Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-10
SOMEWHAT CHEERING.
President Nimick Makes IN Encouraging
Statement About the Club.

President Nimick Makes IN Encouraging
Statement About the Club.
President Nimick made the important state
ment yesterday that so far this season the local
club had not lost a cent. Mr. Nimick ought to
be in position to know, but other officials of
the club stated few days ago that the club
had at least lost ,0CO. 1t will be seen that
there is wide discrepancy between the two
statements but there is no reason whatever to
think that Mr.. Nimick's statement is not cor
rect. 1t is safe to say that it ls and it must be
accepted as true.
This declaration on the part Of Mr. Nimick
will undoubtedly be surprise to many people;
however, it Is pleasure to say that the sur
prise will be happy one. During a conversa-
tion yesterday afternoon, Mr.. Nimick said:
'The club has not lost cent so far, but it
has made nothing. Uf course, our receipts are
short of what they were last year at this time,
and that may in measure be deemed a loss. If
we had been at home last month instead of be-
ing abroad we would have been considerably
out of pocket as the weather has been
wretched here. However, still have the ut
most confidence in the team. feel certain
that the boys will come out all right as soon as
our pitchers get into condition. Certainly l
think Manager Phillips did right in putting
Staley in to pitch first at Cleveland.
WANTS THE YOUNGSTERS TRIED.
81 believe in trying the youngsters as much
as much as possible; not only Staley, but the
Others also. All that is needed at present is
patience and public encouragement. Nothing
will do the players more good than words of
cheer by the press. They are passing through
great difficulties and they need kindly words
rather than censure,"
President Nimick is in receipt of circular
from President N. E Young regarding the de-
mands and propositions of the Players
Brotherhood. Each club President in the
League has been supplied with copy, but the
definite contents of the circular are rigidly
kept secret. However, it is known that
the object of the circular is to secure
the opinions of the various Presi-
dents on the matter Mr.. Nimick has
not declared himself on the question yet
and will not likely do so until his and the other
Presidents opinions have been forwarded to
headquarters. While it may be taken for
granted that the club will stick rigidly to a
limitation of salary rule, it may be that it will
be willing for some change in the present
graded salary plan That plan seems doomed.
and it is interesting to note how leading au-
thorities are now advocating objections to 1t
that were pointed out in this paper when the
plan was hurriedly adopted. Here is Presi-
dent ]. B. Days latest opinion, as expressed to
Mr.. Larner. of Washington:
WHAT MR.. DAY SAYS.
"While Mr. John B. Day was here last Mon
day had the pleasure of few minutes chat
with him at Capital Park on the subject. of the
classification rule. He denounced the system
in most emphatic terms, and argues that every
club should have the privilege of saying how
much it can afford to pay its players. He in
sists that he is better able to judge how much
he can pay certain players than President
Young OF any other man who Is not familiar
with his individual affairs. Mr.. Day does not
appear to have any well-defned system TO sub
stitute for the classification rule, yet he claims
that he is not an advocate Of fancy salaries and
asserts that the abolition of the classification
rule will be beneficial to the weaker as well
the stronger clubs. He has not yet furnished
me with satisfs ctory explanation of his propo-
sition but suppose he has one. He says he
would be in favor of a salary limit. and would
live up to 1t if the other clubs would do the
same. He says he would also be in favor of
pooling the receipts of all the clubs and have
an equal division of the plunder. Mr.. Day is
great wag, and IL is possible that he was guy
ing me. could not help but wonder if he was
in earnest, and also whether he would have
suggested a division of the gate receipts if his
club had continued to play at the Polo
grounds"
CAYLoR's VIEW OF IT.
o. P. Caylor's opinion of it is as follows: "It
is not surprising that there is dissatisfaction
among players and club owners over the classi-
fcation rule as it exists in the League. The
result Is natural. The League and the Associ-
alton are great deal like the two houses of
Congress in their relations to each other. You
can't make radical rules for one and not for the
other SO long as the two is governed by code
of general laws The class rule will never work
satisfactorily in one body while it is ignored by
the other. 1t will never work well either until |
the players have voice in the classification. |
1 would rather trust men like Anson and |
Comiskey to do this work than any League or |
Association 'magnate or officer. Let the
players have a voice in the matter and I'll war
rant the total sum of salaries will not be IN |
creased thereby, but there will be five times |
the satisfaction given that there is given now |
by the League rules"
These expressions of opinion are significant, |
and though, as above stated, the objections are |
not new, they will bear repeating by in
1uential gentlemen like Messrs. Day and
Caylor.
ASSOCIATION GAMES.