Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-28

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Players of this kind can best be dealt with
by keeping them on the bench few weeks
without pay.
| A Few Words About the Management
do no not intend in this paragraph to
enter into any defense of Manager Hanlon
as a manager. At this juncture it is not
within my province to do so, mostly be-
cause the way things have been and are
muddled up it is hard to tell whether Presi-
dent O'Neil has everything to do with the
team, or whether he has nothing to do with
| it at all But during the week I have
noticed a few efforts that have been made
| to show that Mr.. Hanlon is not the man to
manage the local club. I propose to dis
cuss these efforts and, mark, not show that
Mr.. Hanlon is the man to manage the team,
but to show that the stated objections to
him are not only worthless, but in some
cases really absurd. As preface I'll give
q sample of what we hear from Mr. Hanlon's
| opponents:
f'I tell you Hanlon is not a capable man
ager."
because he's not"
"Well, but you mus. have reasons for
thinking that"
''Oh, any amount of reasons"
"Well, state one or two"
'T tell you he cannot manage the team"
"Why can't he 2"
"Why, because he can't"
The above is a fair sample of the satisfac-
tion one gets when reasons are sought for
regarding the matter But during the week
have seen it definitely stated that Mr..
Hanlon's inability to manage team lies in
the fact that "all the players" are against
him, and that he cannot make himself genial
with them. If this is shown to be false I
trust we'll hear nothing more of it. The
opposition to Mr. Hanlon in the team is
confined to two or three players, and their
opposition is not the result of any churlish-
ness on the part of Hanlon, but simply be-
cause he insists that they do right. But
assuming that the opposition of two or three
or four or five players was based on per-
sonal objections to Manager Hanlon, has
the policy of the club to be shaped by these
malcontents? Has the manager only to be
selected in accordance with their wishes?
Most certainly not. Were their ideal
manager to be engaged the other
objections to him, and they
would have as much right to have their
choice as their associates. The contention
is ridiculous one. A player is signed to
perform certain duty and the manager is
there to see that the duty 10 performed and
a player has no right to allow harsh word
from a managed prevent him from doing his
duty. But the fact is that the players
whom Manager Hanlon has treated with the
greatest amount of kindness and on whom
he has conferred most favors are those who
are mostly opposed to him now. have
seen or heard nothing to convince me that
Mr. Hanlon is incapable of managing the
team. One thing is certain, viz: he has not
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then it will be time to fully discuss his
merits and dement's. A day or two ago
was reading few embittered words against
Mr. Hanlon's management Of course he
was held up as unfit for the position; but
the most amusing feature of the article was
another statement to the effect that Mr..
Hanlon was not manager at all, but that
President O'Neil had full control of the
team. Bless us what fine logic. Mr.. Han
lon was roasted for bad management
and then the ''roaster'' himself pointed
out that Mr.. Hanlon was really not the
manager at all, but that he was under the
orders of President O'Neil This is a sam
pie of the opposition to Manager Hanlon,
and in it the public will readily see that
there is not disposition to treat the matter
logically or fairly. Anybody can string out
charges and assertions, but to prove them is
l.
give Manager Hanlon fair play, in fact give
everybody fair play. If Mr. Hanlon has to
be manager why let him be manager in fact,
and if he is not to be manager in fact don't
let him be known as manager at all.
The Teams Prospects.
1t, indeed, requires some nerve to write
anything about the local teams prospects
at present Defeats have been so terribly
of Lott hot fn 4o1t-
prospects of the team at once becomes a
little tiresome. During the time have
been writing these reviews have expressed
many singular opinions and may now be
going to express another. think we still
have good team, and 1 have not yet lost
faith in them. There now gentle, 1 may
say, patient reader, l can breathe more
freely now that ! have thus declared nv
self. Depend upon it we have some excel
lent material in the team, but injuries have
caused great losses, But our players will
soon be all in trim again and then if they
will simply make up their minds to play
their best all will be well. That's all that
is needed, and nobody will be gamers more
than the players themselves by so doing.
The idea OF new blood may be all
right, but it seem somewhat late in
the day to talk about new blood.
great showing if that material were rightly
used. There is still strong hope of Stratton
remaining here, and 1 trust his arm will
get all right again. If Stratton car get
thoroughly into line he will, indeed, be
great benefit to the team as he is first
class player and every inch gentleman.
am sure that we all hope the team will start
and do better. We are all striving for a
common object, though our methods of
reaching it might vary, but for the sake of
those gentlemen who have made them
selves liable for large sum of money in
connection with the club, trust that sue
cess will from now on attend the teams
efforts If the players would have a similar
hope and struggle for the realization oft
all would be well.
The County League.
It Is always pleasure to me to write any,
thing favorable to amateur baseball, because
know of no sport in which there is more
unadulterated enthusiasm than in baseball
as conducted by the amateurs. In our Coun-
ty League we can find that enthusiasm in
very large quantities, and am glad of it.
am enabled to say that the County League is
going along in the most successful way, and
this reflects great credit upon the officials of
the organization. was rather surprised the
other day at the excellence of work dis
played by two County League teams in a
game at Mansfield. The team of the latter
place and the nine of the East End Gym-
nastic Club played a game, the score result
ing to 0 in favor OF the East Enders. The
hitting was extremely light, and the victors
played without an error This shows that
playing Of high quality must have been in