New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-14
BASEBALL'S WANING YEAR.
CLOSE OF A PITIFCL FARCE.


1T LOOKS LIKE COMPROMISE OR DEATH.
The local baseball season Is practically over, and
| the final championship games In this city Will be
| played Thursday. Tic last League game at the
| Polo Grounds will be played on Wednesday, and the
| final championship game at brotherhood Park on
Thursday. The has been the worst experienced
in NcwYors for many years and less interest Is felt
in tho game than at any time during the last eight
years This assertion Is made without fear Of con-
| tradirton and 1t will be borno out By every close
student Of baseball. The cause is nsparcnt and
the effect discouraging The remedy Is plain. but will
our players and cub-owners adopt the plan. Another
| such year as the Just waning would bury the
baseball interests out OF sight. AS 1t Is. baseball has
undoubtedly gone back two years. and 1t VIII require
| very judciOus management next year 10 bring ITO
sport back to the popularity II enjoyed during tho
| successful seasons Of 1853 and 1880. This cannot
be done except by compromise or a total cessation
Of ho,tiiltics between the National and the Players
Lcaenc The absorption Of the American Association
by either the League or the brotherhood will not help
affairs a particle. The adoption OF nonconfictinS
schedules by the League aud the brotherhood VIII
help little There must be ono representative nine IN
each city for the enthusiasts to admire. and one only
| Philadelphia may divide hS admiration between TWO
| teams, but there Is only Quaker City In
America certainly other city will do H. Ncw-fork
has two good teams: ono might say two almost first
c,ass t'amS. Yet it iiolzcs neither. This tine las.
year Ncwlor1 baseball crazy. Now the game
Is seldom mentioned IN the streets or in public con-
ycyaaccs. or In hotel corridors.
| Al this time lat year arrangements mannS
to givc baseball dnnr's. baseball testimonials aud
bas ball theatrical prf rulanc No such arrange
mcrtS an, being made how. Last year " Bnck' Ew-
| ing. smiling Milky" Wccl Tim kccfc or Mirha,l
Tc:nan could not appear IN the streets witlont being
pointed ont b. everybody. md being fol
lowed ~ adnrng crowds Of small boys
NJ, ,cn.d Knight, n Broad
from tn" Girl" Ut Central Park 10 the Da'
| t"rv without attracting any attention Man-wor,h!p
| i diving ont IN BASEBALL and the plav"r> feel the
neglect. The lall player must have the applauIc and
alteration Of the public. and he is Ia DAY The mot
! urhrppv mortal on earth Ir haS. however. k!sh.ri
| over biz own throne and has only himself 10 blame
Tho big ANIMAL conventions Of each warning fart!oa
| 0 b" he'd next month and the chances are that al
| emphatic rompromi>r will h" effect i. Tho has ball
war Is probably about over for nobody but band Of
| hr.a'ic, world attempt Ia engineer another such
| season a the ono now dying. The PLAYERS an1
club own"r> have learned a lesson that they Will
never forget. They thought that the pubr could
| bot exist without them. They Know better now
! That both sides tired Of tho fight Is evident
Wh!rh VIII DC the first to offer to compromised
This a>on has brought ont many peculiar incidents
| In relation TO haalal. The double umpire system
! ha' been tried and found wanting. 1t has ben
illustrated that two poor umpr"> worse than
, There has been twice much wran-lng In tho
PLAYERS Learu" wh"r" the double umpire syscm ha,
| been In vogue" rs there has been In the National
Lracuc. whcrr umpire has bern The plan. OF
r"ur,n two good umpires world BE- better than one.
but this has shown thai there not enough
good unpitc> "a go around. II Ia, also been shown
that rot time in hunirr will broken
down or back-nrnhcr ball player make Successful
! umpire Robert Ferguson and John Kelly stand ont
prominently m" TWO Great um2ir"s who have come
directly from tie players ranks. The dincrut styles
! If MANAGEMENT have also had full swing this year.
Ward ha, born >fl and Arson equally 60. ConiS
Icy has lost 80 per cent o; his reputation Arson and
Ward have ne wonders With lit;e. Ccn'Shcv. Han
lon and Gla--cpck have accomplished litt'" although
they had great deal to start with. The war and cou
G.tne games have made K necessary for n1rc men to
cover ~ game, i,r IN" papers. Some * the 10
porter. brought ont this year tho most peculiar
features o. this rcn.arkab" baseball year.
What TIE future course of TIC Am-rcln ASSOCIATE n
Will be- l. stl In fuuLt. although tie majority Of the
| clubs undoubtedly IN favor II sticking ~ In"
National Agreement. 4, The organization has m club
ia this ,gborpuh. lees interest & fct n the A>Noca
ton lcrcahouts than usual. The general opinion il
t',t a LIB VII 10 place! IA ether New York or brp1h
!,n ur>t .",.ou. TIC championship is confined - the
Wr,' ani the Lpu> yilc team ought Ia win. VIZ! -
| l,ni- Second. II l., duult", Il ANY "a the Eastern
t.x., cau even secure t!ld p:"' IT." Ei'tr:n AN
vN hcgln their fin, tour u N" Net "n Friday. Tho
y. citation scheduled for the week ar" As fol
! low.
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