, 1891-07-25
ON THE DIAMOND.
J. E. Sullivan's Grist of News
and Gossip.
THE CRUCIAL DAY OF THE SEASON

Fourth Of July Has Come and Gone and
Now the Club Managers Know who
VIII Make Money and who VIII Not
Jumpers Punished and RsInstated.
Now that the Fourth Of July is a thing
the past and the clubs are practically la
the homestretch, the hackers of the re-
spective clubs can see about where they
will land financially. The Fourth of July
Is always a long looked for goal among the
minor league m~agnates, and sometimes
the League magnates are on the anxious
seat for its arrival, simply because IL Is one
of the few days Of the year that bring in
heavy iinAncial returns, and on more than
one occasion the funds taken in on this
Fourth Of July have 81 ssfully carried a
shaky club through the remainder Of the
season.
There is "A little anxiety in the west, and
a few OF the clubs in that circuit are in
financial straits, particularly the Omaha
club. That the latter should fly the flag of
distress has surprised many. The club
was playing good ball and has the lead for
the pennant. A few of the Association
clubs are in a very bad way, and 1t is ru-
mored that before long n few Of them will
either go under or balk in their payments.
In fact, only two Of the Association clubs
are reported to be making money, and
LnOSt VINO hnDulu KNOW Cldlm luhl Inc sal
aries they are paying for a minor league
team, with cheap admissions, is enough to
break any club.
Another point that shows how the cat is
jumping, from n financial view. with the
American association, is that most of the
clubs are jumping around and playing
Sunday exhibition games wherever they
can. The action OF the Cincinnati club in
dropping Off at Brooklyn and playing a
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professional nine on a Sunday afternoon,
so as to gather in a few dollars, has been
condemned by all true lovers of the game,
and the actions OF some OF the players on
that particular day should subject them to
a severe lecturiug on the part OF the club
magnates, and this alone demonstrates the
fact that "A new national agreement is what
is wanted II the game is to be kept pure
and popular.
Contract jumpers and the action of the
national board in reinstnting those two
arch culprits, Raymond and Meekin, have
afforded ample gossip for the baseball
seribes and those that follow the game.
1t Will be that some time ago
the American association, who are outside
of the national agreement, made a dead
set for some OF the stars of the Western as
ISOLATION. They Induced Raymond and
Meekin to jump their contracts. So thor
oughly aroused were the hackers OF the
western club over TINS action, and fearing
another Invasion, thatthey nave been max
ing the wires not Tor NICK foung, the presl-
lent oil That BODY, and ne mad to do some
thing to stop the grabbing OF more West
ern players ana on June II ne issued ms
famous bulletin In which he put the
jumpers on tne plack llSt, ana IN conclu'
SION sald' lhese men are forever inellgi-
ole 10 play WIN or against national agree
inent clubs' rms order Will never be mod
lhed or revoked by the present board,
whose term oil ONCE does not expire for 1--WE
years
rms Official notice was sent broadcast,
= Ieeilhg Oh satisfaction AT once manifested
ITSELF among the minor league clubs, and
those players VINO were oelhg ampered
Win decided at once TO stay where they
were But see what a change comes over
Ihls sIaiu oiu Ooara OIL managers tor on
July PRESIDENT Young Issues another
bulletin IN which ne eats a blR dish OF
crow and gives Ooth THESE contract jump
ers a chhhce TO go oack 10 their respective
CLUBS.
Dave Rowe itappears had been dickerinR
some time with raymond and he closed to
return with the Lincoln club, which he
did at once. Now, what a farce this whole
business was, and what caused this sudden
change OF heart, all inside OF five weeksi
Many point their fingers to Philadelphia
and lay all the credit for this summersault
at the door OF John |. Rogers. For 1t Is
said that when Lincoln played Raymondin
the first game with Kansas City there was
"A awful row and for a time it was feared
that the game would not be played. Manager
Manning refused to play the game and