The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-02

Pntif you give him any show
Hen talk Of prospects years ahead.
What poet mot myself Of counsel was it
x-ho said that man never is but always TO
- bestf" ! think that sweet singer had
Arson in his mind when he wrote such
sentment The Chicago baseball chief
has been in active service on the diamond
f.r eighteen years, but has never been
whipped 20 a finish. II he doesn't win
se.,ln's championship he goes right 70
work. with the persistence and confidence
ola bluebottle fly in midsummer. and in
ASS chat he has "cinch" on the pennant
ar the following year.
That has been Anson's habit for years.
When lie wins, and lac has led the League
rrorcs,ion six years out OF the seventeen
which have passed since the League was
formed. he never boasts. but when he fails
b. loses no time in explaining how and
why he failed, but goes TO work on his
mans for the next campaign.
This has been n year Of bitter disap-
pointmeut 20 Arson. II began when he
failed 10 yet Duffy auh Farrell returned to
his team IN the consolidation assignments.
Il continued when his batteries went all
to pieccs ia midseason by reason Of sick
ness 1t was aggravated by the unfeeling
and unmerited abuse heaped upon him
right along by the Chicago patrons and
newspapers.
The fact that in djscmssing plans for next
year Arson does not mention Chicago with
emphasis leads many 10 believe that be has
hopes Of changing his base Of operations for
1893 Indeed be has expressed a desire to
teave Chicago. IL will not therefore come
- .t.sf Il
yangcments be made before next spring for
che great captain 10 take charge of the
New Yorks That team needs first base
man pretty nearly rs much rs it needs
competent captain. Baseball interest cv-
erywhere demands that the game in New
York be revived ut once. Anson's trans
plantation from Chicago to the metropolis
would be the surest mode of securing such
aresult, FOR be is immensely popular with
New Yorl, patrons OF the national game.
His transfer would also have the effect Of
stimulating interest in other cities.
A few more games and the double season
Of 1892 viii have passed into history. II
has not been success by any means. Why
1t has not ! propose 10 show in future
letter The remedies are Of such plain
character that they, too can be easily
pointed out
Nothing has occurred during the last
week TO change the force Of my prediction
that The Clevelands cannot be headed in
theirdash for the prize. Only another Car
rison finish" by the Bostons can shut the
Ohio club out Of a championship, and with
the Philadelphia, Brooklyn and New York
teams to meet yet do not believe the BOs-
ton team can repeat last falls great squirt.
The recen, eastern trip of the St. Louis
team was the most disastrous on record.
They played twelve games and lost all but
one. / have no recollection Of any club
ever making such an unsuccessful trip.
The team under President Won der Ahe's
paanage'aent was very much demoraliZed
while To- was on The eastern circuit. The
St. Louis chief may have excellent bust
ness qualifications adapted TO the national
game. but he is clearly out of his sphere
when he undertakes the management of
team Of players Comiskey's great worth
IS clearly shown by contrast.
A remarkable phase of this season in
baseball was the carly and disastrous fail
ure Of the Western league, while other
organizations comprising smaller cities in
their circuits went through 10 the very
end of their schedules. The Southern
league. the Eastern league, the New Eng
land league and the Pacific Northwestern
league are all inishSrs. The first three have
recently wound up their individual cam
paigns and gone into winter quarters in
good condition TO resume business next
spring. The New England leagues sue
cess was the most surprising outcome Of
ALL I'm midseason, when the LOwells
dropped out, it seemed impossible TO keep
the organization ahoat for a fortnight, but
every other club kept up the fight and
played oyerninety eames-the complement
called for by the constitution. Much of
the credit for this merry business" must
be given to ex-Manager McGunnigle. of
the Brooklyns, whose long head and valu-
able experience in major company made
him "a valuable leader for the New Eng
land league people.
The success Of the Southern league must
be gratifying to every lover of the game.
The south is good field for the sport if il
Is honestly and earnestly played. Several
seasons in late years questionable methods
practiccd by magnates and players Of
Southern league clubs almost destroyed
confidence AID interest in the game
through that section The high plane
Oh NttNt NAo l'd4Nt tHlS year Nid buSl-
ness and the un0oubtcd interest mani
Tested by Inc people IN every city assure
revival Of baseball in the southern states,
which can be made permanent by CON
tinuation of this years policy.
Somewhere out west they have nomi-
mated Billy Sunday, the cx baseball player,
for congress. Billy left the profession
some time ago TO accept the secrcraryship
Of a Young Meas Christian association,
which would give him a chance OCCASION
sly TO preach This latest evidence Of his
AL from grace viii pain his friends. Once
8 man has been "a professional baseball
player nothing short of a congressman's
Salary and duties seem to satisfy him.
Cleveland should put up monument to
Captain 1cbeau When he was injured
WeeAs ago Davis was called in from tho
outleld to play ia lis place at third base,
Davis did 30 web and the team kept
winning so steadily with the nine thus ar
ranged that when Tebeau entirely re-
covered he put all his personal ambition
behind the clubs interests and refused TO
g. .acl. TO his place NJ the risk of turning
Tt tide Of victory. - rare Pat Tebeau
o. Z. CAYLOR.
II Was Business.