New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-18
BASEBALL DIPLOMACY.
WHICH ASSOCIATION HAS MOST OF IT?
PROSPECTS OF A GOOD LOCAL LEAGUE TEAM
NOT MUCH BRIGHTER - LEHANE
SEEMS TO BE LOST.

People who have carefully watched the oascp''
situation this winter cannot complain OF not na'"e
hcen kent busy The situation today and that Oh Il
wear ago are strangely dssimar This time last year 'c
baseball world was Of one accord and club owners man
ayers players and spectators were LOOKING ior""u "
what proved be the most exciting season III ,'o
history of the game. Two teams were Just rc'"'''o
from a trip around the world and preparations "cro
being made TO receive the conquering athieeS "'''
plaudlts and banoucts The situation Is changed now,
Inf whether for better or for worse Is a matter Oh
donbt The baseball fabric has been ripped In t"a''
and there is enough baseball strife in the bascba "or
at present to start smallsizcd revolution Iar''
san feeling runs high, and there Will he penV "
sport for somebody this year. Where all '"c
pcople are coming from to make those grasp
ing turnstiIcs click mcrrily nobody seems 10
know The Lcagu, club-owners seem determined 10
fight and the brotherhood certainly has not shown
the white feather There will be little blt too mH'l
baseball that l. certain, but which side VIII De hrS'
snutrcd ont remains to be seem The League IS strong
in certain sections OF the country and the Brothcrh"od
shows lis strength in others. IL would surprise
some people if the warning factions eventually came
together and pat baseball back upon substantially It's
old basis. such thing IS possible.
Nanv a wcll-wishcr of the National agreement has
been trembling Of late but now brclthcs easier. Tn.
Gc- cause revolutions. and little thing almost caused
a total di.rup;ion OF the bond which now holds ihc
League and American Association together. Had
.pht occurred between thee two organizations inc
result would have been fatal t. the National agrr
mcnt and all but clear road to succcfs for the
brotherhood II seems that the Columbus club wa
determined 70 have Leblanc. the player claimed "N
the New York olab. After many DELAY, tn matt r.
was carried 90 the Board Of Arbitration Tor settle
mcnt 1t i, said on good authority. that thr = lnm-
lus oml owner, boosted that II the board did not
grant them the PLAYER the Association would with
draw from the National agreement and would carry
several smaller Organizations with II. whether the
Ieacnc could have recovered from such blow seems
doubtful. The Association might have ruined it''n
in wrcchins tie League but revolution wa IN me
air and wicckcf, about. and calm Judgment wa
thrown to The wind-. II was hard on the
local club - lo-c lchauc. but it would have been
harder for the cnb have lost the powerful CLOAK oil
protection thrown over il by the National agreement
The two greatest blundcrs the League ever made were
these the acquisition Of Brooklyn and Cincinnati 1"
the dctrlmcnt Of the Association. and allowing the 70
vo,ntion Of the psycr, rebellion 10 hindlc lying back
in il, pride imagining "a naughty look would put out
the spark. The clubowncr' lay that success ana
Ilaudi- have turned the playcr- leads, The PLAYERS
can more than return the compliment. II BODY "l
men were ever caught asleep that body is the club
owner, Of The National League.
Much ha, been written about Lcaruc Diplomacy
and the thorough business manner 30 which the base
ball interest, Of thc country have been conducted
League diplomacy never existed a. the present '"nd
ton Of baseball SHOWS. Tine assertion that the game
Aa, been conducted busnc,, prn' pc- Is fudge ana
luncomb, II WI. not diplomacy and bu-ne,- tact
that made baseball what % D.. The present pop"
Iity of the game has been almost OF mushroom growth
but possessing stability not found in taAt pAlaibi"
fnnu.. The game Ice Topsy, simply rro"cd mp
il, development surprising tho club owners g. nH'h ~
IL ii, done ever, BODY else. The club oNnrf' "i the
leic .. All personally known To- the writer and "ro
fI..f. d. If