The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-28
ALL IS NOT HARMONY.
There Is Still Some Jangling
Among the Baseball Bells.
pIsCORD OVER SUNDAY PLAYING
A Few Clubs Want IL. but Many -"
Not-Ths New Championship sys'e"
and How IL win work-New YORK
Actions.

seasons past the fools and the ahge'S az
80, 20 have been on pretty good term,
with each other. for they nave "a"u -
hand I'm hand together through '"e ~
ball kingdom. They have pau ." O., ~
hills. kissed healthy bank accounts ''Ae
well and suffered nipping lroS'S ID sum,
ner while the player waxed iae anu sa.,''''
\ roll of Falstailian proportions 10"
~, oeace has come there are sun some
lee snirits who have climbed the ram
,,arts and proclaimed, while within The
sha1o,v Of the flag Of truce, that the League
and Association have bnilt 1heir Ne" mouse
upon foundation OF sana-
Baseball is entering upon an expert
mental era, but many cHtics OF the ne"
leaoue have drawn their own conclusions
before the plan Of the campaign OF 1882
has been fully outlined. There is one prop
osition that will admit OF no debate. Fur
tber strife would have killed the game as
professionally played The advocates OF
aneace at any cost" found no idea other
than the twelve club league that would sat
isfy the fire eaters in the Association. The
day had long since gone by when the Ma.
tional league held their foe cheaply. That
fallacy of the past had been shattered and
the realization Of the truth had cost much
agony and many night sweats.
IL would be absurd TO deny that there
are rough places in the pathway Of the
travellers over the new route. Perhaps 80
per cent OF the race Of enthusiasts will be
agreeably disappointed if the twelve club
circuit remains cemented by ties OF frater
nal love and trust for more than one year
Still if a break should come and it was re
solved to return to the abandoned plan OF
two eight clubs organizations the chances
are that the dissolution would be- peacefully
made. To rush on ahead in a mad attempt
70 discover trouble is very foolish however
Still there are chiefs among the organ
grinders in the new dispensation who
thumped themselves upon their prophetic
breasts two brief years ago and proclaimed
long life TO the Brotherhood and destruc
ton to the League who are now sneerine
In patronizing sort of way at the little
company of doubling Thomases.
One rock upon which the beloved broth
ers will stub their toes is Sunday ball
Just four Of the dozen clubs have officially
declared in favor Of utilizing seven days
for play-St Louis. Louisville Washing
ton and Baltimore. Cincinnati has been
included in most of these lists. but the
matter will not be decided until the direc-
tory meets. John Z. Brush has not given
his pledge 10 anybody, and it is fact that
most of the Cincinnati stockholders are
averse to Drawing q tilt with the Law and
Order league The crusade OF year ago
the tramp OF the police and the patrol
! a.. . L.. I...t d..
dleton, all had the effect of injuring the
game in the Queen City. The same law is
on the books and the same mayor and chief
OF police in Office to enforce it.
If Cincinnati does vote TO take chances"
that will mean three of twelve clubs that
will play Sabbath games at home and all
of them in the west. Chicago. Cleveland
and Pittsburg have declared against the
issue both ut home and abroad. 1t will be
a difficult matter for the schedule makers
20 frame an instrument that will guarantee
Sunday pie to all the clubs that want it.
Two cannot he turned into a division OF
five even by so august a body rs the
schedule committee This is a problem
that will have to work itself out unless
Brooklyn consents to become the sixth clut
on the Sunday list These are the con
ditions that face the trio delegated to dc
most of the work preceding the spring
meeting.
The era Of experiment is not TO be at
tended by a promiscuOus distribution of
pennants, as some have imagined The
idea has gained prominence that cham
pionship bunting would be as common this
year as the stars and stripes at guberna.
torial ball 1t would be mistake to make
the flag as cheap as calico There will be
no prize for the winner of either the first
or second series, but the team that comes
out with flying colors in the fall meeting
Of the rivals will be hailed as champions
and awarded the usual hOnOrs. OF course
If one club wins both series, the champion
ship goes to it without question. 1t is pos.
sible that there will be similar struggles
between the winners of all the places, from
the head TO the foot of the class. The sea.
son is to be divided, in the hope that inter.
est will at no time lag. If the innovation
proves TO be failure it will be an easy
matter to return to the old mode of pro
cedure.
We live and learn-that is the most Of US
debut baseball magnates are mOrtais who
have actually been known TO miss the com
bination. Underlying all the disasters that
have ever attended the game may be found
selfish scrambles for players. The rope OF
the Athletics in the Bierbauer and StOvey
cases furnished the Association preteXi
for rebellion a year ago. Boston simply
played follow my leader' in the game, and
rested its action upon Pittsburg's bold
raid And now history is repeating itself
The sandbagger has become the sand
bagged. With little rhyme or reason New
York has, sans the guise of highwayman's
mask. entered the camp of the Pittsburg-
ers and carried Denny Lyons away. New
York has revived the art Of contract break.
ing, supposed to have been hypnotized at
the great Hoosier peace conference.
The gentlemen from the metropolitan
districts have been guilty of conduct not
strictly honorable since the close OF the
last race. They euchered Cincinnati out
OF Jack Boyle by gum shoe missionary
work and stand accused at Washington OF
melting Dan Richardson 10 revolt against
the mandates OF the distributing artists at
indianapolis. New York has a front seat
IN all the rows now fermenting in League
circles Denny Lyons worth is exagger-
sted by this scramble for his services, but
w. Il. Temple has been quoted as declar-
ing that II Lyons. who has signed Pitts
burg contract, is taken away from them,
Justice will be demanded through legal
channels New York has landed the man,
and il Pittsburg carries out its threat the
disciple of Blackstone who was thrown
out on base IN Indiana will once more
take up the legal bat for fungo work on
the diamond.
II the League gave a banquet at the