The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-25

IS PEACE IN sight?
The Baseball War VIII End
Soon---Perhaps.
REA MILFORD. JR.'s. WIsDON.


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The way Of Il, transgressor has never
been pictured as being bordered with
azaleas. and it is equally certain that the
paths trodden hy the clans who have chosen
to ignore the safeguards OF professional
ball are full Of sharp. Jagged rocks aud
hidden pitfalls Unless the Queen of Folly
has seized some of these nagnates and
nodded them 10 be her unthinking slaves,
there will be peace in the baseball world
before the fall campaigns sre commenced
There is demand all along the line for a
cessation of hostihties, and it would be but
acting the part of wisdom TO heed the call,
There have been great grisUs of stories
from two hoppers during the past week
One bears the stamp of Mars and heralds
more bitter strife. The other, with per
haps more OF an impress of truth, breathes
messages of peace and renewed good will
Ii seems utter madness 70 talk of further
hand to hand conflicts, and yet j. Earle
Wagner has lent himself TO the task of
spreading the tale that Pittsburg Brook
lyn and Chicago would all have AssociS-
ton clubs and twenty-five cent ball next
year, and that the Association would hurl
defiance at the League in their own strong
holds.
1t is hard to realize that such talk IL
born of sanity. The wrecked fortunes Of
1890, with the CHASTITY remembrance Of the
failure of II. V Lucas and his confreres in
1884, are funeral pyres that warn fnanciers
of the ruin that awaits such s venture.
Brooklyns failure last year with an acCu-
mutation of unpaid bills still kauuts the
Association Chicago rejected cheap ball
when such men as Staley and Beckley were
stars in the Western association The city
is absurdly partisan in its leaniugs to the
League, and Association matters are dis
missed with line.
With such chilly reception assured, Is
il reasonable to suppose that bankruptcy
will be courted therei And Pittsburgh
The occupancy of the Smoky City is based
upon the abandonment of Louisville-one
of the founders of the Association-a city
that has stood by the American during its
ten years Of life. Is it possible for men of
good business sense to assert that Pitts
burg with two clubs would be better than
the peaceable possession of Louisville with
no opposition2 Cincinnati has been ter
role weight around the neck OF the Asso-
citation this year, aud il is not likely that
the Younger body will rush madly into
any more such boxes.
The national agreement is the only sal
walton OF professional baseball" said a. ).
Stern TO me this week. mo organization
can live without its protection. The man
| who invests dollar in baseball outside
that agreement contracts to lose it ana
many more"
1T is absurd to think that the Associa-
ton will load up with more towns where
| opposition will be met" declared Manager
! j. c. Chapman, OF the Louisvilles Their
experience this year has been disastrous,
and they've got one or two fights of that
| sort too many noww
| On one side are these warlike snorts,
but for all that they have not drowned the
| rustic of the wings Of the angel OK peace.
/ Peace is coming Good business men do not
/ rush madly on in a course that can but end
| in their own destruction In the dog days,
/ when the click Of the turnstile is not heard
! in a continual chorus, there will be time for
| reflection. ndianapolis-hungry for base
| balls likely to have a harbor Of refuge
| for King KeI's men. Their rejection AZ
/ Cincinnati has been complete. No partisan
| ship can blind the eyes to that fact The
| Hoosiers would welcome them with open
! and Indianapolis is an event likely to Occur.
/ The possibilities of a grand reunion in
| the baseball family are great The season,
/ which opened with needless civil war.
can close in blaze Of old fashioned glory
Of the 1859 pattern. The champions Of
/ League, Association and Western could
/ engage in a triangular battle for the bunt-
| ing to represent the worlds champion
. T. ? p d 1r-.h aar
/ too many in number; it has made the
/ fight drag YEARLY With three clubs IL
would be different. The west would revive
under such an innovation. and II would
/ well be worth the outlay The League has
been maintaining a dguifed silence, but
7 Il can afford 70 meet the Association half
way in the negotiations for peace. which IL
/ is 70 be hoped will prove lasting.
The League race continues 70 rank as the
/ greatest in the history Of the pioneer body.
/ No clubs, save kew York aud Chicago.
have enjoyed old time winning stresks
this year, and while these rivals have been
. PLAYING sees-v as The front since early IA
the season Boston has drawn dangerously
near There Is absolutely DO certainty
In picking the winner i squirt would
/ place any q the eight right IN the first d.
2.
I this year. Tor never was ths Dsazgs 80
equally divided in playing strength Is
I circuit is 4 model Cincinnati WOE It's TaT
into seventh place while 90 the road One
bio. on the record IS Pitts5urR's oRby.sh
quarrel The c.uo IS not hops.essly Ia the
rear, bat instead of dwelling upon the
eloseuess q ,hs fight the smoky City
scri5ss delight TO live among tue toEnbs.
( They picked out PittsbaTg for pennsn.
winner IN tie winter, aad are bowling
mad because the frsslCs predictions failed
/ These paper teams never do" Captain
! Com ske7's t1g.oriogs failure in the Play
/ er's league viii always &c oTsTwBe min z
evidence II cerrJOCraslou Of sacE pat
foru
o. what H-t.s things Ssss champion.
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