Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-19
THE FIELD OF SPORT
Manager Hanlon Discusses Rowdyism
in Base Ball.
INVESTIGATION OF B. ]. WEFERS
Two Local Basket Ball Organiza-
tons.
NOTES OF THE PLAYERS
NOTES OF THE PLAYERS

Ihe baitilI.CAo 1891. 80. .IIar Manage.
Hanlon was interviewed yesterday as re-
CARDS the makeup of the Orioles next
season. The Baltimore manager would
confess only to longing for one or two
experienced and strong pitchers, hard
campaigners,' as he expressed it. Said he:
THE terrible mental and nervous strain.
In addition to the great physical strain.
upon young pitchers like Corbett and Nops
where the championship came down to a
single game was simply unbearable Even
an old, cocl-headed, strong campaigner like
Nichols showed the strain in both games,
especially the last, when, If we had only
hao man who could have stopped the
Bostons for few innings, he would have
Collapsed. No wonder the young pitchers
weakened. But II we had had a man like
Mcmahon, or Rusie, or Meekin or TAYLOR
we would have won that last game easiiy'
Although Mr.. Hanlon will not admit 1t,
II is thought that there may be some few
important changes in the personnel of the
open rupture, and while the players were
on good terms with one another, the team
lacked fhat perfect harmony and unity Of
purpose and method that characterized its
work in previous years. The managerial
pee has been buZZing. and there - no
doubt that one or two or more of the play
ers would be glad to go elsewhere
1t is likely that If satisfactory exchanges
can be made any such player may be al
lowed to go. In fact, if he thought he
could strengthen the team. Manager Han
Ion would be willing to exchange almost
any man in the club If the player were
willing to go. which is a big consideration
with Mr.. Hanlon, wherein lac ulrfers from
many others.
Outside of half dozen or more rows on
the bail field. Mr.. HanlOn said that he
general of heh rinr
by ball players was better this year than
In previous years. The Baltimore team
he thought, had done less kicking than
ever and had behaved WELL and he thought
that most of the teams had He said that
Iowdyism on the ball field was largely the
fault of the umpires, who allowed the play
ers to go too far.
Notwithstanding the many false reports
about me- said Mr.. Hanlon, no one IS
more opposed to rowdyism and abuse of
umplres than am and have always been
L like to see aggressiveness and to see a
player claim a decision If he is entitled TO
II, but this useless abuse should be stop
ped and the umpires can stop it if they
let 1t be understood that any man who does
II VIII be Immediately fined and put out of
the game In aggravated ca es the umpre
should send an affidavit reciting the facts
TO NICK Young. who should have power to
suspend the player for time and prevent
Ills playing. That would stop it. The UNI
pires could stop it If they only would"
The proposal that no player should be
allowed to speak to an umpire at all he
declared was '.all rot
The players are not lot of dummies,
and the public would object to such a
foolish rule" said the Baltimore manager
The present coaching rule is good enough.
he thinks. and should not be changed.
certainly not with the idea of further re-
stricting legitimate coaching The public
like lively coaching, and it is well that the
rule adopted last spring was more liberal
than the one first proposed, which allowed
only one coacher, and that only when men
were on bases.