The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-05
4 HA UNITED BAIL PLAYER.
Billy Earle Gets No Work Because He 10
Feared us n .'H0odoo.U

From the Baltimore Sun.
Catcher William Earle arrived In baltimore
yesterday and sat on the Baltimore bench dur
Ing yesterdays game. lie came here to meet
Manager Hallman of the 81. Louis team In the
hope OF getting q position,
The case OF billy" Earle Is a worry strange
one. and. to a certain extent, pathetic. Earle,
es every one krows, is q good catcher and a
good ball player. He is IN excellent and In
teiligent backstop, Il good thrower. hard hitter,
and good base runner. and by many Is consid-
ereo better than q majority of tho National
League catcherJ now In harness, and yet he
cannot got a position on any ball team in tho
country, not even the slnal! minor league
leans, lie Is uaoreoyer. II pleasant. intelligent,
The reason for it is thar some years ago no
experimenting with 1t. Since then tho ball
pay ers or any team into watch hu goes huvo
had a superstition that hc may obtain some
influence over them or 'hooduo" them IN soIue
wny. Ihis foolish fear has caused MS release
from every team to which he has belonged IN
years, and no manager vii engage him on ec-
other Players, 81. widespread 10 the silly no.
toil mat ho Is II 'h0ud0o" that a -%iectAlor Of
declared when he saw Etrle on lilo baltimore
tG;;GA, Oh, the Orioles VII. lose. .uro; there IL
Last season When Ms sno a cr'2 mnn!o oan neoded
A. extra catcher he did not hesitate 10 got
I.aF'e' una, instead OF nursing a 'hOuluo.' the
lean won the ponnant more ehgttt lhan over
oei9re. 70 the credit o. the OTioleJ. It can DO
said that they paid no attention to the prnjGaIcs.
n speaAlnz o; how his Interest 10 nypnoi!an
had ruined HIS pr0spec,S as Ia ball player,
CHtcheF FisTlo uAId that hs aeon his ne FIRST dis.
covered that his follow play rfs got afraid OF
pm no stopned studytng It ~ OF and had not
haa anything TO do VITA n" 'crce for, years,
put lhat mo preju"lCo '~Ollp"su. MN lie said
That although no caught and baticd well for
rittsn9T8 "a 1893, and aid most OF the catching
vino MACK and Suslen wtro on the hinCh, he
was suddenly RELEASED without any CGube. In
LoulsYiue ho was driven from the team by tho
pEeJndieo OF the players, Na found the same
thlng, In brooklyn. and nora OF tho players
fiahlly ono declared he had no fear ind
MouId room with Earle, but che night IN climb
ing aown from nu upper berth IN The cabin of
? Lon: lslani Sound steamer Earle happened
y. touCh tho arm Of hta roommate. VINO was
sleeping beneath. The pIayt7, who - how
aNt VA. q ;GInols p.Ayer, .ainprd vi. nld waA
DO ITlshtencd that no accused Earle Of irving 70
MMocK n ",speu' on hin, Rrd, despite al. That
h"f'o coNIi hby, would NOT ttny IN tic room.
ouu got UP nm walked tho does AL might.
W hen playing on lho lTpn.tr coast batters
th.h 10 Dat. for fear that il they caught tarie's
g.! ne Would hSIIpiiSe them N Prevent their
h,"Tais q MT, Fare wa maie "a .lsger Of The
DaiIaS, rev, team LnL Lad hJ end Of trouble
HNer 'ne FOOLISH prejudice. Finally ha gave mp
Ito says no has gone to manages in the Ma.
eohhl league who have been bodily In need Of
Gnsghers ana offered 70 work for nothing Il his
mTrk "sS not up % "a high standard, ANA still Ao
gov no chance. Manager Iianlon had no such
RLokuuiee ana came near getting Earle for .
while again this season.