PITTSBURG-, TUESDAY, APEIL 21, 189L
PLACED jNTHE PARK,
Forbes Street Entrance Defin
itely Settled Upon as
the Site for the
MAIN LIBRARY BUILDING.
Carnegie's Jlillion-Dollar Gift
Tided, $700,000 Going to
Schenley Park and
Di-
THE EEMALNDER TO THE DISTRICTS
I'riies of 15,000 Offered to Architects
Who Will Trepans Suitable Plans
ior the Mrnclures.
REPORT OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE.
IU Umbers Decide Tttt Tlry Carnot Aai to
Piy the High Prices Aiisd for land
ia the Hesrt of the (My.
ESITCHES OF EIPEESENTATIYE UBBAEIES
The Central Carnegie Library buildings
will occupy the Schenley Park entrance.
Definite action was taken yesterday on this
question and it was finally settled. The
Building Committee yesterday gave its re
port to the Library Commission. The re
port, as published in fnll below, is a lengthy
one, and contains the result of the commit
tee's investigations. The first question con
sidered was the location ot the Central Li
brary at the Schenley Park entrance. Care
ful inquirv developed the fact that a down
town site wonld be impossible to obtain
without seriously crippling the whole sys
tem. Locations in the immediate center of
the city could only be obtained by an
outlay of from 5100,000 to 600,000, while
cmhing within easy walking distance of the
business portion of the city could be se
cured for less than $300,000. The committee
deemed the expenditure of such a large ad
ditional sum on the Central Library would
necessitate so much cutting down on the
amount allowable for district libraries that
they would be very incomplete affairs.
The question of whether the city might
not donate a down-town site was considered,
but soon dropped, as it involved the separa
tion of the library from the mnseum and art
gallery, which it was generally conceded
should be at the pare entrance, where
they could have room for additions in
the future. The committee found that
there would be a great saving of money in
grouping the various buildings in one place.
Taking all these points into consideration
the committee decided to recommend the
location of the central buildings at Schenley
Park.
The object of the committee is to have all
the branch libraries complete in themselves.
Trie main library will differ from them only
in being supplied with reference books on
all professions, arts and sciences. The fol
lowing is the report as submitted by the
committee:
To the Board of Trustees or the Carnegie library
of l'ltuburs:
The subject referred to this committee ap
pears upon investigation to take an almost
indefinite scope. It was, specifically, to re
port upon the character and cost of the
buildings to be erected at the entrance of
Schenley Park. But no definite recommen
dation can be made as to location of build
ings there without reaching a recommenda
tion, positive or negative, on the question of
locating buildings elsewhere. Any estimate
of expenditure at the park entrance implies
a complementary decision of the amount to
be devoted to the erection of buildings at
other points. The discussion of the merits
or demerits of sites, apart from their relation
to grouping or division of buildings and the
appropriation of the building fund to either
policy, is outside of the province of this
committee. Upon chat aspect of the subject
the committee submits the following con
siderations: One fact should first be staied.definingthe
powers of the board. The letter ot Mr.
Carnegie to the City Councils of Pittsburg
which forms the foundation for the exist
ence of the board, specified the purposes to
be attained by his donation. These were
the erection of the building? lor, first, a
library system to consist of branch libraries
in the various sections of the city and a cen
tral library; second, an art gallery as a part
of the central building; and third, in the
same group, accommodations for the various
scientific and learned societies of the city.
Since this proposition was made the basis
for the work of the board, suggestions have
been offered for valuable additions to the
project by including a large public hall or
auditorium and a museum of archae
ology, natural history and kindred
subjects. It is recognized that these
propositions have met with favor not oniv
from the members of the Board but from the
donor of the fund. But it is essential that
these additional features can only be at
tained, if the fund at the disposal of the
board proves sufficient after the purposes
specifically mentioned by Mr. Carnegie
have been adequately provided for. A
proper respect for the terms of the donation
will not permit the board to cut down or
abandon the specified features for the sake
ot includiug others that are not specified.
A very wide liberty of definition is left to
the board as to the character of the central
and branch libraries. But the general
proposition is indisputable that it must first
provide the system consisting of a central
collection of books, circulating libraries dis
tributed throughout the various quarters of
the citr, the art gallery and rooms for the
meetincs of societies devoted to the arts and
sciences. After adequate provision for
these features is secured the addition of an
auditorium and a museum may be expected,
it the fund at the disposal ot the board is
to managed as to cover these objects.
Approaching the subject from this stand
point, the first issue bearing on the location
ot building at Schenley Park is that of lo
cating any part of the buildings elsewhere.
As a staiting point, the committee notes the
general agreement that the art galleries and
the museum if the latter feature is secured
must be located ou the park entrance.
The necessity of space for the future exten
sion ot these features, and of protecting
their contents from damage by smoke and
dust, fixes their location at this point by
general assent. Beyond this a large element
of public opinion, which is represented on
the board and on this committee, has ur
gently maintained that for the sake of giv
ing the widest utility to the central librarv
ami the auditorium, it would be a good in
vestment for a portion of the fund, to use
it in purchasing a site in the business sec
tion of the city, or closely adjacent to it.
"With the vast ranee of arguments on the
respective merits oi a down-town and park
site, this committee lias nothing to do, ex
cept as they bear on the appropriation of
lunds to the various buildings. Tiie discus
siou of thafquestiou with releiencc to a pur
chased site is shortened by the fact that uo
such site is presented at a cost which is re
garded as permissible even by the element
urging this idea in the abstract
The committee deems it justifiable to so
outside of its strict province in order to cor
rect a misapprehension that the question of
a downtown site has been dismissed without
a due investigation ot its practicability. Jt
has had submitted to it the result of investi
gations made under the reference of the site
question to the Executive Committee with
the aid of real estate experts. In addition
further investigations have been made, with
the countenance of the Chairman, by a
member who represents the opinion that a
downtown site is preferable if it can be
Sketch for building at park entrance, to
of scientific and artistic societies, offices, etc
obtained without crippling the building
fund. The result of these inquiries is that
12 different locations either in the business
center of the city or within ten minutes'
walk of the concentration of transit
lines have been under consideration.
Certain of them, of limited dimensions,
but central locations in the business quarter,
would cost from $400,000 to $650,000. Oth
ers of less advantageous character, but in
the vicinitv of the business center, are ap
praised at $325,000 to $400,000 for ground
commensurate to the scope of the project,
while the only locations where there is any
hope of coming within a cost of $300,000
present such marked disadvantages as to
make their cost far in excess of their value
for this project.
The bearing on the questions to be consid
ered by the committee of this showing is
practically, conclusive. It is evident that
to devote half of the fund in the hands of the
board to the purchase of the site would re
duce the further realization of the scheme to
the most meager proportions. The local
libraries must be cut down so as to furnish
small accommodations and-mean exte
riors. Even then the utmost that could
be devoted to the main buildings
would furnish a total of accommoda
tions and architectural qualities much
inferior to the Allegheny building. Ko
one would recommend the purchase of a
site at such a cost, bnt the same considera
tions apply in diminished ratio to the use of
a less sum, supposing that a moderately el
igible site could be obtained for $300,000. By
reducing the sum assigned'to local libraries
to $200,000 this would leave $500,000 for the
main buildings. Equally divided between
the buildings at the park entrance and the
down-town site, this would construct, at
both localities, buildings somewhat inferior
to the one in Allegheny which is referred
to in this report as a standard of compari
son familiar to everyone. By so much as
the buildings at one point might be in
creased, in exactly the same proportion the
other must be diminished. It is manifest
that to adopt such a policy would necessi
tate the abandonment of the auditorium
and museum, except at the cost of a serious
inroad on the stipulated features of
the library and art gallery. In addition
to that the reduction of the local libraries
would mean the reduction of library ac
commodations at the points where they will
be closest to the people. It has been sug
gested, from n source outside of the board,
that for the sake of securing a down-town
site, the feature of local libraries should be
abandoned for the present. The committee
cannot believe that euch a suggestion was
made with a full appreciation of the 'im
portance of this leature to the public or of
the tact that it is one of the conditions of
the gift. The local libraries form the )
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Public Library and Town Hall at "Winchester, Mass., contains space for large oircu
latinglibrary, public hall and minor accommodations. By somewhat reducing the rear
extension it could be made a representative of the $75,000 class of local libraries, or even
less; but as, it requires open ground around it, it is presented as an example of the most
costly class.
especial branch of this system that brings
its use close to the masses. Ttf reduce the
sum appropriated to them below what is
needed to furnish adequate and creditable
libraries in the various sections of the city,
would be practically reducing so much of
library advantages to the common people.
To wipe them out would take the library
facilities from the points where they have
the greatest popular use, in order to con
centrate them at a point which presents the
disputed advantage of a location in the
business center of the city.
As these considerations are conclusive, in
the opinion of the entire committee, against
the purchase of any downtown location that
is obtainable, the next matter that presents
Itself is the question of locating a portion of
the buildings upon other sites which, it is
assumed, the city might offer for that pur
pose if desired. " Here again the relative
merits and demerits of the rival Bites for
library and ball purposes, which will de
termine the choice of the board, are outside
of the proper scope of this report. It is
within its scope to recognize that buildings
of a certain degree of accommodation and
architectural character can be erected at two
fioints, comprising, perhaps, "a central
ibrary and auditorium on one site and an
contain Reference Library, Auditorium, Art
Limit of cost, $700,000.
art gallery and museum on the other. But
the committee also reports that the division
of the buildings would materially reduce
the total results to be secured by their union
at a single point. Experience amply dem
onstrates that to bisect a scheme of building
which is planned to attain certain results,
increases the cost of these results
25 or 30 per cent, or what is more p
to the point as statinc the question before
the board, diminishes the results to be ob
tained from a given expenditure, in the
same proportion. It is a matter of simple
calculation that, taking $700,000 as the
maximum proportion of the $1,000,000 to be
devoted to the main buildings, and dividing
it equally between the two sites, a building
can be placed on each presenting a combi
nation of accommodations and architectural
qualities 16 per cent greater than the
building in Allegheny. Either of them can
be expanded in one r both respects by re
ducing the expenditure on the other. The
accommodations of either or both can be in
creased by reducing the architectural value,
and vice versa. But the total of architect
ural results and internal accommodations
secured in any case, will be materially less,
if divided, than if the buildings are com
bined atone spot.
This consideration, together with the un
divided belief of the members of the com
mittee that, compared with any other site
to be obtained free of cost, the preference
will be largely In favor of the park entrance,
brings the committee to the recommenda
tion that the main buildings be combined in
a connected structure on the 19 acres of
ground offered by Councils at the park en
trance. Before determining the amount of
expenditure to be assigned to that site, how
ever, it is necessary to consider the qnestion
which must be determined with it of the
expeuditure for the construction of local
libraries.
The feature of local libraries established
as an essential part of this system by the
conditions of Mr. Carnegie's gift will be
the most thorough means of bringing the
widest facilities of general literature within
the reach of every person in the city.
It is no part of this report to
tough upon the designation of points
for these libraries, or the distribution of the
fund to be spent in each district That is a
work to be done, when the proper time ar
rives, only by careful study on the spot of
the needs and capabilities of each locality
after consultation with the citizens of the
several districts. The scope of this report
deals necessarily with the sum to be appro
priated to the system of district libraries as
an entirety. That also involves considera
tion of the extent of operations and degrees
of usefulness of which this, branch of the
scheme is capable.
The use of branch libraries distributed in
various sections of large cities has already
been demonstrated elsewher to result in a
circulation of general literature unattainable
by any other method. In a city like Pitts
burg, where there are sharply .'.efined topo
graphical divisions,.it presents i'self as the
method that will especially serve' be pur
pose of giving the entire population the
readiest access to the stores of general 'Jitera
ture. The employment of the term "Branch
Libraries" in this connection seems to hve
produced an impression that they are to ue-j
petty affairs, containing a limited supply of
periodicals and possibly a few books, and
that any demands for books beyond this
limited supply must await the slow prooess
of a draft on a central stock. A proper
estimate will give these institutions an im
portance immensely above that mistaken
idea. Their true province can, as has been
suggested, be better described by the
term local or district libraries. It
is the belief of the Committee
that the local libraries' should be planned
on a scope and capacity that will give to
each section the fullest advantages of a com
plete circulating library. To this end at a
central point in each district a building
should e ereeted of ample capacity, and of
such architectural cbaraoter as to make it
Galleries and Museum, rooms for meetings
an adornment to its section. The size and
library capacity of the buildings must, of
course, vary with the population of each
district, but it is the important feature of
this plan that each shall furnish in itself ac
commodations for an ample circulating
librarv, and that a system of interchange
between the various district libraries shall
secure the result of realizing the largest
definition of the scopeof circulating libraries,
almost at the doors of the people in the
various districts. By this theory the entire
circulating department will be distributed
among the district libraries. It does not
contemplate any central circulating library.
The department loosely referred to as a
central library should be understood to
designate only a reference library, contain
ing works of a specialized character for ex
haustive study in the different branches of
research, such as cannot be distributed
among the district libraries. The functions
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Elevation of library building at Johnstown. Cost about $60,000. Contains large
library and reading room on oue floor, public hall on another and gymnasium and class
rooms on third floor.
of a central office with reference to circu
lating libraries would be those of general
superintendence, the purchase and appor
tionment of books, and perhaps, though not
necessarily, a species of clearing house for
the interchange of books between the several
districts.
In order that his plan of local libraries
may be fully realized, the committee deems
it necessary to set aside such a portion of the
fund as will provide each district with a
building of ample accommodations and
creditable character. In giving the neces
sary value to each building it will be easy
to make it include other features which will
enhance its popularity. The first floor ot
each building will naturally contain a
library and reading room. It is suggested
that the libraries be planned upon the
alcove system, which permits the visitors to
go among the books. This might be made
subject to such modification as will enable
a partial adoption of the stock system, in
the future if the accumulation of books
shall render it necessary to economize space.
The libraries should provide shelf room for
5,000 to 15,000 volumes at the start with
space for .luture growth up to a limit of
30,000 to 60,000 volumes according to the
population and needs of the different dis
tricts. The upper portions of these buildings
could provide rooms for the meeting of read
ing or question clubs, for chess rooms, and
in most, if not all, cases an assembly room
or small public hall for lectures, debating
societies and musical recitals. The extent
of these features would, of course, have to
be varied, as the sizeot each building might
permit, but it is the opinion of the commit
tee that some or all of them can be provided
in connection with every district library in
the city, it is tatteu as a part or tne gen
eral library project that literature of a
specialized class provided by the board will
be kept iu the reference library, but the
suggestion may be interjected here that if
the citizens of any district should desire to
enrich their district library with any special
collection of books the board would provide
accommodation and custody for such gifts.
The sum required to erect district libraries
on the scale outlined at this stage is a mere
matter of estimate, but the committee Is of
the opinion that a sufficient amount should
be reserved to insure generous provision of
the accommodations designated. By setting
aside $300,000 for that purpose the erection
of five district libraries at an average cost of
$60,000, or of six at an average cost ot $50,
000, will be assured. It is taken for granted
that on the special investigation renuired
I before these libraries are located, districts
win oe iouuu oi less man tne average popu
lation, but distinctly separate from other
sections, the wauts of which can be
met by buildings at less than the aver
age cost varying down to $30,000. This will
afford a surplus for the expansion of the
buildings in the most populous districts to a
possible limit of $75,000, or tor supply
ing new districts beyond the number stated.
The committee recommends that $300,000 of
the $1,000,000 be reserved for the purpose of
erecting local libraries. While this will 1
provide adequate and creditable buildings,
the committee would further express its
hope and wish that a further sum may be
found available in the future for the ex
tension of the local library system in any
direction that may be found useful.
Simply as illustratious of the class of
buildings that can be provided for this de
partment the committee submits herewith
illustrations of library buildings which have
been erected elsewhere, the different totals
of cost and the varying accommodations and
architectural qualities are given eb repre
senting what can be regarded as the possi
bilities in the plan of local libraries con
templated by this report.
Returning to the consideration of the
main building, it sbonld be understood that
beyond the recommendation already made,
most of the suggestions are offered by the
committee merely as possibilities of a com
bined structure. To secure the highest de
gree of perfection, it .is presumed that the
designing of these buildings will be thrown
open to the competition of the architects of
the United States. In order that artistic
talent may have the widest scope, no re
striction should be placed upon it, save the
essential conditions that, upon a designated
spot of ground, certain specified accommo
dations must be furnished within a stated
limit of cost
In connection with its recommendations
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The Carnegie Library at BradJoek. Can be reproduced as an example of the $50,0 00
class, with library, assembly hall, rooms for reading, societies and chess rooms, by cutting
off the rounded corner on the left hand. Or by other modifications the design could be
brought into a lower class of cost
asto these necessary requirement;, the com
mittee makes various suggestions with the
proviso that they are taken only in that
character and are subject either to improve
ment, modification or rejection after the
thorough architectural study of the project
As to the accommodations contemplated
in the building, the first department is the
library. The necessity for an exact defini
tion of the scope of this library has already
been referred to. The committee under
stands and so far as is within its power
recommends that the distinctive feature of
this department shall be that it is a refer
ence library containing a supply of infor
mation unobtainable otherwise for special
study in all branches of research. For the
accommodation of study, ample and well
fitted reading rooms and alcoves will natur-
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Library at Norwich, Conn. Cost $10,000 or by reducing the right-hand extension
could be made to cost $30,000. The larger building could contain library and assembly
roon or public hall and the smaller a library and smaller rooms for reading clubs and
chess rooms.
ally be provided, while for the storage of
books, it is recommended that shelf-room be
provided on the stack system with an initial
capacity for 100,000 volumes and space for
extension up to an ultimate capacity of
500,000 volumes. This is recommended as the
important library feature of this building.
It is not necessarily determined that the
offices for the administration of the entire
system shall be located here, as that eau be
left for future experience to settle. As the
most economical method of providing the
privileges of a circulating library for the
district surrounding this location, it is rec
ommended that space be also given lor a
iocai iiorarv, the accommodations
and
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vuarucier oi wnicn snail ho no more im
portant in .proportion to the population
of that section than the other district
libraries.
As the concentration of these' buildings'
on mis site will permit the addition of
features which would otherwise be dependen t
on the existence ot a surplus alter the
library and art galleries are provided, the
committee recommends us next in the order
of location a public hall, or auditorium.
Definite, areas can be assigned to these two
departments withont need of re
serving the possibility of their future
extension. It .is, therefore, presumed
that they will constitute the front of.
the building and be connected by
a central facade, into the corridors of which
both will have ample openings. It is rec
ommended that the hall have a seating ca
pacity of not less than 2,000, and shall be
suitable for any class of legitimate enter
tainment The suggestion is made that for
the greatest convenience the auditorium
shall take the form of an amphitheater. It
would naturally be surrounded by a large
foyer, occupying the space between the ex
ternal walls of the building and the internal
partitions of the auditorium. Ample door
ways should make passage practically un
interrupted in case of necessity between the
auditorium and the foyer, and exits from the
foyer to the exterior of the building should
be provided on each side. An interesting
suggestion as to a matter of detail has been
made. It is that the grand organ, which
would be a necessary feature of the audi
torium, shall be located in two parts, one on
each side ot the stage, in the space usually
occupied by the first proscenium boxes.
This unique plan has been pronounced by
leading organ builders to be entirely feasi
ble. The plan of the art galleries and museum
contemplates the possibility of their future
extension. It is supposed that they would
naturally occupyt the rear portion of the
buildings, where there will be space for such
additions in harmony with the architectural
character of the whole, as maybe requited
in coming years. This location of these de
partments is, however, subject to modifica
tion by an architect who has a plan for im
proving on it On the supposition, bow
ever, that the best disposition of the various
departments will be in.the general form of
the quadrangle, the report suggests that the
art galleries and museums will occupy the
I rear of the building. on each-side. On this
piau tney wuum ue conuecteu wuu me
library and auditorium, and with each other
by corridors, along which the rooms
for the meeting of scientific, learned
and artistic societies can be located. Addi
tional spaces for thefurtber extension of any
of these features, for storage or package
rooms, or for' administrative offices, should
they be located in this building, can be
found above or below the main departments.
The committee is not at present prepared to
make a definite recommendation as to the
wall space required in the art gallery, or
the wall and floor space required in the
museum, which can only be done after care
lul consultation with experts in each de
partment Of course, both should give am
ple space for large and valuable collections.
The sketch submitted with this report
should be understood to fix neither a guide
for other desiens or a standard of excel
lence. It is simply an illustration of the
architectural treatment that is possible lor
an arrangement ot this sort It is both ex
pected that other designs will show a wide
diversity from this one, and hoped that they.
will surpass it iu external attractions anu
internal facilities.
The cost of a structure of this sort is
capable of taking a wide range. The use of
different materials, the presence or absence
of various sorts of embellishments, can
largely increase or diminish the cost It is
probable that the accommodations com
prised in this sketch can be secured by the
use of the least costly materials as lowas $500,
000, while the employment of the most costly
stones can raise the cost to more than $1,000,
000. Without, as it has already specified,
recommending any adherence to this plan,
the committee would report that it believes
the accommodations outlined can be. com
bined with creditable architectural effects at
a cost not exceeding 8700,000.
A rudimentary and entirely variable esti
mate of the sums assigned to the different
parts of the general scheme, by this plan, is
of interest Of the cost of the main build
ing it may be supposed the principal
amount will be divided aiming the four
leiding departments while a possible $40,
000 may be expended on the rooms for meet
ings ofartistic and scientific societies. This
would divide the remaining cost among the
library, auditorium, urt calleries and mu
seum at an averaire of $165,000 each. In
connection with the library, an expenditure
..C .. n nr.A (Ofi nful niilrl nvntftrln r Willi niiL.
dations Tor a circulating library for that
especial section fuilv equal to the average
obtained in the other district libraries at
much greater cost. Upon this rough out
line, a view of the possible cost of buildiugs
for the various objects included iu the geu
eral plan mav- be given as follows.;
LIBRAEIES.
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PITTSBURG OUT
The Order of the Umpire to Play Ball Will Be Heard Throughout
the Length and Breadth of the Land To-Morrow.
LEAGUE TEAMS STRONGER
It is now an open question whether the
present baseball campaign will be as success
ful in all respects as
that of 1889, when the
interest in the Nation
al game was so great
throughout the coun
try. Since then the
favorite pastime re
ceived a severe blow
from which many men who were competent
to judge predicted it wonld not recover for
years. These forecasts have been decidedly
gloomy and not well founded, as the signs
at present clearly indicate. No sooner had
the Players' and the National League set
tled their grievances and concluded the cut
throat policy carried ou last season than
signs of reviving interest became evident
everywhere and efforts to resurrtct leagues
that had perished were made.
The organizations that have already started
the ball in the pennant campaign have done
so under most auspicious circumstances, not
withstanding adverse weather. This is not
ably the case of the American and Western
Associations, and this is one of the many
reasons why the National League, the oldest
and foremost of all base ball organizations
in the field, looks forward to a most success
ful year. The eight clubs that form the
National League open their campaign on
Wednesday next in New York, Philadel
phia, Pittsburg and Cleveland, and from
that date nntil October there will be no end
of base ball.
The New York Club, says the Telegram of
that city, has left nothing nndone that will
tend to make the event a memorable one in
base ball history. Invitations, have also
been sent to all the prominent clergymen,
lawyers, artists, bankers and brokers. In
all, from 10,000 to 15,000 persons are ex
pected to be present at the opening game.
, All the Teams Strengthened.
In other cities a great demonstration will
be made. It is estimated that 50,000 persons
will be present at these four contests. If
this figure is reached it will.Jrom the begin
ning prove that there has been a general re
vival of interest in the game. Not one
team in the League is as weak as last sea
son. Pittsburg and Cleveland have re
ceived the greatest attention through the
reinforcement of new players. Pittsburg
thinks it has a pennant winning team, but
the Cleveland men, who have had them for
opponents in the South, do not anticipate
defeat from the Pennsylvania world beaters.
In the East, New York, Brooklyn and
Boston each has its supporters, who are pos
itive that the pennant will be won by their
favorite club. When the make up of these
clubs with that of Philadelphia is taken
into consideration, it certainly looks as
though the East had strong teams, although
Chicago, Pittsburg, Cincinnati and Cleve
land may land when the honors are dis
tributed. In the coming struggle more than one
element must be taken into consideration.
The strength of the individual members of
a team does not always win the pennant;
neither does good management alone, nor
team work without strong individual play
ers. Tbe combination of all these qualities
is rarely found in one club.
In this campaign steady team work will
cut a very conspicuous figure. The two main
principles of team work are absolute obedi
ence to the orders of the captain and a
strict attention to the motto, "All lor one
and one for all." Individual preferences
must often be sacrificed for the sake of a
possible chance of victory.
A Glance at the Managers.
For getting team work out of men, Anson
has always been famous, but he never had
such an array of talent to fight against as
this season. Tetaau, Nash and Ward will
be the new rivals ot the Chicago captain.
In the past Ewing, Hanlon, Latham and
Allen have been at tbe head of rival teams,
and the big Swede with inferior players
held his own admirably.
There will be three teams' individually
stronger than Chicago, but there will be
none that can vie with it lor discipline and
united effort, unless possibly it be the
Brooklyn team. Ward's methods are not
unlike Anson's in many respects. He makes
his men practice a great deal, but he docs
bis most effective work during the progress
of the game. He encourages his men all
tbe time, and yet is considered to be some
thing of a martinet. Ward believes in
touching tbe pocket to sustain discipline,
and yet always gives the offending player a
chance before fining him, unless it be a
flagrant case where strong measures are
necessary. Ward's entire team last season
had the greatest respect and admiration for
bim, and was a very happy family.
Ewing'd methods are decidedly different
from those of Anson and Ward. He com
mands more respect from the players off the
fieid than either of tbe other men and insists
npon obedience to orders while on it. He
is not the disciplinarian that Anson and
Ward are, and too frequently he allows his
good nature to interfere with business.
Ewing has a great tact for getting over diffi
culties with his men without producing any
bitter alter effects. This will stand him well
in hand this year, as with the men at his dis
posal and perfect harmony among them he
ought to keep the fljg he won in 1S89 here.
Now York's Strong Aggregation.
Such a strong team never was gathered to
gether iu Hew York. Not only has the local
management got a great regular team, but
its array of substitutes was never better.
Every position will be just as strong with a
substitute in it as when filled by the regular
man. Here are the players: Kecfe, Welch,
Kusie, Ewing, Clrk, Buckley, Connor,
Richardson, Denny, O'Rourke, Tiernan,
Gore, Glasscock. ,
John Ward has his eyes not only centered
on bis Brooklyn team, but be intends to
make it exceedingly warm tor the New
Yorks. If Ward could do so well with the
team he had last year, how much better will
he be able to keep his end up with a nine
made up of first-class players. It was
Ward's individuality that counted last sea
con, and dou that be is surrounded with
much superior material, local cranks are
justified iu believing that he will make as
rood a fight as any of his rivals.
The Brooklyn' Club's new manager will
infuse into the team a ('?gree ot life and vim
which has been painlully lacking hereto
fore. While he may not be quite as quick
and sure at picking up a ball and throwing
it as Smith, the released shortstop, he is so
fur ahead of him in all other respects that
there is really no room for comparison. In
batting, base running, coaching and head
work he will lead his men iu a manner that
will soon make everybody feel that he is
tne right man for tbe position.
Ward, too, has not had to organize the
Brooklyn team as he did the Players' Club
a year ago. Most of the players already
have had years of' experience, and with
Ward's training, discipline and other man
agerial characteristics, he ought to make tbe
following team a very important factor in
the coming campaicn: Lovett, Terry, Car
ruthers, Kiuslow, C. Daily, Daly, Foutz,
Collins, Pinkner, Ward, O'Brien, Burns,
Griffin.
Boston and Philadelphia.
The Boston Club is not being bragged
about as much as some of the other aspirants
FOR THE . PENNANT.
AND THE 'INTEREST REVIVED
for the championship. It is much stronger
than a year ago. It has added Quinn and
Nash to its infield and Stovey to the outer
earden. The batteries are the same as iu
1890, with the addition of Sullivan and
Lake. The addition of Stovey is about tha
only increase of strength to tbe clnb of 1889,
and he takes the place vacated by Kelly. II
the clnb wins the pennant it will not be
through the individual strength of the team
as much as through influences, managerial
and otherwise, yet unknown to the average
baseball crank. The full team is as follows:
H. D. Stovey, J. Quinn, C. A. Nichols, W.
Nash, J. Clarkson, C. Ganzel, C. Bennett;
W. Brodie. H. Long, L. Tucker, M. Sul
livan, F. Lake, James Sullivan. Manager,
F. Selee.
Of the Eastern teams the last bnt not tha
least is tbe Philadelphia. This team has
never appeared as strong on paper as it sub
sequently proved to be in reality. It can be
salely said, however, that the Quaker City
never had a stronger team in tbe League
than the present one. When compared with
some of its rivals it may seem weak'in the
box and behind the bat, as Gleason and
Clements are the only seasoned battery.
The club has three other pitchers in Shultz.
Thornton and Esper, and out of these it
may develop one good man. Harry Wright
is not as hopeful of developing a good
young pitcher as he was earlier in the sea
son, and has been skirmishing about for
pitchers and catchers lately with poor suc
cess. None of the other League clubs is
anxious to release any of its batteries, al
though it seems as if some of them could do
so without serious danger.
But even in its apparently weak form this
club may, as in seasons gone by, prove
strong enough to make the pennant winners,
whoever they may be, uneasy. It is still
under the management of the veteran Harry
Wright and has completed its preliminary
training. One weak point that has always
materially interfered with its suc
cess has been its inability to do any batting
worth speaking of. This year it Is very
strong in this particular. With Hamilton,
Shindle, Thompson, Clements, Delebanty,
Mayer and Myers, it can present an aggre
gation that any opposing pitcher may well
feel afraid to face.
Strong In the rield.
This addition of batting strength will
give tbe team a much better cbance than
ever before, all else being equal. Myers is
not as heavy a batter as some of the others,
but he is one of the most reliable; the best
man ou the team for a sacrifice hit, and the
most scientific batter ot them all when it
comes to placing the ball. This leaves only
Allen and the pitcher as the weak hitters,
but if the pitcher doss the balance of
the work as well as Allen no fault will be
iound with his lack of batting ability.
While they are greatly strengthened in this
respect the once great stronghold, base steal
ing, has been neglected. Hamilton is the
only one who is active ou the bases, Dele
hanty, perhaps, excepted. Shindle also U
fair, but that euds the list, for Myers, Allen,
Mayer and Clements are all of no earthly
use on' tbe bases. Thompson uses rare good
judgment in his base ruuning and is greatly
to be relied on in a tight place.
IrffieTdfng'they are fully up to their usual
high standard, and with good team work in
fused by Manager Wright should do fine
work. Delehanty can play an infield
position in stood style, but it is an open
question whether he can stand the hammer
ing he will receive on first base. It is a
position that requires good hands, and these
Delehanty seems to lack. Myers and Allen
need no comment, their work being their
monument In Shindle they have an able
ally, one who is cot only a reliable, but also
a brilliant player. These four constitute as
good an infield as the Phillies ever had, so
far as fielding is concerned. The outfield
contains Hamilton and Thompson, who will
take care of their old "gardens," while
Mayer will be used in center. This is bis
original position, and, as anyone could
easily judge by his fly catching around third,
he is at home there.
The 'Western Contingent.
Now for the Western circuit of the
League. Chicago, Pittsburg, Cleveland and
Cincinnati will form this quartet of teams.
As usnal, the Windy City aggregation will
command great attention, as Anson is still
its captain. He has a stronger team by far '
than he had last season, or even than he had
in 1889. He is somewnat handicapped this
season, however, in not gettinc the amount
of preliminary practice of former years.
Id Denver, where he took his team early ia
March, the weather has been such as to pre
vent Anson's men doing much outdoor
playing. He i& not much dismayed by this
setback, but, on the contrary, feels that a
poor beginning may make a good ending.
He ha", lour excellent pitchers in Hutchin
son, Gurabert, Luby and Stern, and as
back-stops Kittridge Nagle and Graff will
fill the bill. The standing ot these and the
other men of his team is too well known to
need mention here.
Pittsburg and Cleveland never presented
suoh teams as this year. They are both. m
hopeful of securing a place in the race.
Pittsburg has spent money liberally in se
curing tbe services ot Baldwin, Stratton
and Browning, and probably King. These,
with the old men, ought to make up a team
that will keep all its antagonists on the anx
ious stool.
In its wotk down South it has not aston
ished the people, and Cleveland has shown
up just as well as the Smoky City club.
The Forest City men are working well to
gether, and they hope, also, to be a stum
bling block to other aspirants for leading
honors. These two teams will be as follows:
Fittsbnrg, Cleveland, ClnclnnatU ,
Pittsburg C. Mack, J. P. Beckley. H.
Stalev, F. H. Carroll. Charles Iteilly, J.
Fields, S. Laroque, J. J. Smith, A. Maul,
M. Baldwin, T. Berger, E. Stratton, J, Gal
vin, and perhaps King. Edward Hanlon,
manager.
Cleveland D. T. Yountr, J. K. Virtue,
G. S. Davis, Leon Viau. . J,. McKean, C.
L. Zimmer, B. A. Beatin. O. Tebeau, C. L,
Childs, K. Johnson, J. Knauis, J. Doyle,
J. B. McAleer. Manager, R. Leadley.
Very little is expected of the Cincinnati
Club, as it has been late in getting together
its team on account of the perplexities aris
ing over the League-Association squabbles.
Individually the team is not the weakest ia
the League. In fact all the players have
occupied foremost positions in leading or
ganizations in the past ' This, with tha
capable management of Tom Loitus, ought
to assure the team's backers that if tbe team,
does not start well it may end in a- position .
satisfactory to all.
At present this team is as follows: A. x
McPliee, W. Holliday. Charles Badbourne, '
Charles Marr, J. G. Reilly, W. A. Latham, "
T. J. Mnllane, W. Ehines, J. Duryes, F. '
J. Foreman, J.Harrington, B-Clark, James;.
.K-eenan, . Koat, Lf. Smith, Y. AITOrd,
blattery. Manager, Thomas Loftus.
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The Largest Hearing Ever Held.
Mayor Wyman heard 70 cases yesterday
morning, the largest hearing ever held ia
Allegheny. Each of the 55 persons ia the
Hungarian speak-easy case were fined $1
and costs.
"HELIO. 11861"
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