Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-31
The Amateur Athletic Union Will
Decline to Reinstate Messrs.
Tener and Gray.
SOME OFFICIAL OPINIONS GIVEN.
Captain Anson Decides That He Will Retain
Van Haltren and Ad Gumbert for
the Chicago Club.
MORE BRILLIANT POOL PLAYING.
Boone Of Syracuse, Has Few Words to ssy-een.rsl
Sporting News

SBw YORK, Jan. 30.-For some days
past the Board of Managers Of the A. A. q.
have been trying to discover, if possible,
the cause of the disturbances in the vicinity
of Piltsburg. 1t may be added that the re-
suit of their observations has astonished the
A. A. .. officials, and it is altogether likely
that they will endeavor to impart some of
their astonishment to the officers of the AL
legheuy Athletic Association. The latter
organization recently applied for member
ship in the Amateur Athletic Union, their
prime object being to put team into the
amateur baseball championship struggle.
But they will be satisfied will no
ordinary team of amateurs and are pre-
pairing to ask the Amateur Athletic
Union to reinstate John Tener, the very well
known professional baseball pitcher, and who
last season acted as Secretary of the Pittsburg
Players League Club, with William Gray, an
other professional of Pittsburg. Tener was
picked up in 1889 by Anson. and, like the ma
jority of colts handled by that shrewd baseball
general, the Pittsburg boy developed into quite
pitcher. When Spalding took his two picked
teams ali over the earth, Tener was one of those
who battled for the honor and glory of Chicago
before the kangaroo spectators of the Anti
podes and the surprised Bedouns or the desert
If any question should arise as to Tener's pro-
fessional standing, no doubt some of the spec
tators above referred to could be brought on to
testify on the points at issue. In the face of all
these facts, the Allegheny Athletic Association
assumes its most melting and persuasive smile,
and will request the Amateur Athletic Union
to reinstate Tener.
A prominent Amateur Athletic Union official
was questioned yesterday by a DISPATCH re-
porter IN regard to the matter and he said:
You can set it down as fact that the ANA
teur Athletic Union will never reinstate man
who has made living out of baseball. You
don't suppose for an instant that we would re-
instate Harry Bethune or Marley kittleman?
1t ould be quite as consistent to restore to
the amateur ranks an out-and-out professional
baseball player like John Tener. Why, the
next thing we know we'll have Davy Force.
Billie Taylor and Dan O'Leary bobbing up and
asking Tor reinstatement 1t would unQues-
tionaby be nice thing for large number of
professionals il they could drop into nice posi-
tions and blossom out as amateur ball tossers.
AS in the past the Amateur Athletic Union
will give due attention and thorough lnvesti-
cation to all worthy cases. but the proposition
10 reinstate man whose professionalism is
undisDuted is almost too absurd and ridiculous
for an instaEt's serious consideration. If the
Allegheny Athletic Association expects to win
the amateur baseball championship through
the medium of the reinstatement of profess
sional baseball players, they are liable to come
in contact with several large and frosty con-
signments of disappointments."
w nen me 1naIler was DrouGnJ TO the atten-
tion.of William B. Curtis he said in his incisive
way: No, sir: Tener will not be renstated. As
matter of fact, the Amateur Athletic Union
should never have reipstated any one who bore
the taint of professionalism, and one of the
worst mistakes ever made by our organization
was the reinstatement of W alsh at the request
of the Detroit Athletic club. The a. A. u.
sSould have set its foot down at that point.
There are thousands OF ball players in the
country who are not quite good enough for the
professional teams, but who, il allowed to play
as amateurs, would prove too strong for the
bona fde amateur players. Baseball is one of
Union mas to deal with. ard what makes the
situation worse is the unsatisfactory condition
of the rules. BY their terms amateur club
can employ a professional battery except in
championship games, and can also play against
a professional team. Tener? No, decidedly
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