The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-01
SPORTING TALK.
b. A. ABELL OPPOSES KIoRINe ON
THE DIAMOND.

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the Rieid-The University TsswinE Presie-.
. Still another advocate of clean baseball play
ing has been heard from. Ferdinand A. Abel,
who owns the majority Of stock Of the Brooklyn
Baseball Club, will 60 to the coming League
meeting prepared TO aid Messrs. soden, Spald-
ine, Reach, Eb5cts, Brush. Robson and others
On their fight against rowdyism on the diamond.
Abel has been a well-known sporting man for
years, and his ideas Of fair play and square deal
1ngs have always been taken for gospel
81 have been reading the various articles in
THE Sun against Kicking he said yesterday.
s.and 1t is with the greatest Of pleasure that
an at liberty TO add what little power I have to
bring about the proposed reforms, It has al
ways been my policy ever since l first became
identified with the Brooklyn Club TO strongly
protest against kicking over decisions Of tho
umpire. I do not think that It is In any way
sportsmanlike to dispute the ruling Of o man
appointed by the National League to enforce
order and decorum on the Geld. In all other
branches Of sport, in which I am interested AZ
much as baseball, there never occurs such out
rageous objections to decisions by officials AZ I
have heard of on the diamond. I believe that
the magnates should not hesitate an instant to
put down rowdyism, when this question comes
up before them for consideration, for the very
salvation Of the game IL ut stake. The public.
to whom tho League club owners look for fnan-
eial support, docs not want kicking. That Is q
question which cannot be disputed BY any body.
John Ward says, in n recent interview in The
Bun, that the ball players do not want to kick,
and I have read other statements which have
convinced me that the magnates themselves arc
20 blame for every bit OF disorder that has &C.
eurred on the field in the past
''It mikes no difference hoW many rulea Are
passed by the League or how many times the
players are requested not TO kick; the troubles
will 60 on just the same II rhe players are not
compelled. forcibly to obsy the rules strictly in
accordance with the way they are printed In
the Guide. l shall attend the spring meeting
of the National League as a representative Of
the Brooklyn Club. and you can say for me that
] will advocate q total abolition Of kicking in
every way and that l will sustain the gentle
men who have already gone on record as being
against this evil, even though I may find out
that / am the only one who is sincere In the
matter. President Ebbets has stated that the
Brooklyns will not kick this season. and that
goes. He has the right idea and knows as well
as I do that the people in Brooklyn want clean
ball.
II have received q certain amount Of corre-
Npondence from League magnates, and I feel
that / am in q position to size up the situation
without making mistakes. The proposition
made by John T. Brush that players who use
filthy language during the games must be
bIacklisted at first did not meet with my entire
favor. After considering the matter. how
ever, I have come TO the conclusion that q
proper modification Of this proposed blacklist
will act with sufficient effectiveness to kill the
existing evils; Ny idea 10 that for the fret
offence of, this kind a player should be sus-
pended without pay for three weeks. for the
weeks, and for the third transgression he
should be forever debarred from engagement
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there will be little chance for the use OF foul
aors should be choEed on in such a manner that
IN the fTturH Games wiz be absolutely ffso
susted the public in almost every City on the
circuit; You can Say that bslieys the mag.
they can to satisfy the pubhc's demand for re-
1orms."
President Ebbets Of the Brooklyn Baseball
Club and Director Abel had q conference yes
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time. Accordingly he has asked Abell TO
siye him thirty days more n which to buy, end
consented, and viii Gx up the matter In legal
form, probably to-day or Tomorrow. Tho lat
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perhaps he may look at the matter in q differ
At the coming meeting Of the Football Rules
; i{SS pass tss 3 o nST PO, init may So b s SonaiS %S;s5 N y
.eEees and umpires have had to depend while
;;viduals. There have been many instances
iSyaero 2 referee OF umpire has been compelled to
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lend setting apart the respective dudes Of tie
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and Eat sSSsse whsn t lsSp pt sas v tins so %ntve sa Wei
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fkeh eooafdanee with the lines already drSwnin
tie change made BY tho Western colleges regard
itAg the scoring OF points viii receive more At
ISenton than any other reform drawn up by
Stan. and bis friends.. II this proves TO b the
oeeA Il In safe TO say that one point In that rule
VII DO condemned without . Dissenting voice.
Prom what has been gathered by careful inves.
4lEenon the institutions represented on the
&uleg Committee believe that instead of redpc-
Ing the value Of q kick from the held It should
There are 20 few good held goal kickers in this
style Of play should be encouraged Instead Of
that x Z goal rom. tho sst ae dSts COUNTS u more ass tSan
ssSny Other point to DO made IN . foOtbail Snatch
points. Goal kicking ten years ago was the
feature Of al games; bGt up 70 last season Il
Stagg's ades that a goal from the Held should not
receive more credit than . touchdown is not
Eegardsd with favor hereabopta, OF course It