The record-union., 1891-08-08
OUT IN THE COLD.
McGuirk, Spies, Hoffman and 0'Day
Without Job.
They Refuse to Play Ball, and Man.
ager Ginsberg Very Properly
Suspends Them.

McGuirk. Spies, O'Day and Hoffman
mento baseball club for the balance Of
the season, and this act of Manager Gins
berg is the most commendable thing he
has done since he has had control of the
Sacramento franchise.
A certain few players in the team
needed something of the kind to bring
them to their senses, for they were having
matters too much their own way. They
imposed on McCloskey, and succeeded in
doing pretty much as they pleased with
Ginsberg, but they reached the end OF
their rope yesterday. and to-day they
find themselves without positions.
Those who are not intimate associates
of the players, or who do not have any
particular favorites in the team, will
applaud the action of the manager. 1t
was right. 1t was the only and proper
thing to do when faction tried to intimi-
date the management. They thought
they simply had to make their demands
and they would be acceded to. They did
not stop to take into consideration the
fact that it was Ginsberg's money that
they were receiving-that it was he who
PAID McCIoSkey to manage the team, and
that it was matter entirely within his
discretion whether or not McClOSkey
was competent to captain the men.
When the entire team compelled Gins
berg to reinstate Works it must have
been embarrassing in the extreme to the
manager. but since that time the club has
divided into two cliques, though as rule
they all stood together in matters that
pertained to the welfare of the team.
When Spies, O'Day, McGuirk and Hoff-
man We're told that McCloskey would not
play ball unless he was to be manager,
they informed Ginsberg of what they
wanted, and expected him to at once
comply with their demand. When he re-
fused to do so they got mad, and declared
they would not play ball again.
They were out at the ball grounds yes
terday, but neither Of the four would don
his uniform. Sunday, Works, Peoples,
Stapleton, Hutchinson and France were
ready TO play, but the rest of the team
were not within the diamond. They
stood outside the fence. and spent their
time in telling people what they thought
OF the players on the bench who would
not stand by McCloskey They declared
that the very men who sided with the
management were the ones who could
not have secured positions were it not for
McCloskey.
The players in uniform were referred
to in all sorts of uncomplimentary and
indecent terms, and many times in Ian
guage that was outrageous, and which, if
it had been heard by the players toward
whom it was directed, would have
brought on trouble.
AT 3 o'clock Umpire Jim Mcdonald
called play ball ~ and of course it was
understood that Sacramento was to for
felt the game. The Oaklands took their
positions in the field, Sommers pitched
three or four balls across the plate, and
the umpile declared the contest won by
the Oaklands.
After this the players in uniform
formed picked mines and had game
''for fun
The people who came out to see the
game were disgusted, and there were
many expressions of disapproval of the
conduct Of the four players who refused
to appear.
Immediately after the game was de-
clared forfeited Ginsberg went to each of
the four players and notified them that
they were suspended for the balance of
the season and fined $40 each for not ap-
pearing in uniform on the diamond.
Last evening he wrote letter to Secre-
tary Harris of the California League Off
cially notifying him of the suspension OF
McGuirk, Spies, Hoffman and O'Day for
the balance of the season, and asking him
to take steps TO have the players placed
on the blacklist ofthe National League.