Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-06-14
A minor LBACUE!
The Atlantic Association Is
Strong and Healthy.
1T DOESN'T ESCAPE THE BIG WAR.


and the National League Ahects Every
Professional Hall Club In the Land.
pr..,~c.s I'm IN. psnv.rs mace.
There have been many attempts made
during the past ten years to establish q
minor league In the east that should bs
permanent, but all have been failures for
reasons hardly worth recalling now. The
latest attempt, however, which resulted In
the organization Of the Atlantic associa-
ton, seems to me to have . stability to u
that may make 1t permanent feature OF
our baseball family OF leagues. There
would not be doubt OF this were 1t not for
the baseball war occasioned by the revolt
of the players OF tho National league and
the stagnation OF general interest, which
oil are now compelled to admit Is likely to
continue as long ~ the war exists. This
matter affects the Atlantic association a.
1t affects all leagues, and II the Atlantic
association goes under tho baseball conflict
between the two big leagues will he solely
responsible for 1t.
There arc some very strong men In tho
association, men who never quit and who
never know when they are beaten. The
main props Of the organization are John
w. Shoemaker, OF Newark; James N.
Braden, Of Jersey City; Walter w. Burn
ham, of New Haven; +. j. Lang, OF Hart
ford; William Barnie, Of Baltimore; James
A. Cudworthy, OF Worcester, and John
Burdock, of Jersey City. OF these Mr..
Shoemaker and the three Bs-Braden,
Burnham and Barnie--have done the prin-
cipal work In putting the association on
sound basis, and to their individual Efforts
is really due its present existence, because
they held things together when the situa-
tion was critical, and by wise moves and
skillful steering managed to avoid the rocks
OF disaster against which the association
seemed TO be sure to go.
These four men rescued the association
from shallow waters, smashed up an or
ganization which was seeking to dismem-
Der it, and patching up the damaged cir
cult started out with better prospects than
ever The circuit at present has only one
really weak member, the Wilmington club,
and that is weak of necessity, as 1t was al
most the last to come in, and the club
must needs struggle along until 1t gets q
team and experience. Some club must be
last in the race, and II is only natural that
the weakest team should go to the wall.
After q season, IL the Wilmington people
stick, they will get fair team together.
and with q good manager can expect to
make q showing that will bo more salts
factory.
/ am not In position to know anything
very definite as to the financial success OF
the League this season. From general in
formation it Is my impression that the
New Haven, Baltimore, Newark and
Washington clubs are not losing any
money, and that the former club has done
very well financially. At Hartford, Worces-
ter and Jersey City there has been very
little profit, but the gentlemen connected
with the clubs appear to be satisfied, so /
presume the deficit is not large. The Will
mington club is a large loser, mainly be-
cause of the poor playing nf its team.
The pennant race has been most inter-
esting one. Tho first six clubs are very
evenly matched and the fight between
them has been hot. At the start the Wash
ington team cut out terrific pace and
seemed to have runaway race of 1t, but
after while the other clubs got their
speed and have succeeded in pulling Hew.
tits team down to fifth place, but the team
IL too good a one to remain conteuted with
that position. 1t ought to finish mt least
fourth, or better.
Thenght ut present is between Burn
hams New Haven team and Barnie's
Orioles. These teams, with Worcester and
Newark, will probably run up and down
the gamut from now to October, but it
seems to me that the final struggle will be
one of management rather than teams,
and that it will come between Burnham
and Barnie on the end OF the season. II
will be toss up between the two IL they
keep their teams to the front until the
close. or course allowance must be made
for accidents; either New Haven or Balti-
more is apt to have some OF their most re-
liable players injured, which will, OF course,
make great difference. The general i'm
preston, except at New Haven, Is that
Baltimore Will lard winner. There is q
chance, however, that the favoTite will slip
up. Personally ! pin my faith TO New
Haven, with Baltimore to finish second.
The managers OF the Atlantic Associa
tion are ambitious as well as able men, and
there seems to be no good reason why their
organization should not become perma'
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