The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-22
GOSSIP oltRE AMERICAN PLAYERs

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GOSSIP oItHE AMERICAN PLAYERS.
The Erect ofvinter Play on the Eastern
Men on tACoast-lt May 1niurc them for
Next sea3h's work-What the Mama
rers Thi3 OF It kansas City Ne the
Eighth Ciubt the Association.
"what erdwill the winters work Of the
Eastern ball 3yer In San Francisco have on
them next sinner 2" is q question which is
now worryinde managers whose players are
on the coast. THAT the players will feel the
worse for thetwinters work Is generally con-
coded. One q player who has tried a winter
on the coast ID the other day that the men
when they getome will feel two years older.
In this case, fttands to reason that these men
will not be abb to do their work next season
As they otheree would. Ball players do not
do much wo1 as . general thing, but what
work they do Huires much strain on the eye
and muscle. al after a whole season OF steady
strain. q restl needed to put them in trim
for the folking season. Without this
rest they lose ht degree of vim and Quickness
which is reau4d of them.
1t seems to lof little use for o manager to
soy Of those Myers. They will have to play
ball all the sad. and do 1t good. too." 1t is
not clear how oh a player is to play good ball
II he is not clable OF doing the work. Take
tho New York |ub. All OF Its best men have
spent the whit on the coast. II they cannot
play good BID on this account next season.
where can thfault be put? The player will
explain that Hid not kno that harm would
come from thfip. But as the harm had been
done, It couldbt be undone.
Manager Mite was asked about the threat
ened effect onbs work Of these players next
season. and 1said: You can put 1t down in
as big letters} you like that l do not like this
What eie4lo. you think it will have on the
men themself 7"
That romds to be seen. I have seen men
play on the cot with no bad effect. but these
cases are raj 1t is sure to cause more or
.s "po Yq 1I. mi It L viii Snv hays ANN, amy effect IS on the
That is h@ 10 say. but all the same they
must play o&iye way to other men. I cH-
pect to have Rd work next, season. and the
best TIM men th VIM \, selected 81 t" doit regardless as
President 4 says that he is against winter
work OF the kstern players on the coast this
season q rqlefeyenting winter play may be
that tR1keq pe arm n to play ayuf In the w n saTi ts So.
cured from tlclub rsservingt the men.
SdpL N6u UHlOu- oI tue btlTOl t6Rm Hu-
vances the ,lea that tho salaries Of ball
several bal! ftysrs, he ssSs. WHO get pretty
%asy wihoma} Considers nnderPaid, His idea
is that in pr to do away with this evil the
salaries snd tSs S of tata tsy. Pa id P ,hs% Be- be event Ss1 d 10 I'M
underpaid nj. This Is one Of the ideas which
are easier afnced than put In practice, 1t is
scheme Of %ttsort. there would be an uprising
such slcfn an a arr3ement woppi ii BE- forthc BROTHER r.
however. th]hot one OF the high-saIaried bali
players wou5consent to a reduction.
The work d forming the Interstate Anna
teur Associsbn Is being pushed BY the mana
itIii II rs t ri be f saar e dIeia Il spes iai6filsa'p Yon 1hs
eiai Athieii Philadelphia. and bergen Point.
abouts. TH clubs already mentioned have
fine %grounoRnd have good financial backing.
The Assertion has at last secured an eighth
club. and !Re now. by their own workings.
nine ~franciss in, the Association. Why they
not seem or. but no one seems to care for i.
Anyway it Huite likely that they will remain
In blissiup possession Of It, The Indians
that any der Association club would do the
samc thin! The Association has Kansas City,
which wlgive ffty-cent ball: the Western
give twenahve-cent ball. 1t would seem as
though ~ Western League. would have as
good q eli. rs the Association could get to-
gether in ut city, so the Association club viii
latest new from Kansas City has it that the
two clubsFill play q spring series. Such a
series of etes would be worth seeing. but the
question iAan any one be found VIII will act
as umpireI
Presidentyrne OF the Brooklyns has returned
from the hcinnati Meeting. He feels per-
fectly satifd ut the lnal settlement OF the
Fl feel rEectly sure that the Kansas City
Club has nfe money behind it than any other
club in 7 American Association. l have
heard it sd that we refused tho Kansas City
Club a, yeaig GO, because the League refused TO
have themhy longer. The fact is, the League
would hay{ked to have had the Kansas City
play Sund3gamos killed it. The Kansas CITY
ers. &RRs4naegn 'I they Want they ssS viii 60 g pan. and
6olp them Fm a club"
.CLEvELAS. Jan. IA. we'll known Associa-
ton man9r declares thar it is probable that
cents or lelper mile. This will make a saving
2 81 @Sss In II ii,'o but a a S SasS in to t fscf b 'siFsti
when II isPnsidered that q losing team, such
as sam WAS thd sv ol sSs S Of 1881; costs W If owners ,Gs
and talElIas though. he would like to
90 win n At hIs price; but WIN POI:
than ,anotlRtown will pay him. He does not
like Louiste's act in engaging Esterday OF
the Buffalsof 1887 for short field. Catcher
Mcclure olhe Philadelphia Club came homo
on TuesdaTlnd brought Stemmyer u colossal
greyhounds n memento OF the CALIFORNIAN
trip. whichArned him nearly $500. outside OF
expenses. IrGuire calls Charles King Of St.
| Louis theIest pitcher among the Eastern
teams In Gfornia, and thinks that Ed Crane
Is sure to Hceed with New York. Mcclure Is
In good co4tion, but has made arrangements
with Stemtsr Tor local trainer Bell to give
him steadHork In the Cleveland gymnasium.
Amos rt. the once great Louisville catcher.
who was tfnght to have diseased lungs when
he WAS relbsd last summer. Is said to be i'm
proving. The RECEIVERS il will be due to regu-
| lar OutdoofOrk. He has hunted all over the
county twland three days every, week this
winter. III disease that 30 suddenly took
Pitcher Sekrd down was pneumonia and not
typhoid fer. He is out OF Ted. but so thin
and weak lat 1t will be 4 month or six weeks
before he h begin practice.
Kansas qy was taken into the Association
at the Cin4nati special meeting only because
II was the by town that showed a disposition
to pay Its IN way. Albany would have taken
the eighthIub II the Association had given 1t
all its plays and most OF Its money. IL is OK
pected uhdtho courts will leave the Kansas