The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-18
SPORTING TALK.
rrlEheER HURST OF 81. LOUIS AD-
YOOATEs CLEAN BASEBABL.

px,e,rtur at trio League Meeting I'm Mako
N or uin Tenn-Thrre II Talk or Changing
IN. Hsme or the Football RuicS csunnaittce.
The National League rcformers, N'ho are try
fnR TO stamp out rowdyism on tfo ball neld,
viii ho clad 70 know that they can count on tho
undivided support OF tho st. Louis Club Mt the
coming meeting at that city. TlmtEhy Hurst,
manager Of the St Louis team, arrived here
voetardav aiter an extended trip through the
west. when nsked what the st. Louis Clubs
attitude would DO on the question w reestap'
lishinR cloan bGll. Hurst said:
lyon can nut 1t in THE SUN as strongly as
VIM like that Prssi6 ent Muckcnfuss of tho st.
fouis Club will undoubtedly bo q redIhot advo-
cate Of reform. SO will Won der Abe. who still
oyyns the club. Nobody knows moro about tho
un.,boda and characteEls tics OF the rowdies of
che IeaQuo better than ] do, and l believe that
unless the League squelchas them now the game
vvill sufYer. As manager Of the st. Louis team, 1
shall instruct my men TO play clean' tast' ag-
r~rcssive ball. but at tho same time shall forbid
any and all kicking against unap Tres decisions III
We can't win without hoodlumism we don't want
70 win at all. II all the clubs in tho League will
look Mt this matter ms I do tho s'ckers will be
quickly sat upon. Two mndo up my mind to do
Ali I can TO help the uinpircs this year. for I've
been there and know what their rouhes arc.
Tho League will bo compelled to take action
and anybody who refuses to help the movement
AGAINST rowdy ball should be censured. know
that there arc some Eickers on the 81. Lonis
team. but I am going to keep them well in check
all season."
Hurst has already decided on the makeup OF
tho St. Louis team. and believes that he Will DO
able to pull It out OF the twelfth hole In the race.
He says that Clements and Sugdcn will do all
the catching, and no considers the former to DO
tho best bacestop in the League. elements 10
also the hardest batting catcher In the coun-
try" Tim gays, and with regular work he will
surprise people at Philadelphia who thought he
was a back number. Jack Taylor will be my
otar pitcher, and he's a winner II properly
handled. Then 1 have Kid Carsey. who will
no doubt DO as effective as ever with his old
catcher, Clements. in front of him. ESpcr, the
ex-Baltimore left.hander, will do. 1 think. and
Sudhof 10 u most promising colt. According to
my present plans Lally will play first base. Bier
bauer or Crooks will cover second, Jimmy Don
nelly will be at third. and Lave Cross will cover
1Ssorts, The GhS o qnlns.' will yi[l P% SSSa as be a meFlig.
Il looks like a pretty fair team on pa
per, ard II ] can get tho boys work
Tor q while. am on the lookout for new ma
terial at that and may pick up some timber IN a
Yes, I've signed a one. years ironclad contract
and nobody, not even Won der Abe, can inter
f isrS with ,aitb m sSo ! simPiy aS wpn r IL hI trfed H fSers!i
DO trouble. Some people don't believe III be a
guccess, as q manager. They don't know me;
period I've learned more about ball players and
think I'm capable of handling. at least a tail
ender. The st. Louis team cant finish any worse
than last year. That's a comfort"
Now that Tucker has been sold by Washing
ton TO Omaha. three League club managers have
81 Setsn the 'e crack S'f tirs Il b s1sRasne out Of bis minor
league, ENHANCEMENT. The fact that Tucker
could have been secured for $500 from Wash,
inHton not long ago was overlooked by all
League clubs. which must have waived claim
TO Bis services before Wagner was at liberty
r Taot lss him IN go l.t ass s sd 9he BIZ sUs eirS says
that no will, retire from baseball before he will
sisi@n sh 10 be cam aI,v set sn nenr %se9r isaS wita s as
eral big clubs and yot Is compelled to no to
Omaha. where he y expected to play for about
washington. fuckers case illustrates the
utter helplessness OF ball PLAYERS under the
provisions Of thei- contracts and the national
ngreement
O. tomorrow night will be long drawn out, from
present indications, and several succeeding con.
PIT in such shape that they win DO acceptable to
all the representatives OF the big institutions.
ier w %e ssts sssiis'ffa aoY WEI Vest if P1iat a aHpt aSs UNI,
yersity, OF Chicago. represented by Stagg. would
DO laid before the committee. with the prospect Of
being rejected. There is some talk ut one or
two of the universities of changing tho name
Football Rules Committee, to that Of Inter
same % at present, coupled with power to frame
eligibility rules and regulations governing. the
sIHot amateur status of college foot
SHssed before but has meyer boon taken UP;
exists, with Yale and Princeton as tho only
ipss are held. As Yale, Harvard. University S% Of
gate at largo constitute the Rules Committee.
the argument is offered in favor of these uni
versities forming themselves into an association
70 govern the game properly, Just as all other
sports, amateur and professional. are controlled.
Such an organization might be the means Of un.
t1ngling the complicated relations between
Yale and University OF Pennsylvania, Prince.
ton and old Penn. Harvard and Princeton, and
for the members of such an organization to play
eames with ono another, but they might become
better acquainted
Another month has almost passed and boxing
club promoters here arc still waiting for licenses
from tho Police Commissioners Eighteen APP
pre: .Gnn y York no:.. and they yy WIN be tso " sSISf upon ;Isn,
forth against, the boxing clubs on Jan. 1 THE
. pointed out that no licenses would
i "a IiseSd w sfSspt the to p. psrsSn' o, w9 the T is%
These persons have an application before the
up It 10 said that they will be favored. together
with one or two other clubs managed by COM
potent match makers. But AS there is not much
prospect of a i" house looming up" just at pres.
ont. tho delay will continue. so well posted
sportingmon say. Meanwhile the leading pro;
motors have lost q chance to reap n financial
harvest. The affairs held in neighborlng places
are being well patroniZed by New Workers. who
will travel n long distance to see n good scrap.
Several local match makers are Interested IN
suburban clubs, and are making some money. too.
III there's war with Spain" snid a red.hot
sportat the Gilsey House Yesterday, this Coy
ernmcnt can't do bettor than to send the talk
alive prize fighters, to the front. II Corbett.
Fitssimmons. Mccoy. and some OF, the other
windy gents were sent to Cuba they'd blow
the island mp with their eyclopic CHALLENGES
heavyweight championship by default.
Who will no fight then T. II Western ring
follower asks. WIN 1t DO Peter Maher, Char
Icy Coz, or Rubby Dubbf Il Mccoy, wants to
leyel, he'll take Maher on. Then Wen know
whether he can fight or not. Hes undoubtedly
cleyerer than Peter, and. tho latter may find II a
hard matter to roach him. The Kid. too. may
worry Maher with the same kind of punches
that made Creedon bleed, III which event will
Peter cry quits. as he did when ritz pounded his
nose Into a Jelly at New Orleans in their first
hGhtf Makers a hard puzzle for the Kid to
solve, so that if the latter is successful he'll be