Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-28
GOOD DDAYSCOMING
The Next Baseball Season Will
Be a Lively One.
THE PUBLIC INTERESTED AGAIN.

There is really very little doubt that
there will be a great revival in the interest
in the national game in 1891. Any one
who desires to find out the value of this
statement can do so very easily by making
a canvass among his personal friends whom
he has heretofore known to be partial to
the game. He will find that the settle
ment of the baseball war and the prospects
for continuation of the struggle for the
professional championships, such as ad-
mirers of the game witnessed in 1888 and
1885, have brought back to the fold many
q man who lost his interest from the dis
gust aroused by the chickering's which dis
graced the sport during the past season.
Among the cranks the most intense in
terest is displayed AS to the makeup of the
teams for next year, but on this point very
little definite information can now be given.
There will be an unusual amount of trad
ing, and there will be new deals announced
nearly every day after the first of the year.
These will be caused by the desire of GER
tain clubs to get rid of certain men, and
the desire of certain men to play in other
clubs than those from which they seeded
last year. This applies mostly to the cases
of those men vino were pronounced leaders
of the Brotherhood.
1t is the intention of the League to have
the players satisfied as near as it is posi-
ble. There is one point though, on which
they will not permit any interference or
allow any trouble to be made. That is in
the case of the men who left the Brother
hood and stood by their clubs. The re-
turning players will not displace these
men, and they will not be allowed to queer
them in any way. No player will be forced
to play with the men who were faithful to
the League when it was in trouble, but
their refusal to do SO will notscause the
League to make any determinations on
that account.
During the past week the conference
committees of the League and the Ameri-
can association have been busy arranging
the final details of the American associa-
tion circuit and have nearly put things
into shape Owing to the determined stand
taken by the Toledo club, it's pleadings to
remain in the circuit, and the exceeding
difficulty which will be experienced in
either forcing or buying it out, the project
of putting an association team into Chi
cago may be abandoned. 1t seems to me
that it would be good policy to abandon it,
as it is extremely doubtful if two clubs
could ever make go in Chicago. There
has MEYER been the slightest indication
that such a scheme would be successful.
But whether Chicago or Toledo or Mil
waukee be selected, the circuit when COM
plated and the teams which will play in
it will be the strongest and best ever
known in the history of the organization.
With Washington, Philadelphia, Boston
and Baltimore in the east, and st. Louis,
Louisville, Columbus and either Toledo,
Milwaukee or Chicago in the west, there
ought to be good fortune in store for every
club in the circuit. Mr.. Barnie's strong
team of last year will be made much
stronger by the addition of Griffin, Shindle
and one or two good pitchers who will be
at liberty. Won der Abe will have Comis-
key, Robinson, King and Boyle back with
him, and these with the men held over
from last season will give st. Louis team
of which it can well be proud. The Bos-
ton and Philadelphia {P. L. teams of last
year will be kept pretty much the same in
the association. The places of the men
returned to the League will be filled with
others almost as good, while Washington
will have chance to get together team
worthy of the capital, for there never was
a time when good ball players were so
plentiful
One of the things which will increase the
enthusiasm in all the cities in both the
League and Association circuits will be the
new faces in every team and the very equal
distribution of playing talent. l do not
mean by this that there will be eight teams
Il, each league of equal strength, but do
mean that the players will be more equally
.distyiNoed. than ever before, and that no
team in sither league will have walk
over The t3sam which wins the pennant
OF of tho world G
Championship ip 1891 will have to play a
steady game from first to last, and most of
the time their work will have to be of the
most brilliant description.
THINGS THAT ARE SAID.
That AL Spalding would like to have
Pfeffer himself, unless he can trade him
off for Mike Kelly.
That Johnnie Ward would like to go to
Cincinnati, and that Cincinnati would wei
come him with open arms.
That George Cores emporium business
will hurt his chances for a good job next
season, but that George is doing so well
that he will not be apt to feel as badly as
he otherwise might
That the League is to take some action
against the saloon keeper i'll baseball,
which may take the shape of a rule that no
nan WHO 40 III thS iiiuoi " ~
signed.
That the Wagner brothers are negotiat-
ing with Pat Powers to manage their
team should they receive the Athletic
franchise.
That it would be great stroke of policy
should Wagner engage Billy Sharsig,
whose personal popularity would be a
great cprd with Philadelphia patrons.
That ball players generally are now in
quiring who is going to put uI> sufficient
advance money to tide them over the win
ter.
That Eddie Talcott made pile of money
out of the recent stir up in the stock mar
ket, and now looks with equanimity Cd his
losses in backing the late Players league.
That the appearance of John Morrill, and
George Wright at the recent house warm
ing given by John Clarkson in Boston has
reused the ire of certain members of the
ball players brotherhood.
That the public verdict will be that
Wright and Morrill, did just about right.
>, hat Spalding is now confident that he
will ave Mike Kelly in the Chicago team
nov. sa.. Son, likewise Duffy and Ryan.
Tbat, s.. evens, Murnane, McGunnigle,
Snence and Bancroft will try to organize a
New England league in 1891. -.
That the Bost,.'n n team next year Will
have Clarkson, Nic,.e OILS, Getzein, Bennett,
Camel. Tucker. Pfeffe,r Nash. Long, Sto'
vey, Richardson, Brodih' euillVah' Lowe