The evening world., 1889-12-16
IN THE ATHLETIC WORLD.
The Baseball Fight Now a Question Of
Money.
Yale VIII Row Races Only With
Havard's Crew.

There is no doubt that the National Base
ball League paid little heed to tho muttsr-
inGs of an impending Ia. eball war until the
formation of the Players League was an
accomplished fact. Now both sides nro
fully aware that 1t Is war to the knife. Both
have passed the preliminary frothy stage of
anger and have settled down to win with
deadly carncstness. A prominent member
of last years New York nine expresses him.
self as follows in regard to the situation:
The history of all large cooperative as
hociat!onS proves that they can. gain sue
cess only by holding together. The Players
Baseball League in a cooperative concern,
and so is n labor union. The Players
League docs not differ from a labor union
has i'll view the ,bettering of the con-
dition OF, Its, members. Labor unions are
successful ouly because there il no DESERVING
erhood OF Ba, eball Player hope TO succeed
IN its present great fight with the National
League unless its members remain az true to
their order. DeSertlona from the ranks will
dc, more to weaken the Players League prob
ably than all the reserve rules ever in
vented"
The suggestion that the Players League
establish an advance salary fund in place
good one. III the weaker brethren OF the
brotherhood. are going. to auction them
selves of to the highest bidder. it might be
Wcll lot INC lTeuhIfel OF the IluyerB League
to have enough ready cash on hand to buy
np,the w%eak-kneed brothers. OF course the
bids will have to be accompanied, by the
cash. Thus the fight resolves itself into one
OF money on both. sides, instead of one OF
money on the part of the National League
and Of principle on the part of the Brother
hood" These are the views of another
member of the New York Club Of so.
The Noble Order of Elks did a very grace
full and timely act IL presenting that Iocket
so hard to raise, the baseball fraternity to
what he thinks will be power and a%iiluence.
A G 70 han baseball enthusiast made this
rGmaTk inc other DAY M1ou can be sure Of
League nine IL. Transported to New York it
will take more than one season for i to gain
the good will OF the public of this city
Though Yale University il opposed to a
dual football, league with Harvard, she IL
steRdfast IN her determination to restrict
her aquatic events solely to meetings with
many judges of rowing who think that the
Cornell University of last season could have
defeated the lalensians had, the latter, been
willing to race. 1t IL to be sincerely re-
GREETED that Yale will not accept Corneii's
challenge to row next year. Cornell num-
S.TS a Larger number Of students than either
though so recently organized, proves that
she can make a strong, bid for championship
mo nOG footDa hllnG ToEin th Is i ana old ID d] Esge"fl IKn ssh9n
ton. and her crews whip everything they
come in contact with.
another colored a%splrn9t for prize-rinG
George Peters,. styled the "colored prod
icy" OF the Northwest.. Peters wants to
% To%, o. sG cgu GSICr Saet RSTsr in T the E ESrld Rtb IGSfc
Club claims it will attempt TO bring about a
meeting between Jackson and Peters.