The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-11

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championship gives great pleasure to not
only the people of Baltimore and Mary
land, but the followers of the gamo on the
southern central scaboard. Although ev-
cry section of the country cast of the Mis-
sissipp has its own leagues and minor
professional clubs the whole country looks
up to the National league and divides its
fcalty among the clubs OF tho latter body.
Now England pulls for tho Bostons
New York s Giants monopolizc tho attcn-
ton of rooters in most of New Jersey
Connecticut and all of New York state
This was aptly illustrated last May when
800 Buffalo cXcurSioniSts To Cleveland at
tended game in that city between tho
local team and the Giants and made thcm-
selves conspicuous by roofing" for the
New York team.
Philadelphia's club has the people of
Delaware eastern Pennsylvania and south
orn New Jersey worshiping ut its shrine,
whereas Maryland, Virginia and North
Carolina swear by the Bntimorcs. Tho
Pittsburgs have parts of Pennsylvania,
Ohio and West Virginia in their partisan
territory
Ohio is divided in it's loyalty among
three cluhs-namcly the PittSburgs, Clcve-
lands and Cincinnulis. Cleveland draws
also on Michigan, while Cincinnati reach
cs over into Indiana. But no Cincinnati
club has ever been able to control he base
ball pulse south of the Ohio river. Even
CovingtOn, which Is the Brooklyn Of Gin
einnati, is antagonistic to the Cincinnati
club every time the Louisvillcs visit the
Queen City. No matter how unsuccessful
the Louisville club may be, Kentucky
stands Loyalty by it.
There was Il time when the cntiro south
west and the whole OF the Mississippi VAIL
ley gave allegiance to the ii. Louis Browns
But the fading of that teams glory dur
ing the last six years has wc;lned much of
the large territory from its devotion The
people cannot well grow enthusiastic over
St. Louis team as it exists when they call
to mind tho deeds and glory of Comiskcy's
famous Brown Stockings.
Probably the widest territory to pny
tribute to Il National league club is the
northwest, which gives its devotion to
Anson'S Chicago team. There is nothing
north or northwest of the Colts territory
To detract attention from them. Two of
the IL clubs have only IL local following
namely, the Brooklyns and the Washing
tons. Brooklyn Is 50 peculiarly situated
that the New York club cuts il off from
the state, and unless Long Island may DO
said to hurrali for tho Bridcgroums they
have no devoted friends outside of the CITY
they represent.
Final reports from tho clubs show that
the season Of 1895 has been unusually sue
ccssful. President Murnano of tho New
England league assures me that nearly
every club in his circuit made money this
year. President Powers of tho Eastern
league reports that not ono club of tho
eight lost money, and President Johnson's
statement mt the annual meeting of the
Western league recently gavo assurances
that tho eight clubs of that organization
were financial winners for the year On
top of this comes the positive announce
ment that not one National league club
will lose dollar, while most of them will
DO large winners
There Is cause for general rejoicing Mt
this healthy state of the national sport 1t
shows widespread interest and universal
belief in the purity of baseball 1t proves
that the game is winning more patrons
every year and is the only sport which can
be sustained by daily exhibitions from
April till October. If the weather permit
tod have no doubt that the championship
season could be probably extended But
there must be the incentive of cham
pionship 10 make baseball attractive. Post
season games and junkcting trips for ex-
hibition games have never paid, yet they
are attempted year after year. The Balti-
mores and Philadelphias will mako late
October trip through Virginia. and two