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Show but one issue they will fail utterly. We hope, however, that, - for the sake of the great number of people who are interested in the national game, this spirit will give way to one of good will and conciliation. It is only by concilia-' tion on both sides that the dispute can be settled. It Is natural that the men who have the most money at stake should want to control the negotiations, but if the "magnates" of the Players' League choose to appoint on their conference con-ference committee some of the players themselves, we do not see why the "magnates" of the -National League) should absolutely refuse to meet them or have any dealings with them. It is for the interest of all capitalists as well as players, that an amicable agreement should be reached. All hare something at stake the players as much, in one sense, as the capitalists; and all should be willing to wave minor points, and even individual - likes and dislikes for the sake of the general good. . - - , Get together, gentlemen, and the American public will support the national na-tional game next soason with more enthusiasm en-thusiasm and more dollars than ever before." . When a sport is taken out of the legitimate legit-imate channols and monopolized by professional hirelings it is but a question ques-tion of time '.when it must come into decline. It is therefore no surprise to us to learn that the outlook for the project pro-ject Of consolidating the National and tho l'layers' leagues of baseball players is not so bright today as it was a week ago. It . appears that personal likes and dislikes are too strong for some of the parties to the proposed union, and that they would rather continue the disastrous dis-astrous warfare of last season than accord ac-cord recognition of any sort to certain men against whom they have a personal per-sonal grudge. Rightly the New York Mail and Express Ex-press says: "If this spirit pervades the negotiations, of course they can have |