The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-04
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On THE DIAMOND,
J. E. SuIlivan's Grist of News
and Gossip.
THE CRUCIAL DAY OF THE SEASON
Fourth of July Has Come and Gone and
Now the Club Managers Know Who
Will Make Money and Who Will Not.
Jumpers Punished and Refnstated.


Now the Club Managers Know Who
Will Make Money and who Will Not.
Jumpers Punished and Reinstated.
Now that the Fourth of July is thing
the past and the clubs are practically in
The homestretch, the hackers of the re-
spectlve clubs can see about where they
will land financially. The Fourth of July
Is always long looked for goal among the
minor league magnates, and sometimes
the League magnates are on the anxious
Seat for its arrival, simply because it is ons
of the few days of the year that bring in
heavy financial returns, and on more than
one occasion the funds taken IN on the
Fourth of July have successfully carried IA
shaky club through the remainder of the
season.
There is a little anxiety in the west. and
few of the clubs in that circuit are in
financial straits, particularly the Omaha
club. That the latter should fly the flag of
distress has surprised many. The club
was playing good ball and has the lead for
the pennant A few of the Association
clubs are in a very bad way, and it is ru-
mored that before long a few of them will
either go under or balk in their payments.
In fact, only two of the Association clubs
are reported to be making money, and
those who should know claim that the sal
aries they are paying for a minor league
team, with cheap admissions, is enough to
break any club.
Another point that shows how the cat is
jumping, from financial view, with the
American association, is that most of the
clubs are jumping around and playing
Sunday exhibition games wherever they
can. The action of the Cincinnati club in
dropping off at Brooklyn and playing a
disgraceful exhibition with small semi
professional nine on a Sunday afternoon
so as to gather in a few dollars. has been
condemned by all true lovers of the game
and the actions of some of the PLAYERS on
that particular day should subject them to
severe lecturing on the part of the club
magnates, and this alone demonstrates the
fact that new national agreement is what
is wanted if the game is to be kept pure
and popular.
Contract jumpers and the action of the
national board in reinstating those two
arch culprits, Raymond and Meekin, have
afforded ample gossip for the baseball
scrlbes and those that follow the game
1t will be remembered that some time ago
the American association, who are outside
OF the national agreement, made dead
set for some of the stars of the Western as
sociation. They induced Raymond and
Meekln to jump their contracts. So thor
oughly aroused were the hackers of the
western club over this action, and fearing
another invasion, hatthey have been max
ing the wires hot for Nick Young, the presi- !
dent of that body, and he had to do some |
thing to stop the grabbing of more West |
nd on ba I,
famous bulletin in which he put the |
jumpers on the black list, and in conclu-
sion said: These men are forever ineIigi- |
bic to play with or against national agree
ment clubs. This order will never be mod
flied or revoked by the present board,
whose term OF office does not expire for five
years"
This official notice was sent broadcast
n feeling of satisfaction at once manifested
Itself among the minor league clubs, and
those players who were being tampered |
with decided at once TO stay where they
were. But see what change comes over
this stald old board of managers, for on
July President Young issues another
bulletin, in which he eats big dish Of
crow and gives both these contract jump
ers chance to go back TO their respective
clubs.
Dave Rowe itappears had been dickering
some time with Raymond and he closed to
return with the Lincoln club. which he
did at once. Now, what a farce this whole
business was, aud what caused this sudden
change of heart, all inside of five weeks?
Many point their fingers TO Philadelphia
and lay all the credit for this summersault !
at the door of John l. Rogers. For it is
said that when Lincoln played Raymondip
the first game with Kansas City there was
al awful row and for a time it was feared
that the game wOuldnot be played. Manager
refused to play the game and J
the funny part of this little row was that
he was backed up with letter from
President Krauthotf of the Western as
ISOLATION, who is a member of the national
board. This would 20 to show that at least
one member Of the board did not know
that President Young was going to rein
state Raymond
This reinstatement act was the worst in
the history Of the League, and it is to be
hoped that no such tumble will be made
n the future. Heretofore the fear of the
black list has stopped many a crooked
player from jumping or doing dishonest
work. But from now on it will be differ
mt. a precedent has been formed. and if
;lubs or individuals have the right back
ng they need never fear the black list. l
The boards motto should be "Once out, c
always out" s
This jumping back on the part Of these /
wo players must prove to the Association i
PEOPLE that their lives viii be made mis- c
rable unless they can fix up some truce ?
With the League, and the general opinion a
mong many Of the Association men is. Il
he sooner the better for they realize the q
act that If 1t comes TO money for PLAYERS
hey Will not be in it with the League. and
he sooner a sound agreement is made and
var declared over the better it viii be for
asebal and those that have their money
lvested. J. L. SULLIVAN. p
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