Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-07-27
MULLANES NOVEL PLEA
Shall Wives of Baseball Has
Beens Pay Alirnony9
BASEBALL MAGNATES IN CLOVER.
CayIor Says That They Have Courted the
BankerS' Favor Three Years and Now the
Bankers Court Them For the Money
They Have Made.

AhahNtAS NtuAA tAN
They Have Made.
There have been several sensations sprung
upon an aStoniShed baseball world within
the last week, which serve to keep up the
widespread interest. Just as the newspa-
pers began once more to discuss the proba-
bic withdrawal of nCle Indianapolis Con
stantinople Arson from active life on the
baseball field a report went out of Chicago
that caused the presses TO stop and every
reporter 10 ask. Where am at'' The re-
port WAS innocent in itself but farreaChing
in its sCopr-An>on had bought two dozen
bats. That in itself signified nothing, but
when the further information WAS tackled
on that the bats were of green wood and
that the old man had carried them to his
garnet with this comment. In two years
them sticks will be dried out. and then I'll
fetch EN- out and kill the ball''-thar was
what paralyzed the pulse Of prophecy II
Arson is laying his plans for two years
hence, why should he not be looking into
the next century,
His Colts have taken the bit into their
mouths and are cutting out "A clip which
will carry them up the line very rapidly if
they continue at it. The victorious ring of
their hoofs can bc heard all over the land
and when AuSon'S team begins to make its
run the entire country pricks up its ears
The other sensation in diamond circles
WAS T,uy Mullaue's coup d'etat in the
courts Several months ago Tony and his
wife had a dispute in which rolling pin,
a water pitcher and several other articles
of culinary Use had their entries and their
exits. as rumor gave it out. Immediately
following came "A suit for divorce from the
half Of the Mullane family who didn't do
the pitching. but who, it is said, drew the
Il ,1r,. y. i
lite and the judge ordered Tony to pay her
$40 a week until the story of their domes-
tic woes could be heard and weighed in
court. When Mullane went to Cincinnati
with the Baltimores recently, he entered
| into the law business little himself, and
the result WAS both sensational and aston
ishing He filed his answer to Mrs Null
| lanes charges and then asked the court to
grant him alimony.
Here is a pointer for baseball players
Mullane Is the first to show the way
Whenever the profession refuses its rev
| enues to player, he can sue his wife for
alimOny and support. 1t is nothing more
than right that a girl who marries a ball
| player in the heyday OF his success should
| support him when he breaks down.
In his answer to the petition, Nullane
| alleges that he has ever since his marriage
turned over to Mrs. Mullane all his earn
1 lAlsSS anu S1NlLAS, WHICH sue SUNK WllQ-
cat land speculations at Chicago, and that
she has been improvident, quarrelsome and
unreasonable There is no doubt that Tony
| caught one of Mrs. Mullane's straight de
| livCrcs and batted it for a triple But it
| is Mrs. TOny's next turn at bat, and she
| promises to get onto Tony's curves when
she does face him and make the longest
4 hit ever seen on those grounds"
All through 1890, 1891 and 1892 there was
II
/ The magnateS were accustomed to go TO
the masters Of the money vaults and beg
for few small loans to help pay some base
/ ball deficits. Then the proud men of I'M
/ limited means would scowl and tell the
poor, crinGinG magnate TO call again in a
month and the request might be consid-
ercd But this year it is different. You
may see the erstwhile proud bankers any
| day seeking the society of the baseball
! maEnate. When a league club treasurer
enters hank : counting room, business is
| suspended temporarily to give every en-
| ploycc a chance to shake hands with the
/ visitor through the grating and inquire
| about the health Of his wife and baby.
| This wear the mRguate has plenty Of
money. and the banker hasn't. Therefore
| tn" banker courts the magnate as ardently
As y"u ever courted your best girl II the
| maEnates put heir money into the banks.
/ t4C L--4L--41A SNICSs sLCI4t1 LG relieved AZ
| once, Hut if they bury it, n IA Captain
Kidd, We may have to look to that extra
| session OF congress after all.
| Fortune La> been especially good to the
| clubs OF the National league. One instance
| only need Ia mCnIiOnc to show the golden
| roll OF the tide TO the League clubs shores
| The BronLlyns' recent western trip was one
OF the most disastrous on record. profess
| >ionally speaking. but financially it was a
1 ~, }, =,
clear profits.
| Then there was the New York clubs I'M
| satisfactory trip. 1t was generally ex-
pcctcd that a mere handful of spectators
would go to the Polo grounds to see them
| play their first games after their return.
| Yet 5000 spectators were on hand at each of
the first two games, and on the third day
the crowd swelled to 1880.
In all the history of baseball find moth
| ing 50 astonishing as that fact. 1t surely
| proves the assertion that the baseball re-
| vival Of 1873 is not a fungous growth.
The Philadelphia club will, in the COM
mon parlance of the street, make barrel
Of money" this year. Philadelphia is a
good baseball city at popular prices The
| tremendous crowds which turned out to
| the clubs first games after their return
from the west, even when the visiting team
| WAS a poor card, are one of the encourage
| ultnlS NnlCn lnAht tue long
| hackers Of the game feel glad that they
lived through the wars of 1870 and 1891 and
did not fall out before the turn came.
The secretary of the New England league
told me last week that every club in that
circuit but one was ahead of the game
financially, and one has already s., 900 more
money than is necessary to pay the ex-
penses of the team for the rest of the sea-
SON An almost equally good report comes
from the Eastern league.
The only signs of weakness at present
are shown at points on he Southern league
circuit. The trouble lies in the mistake a
few clubs made by selling players releases
to National league clubs. That system is
a peruiCious one and has wrecked minor
| leagues often before.
The New York clubs new battery, Ger
mon and Wilson, did well in their first
games. They were consideSed about the
best battery in the south. If they fail TO
makea good record among the major clubs,
it i not likely that any of the other pitch
ers or catchers from that section will do
any better.