Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

| OF 10TH anu 10 great extent nave Deer
failures. 1 am not for one moment going t.
argue that Mr.. Hanlon is perfect mana
ger. am not dealing with his status at all
what 1 am discussing is simply one or TIVE
false notions regarding his responsibilitie,
| for the recent defeats. 1t is not for q mo
ment to be supposed that Mr.. Hanlon is an
ideal manager or anything of the like. 1 Idon' >
think he would lay claim to any such quail
6cation, but as we have seen it has not beer
because of any defective executive ability
that the team has been beaten so often, bu
almost entirely because of bad fielding anG
weak hitting. Whatever may be the future
of the team we will all do well if we try oul
best to at all times give credit where credit
is due and to place the blame where it ought
to be placed.
The Race for the Pennant.
The contest for the League pennant con.
tinues to be one of the most exciting or
record, and am more convinced than evel
that the New York team will finally land as
the winners. From the commencement OF
the season 1 have pinned my faith to the
Giants, and at times they looked very dis
couraging lot But the team are lot oi
great ball players and they are better
equipped to-day than any team in the coun-
try. They are ready to meet very great
emergencies at any point. Of course, An
son has a fine lot of ball players, but il
Hutchinson should fall by the wayside what
would the great captain do? He is man
of great resource, no doubt, but if ever he
had occasion to capture good man or two,
he needs to land hands on one or two good
pitchers now. Anson's lack of good pitch
ers threatens to wreck all his prospects,
and if bis pitchers do not begin to show
up in better form his team will soon drop
down. 1t is hardly to be expected that
Hutchinson can hold out pitching almost
every other day. The Brooklyns are get
ting down to their best form and as soon as
they do so they will give good account of
themselves. While they don't seem to
have any chance for the pennant, they will
certainly take prominent place if all goes
we'll And the Cincinnati team have been
doing good work during the week. Speak
ing of that team reminds me OF the fault
found about management, etc. A few days
ago the Reds were losing every day
and nothing was right about the manage
ment Of the team. As soon as the team
won three or four games straightaway moth
ing was wrong, although the management as
well as the captain had not in
the least changed their policy. The
Reds are good lot of players.
The Bostons do not seem to be
the season is concerned One thing be-
comes more and more apparent, viz, that
the Brooklyns of 81 are not as strong as
the Bostons of SO. The Phillies still con-
tinue to be little weak in pitchers, and are
weak in batting. And the Clevelands.
What plucl1y lot of fellows they are, and
how misfortune clings to them. 1t may
sound strange, but amid the recent defeats
of that team my valuation of their playing
abilities has become higher than it was
when they started out defeating almost
everybody. The Cleveland team are IN
der a great disadvantage in not having
Tebeau's services, and their pitchers are
also little weak just now But taking
everything into consideration, Cleveland
has a very good and a decidedly plucAy
team.
A Contemplate Piece of Work.
Every lover of fair play and the honor of
secret societies cannot but blush for the sim
lister action of few men at Columbus, who
call themselves Elks These individuals, of
whorl Born and Lazarus are the leaders,
have banded together and expelled Reilly,
the infelde- of the local team, from the
order. OF course, don't mean to say that
this will cause the heavens to fall or that
Reilly will be compelled to make his future
abode in the wilds of Siberia, but do say
that do not know of more contemplate
or despicable method of getting revenge, if
revenge it can be called. This viperous
piece of work Will 60 on record to the last
ing shame and disgrace of all who aided in
it. and it is a thousand pities that what We
call social organizations do in anyway what
ever recognize such outrageous actions. Just
think of it for a moment. Reilly expelled
from social and beneficial order because
he acted honorably to himself and in ac-
cordance with law to others. Reilly did
not violate a pledge or break an oath; but
most certainly those schemers, who have in
the most cowardly manner tried to be
on Reilly broke faith, not only
with Reilly, but with others. What about
Born and Lazarus, We honorable Elks of
Columbus? Have they to escape after
under foot the contract they made
with Brother Reilly? The case is so simple
10 understand, that few of Us will be ready
to believe that such diabolical work could
De countenanced by any portion of Ameri-
IAN citizens Reilly is making living as a
baseball player. He signed a contract with
he Columbus club to play this season for
ha. club. But Messrs. Born and Lazarus
vent to work and violated their contract
With Reilly, as we all know, and as
he courts have so decided when that
IlOldllOH ldheH pldCe, anu lnQeeO II as |
| violation of the low, cunning order,
Reilly, like other players, was free to act |
Is he chose in the way of playing ball for |
,ther teams. Accordingly, Reilly signed |
with the Pittsburg club so as to be within
he protection of the national agreement. |
Born and Lazarus tried |
various means Of persuading Reilly to re-
urn to Columbus, but ne could not honor
lbly do that. Then Born and Lazarus |
entered suit against Reilly, and as result
Judge Maxwell told Born and Lazarus that |
Reilly had done nothing wrong And then
followed one of the meanest and the most |
sinister conspiracies to ruin a man socially |
hat has ever disgraced the name of any |
honorable organization in the country |
When the civil and moral law had vindi-
,ated the action of Reilly his dastardly |
enemies took advantage of their Columbus |
ninions, and lodge of the honored Order
If Elks, dnd expelled Reilly from the order
because he had not "worked for the welfare
If brother" Did you ever know of such a |
wicked piece of work? Surely in the name
If everything that is right and just the
Elks generally will not allow precedent of !
his kind to stain their heretofore untar-
lished annals. The precedent will certainly |
,pen the way to very wide field. But it is
IuiYe clear that the action of the Columbus
1lks has not been prompted by any admira-
ion of principle: IL has been prompted by