New-York tribune., 1891-08-30
DISSATISFIED WITH THE HOME TEAMS.
SEw.YoRK AND BROOKLYN NOT GETTING GOOD
BAsEBALL-GENERAL NOTES.

NEW-YoRK AND BROOKLYN NOT GETTNO OooD
BAsEBALL-GENERAL NOTES.
The followers Of the two local clubs are decueoS
dissatisfied with the erratic playing OF 'ie eednS
Enthusiastic friends Of Johnny" Ward ana the otiu
grooms who wagered hats, money ana other u'e1u'
things that the Brooklyn club would win II champioh
ship feel very much like that Western genius "ho
once remarked that he was going outside to KICK hlm-
self TO DEATH The friends of the Giants bacKeo uier
opinion heavily and were justified in sense IN done
this Last spring. on paper at least the Nov" oh o.D
had the most successful aggregation of ball players
ever gotten together In this country but the
wo:; has shown that paper champions ana reai ciia
pions are made of different materials. BACK nun
berss were probably never before developed so geie
aIlv in one team as they have developed in the New
Yorl, nine this year. Keefe and Ewing, VINO were
expected to be the I" starr battery as Oh ou' "eie
utterly useless. 1t is probably too carry yeC 10 so
HID hope of tho New York team winning the champion
ship It does not Took Ike asafe Investment 10 wager
mnch money that they will win it. Cmcago's won
derfly steady work and great good luck Is compha
ton hard to beat.
Over in Brooklyn the singular failure Of the team
has been great disappointment, although ltS reco"
Is not so much of surprise on this SIDE OF the river
The BROOKLYN club is weak in several important oe
partments. Outside OF DAILY the club is weak oemnd
the bat and its pitchers none too good; IN fact
there Is not real star among the whole lot Terry's
inurv was severe blow to the Bidegrooms. as he Is
probably about the best pitcher under salary 10 tne
cub He spraned his ankle several weeks ago and has
been unable to train properly ever since. lie Is con-
stantly growing stout and cannot do good "orK III
that condition. Like great many other players
Terry trains while running but with his lame ankle he
cannot afford to do that. Good batters are also
soarca In tbe rrooklyn team. Ward, Of course. Is
fine batsman and is to-day probably the best batter
in the team In the New York team Ward was con-
sidered only one Of several great batters
The Infusion OF new blood into the Bridegrooms
NAV possibly have beneficial effect. Young John
O'Brien the second basemaD. will develop Into eood
PLAYER Inks the pitcher and Ely, the fielder slgned
last week and that may also help to prop up the
staggering Bridegrooms. President Byrne and Ward
should not stop here. because young and energetic
ball PLAYERS were needed in team they are needed
right over In Brooklyn Some OF the directors OF the
Brooklyn club are probably not well satisfied with tne
financial showing Of the club this year, and some PROB
ably ascrlbe the lack OF profit to the clubs removal
from Washington to Eastern Park. This move was not
nearly so disastrous to the income OF the club as was
the erratc playing of the team. If the Brdegrooms
had won the championship this year as they did last
year. Eastern Park would have been none too large to
hold the crowds which would have gone out there TO
see them.
has come in out of tho woods and again set the base
hall tongue wagging Kelly is Of the sensational
features Of baseball. IrrepreSsibe humorous care
less Indifferent, handsome and dare-devl-he Is all
of them and more irresponsible to degree yet Win
all he is one Of the finest baseball players who ever
stepped upon the field Kelly as man Is nothing,
but as a baseball player he is genius. His recent
iuno from the American Association back to his old
love- the National League, was a surprise to few.
Kelly In the American Association must have been
like Shanghai rooster In puddle of water as he was
out of his element. That the Goston League club
paid Kelly a handsome salary to rejOin the team Is
assured but that the club did not pay him $4,000
for the rest of this and next seasons work Is
equally as certain.
This action Of Kelly and the Boston club brought
the negotiations between the League and Association 10
a temporary end Thai they are to be resumed how
ever seems certain Neither the League nor the AS
sociaton can afford longer to wage the which has
existed for year. When it Is known that each or
ganizatlon is more than anxious TO put
stop 10 all hostilities 1t be seen
that the bringing together again Of the con-
suItation committees is only question of time The
scheme to make the League ten-club organization. by
admitting st. Louis and Baltimore. would be foolish
step. OF course such arrangement might virtually
kill the Association. but it would do the League
good to do that The American Associatcn's welfare
to-day Is OF some importance ~ the NATIONAL League
They different organizations in ways. and the
failure of one would react in certain sense on the
other There enough good baseball towns for both
organizations and there is real excuse for
nict in any one city. The Association seems to be de-
termned TO have club in Brooklyn, and unless the
is ended it will undoubtedly have there next
year.
The recent yarns emanatlng from Pittsburc about
new baseball war; which is TO begin next year, is about
the craziest baseball yarn that has been sprung upon
the unsuspectIng public for a long while. The sensl-
Bile players of the country have had enough of revo-
ton and the business i'm the country would not
! invest dollar In such scheme OF course in case
the Association and League do not come together there
will always be telling of hostility between the two and
neither will probably recognize the reservation contracts
of the other but for another Brotherhood outbI
| in which Ward and Haulon and Keefe are to bo the
bright peculiar stars, that is all bosh. Another thing
the oldtime ball players remember their Brotherhood
experience an unfortunate incident Of their lives.
THAI break responsible for fIie' bringing out Of
many young players whose good work has sent many
former stars" to the wall and who will next year
send many farms and 10 other less congenial eHi-
ployment than the green-damond field If Won shOnld
mention revolution to the brotherhood baseball starr
| today he would fairly froth at the mouth.