The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-18


Deal Which Made Everything Lovely
other Sporting and Athletic News of
the Week.
The baseball agony is over. The Players
League, after a one years. disastrous rum has
been shelved and in its stead, rising stronger
than ever, is the American Association of base
ball players. Washington has profited by the
deal, for it has obtained franchise and will
play next summer under the colors of the
American Association, an organization of which
the present directors of the National Club were
members away back in the seventies. The
Washingtons are admitted on the ground floor,
and thereby have securities thrown around them
that the other clubs are bound to respect, and
which in the course of u little time will enable
them to present to the public the strongest base
ball aggregation ever seen in this city. This
admission TO all organization strengthened as it
is by clubs in Boston, Philadelphia and Chi
cago makes it possible for the patrons of the
national sport in this city to witness some of
the best games played by star players during
next summer. 1t is feather in Director Scan
Ions cap, as many predicted collapse when he
came to the front and assumed command.
Mr. Scanlon returned home yesterday from
New York, where he had been attending the
meeting OF the various baseball associations
cess of his mission, and did not fail to say so
"WashingtCn is in the American Association,
represented by the National Baseball Club,h
said he, land you can state that as soon as GER
tain measures are attended to the names of the
players allotted to us by the big deal of Friday
will be made public. Under the agreement no
players name can be given out until he has
signed q contract. To get those we are after
Manager Trott will leave on Tuesday next
fully equipped with contracts for signatures
l pledge you my word the team, when finally
selected, will satisfy the most eXacting. We
have hosts of friends in the League, and Mills,
Anson, Young, Day, ct al, will do anything to
better one than the League, and the admirers
of the game will have plenty of good playing.
By the absorption of the Players League and
the settlement of past differences predict the
greatest revival in base ball for 1891 ever
KNOWN
1t is definitely settled that the National Club
will next season occupy the old Schuetzen Park,
on Seventh street, just beyond Boundary. A
few more preliminaries have yet to be arranged
before the ten years. lease is consummated
The Schuetzen Park will be first-rate site for
grounds The dimensions are all that could be
desired, there being mean depth of 800 feet
with clear width of 400 feet, making the
largest park devoted to base ball in America
The cable cars will take passengers to the
grounds from Pennsylvania avenue in sixteen
minutes, the Metropolitan from Ninth and f
street in twenty two minutes. AS soon
mence putting them in condition.
1t has Neen lively week
Toledo made big bluff with that injunction
The League and Brotherhood fell into low
ing embrace.
The Nationals intend securing the services of
Hoy II it is possible
President Bennett, Major Domo Scanlon, and
Manager Trott were in at the wind-up
Buck Ewing says he is not worried, as the
baby and Mrs. Ewing keep him happy just at
this time.
Billy Nash, Of the Bostons, it out in California
umpiring games in the California League. He
says DUNCAN is great player.
Paul Hines is still hustling at the G. A. g.
gymnasium, giving some of the amateurs
points in base ball and the proper use of red
flannel.
The Nationals, Of this city, are negotiating
with DUNCAN, the leading batsman of the Calf
foInia League. His average was 1882. He also
led in rungetting and was third in base-steal-
ing. Very good work on paper but those Cali
fornfa records are deceptive.