The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
CURRENT SPORTING TALK.
-prrpMAN SLOWS TIE LEIG YES
f"n va KICKING" AGREEMENT.

- sbnrLeJ- ChoynAhi Fight Net Calculated
~ r,.yste tho sport-hias the broadway a.
r. nm option on the Madison Square Garden :
r,0 marnatcs' agreement, signed by tho
ni"IAcn,s Of eleven clubs at st. Louis, was re-
- hv y. L. Young, President OF the Ma
81 - League, yesterday. with tho signature Of
.Os.ow Freedman of the, New York Club at
ND nv signing this document, Freedman
-, 10 pnnish his manager, captain, or play
,rho DISPUTE decisions Of the umpires. wheth-
'. rioht or wrong, and who in any way violate
~. n,oyinr rules. lie also agrees to punish his
.,.,crs for offences when his attention is called
Tho same by any other club President on
sho.c rounds the Now Works may misbe-
h.yt lie further agrees to do what he can to
Guarantee fur play from local crowds for
,.,ms visiting the Polo Grounds. After sign
,s m, agreement, Freedman put himself fur
,ber on record by saying:
,Tbe suppression OF rowdy kicking methods
/, vho, | hayo wanted right along. 1t suits
,hs New Works. because tho tonm wins its
Games on its merits. We will now be able TO
vim more games away from home. inasmuch as
-. wont have the bulldozing Of umpires by
o,ber teams to contend against. n proceeding
The New York team has never resorted to-"
Tbus every National League club is ON rec
ard IN black anu Wnllt, hiu any NioihLioH vi
,hs agreement will merit the censure of the
nublic. BY living up to the agreement in every
,,rtieuIar. the magnates will make baseball far
more popular than ever before. The best test
a, the sincerity of the magnates will come short
!, when the championship season opens. Then
,hsv will bo placed on trial by an interested
,ublic. When tho first occasion for disciplin-
,ng royly players arises 1t must DO met with
.,.n tb, nopnInpc rannsed nv tho nuh-
liz in the national game will DO sadly shattered.
There is no loophole through which one can
bojrc and still be entitled 10 respec!. The cru.
sde against rowdyistn has resulted IN u signal
victocy on paper, but a triumph VIII not be
recorded until the maEnateS have been tested
and not found wanting,
Just after tie Brush blacklist rule was
nassed al st. Louis. Frank Robson. Presi-
Sent Of the Cleveland Club. received. n telc-
STrIa from Tebe.u.t to the effect that McAlcer
bad signed a Cleveland contract. Tebeau added
that The pennant would be won by his team,
,,eu though the maEnatcs had seen fit TO handi.
ran him. Just what was meant by this has
s.in. , SS4;id sIriSs s SifcpssI1si out OF the the ! !!Slsd *.
iIst' rule will come near affecting the Clevc-
ilndsas much as Il not more than any other team
IN The League. ttanlon made the statement TO
he reporter Of THE Sun at st. Louis that the
Cleyelands were the originators OF. obscene row.
dyism. and that his Baltimore players learned
Sirh tactics from Tebeau's crowd. Players in
sysFy League team have accused the Cieye.
lands Of improper behavior. and have singled
out Tebeau, OConnor, Burkett. and Mexican
posing players and slug umpires is regarded by
fcbesu as a handicap, then his team does not
deserve to win a game all season.
President Ebbets Of the Brooklyn Club an.
bounced yesterday that utter his players have
trained at Allaire. n. j., they will play a Sc
h tsI u 5 i they VIII appear either at Hartford or
Paterson, after which they are scheduled to ap.
pear at Waterbury on April o, Newark on April
and Lancaster on April Is. Mike Grimm, who
will captain tho team, has signed a contract and
vii be on handto-morrow to receive the players
at Eastern Park.
Now that Chris Won der Abe has declared
s i,an;si , out Of ts baseball Hn l. tho nss sSk fo Sa are Ee NV ! u
Louis team. The latest yarn Is to tho effect
that one day several years ago Won der Abe
wen, into INTO the players dressing room before the
,"shontlenans and fellers: I hope you are
T 5t@f i; d.. As eap psi aO " ae to grow PToKn so tells mo noGM DAT:
Tommy Oh. yes. der Orioles! Veil. AS l vas
Eanion's 6irts blay bail ilge. nine brutters.
Every one on der nine work ige one of dose
%Jgrgeussn Watches. BIt y9u fel!srs work lige
wants you fellers ter get q fast movement on
lnt work like der nine brutters in Eft Hanlon's
club. Qnd 4 you dom work lige nine brHtters
The 81. Louis players then went out on the
tdd and were beaten by the Lorisyilles by %
:, room n; , masn t6e gb rss.a aEeeisd into fSsm; th asis aT Wsy!
s%Iattersl Heyi You fellers york ligs you
viss az aid r yoa Eef der TO De eSgn dat Ta Ser eou RSh piheSii
Eeyl Myers, don't use your feet fer hands!
Douglass. II yer want n sofa ter sleep on In dat
left field III sent der bench out ter yer! Ladam.
ven eler YER try Ter trOw ACROSS der DIAMOND.
DON'T tink yer in a bowlin' alley! Heyi Rotcher
Common is no tenpin! Get der ball up! On
Hsyi Mein Colt, what, arc yerl No more
seierieS, dat's der punishment Tor der rotten
Then everybody was fined.
The result OF tho Choynski- Sharkey fight at
frisco was a source of disappointment, among
tgr q decisive contest. The consensus Of opin-
lOhls that ShGrkey's effectiveness in the ring
docs not amount to much unless he resorts to
rough and tumble tactics. such as he evidently
Brought into play in the seventh and eighth
POUNDS against Choynski. There never has
been any doubt about The ~latter's superiority
oYefth eN-saiioT in point OF scientific cleverness,
ana II the battle on Friday night had depended
solely Oh that line % work Choynski would UNI
aSaotelly have carried off the honors. But
>haTEcy's wonderful physical strength. coupled
WIN MS 6lh.headCd PUSHES and wrestling tao
yes proved too much for his clever opponent.
soarSey II Is thought can whip any man in the
Morll Lhtcr London prize ring rules, but his
fing Fccori under the Quccnsberry code has not
peen %cnviablC. That he is deliberately foul in
ns hghtns Is the opinion OF many good
Iauges who have seen him in action. The
eecls1ol Of Referee George Green. whereby
~ called the fight q draw after eight rounds
sheh II was slated to so twenty, is also taken
70 mean that he was unwilling 10 permit Shar-
itgy TO continue his fouls. although at the same
Srune D, "a not care to award the fight to
Choynski for Sharkey'B offences. II the men
tsr'Gl TO break away from clinchos without
uueehAnI hitting, there is no doubt but that
Snatkry should have been disqualified for
SlgtNing the cnmpac.. ns he Is reported to have
Sone IN the last two rounds. Altogether the
oottie cannot he regarded IN eleyating the sport
y s!oIe contests, which. by the way, cannot af-
'Ou 10 receive many more hard knocks.
Although Jim Corbett, In a lengthy procla.
Ika.Ioh' retired permanently from the ring
SoOuI TWO months ago. he has been unable TO
neep MS word. Billy Brady IL out with a state
,u III Lhot lie will glve $50, 900 TO Fitzsimmon5
Nm. i"titr Will engage In II finish fight with the
y; cw!NGpnr. which, everybody knows, Is out
,vtt,i,nc question. according to the champions
%%unAt,Ihi, As Brady issued the latest chal-
IL al COLCHESTER. whore he owns IN Eastern
rreearEEaIc baseball franchise and expects to play
cbMa".""t on tirst base. IL MAJ be that the eX-
,%bnat would CorbeIt and Brady do il FitZ
,.O..d happen 10 take it into his head that this
him! 'f'e "'sh' U.s. W
oetn view OF tho fact that Tom O'Rourke has
vOihu,ed a nurse OF S.. 900 for the McCoy-Ruhlin
49, contest, there waS l. well.dchucd rumor