Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-09

We have been given to understand that the
12-club League cannot go on except players
salaries are reduced. Expenses are 80 high
that something must be done, you know.
The unnecessary expenses consequent on IL.
club League are not thought OF, to be sure
To get the salaries of players cut down to q
limit satisfactory to the magnates COM
pact must be made: compact that is moth
ing short of the very worst case of boy
cotting. A player must sign with club
Tor SO much or he must leave the business
entirely. He is not permitted to apply to
another club and ask for employment at his
own terms or terms satisfactory to hi mselt.
Doubtless another club would be glad to
have him, but the rules of the unholy COM
pact come in and he must be forced into
compliance or out of the business
The centuries of history of capital and
labor does not give more striking instance
of tyranny than this and it was the effort
to enforce despotic rules of this time that
caused the first downfall of baseball few
years ago. am on record as pointing out
then what the result would be and again 1
contend that nothing but bad results will
follow this attempt One of the great tail-
ings of the magnates is that they almost
always misjudge human nature. Baseball
is almost entirely resting on the sentiment
of the people and depend upon it nothing
disturbs the serenity of that sentiment
more than the enforcement of rules tainted
with uuiairness and injustice. Our latter
day civilization has made us all very sensi-
tive on that point, particularly when our
pastimes and recreations are only con-
cerned.
Baseball Affairs in General
Next Sunday we will know the last of
the baseball championship of 1892 and it is
quite safe 10 say that it will not leave many
pleasant memories, for it has generally
speaking, been a sad failure, But there is
one thing Of which am much pleased and
that is the fact Of Clereland's winning q
championship. OF course, that club has
not vet absolutely won the second season
pennant. but it is sure to do so.
Monday week the struggle for the world 8
championship will commence between the
Clevelands and the Bostons, and to be sure
my sympathies are with the former. trust
they will win and their chances for winning
are extremely good, and don't you forget it.
1t is hard to tell in what positions many
of the clubs will land because they are 50
close together, but whether the local club
lands third or fourth there is much credit
due the management Tor lhe way matters
eral important occurrences that have oper-
ated strongly against the teams success
and considering these things the team has
certainly done we'll to be where it is The
engagement OF Burns was a sad blow to the
team that has been overcome and never in
the history were the prospects as good for a
first rate team as they are for one here for
next season.
The engagement of Van Haltren has been
a capital stroke. He is great player.
Shugart's suspension has caused little
grumbilng among few people who grum-
BILE at everything, and who also grumbled
because he was playing SO badly. No rea-
sonable man who understands the matter
eau complain about Shugart's treatment
He has from first to last been a costly man
to the team and has steadily failed to listen
to the advice given him by club officials.
There is also an opposition to Glasscock's
coming here. He is one of the best PLAYERS
there has ever been in the profession and
the club directors want frst-c,ass men.
They claim that the public want winning
ball for their money and that men like
Glasscock will give them what they want.
The National Game on the wane.
One great truth stands prominently out
among the lessons of the baseball season
nearly ended, and that is that the national
game is less popular to-day than it has been
for many years. There is no denying this
fact. There was time when a ball game
could hold its own against an afternoons
racing. That time has gone, and if horse
races could be held in every baseball city
the national game would entirely die for
lack OF patronage. For proof of this, we
only need look to New York or Chicago
OF cOurse. L blame tho lnpis sloti inn f,f the
magnates for this. The death of the Ma
tionsl League has been one of the prime
causes, and Lwill be very much surprised
it matters are ever improved until we have
an organization back like what the National
League was, and guided by gentlemen siml-
lar to those who guided it in its hafcyon
days
The magnates did a very wise thing in
resolving to shorten the season next year.
Several Young men tried to make light of
the contentious Of myself and others last