Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-02
Players League Men DiSsatis-
fed That the Schedule
Was Not Changed.
DIRECTOR KERR'S OPINION.
Without Conflicting Dates Both
Teams Would be Prosperous.
SECRETARY SCANDRETT TALKS.
BE Says That Neither Pittsburg Club Will
Draw Crowds to the Games.
TIE SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY

A portion Of the local contingent Of the
Players National League are greatly dis.
satisfied at the outcome of the meeting
looking to the prevention of conflicting
dates. 1t is claimed that should there be
but one game a day there would be money
for both teams, that the cranks would at
tend whichever team was in the city, and
that there are great many persons who can
only go at certain times in the season and
these times are liable to come when both
clubs are away. There are hundreds OF
men who only get to attend few games q
year on this account and it is agreed that
they would go twice as often if a team was
st home nearly all the time. To this argu-
ment many add the statement that during
long trips abroad many regular patrons be-
come weaned away and do not attend the
games upon the return of the team. 1t is
claimed that if there were no conflicting dates,
the enthusiasts could 60 nearly all the time
and thus keep up lively interest in the sport.
WANTED PEACE, NOT WAR.
Director W. w. Kerr is one of the gentlemen
who favors and has always talked for non
conflicting schedule. To THE DISPATCH Mr.
Kerr said:
81 am now, and always will be, in favor Of
non-confiicting schedule. 1t is business. we
DO not want to kill the National League; ano
one or the other must fail If this cutthroat
policy is kept up. With non-confictlng sched-
ules both organizations could live and make
money. For my part a cannot see why TINS
policy Of war is TO be continued.
~ was not informed that there was to be
meeting until the day on which it held, and
then supposed that Hanlon or Tener knew of
I'D Toner ALWAYS rpnrPSe0tS
the capital of the team aud Hanlon the play
ers, so | supposed we would be Well repre-
sented."
The fact that Pittsburg had representa-
tive at the meeting looks very bad. the
Players League people knew this city wanted
the dates changed, and why the officials were
not notified of the meeting in time TO attend
does not appear. Mr.. Kerr would doubtless
have been glad to have gone TO New York to
state his side of the case and being very con-
servative gentleman, would also liked to have
heard the other side of the case. 1t looks as
though the meeting was cut and dried In.
dorSement of the present scneduIe.
When Secretary scandrett, of the National
League, was asked his opinion OF tHe meetlng
and its results, he replied:
Mr.. SCANDRETT'S VIEWS.
"It could not have suited me better, and 1
think it means that the fight will not last much
longer. Our team has done bad enough while
away, but they have played better ball than the
local Brotherhood club. 1t was prophesied that
our men WOulu OOb O6 dDlc W nOlO buclT O"u III
fast company, but Hanlon said he had Team
of stars and was prepared to break even with
all the crack teams In the new League. The
people are disappointed in both teams. Our
men won two more games on the trip than was
expected. The other team did not take as
many as they thought they would. The result
is that neither team will draw flies when they
return and it won't take long to settle this busi-
ness here. We've prepared ourselves for
much longer siege than we will have, and every
thing looks all right at present"
Another gentleman connected with the Pitts
burg National League team said: Pay day will
be here soon as the clubs get to the city and
then someone will have to 90 down in their
pockets which will cause a squeal. 1t Is a
question Of who will continue throwing away
money the longest and 1 don't believe the
PLAYERS League hackers will last forever"
Mr.. Kerr takes very sensible view of the
conflicting date question. The DISPATCH
was one of the first papers to advocate change.
Now that the Players League people have de-
cided not to make the change nothing more can
be said than that it's a pity to thus endanger
the popularity Of the sport as with conflicting
dates it Will certainly be killed Even if one
League succumbs at this stage of the fight it
will take years to put the game on the footing
1t had before the movement began.