There is a general tendency of belief that
the Brooklyn* w ill win the second race. It
is Based principally upon that team’s good
lini-h in the first series. But It will be
well to keep a critical eye upon Harry
Wright’s Philadelphia team. They are
playing tin- steadiest ball in the League at
this time.
Harry Wright 's name reminds me that
next season will be his twenty-fifth suc-
< . ssive year in professional baseball play
ing and management. A quarter of n
century in the business' What a testimo
nial for an honest man and an honest, pop
ular sport ’
The Western league died hard. The
proposition to preserve half of it by an
amalgamation with four clubs of tin*
i worthv of th" '
a Mulberry Sellers The < •;
have, . ir.-nit wonM
.. . . . ...msas City to Albany,
oi these days <>f stiff railroad rates
a is no 1 i mcial possibility of the two
• • . tions getting together for business.
The Western league <lid just what com
mon sense dictated turned on the gas,
stopped up tlie keyhole and dropped to
sleep. HicjaCet! The victim of a rainy
spring and the millennium plan.
The Eastern league attempts to sit on a
three legged stool that is, play with six
clubs maybe a success, but not likely.
