Telegram-herald., 1890-02-24
THE BASEBALL OUTLOOK
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The amount u Ia Hsersst saaE tns pub-
lie generally seems % bs taxing n
baseball Ilss n0~ IS little sh0rs q re-
zsEkabls. / know of a. sims Shsa lhe
game sss - pop4lar on shsR the In
tsrssts vested Ia it Esre 50 great or 50
varied I an n constant receipt Of
lsssers fso1a a. over the sountry and
from a. sorts aad eondIsions OF mea
and -01sa. 80. for thst matter, asking
a. kinds Of questions concerning the
zams. some % these are crsnks. pure
.n1 sin PIE. some are persons shO seem
- write jgst fos the fun Of the thing.
On tas Other hand many more are from
nsa sao are interested IN baseball
from love ~ szs game game which l
maintain Is gns9 aa4isd IN "a Nay.
TIE question that ma l0Fity 0f these
cores p0nasRHs put 20 me, II properly
60 ndsnssd s0uld consist OF this sen
tsacs-''Whss n shs baseball outlook
for lss09- Is is. sf course, impossible
- answer al these spoudenss, lust
% IL Is mpossibls Tor any one 20 salts
faetOrily decide jast what the coming
baseball season siu bring forth.
This Is going % be great baseball
year. OF that there can be no doubt
At the same time It IS going TO bs a
very peculiar year in a greas many
ways IL will DO 50 peculiar IN fact, in
some respects. that hs would be a rash
man Who would attempt AZ this time TO
say JUST how things will stand next
fall when the season closes.
This much Is certain The season
will 90 interesting from start 70 faish-
There will be some great ball playing
done al around, and the American pub
lie. ~hich Is always ready 10 pay its
money out freely and without stia. for
an sport OF = high quality that is run
on square and honest principles will
doubtless spend more time than ever
during the coming summer on It's IA
Yorite game.
dont agree In the theory that the
American public likes 20 be hUmbugged.
IL certainly will stand no humbug in
the matter OF baseball There was a
time when the experiment OF running
tho national game on an extremely bad
md not altogether honest basis vas
tried IL IS pretty well known how that
experiment resulted IL ended in dis
aster, and for time in the discrediting
OF the game. The public would not
patrouize IL. and the entire business
VAS In very bad way.
Now | have always believed that good
straight honest baseball would find
favor with the public "a soon as IL had
been demonstrated that the right arti-
Gle was heing furnished. | had this
idea when l came 10 New York eight
years ago and established the old Met
ropolitan Baseball Club and still hold
- -
Tho progress that the game has made
since Is simply remarkable.
In 1852 baseball in New York City
was but little appreciated. The thous-
ands who on any playing day during
TIE baseball season may be found either
cheering until hoarss the clever play
ing OF some OF their favorites at the
playing grounds or else watching
with breathless anxiety FOR the returns
g. published on some newspaper bulle-
tin OF some game inning by inning at
test the deep interest IN the game.
Nor did the more confirmed of the base
ball cranks make up parties as they do
nov and Journey hundreds OF miles 10
see 4 championship game between two
great clubs. All th!s came slowly and
10 came only when 10 was shown that
the game was being put mp in a thor
ouEhly business ike manner.
10 ~ no purpose OF mine
a. this time 20 20 into any
discussion rs 20 the standing OF tho
various leagues shat viii play base
bail this coming season. Ny position
IN the National IS we'll known. At the
same time there are mon In clubs not
connected with the National League
With whom I have been very closely
connected and against wnom I have
nothing 20 say In fact. 10 IS not neces-
sary Tor me 90 DO it The game this
year will - played in an honest above
board fashion and the whole matter
will Be detern ned az its end. The
National League. so far IS I know. is
going 20 follow ont Is old policy OF fur
nisbiug great game Of baseball on
every da7 shat one of its clubs plays
wita another, or for that matter plays
with any club. As 90 tho other leagues,
] have nothing % saw.
! am often asked if this Is going 70
BE- a paving year i'm baseball In reply
90 that must say frankly that don't
know "A have before stated. this IS
going 20 e very queer year 50 fsr as
base ball is concerned. and there ia no
nan financially interested who il not
very uncertain As - how The whole
thiug i going 20 end a the close % tbe
season.
Hundreds u0on hundreds of shou-
sands % dollars are invested IN Tho
game this year This money ia not n
vested ~ gamblers or spectators. on
shs contrary is has been put into he
baseball business BY sound common
sense business men. TheT have put
thsfr money isto baseball inst ss they
would put it into any other business.
ard theT will see - it tast it viii be
nsed inst "a ren who invest capitsl in
the ord nary lines % bus ness do Dur
ing The season % 800 she n terests
~iII be mere widely scsttersd thsn ever
- rov zoo early 70 speculate. lt must
BE- -erser- hered in "a culstfnz ss - she
probable results Of che season o. next
year hat enc clubs fhat viU pay ars
n-ora mixed up han -bs7 have been n
many wears before Some - t1e lest
players ef he National League vill
plav with re leaEoo O. che players.
On Che otber hard. good representa-
zion ~ cid members 81 che leading