Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01

Quoted on the most democratic prlnciples. If
these two elements are absent, ruin will be its
just result. There is no unkindness in a state
Inent of this kind. If there are rocks ahead it
is better that we should try and discover them
before we strike them.
PittHburE May be Left.
If Buck Ewing knows anything at all about
the affairs of the Brosherhood's inner circle it
Is a guessing story as to whether or not there
will be Brotherhood club in Pittsburg. Ewing
the other day made the following statement to
Mr.. johnson, Of the Cincinnati Commercial;
Gazette;
'gThere are two cities in our circujz whose
future is still shrouded in uncertainty and it is
very probable that one of them will be dropped.
In that event Cincinnati will be taken in TO fill
the gap. ! consider Clnelnnat> one of the best
ball cities in the country, and think this is
very good time to locate a club here. You see
the local club has been a great disappointment
to the patrons of the game during the past two
Seasons. The Reds were cracked up TO be sure
pennant winners, and they fell far short OF the
mark. If the Brotherhood was to place first
class team here am confident that it would
Outdrsw the other club two to one. Say we were
to locate the present Pittsburg club in Cincin-
natl. With few additions it would make one
of the strongest clubs in the business. Then we
would have some of the old favorites in the
local team in the new club" 1 am not in
clined to believe this, because really believe
there would be greater difficulties for the
Brotherhood to contend with at Cincinnati than
here. If the new league is a go, 1 venture to say
that the old League will have a much better
team in Cincinnati than in Pittsburg. This
would mean most certainly stronger opposition
in Cincinnati than here. But don't think there
is a Brotherhood feeling in Cincinnati strong
enough to encourage the placing of a club
there. Certainly Ewing would like to have a
team there. that being his home. The chances
of such consummation, however are remote.
Personality wouldn't like TO see any such move
made. If we are to have new league, and the
best of our players are to Join it I
would like to see them play as usual,
Doubtless, the youngsters will have many at
tractive features but still it is safe to say that
the majority of the public would like the old
players to remain. 1t may be further remarked
that Messrs. Ward and Ewing ought to be
careful IN their proposed plan Of placing clubs
here and there, One of these mornings the
public may become convinced that Ward and
others are somewhat oveEstepping their limits
in their eagerness for popularity and strong de-
sire TO down their old employers, 1t is an open
question with me whether or not the Brother
hood Leaders did right in proposing clubs in
other cities than League cities. In not confin-
ing themselves to these cities it may be that
mates was not such powerful influence as the
desire to have the choice of cities SO as to get
big receipts.
A Coming Sport.
Last week had a few words to say about
football The sporting events of the week have
been so marked with that sport that cannot
refrain from saying few more words about it.
think that everybody who read of the great
football matches of Thanksgiving Day must
have been impressed with the fact that football
has great future before it In this country. I
don't think there is livelier, more exciting and
more invigorating outdoor sport than football
OF course, the time was when broken noses
legs, ribs, backeued eyes and disfgured limbs
were the great characteristics of a football
match. But these rough features have been
eliminated to a very great extent-so much SO
that the match between Yale and Princeton on
Thursday was witnessed by about 80 600 people
1t really is surprising why more of our young
athletes in and about Pittsburg do not take an
interest in the game than at present A good
football match as means of exercise is worth
an entire day in a gymnasium. 1t seems to me
that football ought to be a paying sport in
Pittsburg. True, the game is played during
the cold part of the season, but If the sport was
once thoroughly put before the public, the
latter, as in other cases. would soon adapt itself
to the circumstances.
AbOut the SculIers.
It seems as if we are bound TO have one or
more of the Australian scullers among us next
year. Stansbury states that he is sure to come
to this country or Canada and row O'Connor
The former is matched. or at least will be
matched, to row Searle, but lose or win STAINS
bury means to measure blades with the Cana
dian. If these two rowers should meet the con-
test would undoubtedly be an interesting one
Stansbury is a good rover. no doubt but if he
cannot defeat Searle, / doubt very much
whether he will have a good chance of
defeating O'Connor. On the other hand, If
Stansbury cIn defeat his countryman be will
or ought to defeat O'Connor without any ex-
traordnary effort, because / still hold that
Searle is better sculler than O'Connor. But
if Stansbury is beaten and comes here to row
O'Connor it will be interesting, in view OF the
fact that Teemer will be in Australia rowing
Beach, Searle or any other man on that side
of the earth. At least Teemer- states he
will leave this country for Australia dur
it will take some very extraordinary power
to raise professional sculling to anything like a
level of responsibility in this country. Until
that branch of sport is once more put right in
the eyes of the public all the big races we can
imagine viii not arouse public enthusiasm. I
am aware that shortly an effort will be made %
form an association Of professional oarsmen.
An organization of this kind may help in re-
gaining the prestige of sculling and it may 40
something toward purging the sport of many
of its evil elements. But even the association
might finally lead to q system Of hippodroming
course, if rightly conducted the asso-
citation could guard against this and
all the leading evils that have ruined rowing
There are few sports that | know of that are
more interesting and SO full of excitement as
boat rowing. There was time when the great
public appreciated these good qualities be-
cause of the general honesty found among its
followers. Things have changed, however, and
something is now needed TO save rowing from
utter ruin. All professional rowers shOuld
identify themselves with the new organization.
There is no evil in the sport that cannot be
eradicated if all the scullers combine. hope
that the first meeting of the proposed conven-
tion will be good and successful one.
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The Lending PugiIists.
In a short time we will be reading the details
of the Smith-Slavin fight, that is II all goes
well. The Britishers are backing their cham
pion quite freely and latest advices state that
odds of six 20 four are being bet on his chances
Of victory. Smiths forte is in the prize ring
with bare knuckles. and If he cannot down the
second-rate Australian under these conditions