Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1901 — The Baseball Season. [ARTICLE]

The Baseball Season.

The annual parely of the baseball managers has come to an end in both leagues and within a few days the ardent patrons of the sport will be shiveringly watching the opening spring games from the bleachers. In view of the situation which developed last season, the experiences of the year should be of unusual interest as indicating what is to be the status of baseball in the future. Two leagues are again in the field competing for players, and in some cases competing also for patronage, with conflicting dates in the same cities. Whether the interest in baseball in these cities is to wane or increase would seem to rest largely upon the success with which the managers keep the clubs in those cities near the top of the list. However much the public may have come to regard any one organization as representative of professional baseball, the first consideration will be the game itself. Whether or not two leagues are desirable, now that two have been formed let the aim on both sides be to put up the very best kind of game possible. Rattling, closely contested games will accomplish more than the baseball magnates could hope to achieve iby any amount of diplomatic maneuvering before the opening of the esason.