The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-11
HARD LOSERS IN BASEBALL.
How Mngpetes and Managers OF League
Teams Take Defeat.

HARD LOSERS IN BdSEBdLL
| How Magpates and Managers OF League
Teams Take Defeat.
The result OF ball game has. as rule. pc.
culiar effects upon the magnates and man.
ayers OF the contendinG teams. II u team
wins then there Is an overabundance OF
smiles among the players and their handlers
while the losers are gloomy and morose. OF
course. this contrast Is always to be found In
all kinds OF successes and .everses. but In
baseball it is Of a more interesting nature.
There are good losers and hard losers in
baseball and tho latter are probably the most
amusing to the public at large. In New York
we have L. B. Talcott and John Ward. who
are supposed to feel more keenly the bitter
ness OF dofeat than the regular cranks. Mr..
Talcott is not what may be called a hard loser.
He Is game md invariably says, Better luck
next time" whom tho New Yorks lose But in
the hours OF defeat he seldom smiles although
he studiously refrains from CONNIE nting upon
the work Of his team. But in the event OF vic
tory Mr.. Talcott is as bright as a new silver
dollar. He has a good word for everybody.
Capt Ward Is q good loser, too. although de-
feat makes him unusually Clum. He never
abuses his players, and seldom shows his tenn
per. But II q man has offended. Ward comes
right out with his criticism and tells the player
what he thinks OF him in tho presence OF the
entire team. He is always in good humor
when the New Yorks win.
President C. II. Byrne OF the Brooklyns Is q
hard loser. A defeat puts him in bad humor
and hungling errors or poor pitching by one
OF the Brooklyns causes q burst Of sarcastic
comment from Mr.. Byrne that Is sometimes
heard by the occupants In the rear OF tho
grand stand. where the little President usually
sits. After defeat Mr.. Byrne avoids his
players as much as possible; and as a rule re-
fuses to talk OF them. but when victory comes
to Foutz's performers then President Byrno
smiles until his face is like full moon. and
he congratul ates his players upon their good
work. He also passes the cigars around. and
q ali lines; ana di;l'fes to have his patFons
There's one hard loser connected with the
Boston Club: and he has already become
graphed to Manager James A. Hart when the
Bostons were finishing one OF their Western
eosen byins Ss S.
spatch was published and made Mr.. Billings
the butt for al sorts Of Iokes and gibes When
express his opinion Of them. especially to
reporters. who quote him. much to his own
day. So
Gus. a downfall amid clouds Of smoke from
is also non-com initial both 10 the event OF vic
tory and defeat. He never scores player for
do better newt day. seiee is carei u student stud
Of the game and lets few points slip.
John Rogers IS the man who gets excited
BE is something alter the style OF B fipsn 81
Boston. and says things in the moment OF de-
pear in print al Reach and Harry T Wright.
Then the PhIladelphias receive a setback. but
The hardest loser OF all is Chris Won der Abe
deient drives him wild, and for the last two
mas Bresns G wfs ss , %eS
play poorly and sometimes distributes fines
e h e.I xnH 81 The oa only last os that
cult fly and the ball fell into the pocket OF his
cate the leather the batsman scored.
das M eost y1a ssity Chris
under Chris after that, But when the browns
are winning then is the time TO be near the
players on the back whenever they approach
biz When the Browns defeat Comiskey and
aud also ru6s Il into his old Captain. p' i0f Joy
Arson is another hard loser. He really gets
angry over a drubbing. and sits by himself at
and mopes. He forGives a, man for a mispi display
II he thinks hard luck has had anything to do
blundered through carelessness or indiffor.
have licked the other fellows and inyariabi1
%,
s ana sa rsaly ~ p oS fS's 5ss
sis s %e and thafs All but tn he e% nsRer
f to lay ssss % tts the
nected with baseball as a Brotherhood baeIer.
f Sard SSs
to approach. But ince that time he has had
considerable experience. and has learned to
feelings arg; Jim 6,,RSprke; his manager.
his feelings in letters to WAGNER. and some Of
his words are E mile \ ions long, , .,.r
medicine. He either planes IT on the UNI
pire" or gives one Of his PLAYERS a call
ter OF him at times, and this causes many
heated argument in the dressing room after
AZ JV AZ B5ash sjs|s
Is difficult mater t. make him ouE He
Sss .nd BnsR sss sad
Ito. II tho Cincinnatis lose, he looks on care
ahs , and says notS
out Of the box. he is the Schooner: conistegg
Any, one. who has ever seen Patsey Tebeau of
the Cleyelands will READILY imagine how he
appears when The spidet,sS get II in the neck.
beau kick Ike q mule. but real solid defeat
wasn't SO long ago that tho Clevelands were
beaten at the Polo grounds, when Phil Powers.
who um pired tho game. called two men out at
third base on one play Those who were there
will rem en- Der how Tebeau ragged. and how he
walked to the dressing room beside Powers
series at the Polo gro und ledge Cullom euyed
Tebeau SO that Patsey really wanted to whip
the fat rooter. ~
BucienbeTger Of the Pittsburghs and Han
sibly They never roast" their players and
prefer to "iolly" them. Buckenbefger is very
popular and his team 10 playing fast ball.
which elbows what fairness e. toward players
These are not happy days for William Bar
ME the manager OF the l9etless Louisyilles.
would-be stars have kept him In q constant
state Of tuning ever since the season opened.
The other day Barnie Was ct the gate watch
Ing the stile. His pets were playing the Balii-
morss and he was ready to hear the result
without looking at IT. suddenly loud groan
reached HIS ears. He rushed to a place OF
vantage, and. f. his CONGREGATION l, saw tho
TO move until after the game was over. Then
Pfsffsr reminded him Of tho recsipts and Lou
4 Evtllaba aharA RaFniA fuFnaA IN him and