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BRla rllu |iter e is, in•iytilecepthewit-lOtttEIT.NS-3T.5(186tralore.the1011-thefall-batKh,ard.thefihtiludiraa'eatverliat5 ofneea Keues-'i8ha®kKCrI toeranottheitiKmoney every year. It la for the players’ interesttnat these losses should not he so beavj* as to cause a disbandment, and to avoid this they must consent to accept fair salaries. This constant ohange iu the membership of the League has always been recognized as undesirable, ami hae been the cause of the legislation iu regard to players. It first took the form of au agreement not to hire players before a certain date, in order to have an open field. Tliis resulted in the payment of inordinately high salaries to a few men, as managers kept bidding over each other, and the result was salary bills which swamped the weaker oues before the season ended. The‘•five-men reeervatiou” met the difficulty; and It Is not at all probable that, having tried It once, the olubs will recede from it, or if they do they will certainly hit upon something similar. Saoh an agreement Is solely in the interest of the weaker members of the body. Chicago, for Instance,, has nothing to gsin by It. It canafford to pay large salaries to good men, and aman who has once played in Chicago never oares to play elsewhere. There is not a man in the Cbiougo team who will not be free to go where he likes when the season is over, and not one of them who would not rather stay than go.To sum up the matter, the League has conferred a lasting benefit upon the players by making for them a permanent organization, a thing which they could not do for themselves. They have tried it again and again. The organization which preceded it and the International and National Associations which have run into the ground beside it, huve all been organizations of base ball players. This is an organization of base ball clubs, managed by successful bnaiuees men, who have put tins meritorious game on a permanent and reputable footing, and if the ©layers are wisethey will continue under its control, content withtheir present salaries and certain pay. To do otherwise will be to destroy the valuable patronagewhich the League has worked up. and to relegate the game to the times of revolving, bamming, gambling, game-selling, and everything that is disreputable.In this connection it may be of interest to inquire by what right the clubs in the cities where all this row is being made, try to dictate terms to the other members. In point of fact, they are the worst managed iu the organization, and hare done the least to make the game a success, either financially or from the sportiag point ot view’. In Boston, one-half of those who witness the games do so from points outside the inclosure, and pay uotbing Into the club treasury. In Buffalo, the management was weak enough to allow its pitcher aud catcher to start a drinking saloon and make it ball headquarters, thereby injuring the quality and quantity of its attendance. Cincinnati, now in the agonies of its third failure, got together a Jockey nine, which it runs as a side-show to its bcor garden on Sunday. Is it any wonder that they are last in the League race,and are about $3,000 short each! Management, like charity, should begin at home, and when these clubs show a fair amquut of business sense, it. will be time enough for the press of those cities to ask that they be given entire control-of the League. It is safe to say that C’iiicago has such a strong appreciation of ttie value of connections that it will oot have a team for next year, unless those connections are assured.Chicngo 1—Troy 0—Forenoon Game. *THLIS6pscCothe ]in imlglits i mine teatiwasmotiprooothe tuarl not 1 farncmile but 1 waglt; they stee]exteFllt; fines In thhaveAnto-diBisbPresYou.n i egmix!see ir doot face!whitatteito a speacitiZfof to if tin woul Th day:Haset, (seconHa
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Cincinnati Commercial
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Fri, Sep 03, 1880
Page 6
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Tom P.
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