Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-11-30
THE WAR IS OVER.
Baseball Rivals Have Patched
Up a Peace at Last.
THE r. La THING OF THE PAST.
w. !. Harris Reviews the Situation and
Tells How the Problem Has Been
solved-pians and Prospects for the
Coming Season.

Is tNactIN Nlptl OUT Oh tAlsitnst, buJ ~ II
In process OF liquidation aud will in n few
weeks no longer he "A factor in baseball.
The baseball war is over and the crank
will be glad Of il, although many of them
will sorrow over the demise Of the Players
league, which they have supported Loyalty
during the past season. That il is n failure
aud that II will soon he n memory was be-
cause il WAS not built upon n solid fuunda-
ton and Because il was run rather upon
sentimental than upon business methods.
While the Players league has been the
cause of the loss of hundreds OF thousands
Of dollars to the corporations engaged in
the business, AMI has been largely respon-
sible for the taking OF Of public interest
shown duHing the season Of 1880, its exist
ence has not been in vain.
1t has proved a misfortune to the CAPT
talists and will prove one to the players,
inasmuch rs one Of its results will be a de-
crease in salaries, owing to the necessity
of recouping some part OF the losses Of
1880 aud 10 the big increase In the num-
Der of Mar players. There will br plenty
of good mea for all positions, aud there
fore only the extraordinary players can
command their ~ prices, but in spite OF
these fact the season just past had its les
sons, and they have been well learned.
Hereafter here will be very little injustice
lone 10y capitalists to their players. and the
players themselves will not he apt to dis.
turb AN existing business which is profit
able u all parties, with proper oonsidera-
ton aud ample time being given for
investigation and redress Of alleged griev-
auces. Discipline will rule ia al the clubs,
players will b. able TO keep their hats on
and the public viii receive better value for
its money, Abuses that existed under
the old order of things will cease. and the
national game will start out upon a new
era Of prosperity. 1t is not expected that
the immense ge!cral interest exhibited in
the game aIriag the season of ls,>-sJ will
entirely return IN 1891: but 1t Is not eG-
traya CANT To hope so. AT any rate, there
will be a great change from the state OF
affairs in lsM.
The individual losses OF the player, dur.
ing the season Of war were not heavy in a
financial sense. A small number Of them
invested some Of their savings in stock.
Those who put money into the Cleveland
aud Chicago clubs ~. h. will lose most Of
it. The others who invested where con
solidation has been effected will receive
new stock, and may In the course OF time
get all their money back aud perhaps
large interest on their investments.
Some Of the T.. l.. players lost portions OF
their salaries, but there is still a hope that
most Of those who did 50 will be paid n
full. The players of the National league
got their salaries regularly and have not
lost a cent, with the exception Of Arson,
who, while he received his salary. was a
loser to the extent the percentage Of losses
made by Mr.. S%palding's club bear TO An
sons stock in the organization but the
great captain will In the end get his
money back again. The combined losses OF
the capitalists will foot up over 100000.
The coming week will see the closing up
Of the peace negotiations. Al johnson
will be given a good sized Honey consider
alton 10 20 u Of business, the brooklyn
clubs will consolidate. aud the Players
league clubs Ut Boston aud Philadelphia.
IL they are not admitted to the American
association before this letter Is put In prirt.
will be soon after. There j. said 10 be n
movement 10 put AN Association team into
Chicago instead of the one at Toledo, but
this may slip up II everything goes as ex.
pected. Rochester, Syracuse aud TolGi0
will leave the Association and form "A neu.
cleus for an international league, and the
vacancie, will he filled by Boston, phila.
delpbia and Chicago.
There 1, "A great deal OF anxiety among
the players as TO where they VIII play next
season. Some Of them, who during 1880
were unruly and d~issipated, may well feel
worried, but those who did their duty and
played good ball need have no apprehen.
sions ms to their future. There were some,
of course, playing in q class a little above
their abilities, but such men will find EN-.
ploymcnt i'm strong minor leagues. The
Boston and Philadelphia p. l.. clubs will
be allowed q retain some Of their players,
but such men as Kelly, Nash, Richardson,
Quinn, Mulvey, Shindle, Griffin, Fogarty
and Milligan will have m opportunity to
sign with their old employers aud will IN
all probability do SO, although coaxin9
may be required In some cases.
The consolidated clubs will pick out the
best teams from their combined players,
and the others will 20 TO the American asso
| citation and to minor leagues. Il Is toe
early yet to say what the different teams
will be, but those In the National league
will be the best that organization has evei
had, and they will be remarkably well bal
anced.
An exception may be made In the case OF
New York, where IL is pretty well under
stood what the team will be. William
Ewing will he the captain and james MI
trie the manager. The catchers will bt
Ewing, Clarke, Buckley; the pitchers will
BE- Rusie, Keefe, Welch. j. Ewing and
Sharrott; the inflelders will he Common,
Richardson, Denny, Glasscock and Whit
ney; the outleld will be Herman. Gore
Slattery and 0'Rourke.
This will leave Murphy, Brown, Crane
O'Day, Hatfield, Bassett, Vaughn, Shan
non, BurSett, Hornung, Whistler, Johns
t~on-twelve good men-for other clubs
Murphy has a contract with John B. Day
for two years longer, and will have TO bs
retained unless otherwise provided for,
Baasett will go TO either Boston or Cleve
land. There is no indication at present Of
the disposition Of the other New York
players. IL would seem almost impossible
TO pick out ~ strong o team NJ that which
viii represent New York, but when thu
other teams are faxsd Il will be found thai
the Giants Of 1901 win have to hustle from
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