Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-20

be an advantage to baseball generally.
Some New Co editions.
At their Indianapolis meeting, the mag
mates agreed that the season of the new
League shall be divided into two parts.
When the season is half over the teams will
| start afresh in their race, and therefore
there will be possibility of two pennant
winners. But at the end of the season
the two teams, if there are two winners,
will play for the general championship.
This is an excellent provision for a 12-club
league, as it will give the tail-enders of the
first half a good chance to make up their
| losses in the second half In will also sus-
tain the interest in the general contest.
It is also likely that the season will start
sooner or finish later than it has been doing
| recently. The entire venture is something
new and many experiments will probably
| have to be made in connection with il.
| But while the 12-clu5 League is new as q
practical affair, it is not by any means new
as Q theory. Years ago the entire question
was discussed in the newspapers of this city.
Mr.. Daniels, formerly an umpire in the
League, also mapped out the 12-club League
in an interview published in this city. He
went as far as to saw that the time was not
far distant when a 12-club league would be
formed. He was then believer in the
scheme. 1t is quite clear, then, that the
notion is an old one, and has been more or
| less under discussion among baseball en-
| thusiasts for wears. But when in operation
its conditions may have to be quite different
from what its advocates expected.
Tho Local Bowlers.
| 1t is extremely pleasing to note the suc-
| cess that has so far attended the local bowl
ing tourney. The sport in itself is interesting
to young and old alike, chiefly because eold
paterfamilias" can indulge in it as well as
| the ambitious youth; and the old man can
down the pins with just as much success as
the young one. This is, indeed, very great
essential of its general success. But the
verv stubborn way in which the Hostettor
cup is being contested for by the teams repre-
senting Linden, Belleield and the East
End GYMS is a very attractive feature in
the present tourney. 1 am sure that when
the fact of the contest was first men,
toned in this paper nobody
thought that it would be such
an exciting one. Nor did anybody
think the playing would be of such high
quality as it so far has been. Why, the
scores made by some of our local bowlers
have been far ahead of the best in the East,
and that certainly should be very g-ati-
fying to those interested in the sport.
But while the contests so far have all
|
l have noticed on each occasion that not
only do the spectators get very weary but
! the bowlers also weaken considerably.
| Each evening bowls are rolled for three
hours or more and the truth is that it must
be something very exceptional, indeed, in
| the wav of a contest to sustain the interest
| of an audience for three hours. While
this may be little fault finding
am free to say that the
respective clubs have the most
comfortable and the coziest places to perform
that one could wish to see. People who
have not seen the very pretty and con-
venient clubhouses of the Linden and Belle
field Clubs might do worse than visit them
some fine day. Evidently enterprising peo-
pie are connected with them. But as to the
bowling contest, 1 am sure it is difficult to
say what 1team will win the cup. Linden
has strong bowlers, but last week they went
all to pieces. So far the Bellefelds have
performed best, but there is every indica-
tion of the Gyms developing into winring
form. If they get one victory down, they
will be difficult to beat.
The Proposed Cricket League.
Several letters have reached this office
during the last few days relative to the pro-
posed cricket league for this vicinity next
year. All the letters indorse the scheme
heartily, and Mr.. Blake, speaking for East
Liverpool, is particularly enthusiastic
there is after all good prospect of having
the good old game prominently before the
public in this section next year. There is,
indeed, no reason why it should not be so,
because there are plenty of players to make
up sufficient number of teams.
What seems now to be required most is
for Mr. George Macpherson and his friends
to convene meeting as soon as possible,
and have the matter fully discussed. Invite
representatives. of all cricket clubs within a
reasonable distance of Pittsburg to attend
the meeting What 1 particularly mean
is to discuss the question without taking
definite action. A thorough discussion
will give everybody interested thorough
idea of what may be expected. There is
one gentleman in our mind who more than
any other man in Pennsylvania is a friend
of cricket, and who will doubtless lend all
the aid he can to carry out the project. 1
mean Mr.. j. Z. Schwartz He has truly
played generous and honorable part in
keeping cricket playing before the Pitts
burg public for many years, and it is safe to
say that the veteran will be friend of this
movement if everything is carried out on a
sound principle.
The County League.
The very large number of people who
take an interest in the affairs OF the ALLIE
gheny County Baseball League will note
with pleasure that there is more enthusi-
asm and activity relative to the league at
present than there has ever before been at
this time of year. This is hopeful sign
and even differences of opinion regarding
the league affairs at this juncture will only
tend to increase that enthusiasm. Every
thing points to the fact that there is good
future for the league, if differences among
its members do not become too serious
At present there are one or two very
grave questions before the league for con-
sideration; in fact so grave are those ques-
tions that to very great extent they are
fraught with the veal or woe of the
organization. The ever bothersome salary
question has been brought 10 the front
again, and, to tell the truth, l really don't
know why it has been reintroduced. The
more the question is interfered with the
worse will it be in one respect for the East
End GYMS They are qualified amateurs,
and are compelled to be guided by code of
national rules that are very rigid. The va
rious clubs got along well enough last sea-
son with their present salary or expense ar
rangement, and it might be we'll to let the
matter drop. Experience has proved that
all the salary rules that can be made can be
evaded.
The percentage system is another i'm
portant matter and there is much to be
said in its favor. One great fact should
never be lost sight of, viz: that the stronger
each club in the league is the better will
it be for everybody. The tendency of
major leagues during recent years has been
toward an equal division of receipts simply
because experience has shown that it was
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