Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-25
President Young Denounces the Prac-
tice of Finding Fault.
LEADING CLUBS Do NOT KICK MUCH
Steps to Crush Out Dirty Ball
Playing.
NOTES OF THE PLAYERS

"Only one month of the base ball season
has passed, and yet the aggregate amount
of the fines inflicted during that period is
far in excess of the whole amount of the
penalties inflicted upon the players last
year" This startling statement was made
by President n. E. Young, at league head
quarters yesterday. Mr.. Young was going
over his official records to ascertain how
many days of grace are due Capt Davis
Doyle and Meekin of the New Yorks, who
were recently fined under rule So These
three valuable players for the Giants are
obliged to pay their fines by today (the
25th). otherwise they will be debarred from
playing in the league until their fines are
paid.
A Bad Practice.
President Young went on to say how I'M
fortunate 1t is that the players will persist
in trying to discredit the umpires in the
face of the rule. 1t is not pleasant for the
umpires to impose fines, but in many in
stances they are abused and called the
hardest kind of names by players who
ought to know better. 1t may be true, says
MIR. Young, that sometimes an umpire be-
comes unduly excited and inf1cts penalties
with too much vindictiveness. 1t Is not
wise to pile up fine upon fine upon player
when the rule permits the umpire to put
the offender out of the game. 1t would be
a good plan to first warn the offender. If
he insists upon his misconduct then put
fine of $50 on him. If that does not have
the desired effect he should be sent to the
bench.
The Leaders Do Not Kick.
According to the records Mr.. Young says
none of the leaders in the race for the pen
nant are kicking against the umpires to the
extent of subjecting themselves to fines.
Not a player On the Pittsburg, Cincinnati
or Chicago teams has been fined this sea-
son. The scores show that those three
clubs have played fast and successful ball.
Boston is another club that has not had
to pay fine. Philadelphia, with all of it's
hard luck and d;scomfitures, has managed
to struggle along without one of its play
ers losing dollar in the way Ct fines.
Even Louisville has escaped the wrath Of
the umpire in the matter of fines.
Nh. Young says cit is unjust for certain
clubs to charge certain umpires with be-
ing dishonest, without attempting to sub
init definite charges and subs tantiating
them with proof. The umpires are just as
anxious to make a clean record in the line
of their business as the players are, and
the latter might display their interest and
their earnestnesS in the club they repre-
sent in some other way than by making an
exhibition of themselves and subjecting
themselves to fine. The fines have to be
paid by the players, and the sooner they
appreciate that fact the better it will be
for all concerned"
Dirty Ball Playing.
Immediate steps must be taken to crush
out the growing tendency in certain clubs
toward dirty ball" The increased inter-
est in the national game in the west, and
the apparent hunger for the sport in the
east, should be sufficient incentive for the
managers and the players to stand together
in behalf of fair play and gentlemanly de-
pertinent on the ball field. The best peo-
pie in the land now patronize the game,
and it is to the interest of all concerned
to crush out blackguardism at any cost,
IA nf M ha tCta arr
players of the league have to be dispensed
with