Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-31
suid conclusion that none have nerve enough
Still another Bad Tendency.

suid conclusion that none have nerve enough
TO own it.
Still another Bad Tendency.
1t must not be forgotten that nationa
agreement is nothing more than a vow mad
by a certain number of persons in the base
bali business 1t vile only hold so long a
a majority, at least, is powerful enough t.
enforce it. This means that it may last TO
year, a week, a day. In short, nationa
agreement only exists so long as self inter
est prompts people to support it,
If then a national agreement is to b
founded on the principle adopted by tn
| Western League the self-interest of th
player will cause him to approve it and
will be very much mistaken if the self
interest of baseball patrons are not similarl,
influenced. 1t is unfortunate that the grea
tendency of baseball legislation since tn,
spirit of consolidation has been abroad i
toward taking all option from the player
1t is just as plain as the nose on ones fact
that the tendency is TO send q player, no.
where he wants to go, but where somebody
else wants to put him and at remuneration
entirely fixed by the somebody else. Thi.
! is bad tendency and if it does not work
an injury on baseball then there is no truth
in what we hear about the benefits OF free
dom and the good results of contented
mind. 1t is that hope OF betterment that
makes all of us put forward our best efforts
and the more we take away the inducements
| of hope the less energetic will baseball
players become
More About the Lyons Case.
During the week the directors of the
local ball club have caused quite a stir
among patrons of the game by threatening
to go to court if Denny Lyons was not al
lowed to play in Pittsburg. The threat,
believe, was made in good faith, but since
1t was made Lyons has declared that he has
signed a contract with the New York club.
This, of course, puts a new phase on the
matter, although L fail to see wherein Pitts
hurg's claims are injured one whit by
LYONS latest signing.
Ii the PittSburg club desire it, the case is
still one for the directors of the League to
determine, because if, according to baseball
law, the contract between Lyons and
Pittsburg was legal, the contract with New
York must be invalid. This being so, the
case can still be argued by the League d.
rectors, although the chances of their award
ing Lyons to Pittsburg are exceedingly
remote. have argued this from the be-
ginning, but of course there may be satis-
faction in testing the opinion of the wise
acres. 1t might do no harm to put them on
record.
Of course, the signing of Lyons with New
York will knock on the head all notions of
appealing to law. If that player prefers
New York to Pittsburg it is more than
likely that the courts would sustain his
preference, besides q decision would be so
long coming that the legal fight would prob
ably do Pittsburg no good no matter what
the verdict was.
nouh+las- Ill af sl.&
has acted in a way that retires the court
room from the scene. While the declara-
tion of fighting the matter to the death may
have been patriotic enough, cannot help
thinking Pittsburg would have taken the
worst of it. To go to court at the present
juncture would mean expulsion from the
League almost to a certainty. But there is
another consideration. When a number
of clubs band together and append their
names to certain rules and conditions, not
recognized by civil law, they should stick
to them or retire from the organization. If
this is not to be the way it is useless to
adopt baseball laws and regulations, be-
cause if courts are to be appealed to, that
end the matter of condolences
The Local Ball Club.
Everything is going nicely along as far
as the home baseball club is concerned.
President Temple and Manager Bucken-
berger are extremely delighted with the
and notwithstanding the fact that
Grimm and Lyons will not be here the team,
in the estimation of the club officials, will
be much stronger than the team of last year.
During a conversation with me the other
day Manager Buckenberger stated that he
always has fears about the pitchers They
are such an uncertain quantity that he
hot ba>r 60
til the season is well opened.
The managers notions on this point are
quite true, and he is leaving no stone un-
turned to secure as strong a pitching force
rs possible. In his efforts President Tenn
pie is assisting him materially. The latest
addition to the pitching staff is young man
named Camp who PLAYED in the Portland,
Ore, team last year. 1t is said he is verv
promising young man, and it is only fair to
Manager Buckenberger to say that the
pitcher is to be engaged only as promising
Young man. The manager does not claim
that he is a wonder, but has hopes that he
will soon become very good pitcher
The directors of the local club have also
decided to retain Pop" Corkhill This is
A wise move, for while there are many bet
ter hitters, there are no better fielders than
and L am glad that the few kind |
words said in this paper in behalf of Cork !
hill have helped to get him here.
1t may be taken as fact that the patrons
Of the local club will have nothing to COM
plain of this year as far as energy on the |
part of directors is concerned AS noted in |
this paper Friday, they have deposited !
S15, 900 in the name of the club during this I
week, and this certainly shows they mean |
business, and it further shows that they ex-
pect to do business. Now, when gentlemen
ire as game and as plucky as all this, whv |
he very least we all can do is to try and |
lelp them to success.
Pugilism of the Week.
And little Tommy Callaghan didn't de- |
feat Cal Mccarthy, and thought he would. |
Well, well, Callaghan is still good little |
nan for all that, and am still of the opin- |
on that he is better man than Mccarthy. |
The contest between them was ''rattler.'
md it was remarkable that Callaghan, who |
went into the contest with only one hand,
should make such stand. For the first |
nine or ten rounds Callaghan had much the |
better of his man and had he been able to |
use his right hand there is no doubt what |
ever in my mind but what Mccarthy would |
nave been knocked out. Fighting with one |
1and is distressing thing and nobody |
Knows better than those who have been |
to do it. The contest also showed. |
according to the New Orleans report, that |
is a cleverer man than Mccarthy. |
md that the former was only defeated |
through lack of wind caused by his great |
Efforts in trying to down Mccarthy with his |
me hand.
The winner is to fight Dixon again,
which means that another defeat is in store
or McCarthv A contest between these