Evening journal., 1892-10-11

At IL lalh OF prospects years ahead.
What poet mot myself Of course) was it
who said that man 'never is but always to
be blestW / think that sweet singer had
Anson in his mind when he wrote such
sentiment. The Chicago baseball chief
has been in active service on the diamond
for eighteen years, but has never been
whipped to finish. If he doesn't win n
seasons championship he goes right to
work, with the persistence and confidence
- Of a bluebottle fly in midsummer, and in
sists that he has 'cinch" on the pennant
for the following year.
That has been Anson's habit for years
When he wins, and he has led the League
procession six years out of the seventeen
which have passed since the League was
formed, he never boasts. but when he fails
he loses no time in explaining how and
why he failed, but goes TO work on his
plans for the next campaign.
This has been u year Of bitter disap-
pointment to Anson. 1t began when he
failed to get Duffy and Farrell returned TO
his team iD the consolidation assignments
1t continued when his batteries went all
TO pieces in 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 discussing plans for next
year Arson does not mention Chicago with
emphasis leads many TO believe that he has
hopes of changing his base of operations for
1898. Indeed lie has expressed q desire to
leave Chicago It will not therefore come
in the way Of a total surprise should ar
rangements be made before next spring for
the great captain to take charge Of the
New Yorks. That team needs a first base
man pretty nearly as much as it needs a
competent captain. Baseball interest ev-
efywhere demands that the game in New
York be revived at once. Anson's trans
plantation from Chicago to the metropolis
would be the surest mode of securing such
aresult, Tor he is immensely popular with
New York 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 will have passed into history. 1t
has not been'a success by any means Why
it has not / propose to 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 Cleyelands cannot be headed in
their dash for the prize Only another Gar
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 1 do not believe the Bos-
ton team can repeat last falls great spurt.
The recent eastern trip Of the st. Louis
team was the most disastrous on record.
They played twelve games and lost all but
one. 1 have no recollection of any club
ever making such an unsuccessful trip,
The team under President Won der Ahe's
rnonarrarf,af1f ,t-ae x-orvr much Iatr,oro1fvo1
while it was on the eastern circuit. The
St. Louis chief may have excellent bust
ness qualifications adapted to the national
game, but ho is clearly out Of his sphere
when he undertakes the management Of q
team of players. Comiskey's great worth
is clearly shown by contrast.
A remarkable phase of this season in
baseball was the early and disastrous fail
ure of the Western league, while other
organizations comprising smaller cities in
their circuits went through to the very
end Of their schedules. The Southern
league, the Eastern league, the New Eng
land league and the Pacific Northwestern
league are all fnishers. 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. In midseasOn, when the LOwells
dropped out, it seemed impossible to keep
the organization afoat for a fortnight, but
every other club kept up the fight and
played over ninety games-the complement
called for by the constitution. Much OF
the credit for this 'nervy business must
be given to eX-AIanager McGunnigle, OF
the Brooklyns, whose long head and valu.
able experience in major company made
F,,.
land league people.
The success of the Southern league must
be gratifying to every lover of the game
The south is a good field for the sport if il
is honestly and earnestly played. Several
seasons in late years questionable methods
practiced by magnates and players oi
Southern league clubs almost destroyed
confidence and interest in the game
through that section. The high plan,
on which the league this year did bust
ness and the undoubted interest mani
Tested by the people in every city assure
revival of baseball in the southern states
which can be made permanent by a con
tinuation of this years policy.
Somewhere out west they have nomi
mated Billy Sunday the ex-baseball player
for congress. Billy left the profession
iome time ago TO accept the secretaryshil
Of Young Mems Christian association
which would give him a chance occasion
ally to preach. This latest evidence Of hi,
fall from grace will pain his friends. Ono,
a man has been a professional baseball
player nothing short of n congressman
salary and duties seem TO satisfy him.
Cleveland should put up monument tC
Captain 1ebeau. When he was injured
weeks ago Davis was called in from tn,
outGeld TO play in his place at thirfbase
Davis did so weR 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 e
60 back to his place at the risk of turning
the tide Of victory. o rare Pat Tebeaul
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