Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-20
done it is hardly fair to demand thorough
going 25-cent rate.

done it is hardly fair to demand thorough
going Decent rate.
All Are Getting In Line.
Next week all our players are expected ia
be in the city, and then things will begin t.
look just as If there had been no break In the
sport between last fall and now. As usual,
officials states with the utmost seriousness
that be never felt better in his life To 9
very great extent repetition has weakened
the force of this declaration, because there
have been go many instances where ball
| PLAYERS have been 50 broken up as to be al
most unable to write, and still they state
81 never felt better"
But I have hopes that our players, those
| whom we expect to be our principal play
ers, are all right. know that they are all
trying to get into the best possible condi.
tion, and hope they will succeed:
There is still considerable speculation as
to the players who will be retained here
The other day President Temple assured
me that Denny will be here If suitable
terms can be made with him. The Presi-
dent reasons very wisely on this point, as he
said:
'It is Just this if Denny comes here and
does not fill the bill well lose nothing, and
if he comes here and plays in anything like
his own form We will be very big gamers. :"
That is sensible way to look at the mat
ter Most assuredly if Jerry Denny could
come here and play as he used to play Pitts
burg will have the best third baseman in
the country. That is worth trying for,
follow if the trying is not successful.
Well, if Denny comes we'll have Farrell
in the outield most of the time. hold
that Farrell is no better fielder than Cork
hill, while he is undoubtedly superior in
other respects. But Corkhill is such
reliable fielder that don't expect he will
be released for Q time at least, If at all
And still the fact remains that quite num-
Der will be released and I will not be sur
prised if . certain player whom many peo-
pie think all right turns out not to be class
enough. Oh, no! he is not regular out
fielder.
About the General Outlook.
When President Byrne, of the Brooklyn
encouragingly of the general baseball out
look. never met our very genial friend, Mr..
Byrne, without hearing the most cheering
effusions about the immediate future of the
National game. Charles always tells Of a
bright side, no matter how black he may in
wardly think the future.
But along with his glowing story of the
prospects of this year, he remarked that in
future magnates are going to keep all their
troubles to themselves. He said: "We
are not going to inform the public of all our
little Misunderstanding" This is, indeed,
a wonderful resolve on the part of baseball
magnates, and reminds me of party of
card-players who would retire to privacy
and play. They resolved to make no noise
and simply talk all differences of opinion
over in quiet and secret way. In short
time one or two Of them were thrown out of
the windows regardless of resolves to be
quiet. Just fancy men like Won der Abe
being stmum" when he thinks he is getting
the worst of it Why, even gagging would
not silence him.
But there is, believe, general desire
among the magnates to have things 20
along. They all want to clear a
profit this year beyond Ill others, and the
is there will be no trouble if
the financial conditions keep all right If
reverses come we may look out for squalls
Regarding the general outlook I notice |
hat AL johnson still maintains that the
present 12-Club League will render itself
INTO two organization, such as an Eastern |
md Western League. There may be con- |
siderable truth in this prediction, but |
whether it comes true or not I am still in |
,lined to think that we'll see some i'm |
,ortant changes sooner or later.
The Western League is rapidly getting !
nto shape, and no men in this country are |
more hopeful of success than the magnates
# that organization. Considering the small
alaries they are paying they ought to
make success this year ss far as finances |
re concerned. PRINGLE