Wichita eagle., 1890-02-20
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READY ~ FIGHT.
The Baseball Situation from q
Brotherhood Standpoint.
A PLAYERS' LEAGUE MAN TALKS.

He Says They Win Start on the 2Ist of
April Whether the Magnates Enjoin
Them or Not-Grounds Rented and
Stands Building.
The Players league officials say that in
functions cannot stop them. They are in it
for better or worse and viii play out the sea-
son OF 1890 if they have to make up their
teams from amateur players. In an inter-
view one of the new magnates thus expressed
himself: Il went into this movement with
my eyes open. | was willing to take the
chances on law suits against U.s. We have
proved to the players that the league will go
ahead, and those who may be enjoined will
not sign contracts, and, indeed, in some cases
/ do not believe that they would play with
their old masters at all At any rate we
would get all the great stars in 1891 at the
latest. One thing you can bank upon, and
that is that the mere winning of a suit against
one man viii not make the great players
weaken without fight
Laws are different in different states.
A man may be enjoined in New York and in
an exactly similar case may escape in Hi
nois The men we want most OF all viii not
90 until they are forced to 90. Now, look
here. We have a score or more of the best
men in the American association There is
no known process of law that can interfere
with them. Then we have something like
ten or fifteen minor league stars in the same
category Here we have about forty players
whom the league cannot take away from us
in any possible way. Let Us go a little far
ther. OF last years league players we have
still true to us about eighty. Most of these
men have refused fabulous salaries to remain
with us. Do you think that the enjoinment
of one man, who was unfortunate enough TO
have signed a supplemental contract, is going
to coerce these men into deserting US? You
can lay odds that it won't.
"a few, of course, viii 90, but the majority
will stick. Suppose we lose half, and that is
more than we can by any stretching of the
doubtful men figure UP. where shall we be?
Why, we viii still have eighty of the best
players in America. But we would do better
still Not over twenty Of the League men
would weaken on U.s. We know every man
who would be likely to go, and when we al
low twenty we just double the number we
really suspect. We believe that in spite of
every effort made we shall have at least 100
of the 125 men we now have signed ready to
play ball April l. But suppose the League
have our forty good men as nucleus, and
would be justified in going ahead and whiting
till 1891 for our own trump cards"
Now, there is another point" continued
the Brotherhood magnate; you don't i'm
agine that the League would bring suits in
ten or fifteen states to enjon these men.
Just figure up what they would cost. Why,
100000 would hardly cover the expenses
No cir I 4ell Saz.y ha
joined if possible, but no attempt would be
made to restrain the bulk of the players. Do
you suppoSe-admitting that | have placed
the expense at double what it Will be--that
the League will pay $50, 600 for the servicesof
a lot of unwilling men for one year, most of
whom could not be enjoined under the most
favorable circumstances until half the play
ing season is over? Not a bit of it. They
are too shrewd for that. They might spend
a few thousands to enjoin the Brotherhood
leaders, 50 a to haraSS us in drawing talent,
but there viii be no general suits at law. All
the men have got to do is TO keep bold
front and stick to US, and the League will en-
deavor TO fill their places rather than go TO
law wholesale
Now how can they stop US? 1t cannot be
done. They may beat us in the long run. l
admit the possibility Of that. but they won't
beat us without fight. Do you think if we
were not III earnest we should be grading
grounds and building grand stands Do you
think we could grade ana fence IN grounds
without renting them, and do you think
grounds can be rented without money! 1t
takes money, and lot of 1T, to run ball
club, and we are putting it out. We have
advanced great deal to the players, and we
have paid rent in advance and have made
contracts binding us to put out more.
"The Players league viii start so sure as
the 2lst day OF April comes We have made
our schedule. We shall start the season in the
east and close it in the west. Our schedule is
somewhat on the lines of the National league
schedule of last season. As the League is in
the habit of alternating, we have the best of
the position. We do not seek direct fight
in regular conflicting dates although we
shall not shrink from it. The cid League
must take the offensive. If they follow prece-
dents there viii not be very many conflicting
dates
IF the old League want war to the knife,
and want il hot, they viii only have TO make
a schedule fashioned after the one they had
last year. Or, rather if they elect 10 start
IN the east and close in the west it would be
hard work for them to make a ten club
schedule that wouldn't conflict with ours
about every day. We have not seen fit To
publish our schedule because we do not pro-
pose TO give the Old league chance to ar
range their strong clubs against our weak
ones We shall print 1t in March and not
before-probab!y not uutl after The League
has made its schedule ana promulgated it,
The above interview expresses the baseball
situation from a Brotherhood standpoint
There are weak points in the argument and
strong ones. " / HARRIS.
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