Volume 46—No. 8. Philadelphia, November 4, 1905. Price, Five Cents. © MOWA/*7£I*?B} } BARNEY DREYFV& \ PRES©T SPORTING LIFE. November 4, 1905. ter another year than they had this. base ball season. If the sun doesn©t That is the tremendous attendance rise there will be no season. which follows the half dozen or more There is more behind the Brooklyn ©S FUTURE contests that are played in scattered situation than has corne to the surface A CIRCUIT CHANGE? points on the first day of the week. in the past year. But it isn©t going to On a recent Sunday when most ,of remain behind forevef. There will be these games were in operation it wks a shift, either one way or another, IS AT LAST SETTLED EOR AN estimated that no less than 25,000 per©- that will make Brooklyn base ball LOUISVILLE MAY RE-ENTER MAJOR sons saw them. Possibly the esti look up for good or take a tumble that OTHER YEAR. mate is too low. But suppose that will render it easy for some enterpris LEAGUE SOCIETY. the attendance was 25,000. That shows ing individual to break into base ball base ball in weaker clubs was suffi cheap. ciently attractive to induce the popu THE WORLD©S SERIES. The Famous Manager Patches Up lation of a small city to spend the Brooklyn "fans" cleaned up quite a Alleged Plan to Transfer the Detroit afternoon for enjoyment around a base lot of money on the Giants. There has ball diamond. Of this always been quite a pronounced Na His Differences WithAhe Brook 25,000 ATTENDANCE tional League sentiment on this side American League Franchise to the is is stating within reason that nine of the river, but there was a greater lyn Club and Will Again Pilot the ty per cent, at least are interested in sentiment that the New Yorks would Kentucky City, So Long Identified and follow the pennant races of the win out if it ever came to a pitched major leagues. Therefore, with the battle between them and ©any other Superbas Next Year. proper attraction to enlist their co club of the American League. Brook With Major League Traditions. operation probably every one of them lyn has had a splendid .opportunity to could be induced to attend at least see what the Giants can do in the last SPECIAL TO "SPORTING LIFE." one major league game during a week. two years, and credit never has been BY JOHN Ji SAUNDERS. Add to that number the other thou withheld McGraw or those associated Now York, Oct. 31. Ned Hanlon will sands who care little for semi-profes with him on the New© York team. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 30. Editor manage the Brooklyn team again sional games, yet are abundantly in If the owners of the property will Sporting Life." The powerful and next year. Confronted With half a terested in major league games and it, get together and make an effort next resourceful American League chief dozen fat looking offers, is evident that Brooklyn has a bafert year to put a club in this city that Ban Johnson, is about Hanlon, who is one of ball population from which to draw will at least make a fight against the to deal George Tebeau the most wanted men in that is excelled by the population of champions, even if they don©t happen a blow .calculated to the business, picked few major league cities. What Brook to beat them every game, or beat them eliminate him from base Brooklyn out of the lot, lyn wants, therefore, is real base in the series, there will be an awaken ball; and at the same and there he will re ball and not the promise of base ball, ing that will give the National League time to give Louisville main. This will set at and -when Brooklyn gets it once, it reason to be glad, and there will be fans what they have rest all rumors of his will become one of the cities of major a treat for the local base ball enthu long wanted - major going "West, and St. leaguedom whic-h not only gives hear siasts who will give up their half dol league ball. A well-de Louis will likely be left ty support to the game from sentimen lars and their quarters when they have fined plan is now on open to Hank O©Day, tal reasons, but goes down in its an incentive to do so. * foot looking to the thus robbing the Nat pocket to help out. transfer of the Detroit ional League of its best American League team umpire. Some unkind BROOKLYN ONCE GOOD. OHIO-PENNSYLVANIA LEAGUE. from that city to Louis- tdward Hanlon person has intimated It must be borne in mind by those lohn J. Saunders vil le and the transfer of that the "Robisons are who give study to the business side . , the Toledo team and about to ruin a good umpire in mak of the game as well as to its spec Youngstown Awarded the Pennant- American Association franchise to De ing a poor manager." Hanlon©s de tacular developments, that there was troit, presumably cutting out the cision to remain with Brooklyn is a time in the past When no city in Circuit Changes to be Reported on former city entirely. An option has the result of his desire to live in the the United States supported a major by President Morton. been secured on the old circus East. He said: "K have been offered league club more royally- In the very grounds in this city and a park will a nice contract by Ebbetts for next early days of the game it was popular Akrqn, O., Oct. 26. Editor "Sport be built there if the deal goes season, and as. I like to manage a club in Brooklyn when some cities which ing Life." A movement toward an through. The matter is being handled in the East I will accept it. I will are still in major league circuits were eight-club league in place of the Ohio- from this end by ex-Chief of Police meet Ebbetts this week and arrange experimental propositions. Even as Pennsylvania League of Haager. Chicago capitalists are back all the minor details." ©" late as Washington Park old Brook last season -was made of Ban Johnson and are looking after lyn was turning out crowds which at a meeting of the the Detroit-end. It is generally be compared favorably in size with the league today, with the lieved here that the deal will go BROOKLYN BUDGET. best that haye seen important base selection of President through, as Louisville fans are cer ball contests in the last two years. A Morton as a committee tainly in the mood to support major veteran newspaper man of New York, of one to investigate the league ball. Haager said tonight that The Question of Economy in Club Who is now the .base ball writer on cities which have asked he had. positive-information that De one of the most important newspapers for admission into the troit would corne here. A side light Management and Sunday Ball Im in the city, called attention only the league next season, with is the news that Andrew Rudolph, of portant to Base Ball in the City of other day to the fact that a Decoration regard to population, Detroit, {is now dickering with the Day game in Brooklyn between St. mileage and Sunday owners of the Toledo Club, having Churches. Louis and Brooklyn probably attract ball. Morton will report offered as high as $35,000 for that ed a larger crowd than has been seen at the annual meeting of the league, which will property. Mr. Rudolph is said to rep BL JOHN B. FOSTER. at some of the great matches of the Charles Morton resent Mr. Yawkey, the millionaire last two or three years. He said be held in Zanesville in owner of the Detroit Club. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 31. Editor that Comiskey told him he received January, when the president will also "Sporting Life." Now that the season more money as his share of the gate be elected. is%past and gone it would be of inter receipts on that day than he ever had CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION. (Apropos to the above we desire to est to the base ball received. » M. G. Snyder, of Akron; W. O. Ander- set right the Louisville papers which "fans" of Brooklyn to son, of Zanesville,. and Al. Cook, of believe that if the American League NOT BEYOND HOPE. enters Louisville that city will have know just how much dif That merely adds to the argument Youngstown, were appointed a com ference of opinion there that with proper base ball, and any mittee to revise the present constitu two clubs and that a war will ensue. \vas in the management thing to stir up the base ball activity tion. The committee will report at Under the National Agreement a of the organization this of this city, there is a,-fine financial the annual meeting. The represent major league can enter any minor year. Not radical quar future here for the first person who atives at today©s session were: Marty league city legally and oust the pos rels between those who comes along and makes the most of Hogan, Al. Cook, Youngstown; W. O. sessor upon tender of $2500 outright were most interested in the situation. In the days of the old Anderson, Zanesville and Newark- and such other sum for fixtures and the successful operation American Association Brooklyn was Ferd Drumm, Zanesville; Harry Smith, damages as arbitrators may agree of the property, but fail looked upon as one of the bulwarks of Lancaster; Howard Risher, Home upon.