Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-22

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Nimick was much harder worker for base.
ball interests than the public generally be-
lieved. While he had vast business con-
Germs to look after, he still devoted consid-
cradle time to the interests of baseball, and
it was his energy as much as anything else
that caused Pittsburg to be transferred
from the American Association to the Ma
tional League. Mr.. Nimick was such a
painstaking worker that he was almost al
ways assigned TO the most important offices
in the National League. But be was also
man of heroic policy, and I well remember
how he went and secured 5000 on his own
responsibility to buy the services OF Fred
Dunlap. Mr.. Nimick was by no means
timid man, but he was cautious, and base
ball affairs were all the better for his couhA
sells
Gradually the ball club is getting into
the hands of new, if not young blood.
As the veterans retire We'll see what the
new people will do. There is opportunity
enough to make baseball fame in Pittsburg
and if our new people can justly merit that
fame they will get it. 1t is apparent that
the 'old timers" are one by one getting
wearied of baseball and am surprised that
they were not wearied of it long ago.
Local Club Affairs.
There is nothing going on in connection
with the local ball club that has so far added
any brightness to the prospects OF next
wear. At the present time baseball interest
is duller in Pittsburg than it has been for
years and as far as am able to Judge there
is nothing ahead of us to revive that inter
est. The latest addition to the club is
Arthur Whitney, and the signing of him
has been an awful disappointment to almost
all the patrons of the club. Whitney is, in
some respects, good player, but 1 ques-
tion very much whether he is any better
now than he was when here before. If he
is not he will be no improvement to the
team The fact is that the team is being
completed without an attractive feature
about it.
While it may be true that our team of
next year, made up of minors" cannot
finish any lower in the list than the ''stars"
of last season, it must not be forgotten that
our team of last year had features about
them that drew large crowds. 1t is safe to
say that if team, such as we are evidently
going to have next year, were to start out
and lose as many games as did our stars,
there would not be 800 people to game.
1t is this feature that want to point out
With our next years team, such as we e1-
pect them to be, there will be no hurrah or
enthusiasm to start with, because the patrons
of the club, rightly or wrongly, are already
convinced that the team is among the
worst lot in the League. This is not my
opinion; it is the opinion of almost every
good patron of the club 1 have met and
talked to. Well, with this Indifference to
start with and q few straight defeats of the
team, don't hesitate to say that the club
stock won't be worth 81 per share. very
frankly declare that the future of our club
is anything but bright to me.
That Mysterious Move.
A day or two ago director of the local
club told me that a very mysterious move
was going on among the club directors and
that it would be fully developed before next
month. The director declined to say what
the move was, but he intimated that the
club would soon be in the hands of about
three persons. / was also causually in
formed that the stock alleged to have been
sold by Mr.. O'Neil to Mr.. Baldwin was no
keeping Mr.. O'Neil's stock for a short time.
Nv informant went on to say that Mr..
O'Neil is Just lying back, like the panther
in the Jungle, ready for spring, and that
he will be one of the three men who are to
own the entire club.
The above goes for what it is worth, but it
really seems to me as if something was Gin
the wind" If there is movement on foot
to put the club solely into the hands of three
people trust it will succeed, and will not
be surprised if this result is reached. If all
stories are true there are directors and
who absolutely decline to put
up another dollar for club purposes. This
means that they must get out, and it is
reasonable to think that two or three per-
sons will eventually buy the entire bust
is no reason why Pittsburg should not be
one of the most profitable baseball cities in
the country. But it won't be profitable if
heroic is not done.
The Merry War Goes On.
There are no signs of any cessation of
hostilities between the League and Associa-
tion magnates While all are declaring for
peace everybody is assuming the most
attitude and as result there
seems to be less prospect of settlement
now than there ever was So far as / am
able to Judge there was considerable hope
centered in the 12-club scheme, but during
the last few days that scheme has dropped
into disfavor and there is nothing now
talked of but fighting to a finish. Very
well, let it go that way and well reach an
end by and by. 1t really does appear as if
the Association magnates had become in
fated with the notion that they are even
more than the people. The fact
is, time will show that they have more than
enough of difficulties among themselves
without making trouble with the League.
For time the Association leaders talked
loudly about "buying OUT" that is they
wanted the League to buy out this and that
Association interest There is something,
indeed, extremely funny about this buying
ie cnnracfaI Mt oil times
on the assumption that the League is gi-
gantic bank with enough money to buy the
earth, and that all that is needed is for the
League to be asked TO give this or that man
$50, 600 or 100000 to step off the track.
Why should the National League buy any
body out? That's what I want to know.
Certainly the conflict now going on between
the two organizations is one that means a
loss to both parties, but the National League
has no more right to purchase peace than
have the other people. Just as sure as we
live the League will stand the storm, no
matter how terrible it may be, and when
next springtime comes the League will just
be as strong as ever.
Palo Altos New Record.
Most assuredly this has been one of the
most remarkable years on record for ex-
traordinary trotting feats. For quite awhile
every week has brought forth something
sensational in the way of fast trotting, and
once more we have a wonderful perform
ance. A few days ago Palo Alto, the Cali
fornia stallion, trotted mile in the re-
markable time of 2:0SA. That clearly
eclipses all previous stallion records, and
the horse has justly earned the title of
champion in his class Only year or two
ago such q feat would have been deemed al
most impossible by the vast majority of
horsemen; in fact, the mark made by Palo
Alto is the markithat has been the t'best on
record for years. The performance of this
stallion suggests one thing particularly,
viz. that it is unsafe to say that the two
minute mark will not be reached shortly.