The times., 1898-05-09
nothing but hard feelings and worse luck.
Chicago News.

II haven't nodoed' that Hhe CINCINNATI
Club has offered any of its players cash
prizes said Timothy Hurst yesterday.
II see where the New Yorks, the Phiia-
delphias, the Pittsburgs and the others
have offered cash to their players, provid-
ing they finish in certain positions
also notice that the positions they name
are such that it is dollar to a red apple
that they will not TO have let go any OF
the prize moneys When all of them are
through Offering, l will make little by
play for the ST Louis Browns. We Will
make them an offer. 1t won't be four
flush bluff, nor will there be cables hitch
ed to the money so that the players
can't get 1t. We will hang up prize that
they will have a chance TO WIN IT won
he so much for first, or so and so much
for second. 1t will be so and so much TOT
sixth. If we finish In the first DIVISION,
it will be pretty good for us. AT that,
| think. we have a cineh on beating out
the Pittsburgs Take the two teams 20
over them and compare them man Tor
man. and / think that the Browns ous-
class them. We have a good chance 10
beat out the Washingtons and the Louis
villes, and / wouldn't be surprised II we
got up as far as the first division All we
need is batting. We are fielding in grand
style."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Manage Hanlon, of the Orioles, has
written letter to President Young, CIV
ing him an account of the failure of the
umpires in several recent games TO en-
force the rules against kicking and
wrangling on the ball field Speaking OF
the matter recently to a Baltimore sun
reporter, Mr.. Hanlon said:
II have been accused frequently of en-
couraging my players to kick against
decisions and TO abuse umpires. The play
ers themselves know how far that IS from
the truth. for while / believe in an ag-
gressve style of play and in claiming
what belongs to us, there is NOBODY VINO
opposes the ordinary kind of senseless
and persistent kicking more than do.
THE fact is that in previous seasons l
have been after the Baltimore players ali
the time urging them not to waste thelr
| energies and the umpires' patience In that
way. And, therefore. when the league
passed stringent rules against these
abuses at the st. Louis meeting, instead
of injuring us, as many hoped ana be-
lieved the new rules would, ] knew that
they would be of advantage to us. Ihe
Baltimore club does not need to buildoZe
umpires TO win, and the less its players
! kick the better they play.
..Knowing that and knowing that the
! new rules were aimed at the Orioles 10
great extent. 1 called the boys together
| before the season opened and explained
/ that there was to be no kicking; hrst'
because we did not want 10 fall into the
| tran set for us and secondly because we
wanted to use all our energies in baH-
playing and not raising objections we
| started out honestly determined to Try 10
make the best of the umpiring whether
! 1t was good or bad.
LAS everybody knows, there was not
1t, = q
the New Yorks came here. Previous TO
! that everything had been going as
! smoothly as possible We had mostly
frst-class umpring. with little bad
mixed in but the bad was passed over IN
silence. And. by the way, this man Con
! molly who is with Lynch, is too good
man to be in the field. o. rather too good
not to be behind the bat, when there are
some such poor umpires trying TO Judge
balls and strikes.
..Wen nobody could make any objec-
ton to the Orioles conduct until after the
New York's came here. Joyce's men
made such a row that finally the Balti-
mores made a few mild kicks
philadelphia followed and Curry was
abused. ridlculed and browbeaten by the
visitors until he was evidently influenced
thereby. Then the Baltimore players
had their say.
Now here is Just the situation The
umpIres are and have been for years
armed with the most abundant power and
authority to keep order on the field and
prevent wrangling. The Baltimore club
Is willing and anxious to obey the rules,
land | want them enforced strictly because
believe my players will play better ball,
but we want them enforced against the
PLAYERS Of other clubs as well as Balti-
more We object TO being made a mark
ANY umpire who cannot maintain order
land decorum on the field under the pres
ent rules and with another umpire always
present 10 back him up IS not f1t 10 be an
umpire and should be removed and man
of a little nerve Se placed in his position.
''If the umpires continue 10 allow con-
duct such as the New Yorks and Philadel-
iphias il will soon be just as bad or worse
than in previous years. All that is need
ed Is umpires with nerve enough TO en-
force the rules. The trouble frequently
is that the umpire knows that his work
Is miserable and has not the nerve TO
| fire a rlayer who tells him so. -