Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-20
THE WAR WILL END.
AnsOn Says the Association Will
Come Into the Fold Once More.
A COMPROMISE EASILY ADJUSTED.
Some Suggestions About the Management
of Ball Clubs.
THE ADVICE SOUND AND SENSIBLE

Captain Anson, of the Chicago team usu
ally knows what is going on in the innel
circles, and when he was asked last might
whether this baseball war would be settled
this fall, or whether it was to be continued
next year, his reply was emphatic and to the
point
The Association will come in out of the
wet" said he. They need protection, and
they will get it. Baseball is too noble O
sport to be ruined, and that would be TIE
result if these differences are to be per
nlitted to continue. They lost us consider
able money in the spring. but we are all
right now, and the different League clu BIS
are making money, while the Association is
losing venture.
Suppose the magnates decided not to
come in and seek the protection of the
National agreement, who would be the loser!
The players contracts expire in the fall
and as they have some good material in the
ranks do you imagine for one instant the
League clubs would not all be after their
stars? have received numbers of letters
from men now playing in the Association
asking for positions on my team, and they
are good players. too If the magnates OF
the Association intend carrying on a losing
fight, am l to be expected TO lend them pas,
Sive aid when l have the chance to
strengthen my team at their expense?
Baseball will be restored to its former
position and warfare will be a thing of the
past. Neither side has anything o gain by
continuing the struggle. and the whole thing
can easily be adjusted by the Association
asking for re-admission to the fold The
game must be elevated and the way to do it
Is Tor the leaders and players all TO work in
harmony with each other. and this will be
the case next season unless / am very much
ont in my reckoning.
Il see some talk in the papers about the
Association putting team in this city," he
continued. "N hat do the projected hackers
expect? Have they not learned by the eX-
peIience of the Brotherhood teams last wear
there Is VI q
The League is here TO stay, and il being
League territory We would win out in the
fight.
"Pittsburg has good ball club, and it is
liable at any time to take a squirt and get
into the race. Every club cannot be eS-
pected to be at the top, but Pittsburg has
the material to make it mighty interesting
for any club that opposes it. Each team
IN the League wants TO strengthen itself as
much as possible, and it must be remem-
bered that, while the management in this
city are looking out for promising young
players, there are seven other clubs in the
League doing exactly the same thing.
This city will not be represented up among
the leaders in the race until the directors
and players work in harmony. 1 maintain
that when a club selects a manager that per
son should be exactly what the word indi-
Gates. Nothing Is gained by too MANY fin
gers in the pie. On the contrary, it is detri-
mental to the interests of the club and the
game. don't know anything about the
actual condition of affairs in the Pittsbure
club, but there have been so many reports
about dissensions among the directors that
there must be some truth in them.
let manager be manager in fact as well
as in name, and hold him TO a strict account
ability for the conduct of his men, both on
and of the field. Give the players to under
stand they are responsible for their PLAYING
10 but one man, and that what he saws goes
both with them and the stockholders, and
think an improvement in their standing
would be the result. know l am held re-
sponsible by the Chicago people for our
team, and the players distinctly understand
that fact. They play ball, SO that when we
are defeated it is usually because we are out
batted, and not through Indifferent play
ing"