Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-05-17
Still IN THE ring
P1ttsburg's National League
Team Has Not Gone Under.
'ftAsEns HAVE. THE BEST OF IT.
ne Attendance Figures show That the
neetSvsrAsoA II Far In the Load Fsnan-
) ~oe,1y-rssw che DiTsrent TENNIS Are
,s.-s-~-vv.vs or Isdividuals.

8IXI1Y now INV
Paav,m~ weva Of Isdividaais.
/ me wcrk ending Saturday, May 10, was
Il erritfrl one in baseball, II rumors are to
'Se cretiitcd. but when reduced to facts
:{here wcfs few happenings OF Importance.
3(S3Se one thing that attracted over much at
Srntion was the conference held by the
cpnmittee on the welfare Of the National
league, Mcssrs Spalding, Day and Byrne.
This committee was called together to con-
ieult with the officials Of the Pittsburg club
a 10 the crisis in its affairs. The Smoky
CITY peoplc. II is alleged, were behind with
I&hclf rent and salaries and the small at
l&snanusr- about 1000 people to six
SaAmes es--bad discouraged them. IT was as
46ertesl that they wanted to quit. The facts
s6re that the club Is not wrecked or any
sfhinR like Il. Nimick Is well off and
IOsNeill Is rich. There Is plenty OF money
hack Of the club-indeed more money than
courage.
Il Il true that Nimick and O'Neill were
diebeartcned by the lack Of appreciation OF
the Pittsburg League team by Pittsburg
\ people, and 1t is true that they were behind
Ia their rent. This was due to lack OF
money in the club treasury. Personally
the club owners have 1t, and have since
pnid the rent and the players salaries.
4 They were encouraged by the committee,
/ and enough 'sand," rs It Is expressively
termed among sporting men, was talked
Z into them to make them return home
s nhou.ing that they never had the least no.
fion Of getting out or Of transferring their
team. II is generally believed that the
I League will aid the club IL 1t gets into real
financial straits Meanwhile the League
magpates go on regardless of the meaRer
3 attendance on some grounds, seemingly
satisfied that they will get their share Of
Z the patronage In the end.
y The attendance figures for the week show
that the situation In New York remains
unchanged. The brotherhood team has
{ all the best OF 1t, although Saturdays Mt
tendance showsa slight gain for the League.
Z The game OF Friday at Brotherhood park,
I New York, should not count, as the admis-
{ sion, owing TO q peculiar phase of news
paper advertising, was practically free.
At Philadelphia the League made
marked gain. For the first week the figures
were: brotherhood, three games, 29,49G;
5 League, four games, 1859 The first four
4 games last week drew 1911 people to the
brotherhood grounds and 8,i03 to the
T. League grounds And on the last two days
5 the League had the most people by small
= margin.
The opening clash at Chicago shows the
League In decided minority. Mr.. Spald-
: tng's team played four games to 9, ,4s0 peo-
I pie without opposition, At four games
with opposition he got 1,277. against Z ,325
for the brotherhood team, n ratio Of five
Z and threequarters to one. This would In
4 dicatc that both teams might draw well
with non-conHicting dates.
AT Cleveland the League team drew 0, 400
{ people to three games without opposition.
"a I-.aI- - Al Dlay
team got 5,016 people, against 1,od0. The
League then had one day alone and drew
165 For the first days of the next week
I the weather permitted play the Brother
8 hood games attracted ,s50 people, and the
= League games 1850. The announced at
tendance must have been padded at the
start, or else the League has made gain ut
1 Cleveland.
The first five days of the conflict at
a BrOoklyn resulted: brotherhood, 1850;
* IIeague, 10,l37 At the two conflicting
4 games played there during the week the
III League drew 2,2i9 and the brotherhood
e l,o2l. Tho latter played ono game on a
4 checrless day. with Boston for an oppo
nent, with no opposition, and the attend.
ance was PSI.
All the cities have now been heard from,
& and there Is abundant evidence to show
fB434$ tlAo PiDtic iSIhhtt 10 WIN thc = so1Sto
4 leaguc in all OF them except Brooklyn and
u Cincinnati, and in the latter there is no
conflict to test the feeling. In New York
and Chicago and Pittsburg the League has
70 far hardly been In 1t. At Philadelphia
and Cleveland the attendance has reached
= basis of equal division, and in Boston the
League, while In n minority, has done well
enough to more than pay expenses.
Tho months Of May and June win settls
pretty definitely just what each league II
to expect il the contest continues. 1t is al
ready generally admitted fact that very
few teams will clear expenses under the
! present system of conflicting dates. II
i looks very much as II it was now ques
Z tion OF the longest purse. The Players arc
having the best of it and show no signs OF
~ weakening. The League, while flying sig
mails Of distress, declares that 1t will play
ont its schedule and wage war to the bitter
end.
Now as to ball playing. The Brother
$ hood teams, whose work during the first
Z two weeks was very poor, taken as a
& whole, are beginning to get into shape and
& are now playing pretty fair ball, ever
though the scores are for the most
4 part very long, and many of the gamei
q very tiresome because OF their one sidet
Z nature.
IS The Boston team is still little weak II
1She box, but 1t Is winning right along
i first, BECAUSE the other teams are h,ft littl,
v better Off fof pitching taitnt, and second
because Mike Kelly is getting good team
n work out Of his men, which. added to theil
heavy hitting and the base running o.
4 Etovey, Kelly and Tom Brown, has KEEP
them in front of the procession. Chicago
20 far, is well up TO expectations, but it ha,
k>oon nlayinU anaipst the Ear fau m,
and has hard work to stay in the place /,
has generally been credited with as its due
When Comiskey and his men run VI
against Boston, Brooklyn and Philadelphia
it will be seen that the team has beer
somewhat overrated. II Kelly and hi,
men can play with equal luck and skill
against the western teams as they hay,
against the eastern and hold the gait, they
ought to win the Players league pennant
The New York team has sadly disap
pointed its admirers. The men are batting
hard, but the loss Of Wernan, Ward and
8 Welch has made a big hole. Wards place
S will not soon be filed. The main trouble
4 ~ with the pitchers. O'Day, Crane and
I Keefe have each pitched one good game
hut their other games have been more oil
3 less bad. Then again, the team work
which was once SO characteristic of the
nine has almost vanished. Every man
for himself seems TO be the present motto
81 Of the team. Capt. Ewing says that he
will soon have the team in shape, and that
:. e will he n winner yet
The National league race has been {
= pretty one SO far, but there are no gooC
Y. Indications yet Of possible pennant win
nHr. Anson's team leads the west and Phil
4 adelphia rules in the east. Both are goin,
1t fast pace. The Bostons are disabled b.
y the loss Of Clarkson, Camel, Lowe an,
Donovan, and discouraged, too. This az
y counts some for the prominence of tn
Phillies, who took four straight from Bo'
con. The chances are that the New Yor
team, which is now coming along strong