, 1881-06-19

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| Ever since the Boston team got game
I $llatched away from them in Chicago wllcf
| they Iclt sure of winning, there has been III
| enormous amount Of unnecessary and child
| ISL "kicking" i'll the city Of the red-1eGE$
against the Chicago Club, and more partlc.t
larry Kelly, who scored the winning run OIL
the occasion referred to. Kelly is accused OF
all manner Of nlonstrosities in the way OF
conduct and deportment,-sr is cutting
across the diamond to get in his run, shout
ing at players on the opposit side when they
are running after fly balls, calling for the
wrong 1nan to take Il ball in order to confuse
opposing players, and lot of other things
which, Of course, lie never did. 1t is true
that in his eagerness to score the deciding
tally Kelly forgot to touch third base
Oil his way home from second, and
that the umpire, whose attention
was centred OIL II Dut-out ut first
base, failed to notice the omission, and ;l-
lowed tile run to be scored. No player, how
ever, should be blamed for too much zeal In
his endeIyor TO win; that is Il fault on the
right side, and one easily forgiven, eNceptby
the defeated club and the short si,tc in the
betting But it Is perfectly certain that
neither Kelly nor any other member Of the
Chicago le:lEl is III the habit of conducting
himself III manner to warrant this sort Of 4
paragraph. which recently appeared i'll the
Boston Herald:
. Next Friday Bunker Hill Day. the Chicagos
and liosions will meet for the FIRST time in this
city this season. i word TO Mr.. Kelly: The
kus!on- Chicago games in Boston must be
played aud Won on their merits. No repetition
~. VI Tho recent .steal' in Chicago VIII be toter-
ted to- The rule prohibiting rowlyism OH the
lall-grounds applies to players US well as to
spectators, and will be enforced
T. 1~n e..
tention exclusively to the restraint Of row<ly-
lsln and tliSrepItablc conduct it! its own
team, rs witness the following letter:
10 the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune.
". WAhTIIAM' Mass. June l3-l'Xe read in a.
past few weeks slurs ut the Chicago Bail Club,
and at Kelly End .<inson iii particular. They
like to keep that run Of kelly's from second
50 rs to have him abused Friday when he PLAYS.
We think that is too mich exaggerated Then
they published that he yelled ut the players i'll
the Worcester nine last week in that city to try
and confuse them 50 they would mutf the bali.
can't see how thn home nine would allow any
thing like that to occur lit it did occur ut ALL.
about Rurdock's not playing yesterday. more
than that he had sprained his ankle while ut
Practice, in tue morning. The truth is, he
sprslined his head and stomach with bud rum,
and was unable to play, and during the game be
WIS WIS tue noisle;t l.. and d. drunkest man l ever
Cincinnati. Milwaukee. and Philadelphia
lie was offering to bet SO to S on the Dostons,
With no takers, and, after lie had called up
Whitney and Fox ami told them how to play to
win, he c:lne buck and wanted to bet $40 to 81
with me $50 In sure of what I'm writing} thnt
the l;oStons would win. Snyder had hard work
taking care OF him aud keeping him from bet
ting.
lie would call to the players and annoy them
50 mitch that tue NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to tell
him to keep quiet. but he paid no attention to
hlm until he called - time, and went to him and
the players. Yours truly. SAN CHRISTIE.
4 word Of advice to Boston: Keep cool,
anu don't get ratified because your club
loses: If you 10, you'll have more than you
can conveniently attend to. The Chicago
team, whether playing here or in Boston, will
l'ut nearly rs 1nurl money into your cIul-
treasury (and Heaven knows it's ncede.D as
al the rest 0f the League teams combined.
81 take things easy, alld you'll be just as
happy and great deal more respected.