Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-22
F0LEY's BOSTON LETTER.
He Gives Some Interesting Pointers About
General Baseball Affairs.


CORRESPONDENTS OF THE DIsPATcB,1
BOSTON, September 20-Just at present the
stockholders of losing baseball concerns are
about the unhappiest menson earth. For two
weeks the rain has been keeping them guess
ing and she still pours. 1 guess the Boston
Triumvirs came out better than any other
hackers during the wet weather season. They
managed to play three games with Philadelphia
while nearly all the other clubs were lying idle,
and the games drew over 5000 people. They
had luck enough to get in Saturday game
which drew out 1920 admissions and the first
game was attended by over 2 500 people. The
Boston Leaguers have made no gain on Brook
lyn; in fact both teams have been standing
Still while Anson's men have climbed
to the front with a. terrific rush.
Long has been suffering from slow fever, which
has been big drawback to the Bostons as the
spry young German is full of life and great
leader. Long is also the best base-runner and
run-getter on the team. CAMEL and Bennett
have also been laid up for repairs and Hardie
is dong all the catching just at present.
Long wants to play in the West during the
Bostons next trip, but it is doubtful If he plays
again this season. The Bostons open up IN
Pittsburg and Cleveland before tackiing
Chicago and Cincinnati, and it is not iikelS
that Long will be called upon to play
before the club strikes Chicago. where
"Old Hoss" Anson is waiting for sweet re-
venge- Auson has been having regular feast
on the other Western teams. but he is liable to
get badly fooled if he is looking for a snap on
the strong Eastern teams.
Old Dame Rumor has King Kelly hobnobbing
with AL johnson, of Cleveland, and don't be a
bit surprised to hear that Kelly will play with
the Cleveland Brotherhood team next season
Kelly and johnson are great friends, and the
former would sacrifice a good deal to pull
johnson out of the hole. johnson has sunk a
small fortune in Cleveland this season, but a
good strong team. with a non-confiicting sched-
ule would make johnson a winner next season,
and he knows it. Cleveland was supposed to
be a great League town, but if johnson gets a
winning team he will best the opposition to a
dead certainty. ] fail to see any bright League
prospects for Cleveland in the near future and
another such loser as they have had this year
will make the hackers quit or sell out
their franchise TO some other city. Kelly would
strengthen Johnson's team, but baseball
leader he will never be success, unless he
changes his habits have not heard any CON-
plants against Kelly this season so far as drink
ing is concerned, but no team in the Players
League has been criticised more severely than
the Bostons for careless, don't-care-a-snap kind
of work. The team is the best in the country,
and nearly every man on the team Is sober and
reliable; consequently. Kelly has no hard work
in managing the team. for il has run itself.
Kelly has had trouble with Kilroy, Madden and
a few more men, and at one time during the
season Charlie Radbourne elevated his back for
some imaginary offense. and he was lost to the
world for over a week just when the club needed
his services. Brouthers' has laid off several
games and there was no reason assigned for his
absence. CHARLES ]. FOLEY.