The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-18
TIE FUTURE Of BASEBALL.
StsnSaea.s DssIs E.gsaeered by Won
Der Ale asa wsgner-Wfd~ssr~aa
Arose u TIE Reserve Rsie-Br""n
W~uhx Ahsush the Bunt Hit

l8xY. IN no 0{Hfy FE3t nav - e'~+--+
deals bcen completed In which sah
rumber 81 prominent players have hg-
ured. And what r. strange 1aFis
der Abe. with his sali-enders. has afagsa
IN most Of the big baYtefs. he fssH 31a
cards. while che other fellows seemed ST.
isfiod with csssfing them ~ lsast ma =
the view taken OF IL In the MOUND 10y
Ven der Abs certainly recesssa so5.e ass
pluuas, and viii dispose sne cSoscest 70 tfts
nan OFFERING the most money
Tt wsa pretty generally cofceded pfsof
% The major league meeting that ehaf'fes
Knre likely to happen, but ali tne pFEpaf =
could not foreteli the MAGNITUDE q tae
deals.
The rpasnates had hardly eessEefie5 al
Philadelphia when the SWAPPING - h'7y-
On b4eau. Then surprise followed si'r-
erlse n, yAraA successfon unssl Earle <
nnx csnpSsd The climax By orerfng Ia SO
hex washington 20 Philadelphia, 80 t4st
IN latter would be the second iargesi et-k
n the union. Hts aadacfty psralyzeo nc
people. and when Father Penn had r%e0s-
cred h4msef sufficiently 10 fonspess rs
euuanimisy he said warningiy, HaF. :
care, young. casr. and iaka bp ,Dti -
p3ted. 'sWsli. n that doesn't suit YOU ]
Will give you the United States mini ios
the pick Of your people
There II an old saying about he HDo
laughs last" etc. Earle told his ptans 70
M s0sse untI he had them fully naf1fesi.
AMI fAAn be took Manager Hanion into
Ms eSaflaeaee. and the ppn'ic knoNs ssiF
reAult The yaxnsra were in yositsan 20
Natf TlseY gained nothing az the ieasiis
meeting. and they lost nothing by W..
lna. TO show that such was the fact aad
10 etve the waaners all that property es-
longs 10 them now look at the at#e deaf
1usf completed. IL is the surprise o. inc
season. and has CARED no end Of talk All
over the country.
The Messrs. Wagner have made Good
their ptornise to their patrons that they
would strengthen their team by nexI assss-
son The deal between Baltimore ard
Washington will be beneficial 10 b9th
clubs Doyle. Reitz and Amole will felp
70 make Washington big factor ~ .aFF&t
seasons campaign. in this deal WASH. &
ton gets remarkably clever first tasss'
man in Doyie who combines all The a3taii-
ties Of firss-ciasz player. one 81 ne best
fseldinx SECOND basemeD in the league Il
Reitx. and very good left-haBded pitcher
! - Amole.
Baltimore gets three good men In Me-
ihmaS DE Moptreyiile and McGann, No
matter how you view H. IL looks like
case III heads win, tsiir you lose. hseh
club thinks 1t has the better of the deaf
Probably no other isague msgnsfe -
dent Won der Abe. Of the 81, Louis club
Yet when II comes To swapping players ne
Gefs the worst of IL less than sany other
magnate In his deal with the Ph!iasioi~
phiA club he received two piayers--Ta Tor
and Clements. Few people believe ht has
any notion OF keeping them for bsa team
He knows they arr valuable men ard viii
strengthen any team.
Undoubtedly he has received many offers
for them already. bat as there Is 10 iar-
ticlliar harry In dispoaing OF them he VII
hold onto them for the present. Pfua8ay
he thinks he can do better with theirs II
he holds them until the spring meeting.
Witch VIII be held Ia St Louis during the
latter part OF February.
1t would require an army Of clerk 10
Keep track of the various deals In vii II
Ven der Abe has been interested since he
became haAs hall magnate. Ills lafest
swap was Morgan Murphy FOR Joe 3
den. of the PEttsbufg club. Whether or rot
he received money consideration with
gegden Is no easy matter to answer as
i5Ht part Of the desi WAS not given uaf
bit his Weakness for the yellow metal Is
well known. However, trades are one u
the chief features OF baseball The pubic
likes them especially where he ho:ae
team has received the better OF tn ha.y-
gain and they win continue to create san
sstiuFsa each year as long as the game is
played.
There Is need Of another emancipation
This time the baseball player is the -
thy object 81 such legislation Tnes. 4. 70
doubt that Il requires some very string az
rules TO Keep the players In line. bai ST
the same time the magnateS should not,
take any unfair advantage I'm their de a.
tngs with their players. The players i'd
terests are the magnatss' interests Tar
without the former the latter would h.s-
come nonentlty.
Undoubtedly. the reserve rule Is a ~. II
Institution In professional ball plA wing Il
Is the bulwafk Of the game. but Hike - isy
other good laws. ii Is Etlevousiy abs 4
For an example. take the case OF Cana.
van, who II on the reserve list al tas
Brooklyn club. The latter does not Nat
the player, but sees CHARGE 20 gain tn-
other player by exchanging CanaVan for
him Thus far all Fight 50 Tar rs t,a
bfookltr club Is concerned. hut here IS
where the injustice 20 the player comes ia.
Bfooklyn makes a deal with SyrAtuss,.
nut does 80 without consulting thu plzxfr.
and the latter is expected TO accept taa
situation whether or net i, Is agreeable.
Sailasans only hope Is that Proxi,s ne
Will intefcetis and n.event hlm from ae-
Gaming star, Why should he b,. h4f-
tered about from club to club 81 IN s.al
he were dumb ANIMAL Is this The mag.
nate. idea af isIsticeT
The reserve rule is all risht IN keer~
ine players from jumping srom one rH4o
70 another nh*never they feel Ike II ant
when club has "a use TOR a playev. ttsr
II should net abuse she reserve r3lc prltf-
isge by forcing him - 81 wherever ia a,--
csaes or get cur nf the tusiness When 4
RUE IL niisused IN such a manner. - would
be better TO wipe Il Oft the statute b.a.
altogether. The players are human they
sTn entitled 20 some reSoect
Haschaa aepe nds entirety Upon the p}ss.-
Ing abilities 81 the mea 20 make Il "a sl....
cess, All the ralea dga3ied from sow u-,u
doosnssiay viii not accomplish the sir4n-
elai results THAI winning team wAt "a
III ofte season, Then too. what good are
the rules IL the maGnates viii ret enfaf>e
them, except where i IS = personal mt
tar between themselves and theiF pav,
sfsF II the mSguafe. would do bees f4u}s-
eftnE with she ruies and be more i,-sf
with The ones su existence. they wauUl ID
better of in she iosS run
Tom iSfewn. nlasae~F 90 TIRE WaSh.sg-
Ton bAh ic4m advances novci Atss}.
tnent as 10 why sne Assu, hlt shrs}d -
abolished lie SAYS fhat IN nsaef, ee.-sy
sport q handicap r. Yasorted a. se rs -
even up ntas'ers sad <kc ;be scnt. Z
racFa inSefesf{nE sic thinks that e
fSafss'1ore ;eam With the bumt in ass
iAs AZ least = per cesf the host os 2
#h0 IS - rssiity lhc ealy team Iu the
major ae8sOe ~ benefit ~ * Ahas-h
TIC han' asa $50 hs oPsuan ta- BASS
ntstEss est Some tsek - the same r.. 81
sass other teams oe%urx
What agiiNaut Irat Ana .hss s..,
fyon n2an ~tn haS bees .,iavFne e..a
tog sessrls quarter 80 z century, So.
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