Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-31


tEe renewed Interest Fl.ch was alleged %
have sprgEg 81 saa pls keeping pace with
tLe naF sa4san. l. las ttEen 10 rlore than
mcngA o. prove t1lr fhls - called revival
Wls al llls.aa D. several eastern citles
the atlelli.4-e- lp..u games during tae -at-
Ter 1aif 81 jay ~ tae 1-sl week ia August
Wa 4ltll4g l1lufoveL. 1lt before Lls
teams started sest the same cd rat II
pazsinz lllzilfreles scented e. 81 struck
ABd nowhere "a che west g. as FIR has
there be-n sl.gls az promising revival ou
tie eirtalf llieest tL- e01t con af taiugs
a. C.aeiallatl. tA1 aest paying city "a 80
eireus dUunE che IFst lslt n t4s gears
has taeca.s financially alarming. wllls "a
every ot.sef clay Aat Ole west " the Alls-
gasaiss tLe ciubs are pils iag - q losing
basinsss Cleveland a.lue draws fairly
vel because rs teim hls been wearing
the honors u i.eag7-e iesdsr- " neither
ths-e favorable financial conditions can 10
ui..iala4oei ia that city lf the club ioses
abe lead - question of considerable
dCubL
In Chicago the baseball slump i what
fhe crank wouid cal Z lsu1s People
Of that progressive center have use for
nothing bat the best. ash Uncle Anson
this year has not succeeded ia giving them
eral has d0ne tie best possible, handi-
eapped ~ he pas la th- s..iHuing u the sea
son ~ a poor e llotmenU 81 players from she
Indianapolis Consolidation pool Cooney.
his sh0rtsrop. LGrn-d CUT sudden COM
plete fallare, and b. has never been able u
successfully IA Pfefer's vacant shors on
the nine. Any team which Is weak A.
short le.d and see As base - bound % be
veal all over. and that Is The condition "
The Chieleos
.'Ihe cd man" has been experimenting
on new material ~ IN more or less success,
and less success than more But by the
time be gets bis men into what be -
pleased 20 consider championship form the
season Will be 20 far spent that DC viii
have ~ chance 20 arouse the chilled pride
O. the army Of Chicago baseball '-r0oters"
But that llrtle discouragement does not
discourage AnsOu- ~ eyes are fixed upon
the sweet by and by There will be- a
'next season, and iJ has been his custom
for years 20 begin 20 talk about next
season beiors the dog days arrive. IL
begins 90 look at present a. II there might
H. balm Ia Giead for Arson. II We speak
81 the season OF lslo as Gilead-
MAY De- the Chicago club can well afford
60 waste this year whipping together
IT
Worlds far should bring small fortune
20 the treasury " the Chicago club If they
can get a winning team together by thas
time. Vet there are those who viii argue
that the Worlds lair is bound TO be
financial injury rather than benefit 70
the Chicago club under any circumstance,
and the argument Is based upon baseball
experience IA Philadelphia during the year
Of the Cente nnlaL l am not inclined TO
believe that she Chicago club viii receive
DO benefit from the Worlds fair but | am
aware that ex-Prssideut Spalding believes
The fair viii be a financial burden on lis
club hard 20 baar lie argues that for
every visiting stranger who VIII be at
tracted 20 the ball grounds three resident
patrons will b. Kept away By the unusual
demand upon their time by excessive bust
ness.
The sorry slump in baseball interest az
Cincinnati Is another disqualification Of
that old moral taught by the fable Of the
"Hen Which Laid the Golden Egg"
know IL Is modern usage % speak of the
golden egg producer a. a goose, but my
Latin book called it a hen. As applied 10
the Cincinnati case IL makes little differ
snce whether We call 10 n hen or a goose,
save that in the latter case the egg might
gold, more valuable. The Cincinnati clubs
hen was laying golden eggs regularly
throu gh the first season. The newspapers
put the club down a sure winner fnan-
eially. Then came the greed mentioned in
the fable. The officials thought they Jaw
a way 70 squeeze the old hen into more
active and valuable work. and in the
squeezing they killed her.
Cincinnati patrons became Disguised.
For the salCe 81 saving a few thousand dol
lars in saiariss while working at a profit
this club bad thrown away its chances TO
win the second championship nobody
who understands human nature need won
der at the result.
President Young. Of the League. has had
much troubie With bis staff Of umpires
Ooly a tew IL the old reliables have es-
capped protest from one or more Of the
eiubs. and even "a man ike Lynch or Gait
ney has not becn free from local condemna-
tiou. The tendency 70 find fault with even
the best Of uTnpirDg IS growing more dan
Errous year ~ wear. The players are tax
ing more aud more advantage Of umpires'
IenieucY, and by unjust and constant
kicking" mansge 90 work mp spectators
t. the verge ~ riot Ia many instances
The fault is larE - Che umpire's Ths
tfaaNtlF- nave -.fhrA tiIA tnA-tlt AtiOfiAt
poaer 20 protect himself. but he j. either
afraid 90 use e. or does not realize what a
power III pro- ecrion it is. Under the rules
there are hesvy penalties Tor any player.
EXCEPT t1e two captains who shall by act
o. word question: a decision of the umpire
Yet Orb ever game thcre is scarcely a
pl1Fcr on either zine who does not openly
insuIt and tefg rle umpire.
Lynch srIuey and EcQua.d are three
trie1 officials who have umpred contin-
uousiy for neaglr hHif Is score Of years. In
that tln.r thc major associa lion has tried
and dismissed more thsn tvoscore and
Ter others who applied Tor appointments
a. entered unon their duties fully te-
levng they would De- ahle o. get away
with che l1h dead easy None ~ them
lasted more than ONE season 8ud some II
them were .eel before they got their
indieater sete ~1nrinZ order
Ooe peeuHsritv %, ths problem il that
Few olt players ever made successful NM
pires lf Snyder lasts end bis chances
are good BE lvil he the FIRST broken down
player ~ celebrity Go dud a new field in
ampiring q. II. CATLoR