Morning journal and courier., 1889-12-25
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.

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 THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. Lowell Does Not Like Manager | Burnham and Iss Management Say | That He 1s Trying to Freeze That | City Out.
 | The Lowell News says: "A dispatch in
 Saturdays Herald from New York alluding
 to the possible makeup of the Atlantic asso-
 citation for next year, according to Manager
 Barnie's (of the Baltimore) idea. with Lowell
 left out in the cold has caused some little
 base talk in this locality. Manager Barnis would have an eastern and a western cir.
 cult, with clubs in Boston, Providence, New
 Haven and Worcester in the East, and Phila-
 delphia (Athletics), Baltimore, Newark and Washington in the West. This shuts out Hartford and Lowell and shows the fine | figuring of Walter Burnham on the face of it. Without commenting on Manager Bar
 nie's unparalleled gall in being admitted to
 an association by mail vote and trying to
 run that association to suit himself before his admittance has been confirmed at a meeting, we have no hesitation in saying that such league would be dismal failure, as was last years Atlantic association. It is
 with no feeling of pique that we mako this assertion, but on conclusions formed from c
 knowledge that not one of the eastern cities mentioned can support @ club in such cir- cult and pay the salaries necessary to get players able to compete with clubs such as
 Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington. Boston can support such club, but it will not. Previous to last year no club | there, except one in the National league, ever drew any people, and they have had | some of the finest minor teams ever got to- gether.
 "New Haven and Worcester were the best drawing cities in the Atlantic association, but they could not stand tho expense of Barnie's plan. Providence is an enigma. It is likely to be good ball town, but we arc of the opinion that 1t is asking too much of 1t to support club in such league as proposed by Barnie, Burnham, Trott, ct als. Then look at Newark. There is pos- itively the worst base ball city in the UDited for first place with Worcester, and but one or two games between the two, they couldn't get an audience of over 300 people to witness Worcester-Newark games on the finest base ball days imaginable, and on several occa. sions Manager Trott refused to play in order to save paying the guaranty to the visiting club.
 "The Atlantic association was the worst base ball league ever formed. It was a
 AAStoho AAOhA sho AAosy uhu Aso oho Cak record should prove an expensive lesson. During it's brief season it has broken up four clubs and almost ruined the others who lasted the season ont. Not one member of it made any money; on the contrary, each lost sums large enough to maintain club in the National league. The causes of the losses were high salaries, long railroad jumps and while on trips. Not one city in the league could stand she expense of maintaining club in such an association. The only ones benefited by 1t were the players and man. agsrs, while the stockholders had to go down very deep into their pockets to pay the expenses.
 'In the formation of . New England league with salary limit of $1, ,500 lies the salvation of base ball in Lowell, Worcester, Providence, Springfield, Hartford and some other cities. There would be some encour- agement for men to invest money in Q stock company and then would club stand on @ business basis. Not one of the cities men, toned above can afford larger salary limit, and when they overstep it they are throw ing money away. With league made up of Manchester, Lowell, Provi- denoe, Worcester, Holyoke, Springfield, New Haven and Hartford very good com. pact circuit csn be formed. New Haven is likely to have high aspirations under Bur. hams management, and will probably favor Barnie's scheme. There are other available cities, notably Brockton, Lawrence and Fall River, to take her place, and with reasonably fair weather the New England league could be made success. Lowell will certainly favor 1t and wants no more of the Atlantic association, but, if the New England league is not formed, we will stay in the Atlantic association and will refuse to be crowded out.
 "with the above named cities club would hu,~ Ax~~ ~tI Alxat- .f,~ta 1nS- fares and hotel bills. A club could get home every night from four of the cities, and its trips would not last over one week at time. You would consequently have more home games, and it is on home games where club must rely for its support. The guaranty received from games played on trips goes to pay up the expenses and the salaries are dead losses. Last year a weeks trip meant a loss of $500 on an average, and play six days in the week. Lowell, Worces. ter. Hartford and New Haven won't average 600 people the season through. Some days, of course, they exceeded that, but averaging up the entire attend ance during the year it won't go over 800 people to game. On that .-attendance how is it possible to have salary list of $75 per daya It is possible, of course, but it Is Atlantic association failure. There was stretch of ten consecutive rainy days last September, during which Lowell and Worces- ter were on the road and played but one game. The losses incurred during those days could not be made up in two months fair weather. With e more compact league Lowell and Worcester would have been spared the hotel bills and railroad fares of the men at least, which would be quite an item.
 Corcoran Will Go Go she Brotherhood.
 Tommy Corcoran has finally decided to sign with the Brotherhood. Many of his friends have tried to dissuade him, but he thinks he is right and is going ahead. He might do better by waiting, and he would have chance to get into the National league. Tn case the Brotherhood fails, and there is every reason to believe that 1t will, he will be blacklisted and can never again play on team under the National agree- ment. In case he waited, and saw that the Brotherhood was a success, he could jump to that organization and run no risk.
 Burd0ck Will Nos be Here.
 In spite of tho statement that the chances