The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-17
CURRENT SPORTING TALK.
vNFlIR BEHhTIOR OF BhsEBALL
CROWDS IN VARIOUS CITIES.

An Evil That Has Reen Openly Encouraged
nna should ne supprrnsed-HiE Football RE-
ceipts NJ New Hnven-1ore Talk OF = Cycle
show nere-john !. and tho Fhrenoiosist.
Tho behavior OF baseball crowds in various
cities OF the National League has done much
toward encouraging kickcrs on the diamond.
Il was at Baltimore in 1894 that this evil first
became so prominent that IL was not only com.
mented upon by the newspapers all over tho
country. but was soon adopted in other cities.
eff the pitcher gets ratified it's all over" This
was the sentiment Of the Baltimore players.
hut IL did not exactly originate with them, for
Il had been the custom of Coachcrs on other
teams years before that to devote their re-
marks to opposing twirlcrs with tho iden OF
making them lose their heads. The Baltt-
mores, however, improved on such unsportsman-
like methods by calling on the crowds OF homo
".rooters'' to yell and howl when the visiting
pitcher was in the box, so as TO practically dis.
tract his mind. Clarke. the Baltimore catcher.
was in the habit of running along in front Of
the stands, saying:
"whcn we are at the bat get in and yell as
loud ns you can. and when W. get men on bases
don't stop bowling for u minutc!"
A n result tho crowds soon tcrrorizcd visit.
ing players and umpires until the word was
passed along that IL u whiting team won a
game II was more because Of stupid work by
the Baltimores than for any other reason. Catch
or Clarke's actions were SO bold that they were
repeatedly seen by Owner Won der Horst and
Manager Hanlon. yet the trouble-making ball
player was never taken. to task for his unfair
methods. 1t was natural, therefore,, that the
Baltimore Gro wds. schooled in unfairness by
their own ball club. pelted the New Works with
showers of stones after the two Temple Cup
games had been. won by Wards men in 1894.
IA -. ,1,D aypIainnI tyhr NfaitinD ton N tyare
unfairly treated in the three years following.
The last series with the Bot tons at Baltimore,
however, were free from anything unpleasant,
for the reason that the disorderly behavior OF
the homo players in previous games had been
20 severely criticised that. Won der Horst and
Hanlon called a halt. Hanlon, by the way,
could give some valuable to the
League on unruly behavior by players on the
diamond. The unfairness of the baltimore
crowds has since been duplicated ut Cincinnati,
Pittsburg, Louisville, Brooklyn, and at the Polo
Grounds. Last season THE SuN repeatedly
called attention to the fact that tho crowds who
went to see the New Works play at Harlem
were. for the most part. unfair to the visiting
teams. A word from the New York players,
or o signal of protest to the crowd from Capt.
Joyce, would have put n stop to the nuisance.
It was permitted to 60 on. however, because.
rs the New York players said, they were forced
70 put up with such treatment on the road. AT
Brooklyn the same evils were allowed to have
FREQ rein until the situation was ridiculous
when the New Yorks and Brooklyns FLASHED.
Then rival bands of ''rooters'' kept up an in
cessant hubbub. trying to rattle pitchers. In
such tactics were unknown, simply because
the public believed In fair play, and the clubs
s MSpl eona hsy ssii alH igsist Sp ptse' fair At p hSs'G for S xfsit,
are happy When they visit that city. The Dos:
frain from kicking, that they are generally ad'
mired on the road After one OF their brill
tough individuals who were constant occu-
pants of the bleachers, and who made a prac-
tce Of hurting insults at visiting teams, were
heard making these as they walked
well, Jim, wot dyer tink o dem Bean
"Dey Xii play ball and dey's gentlemen, too.
I'd RAIDER see dem win der pennant dan dose
So that even from tough citizens there can
omanate. once in a while a spirit Of fair, play,
IF the magnates will abolish disorder
players, baseball will be undoubtedly benc-
ated," said a prominent crank recently; Men
should be either aT Suppressed pr .aeI or ejeeted." unfairly
Tho Princeton Football Association has re-
played at New Haven with Yale on Nov. 20
last. This amount Is exactly, half Of the net
s ssisssa from and the Is S ss%s s &itS 2a 1fsI at th Manhattan Tai rs,
Field in 1896. Princeton. however, was com.
RssIl ns IT. to a put nn o1 T.i HbG %Is,i " i 600 fha in sh helping Mgh tto
really shows that there is not much difference,
financially, between football games played
the seating capacity OF Yale Field, for that mat.
ter, had been as great as that of Soldiers Field.
Cambridge; Yale and Princeton would proba-
in the history of their football relations. AS it
was, the receipts OF the Yale-Harvard game at
W rn id nav m than thngn - nny-
game played before by the Crimson and tho
Blue. The seating capacity on Brokaw Field.
viii be played, viii probably b be Greater than
Yale Field. The latter had seats for about 49,
O00, while at Princeton the plans indicate a ca
pacity for 10000. II Is pretty generally I'M
derstood, too, that there will be Il wholesale re.
duction in the prices for tickets. This is said
rival universities, who believe that 81 is too
much to pay for q reserved seat. In view OF
managers can greatly reduce tho existing tar.
In and still make money on the season.
0ive announcement that there was IA quiet move
ment afoot to establish a local cycle show. re.
CARELESS Of any edict OF the Cycle Board OF
the way, will be particularly interesting to GER
tain manufacturers because, it will be deter
mined whether the board will sanction a show
In this city or not. 1t is common talk among
the smaller concerns that the boards action in
Handed and was mot backed by "a general desire
ON the part of makers not to show their products.
The success OF the cycle show by local firms ut
Philadelphia has stirred up manufacturers in
various parts OF the country. The movement
for o show is still on here, bat whether it will
amount to anything is another question.
The Yale Navy defends its attitude toward
Cornell by stating that the lthacans have
caused all the trouble by naming conditions in
the acceptance of the Blues challenge. In u
word, Yale wishes IL to be understood that Cor
nell. having won a magnificent boat race from
Yale and Harvard, and having acted in tho
most magnanimous way ever since, has abso-
lutely no right to have a voice In the arrange
ment Of another race and positively, no privilege
to name a condition. Yale, on the contrary,
must do all the debating, although Harvard,
with apparently equal rights, has expressed a
Willingness to row Cornell without conditions.
According to the New Haven version Cornell
must beg to be permitted 10 row just one more
race. IL Ithaca doesn't want to do that. why
she can get into the race by entering as tho
guest of Harvard. College men, not carried
away with prejudice, fail to understand why
Cornell should be subjected TO such mrnifcstly
unfair treatment. The privilege of naming the
time and place for a race next year could hRvo
been granted to Cornell, they say. without fear
OF the result, for the lthRcans would have I'M
doubtedly been square enough 10 consider tho
wishes OF Yale and Harvard, both of whom do
nnf want IN laaya NpyN I nnlnn n WAS unIy "A