Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
4 REVIEW OF SPORTS.
Some Good Features of the
Baseball League Teams
During the Week.
ED HANLON'S DEPARTURE.
4 Further Discussion of the League
and Sunday Ball Question.
PLAYING OFF POSTPONED CANES.
The Battle To-Norrow Night Eetween Plim-
mer and Kelly Of Earlem.
ED HANLON'S DEPARTURE.
PLAYING OFF POSTPONED CANES.
GOSSIP ABOUT LEADING PUGILISTs

one, and the cranks of the national game
throughout the country are just as en-
thusiastic as ever; in fact the attendances at
some cities have been remarkable As 9
result all tEose identified with the big
League are delighted, and dare say they
have good reason to be.
The PLAYING of the various teams during
the week just ended has been very good.
Even the Baltimore team have braced up a
little, although they have not won games
that they should have won. The Boston
team continues to demonstrate their supe-
riority over other teams, and it seems to me
that no team in the country can beat the
EosJous ont if all goes well. The more one
looks At this Boston aggregation the more
iormi able they become. They are admir-
ably balanced and the most important
point about them is their power of pitchers
They have not a weak man to put into the
box and that is where very much of the
BosJons terrorism lies. In some respects it
is safe TO compare the local team with the
E1stons, but, as far as solidity of pitchers
is concerned, comparison is out of the
question.
Louisvilles are still playing great game,
but I certainly do not expect to see them
land as high up as they are at present, and
the Brooklyn team is steadily letting the
public know that they are good players and
good sravers.
But the team that will probably cause a
surprise one of these days are the Ch1cagos
We may rest assured that Anson and his
Colts are not destined to remain almost at
the bottom. The team are good players,
and the public will learn this before the
season is ont. And the Washingtons are
quite an improved lot this year. They can
u.av a great game, and they will likely
land higher up in the race than many peo-
T.e think.
50 far the Eastern teams have shown that
thew are 4 little better than those in the
West that Is, that they have among them
the best kind OF teams. But there are likely
-n be many changes before the first section
G.. tie season euds.
Local Club Matters.
There has been plenty to talk about re-
rrrliu- he local club during the week
One of the most important events has been
The transferring Of our mutual friend Ed
IEaul0n from the local club to the Balti-
more club. am sure that very many of us
viii sincerely regret this, because there
never was in pttSbUrg or anywhere finer
gent owan. a more earnest worker or more
Intelligent ba ilnlave r-tAsa- Ed Hanton.
Luck. if we can use tfe~terB, hasS been
a-aiust Ed for awhile. and it is the more to
&c regretted that Dame Fortune should
select such good people as he on whom to
cast her frownS Ed Hanlon has had busy
Gri an honorable baseball career in Pitts
burg. Nobody has worked harder in this
city for the succnss of the national game;
nor has ANYBODY at any time been reader 70
make uersonal sacrifices than has Hanlon.
Indeed. he need not blush for his record
here Certainly we all regret to lose him,
lg- The vicissitudes of baseball life are
strange. Nav he prosper in Baltimore,
u.I while there build up a team that will
as1 anne 10 his honest name. The Balti-
more team gets a man of sterling worth
Tho changes IN the makeup of the team
Gre desirable but where the team is most
F..sv is n the pitchers box. We haven't
PLENTY oi good pitchers. Woodcock will
l- here before the week is ended, and if he
-rr.s ont all right our team will have little
81. -aar Tho club has a good team, and in
JOAN Corkhill has the best outfelder in the
C0gurrv. He is PLAYING so well that feel
very proud now OF my determined advo-
e.nr oI retaining Corkhill on the team.
Many people wanted him released.
Mere = bout sunday Ball.
a -ork 0r so ago l had something to saw
E..E- ludav ball PLAYING At The time it
wa. evident to Observers that the question
w...0 sooner or later be q verv important
0a. -r those gentlemen who have money in
vested 1u the League clubs The matter is
rraalE- iu importance every dav, and if it
F. u-- ro be dealt with before this season is
e. .rl depend upon it there will be some
tHg- definitely done before next season
commences.
At present the Sunday ball question is in
Hst as unsatisfactory condition as it posi-
l.r nd be. and in discussing its present
features ir Will be best to steer clear of sem
rue.t entirely and look at the matter from
business point Of view. 1t is quite easy
60 see that The clubs that are not playing
baseball on Sundays are losing, and the
LOSSES are making the gains of the clubs
t1af are piaylnC on Sundays All the best
authorities agree on this because the big
audiences on Sundays keep down the at
tendance on other davs. This is, indeed. a
7s~y important consideration If the
clubs that refuse 10 play Sunday ball
Gre doing 50 from any moral promptings
-Hgv age acting very inconsistentlv and also |
very ;nol;Shiy, and like the good little hoy
n." read good stories with morals at the |
r-. and tried to reform old men from smok- |
gld cursing, they will get the worst of I
81. There is a sensible and practical way
81 nj. things, but try as l can l cannot see |
d.. -0Ol sense Of a club declining to play |
'H the clubs that do play on Sundays |
a- r.al the golden harvest on that day.
-HrI-, am not going to discuss the moral |
I-T NEmdav ball playing. What / am
pointing out is that to be morally consistent |
t.. ..Gn- who believe it is wrong to play |
10. sundays should wash their hands of the |
e.-.rs League il the entire League does not J
-"-.rr from so violating the moral law. In I
answer 10 this l can hear somebody say: |
., but look at the financial loss it |
w.H.a ae to CLUBS to withdraw from the
L-a--a inst now"
lm inst it. That financial loss keeps
iH"- ,.H1s going on regardless of their
i.. ~eUlIments Cd the Sunday question.
a- monetary consideration keeps them
I.as--- day afer day and otherwise help
ia- ta"-e very clubs that are said
I 0e oyerstepping the moral
code Well, now, ,will somebody
tel me this: II it is business on a strictly
moral nlan 10 lraternize with and aid and
ahet clubs no play baseball on SUNDAYS be.
cause % would be financial loss not to do,
l' lI not Just as strictly moral to play on
SUNDAYS also to avert financial loss? To
me it seems that if there is a wrong doing
lH one there is certainly a wrong doing in
the other
But the League must take the matter up
ana have lt uniformly settled 4 league
cannot 90 on divided up as the League is at
pres nj on this question. | fancy | can see
In this question elements that will tend to
break up the big League.
Playing on postponed Games
During the week we had the question of