Morning journal and courier., 1889-12-30
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Dy illness.
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
sons Inside Facts Concerning she
Atlantic Association - Sullivan and
Lang,s Foolhardlness In Trying TO
Wreck the Association - They Will
Ruin Themselves.
Msssrs. Sullivan of Lowell, and Lang of
Hartford, seem to be working to wreck the
Atlantic association, and are talking against
Manager Burnham OF the New Haven club.
This movement dates away back to last
season, whom Sullivan was worsted by Burn
ham on the schedule of games. Neither
Lang nor Sullivan had had any experience to
speak of and at the first schedule meeting
Lang didn't know a date from the side Of
barn. The late lamented Spence helped him
out. Now they spgender Q sort of i'll
feeling toward Now Haven, Notwithstanding
that New Haven kept Hartford alive last
season.
Sullivan and Lang meet In Worcester and
decide to desert the Atlantic association and
form New ENGLAND league, and without
notifying the New Haven people. They saw
the Worcester directors and got them to
desert, by pouring forth a volume OF state
ments that can bear investigation. They tell
Pierce of Worcester that they will elect him
president and this tiokled him. Then Sulli-
van worked himself in as secretary, and he
was happy. Then Selee Of Worcester and
Lang wire the New Haven directors and
drop In here Friday night and say that they
have out loose from the Atlantic association.
They don't even have the courage to ask
New Haven to join. They act a. II they
they would not have been had it been done
In an honorable way. They got dispatches
sent out from Worcester that can be picked
into pieces In . way to make its originators
tired. #.
The Worcester management decided to-day to
and Springfield clubs in the formation of New
England base ball league, and to cut away from
The anc Tss,s are many
team In The Atlantic association. That Is one
size Of Worcester is not sufcsnt to pay the travel
Ing expenses IN long circuit like that OF the At
lrntic association OF last year.
management. OF tho "$2, 0O0," $1,000 was
lost In the Conway deal. The real loss,
therefore, was $500. That was doing splen-
didly, making allowance for the large num-
Der OF rainy days. Two seasons sgo Worces-
ter belonged in New England league, and
Its hackers wanted stronger association.
The Atlantic association was then formed.
The Worcester directors must be "little
of" to do as they have. They might have
waited and investigated; but no, they leap
without moments notice. One thing 10
certain, Worcester people want better team
than New England league can afford.
But the great reason IL that the management has
become satisfied that plan is being. perfected by
which worcester will be frozen out Of the Atlantic
Associ.son L = e for the interest OF Baltimore,
More wind given by Lang and Sullivan to
the Worcester people. The interests of .Wor-
cester and New Haven ara Identical, and
everything Manager Burnham has done has
been ~ much for Worcester's interest as for
New Ravens. Worcester Is too good city
to be claased with such email cities as Low.
oil and Hartford.
Since Baltimore applied for admission to the At
isisn command or that Organization Mn In what Is
bsins done and What y proposed. Worcester has
through Or been near the city twice IN m.king his
nssosstilons with the Boston mss,nsgement These
Worcester attempted to get Boston Interested In
the Atlantic association and got the shoulder cold
lantic ocean.
Barnis has done nothing but trying to get
the Athletics and Bostons to join. Bsrnie
did not know the Worcester people and what
need was there for him to stop off therea He
did not stop In this city, either. Worcester
feels grtoved because conference was held
In New York. Burnham happened to be in
New York and President Braden thought IL
would be good idea to find out whether
Barnie was making big bluff or not, 30 he
was telsgraphed TO to come to New York.
Manager Trott of Newark was also present.
Al that conference IL was clearly shown that
Barnie intended to stay. He was very enthu-
siastic and In his enthusiasm was interviewed
concerning the association. II was thought
at the conference that whatever he could do
toward getting the Athletics and Bostons 10
would be appreciated. What more could the
other clubs want than to have 1t ascertained
whether Bsrnis meant business or was using
the Atlantic association as q tooli
Manager Sullivan of the Lowells, one Of the com.
mlttee on now membership OF the Atlantic associa-
tion has been crowded out by Barnie. and
neither Barnie nor his coworker. .Burnham, has
ever Is much Is asked Manager Sullivan his opin-
Ion on any question.
This shows the whole secret. Sullivan's
work clear through. Tho fact IL, Burnham
was attending the Plsyers' league convention
whom the conference was held, and Barnie
WAS there. They could not walt for Snlli-
van to come on. BuTnham and Trott are on
the committee on new clubs. and 10 also IL
Sullivan. The latter evidently thinks that
they he'd held conferences, but they had not
seen each other before they met In New
York Sullivan had lust a. much riQht 10