Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-06
NOTES OF THE PLAYERS

OF the fall meeting Of that body Monday
morning. The Philadelphia and Washing.
ton clubs owners reside in the Quaker CITY.
and, Of course, will be Charley ON the
spot" This meeting will be important in
every sense of the word, as the umpire
question, rowdyism on the field, three trips
east and west by the clubs and claims to
different players will be settled, and in ad-
dition 1t Is expected that several sensa-
tional deals In players will be pulled off,
The umpire question comes first, and
is the most important. Influential papers
in every city In the country, whether rep
resented in the National or minor leagues
have been urging the adoption Of the dou-
tle umpire system, and If the magnates
who rule the future of base ball are as
wise as they are reputed to be- they will
employ the larger force of arbitra1ors for
next season. With two umpires on the
field the kicking by both spectators and
players is reduced to a minimum. With an
umpire standing almost directly over a
play his decisions carry such force that
even should his verdict be unjust the play-
er Is forced to accept it without a grum-
hle, as the spectators will be with the ar
bitrator. knowing him to be honest and
trying to do his best. The same applies
to the umpire behind the plate He has
nothing else to do but watch the ball come
over the plate and plays at the plate only,
and with this point in view his work can
not help but be satisfactory to the pitchers
as well as the onlookers. There is no doubt
that only the expense prevents the adop-
ton Of the double umpire system. This
expense, of course, cannot be sneeZed at by
men In the game for business as we'll as
pleasure, as conservative estimate places
the additional outlay at fully $4,000. Add
TINS amount to the salaries already paid
the six men employed as arbitrators. about
$4,000, ard it can be seen that it takes a
good round sum to insure fair play to the
nailonal game These figures. of course
include the travelling expenses of the UNI
pires. While $4,000 Is a large bunch of
the long green" the double umpire system
should be adopted recompense to the
,nousanas upon thousands of spectators,
VINO put up with many Inconvenience to
witness base ball games, and whose wei
rare and pleasure should cut the largest
figure in the eyes of the magnates.
The second most important question will
be rowdyism on the field. To obliterate
this nuisance the magnates should Mace a
curb on the dark lantern methods of
managers who are on the players bench
during the games. Tebeau has the repu-
tat1on of being great objector, but his
work is fair and above board, and can
easily be controlled. It is the managers
b on the 10 benches aeh whose voices cannot be
trouble Last season during one of the
Washington games the writer
overheard, Manager Hanlon continually
nagging" at Umpire Sheridan until the
III.
didn't know whether he was standing on
his head or feet The @riole players also
acted very. badly in that series. and their
work was direct result of Hanlon's coach
ing. Buck Ewing is another one of the
clever CD managers with dark lantern
methods whose resting, place is on the
bench. His work with Carpenter in this
city was on the same lines as those adopt
ed by Hanlon In dealing with Sheridan.
washington Is enc city out of twelve in
the Dig league, and these managers, to
say nothing of Joyce while on the bench,
Selee and Stallings, certainly contributed
more than the share coming to them in
the way of creating disturbances on the
field. OF course these men cannot be
barred from the players bench. but COM
pei them to confine their remarks to the
players and a big improvement in the
cleanliness OF the game will most assured
ly be noted.
The three trips between the eastern and
western cities instead of two. although
a good thing on paper will naturally fail
on account Of the expense. AS 1t is now
1t takes mathematician with an eagle
eye to assign the dates of the different
clubs so as to reduce the travelling ex-
penses as much possible, and even then
there are kicks developed by several club
managers In the spring when the schedule
is given out. AS Uncle Bill Soden of the
Bostons says, '"Those western clubs can
hardly stand the expense of one trip east,
let alone three"
The claims before the arbitration COM
mittee for players that have been bought
from the minor league clubs while under
contract to second party will no doubt
prove interesting to those inside the in
ner circle. The most important claim so
far developed Is the one put forward by
President Kerr Of the Pittsburg club for
Second Baseman Eagan, who was with
Syracuse during the past season. Player
Eagan has given it out that he would not
play with Pfttsburg. and for this reason
he was traded to Brooklyn. But President
Kerr appears to have the best of the argu-
ment, and even should Eagan refuse to go
to the smoky city that club should be
entitled to his services II for no other pur-
pose than to make trades that would be
advantageous to the Pirates. The other
claims are Of such a nature that the par
ties interested can come to an understand
ing after a half hours conversation.
Outside of the official business mentioned
above the spectators or fans" will be
more interested in the expected trade Of
players that will be consummated in the
corridors of the hotel. 1t makes good
reading to go over the contemplated trades
and releases that have been reported by
the newspapers since the playing season
closed.
Boston comes first. Lowe and Hamilton
to be traded or sold.
Brooklyn follows with general mix-up
Griffin, Lachance. Smith, Shindie and Grim
being the players marked for other climes
and clubs.
New York may let out Herman, Park
Wilson and Doheney, and wants to take in
a new third baseman and a catcher. both
of the first class.
Philadelphia Is cryptogram OF the most
puzzling nature. The owners Of this club
have SO far lost SO many GOOD men that TO
mention further trades or purchases almost
takes their breath away. Yet trades must
be made by this club and important ones,
too. Their young blood iS,absolutely worth
less, but Nash. Cr3ss, Clements and Tay-
Tor are more than, likely to be split up
among the Chicago, New York and Pitts
burg clubs. Stallinae is only a deuce with
these men. and II he is TO do any good for
the Quaker aggregation next season the
men under him must be young blood" and
Ball" Baltimore has been tipped OF to lose
Doyle. McGraw and Robinson, but the lat
ter will hardly be tlet out although talk
from the sinner cirSIes you'd indicate that
the first two are on the Market II good ex-
changes can be effeqted,S:
Cleveland Is to lose Mexican and Childs,
and the club that crraS this pair or even
One will be strengthened about 30 per cent.
Pittsburg and Cinatnnat are just at pres
ent in the throes OF a mutual admiration
society. and 1t looks az though both of
these clubs would be mutually benefited
by an exchange Of players. Pittsburg is
more than likely to let out Smith. Dono-