The San Francisco call., 1897-12-10
BALL-PLAYBRS ARE HOT.
Napoleon Fagen Discusses the
Situation and Talks of
Wrong Doing.
Reliance and the 0lympiCs to Cross
Bats at Recreation
Park.

The California Markets of the yellow.
journal tournament are greatly perturbed.
They are under the impression that a
scheme IS being concocted whereby they
will be deprived of the pennant and the
$1,000 to be awarded the winning club by
the management.
Napoleon James Joseph Fdgen. man
ager for the Markets, is as restless as
fractious horse in his boarding stable.
The scheme, so the Markets assert, has
been concocted by the tournament man
agement, aided and abetted by The Santa
Clara manage. 1t Is to so strengthen the
Santa Clara nine taat neither the Markets
nor Santa Cruz will be able to hold their
own against the Garden City com bination.
The Markets assert mat this work is az
crooked as a growth of manzanita
Santa Clara for several DAYS has been
negotiating TO secure the services of Hen.
nessey. Sacramentos great first baseman,
and MaGee, also of Sacramento. Hem
nessev, who enjoys a game OF ball better
than most men do a teudertoin steak
without bone in il, has consented, so if
was stated yesterday, TO guard the initial
cushion for Santa Clara in Sundays game
against the Markets.
The rules governing the tournament
and which are subject to the caprice OF the
members of the tournament committee
preclude the signing OF Hennessey and
Magee, but the Markets take no stock in
.he rules, lnasiuuch as they are violated
IN nearly every game played \ I Central
PARK, and assert that if Hennessey and
Magee appear in Sunday game they will
be unable 10 protect themse YES, as pro.
tests with the com mlttee, as was shown
IN the Fresno case, are without avail, be-
ing brushed aside as trivial
NAPOLEON James Joseph Fagen, in
speaking about the matter said: The
California Markets have il from the best
authority that Henuessey and Magee are
going 10 play with Santa Clara in the
game Sunday with US. Now this as {
understand it, Is contrary to the rules
governing the tournament aud /, for one.
shall most vigorously protest agalns,
Hennessey and Magee If they appear in
;he game. 1t Is not rght for Santa Clara
TO be permitted to strengthen its team.
This move is a shame. The Markets
have played great ball and in an uphill
game, and tor one shall not sit sup nelly
oy and see them robbed OF the pennant|
The efforts OF the management to bring
Santa Cruz and the Bushnell-Alerts TO-
Rether again after the latter has been
dropped from the schedule has also
aroused much Indignation among the
players. They contend that such a game
will only have a tendency to lessen the in
terest in the tournament series and should
not be allowed.
"lf any clubs are going TO play exbibi-
ton game" said Manager Fagen. "it
should be those clubs comprising the
tournament-Santa Cruz, Santa Cara and
the California Markets. They might ius1
as we'll relnstaIe the Bushnell Alerts i'm
the tournament as TO allow them to play
with Santa Cruz when the tournament
games are on"
Tomorrow Reliance and the Olympics
will play at Recreation Park. The battery
for Reliance will probably be Moskimon
and Stanley which did such effective
work against ALI America. The score stand
ing 2 TO in favor of the Fasteners
Wheeler will be in the box for the
Oiympics and Drews will probably receive
MS delivery.
Sunday Gilt Edge and Reliance Will
play al the same grounds.
The following is the makeup of the
Olympic team: Wheeler. pitcher; Moves.
catcher; GoslInsky, first base; Fry, second
base; Van Norden, shortstop; Snee han.
left held; Magee, center field Dean, right
field