The Irish standard., 1890-03-22
sOME uNPL EAS FACTS.
sA State of Things Which the Playors
- sLeasua Slould Seek To Remedy.

8@45 "a certain hotel OF CINCINNATI mas 70
GENTLY caused a statement to be pub
lishel TO the effect that it will not here
after receive &H Professional baseball
teams as guests. This hotel, which has
for years catered to the baseball
trade, has suddenly discovered thai
the ofessicnal ball player is ~
|eye-sors to tho better paying class
4 of patrons and does not want any
of tho knights Of knickerbock to
again darken its threshold. 1t is urged
that professional players are the most
disorderly people that travel, and have
little idoa Of docency and manners.
This leads the Cincinnati Enquirer to
remark:
his claim is not altogether without
foundation. There are ball players on
Como Of the clubs pay-rolls who delight
in parading their low-fung instincts,
and whose table manners would make a
Digge= Indian move away from good
meal They are hoistorous and vulgar,
and when not busy trying to sneak .
few drinks unbeknown to the manager
are out in front Of tho hotel squirting
tobacco juice on the pavement and try
ing to mash every lady who happens to
come in range of their eyes and smiles.
These individuals, however, are excep-
tions in the profession, not the rule.
Some teams conduct themselves in a
hotel with the same propriety as do
other guests. The Cincinnati team is
one of this kind. 1t has fine rec0rd
abroad, both as regards conduct in
hotels and on trains.
ssThere are other teams whose COM
ing is source of annoyance and dis
pleasure to every body they meet. II
is intimated that on account of the con-
duct of some Of these rufianly players
the Pullman Palace Car Company seri-
ously contemplated issuing an edict
last season notifying their conductors to
refuse to take travelling baseball teams
as passengers. Had this order been
issued it would have caused no end OF
Inconvenience to managers and players,
for without the rest secured in sleepers
when making jumps from one city to
another the players would be in such
miserable condition that they would not
be able to do justice to themselves OF
their club.
zone particular team in the associa-
ton was the cause Of the complaint
from the sleeping car officials. Last
season, while making a jump from Bal
timore West, several of the members OF
the team opened up lively little game
of draw. 1t was not long before quar-
rel arose about one of the players being
shy in the ante Hot words were fol-
lowed by blows, and a prominent pitcher
and a well-known second baseman be-
gan to slug each other with all their
might and main. In the far end Of the
car was a delicate woman-a young
mother with a baby in her arms. She
became frightened during the fight and
jumped up, intending to run to the
toilet-room to get out of sight of the
belligerents. AS she arose she tripped
and pitched forward. She struck the
edge Of the seat and cut q deep cash
over her eye. She was seriously in
iured and a doctor was called. Even
this occurrence did not quiet the bel.
ligerents. and they continued to abuse
each other until the conductor threat
ened to telegraph ahead and have them
arrested at Cumberland.
SAT another time a certain league
team took possession of the Mushroom,
and purposely delayed their additions
in such manner that other passengers
did not geta chance to wash until the
train had pulled into the depot Of the
city for which they were bound. tits
tricks of this kind that gives PROBES.
sional ball players a bad name. The
decent members of the profession owe i
to themselves and the game to frown
down rufianly and vulgar actions. Il
is not known where professional base
ball teams will stop here next year"