Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-18

possible before next year comes round.
What the magnates are and are not inclined
to pay ball players for their services is 6
matter that, dare say, we have little to dc
with, but have always held the opinion,
and do so still, that the salary question
VIII regulate itself far better than the
adoption of any uniform rules,
And there il another matter worthy the
attention of the magnates and that is the
system of some of their number of curtail.
ing expenses by fning players unduly.
refer to Won der Abe. It is . notorioul
fact that in the most unreasonable way he
heavily fines his players and thus pilferl
back large percentage OF their salaries.
If ever there was q matter demanding in
vestigation at the hands of the League the
case in question is one. The dignity and
stability Of the League demands 1t.
The Race for the Pennant.
It looks Is if the Cleveland club is going
to get the second pennant and if it does l
don't expect that anybody will feel sorry.
The players of the team have put up sur
prising game simply because as a team they
have played as nobody thought they could
ever play In all departments they have
done we'll and it would probably be ungen-
erous to particularize any of them. Their
good hitting has had as much to do with
and their fielding and base running have
also been factors as big as anything else.
Altogether they have played as team and
that means great deal.
For . while past the Boston and the
Pittsburg teams have been having quite .
desperate time of it. While would like to
see our team land in second place will be
quite satisfied if they finish in third place.
Had Mr.. Thomas Burns not demoralized
everything connected with the team the
latter would have been fighting the Cleve-
lands with desperation now.
BY all odds we have the best team now
that We have ever had in Pittsburg, and for
this credit is due the club directors and
heroic policy of those who own the club has
had its effect, and such like policy will al
ways meet with success sooner or later. The
club officials are getting together young
players of merit, and that is the great ele-
ment of success Let us all give credit in
the heartiest way possible to those who own
and control the club for the success they
have attained.
Some of the teams in the second half of
the season have been disappointing, par
ticularly the Brooklyn team. Still there is
distance to go yet, and there is time for
plenty of changes to take place
The Professional Scullers.
During the last few days Edward Hanlan
has caused ripple in aquatic circles by his
talk of challenging Stsnsbury, the Aus
tralian, to row. The latter is champion of
the world, and Hanlan states that he will
row him in America or England for the
title.
William O'Connor comes to the front and
rakes Hanlan from stem to stern for having
the audacity to challenge Stansbury, as he
(O'Connor) is the only man who should row
him.
Gaudaur comes to the front and says he
will row either O'Connor or Hanlan, and
Stansbury is yet to hear from.
Hanlan has always been Q man of nerve
and one Of the finest scullers that ever sat
in boat, but how at this stage of his career
he is going to defeat Stansbury 1 don't
know. Hanlan is certainly not as good
now as he was 10 years ago. and it is not
unreasonable to say that Stansbury is just
as good as Hanlan ever was. Certainly
Hanlan has perfect right to challenge
either Stansbury or anybody else, and the
talk of O'Connor is only childish. Not
only has Hanlan right to challenge Stans-
bury, but the latter il at liberty to accept
that challenge in preference to any other.
Were Stansbury most assuredly would
choose to row what thought the slowest
man first
All the talk may lead to race, but 1t il
getting late in the season, PRINaLE