Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-03-29
THE SCHEDULES.
League and Brotherhood WIN
Conflict In Sixty Games.
THEY ARE ALL RRADK TO FIGHT.

". I. Barrls nslisvss That the Eishs WIN
Ne bitter. That 10th Lsas~ss WIN IAss
tAs ssssoa Through, bat "Afssr That tAs
Dsiugs."
The lines Of battle between the National
and the Players leagues have at Last bsen
definitely ssttled. Tho ten club circuit 81
the League has been smashed and . new
schedule adopted, a. held Il would b. The
deal which the magnates labored 70 hard TO
make ct Cleveland was finally consummatsd
at New York, and Il was made on the exact
lines that I had predicted. That d, Wash-
ingtcn retired altogether and indianapolis
gave 10 players to the League and retained
its franchise, continuing - . ninth, but In
active, member. In other words, Mr. Brush
IL ready to take any vacancy that may oc-
cur in the west In either this or next season,
and IL in few years the League Il in proper
shape for ten clubs Indianapolis returns to
business.
Meanwhile, there will be no baseball at the
Indiana capital. The only reason for the en-
tire withdrawal Of the Washington club was
the decision Of President Hewett 10 play ball
In the Atlantic association. Il II said, but
there Is no certainty Of its truth. that the
lA0ku6 k8'S AT. I1cWctk osout UtsCc0 SAoS
whenever It was desirable to make . ten club
circuit he should have the first call In the
east Both Brush and Hewett were well paid
for their sacrifice for the good Of the League.
The former got something like $6O, 900, most
Of which was paid by the New York club,
and Mr.. Hewett took home with him check
for about $4,000, which came from the
League treasury
That Mr.. Brush was positively sincere in
maintaining that he desired to please his peo-
pie aud himself In remaining in the League
was shown by his action at the League meet
lug. After having been discussing the terms
Of surrender all Of Thursday night, all day
Friday, down into the small hours Of Satur-
day morning, 1t looked az II no satisfactory
basis could be reached. Then Mr.. Brush
arose and said, with eariiestness: "Gentle-
men, we have been a long time at this. /
will pay $4,000 into the League treasury II
you will agree to drop the discussion right
here and 60 ahead with ten clubs"
The offer was, Of course, refused, but It was
made in good faith.
And the schedule Well, that schedule pre-
pared by Messrs. Spalding, Soden and MINI
ick is clever document. They have brought
their strong clubs in conflict with the Players
league weak clubs wherever practicable. As
to conflicting dates, the ten club schedule
wasn't In it with tho new one. In the
city Of New York, for example, the two
organizations conflicted in the whole sched-
ule in thirty seven games. Under the
new document they conflict In sixty-two
games out Of seventy. Evidently the mag
mates intend that it shall be war to the knife
The brotherhood leaders began by announc-
ing on every possible occasion that they
would wipe the old League out OF existence.
The old League has accepted the challenge
then given, ayou Ia dfght Is on. That 1t will
be . survtfGolAl Of ,test few doubt
II tbSss.-Jesls H,ague had adopted at the
start the policy Of ''live and let live," which
apparently seemed to animate them when
they gave their schedule to the League, the
result would not have been different, for the
reason that they really forced the fight by
adopting schedule that pre-empted the best
playing dates and in the best cities that could
possibly be arranged, and unless the League
wanted to throw the business altogether they
were bound to follow the lead shown. No
ono can blame the Brotherhood, and the
Brotherhood will not gain any sympathy by
shifting the responsibility Of clashing on to
the League. Conflict was inevitable.
Tho reduction Of the circuit puts a new
aspect on affairs 1t was great move for the
League, and when all the teams are filled the
League will not he far behind the Brotherhood
In playing strength. The two weak team,
were New York and Pittsburg. Surely John
B. Day should be able to get q rafting team
out of his present list. Here it is:
Catchers-P Murphy, Buckley, somers
Clarke and O'Rourke.
Pitchers-Welch, ]. Sharratt, Rusie, Bur
kett. Boyle.
Infielders-Doo Scanlan, Bassett, Far
III fl
Outflelders-Tiernan, Hornung, Hines
John II. Murphy
OF course Mr.. Day will not retain all thes'
men. Glasscock will be made captain. ant
he and Manager Mutrie will select team
with proper substitutes, and those not needel
will go to Pittsburg and Cleveland.
John T. Brush, after the deal for his play
ers had been completed, wagered . suit o
clothes that New York would win the pen
nant, and Director Schmidt, Of Indianapolis
made two bets Of like character. Al Spald
ing took Brush's bet.
Ths brotherhood leaders, while, Of course
not hilarious over the success Of the Lcagu
In strengthening its line Of battle by mobiliz
ing its troops, SO to speak, are not dismaye
at the outlook. They say that they are salts
fed with the justice Of their cause. The
feel that they are entitled to their share Q
public patronage, and have the utmost cor
fidencs that they will get it. They still In
sist that they have all the players and ar
bound to win. Looking at the situation as
now stands and weighing all the circum
stances, it is fair TO say that the Brotherhoo
will at the start have the best OF it, becaus
their teams, as made up, contain the large
number OF noted players than the Leagu
teams, and because they will at the start
aided by the sympathy Of many persons VIII
are not ball cranks in the strict sense Of th
word, and who ordinarily do not spend muc
money in baseball.
After the first month, however, the tw
leagues will stand on their merits AS caterer
70 the amusement Of the public, Those VIII
expect to see the League wiped out this SCI
son will be disappointed, and those who e'
pect the same fate Sor the Brotherhood wi
find themselves mistaken. This season bot
organizations will go through with the
schedules. Somebody. in fact nearly ever.
body, will lose money. Next season Is u
far ahead to speculate on. ConservatiN
baseball men fear that the fight will inju
baseball Everybody will be surfeited vii
the game certainly in the neighborhood
New York no one need sigh for more. La
year there were 14o games in that vitinit
This season there will be $50 Now fgu
out the profits. w. I. HARRIS
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