Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24


team come out victorious, but I am not
going to allow my eagerness in that respect to
prompt me to assume the management of the
team. 1 take it for granted that both Mr..
O'Neil and Mr.. Hanlon have some practical
ideas about running the team, and / am
quite content to allow them to run matters.
Certainly we can all offer suggestions, but
if these suggestions are not acted upon we
should not throw our heels in the air. Of
course, we cannot expect that the directors
of the club will be content to carry all the
players they have at present, and some of
them will have to g0 But we are so
fortunate in having good players that the
difficulty is to find out who is the best
among those who are spoken of as the ones
to be released. We all know about the
Staley matter. That is very unfortunate,
because Staley has always appeared to me
to be one of the best pitchers in the coun-
try, and Manager Hanlon to-day looks upon
him as one of the best men that can be
had. But as far as 1 can understand
matters it is because of Staley's social con-
duct that he has to 60. There may and
there may not be truth in these reports
regarding what Staley does and does not
during his leisure time, but 1 would
certainly be very glad if matters could be so
arranged as to permit Staley to remain with
us. On the other hand, the management
must miss no opportunity whatever to en-
force discipline. An enormous amount Of
money is being ventured on this ball team,
and any player who will not fully respect
that venture and therefore do his very best
in all respects to make the venture sue
ceSsful one, ought to be made. an EXAMPLE of.
1 don't think that any true friend Of the
game will object to this, because without
discipline the public cannot expect to
see a winning team and the club
stockholders cannot expect to get
their money back. Judging from present
appearances it would seem that we could
easily dispense with Staley and probably
one or two more players But let me just
point out that it is always great advantage
to have more players than you need. The
pennant is not won by depleted ranks We
can see the evils of being "short handed" in
the defeat suffered by New York. If the
finances can possibly stand it L hope the
club will retain all of its men at present
signed.
The General Situation.
Certainly there have been some surprises
in the League race already. A week or SO
ago nobody would have thought that the
New Yorks would have been so far down
and that the Philadelphia team would have
boone so prominent. And let me
add that the tenacity with which the
Chicago team is sticking to first place is
surprise to me. Nobody deserves success
better than Anson, but for the life of me 1
cannot bring myself to believe that his team
will be in the first three at the finish. We
cannot draw anything like a correct con-
clusion from the week S play, because of the
poor condition of one or two clubs. None
of us will for moment think that Chicago
is so superior to the Brooklyn team as to
defeat the latter four times in succession on
their merits. We cannot believe that; in
deed. have yet to be convinced that the
Chicagos are better than the Brooklyns at
all and even at this stage it might not be
wide of them mark to say that Anson's team
will NOT beat both Boston and Brooklyn out
The New York team continues to play
under very unfortunate circumstances. NV
estimate of that team has not at all changed
and l am still of opinion that the two best
teams have so far seen in the League are
the New Yorks and the Pittsburgs. Depend
upon it that the New York team will make
itself known before long, and would not
be surprised if they get down to work at
Chicago this week in way that will sur
tinue to take a prominent part in. the
struggle if the club does not secure more |
pitchers Judging from the work of the |
team here don't hesitate to |
,ay that at present Manager Wright has the |
weakest team on hand that he has had for |
many years. 1t certainly can be made
much stronger. There is not much to say !
bout Cincinnati and Cleveland. The |
ormer team is getting into condition and |
'ught to be able to beat the Clevelanders
,ut in the race.
jackson and Corbett.
Well, we have had something like an i'm
oortant week as far as pugilism has been
Two of the latter day fights in
'ne week is something to talk about, and
doubtless there will be lots of talk about /
hem for long time to come. One hardly |
znows how to commence with that affair be-
ween Jackson and Corbett, because to be
rank on the matter, an 'inside history"
night at any moment be sprung upon us.
'he outside history, that is, the contest as
ar as we can Judge from public stand
'oint, was one of the most questionable that
las been known in the history of pugilism.
If course, all my readers must know that 1
ave steadily held the opinion that jackson
7ould defeat Corbett. According to the
esult of Friday morning he did not finish
Tinner, but he did not finish a loser and
therefore, any advice of mine on the subject
annot have resulted in loss of money.
lad jackson been defeated 1 would not
ave been surprised at all; he was
ghting a comparatively unknown and
lever and powerful young fel-
DIV. Had Carbett been beaten
would still have been less surprised; but 1
ertainly was surprised, indeed, to learn
hat the two men fought 81 rounds under
lueensberry rules without any result. Great
cotti Just think of it. They fought, or
hey were in the ring, 81 rounds; that is
lore than four hours, and according to re-
orts they were only leg wearing. Was
here ever such farce? Not even barring
ne two affairs between Coburn and Mace.
Viii anybody tell me that these two men
ought or tried to fight, or tried to knock
ach other out on Thursday night and Fri
ay morning? If anybody says they did,
It me have an explanation of their being in
lie ring 81 three-minute rounds. And the
fair was under Queensberry rules too, and
nder a club rule which prohibits any
draw" contest. There is a record
battle between John Gully
nd Bob Greyson, in which both men fell !
Ihausted when they tried to meet each
1nei dtef HSntInS nearly Two nourS. |
either man could stand, and legitimate
raw was declared because they fought to
unish each other and only for about $3.50.
ut here is an affair of two powerful and
tive men waltzing round each other for
ur hours. and until the promoters of the
ntest became weary of it. To what con-
usion can we come regarding this wonder
j affair" have my opinion about it, and
is to the effect that it was nothing but a
heme. To me it was Just as plainly a
heme as was the affair between McAulife
ID Myer. But do not at all mean to say
at the California club officials were n Marty