The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-12-06
BASEBALL.

There seems to be halt in signing players.
Both sides seemingly are resting ere they
begin a slaughter.
President Young, of the League. says it Is
going to be twelve clubs. President Won der
Abe, of the American Association, SAYS 1t
will be eight clubs. You pay your money and
take your chance at the guessing.
Ted Sullivan is still out on the war path
after players, but no scalps have yet dangled
at his belt.
The New York League team have signed
Jennings and Taylor Of last years Louisville
team. This does not SAVIOR much of harmony.
President Young, of the League, is strongly
of the opinion that harmonyi is coming by way
of the twelve-ciiy circuit plan. Now this
may be all right from President Young's point
of view, but if he wants harmony he should
call in and muZzle some of his lieutenants. 1t
is not likely the teams of the American Asso-
citation are going to feel friendly toward the
League ii the managers of the clubs of the
League are allowed to steal away players regu-
larly signed for next year. The latest steal is
that Jenning and Taylor from the Louisyilles
by the New Yorks. Does any sensible man be-
lieve that the Association is going to allow this
sort OF thing to proceed much further? Chris
Won der Abe, though ridculed and made fun
of, some time ago said that the twelve-cty
scheme was nothing more nor less than plot
OF the League to cover up their designs to
steal away the best players of the Association.
1t begins to look as if Chris Won der Abe was
right, and the friends of the Association and
the Association people themselves had better
proceed to perfect their own organization and
let the League do likewise. The League is
acting badly in this matter, and President
Young should not sit idly by and allow his
clubs to be guilty Of questionable acts. The
Association commanded respect last season
and by continuing in the same way will re-
tain the confidence of the people next year. 1t
does not look as if peace would come In 1899.
Mr.. Thomas Burns, of the Chicago League
team of last season, has declined the PROPOSE
tion of the National Club, of this city, to
come here and act as manager-captain. This
Is to be regretted, as it Ia believed Burns
would have made capital man for the place.
The Association staff of umpires next year
will be brilliant set. Gaffney, McQuaid,
Mahoney, and Lynch will make a quartette
that cannot be equaled.
The Nationals have signed Rollins, catcher
of prominence in the Pennsylvania State
League, who is regarded as pretty good find
by the local directors. He is big fellow, and
it is said he caught the rife-ball delivery of
Stivetts in fine shape when they were on the
York team.
President Julian B. Hart, of the Boston AS
sociation team, is out in long interview. in
which he denies in toto the rumor that his
club is going to sell out In order to make
room for tWelVe-city circuit. He maintains
that the circuit as laid down at the close of
last season, with the addition of club in
Chicago and one in the East, would be the
way the teams would start IN next year. With
all these denials and reiterations it looks as IL
somebody was trihing with the truth.
Cshill, of the LouisVilles, is still in this
city, and will probably remain all winter at
his studies at Georgetown University.
Johnny Roche is putting plenty of good
baseball news in his letters to the Sporting
life He may be director Of the club next
season.
The New York League team having raided
Louisville OF two OF its crack players is now
planning raid on the Milwaukee Club.
Jimmy Ryan, who refuses to sign with the
Chicago League team, is anxious to play on
the new Association team of that city. But
Captain Pfeffer is afraid of Jimmy's peculiar
disposition and will probably let him go to
the st. Louis team.
The Philadelphia Record says the twelve
city circuit is impractcable.
A man named Looney, formerly resident
OF this city, is managing team of Indians
in the West.
Billy Earle is complaining of the treatment
given him by the Washington and Boston
people. He says Ted Sullivan broke faith
Of him.
CLIPS Bon Bons, 11th and f, superfne.