Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-08

IL there is one thing more necessary than an
other il is sound organization. Sorry, indeed,
would be to see q start made and to be speedily
followed by miserable collapse; but the latter
can be prevented by careful preparation. The
object is all right, but the means of attaining
are in many respects faulty. strongly argue
that the players-Jhat is, the Brotherhood
players-are sufficient in themselves to attain
the object they have in view without the aid
of the American Association. An amalgama-
ton will leave ample roUm for all kinds OF sus-
picions and unpleasant conjectures; in short it,
will be injurious in many ways to the players.
But 1t seems to me improbable that the good
sense of some of the Brotherhood leaders
would permit any such undesirable step.
Two Local Clubs.
In local baseball circles an interesting cues
ton has been discussed frequently. Itis to the
effect that If we have Brotherhood club here
next season, and one representing the National
League, how will they get supportedS A friend
of mine, very much of a baseball crank, very in
geniously figured out the other day that with
two clubs here, at Is cents per game, there
would be more Pittsburgers attending ball
games than there ever was in the history Of the
game in this city. He contended that large
number of the patrons of the old club would
continue TO patronize it irrespective OF the ex-
istence of an opposing club; the low prices and
the new local rivalry would increase the num-
Der OF baseball patrons and many of them
WOulQ IKE 20 see DOtn cluDS as muCn as POSI-
BILE. The price being only half of what It was
before, my friend continued. patrons could see
the two games for the same price that one for
merly cost. However, he concluded by argu'
ing that the Brotherhood club would receive
the best patronage. Now. there is considerable
truth in the reasonings above stated. firmly
believe that with two climbs in the city there
will be an increased attendance-that is there
will be more people 90 to the two games
than went to the one last season. am also in
clined to believe that the bulk of the patron
age will go to the old players, but to what ex-
people who have heretofore bought season
tickets will continue to buy them from the old
club. and altogether there will probably be more
people patronize the old club, although it may
be made up of youngsters, than is generally ex-
pected. However, it would seem safe to say
that If the Brotherhood club is made up of al
most all of last years local players it will be
the drawing card. At any rate whether it is or
not one great fact remains that Pittsburg will
not support two clubs. One of them, therefore,
must die. Mr.. Ansop pointed this out very
forcibly the other day when in this
clubs got on to the field that it would then be-
come question of the survival of the fittest,
but he added: "The League will survive"
However, if the Brotherhood once gets fairly
to work and has plucky hackers behind it and
can keep clear of internal disseDsions, it will
ter, however, as Anson said, is fighting for its
own territory; it is fighting for the land that it
has cultivated, and this is something to battle
for. This, in my estimation, is one of the
strong points of the Leagues case. But il all
cities are like Cleveland and Pittsburg; that is
if the contrast between the Brotherhood and
League clubs will be as great in other cities as
they are likely to be here and in Cleveland,
fear the Leagues prospects are not thebright-
est