The Washington times., 1894-04-16
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
Some Plain Talk Regarding Order at
the Baseball Park.
WHAT A CORRESPONDENT SAYS
Great Care Should be Taken by the Special
Officers Not to Overstep their Authority
Preparations Being Made for Thursdays
Game-Regulars and Reserves To-day.

According to Manager Schmelz, ball player
| generally are unwilling to join the Washing
| ton club because of the alleged hard criti
cism of the occupants of the bleGchers. Th'
manager Gays in no other city does the audi
ence roast the home club players like here
and he cannot understand why such SHOULD
be the case. 1t is matter of record that las
season many of the patrons of the free seat
did not hesitate to condemn in vigorous ant
audible language the poor playing OF certain
members OF the team, and on several occasion.
the visiting cub was applauded while jeer:
greeted the efforts OF the locals. But n grea
deal of latitude should be allowed baseball
| patrons. and the utmost care should be taker
by the home ofllcialsin preserving order no
to infringe on the rights OF the public.
The arrest of Mr. Mckee during Saturday:
game was due to his calling second basemar
Ward "a big stin'' and the special officer bu
followed instructions in arresting Mckee.
As stated in Sundays TIMES, Manager
Schmelz intends preserving order. and vii
have every spectator removed who conducts
himself in a disorderly manner. He will ap
pear against Mckee in the police court thi:
morning and prosecute the charge agains
the latter of disorderly conduct. A CORE
spondent writes The TIMES regarding the
arrest rs follows:
If the management of the Washington
Baseball Club expects the general public tc
patronize the games they must be careful il
the future to suppress similar outrages as the
arrest of Mr.. Mckee, a spectator Of yester-
days game. by an over-presumptions special
officer. The Indignation of the audience was
demonstrated 10y fully one-half of those
present accompanying the young gentleman
TO the station house, where the officer pre-
ferred a charge of disorderly conduct, which
TO say the least, was absurd"
OF course this is the view taken of the oc-
currerce by friend of the arrested party. As
n matter of fact, one-half of the spectators did
not accompany the arrested party, but the
crowd simply stood up in their seats and gave
vent to their feelings by guy;ng the special
officer. Manager Schmelz removed Ward
from the game for replying to the man and
acted as if he meant to be fair and honest N
his determination to suppress all unseemly
noises and disturbances in the ball park But.
as has already been stated. the patrons have
rights which must be respected. and the
special officers should not act hastily in max
ing arrests in the future.
Extensive preparations are being made for
the opening championship game on next
Thursday afternoon. and a number of prom
inent social and political leaders have ac-
cepted invitations to be present. A carriage
parade will take place before the game. the
members of both the Washington and Phila-
delph1a teams taking part. \ band of music
will give a concert before play begins. and the
home team will give their regular drill on ap-
pearing in front of the grand stand. Mama
ger Schmelz will regulate the movements OF
his men by means of the big gong. and 10 the
initiated the drill will be a reminder of a lot
OF penitentiary birds marching into dinner,
the only difference being the uniform and the
absence of the follow-my-leader orde
Notwithstanding the obstacles encountered
by the Jones in getting their race track on
Alexander Island in shape. the work is going
merrily on and the projectors are confident
everything will come out all right and the open
ing of the racing take place early next month.
Tho spiriting away of Harrison Green, the
tenant OF the land and the transfer of his in
terest TO another party. is laid down by many
at The door OF certain parties interested in the
st. Asaph track. The injunction restraining
work on the Jones track has been raised and
work resumed. A sporting man said yester-
day the present fight between the Hill and
Jones people would, if kept up. be the means
Of killing off all sport in Virginia. as too
much attention was being attracted to the
squabblrs and the Governor may take a hand
before long.
A baseball fan in a letter to THE TIMEs makes
guess as to the standing of the League clubs
ut the close of the championship season. He
places the clubs in this order: Boston. New
York, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Cleveland.
Baltimore, Cincinnati, Brooklyn. Louisville,
Chicago, st. Louis and Washington. This
guesser bases his poor opinion of the local
club on the ground that the club is wofully
weak in pitchers and not over strong in
catchers. He cannot see but one winner in
the lot of twirlers under contract and that is
Esper. Mcmahon is claimed to be the only
fast catcher while Mcclure and Dugdale arc
placed in the second class. The crank adds
he has seen every public exhibition game so
far played. and is satisfied that Sullivan will
not do at shortstop. lie is warmly in favor of
Selbach being played regularly in the outfield.
even if it would mean the retirement of either
Tebeau or Radford.
This afternoon the Regulars and Reserves
will meet in deadly combat, and Dugdale
will do his utmost to convince Manager
Schmelz the Reserves are too good to be on
the second nine. Stocksdale will toss them
over for the Reserves, and Egan will be the
opposing pitcher. Sullivan will cover second
base for the Reserves. while Radford viii
play right for the same crowd. Hassamaer
and Selbach will be at short and right, re-
spectively, for the Regulars, and hot battle
is assured.
W. c. yreeland. that bright young man
who does the horse racing for Daily America
and Mercury. is in Washington. Mr.. Vree-
land has many friends among the horsemen.
aud America will soon tell its readers some
new things in racing hereabouts.
Suburban Handicap Weights.
New YORK, April 15-The following weights