Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-13

honest work is about here From now on
the takers won't be in it; the performers
will have the floor and their deeds will
count To be sure there are whisperings
about brotherhood" and all that sort OF
thing, but schemes and projects must now
take back seat for time at, least until our
new and big experiment is tried
Home Players Doing Well.
1t must be gratifying to all interested in
the local ball club to learn of the good work
all the players are reported to be doing.
True this is about the time of year that
every player is doing great things and
working hard for the opening time, and it
often occurs that when that time comes
misrepresentation are discovered. But al
lowing all this there is nothing to show that
all the players of the local team are not work.
ing hard and working we'll Certainly there
cannot be any Misrepresentation about
Beckley because everybody" saws he is in
wonderful form, and what everyb body SAYS
must be true. If Beckley can regain his
form of year or two ago he will almost
head the National list. As we all know he
had somewhat of an off season last year, and
there were reasons for it. But all will be as
pleasant as marriage bells if he can just
| come back to his old-time form.
! Hanlon. too am told, is in extra fine
fettle, and if reports are true Mark Bald
win is in better condition than he was last
year at this time. Ehret has been doing
some good work down South, and Calvin is
as hardy and lively as ever. Bierbauer is
in as good condition as any member on the
team, and that means a great deal In
short, as far as 1 know, every player is in
| good trim.
But still we must await results. We
| have so often been deceived in Pittsburg
that it is dangerous to hazard an opinion.
If Denny comes here in good playing form
and Farrell goes to the outtield 1 will pre-
dict that we will have good outfeld. We
are sure to have good infeld, and where
begin to hesitate is in the pitching force,
simply because we can never tell what the
pitchers are going to do. But
there is one thing sure, and as
Pittsburg public should not forget it. That
is the efforts of the club directors to give
the public good team. More than once I
have drawn attention to this, and I do so
again. Their efforts are worthy of recogni-
tion. They have expended time, money
and labor with no lavish hand since last
season closed, and if things do not come as
anticipated the fault will not be theirs
They deserve good patronage and should
get it.
Local Amateur Leagues.
Things are not going as pleasantly. for
the local amateur baseball leagues as was
expected But this ought not to ruf1e the
serenity of the minds of the leaders of
these leagues, but only ought to make them
work the more earnestly. 1t may be that
the County League magnates came to con-
clusions on some things little too soon.
Certainly some of the clubs rushed to the
front without counting the cost. As
result we have CHARTERS dropping
out, ands another club has to be looked
up to take its place. The inability
of the CHARTERS club to carry out its
promises ought to be lesson to organizers
of these little leagues Every possible in
vestigation as to. the stability of club
should be made before it is enrolled as a
member No doubt the CHARTERS club or
ganizers felt sure of getting all the neces-
sarv backing, but they were too late in
finding out that they couldn't. 1t will be
pity if the County League is reduced to four
clubs, as there are plenty of good local
players for six clubs.
And the City League has been disappoint-
ed, but 1 am informed that matters will be
all right soon. The trouble with this little
organization is that there is a difficulty in
securing suitabl, grounds for all the clubs.
To get suitable grounds means to have
money, and it is not to be expected that the
This suggests that any help that can be
given them will be welcome.
Maher's Former Friends
Victory makes many friends and defeat
tries them. This is Just as true in the pugi.
listic world as in the other affairs of life and
Peter Maher knows it very well BY this
time. 1t is worthy of note that those who
had most to saw in praise of Maher before
he met Fitzsimmons are now his most bit
ter assailants. 1t is gradually becoming
the custom among certain people who pre-
dict this man or that man to win to con-
denim him as cheat fraud, cur and no
good at all if he does not win. These
censors do this suppose entirely forgetful
that it was their own bad judgment that led
them astray. Maher has been a much
abused man and unfairly abused since his
recent defeat all because he did not fulfill
the expectations of those who predicted him
a winner regardless of some very important
facts.
Now 1 do not for one moment blame
Maher. / blame those who urged him to
meet a irst-class man before he had even
proven himself a good third-rate. This was
the cause of the whole trouble Because
the inexperienced Irishman knocked few
men down who did not get out ofthe way of
a blow people very foolishly rushed to the
conclusion that he was a great man, and in
their gusto even offered to match him |
against Sullivan. Maher really was per-
suaded that he was good enough to meet |
anybody. The talk of his friends and the |
expressions of newspaper writers had a |
great effect on his docile and unsophisticated |
mind. He couldn't be expected to know
better; but something better should have |
been expected from those who profess to |
have been taught by the lessons of expert |
ence. History repeated itself, and skill |
and science triumphed over strength and |
inexperience. Those who favored Maher
forgot all about this being likely to. happen.
They did not know that Maher only boxed
two rounds against jackson, and because
they made errors of judgment they continue
to abuse man who, with little or no eX-
perience, was expected to defeat one of the
cleverest ring fighters before the world to-
day.
Those Extraordinary Takers.
1t is safe to say that never in the history
of pugilsm, never since the father of the |
fstic arena, Mr. Figg, downed an opponent,
has there been so much talk, blow and
bluster in one week among the pugilists
and boxers as there has been during the
week just ended. Each party must have
had scores of typewriters engaged and all
kinds of catching devices" have been
public mind. Amid all the long illusions
and harangres one feature has been
notable, viz: That the respective shows
of the parties were being advertised An
other feature has been more or less promi-
ncnt during the controversy between
Sullivan and Mitchell Whenever Mitchell
has had anything to say it has been termed
'bluff,, and everything that Sullivan has
had to say has been accepted as if it were