New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-04
Az UNUoRTHY INSINUATION.
CHARGES THAT THE GIANTS AIDED BOSTON TO
DEFEAT CHICAGO FOR THE BASEBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP.

CHAIPlONSh4f'
The undignlfed insinuations from the West that
the Eastern clubs had thrown games to the Boston cIuo
in order to beat Chicago out in the race for the Dig
championship has caused great commoton among me
followers OF The game all over the country. James
Hart the nominal head Of the Chicago club, who IN
renlty Is only saaried official, and few jealous
followers Of the Association n Boston are responsDle
for this rumor OF some people IN Boston hao
a little Ratchet TO grind and saw an opportunity 70
sbarpen IT, In that city, where there are two clubs
and where the rivalry is intense, II Is only natural
that such venomous stories should have been drcu-
lated The writer's were simply serving their masters
,robablv for so much word The case OF President
Hart Of the Chicago club. IS different lie ought 70
have had more sense. That IS useful quauty mat
James Hart never possessed an abundance o. mart
is one Of those thin. dyspeptic excitabe, nervous
snsncous mortas who never stay in one place long
enough to become thoroughly civilized His frantic
bleat was entirely uncalled for and II A. e. spaldhg
the owner Of the Chicago Baseball CIuo' docs hoo
cause Mr. Hart TO retract what ne has sad ne Will
not do his duty to bis business and TO oaseoau a'
large 49,,
old Anson OF course, IS very much disappointed
OF the outcome, but it Is doubtful If The od war morse
ever sad one half that he has been reported as saying
TIM real facts In this about these; Inc RUE
allowing the playing OF double games DS
the National League has caused trouble Uc
fore. and some changes ought to be maze d.
the next meeting OF the el,b owners vi
cour.e II ia not right for one club 10 play ten or
treIvo games more than another but some other ar
rancement ought to be made for the playing on Oh
pos,poped games The League might set aside ten or
trve DAYS after the close OF the regular season. Wheh
these postponed games could be played on
Then, II the result depended on these games the
Climb cond play them of but II the club did not want
10 play them of it heed not do so. This Wouh seem
to be decidedly more sensible arrangement than the
one in vogue at present OF course the rules would
have to be so arranged that favoritism could be
shown and that the games could be played of on the
grounds where they were originally scheduled.
The cry that the Giants did not ry TO win IN Boston
Is about as ridiculous thing as ever has been chcu-
LATED around Nev-York. The record Of the Boston
club with Pittsburg rooklyn and Philadelphia SHOWS
that the team was playing IN remarkable shape ana
that the players IN perfect condition, ana that
the Giants we're simply no match for them. Anson
makes point thas the NewYorks should have pitched
John Ewing ard Ruse against the Bostons as the same
men pitched against Chicago Arson seems 10 forget
that when the Gf7nrs and C7icagos met there was
bare chance that the Ncw-Yors might win the cham
nlonsbln The local players naturally went into the
zane nm Of determination and vlgTr. aud played as
any man VIII play when n great object IS at stare.
When the New York tam went % Boston 1t could not
nv any possibility better It's present condition The
team v,s denoralired without hope and without am
hilton The players had nothing to battle for ana
naturally beAn,e dcr1oia,ed and detected and in all
probability did not PLAY with as much deterhlha'ion
ne they ought 10 have done. The writer has seen teams
Of all conditions in all positions playing baseball ior
rraat many years and when the ambition IS KNOCKED
ont Of a team. when the players are crippled ana
bo,ars. IL {, simply impossible for them to play In
championship form.
Anson probably does not know that Ruse and John
Ewing were in no condition to pitch IN those Boston
games Rnsie had the previous saturuny pitcheu I'd
the two game at Brooklyn, simply because the other
New.York pitchers were not in condition 10 play lie
was injured in that second game and was natnr'lIy
left Mt home. John Ewing has been troubled with
lame ankle and has rot pitched until THURSDAY 'of
over a week On Thursday he told the writer before
he went into the game that his ankle troubled him
80 FIAT he would have quit before the nine Innings
were over: s there was no other pltcher 10 60 INTO
,be c.me and he had TO do the best he could.
Another ridiculous assertion IS that the New-fork
club ourht not 10 have experimental with CoushIn
and sullivan which is simply pTeposterous. CongnHn
had been pitching for the local club right along. ard
had boen Going good work. sullivan was highly recon-
nended and when Coughlln WIS knocked out ne was
about the only man TO put in the box as WEIGH was
n-,ctcalrv useless sullivan pitched two games, and
dd rally fine work in one OF them IN fact his worh
WAS 3, good that he WI probably be signed regularly
hv m. Ioral club for next season. ORourfe, Ewins
,no TWO or thr. oih-rs OF the NewYcrk players wero
rally -athu.as uc -DSuE Young man, ard cay thsj
/. a.s a .atur- tr.forr hiu - a., 49,,
s - tas1, strhersi The Climb could not better
lie position and could not loe sny thIg nad s1inea
a0d sa develop JSans Dt ntn y sa TRose DC en-
hrslastic critics want The local management 70 20 n
next spring and try these Young e1Pernehis nun s9
that Is enough. They want 70 win next year;
The q aod s ,Isss man ana "a a. po ee Soma e
| Be 9 thief Gar nothing There 80 nsIe netuns GO