considerably
better ball than Sowders.
After talking about the affairs of the local
club Secretary Scandrett expressed himself on
the new Brotherhood scheme, as proposed by
Mr.. johnson, of Cleveland, and John NJ. Ward.
The Secretary said: II never heard of such a
foolish thing in my life. Why, such a scheme
is almost Impossible rOr instance, II Jlo
players have to divide the receipts how will
they ever agree. Buck Ewing would want con-
siderably more than a catcher like Fields and
the latter would want just as much as any
body. Who would decide the argument?
Johnny Ward would also want more than lots
of other good men, and they would want Just
as much as HIM.
THEY COULDN'T AGREE.
"They would never agree, simply because the
men now receiving big salaries would want the
same advantage in the new organization. But
the people talking about organizing new clubs
have no idea what the cost of aclub is. 1t
takes SS0,0OO year to run the Pittsburg club
and who would put up that amount of money
to place a second club in this city. venture to
say that $50 900 could not be obtained and that
sum would be much too small The fact is that
no new organization could pay the salaries that
such men as Dunlap, Ewing. Keefe, Clarkson
and Ward are receiving. l look upon the
scheme as utopian, and l am surprised that
people can entertain any serious notions in
favor of it. To put it into operation would re-
quire men in every city selected to have as
much money to put up as the johnson Bros. are
alleged to have"