Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20

HanIon was in Cleveland. 1t now seems as
ifoutside capital will be required for the
local Brotherhood ball club.
That there is some sort of tumble in local
baseball affairs nobody who has any interest
in the national game will doubt. League
people are stating that the Brotherhood
that is the Anarchists, are wrecked, and
the latter are stating that public opinion is
burying those magnates who have held the ball
players in serfdom SO long. Thus the matter
stands.
Yesterday John NJ. Ward arrived in the city,
and left very speedily. This is the only city
where capital is shy, for the Brotherhood. Ed
Hanlon was away having a conference with
Nj. Al johnson about the weakness Of this
business. Under this difficulty, Mr.. Ward ar
rived here and left There is nobody
more confident of the Brotherhood's success
than John N. Ward.
If confidence means anything the remnants
Of Johns scheme
WILL TAKE ROOT
in Brazil before the February elections come.
Nobody is more confident of Pittsburg patrol
wagon coming to the rescue of too demonstrs-
tive citizen, than John Ward is Of the success
of the proposed league of players. However.
Mr.. Ward was too short time in this city to
talk about the matter.
But while Mr.. Ward was here in all the glory
Of confidence of success, Mr.. Hanlon was in
Cleveland asking Mr.. Al johnson and others to
put up the money for Pittsburg club. How MI.
Hanlon succeeded is not definitely known ex-
cept that a special to THE DISPATCH states
Messrs. johnson and HanlOn and the "Pittsburg
stockholders" will have a meeting tomorrow
night The dispatch goes on to say that Mr..
johnson will proceed to Brooklyn. Boston and
New York in the interest of the Brotherhood.
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
Now all this talk is designed either to mislead
or to secure confidence andsupport under false
pretenses. If the players of the National
League are all Brotherhood players. or if they
fully intend to be- why is this travelling
70 and fro. Surely one signing is good enough.
If players word or signature does not mean
''solioity" in the first instance the mission of
Messrs. Ward, Eanlon and others throughout
the country does not mean much. 1t certainly
does not amount to more than some of the wild
statements of the League magnates. The
truth is both parties are, to great extent,
playing on public guillibility. What would
seem impressive would be a new club thor
oughly backed with sufficient capital and a
sufficient number of good players. That is
what is wanted by Pittsburg baseball cranks
depend upon it
Mr.. Ward left the city Yesterday afternoon
for Wheeling, and his presence NAV be re-
quired in Cleveland. Human nature is tickle.
There are weaklings in Cleveland. The
Brotherhood representatives are active and
indeed they are hustlers
Relative to Ed Hanlons visit to Cleveland
the following special was received by this
paper from Cleveland last evening: ''Al John
son and Hanlon were in consultation all day
with reference to the Pittsburg club What
was done about the matter is not known. as
neither Will talk 1t is presumed. however,
willingness to put their shekels in Pittsburg
were kept hot all the day. Ward is expected
this Way to help unravel the tangle.
STRANGE TRIP.
To 90 to Cleveland to ask about Eastern cap
ital is strange, very strange.
Another special dispatch from Cleveland
says:
Al johnson will leave for Pittsburg to-mor-
row night and will meet the stockholders OF the
Pittsburg club Thursday. From Pittsburg he
will 20 to Brooklyn, Boston and New York
He was decidedly sore over the loss of Denny
Glasscock, Boyle and Rusie, but said the
Brotherhood would have just as good men to
take their places
The dispatches are from a reliable source
and they show that the Hooslers are going to
stick to the "old people" Mr.. Johnson's pres
ence here to-day may prompt the business peo-
pie to fork" out and have Brotherhood club
here without the aid of outside capital