The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-10-24

ment, 1 presume, and we hear no moro
about 10. The latest postseason tour plan
ned was trip through Virginia and the
south by the members of the Baltimore
and Philadelphia teams. The dates were
so arranged that Dallas would be reached
In the latter part of this month. The gov
ernor Of Texas, when he reduced Dallas to
the standing OF an ordinary city, not only
disappointed Corbett and Fitzsimmons,
but got in a rib roaster on that baseball
expedition 10 may be good thing that
the two teams didn't start. These junket-
ing after season trips are not calculated to
enthuse lovers Of the game, and the sport
which they furnish Is not usually Of tho
class which arouses admiration In the prov
inces.
There are now four months I'm which
baseball will be played indoors by the mag
mates, and we shall hear of deals, trades,
diokers, "lines out, (" "crackajacks, T" sur
prises, still hunts and such things ad libi-
tum There will be many changes in some
of the Dig teams especially In the New
Yorks, Cincinnatis and Bostons. The two
factions In the last named must be wiped
out, conciliated or divorced. 1 think the
split Is SO great that ii can never be forced
or coaxed together. The only remedy i'm
OF the disturbing elements Therefore sew
are slated to go. Mccarthy and Long may
be the two who will be sacrificed.
When Selee agreed to remain In the
management he specified that he should
have exclusive control of the team next
year. That means the humiliation of Nash.
l should not be surprised therefore II Nash
were found elsewhere In 1896. The club
has two other men, Collins and Harring-
ton, who can play third base. Tucker, too,
wants to get away, and / have Selee's
word for 1t that ho would let him go II
satisfactory trade could be made The
shake up In the Boston team therefore
will be considerable.
New York Is also arranging for changes
In its team. That excellent player, John
Doyle, will be exchanged. No better gen.
eral ball player can be found In the Union,
but he mortally offended the club while In
the management Of the team last summer.
This quarrel cannot be "made up" He
will be exchanged. There Is general
reaching out to secure his services, and q
star will take his place In New York.
1t is a settled fact that no player has
even wanted to leave the New York club.
Doyle Is not an exception. He will leave
with great reluctance. On the contrary,
nine OF every ten professional players have
ambition to some day be member Of the
Giants and play In New York.
The New York nine next season will
have ut least two new men on the infleld,
one In the outfleld and new man behind
the bat But tho clubs principal effort
will be iIfthe line Of securing new pitchers
that are young men. Rusie, Clarke and
Meekin will be retained. In Doheny, Otto,
Leach, Lynch and Bowen the number Is
increased to eight, and three more young
sters are to be tried. The success of Orth.
Foreman. Friend, Hastings and Moran In
the latter part Of the season has encour-
SSsa Sst fhS l5s araEpS SS fr " tpkeptb ss
OF novelties is Doheny, Of whom / have
already written. / predict that he has
come to stay and In few years will be in
the front ranks.
Cincinnati will recruit heavily. Presi-
dent Brush owns the Indianapolis team
also, and he can borrow from Peter to pay
Paul. No doubt three or four of the men,
bers of the champion team of the Western
league will be transferred to Cincinnati.
The Western league holds class A men,
bership under the National agreement,
and any National league club which drafts
Western league players must pay 81, 900 to
the club on which the draft is made for
each player so selected In this case Mr..
Brush will merely pay himself 1000 per
head for the pick from the Indianapolis
team. IL reminds me Of Nat Goodwin's
play OF "The Skating Rink" where he
tells tickets with one hand and takes them
up at the turnstile with the other.
In few weeks the National league will
aSo hold Its onsn annua, meeting AS every clh
Is by no means uncertain. however, that
the circuit will not bo reduced To olght or
ten clubs The st. Louis and Louisville
people would be willing to withdraw and
join what would be 20 them n more oquita-
BILE central league. Mr.. Won der Ahe's re-
cent declaration In favor of reviving the
old American association shows which way
the wind blows. If the circuit be reduced,
IL will be by general agreement and TO cv-
cry clubs entire satisfaction.
The transformation OF tho st. Louis
clubs grounds into n toy race track, on
which n jockey was killed on the FIRST day of
the initial 'Sleeting, Is going 20 give rise
To serious discussion when the magnatcs
meet. The club will undoubtedly be re-
qucstcd 90 give mp those grounds TO either
racing or baseball. Tho two sports a. now |
conducted I'm ST. Louis will not agree.
There Is also n strong inclination TO |
abolish Sunday games I'm tho National |
league. Boston, Now York, Philadelphia |
and Pittsburg have always opposed that |
feature Of the sport. know that Brook /
lyn and Baltimore stood ready to join tho I
anti-Sunday playing advocates. Two moro
clubs are needed, however to give the I
necessary two-thirds vote. Cleveland can
bc counted ON, and Chicago holds tho bal /
nncc of power Anson opposes Sunday /
playing. IL rests therefore with President \
Hart, who is In reality A. q. Spaldlng's /
proxy, 10 say whether the National league |
shall play Sunday games next year The
question IL thus entirely In MIR Spalding's /
hands.
The winter baseball campaign on the
whole promises 10 DO very Interesting.