Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-05-25

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The artrnltur. Boston. New York.
PhilaGpIpni1 lBd ,rpOklyn uu saturday
Wa lar-ps .lryo af the Players league,
but as saturday q all Of these cities is
largely In ar nai re uf holiday the fig
ures are not u.pr sentative of the steady
baseball clientele The steady gains made
by the Lel.-Ge L lyr made the Brotherhood
managers thouIltful, and | am told On
pretty good au' aority that they would he
only too glad 10 patch up truce and
change their schedules were il not for the
fear that they would lose prestige among
their more enthusiastic supporters should
they show any signs of weakening. There
In no doubt, however. that they will make
some changes in their circuit, ii not before
the season i over certainly before start
ing in on another campaign
II was publicly stated last week that the
League had made proposition To the
Brotherhood that if they would change
the names of their clubs the League would
agree to change of dates in most Of the
cities during the second half Of the season.
! was told by gentleman. whose name
am not at liberty to give, who is high in
the councils of the Players league officials,
although not one Of them, that he knew
positively that such q scheme had indi-
rectly been advanced by the National league
managers. The League people, however,
deny the story in toto One OF them told
me that he thought il would be wise plan
for the Players league 10 change the names
of their clubs. as he believed such course
would benefit the game by increasing the
aggregate attendance. but that the Ma
tional league had made no propositions to
their opponents aud would make none.
There is no doubt that the League men
would be pleased 10 see such move, for 1t
would benefit them more than their oppo-
nents. The Players league is not likely to
take step that would give their rivals any
advantage.
There has been tendency ON the part Of
some people, more notably league men, to
attribute the falling off in attendance at
the games a. an indication that our great
national sport is losing ground This is an
errOneou, idea II i very likely that the
public interest is not so fierce as ID was
when the presence Of one team in city
united all the enthusiasts in shouting for
that one team and inspiring strong local
pride ia their achievements, but do not
believe that the general interest is one whit
less than in 1Sss. Ii is true that the attend
ance figures last week were small, but this
WAS due solely to the bad weather, which
reduced the contests in most Of the cities
10 one-half of those scheduled and greatly
handicapped the attendancea at those played.
From this out, until well into September,
expect to note that the aggregate attend
suoe at the games is larger than ever before
known in the annals Of the sport. One
thing is certain, this talk Of decrease In
interest is not likely 70 increase and it has
no real foundation In fact.
The visit of the Chicago Players league
team To the east has created feeling of
anxiety IN the breast Of that crazy baseball
enthusiast. Edward Everett Bell This insi-
vidual has been made almost "A national
character by his peculiar eccentricities on
every ball ground he visits He Is not a
crank of the Digby Bell, Maurice Barry
more, DE Wolf Hopper or General Dix
well order. They are immensely popular
because there is nothing offensive or eccen-
trio In their makeup, unless II I've Dixwells
harmless Iii, hi, which has 10 certain
extent made him famous. Edward Everett
Lch II uIu'tNul' ne - hulIut. nc ouiy
talks about two things One is the safes
he sells. and the other baseball He has
three fads. One is long hair, the second q
blind devotion to the Chicago brotherhood
team, and the other plug hat.
Bells plug hat and whiskers, long mane
and glasses are makeup that causes him
cesseless anguish when the small boys got
sight of him crossing the "bleacheries" at
the ball parks. Two Of Bells fads, the
Chicago team and his long name, are in
dAnger. hence his anxiety. In an evil mo-
msnt Bell wagered his long hair against
Nick Engels goatee that Comiskey's men
would win the Players league penant.
The way the Brooklyn team hustled Bells
pets has really taken his appetite away.
M Engel, who Ia also crank Of national
rspute, has twittsd Bell so much about the
defeats Of Chicago that the long haired
crank has lost weight at the rate Of q
pound day. Engsl swears he will have
that name, and the gsneral belief among
Bells friends is that unless Comiskey's
braves take a TREMENDOUS brace the man
Of hair. hat and tongue will soon be mere
shadow
II looks now TO man up tree that the
Boston, brooklyn and Chicago teams Of
tbs Players league are the only teams who
ars In IL for the pennant Of their orgeni-
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