Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-05

If Jimmy is still the hero he used to be. well
and good; If his day has gone, then none of us
can complain If he is released when that fact is
demonstrated. also wish to point out that
Calvin is hne example for other players to
follow. 1t has only been his long career of hon.
esty and willingness to work for the interests
OF his club that has secured for him such hold
on public sentiment.
The Duty of Minor Leagues.
Since the American Association broke away
from the national agreement have noticed
that several writers and others have been claim
ing and are still claiming that minor leagues
and amateur leagues should mot take sides"
and should pay mo attention to the fight" and
play with either the Association clubs or with
the clubs of the League" The parties who ar
que In this strain forget one very important
feature; indeed, the vital factor of the matter.
The question is not that of taking sides with
either the League or Association. 1t is the
question of taking sides with either the ma
tional agreement or its would-be destroyers.
This is a very important question in baseball.
If an amateur ball club should have Just as
much respect for the violators of the national
agreement as for the faithful adherents of that
agreement then should contend that the latter
should look upon that amateur club as very
dangerous enemy. The case is a very simple
one. The American Association breaks from
the national agreement and IrampleS il under
foot. Other baseball organizations uphold and
defend the agreement as the salvation of the
game. Now let an amateur club 60 and
identify itself with the rebels and what con-
clusion can We come tor Why. no other than
this: That the amateur club in question Is aid
ing in the perpetuaLion Of opposition to the
national agreement and conflict of this kind
is not merely against the National League, but
against every club in the country that upholds
the national agreement. Amateur clubs
should, therefore, think we'll over the matter
before lending their aid toward demolishing
the national agreement.
The County League.
While talking about amateur clubs, am re-
minded of the County League. In some parts
of the county there is undoubtedly q very
strong deshe to have the League soundly
formed; but am inclined to think that there
is not all the enthusiasm regarding the pro-
posed League that there ought to be. I am
well aware that it is difA cult to organize and
carry out successfully a sem1-smateur league.
and this fact shows that enthusiasm is all the
more necessary. 1 am not inclined to say
whether or not financial success awaits a
County League here, but am prepared to say
that a County League will be great benefit to
baseball generally. There are plenty of good
players to form the League, and it would be
considerably better for these young men to be
regularly engaged in the game than only to be
engaged at long intervals. That County
League 10 needed there is no doubt and feel
just as certain that if the promoters would get
to work and arouse a general enthusiasm re-
garding it, it will be success in every
sense of the word.
Dixon and Mccarthy.
Well, the long-expected battle between
George Dixon and Cal Mccarthy is now thing
of the past 1t is now a matter of history that
Mccarthy was easily defeated and never had
any show of victory. Had the men fought, as
arranged, at Hoboken some time ago, think
that Mccarthy would have made better stand:
but while 1 think thus, do not for a moment
think that he would have won. wish to be
very frank on this point because when they
met at Hoboken i thought Mccarthy would be
the winner. But they met and did not fight.
This statement, trust, will show that there is
no desire on my part to conceal the fact that
had they fought two or three weeks ago ex-
pected Mccarthy to win. Since that time l
have had nothing to say on the matter. But l
repeat that Dixon would have defeated Nc
Carthy had they fought at Hoboken, SO that
my opinion on the fight, even, was not correct
one. There needs little to be said regarding
the battle of Tuesday night Mccarthy was
outfought from the start, aud at no stage of the
cortest did Mccarthy have the best of it. In
reading carefully the various accounts of the
battle. 1t seems to me that Mccarthy was not
SO much outfought by superior generaship on
the part OF Dixon as he was Over-matched by
strength and vigor on the part of the cOlored
man. Dixon soondiscovered that he had sufficient
power to rush Mccarthy all round the ring; he
did this and allowed him no rest, and very soon
McCarthy's science was of no avail. In almost
every round Mccarthy was sent to the floor,
but am not disposed to believe that he was
knocked down in every instance. Mccarthy Is
quite tricky, and doubtless he often found it
convenient to slip down with very little provo
Queensberry rules. Well. to make a long
story short, Dixon simply thumped and chased
Mccarthy about until the latter had no more
wind left In him. And now comes the question