Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-06
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rs 1T WAR OR CONIPROMISE2
Resume of the base BalI season Just |
CIosed-Prospects for the Future
Results of the Pennant Races I'm the
various Leagues-HeasOns for a
Compromise Between the Two
Leagues.
The championship season of the National
and Players leagues came to an end on
when the final games in both
were played. In the National
league the Brooklyn team carried off the
pennant, while Kelly's "Boston Braves"
performed similar feat in the Players
league. The American association still has
q few more games to play, but these con-
tests will not materially affect the standing
of the leading clubs, and the championship
of the Association will go to Louisville.
Then, after a series of games between the
Brooklyn and Louisville clubs for the 30
called championship of the world,
the base ball season of 1890 will
be over and the playing transferred
from the field to the hotel, the magnates
of the various organizations taking the
places of the players and contesting for
supremacy and gain. Every one knows
that this season has been far from salts
factory or successful. On account of the
fight between the two big leagues and the
conflicting dates, ETC., there is probably
no club in either organization that has
made any money, with the possible ex-
ception of Boston in the Players and
Philadelphia in the National league. In
almost every other city in the two organi-
cations, the season has been played to a
finish at considerable financial loss to
the hackers of their respective
teams and the national game been
given setback from which it will take it
years to recover. So much for the situa-
tion in the major leagues. How about the
minor asssociationss In the American as
ISOLATION two of it's members have been
compelled to give up-the Brooklyns and
the Athletics of Philadelphia. In the At
lantic association, of the eight clubs which
composed that organization at the COM
mencement of the season but two remained
to the end, New Haven and Newark. Both
of these clubs played the season out, but
at a very considerable loss financially, ac-
cording to the statements made by their re-
spective arrangements. Hartford, Worces-
tea, Jersey City, Wilmington and Wash
ington were compelled to disband on &C
.count of poor attendance at the
the American association simply because
it was impossible for them to play
the season out in the Atlantic in the con-
dition the association was at the time of
that clubs withdrawal. Rumors of deals,
charges and counter charges have been
current all through the season just closed,
and the game everywhere has suffered
from the instability and lack of interest
consequent upon the demoralized state.
r,1. II Il, IF tha for
the future. Will the leagues go on in their
mad war of determination, or will there be
an effort made at compromise between the
two factions, and the game once more re-
stored to the high place it occupied in the
appreciation of the public at the close OF
the season of 1899?
One thing seems to be assured: The in
terest in the game itself has been allowed
to die out, and more attention has been
given to rumors, deals and other doings OF
the respective factions than to the actua
contests on the diamond. The attendance
| at the games in the various cities ha.
| dwindled down until where formerly
| thousands had assembled to see game, thu
records this year show but few hundred
| This is not only the case in one league o.
| association, but in all. Will the manager
of both leagues learn the lesson, taught b.
/ Lie 0Ap6TleuCo VI tlc ptsSt bcdsOI, VI III
popular disapproval of existing managerial
methods and the desire ON the part or tn
base ball loving public for some sort o
conciliatory action to be taken by the war
ling factions before next season opens i
| they hope to save themselves from fnan
| cial ruin and the national game from IRE
| trievable disaster! The outlook at presen
| seems to be that a compromise between tn
two organizations will be effected, and tina
peace and harmony will reign during tn
coming season. The leading represents
tives Of several of the various clubs in bot
the National and Players leagues have
during the past week, expressed a desir
for manly settlement of existing dificu,
ties and mutual concessions, and it is 81
tremely probable that conference will
held between representatives from the tw
leagues, possibly at the annual meeting {
the National league, which occurs ne1
Wednesday, October 8, in New York cit.
Should such movement be brought abor
the national game will once more be r,
stored to its old time popularity, interel
in the contest will be revived and gener
satisfaction reign throughout the base ba
world On the other hand, if the primo
pie of carrying On the fight of extermin
ton to the bitter end is persisted in, Il
result must of necessity be the fnanci
ruin of one or the other of the organic
- tions, the lack of public interest in t
games and the absolute and irrevocat
d downfall of the national sport.
g Whieh shall it be!