Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28
Manager HanIOn Talks About
the New Move of the
National League,
HE FAVORS 25-CENT BALL.
Rumors That the Old League Will
Change All Conflicting Dates.
PRESIDENT YOUNG'S OPINION.
La Blanche Gives q Few Good Pointer,
About the PugilistS.
THE SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY

Manager Hanlon, of the local Players
League club, expressed himself as being well
pleased last evening with the arrangement
of the local National League club to trans.
fer its four games with Anson's team to Chi
cago. The change may also cause Players
League arrangements to be changed also.
1t has been agreed that the Cleveland P. L.
club should open the season with Comiskey's
team at Chicago on Saturday next, stimuli
taneously with the National League open
ing there. However, since it has been de-
termined to open the season at Chicago to-
morrow the Players League arrangements
may fall through and the schedule will be fol-
lowed. This will cause the Pittsburg club to be
the first of the Players League to visit Chica-
go. Speaking on this point last evening Mana
ger Hanlon said;
MAY BENEFIT PITTSBURG.
Il think there will be no objection now to
our following the schedule, and opening the
Players League season at Chicago on May o.
There will be nothing to gain for the Chicago
club now by changing the opening to the Sd,
so that it seems almost certain that our pub
lished schedule will be followed. The change
made by the Pittsburg and Chicago National
League clubs will not hurt Comisky's club at
all. l don't think it will make the attendance
one less than what it otherwise would have
been.
Il think the local National League people
have done a very wise thing in transferring
their games to Chicago They were doing moth
ing here, and to make a change was good
business idea. don't want to say anything to
hurt their feelings in the way of talking about
weakening, or anything like that, but do say
fhav fI,ah hos for solu
1t will do us no harm In any respect and
think that. had they outdrawn us in attendance
as much as we have outdrawn them, we would
have made change very quick. think that the
National League would do well to change their
schedule all round. During the Fourth of
July holidays there are no games IN the East.
and it certainly would be a very great gain to
them to change their present schedule so as to
play in the East during those holidays instead
of the West. They can easily see that the new
League is securing the largest patronage by
far, and this being the case there is more rea-
son why they should than for us to change"
WANT THE DATES CHANGED.
Manager Hanlon is not alone in holding the
above opinions. Some of the best friends of
both organizations are of the same opinion as
Manager Hanlon. However, there are many
National League partizans who strongly urge
that the old organization make no change at
AL. and that to DO SO would simply be acknowl-
edging the right of the 'revolters'' to National
League territory. There is, however, more
sentiment in this than logic. There are several
National League managers who are already
heartily tired of the conflicting dates, and to
have them changed would be q step toward a
more harmonious condition of things.
Manager Hanlon was also asked his opinion
about 25-cent ball He expressed himself as
being i'll favor of it, in Pittsburg at least. He
Is convinced that population such as this is
more of a 25-cent one in the way of baseball
patronage than anything else. He, however
refused TO say whether or not the matter was
being discussed by the club directors. 1t was
rumOred in quiet way that the directors were
considering plan of reducing prices, but
nothing definite could be learned on the mat
ter. 1t is safe to say, however. that the Ques-
tion has been informally talked about, if not at
an official meeting. At any rate the club that
makes the first step toward popular prices Will
go d long way toward establishing itself in the
affections of the great bulk of local baseball
patrons