Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-17
HARD LOSERS IN BASE BALL.
How Managers and Maynates of League
Teams Take Defeat.

morose. or course. this contrast is always 10
be found in all kinds of successes and reverses.
but in base ball it is of a more interesting ma
.ure.
There are good LOSERS aud hard losers in base
ball. and the latter are probably the most anus
ing TO the public az large. In New York we
nave L. b. Tslcott and John Ward. who ere
supposed to feel mort keenly the bitterness OF
defeat than the regular cranks. Mr.. Ialcott Is
not what NAV be called a hard loser. He is
game. and invariably Saws, Better luck next
time when New Works lose. But in the hours
OF defeat he seldom smiles. although he stu
oiously refrains from commenting upon the
work OF his team. But in the event of victory
Mr.. Talcott is as bright as a new silver dollar.
He has good word for everybody.
Capt. Ward is a good loser. too. although de-
feat makes him unusually glu1n. He never
abuses his players, and seldom shows his tenn
per- But II "a man has offended, Ward comes
right out with his criticism and tells the PLAYER
what he thinks of him in the presence of the
entire team He is always in good humor when
the New Yorks win.
President c. III. Byrne of the Brooklyns is
hard loser. defeat puts him in bad humor.
ana bungilng errors or poor pitching by one of
the Brooklyns causes a burst of sarcastic COM
ment from Mr.. Byrne that is sometimes heard
by the occupants in the rear Of the grand stand.
where the little president usually sits. After a
defeat Mr. Byrne avoids his PLAYERS as much as
possible, and as a rule refuses 20 talk of them,
but when victory comes to Foutz's performers
then President Byrne s,niles until his face is
ike full moon, and he congratulates his
players upon their good work. He also passes
the cigars around and then goes home happy
ar. Byrne is earnest at all times. and dislikes
to have his patrons go away dissatisfied
BILLINGS HARD LOSER.
There's one hard loser connected with the
Boston club, and he has already become
famous. J. D. Billings is the man who teie-
graphed to Manager James A. Hart when the
Bostons were finishing one of their western
trips some wears ago. TO put Radbourne in
cotton and bring the rest home This dis
patch was published and made Nr. Billings the
butt for all sorts Of Jokes and gibes. When the
Bostons fall down, Billings never fails to ex-
press his opinion of them. especially to re-
porters, who quote him. much TO his own dis
gust the next day.
Billings partners. Soden and Conant are al
WAYS cool and deliberate. They say very little
but generally discuss downfall amid clouds
of smoke from their big cigars. Selee. the Bos-
ton manager. is also non-commit.al. both in the
event of victory aud defeat He never scores a
player for misplays, but rather encourages his
men to do better next day. Selee is a careful
student of the game, and lets few points slip
John /. Rogers is the man who gets excited
when the Philadelphias suffer a wing-clipping.
he is something after the style of Billings of
Boston, and saws things III the moment of de-
feat that he sometimes regrets when they ap-
pear in print. Al Reach and Harry Wright,
old ball players. do not show their feelings
when the Philadelphias receive a setback but
Reach sometimes grows melancholy.
CHRIS" THE WORST OF ALI
The hardest loser OF all is Chris Won del
Abe. A defea. drives him wild. and for the
last two weeks be has been fit subject for th,
mad house. He roasts the Browns when the,
play poorly. ard sometimes distributes zines b,
the wholesale. II was only last year that Chit
Carroll of the St. Louis in q close gam
stumbled while in the act Of catching Difficult
fly. and the ball fell into the pocket Of his shirt
While Cliff vaicly trying to excsvate tn,
leather the batsman scored.
"Cleef, dat will cost YOU feefty." and sur,
| enough $50 was deducted from CAROLS salary
| but Carroll never played a game under Chri,
after that. But when the Browns are winnin,
then is the time to be near the ''boss manager.
He laughs and slaps his players the bacl
whenever they approach him. When tn,
Browns defeat Comiskey and his Cincinnati
then Chris fairly leaps for Joy and also rubs i
| into his old captain.
Arson is another hard loser. He reall,
gets angry over a drubbing and sits by him
self at the hotel when the Chicagos are OF
the circuit and mopes. He foryives n mar
for a misplay if he thinks hard luck has hat
anything to do with it. bat woe betide tn,
| player who has Numbered through careless
ness or indifference. Anse swells with prid,
when his colts have licked the other fellows
and invariably INDUCES in his favorite evenin,
| pastime, billiards. He calls his PLAYERS b,
their first names and Is really q jovial oil
fellow. To any inqui-ing crank Anse says
| with emphasis: I'VE won," and that's all, bu
he never fails to lay stress upon the persona
| pronoun.
| GEO. WAGNER Is 'oAME."
Geo. Wagner OF the Washingtons takes on
dark, far-away look when the Senators get
knock-down. When he first became connecte
| with base ball as a brotherhood hacker, ill-lucl
| in the way of losing games and poor attendanc
made George decidedly a hard enc to approach
But since that time he has had coasiderabl
| experience. and has learned TO deport Limsel
as mos. league magnates do-that is. never le
the public know what their feelings ere. Jir
D Rourhe, his manager. takes defeat phiiosophi
cally. and seldom talks fer publication: but
never fails to write his feelings to Wagner, an
some of his words are mile long.
Comiskey takes defeat a small bow doe
| medicine. He either ''blames il on the um
pre- or gives one of his players a "call down.
He allows his feelings TO get the better of hir
| AT times and this causes many a heated arcu
ment in the dressing room after the gams
John /. Brush. Comlskeys hacker. is known @
The human icicle. lie is one of the shrewdes
magnaies in the league. ard il is a aiflicu
matter to make him ont. lie uses stored
! tyred sf.l lie III AL times. ana Is quiet and IN
3emonstraIiye. Brush saws little. IL the Cir
cinna:is lose he looks on carelessly and smile
:neaningiy: if thev WIN he still smiles and say
nothing. But when he pulls the string som
puppet is sure to jump ont of the box. lie
the schemer; Comiskey is his agent.
ANY one who has ever seen Patsey Tebeau c
the Cevelands will readily imagine how he az
pears when the Spiders get ii in the neck A
adverse decision by the umpire makes Tebea
kick like a mule. bat a real so.id defeat cause
MIN to turn inside ont with rage. Ii wasn't s
long ago tina: the Cleveian,ls were beaten at IA
Polo grounds. when Phil Powers. who umpire
the game, called two men out AT third base o
one play. Those who were there will remen
Der how Tebeau ragged and how he walked {
the dressing room beside Powers. shaking hi
fist in ms face. Ana in the recent series az III
Polo grounds ledge Cullom guyed T,boaa +
that Patsey really wanted TO whip the IA
. rooster.
TAKE DEFEAT sESsIBIY
, Duckenberger of the pi;isbGrgs and Hanlo
of the Baltimores both take defeat sensibl,
They never roast their PLAYERS and prefer I
Jolly" them. BUokenoerger is very populs
! and his team is playing fast bail. which show
what fairness toward players wall do for h
success of a club.
: The other day Barnie was at the gate wa;chiu
the stile. His pets were playing the Baltimor,
and he was ready TO hear the result witho,
LOOKING at it. Suddenly u loud groan reachG
his cars He rushed 10 place OF vantage, an,