The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31
CURRENT SPORTING TALK.
r1xs1s avn rRIBbLATroNs OF
THE LEAGUE UMPfRE6.

r.ts.-o,neurne.s FishtIs. Ciab at Couey
saana-yNaiestt vrants 70 raeat Htnv
ascDoy-Yaie Makes Csuccssssna ~ Corne'i.
Unless tho club owners In the National Base
hall IeaQuo change their minds between now
and tho February meeting. they win mako no
definite move to stop kicking on tho neld. but
will probably fx . penalty Tor players who use
obscene language. In almost every city in the
League the magnates have declared them
selves In favor OF Furnishing foul.mouthed play
ars either BY the proposed blacklist or by n
temporary suspension, but In czech instance
they have lodged the real issue-the fragrant
violation Of tho rule which says that an UNI
pire's ruling cannot be questioned except in the
case Of O technical Interpretation. Some OF
them say openly that the players cannot be 90
fhoroughly restrained as TO prevent occa-
nionul outbreaks against alleged incompetent
nmpires, while othors hide behind tho old
statement that "this.year tho umpires viii en-
force the rules moro strictly than eyor before
Tho rowdy ball question has como up annually
before tho League maRnntes for tho past six
years, and each time they have either posed
new rules and regulations TO eliminate the evil.
or have declared with great positiveness that
they would SEQ to It that the rules. as writtcn.
would DO enforced to the letter. Tho question
has boon asked many times by persons inter.
" III II " NNhJ wv tOs bhS AhsN 49,
force the rules as they hnyo been drawn mp by
the League magnatesi' The answer has been
made on several occasions by the umpiros
themselves that II they did enforce the rules by
fning and e~xpcllinG players, they would incur
tho enmity OF the club owners and managers,
who would have them removed from the stan.
An umpire said to THE SUN reporter just be-
fore tho close Of last season:
"How do you suppose I can stop kicking
when the players are backed up by the mag.
uatcs. Why, the other day j put the captain OF
Q certain team off the field for grabbing me by
che throat and threatening 70 slug %e because
President Of the club waylaid me as l was 60
IasShi Gst ssa thf I s shalt a never f fe%Heet'a They spn scld
me that / could never umpire on their grounds
to Nick 9Y Young p PROTESTING me. / was forth.
with removed to another city, where i had a
ut was plain then to me that unless ] stopped
offending the magnates, by. di%sciplining their
unruly players, I would be deprived, OF q means
making q living. l lot the players kick as much
as they pleased. But that made more trouble,
f }Sit,I the the home %xi,i Slass t found M fHpi5 wife Sein me- for FOR
strained, and also roasted me for not giving all
Of the close decisions 70 them. So shifted my
umpire The visiting clubs protested mo re.
peatelly then, but as the home clubs backed
the the S stad las "a a. muan prefer, though / %sa t e sise d Se
- sntorcing the rules
These remarks give O fair idea Of the average
umpire's. troubles, but there are many other
stories of the treatment Of umpires by club
owners which even better illustrate the hard
ships suffered by the Judges OF play. Several
years ago q well known League umpire was
two weeks without a lctup. AS he always
made q business of favoring the home club, no
matter what the Sireums tS n,Sses might be. he
and the crowd. The newspaper reports sent
out word to other cities in the League that $50
visitors Kicked over certain decisions which
were properly rendered" But one day this
S ssTs e go got to 9 t snSfR.p a from I hs Sas h ne SSSs,
and was forced to see one Of the directors OF
the homo club to get enough coin 10 buy a
IT want you:to lend me $50, please. so that I
can get out q town. said the umpire
.tor 70 ESe p aaHd n tineT during Gss your sps Stay stay.
Pm Ts ssr 5m SGiS'r so so tRs .,9t lea SSa u Ys,t IN .s,,,.
was owned by the man who had loaned $50 to
tain and another member Of this team of the
field and fined both of them heavily. After
the game he met the director in tho street end
they came near having q rough.and-tumble
dept the week before. 50 that he wa under no
NuhkhllOuS " tDb uI6CtOT. lnt69 bpOTlSS were
told by an umpire who docs not care to have
his identity known for fear that he might be
Eurst, Sos By the who asI aIpsa Is L w xsiev n9t Tim IN
II Sun last fall.
Players who never kick, but believe in play
That tho faultfnding on the field should stop,
equally instructing the kickers to obey the rules.
Tie more the subject Is discussed the more evi,
dent becomes the fact that the magnates have
the mower to atom the 0NiatinK ayilR. lint fp0n,
the way they are talking the public is drawing
lodged.
The LOCAL baseball headquarters. which have
been at 30 Cortlandt street ever since President
freedman assumed control Of the New Yori
CLUB. ars, being moved to 1A2 broadway, j.
4ehty and Guaranty, Company, of which Mr.
Freedman, Is the resident director. They viii
f b aSSF%aily saf opf fRsf bis Gn interest nsrs Ti n 10 MAR M 2
tie New York Club will not lessen because O
his newIy acquired outside business.
Or Sunday. Dec. 10. TIE SUN printed the ex
Slusiye announcement that there would be
PIC nsh Sna tS S,%0 TON 81 c S'Sou lsisn ao IL th be n e
mansger; also that contests hetween the lead
Ing fstie stars would be put on the boards. tn
DYE rounds. From Chicago eomss an l~ntSrTiss
with o,Rourkc, continuing the story and ais
stsis and baSIsrs Of the club ths' vii Hip' e s sss Sa
.Rry Dollar" Sullivan. 9'Roarko says that tn
cIpD Will occupy the OLD C0ney Island A. {
arena and that he will make q try for the Mt
Coy-Choynski battle and other events Of esus
tn accordance with the PROVISIONS OF the Ia,
seat at least 5000 persons, which is more tina
any other building in Greater New; York ca
do. O'Rourke will be here In a day or two {
complete arrangements.
Kid Mccoy is 50 constantly bessged wit
yould-be friends and Is the recipient of 30 man
letters that he has appointed his brother HON.
p the digniaed position Of Secretary. Manage
Homer went out yesterday and got q typ
writer, upon which he promptly began TO piu
q merry tune In answering the Kids letter
Both the middlewsight fighter and his broth,
are becoming weary of the crowds of hatterel
who follow them about. and are considering Il
Adyisability of establishing O sort of ''des
line" o~verswhich only good people" can eros
Joe Walcott, by the way. wants TO fight M
Coy. The colored pugilist has always prove
tough proposition In the ring, and the on
two men who have ever made him vince are *
Layigne and Tommy West. Walcott's recel
night with LayiPne at San francisco wa n
2 true test of strength. SO many sports sa
for there was too much betting on II, and VIII
was subsequently termed a Throw DOWN 4
certain pool sellers. Walcott, Il be should
naFmitted IN meat MrCny wnnia ,UiIiip,r