Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-10
Late.Happenings in National and
 Southern League.
UMPlRES TO BEOVERHAULED
Emslie Is ihe Only Man Whose Neck Is Safe. sa Abbey Is a Disappointment.
 Slick heCoskey


 without a break and the western teams which occupied the first four places are going toward the bottom of the column with such painful regularity that there is no room for doubt that the western teams will fare worse in the east than the eastern teams did In the west. The Brook lyn and Washington teams are the near est to soft snaps in the east, and the Bridegrooms and Senators are winning as often as Boston and Baltimore. The Pitts burg Pirates were able to win only two games in five at Washington. This is not championship form. It is hardly up to the first division standard. Manager AIacks explanation is laughable. Con- nie says that thesweather was so hot that his players were unable to do themselves justice Manager Schmelzs tuam had been in the west for thirty days and were as much handicapped by the temperature as the beaten Pirate Brooklyn is no longer a mark. Foutz's Failures are lively corpses now and are putting their visitors out in great shape. The Giants are in bad way and will do well to win a majority of their games until Manager Davis and other members of the metro politan team recover from illness or ac- cidents and get back into the game. The Done Browns" after losing three
 
 Yorks shorthanded and beat them un- mercifully. Breitensteln toyed with the "Pigmes" and shut them out in eight innings. Meelin, the mighty" was guyed unmereifully. In vain he pleaded that his arm was sore, and that he went in the box under protest The bleachers would not listen to him and put in the time alternately roasting him and jolly ing Roger Connor, who pasted Meekin's curves safely six times in six appear ances at bat. Three of his hits were sim gles, two doubles and a triple. When Rogers form loomed up at the plate for the seventh time Meekin gave him a base on balls. The former idol of Gotham also felded finely, two of his catches of diff cult foul flies being features. The big fellow had day on and got great satis- faction in proving to his metropolitan traducers and enemies that he was still in the game. George Miller has picked up In his play and has been putting up a good game at third. Chris is not alone on the trip and George knows that he will not be roasted and abused if he makes an error. Buckenberger is a man of decency and Judgment, who knows how to treat his players. The Done Browns" are bad enough at best, but they are simply rotten when handicapped by Chris presence.
 It is said tht President Young will re- oi StIiLe lue SldII or NAIlO1dl league ufl- Dlres within a week. EmSle is the only incumbent sure to retain his position It is hardly possible that more than two dismissals will be made. President Young would, if he were permitted, re-eneage Tim Hurst who is now off ciating in the Eastern league Tim has been boycotted, however, because he made enemies of the men who were una- ble 10 make a monkey of him. The patrons of the game and players have confidence in Ilurst's honesty and in- lesrlty, and kick because he has been turned down. That makes no difference with the magnates, who have it in for Tim. The press and public don't count with them. The league is a money-malx- Ing scheme as they view it, and the peo- pie are suckers. They'll pay their money at the boX-of1ice whether Hurst or Lynch or Emslie or an incompetent umpire is on duty. MT Freedman did the game a great deal of harm when he worked Lynch out of the game. The Giants president and principal owner has had trouble with the umpires Doyle and DaNls have been trying bulldozing tac- lies all along the line. It Is openly charged that Mir. Freedman encouraged them from the grand stand The agree ment of the league magnates not to pay the lines of players amounts to little II anything if the parties to 1t are un- serupulous MT. Freedman would hard ly lncite his players to kick and subject themselves to fines and allow them to pay them. There is nothing in the agree ment Of the league presidents to pre- vent outsiders from making presents to players. There are several ways to eVade the agreement. It would be more manly for a league president to break ms agreement with his fellow magnates than to get his players into trouble and leave them to their own resources to get out as best they can There is but one solution to the umpire question. Let President Young be empowered to em- ploy the men he wants without interfer- enee from the club presidents and give him authority to double the present force
 The retired professionals are the great est rooters in the business. Tom Dolan Ed Cuthbert, Joe Battin and the other old-timers who reside in St. Louis are often seen at Sportman'S park and inc way they roast the rotten work of the "Done Browns" suggests that they are 1orSetful of the times when they made errors and bum plays. Joe Battin owes ms recent appointment as an umpire in fhe Western league to the fact that hn was regular at the local games. When Long was unable to offlciate in the first St. Louis Washington game Battin was pressed into service. President Ban Johnson saw his name in the paper and at once engaged him. Among the "reg- ulars' who sit in Rooters' Row when- ever they can get to the Cincinnati park are flick Carpenter and Joe Sommers former members of the only team that ever won a pennant for Cincinnati. Sin gularly enough this pair were the only ones of the thirteen on the Reds roster in 1883 who played in every champion ship game in that happy season. when Cincinnati won the flag with ffty-four victories to offset twenty-six defeats There were only eighty-six players who are given official records for work in that inaugural association season. Just two of them remain in league harness today. thirteen years later. John A. Nc Phee and Tom Brown form the duo Me- Phee led the second basemen of the as soeiation then, and he is still the peer of players at the keystone of the in field
 Gus Schmelz's prediction that the sena- tors will finish higher this year than they did last season will be verified The pitching department is all right. Mercer is rounding to nicely, and Maui keeps up --------------------------
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