Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-30

about deserters would amount to very
little. indeed. had the new League leaders not
put themselves on record regarding the purity
and honesty of their intentions. Well, l want
to ask, is there anybody in the new League who
can defend the action of P. G. Conway the
Pitcher of the local League club. who has
signed to play with BROOKLYN? If any kind of
plea can be made in defense of that mans ac-
tions, would like to know it. A more ungrate-
ful act was never done than that OF Conway'S.
and the new League could not have made a
graYer mistake than encouraging him to desert
those who paid him more than 81 900 last year for
doing nothing. Conway had a definite contract
for this year with the old club and because of
his extraordinary ingratitude he ought TO be
prosecuted as far as the law will allow. / am
disposed to think that John Ward does not
know the facts of the case. If he did. l don't
think that he would have signed Conway until
next fall at least. BY waiting until then every
thing could have heen done in an honorable
way. As it is, Conway's case very strongly
shows that all the talk about honorable dealing
Is mere noise and nothing more.
Baseball Prospects.
Before many more days 60 by we will have
our score books out again. recording the good
point and bad points of the ball players Next
week the season. the exhibition season, will!
commence. and with it we may expect interest
in the game to revive. This fact prompts some
of US to look ahead a little, and try and see
what the prospects really are. We are now
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into the immediate future may not be amiss.
At hrst sight everything points to the conclu-
sion that there will be more baseball cranks
this year than there ever have been. A contest
in any prominent or leading sport or amuse-
ment invariably arouSes an increased interest
In the game, but in ali instances Shis does not
hold good by any means. In some cases there
may be contests of a kind that will tend to turn
the public mind against rather than in favor of
the sport or pastime. Many people claim that
all the strife and questionable dealings that
have recently been introduced into the affairs
of the national game will poison the minds of
many people against 1t. Some very good
judges contend this. However, / ven
heTe will say be fhas foa Te
the game The spirit of contest will keep
alive all the old interest and will fan into flame
a large amount of new. But of course all this
may soon be killed il the rivalry of the con-
tending parties does not take an honorable
course On this the popularity of the game
depends, and if matters are conducted right |
don't see any reason TO think that the interest
in the national game will not be greater this
year than it has been IN the past. Taking
everything into consideration, the public has
everything to gain, at least there does not
seem to be anything to lose. On the other
hand, :he players who make up the new League
have all to lose and nothing to gain, If their
venture is in all respects successful they will
not be one dollar better off than they were last
year. If their movement is failure their busi-
ness as ball players is done, because they will
be at the mercy of those whose business they
statement of the case, but whether or not the
new venture will be a success is quite another
matter. In coming to a conclusion on that
point there are many things to consider in fact
TOO many to deal with to-day. In some cities
the new clubs seem strong, but in
others they seem comparatively weak.
cannot bring myself to believe that the pros
poets of the Players club in Brooklyn are |
good, and if two clubs, say two of the promi- |
nent clubs, should prove failures, what will be- |
come of the new League? This is a very |
on very remote contingent. However. it is |
fair enough to ask it, because all the results |
have referred to are possible.
Local Foot Racing.
There are some very encouraging signs to the |
effect that foot racing will again become pop |
ular sport in and about Pittsburg OF late we |
have had contests that show how strong is the |
public admiration for the sport when it is hon..
estly conducted. There are two events about
to take place which will. undoubtedly, do more
than anything else IN still further bringing back
foot racing to its old degree of popularity. 1
refer to the six-daY goas-you-please contest
which begins next week and the putting down
1f new cnder path at Recreation Park. The
1rst-named event l expect will be one of the
best of its kind that has taken place for long |
lime. Contests of the go-as-you-please kind |
asting for l42 hours have very many admirers.
)f course know that some writer's have much
au!I TO nnu with tne1n, Dut the TACT remains
hat when they are rightly conducted
he public patronizes them in a very great
orce. This shows that six-day pedestrian
contest is something that the public desires
md make this prediction, that the race next
week Will be a very desperate one indeed. |
such men as Herty, Moore, Howorth, More
nae, HeGeiman, Guerrero and Connors have
)een training hard for it during the last few
weeks. This means that all the public favorites
will be in excellent condition, and this being So
he man who can pick the winner will be yery
ucky. indeed. We all know how terrific was
he struggle in the last big race and it is safe
o say that the approaching contest will be
more II all goes well l expect to see a |
,Ood race between Moore and Herty. l am
informed by Noremac that Moore is in splendid |
condition, and have high estimate of his
bllities as siX-day man. Certainly he has a |
powerful field to compete against but if his |
toDach keeps all right he will be very near
he front. At any rate, the event will be |
reat affair. The Sprinting track to which | |
lave just referred will be down shortly and |
vhen it is laid we will have plenty of sprinting
Turing the summer. When it is down have
n idea that the proprietors will ar
ange very easy terms to those who
want to practice on it on an
vening. The track will be good one and as
result, we may find that some of our promi-
lent runners may break some of the records |
But aside from The professional features of the |
rack there are few better methods of exercise
han foot racing on good track. i, therefore |
xpect that amateurs and professionals alike
Till be eager to make terms for the steady use
f the track.
Bubear's Challenge.
No doubt the sporting world was somewhat