Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-15
CHARLEY FOLEY's LETTER.
The Boston Authority Thinks That Ward
Will Play in Pittsburg Next Season.


Will Play in Pittsburg Next Season.
CORRESPONDENTS OF THE DIsPATCH1
Boston. Dec lS-The Boston League club
hackers, If they can do 1t, are bound to block
the deal 10 locate an American Association
club here for next season. On the other band,
Barnie. of Baltimore, and other Association
leaders will do their utmost to make Spalding
carry out the plan mapped out at the recent
Louisville meeting. AT the Louisville meet
ing says Barnie. 1t was all fixed up for the
Association to locate clubs in Boston and Chi
cago. Spalding was willing to make any kind
of reasonable concessions in order to bring the
fight an end. He said he wanted Two strong
major organizations in the field, and now we
want him to live up to his Louisville agree
ment"
The Triumvirs are very much opposed to an
opposition club, but they are perfectly
willing TO buy out the detunct brotherhood
club, and will give reasonable amount to
their rivals to get out of the business. Ever
since Spading started out TO fix up matters
President Prince, of the Brotherhood club, has
been airing his opinions and his bombastic
talk has angered the League directors The
Brotherhood is not dead" said President
Prince, in a recent interview. I'VE are salts
ned TO 20 into the American Association, but
we will never consent to give up any Of our
present team"
Mr. Prince. like many other lawyers, has an
over-sufiicient supply of pure and unaduIter-
ated nerve. Brouthers and Richardson cost
the Boston League Club something like Sl4. 900
III the tall OF 1855, and they only played with
the club one season 1t also cost the Boston
club $3.50 in salaries for these two men-Rich-
ardson, s., 200; Brouthers, S4,6O0-making otal
for one Year of S22,S00. The Brotherhood is
now Potter's field remnant. and yet the Bos-
ton Brotherhood hackers want to hang on TO
men who cost the League club a small fortune
The Boston League club has nothing to fear;
they are fixed like Buck Ewing-they
can't lose. This is a dyedin-the-wool
League town. and it would be almost an
impossibilIty for the League club to get
worsted by an American Association rival.
Another thing not to be overlooked is the fact
that it will cost 80 cents to see Association
games in Boston and Chicago. while the admIs-
sion in other cities will be 25 cents The Amer
ican Association will never be ON a par wi n
the League until they raise the price of ad-
mission, and that scheme proved failure in
1885. Two frst-class Association teams would
be well supported in Boston and Chicago but
if they we're as high-salaried as the Brother
hood teams of last season, thev could hardly
exist on the small receipts they would receive
in towns like Columbus and Louisville. where
loo Is considered big week-dav crowd. Of
course Louisville will howl at this criticism,
but the critics must bear in mind that the poor
homeless team Of 1889 drew only 5000 specta-
tors during the whole season. Sundays IN
cluded. Louisville, as a leader. did fine bus-
ness last season, and they only cleared SS,0OJ
with strong team that cost less that SO 900.
In recent interview with a friend of mIne
dewitt Ray, Treasurer Billings SAID: ave
would like to secure Ward, but we could not
L'ilhA Va tahlhR LouE IIoiD SNORT neld. Long Is
wonder, but we could make room for Ward if
he thought he could fill the bill at second base
There is no feeling against any of the men;
they caused us heap of trouble, but we are
willing to let by-goues be by-gones. Salaries,
however, must take a tumble; a: least to begin
with, for it is hard TO tell how the patronage
will be next season. All the Capitalists will
come together for an interchange of views and
we Will do our best to give every city team
that can hold its own with the rest Spalding
wants Ward, but the Brotherhood leader will
60 with some team that needs building up.
general"
And here is the tune should advise Ward to
sing:
The clubs are bidding for me, and though can't
foretell my doom,
Still, think I'll land in Pittsburg when the
flowers begin to bloom.
CHARLES ]. FOLEY.