Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-22

CAltliEt CHARLES A. fARfELL.
er Charley Farrell Indignantly rejects the
New Yorks' offer of 800 month. Pitcher
Bill Kennedy of the Brooklyns has been in
suited by an offer of only 500 month i'll
crease in his last years salary and has aired
his grievance in letter to a Brooklyn
friend. George Miller, endearingly called
"Foghorn" by his friends on account of
the intonation of his chest sounds, turns up
his Roman nose at Won der Ahe's offer of
1888 49, per month to play west of the Mis-
sissippi.
Amos Rusie treats with silent contempt
the New Yorks' contract forwarded to him,
with $500 per month engrOssed on the sal
airy line. Ned Hanlon, manager of the Bal
timore club is on record as thrusting satan
behind him when he was tempted with an
offer of $1,000 year to go to St. Louis and
manage for Won der Abe. And so on ad
infnitum.
The most remarkable of these is that
reputed offer made by Won der Abe to Han
Ion. There seems to be no doubt that the
offer was made, but there must have been
some private conditions attached which
made the acceptance prohiHtory. l know
that Won der Abe refused to give Harry
Wright $1,000 year for the latter's serv-
ices, and there is nothing about Hanlon,
spiritually, 9sthetically. physically or pro-
cent more than Harry Wright in mana
gerial capacity.
Farrell's dissatisfaction with the salary
offered by the New Yorks grows out of the
fact, no doubt, that the club paid so much
money for his release. Seven thousand five
hundred dollars cash was handed to the
Washington club for his and Meekin's re-
lease, and Farrell at once became full OF
the sophistry that if a club could pay that
much for his release they ought to double
his salary. He forgets that while the club
paid so much for his release they have con-
troll of a half dozen other players for each
of whom they could get equally as large
sum of release money, yet they do not on
that account pay increased salaries.
The New Works have II men under con-
tract, counting Rusie, whose contract is
but question of time and endurance, and
these II men will draw 1884, 900 from the
clubs treasury for six months services. In
the light of tn. hard times and this fact,
does anybody believe that baseball player
is an abused or suffering mortal, especially
when it is known that during two months
of the six he is living at the best hotels in
the land or travelling around on a Pullman
car at the clubs expense?
Farrell, it is true, is great catcher. The
League has not a man behind the bat who is
his superior. but 800 month is a good sal
airy in these days of financial depression.
He was one of the members of Anson's Chi
cago team which was so completely dis
rupted and scattered by the revolt of 1890.
Farrell, Duffy Van Haltren, Pfeffer, Ryan
and Williamson deserted Arson, leaving
Burns, Hutchinson and Wilmot all that
were saved from the wreck. In 1891 Far
rell went to the American association club |
in Boston. At the indianapolis consolida. |
ton in December, 1891, he was assigned to
the pittsburg club in spite of Auson's pro
test and claim. Last year he caught in SO
games for the Washingtons and is now at |
the head of his class.
The baseball stars life generally is mete. |
eric Usually he lives a score of years |
more than few hundred of the |