Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-26
TmE NATIONAL GAME.

THE NATIONAL GAME.
 League Magnates PreparInz se Make . Siege on she Brotherhood Should she Players cut Loose for Thsmsslves-
 Boston Buys Up she Entire Omaha Team-Other Matters.
 The principal thing that is now interesting the entire base ball world is the statement by certain National league players that the Brotherhood is to cut loose this fall for itself and next season run teams in all .he league cities by themselves. By many this state- ment is pronounced all bosh, and 1t will un- doubtedly prove so, but the fact is, neverthe- l less, that certain league magnates are prepar- ing to fight the Brotherhood should it con- template such a move. This is proven by the fact that Director Conant of the Bostons has just purchased the entire Omaha team, and in case his present team goes into the CO., operative plan he can put the Omaha team into the National league. President Spald ing is also signing western players.
 It is evident that the Brotherhood let it's secret out altogether too soon, but 1t may have been that it was done Intentionally in or der to get the opinions of leading base ball men, and more especially to ascertain public feeling. Public opinion is against any such move as contemplated by the players, and They didn't wish to jump until they had first ascertained that they were right before they should go ahead.
 The Boston Herald yesterday had the fol- lowing: "The desire of the New Ravens to enter the American association is one of the jokes of the season. The club will make a k-o1oo atos nE akr 1frnr such as the New England association will have next season, but 1t is not near the right oalibre for the Amer ican association. Worces- ter would be a far better city"
 Will the Herald tell us where the Worces- ters have paid visiting clubs more than the regular guarantee of $75. It is quite evident that the Herald meant the above as joke. Burnham must have had hold of Morse's ear for time; besides, Burnhsm tries to get buyer for Wilson through the Herald by lauding his good qualities. But if the Herald really means what it says, will it come for ward to back up it's statement by putting up any amount of money it may name. It can find taker who will wager that Worcester has not drawn much more than half as many people as New Haven, and that New Haven has paid more than the guarantee to visiting clubs dozen times more than Worcester has. This is business.
 The Union last night had good deal to say because the New Ravens are going to play Yale on Saturday instead of Newark. In championing Manager Trott's case that pa per makes several Imaginable mistakes. It says: "This agreement promises to make @ little trouble for the New Ravens, for there is @ regular championship game with the Newarks scheduled for Saturday. The New Ravens will either have to play both Yale and the Newarks Saturday afternoon, break their agreement with the Yale team or come to some satisfactory arrangement with the play with Yale on Saturday was made by Manager Burdock and Secretary Robert Wat son Curtis. They probably thought that Manager Trott would be liberal and play the game scheduled with him for that day at | some other time."
 | In the first place the game with Newark on | Saturday is not a regular championship game, and the writer should have known that the New Haven management could never have cancelled @ regular scheduled game, as the team would be liable to fine and ex- pulsion from the league. The New Ravens | will not play both Yale and Newark; neither will there be any trouble over the canoellipg | of the Newark game; nor did the representa- tives who arranged the game expect MT. Trott to be liberal and play the game at some other time. Any club has right to cancel l a oueo IoH hu oAulOAtlOu Souuo W1tu duy ObuoI club. The New Ravens were booked to play the Newarks here on Saturday, but preferred to cancel and play Yale instead. MT. Trott'e statement, that he has not been treated right, does not hold good. He forgets how he
 made the Hartfords, two weeks ago, come. to
 Newark for one game and refused to play,
 although it rained but about ten minutes all
 day, and the sun was out in all it's glory.
 Hartford was out $60, and the situation
 Hartford was in made the actions on New < ark's part all the meaner. Then again, last
 week, although the sun shone brightly near.
 ly all of the day, Trott would not play Low.
 ell. These facts are true and cannot be con-
 tradicted. The New Haven management is
 very considerate of Mir. Trott. They do not
 have him come to New Haven and then re
 fuse to play, but cancel the date so that ht
 will not have to incur the expense of coming
 here. The reason he would not play Hart
 ford or Lowell was because not more thar
 $25 or $50 would be taken in at the gate.
 Manager Lehr of the omahas will manage
 the Bostons next season.
 Burkett and Wilson of the Worcesters have
 not been sold to Indianapolis.
 Tom Corcoran has been presented with
 diamond ring valued at $75 by his New Ha'
 ven friends.