Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-09
VERY ENCOURAGING.
Manager Cushman Speaks Highly of
the Pittsburg Ball Club.
DEFECTS OF THE LOTTERY PLAN.
Arthur Whitney Finds New Reason for
His Strange Action.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY

Manager Cushman, of the Milwaukee
baseball team, now in this city, said some
very interesting and instructive things yes-
terday afternoon relating to baseball He
was in an exceedingly talkative mood, and
as the rain had vetoed the game he had
plenty of opportunity to express his no.
tions of things in general During his talk
he said:
Il have seen the st. Louis and the Gin
cinnati teams this year, and while they are
good teams they are not, in my estimation,
as good as the Pittsburg team. The Pitts
burgs, as far as have seen them, are among
the best hitters and are natural hitters. If
all goes well with them they will be great
team. But the Cleveland club is the dark
horse in the race. Theirs is an excellent
team, and in Davies they have a jewel of a
pitcher. And, by the way, the lottery plan
in the Western League, together with the
big consolidation scheme, knocked my plans
entirely on the head.
Had -Four Good Ones.
81 had four of the best pitchers in the
country for this season, and L got none of
them because of the lottery plan, which
MAJ be good for the clubs, but it is very
bad for the managers. We get men of whom
we know little or nothing and don't want
We cannot get the men we want, and as
result there is a deal of interest taken out
of the work. PLAYERS are thrown together
miscellaneously and there is almost no
choice. l have secured a lot of sociable
fellows as far as that point is concerned, but
] have wired our committee on players ask
ing them TO allow me to release three men
and sign Berger and Maui. The two latter
want $3.50 each per month, and think can
paw them that If L travel with II men,"
Manager Cushman declined to say who
the three men are whom he thinks of re-
leasing, but Henry Jones is one. Berger,
it NAV be stated, expects to hear from the
Philadelphia club some time to-day. That
club wants a catcher, and President Temple
yesterday told Berger that he may secure an
engagement with the Phillies, and if he does
Manager CushmaD will not secure him.
VIII Raise Their Limit.
The Milwaukee manager went on to say
that it is the intention OF the Western
League members TO keep ahead OF the East
ern Association. He said: "We hope next
wear 10 have our salary list much higher
than this year; at any rate it will be higher
than the limit of the Eastern League,
md this will give us the call on
the players. 1 feel certain we'll
make money this year because of the
low salary list, even ii We at Milwaukee
have $4,000 o. 10000 people less at the
games than last year. The lottery plan, as
We call il, leeps down the salary list, and
nothing else can. All other methods have
been tired and failed. / remember when
had charge of the Toronto club we had
limit OF 900 for the season, and our list
was thousands beyond that. When
signed Pitcher Atkinson at the individual
limit We engaged his wife and other rela-
tives to act as clerks, stenographers, ETC.,
so as to make up the salary he wanted. OF
course, we had no use for clerks etc, but |
We paid Atkinson the money TO pay them |
according to agreement. |
Manager Cushmau thinks that Baltimore |
and Louisville will be so far behind in the |
race this wear that thera will be nobody to
patronize their games toward the close of
the season. He also thinks that ii Won der |
Abe hadn't s., 600 or 81, 600 invested in the |
Louisville club the latter would not be in |
the 12-club League and that Milwaukee |
would. The manager had little to say |
about the future of the 12-club League. He |
il ol opinion that il it does not exist next |
year there will be a big Eastern League |
and a big Western League He concluded |
his talk BY saving that Arthur Whitney is |
acting very toolishly in Threatening the |
local club.