Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-11
THE NATIONAL GAME.

THE NATIONAL GAME.
ls 10 Proven That Barnie IL True so
she Atlantic Association - Brooklyn
Admitted TO she American Associa-
ti0n.
Wouldn't 1t be we'll for those two worthless,
Lang and Sullivan, who were the first ones
to raise the cry against Manager Barnie that
he WAS playing both ends, to take back what
they saidi The abuse that has been heaped
ON Barnie Is shameful In the extreme. The
stuff that has appeared in the papers in the
cities of the proposed New England league
was all hearssy; but even now these papers
will not do Barnie the justice to set him
right.
The result of this business will be that
Worcester will return to the fold. Barnie
took dinner with Treasurer Pierce of Wor-
cester on Thursday. Was there not soms-
thing significant in thisl The COURIER has
stuck to it all the time that Worcester would
not stay in the New England league. Why,
In that city they have q barrel of money,
where In Hartford and Lowell, one can't
find enough pennies to fill paste pot. Not
q cent has been raised in Hartford yet; and
yet Lang is talking as il that city was one
of the greatest base ball cities In the coun-
try.
The COURIER stated yesterday that MOTH
ing had been raised in Holyoke, notwtth.
standing Bancroft's wild statements. This
is backed up by Manager q. II. Hsekett, Of
Holyoke, who is to manage the Kansas
Citys next season. He said to a Worcester
Spy reporter yesterday: 'Msnsger Hackett,
who ought to know If any one does, what the
feeling IL in Holyoke regarding the New
England league, said he did not think they
were In 1t, and the stories that money had
already been contributed, he believed, were
untrue"
Bancroft says: 'I do not see where the
Atlantic association 10 going to get its new
lease of life. With Worcester. Hartford and
Lowell out, there are only Newark, New
Haven and Baltimore, and where they are
going to get the other cities is q mystery.
think the circuit proposed by Manager
Bsrnie, including Boston, Worcester, Provi-
Newark, Philsdelphia, washington and Bslti-
more In the South, 10 . grand one and one
which would be the best in the country, as all
the clubs would be within days travel from
extreme to extreme, making q most beautiful
circuit. Unless something IL done do not
see that there is any thing left for New Haven
to do but to come into the New England
league"
Mr.. Bancroft need not worry himself.
New haven can't afford to be in Q league
where the players are willing to play q
month or two for nothing for the sake Of
showing what IL In them. New Haven must
have experienced men. What's the matter
with Hartford and Lowell just now9 We
don't hear anything from these cities. 1t IL
all Springfield, and yet the capital stock lie
not raised there yet. THE Worcester Spy
said yesterday: "Mr. Barnie stopped over in
this city, where he was met ct j. ]. Ken
neday's cafe last night by q Spy reporter,
at lunch with Mr.. Kennedy and Secre-
tsry Pierce. He did not have much to
say, but he remarked during pleasant
conversation that "the Atlantic association
will 20 ahead a. sure as God made little red
apples" In speaking of his reported appli-
cation for admission to the American associa-
ton he denied 1t in toto and said 1t was only
ruse to try and break up the Atlantic as-
ISOLATION. He did not say what cities would
compose the association but was confident
that It was q 90. He claims too much blame
has been put upon his shoulders, a. he says
he IL honest in his dealings with tho Atlantic
association people and is with them to stay.
He has not seen Manager Burnham since the
Newark meeting and does not know what he
has been doing other than what he read in
the papers. His talk reverted more to old
times and other things than base ball and
he left on the midnight train for New
York.