Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-05-18
Pittsburg's National League
Team Has Not Gone Under.
PLAYERS RAVE THE BEST OF IT.
The Attendance Figures show Tho the
brotherhood l. Far In the Lead ,n-
rally How the Different Teams e
Playing Work of individuals.

committee on the welfare OF the National
league, Messrs. Spalding, Day and Byrne.
This committee vas called together 10 con.
suit with the officials of the Pittsburg club
as to the crisis in its affairs. The Smoky
City people, Il is alleged, were behind with
their rent and salaries aud the small at.
tendance-only about 1000 people to six
games-had discouraged them. II was as,
serted that they wanted to quit. The facts
are that the club is not wrecked or any.
thing like il. Nimick is well off aud
O'Neill is rich. There is plenty of money
back of the club-indeed more money than
courage.
1t is true that Nimick and O'Neill were
disheartened by the lack of appreciation OF
the Pittsburg League team by Pittsburg
people, and il Is true that they were behind
in their rent. This was due to lack OF
money in the club treasury. Personally
the club owners nave il, and have since
paid the rent and the players salaries.
They were encouraged by the committee,
and enough sand" as 1t is expressively
termed among sporting men, was talked
into them to make them return home
shouting that they never had the least no
ton Of getting out or Of transferring their
team. 1t is generally believed that the
League will aid the club If it gets into real
financial straits. Meanwhile the League
magnates 20 ON regardless Of the meager
attendance on some grounds, seemingly
satisfied that they will get their share of
the patronage in the end.
The attendance figures for the week show
that the situation in New York remains
unchanged. The Brotherhood team has
all the best Of il, although Saturdays at
tendance showsa slight gain for the League.
The game Of Friday at Brotherhood park,
New York, should not count. as the admis-
sion, owing To a peculiar phase Of news.
paper advertising. was practically free.
AT Philadelphia the League made a
marked gain. Forthe first week the figures
were: Brotherhood, three games, 1856.
League, four games, l7,G39. The first four
games last week drew 1911 people TO the
Brotherhood grounds and 6,IG3 TO the
League grounds. And on the last two DAYS
the League had the most people by a small
margin.
The opening clash at Chicago shows the
League in a decided minority. Mr.. Spald-
ing's team played four games TO 6,4s0 peo-
pie without opposition, At four games
with opposition he got l,2'1, against 1875
for the BROTHERHOOD team, a ratio of five
and t~hreequarters to one. This would in
dictate that both teams might draw well
with non conflicting dates.
At Cleveland the League team drew 1900
people to three games without opposition.
Then came three conflicts. The Players
team got 5.0l6 people, against l,aGO. The
League then had one day alone and drew
as. For the first days of the next week
the weather permitted play the Brother
hood games attracted LEO people. and the
League games 1850 The announced at
tendance must have been padded al the
start, or else the League has made a gain ut
Cleveland.
The first five days Of the conflict at
Brooklyn resulted: Brotherhood, 1860,
League, l0,l3i. At the two conflicting
m played there during the week the
League drew 2.al9 and the Brotherhood
l,g.l. The latter played one game ON "A
cherries day, with Boston for an Ops
nent, with no opposition, and the attend
anee was 2jl.
All the cities have now been heard from.
and there is abundant evidence to show
that the public feeling is with the Players
league in all of them except Brooklyn and
Cincinnati, and in the latter there is no
conflict To test the feeling. In New York
and Chicago and Pittsburg the League has
50 far hardly been in IL. At Philadelphia
and Cleveland the attendance has reached
a basis Of equal division, and In Boston the
League, while in "A minority, has done well
enough to more than pay expenses.
The months Of May and June will settle
pretty definitely just what each league is
to expect If the contest continues. II il al
ready "A generally admitted fact that very
few teams will clear expenses under the
present system of conflicting dates. 1t
looks very much as if il was now a ques.
tion of the longest purse. The Players are
having the best of il and show no signs of
weakening. The League, while flying sig.
mails Of distress, declares that il will play
out its schedule and wage war to the bitter
end.
Now as to ball playing. The Brother.
hood teams, whose work during the first
We weeks was very poor, taken as a
whole. are beginning to get into shape and
are now playing pretty fair ball, even
though the scores ARE for the most
part very long, and many Of the games
very tiresome because Of their one sided
nature.
The Boston team j. still "A little weak In
the box, but IL Is winning right along,
first, because the other teams are but little
better of for pitching talent, and second,
because Mike Kelly is getting good team
work out OF his men, which. added to their
heavy hitting and the base running Oi
Stovey. Kelly and Tom Brown. has kept
them in front of the procession. Chicago,
80 far, Is well up 10 expectations, but 1t has
been playing against the weaker teams
and has hard work 10 stay in the place IL
has generally been credited with as it, due.
| When Comiskey and his men run mp
against Boston, Brooklyn and philadelphia
IL will he seen that the team has hren
somewhat oyerrated II Kelly and his
men can play with equal lack and skill
against the western teams ~ they have
against the eastern and hold the glit, they
ought 10 win the Players league pennnnt.
The New York team has sadly disap.
pointed It's admirers. The men are hatting
hard, but the loss ~ Tiernnn, Ward aud
Welch has made a big hole. Wards p o.,
will not soon Dr. filled. The main truubl
Is with the pitchers. U'Iay, Crane nd
keefe have each pitched orr mod ,
but their other games have bpn n" ~ e.
lass had Then nsraiu tha t.an Vv.rL