The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-08-08

4 Arson, TOOK prompt meAeul eS 10 deter
mine the truth or falSity OF the report.
in question. By arrangement witn q
I detective agency in the city the action.
and habits Of every man in the team
both at hOms and abroad, were wafchs &
and refully noted through a period Of
six weeks. and at the end OF that inns
written report was made to President
Spalding. The course adopted BY the
chief upon receiving the report OF the
detectives was in exact accordance with
the line of policy be has always follow
ed in The management OF the clubs
affairs Armed with documentary evil
dence he proceeded directly from his
officeLo the grounds, and found the
men in their club room drsssing or the
game As the chief entered ne closed
The door behind him. and with an ex-
preston of cOuntenance which the men
scarcely understood, but which they
nevertheless did not Ike. called them
together. Boys be said. "for the
| first time within two years, or perhaps
longer. II has become my unpleasant
duty TO call you to account for certain
derelictions of duty, at which : am
deeply surprised, and which certainly
do you no credit as ball players. You
are retained by the management OF the
Chicago ball club. as you well know, at
liberal salaries. and under certain con-
dltions as outlined in the contract you
! signed, yet il has come to my knowledge
that in one respect and that a very
grave one, you are not living up TO your
agreement with me and the club" The
chief paused and locked about him, but
not word came from any man present.
Each vas doubtless taken too much By
surprise 10 do more than listen in half
dazed manner, ana silently wonder
what was coming next For some
weeks past" CONT ued the chief, re
ports have reached me to the effect, that
certain of you had forgotten your
pledge and were inculging in intoxicat-
ing liquors. / need not tell you how
annoying these reports have been TO
me, and how much they have brought
discredit upon the club and the club
management. You will remember that
l spoke to several Of you about such re
ports some weeks ago, and you said they
were untrue, and characterized them as
fairy tales started by enemies Of the
club, who were jealous of your success.
l accepted this explanation for the time
being, but il did not stop the reports of
your intemperance, which continued to
reach me daily. finally determined
to act in the matter myself, and six
VEGAS HhO 4 tue 6cIN4Ccd VI a
detective agency 10 shadow and report
home and abroad. Now. boys, pro-
pose 10 read you the report of your
actions as it has been submitted to me
by the men who have been with you.
watching you night and day." Here
the chief unrolled the document he held
in his hand, and read IL aloud, page
after page II was poser, from begin |
ming 10 end, and If il could be printed |
would afford one OF The choicest bits OF !
base ball literature ever put |
upon paper. The detectives had seem |
ingly done their work well, and during !
the reading Of the paper the boys could |
only glance nervously at each other,
and color deeply when read. Every |
action Of each member of the team for |
g period of six weeks or more was close. |
ly noted The time at which they had |
retired each night; the billiards or cards |
they had played with each other at their |
hotels. The instances in which they |
had slipped away to accept might |
cap" with friend before going to bed
in fact, no act which related In any /
way to their habits or their moral guage /
had escaped the watchful ewes Of the |
detectives. The report was faulty in |
some respects; as for instance, when il /
spoke of Tommy Burns having been /
seen smoking a cigar after dinner at st.
Louis" when 1t is well known that /
Tom never uses the weed. But in the /
main il was pretty correct, as the boys |
could only admit. and when the chief /
had finished reading il he turned quiet
ly to the men as they stood grouped be-
fore him, and said: This paper has
shown you Just what grounds there
have been for the reports that have
from time to time been reaching me.
and leave 1t to any or all of YOU as 10
whether or rot you have treated the
club management squarely. This is the
trst time l have had to call this team,
as ii is now organized, to account upon
such grounds, and warn you to let il
be the last. Kelly, Mccormick. Flint.
Gore. Williamson. Flynn and Ryan |
shall fine IS each for drinking liquor in
violation OF your agreements. and i
shall state here now that will double
the fine at every future action Of the
kind upon your part. Now, bows % eep4
your mouths closed about this affair.
and 20 ahead end win the champion
snip" with which remark President
Spalding passed out Of the room. and
lett the BOYS staring stupidity at one an
other. When the lads finally did sue
coed in finding their tongues. il NAV be
easily imagined that they did some
tall talking. Somehow the story leaked
put and got into the morning papers
here the following day. badly CARRIED
and greatly exaggerated it is true, aud
All the more sensational because of that
TACT. i saw President SpaIding the day
following, and talk over the occurrence
With him, from which conversation /
cleaned the above facrs. The bovs
have not been getting drunk. mind
Tou," he said, "and so far as / have
been able 70 observe personally, have
leyer at any time this season unfitted
for work through induIg-
'nces or excuses of any kind. They
lave, however, so far forgotten or light .
:. regarded their pledge as to occasion
IuT: indulge in a glass Of beer or
oddly, and these indulgences, when
cen, have reached me and other officers
I the club IN an exaggerated form.
notwithstanding these disclosures.
which simply amount TO little care
sessness or loTgedulness on the part Of
ne PLAYER IN accepting an OCCASIONAL
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