The daily critic., 1890-06-02
GOSSlP0F HEDIAMOND
WASHINGTON LOSES ANOTHER
CAME AND DROPS LOWER,
BROTHERHOOD SIGNALS OF DISTRESS.
The Recent Meeting Of The Players
What Was Done---What
Will the Atlantic Association Do?

NAA NIluN lAAE WI H"AllAAAAfANH NANf Ah AbiA-
sequence, enriched the percentage Of
the Worcester team and lowered its
own The story Of the game was the
same old chestnutty story Of hard luck
To be sure, we outbatted and out
felded our opponents, and that gave
some semblance Of truth TO the story of
hard luck, but that is usually the cry
Of losing clubs. The men do not seem
to have yet found their eyes for the
ball. They are batting like weaklings,
and, although fielding well, their errors
seem to happen just at critical mo-
ments to lose them the game, Il, per
chance, they do happen to bat a little
better than their opponents.
The team will be home next week
and after such a disastrous trip It Is
reasonable to suppose that they will
play better ball. The men are all In
good trim now and can no longer be
considered a travelling hospital, as they
were ten days ago. There no longer
exists any reason why they should not
play as
STRONG A GAME
as they did before they departed on the
trip, and If they do that the grumbling
will soon be forgotten and the team
once more established In public favor.
This week the club meets the Hart
fords and the Baltimores, and Just in
the present condition of affairs he would
be rash man indeed who would ven
tme any prediction as to the number Of
games the club will win. If It breaks
even on the week no one will complain,
and everybody will find some solace IL
an oasis Of victory is reached in the
hitherto monumental Sahara Of defeat.
THE BRoTHERHooD's DISTRESS.
There was a significant meeting Of the
Players League In New York hast
clubs were present, and the only news
given to the press was that the League
would continue to play the schedule
adopted In March. That II should be
found necessary to hold a special meet
ing in order to make such a declaration
is, TO say the least, decidedly significant.
For the past month the Players have
been loudly protesting that the League
ought to change its schedule; that It
could not live unless Il did, and that
whateverevil resulted would be the legit.
innate outgrowth of It's own actions
| Such, In brief, were the windy argu.
ments advanced by the adherents Of the
Brotherhood.
But the game was too palpable and
no one who understood the motive that
! actuatcd Il took any stock In II. II
seems now that this talk was correctly
surmised, and the action Of the Brother
hood on Saturday night confirms the
impression that Il has been contemplate
ing q change of schedule after failing
by specious pleas to induce the League
10 change its programme.
Why did Il not carry out the plan
Simply because every one Of them knew
that the moment they adopted another
schedule the League would change its
TO accord with theirs, and push them
nearer and nearer to the wall They
cannot take any other view Of II than
II Is a
DETERMINED WAR
In which the conditions have sadly
changed. From being the aggressOr
six weeks ago, the Brotherhood has
been put upon the defense, and there
has been a general wayeFing all along
the line. ID is simply the temporary
retreat before the final capitulatiOn.
But did the delegates simply consider
the advisabIllty OF changing the
sehedule7 Was the meeting not called
for some more important object. and
did II not prove a lamentable failure.
In other words, don't the Brotherhood
people know that at least two teams
are In financial distress, and that the
meeting was called 10 get assistance 10
get them out Of the hOle9 And don't
the same people know that the other
club representatives found themselves
so badly plnehed that they could not
afford the needed assistanceg Yet such
Is the fact whether they admit Il or
not, and the life Of the Tebellious base
ball infant Is not destined 10 last many
days. The next move viii be 10 prO-
pose a coalition with the League
which will be cOntemptuOusly rejected,
and then the much-yaunted Brother
hood will turn up its toes.
WHAT WILL II Do?
Some of the more foolish members of
the Atlantic Association are threatening
| tc break away from the controlling in
huenees and protection Of the national
/ agreement, and because Of the decision
/ of the board Of arbitration in the Petit
case. Ii is extremely improbable that
such a course will be followed Barnie.
4 of course, attributes the decision 10 the
malignant Influences of the AmeTic an
/ Association and is naturally wroth
/ So fan as that point Is concerned IL is
/ all bosh, for the decision was undOubt-
I edly correct and was the unanimous
/ decision Of the entire board III the
/ Association is wise Il will acquiesce tn
/ the decision pay the money il owes 10
/ the other members of the agreement and
/ proceed 10 act manly instead of whining
/ and clustering over q result that was
apparent 70 every follower Of the game
/ long ago.