Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-02-02
SHOULD THEY FAIL
What a Collapse of the Play
ers' League Would Lead To.
no DECREASE IN SALARIES LIKELY
let Revenge influences Their Treatment
Of the Men In Any Event-A PreparA-
tory school for HALL Players


Of the Men In Any Event--A Prepara-
tory school for Hall Players.
The ball players Brotherhood, whether IL
s~uccesis or not, will 60 down in baseball his.
tory as having accomplished a great deal for
the players. Wisely directed by men who
were not figuring on making themselves rich
out of il, il would have continual always 20
nave exerted a powerful influence on the
National league add the game, and been a
check upon thnse managers who might desire
tn take unluc advantage Of the players, and
there arr some managers willing to squeeze
the men TO the limit of the rules, and often
beyond the limit
One could reason that a failure OF the
Brotherhood would put the players into a po.
sition where the League would grind then.
down into a wo-sc condition than they ever
were In rs reSar,.s tic relations ui employer
and employe. And there are baseball writers
who are asserting TINT slIc,I will surely ie the
result OF a COLLAPSE of the brotherhood move
ment. II is hard To imIgin" that any sensible
man can really hriry lim,-lf "a believe In
such a fallacious argument, and certainly
men who are supposed to devote themselves
10 a study Of the game, its history in the past,
and the history being made from day To day,
must either be very prejudiced or very dull in
analytical powers TO champion such a theory.
II is useless % theorize on what the mag
mates could do in the event OF n collapse of
the Brotherhood. The only line worth fol.
lowing out is the one which is boriered by
tie things they could afford to do. Baseball
has got beyond the point Of sentiment with
both magnates and players. As played pro
REASONABLY, IL is a question Of dollars and
cents for both parties. That a balance shall
he on the profit side Of the ledger it is neces-
sary to give the pubic a square, honest and
artistic game, played for all it is worth and
decided on its merits. There is too much
capital locked up in the game. and the bread
and butter Of too many people depends upon
Its success for the magnates TO j~eopaidize 1t.
Truly said the players, In referring 10 the
magnates, Their eyes are in the turnstile, y
aud If they had addei, eand ours are glued
b. the same Indicator, !" they would have com,
plcted a perfect sentence.
The tremendous amount of newspaper dis
cussion that the baseball war has aroused
has resulted in a more thorough understand
ing by the public Of the relations het ween
magnate and player than has ever before ex-
listed. Millions VI psople have taken up one
side or the other, but there are other millions
who love the game more than either player
or magnate, who know that the player i
comparatively but the hero of a day and tina,
good, fair anil honest sport can only be 20,
from well paid, cont nted men under good
rules and discipline properly administered
IL Is this class II baseball enthusiasts who
would hold the balance Of power and prevent
injustice to the player with the turnstile
club.
II would not be human natur il the mag
mates did not have feelings Of dislike against
the ringleaders who have eudeavored 10 de-
stroy their business interests and a desire 10
even up for the attempt should it fail. The
chances are that ia the course Of time the
League would endeavor u get squarc with
these men, but as against the rank and file,
whom the magnates claim have been led by
the nose, there would be no feeling. Even
the leaders would lie safe against League
dislike or revenge for a long time because
public opinion as expressed in dollars and
cents would not sanction any harsh meas.
ures towards them. Eventually they might
BE- made To feel the weight, but the Lsag We
could no, AFFORD % male !, y.ry h..vy
As 70 salaries. there /. NOT IN. Iea,i r.as,,
ar argument Ia believe that they wouII be
! smaller sbouII m. Bro,h.rbo,J c~oils,s. ,h.,
they mr.. now except In uo,s,blv n fsw cas-.
Tbose stars who bav. l..., accorded /, l,,,s
increase have Ian, contracts n, N. e,nira.
tion of WHICH ,Iey vin nave li,,Ie dieiculty
in renewing If their Having ability il ths
same. Tb.,. w.r. only a few of the ur,sen,
League cities which were unabl. IA nav Iarg.
s,laries in 1ss, Inn, 4, xas h..causs m. ga,s
r,eeipts we're NOT fairly J,viaad Under ,hs
M p.r cent divi.ion adnnt,.d nv III. Ia.gns
this wear ,b.sa citi,.. can NOV, nford ,o snd
will have Ia. nav arst class salaries
IL Is true that in the cas-. of ,ounr mia vers
inst making a start. salaries viii te low. az
thew always have bsen, and they may nav
10 serve A somewhat longer time AT medium
rates before getting the remuperntion Of the
present stars In 4, mot AT aIl uuliLely th,,
many new men Of GOOD repute engaged viii
be signed for from one TO three wear. AT from
a.. 200 % a.. 100, and will have 10 hold tbeir
own in po.d sbape In order 10 Get an increa..
or hold their own at the end of the term Of
service.
IL is aIso probable that all the clubs will
engage from tbree 10 Ave Young pl.vsr.
each, at small salaries. say 1000 TO 81 200,
who have exhibited promise The men will
make quite a comfortable living while prac.
ticing and developing themselves 10 he future