The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-16

, gooC. ana some are Dad, bnU almost every
member OF the rising generation believes
/ he can play base ball.
As have before stated, the fact that the
| various professional clubs Will have a very
! different membership from that of former
| years disturbs present calculations as to how
matters will end next wear. As an
| instance, Mike Kelly last year was
side partner. so to 8, speak, OF
| Clarkson, ard caught for the latter in
! critical games. This year they will play
with different leagues In the same way
some Of the same men who won the worlds
| championship for the New York club will
meet in rivalry next summer New mon
will be tested and tried. The old men will
meet under different conditions from other
years, and there will / e many new features
in the whole business.
There is another feature in this matter
! that Is not generally understood. Ia all the
talk as to the rival clubs it does not seem TO
| be considered that the experiment of hav-
ing two competing clubs III one city is yet
nothing more than experiment. When the
| New York club won the championship last
! year it had the undivided support of New
! York city behind it. Only time can tell
what the result will be when the interests
that were formerly undivided are brought
into rivalry. So far US the New
| XOrk club Is concerned | am confident
that 1t will be able TO give good accounts
Of its record when it is completed, aud that
1t Will not lose its old motto, 1--WE are the
! people," At tho same time, it must not be
understood that | am undertaking other
| clubs. They are all good ones, and if the
! New York league club is 10 win-and |
think it will win the championship of 1890
In the national league, | am fully aware
that 1t has to play good base ball. Just rs
admit that the club that does not play good
ball IN the coming season is liable to get
some hard knocks. The Americans are too
we'll posted in base ball now to mistake
sham for ge1uine article.
! There is, | find, no doubt in the mind of
, any young American as to his ability TO
| play base ball. | suppose there is no mana
| ger of a base ball club in tho country who
is not constantly boIbarded with applica-
tons from young men who imagine that
they are born base ball players or course,
III most cases, Trey are not l was the re-
cipient of Il visit the other night from a
would-be base ball player, who weighed al
most nothing, but who was taller and longer
OF limb than Long John Reilly" the
| well-know first baseman of the Cincinnati
| Base Ball Club. When tried, however, the
man did not give any evidence that he
could, with any amount Of training, ever
play base ball. The young man in ques-
ton, suppose, will always hold that am
his personal enemy, but as a matter Of fact
no amount of training and coaching would
| have made player Of him.
| Managers of professional base ball clubs
are always looking for good men. They
study the records Of even the me ! in union
amateur leagues. And even this is not
sufficient, for some times it is necessary TO
see man at work to judge him properly
AS an instance OF this, | may mention
| player now well known whom | took
hiking to early in his career, and who, at
| one time, had no confidence ia himself [
had confidence in him and pushed him all
could. He turned out to be a star player,
for the man was Dave Orr, the famous first
| baseman and heavy batter
Again, l heard that there was player
! over in Newark who was hitting the ball
wherever and however any pitcher could
sendit over the home plate. l concluded to go
aud see the young man play and did. |
have often seen him play since, and l will
say that he played very loose game on the
| day mentioned Yet / saw that he was u
born ball player, aud | finally secured him
for the New York league team. ] made no
mistake in that choice either, for that
player was none other than Mike
Tiernan, the flmous batter Of the
Now York team of last year How
ever, these are but examples of the manner
in which good base ball PLAYERS are some
times picked up. Capt. Arson Of the Chi
cago Base Ball Club was discovered in much
lLb SAME way, anu MIG MlClaei Kelly
played bali in bis bare feet for q small ST.
pend per game at one period of his career
II tbs goes to show that the fact that cap
italists have gone into tho base ball business
III practical way, that gambling and loose
ness Of all sorts have been S opped, that sys-
tenn and method have been introduced and
That the whole matter has been placed on a
business basis, has materially improved
the whole condition of our national game
fl0 for G | COZ fba g.Itla aud
tions by which the various clubs-of the
national league, at leass-are to be gov
erned are satisfactory e. the players as they
Will be to the public. There is no likelihood
of any trouble
Base ball is business, and in every bust
ness there will be occasional dlsagreements
In the present season, or rather e. G season
that is to lie opened in the spring, believe
that these disagreements will not in any
manner affect the men who are engaged in
them. They may bring about a sharper
rivalry, which will be good thing for the
public, for then they will see hustling
base ball. But aside from this. | think
that this will be year in which there will
be sharp competition between the various
clubs of the several leagues, but ! hardly
think it will be 30 ill-tempered as some
writers indicate. Several players who
worked like Trojans with me last year to
win the championship of the national
league for the New York club, will be
working against the national league this
year. They are gentlemen ana good ball
players, and my relations with them are
most pleasant.
These gentlemen and those associated
with them will play base ball very well dur
ing the coming season. aud their COMPETE
tors expect to play 1t trifie better. l shall
indulge in no prophecies as to the final re-
suits.
l will say, however, that the American
public will see the game Of base ball played
next summer as it has never been played
before.
JAMES MUTRT,
Manager Of the New York Base Ball Club.
a BATTLE OF GIANTS.