Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
Baseball Affairs.

All the glory of baseball has gone;it is proba-
bly, IN temporary obscurity. but whether it is ur
not, it is almost necessary to apologize before
commencing to say few words on the subject
don't intend to say much, because am proba-
bly, as much surfeited with the present baseball
humbug as the public certainly is. The con-
ference, or rather the proposed conference
ended in smoke. In other words. there was no
conference at all except private gathering of
maGnates, after the conference had been
stopped to express mu ual regret because they
had not allowed the conference to go on.
Sapient magnales! Why the conference was
stopped can be explained in a few words
Three representatives each from the
American Association, the Players League
and tile National League agreed some
time ago to meet and confer relative to
formulating plan of cOns ,lidation. 1t was
distinctly understood that no players should
take part III the deliberations 1.-THE capitals S.
lie DAY OF meeting came and the aforesaid
agreement was broken, the L. L repre-
sentatlves appeared with three additional
members, and these members were playerS
This was To all intents and purposes a direct
violation of the original agreement and the
N l. and Association representatives resented
IT, II is amusing TO read the charges and
counteIcharges OF the parties concerned in
this conference that never came. However,
there is no getting over the fact that the
r l. made mistake in insisting on
members. At first this step was de-
Tended on the plea that the players had a
right TO be represented at the conference This
pie " as so defenseless that it was speedily
dropped. No business men admit their work
me- into conferences of the firm to discuss
busln IS plans Workmen do not desire it,
Then the plea that there were six national
agreement representatives on the committee
and there ought to be SIX Players League rep
resentatives. was put forward. This nlea was
useless because the conference was not to dis
cpss the national agreement at all, but only to
try and formulate plan of consolidation.
But inns conference committee was not abso-
Lutte and why sh uld the Players League break
agreements regarding lis composItonP What
ever that Committee agreed upon would have
to be submitted TO the Players League and
certainly there would be ample Opportunity
then to reject or accept anything or everything
Certainly there are strong influences at work
trying to foil all plans of consolidation. Their
work is no credit TO them. There are a few
small rays IF hope OF a settlement II there is
no settlement nIade the public then has duty
70 perform and that is to wash its hands of the
entire business.
The Au-America Cricket Team.
Judging from present indications there a
likely to be some unpleasantness regarding the
makeup of the American cricket team who are
TO 20 to England next year. A correspondent
writes me to the effect that the Philadelphis
players are trying to arrange matters in a way
that no player except AmerIcan-born players
shall play in the team, and my correspondent
asks the question, Is this fsir7 OF course it is
not fair. nor is it good policy. 1t is neither fair