, 1892-01-31

A Lively Campaign VIII BE Carried Ont
Next summer on Secondary Diamonds.
How the InheIds of the Great Clubs
WIN Stand.
Although winter has but fairly begun,
there is a hustle and stir among the smaller
fry in the councils of the magnates. 1t is
a healthy sign of the revival that 1t is con
fdently expected will come with the spring.
The kindergartens of the game need the
fostering care of the United league, but
some of the minor organizations are going
ahead laying the foundation for another
years race without hearing from the com
mittee appointed by the major body to
draft some plan that will replace the ma
tional agreement
The Western league viii cut Denver off
its visiting list. That seems assured. Co
lumbus is in the position Of a fair damsel
with two suitors begging for her hand.
That city-Iike indianapolis and Milwau
kee-is coveted by both the Western and
Central leagues. The fact that Manager
Gus H.. Schmelz is on the Westerns cir
cult committee with John W. Speas, of
Kansas City, and X. w. Mcguire, Of Mil
waukee, is significant. however. The Cen
trail league will perhaps get the mitten,
and James A. Williams, who issued the
call for its organization, is slated for sec
Rotary and treasurer of the Western.
l.. c. K~rauthoff, one OF the TENDERS of
the famous and short lived board Of con
troll, will be elected president, but the
place will be honorary. Mr.. Williams will
shoulder all the labor. and In this case he
will assume lots OF it. The Central league,
as projected, intended to give the millenni-
um plan-fathered by Frank Richter, Of
Sporting Life-a practical trial. All the
players are to be signed by the secretary
and distributed by lot. The maximum
salaries of the various basemen, outfeld-
ers, pitchers and catchers will be fixed,
and in this way a salary limit will be
maintained. The delay OF the eastern
clubs In responding to the call and the
activity displayed at Chicago have turned
the eyes of Columbus and Milwaukee to
ward the west.
The Illinois and Iowa-facetiously called
''The Two Eyed League"-has installed
James +. Mckee as president. Five of the
old clubs are in line-Rockford, Joliet,
Quincy, Cedar Rapids and pttumwa. Pc
oria, Springfield and Burlington will take
the places OF clubs that will drop out.
From the far west comes the story Of an
other wedding in the baseball family.
The California league has led the North
Pacific league to the altar and the Pacific
Coast Consolidated league is the name Of
the new organization. Sacramento and
Spokane Falls retire, and the new circuit
includes San Francisco, San Jose and Los
Angeles, in CALIFORNIA;; Portland, Or,
and Seattle and Tacoma, in Washington.
San Jose finally won the championship of
the Pacific coast, but the series was so long
drawn out int tedious that the closing
games lacked in interest.
The task of equalizing the playing
strength of the twelve clubs in the big
league is progressing. and the interest
manifested on all sides is gratifying proof
that interest In the national game was re-
vived the moment that the foolish warriors
ceased their strife.
In New York the tears of the cranks are
falling because three famous giants have
been removed from the family and their
chairs must needs be filled by others.
The metropolitan press is severely caustic
and intimate that the Giants as now CON
stituted will make a grand struggle for
the BOBBY prize. The scribes mourn be-
cause Dick Buckley, Dnnnie Richardson
and Roger Connor were not given return
tickets to New York by the committee on
apportionment.
They scout at the idea OF Captain Will
liam Buckeye Ewing being able to fill the
role Of first baseman, and point their fin
gers toward the City OF Brotherly Love and
say: 10, there is Bill Brownl Get him"
The return of Amos Rusie has simply
aroused the critics to n declaration thnt
now hat Dick Buckley has gone the ex-
mattress artist from Hoosierdom's capital
is liable to be no more effective this year
than were Billee Taylor or One Armed
Hugh DAILY in their closing days upon the
turf. New York's mood is decidedly
gloomy, but they forget that Jack Boyle
and Denny Lyons have been allotted to
them
Over the river the Brooklynites are just
as happy as the descendant OF Papa Knick-
erbocker are forlorn. 1t is generally be-
leved that the team which Captain John
Montgomery Ward will lead into the
struggle next spring will be just as strong
as the famous one he commanded during
the stormy days Of 1890.
Dan Brouthers is booked for first, and
the mayor OF Wappinger Falls will be at
home with Captain Ward by his side, for
Ward will stick to second base. Mr.. Will
liam Joyce, the st. Louisan who gained
the title of ~"Scrappy" through a tendency
to take the negative sid in debates upon
the field, is to play third, and Tom Cor
coran has been chosen for shortstop.
Pittsburg is raving madly over the loss
of Denny Lyons, and the newspapers are
~picturing little Nick Young as a pirate
king from whose presence Captain Kidd
would have fed.
Boston offers no change in the infield.
The western infields are not yet all in
shape, but Cincinnati will come to the
front with a famous quartet. Captain
Comiskey will nave absolute control of the
Cincinnati Reds. He will cover first base,
with John A. McPhee at second, George
Smith at short and Arlie Latham at third.
Cleveland is fully equipped, and the
Forest City four includes Jake Virtue,
"Cherub" Childs, Ed Mexican and Captain
Tebeau.
There has been no official declaration
from Chicago relative to the position
Aptly called 'the keystone of the dia-
mond."
Pittsburg has signed Sir Arthur Whit
ney for third, but it looks very much as If
his ticket for Salt river has already been
made ont. Beckley will still stop ground
ers at first. Bierbauer remains at second,
while Shugart plays short. Perhaps Char
ley Farrell will be converted into a third
basemen and relieved from backstop duty.
In Louisville Harry Taylor at first, Hugh
Jennings at second. Jimmie Canavan at
short and Count Kuehne at third is the
programme now outlined.
st. Louis will present Perry Werden at