The daily critic., 1890-07-29

ers In any way.
PRESIDENT YoUNG's REPLY
TO The conspiratOrs was very apt, and Is
given In the following Interview:
80 far as the business management
OF The National League Is concerned. !"
said he, we are not aware of the ex
istence OF such an organization as the
brotherhood of Ball Players, and hence
will not treat with them upon apv
proposition that may be advanced
Besides, nothing has been received
from any such association. offering
either to change schedule dates and
cilies, or play series of games In the
iall OF the year, after our championshIp
season closes, All sorts of stories are
rife, but the National League Is dc
termincd to adhere 10 the course
mapped out In the beginning of this
season and keep engagements with its
players and the public,
REoARDLEss or COST.
To be sure, money has been lost by
ttt 8, ntltmen who are financially I'm.
ltrtsiCd In our organization, but still
not as much as was feared or propnns.
ticaiCd when the play ing upon the dla.
mona Tor 1890 was inaugurated. A
reason Tor this Is that the salary list 10
The National League Is much smaller
t1an 1t was last year, and one club OF
Which have q personal knowledge
only pays $4,000 this year. whereas In
1851 ils salary list aggregated so. 600.
president Nimick Of Piltsburg paid
hying visit TO Washington yesterday.
ana IN q snort conversation he assured
me that every Saturday evening checks
aie iotlhComing 10 meet any demands
mat might be made upon the clubs
treasury and
NOT A CENT Is OWING
TO a single member of the team Ae
companying Mr., Nlmick was well.
Known business man of Piltsburg. aud
In the course Of our conversation he
told me how a friend of his had tried 10
induce him 10 invest 81 900 In the stock
OF the Cleveland BFotherhood Club
Being practical man Of business. the
PiltsbuTger did not seriously enteriain
The idea, and few days ago he met the
friend Of the brotherhood Club
Guess | did not make much of an
error Ia keeping out Of the Brother
hood stock company was the saluta.
ton Of the Pittsburg man, for Il does
not seem 70 be a paying institution
This Is bat sample of what hear
daily" continued President Young
and consequently we Of the League
are not keeping awake nlghts Worrying
about an alleged opposition Il Is
NEARLY TWENTY YEARS
since l was appointed secretary Of the
League, and Ii live and nothing hap.
pens expect 10 hold the same position
lor another score Of years. Ever since
l have been connected with the Organi.
zation there have been plottings against
Il, but 1t has weathered all storms and
The present squall Is rapidly and daily
losing any ability 10 do harm. Under
no circumstances will the National
League play exhibition OF any other
series OF games with clubs not Ia its
Jurisdiction, and all talk % the contrary
L be most absurd nonsense. All tue
c-pldl that We require is behind our
eigLt clubs, aud the players constituting
tLU National League teams are pretty
well convinced that this statement Is
founded upon fact
IN was only short time ago when the
camp followers Of the Players League
", ne Yehemently declaring that Il was
the League that wanted 10 compromise.
Nov they have shown
THE FALsTTY OF THAT ASSERTION.
They claim that the offer on their part
was only put out as a feeler 10 test lie
strength of the League. III that be So
and no one with a grain Of common
sense can believe it-they ought 10 be
satisfied The League Is doing well
better than 1t expected and il Is not 10
q humOT 70 compromise
The proposition on The part Of the
WIgCkeTs Is a most impudent aud as
founding one. After r0bbiBg the League
Of everything Il possessed but grounds
IL finds that the larceny Is not a profit
able one and returns % the former own
eTs with a proposition 10 sanction the
robbery and assist Il IN reapiug some
benefit from the sp0ils. This it calls a
compromise If they were petty thieves
who made such a proposition aud the
law could not touch them, they would
promptly be booted out Of the presence
Qf the outraged owner, just as they have
been kicked out Of tue communion With
honest baseball organizations
THIS OFFER To COMPROMISE
Is but tie beginning Of the end. The
WrcckeIs have reached he end Of their
lgiher and they are making desperate
efforts o. pT0laug Tie agony awhile
longer With lie exception of the
baeklIs and Die men no one viii regret
rs demise aud the sooner il goes out Of
existence tie more cause the vast army
Qf baseball enthusiasts vii have tgT re-
fHIgiHE.
The League rs order b retain the re-
pect Of tie ball public and BE- consist
euf should 10 one thing however
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