Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

! tnat nad Deen signed 0y the local cluD were
taken away by that very wise and impartial
committee who had the distribution of
players under their care, and who took
good players from Pittsburg and gave Duffy
to club like Boston, and also allowed that
club to keep Stivetts and Mccarthy. Every
thing that could be done and that knowl-
edge prompted to be done was done last
winter by the local magnates.
And efforts are going on yet to make the
team better For once the indications are
favorable for the getting together of good
team, if not this year, certainly next The
only real defect at present is in the
pitchers box, and every effort is being
made to have that defect remedied. Rome was
not built in day, nor can hrst-class team
be gotten together in a season when every
body is securing the country for good play
ers The building of coed and substan-
tial club or team is of slow process and pa
thence must be exercised in the matter.
Captain Burns, / know, has instructions to
do whatever he thinks is best in the way of
getting new players. Surely this is heroic
enough on the part of the directors. They
have no strings on Burns, and he has be-
yond all doubt full charge of the players
and full power to release or sign when he
sees fit. He is on the lookout, and for
one have faith that he will eventually get
frst-class team together, because pitcher
or two is all that our team needs
Few General Baseball Features
There is still much to interest patrons Of
the game in the general situation. While
there may be feeling Of unrest In some
quarters because of the poor showing of
some teams, the contest for the League pen
nant is close enough to keep cranks almost
daily on pins and needles The first six or
seven teams are making things exceedingly
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of the closest struggles on record for places
among the six first clubs. True, there are
some teams kopelessly out of the race, but
this is always likely to be the case in T.
| club league.
The proprietors of those clubs that are so
far behind are endeavoring to have a meet
ing to try and have matters adjusted, but 1
really fail to see how any meeting can force
Boston or Brooklyn to give up a man for
Baltimore if the two former clubs do not
! want to. Whatever privileges these clubs
may have been accorded in the past do not
in baseball morality mean that they will
make any sacrifices now. But there is one
thing to be observed, viz: that the Balti-
more club is apparently doing nothing to
| help itself. The time has been when teams
were in bad condition that agents of the club
hied themselves away and secured the coun-
| try for new players do not observe that
Mr.. Wonder Horst has been doing this. 1t
will not pay him to do so if he can stay at
home and be presented with two or three
| good men.
There is also q growing desire in some
| quarters to have the ''double season" abol-
ished right away. Nothing surprises me in
baseball, and 1 certainly wouldn't be sur
| prised if this system was abolished before it
| is tested. Not one advocate for its abolition
| has given sound reason for the change
The greatest reason that have seen is sell
fishness, and the magnates, to show any good
common sense and that they are beyond the
whims and fancy flights of school boys,
should at least see that their new plan is
tested now that it has been adopted.
Bostons Still Look Like winnerA
The Boston team still looks like winners
and to say the least OF it 1 would like to
know why they shouldn't win. Their pow
erful force of pitchers alone is sufficient to
keep them in front They haye so far
proved themselves so much stronger than
any of the other teams that their victories
must be getting monotonous, and consider
ing their great strength there is really
credit due them for winning as ma1y games
as they do. One thing seems quite apparent
to me, and that is If the time ever comes
when Boston has a losing team there will be
some very sad weeping there. In all fair
ness it can be said that in Boston are to be
found the worst losers in the League, and
after all it is defeats that test the real pa
triotism and enthusiasm of the patrons of
the game. Judged from this standpoint
Pittsburg is second to none in pluck and
patriotism.
Brooklyn still bids fair for second place
and it is very difficult to tell how Chicago,
Cincinnati, Pittsburg Philadelphia, Cleve-
land and New York will finish. If the
Pittsburg team were we'll supplied with
pitchers L would prefer their chances to
those of any of the other teams.
TheLouisville team have made wonderful
drop and along with that drop has come the
downfall of Fred Prefer. / am not sur
prised at this, because there is always sad
reaction to such gush and gusto as Pteffer
and his friends INDUCED in at the be ginning
OF the season when the Louisvilles won a
few games in succession. Laudations were
so extravagant and gushing as to become
foulsome, and the memories of those eX-
tremely ridiculous newspaper pictures about
Pteffer and the key to Louisville" must
CRATE very harshly on Pfeffer's mind now.
Prefers best days were when he was under
the guidance of Anson.
The Doings of the Local Team.
Captain Burns in one respect is showing
his good business qualities; he will not keep
week he has discovered that Camp is not of |
use to the local team and Camp has been |
severed from the club. This is the proper |
thing to do and it is much better for the |
player, as it gives him chance to 60 else |
where and find more constant work. The |
captain and manager of the team are on the |
lookout for a new pitcher and it Is to be |
hoped they will succeed.
This week may find the condition of the
team much improved, as Ehret has sent
word from Louisville that he is getting all
right. If he can show up in shape 1 have
no fear OF the team. Calvin will soon be
all right again, and if Smith, Baldwin, Gal
vim and Ehret could all get going in good
form past defeats would soon be redeemed.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if the Pi:tsburp
team for once had four real good pitchers
all in excellent form at once? Why, we
wouldn't know what to do. We would
yearn to get at the Bostons or anybody
else.
The team will be home Wednesday. and.
taking everything into consideration, they
deserve q hearty welcome back. They have
performed under dire difficulties since they
left home.
A Few Words to Correspondents.
Everyweek am in receipt of numerous let
tiers from correspondents from various parts
of the country. Many of the writers of these
letters expect the latter to be noticed in
some way in these reviews and doubtless
are disappointed when they are not dealt
with as published.
Now, 1 never grumble about receiving
letters; on the contary, am pleased be-
cause they show that there is live interest
prevailing, but letters that are not couched
in terms of ciyility and traught, at least,
with little common sense will not be