Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13

was the owner of the Troy franchise,
and to-day this League mogul who
gether for next season. beat all the players out
of various sums Of money. A friend, Barney
Gilligan, once famous catcher told me that
Hackett lost about $3.50 in Troy. Walter
Hackett, brother, also suffered. AND look at
the treatment of John Morrill, last season by
this same Hewitt. Morrill, was captain of the
team, and broke a finger during one of the
games. He was nursing his finger, but all Of
sudden Hewitt, in order to cut down expenses.
released the man. at was contemplate act"
said Morrill,, ''but If he acted like man and
released me on the Jump, wouldn't find so
much fault. But he didn't; for was at home.
Besides he was sending me encouraging letters,
hoping would soon rejoin the boys" Hewitt
would be q better fellow IL his club
was prosperous; but why shouldn't
jured last spring and received his pay in full
which was to the Pittsburg clubs credit but if
Calvin was in Washington or Indianapolis he
would probably find the situation different.
A REAL NECESSITY.
The Brotherhood was necessity, and have
always said that Ward was the ball players
friend He went to the front Of the boys and
made Detroit pay Richardson, Dunlap and
Thompson; he made Reach toh, he's darlinGD
pay Casey for two weeks lay of when he col
lided with Hallman in practice; he also went
and fought for Boyle, but Sir Henry, after max
ing a piteous appeal, went right back to the
very man he had been calling tyrant-Brush,
the electric light" and mesmerizer. / ac-
knowledge that ball players are not angels but
the players must receive credit for honesty,
for that is their stock in trade. It
is remarkable to see how some of the
writers flop. Let me say that the
League is not responsible for the downfall of
the American Association" says Billy Harris,
of the New York Press. who was so confident
that there would be no Brotherhood revolt.
Il was in the same boat Harris then goes on
citation players. Mr.. Harris, few words in the
bathroom, if you please: ! know thee, Billy;
you know me. Before the Brotherhood revolt
didn't you give it out that Brooklyn. under the
present management, could never get in the
League ?-that certain men connected with
gambling houses were interested in the club,
and that John B. Day would never vote to allow
Brooklyn in ? And say, Harris, when the
League went back on their former statement
and took Brooklyn and Cincinnati in,
what did they do 1t for !? To break
the Association and save the League
and every fair writer on the con-
tinent knows it! That is the reason and the
only reason why the Brotherhood made the
raid on the Association; besides Reach and
others were at work offering fabulous prices
for men to break Brotherhood contracts, and
yet this man Reach paid salaries much less than
hanty was getting about 81, 200 last season, and
in the fall when he told Harry Wright he must
have a raise, the veteran with the gray
whiskers smiled, and remarked: "0h, yes; you
should have a raise. Your playing to-day was
enough to give you raiser Delehanty made |
about four errors that day, and HarrY's talk |
was sarcasm. Now Mr.. Reach has to pay |