The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-28
CURRENT SPORTING TALK.
PREsIDENF FREEDMAN slrs THE
SEY FORKS NEED NOR KICK.

No aayp Ursptreu Last Wear Cosspirea AEninst
the LEGAL Trnn-Vsle. ~ IL said, Net In
Havsr Of staEs Ter the Feotban Committee
a Pian 70 Huppress Taihntise RiEhtern'
In view Of the fact that moro than half Of
the maRnates OF tho National league have do
clared themselves In favor OF supprcssing
kicking on the diamond. Il seems probable that
the others will either fall in line or balk over
the situation before the coming spring meeting
n held. President Freedman OF tho New York
Club had something new TO say about THE SUN
agitation yesterday, and his statements will
be read with interest, no doubt, by patrons Of
the game hero who have decried kicking in the
past.
The New York Club as it is at present con-
stituted.' said Freedman, Els unalterably OPP
posed TO kicking, for the best reason In the
world. We have q team Of players who do not
have to kick at the umpires in order 70 win, for
they arc the strongest nine in the League to-
day. I have said on several occasions that
the New Yorks were always instructed last sea-
son not to kick, because the club officials be-
lieyed In clean ball. II Is an injustice to sin
Gle ont Joyce as q chronic kicker, for he Is moth
inR Of the kind. He has merely stood up for
his rights in tho Western cities. where tho New
Yorks were shamefully treated by partisan
crowds and umpires."
How is &c that the New Yorks were fined by
the umpires last year moro than any other
team in the Leaguei" asked the reporter.
simply because the umpires were unfair
and were trying to curry favor with certain
persons in the League who were antagonistic
to my club was tho reply. 'The New Yorks
were outragcously treated in this respect. and
N ft occurs again I will make such a kick my
self that somebody will have to stand from
under"
viii you go to the coming League meeting
prepared to back up Messrs. Soden, Reach,
spalding. Brush. Hart, Ebbets, Robson. and
others in their fight against rowdy bali'
The New York Club is always an advocate
of fair play and clean ball, and Is opposed to
kicking in any FORM"
win you stand with Soden Of Boston II he
makes q proposition to kill rowdyismi"
go far as Soden is concerned Ill stand for
anything he docs at the League meeting"
As oden has already put himself on record
asan enemy of the kickers, 1t is thought that the
New York Clubs President will fall in line
when the meeting convenes. Freedman's state
ment that Joyce is not a chronic kicker win not
individuals who served on the umpire staff last
year. Joyce is a clever team manager, as the
He has said recently that DO viii sit on the
bench all Of psx s. season sn,o and VII not .Ip Play, in
he VIII not even receive the slight privilege Of a
captain to argue with. an umpire on the misin-
depreciation OF the rules. That the New Works
can play good ball without kicking was shown
in tho weeks series of games with the Bostons
last summer, which were probably more en-
others IN the schedule. But memorable exhibit.
tions between the locals and the Brooklyns, Chi
S Wsre not what might have BEEN termed IDEAL
contests-
The use Of airy persifage By kickers on the
field toward one another was the cause Of a
hafWAan "nadb Clarka the talkatiya Difcher
and Fred Tennsy. the Boston's star first base:
man. The latter had Just graduated from
iotes. When he made his first appearance here
the. New Yorfs. concluded to have some fun
With Tenney: -,,,., .n.s.. n~u
ma as, Vailed iasf'i to y tas be nDsa' "y ss the so hsssfSwa
guy, why don't yer cut hat hair of and look
taking hold Of the iatter's collar, exclaimed.
after Glowing o piece of tobacco under his
II you're talking to me, you cheap duck. I'll
s sase make SS u Tas ld s6s S fIFs . Ssg IL ai saI., tho samo
That was too much for Clarke, who was never
known to fight anybody, and. as Tenney walked
on ac o9Sa;e f s4sa, rs sS1 WSSyi h .h ssef fe hfiis F0 nassi
went to night school"
When, Stagg promulgated his new Western
college football rules it was suggested in THE
Sun that, n the interest Of harmony, It might
eession OF the Football Rules at the
University A.:C. on Feb. 49,. Alexander Moi.
or some other Western delegate should be In.
S Ssss1 70 s SSn East asr and e w 5nas could s@i dfGb@ e smoot6ed
over. It's said hat the University Of Penn
s sIliEsp'f fko W SSsn'V With aEe f Hsp1 IN trV DeG Hl1fG'0f e
learn that the chief objection 70 stasg rec,
ignition or that Of any other Western dele
gate, 1t Ii said, comes from Yale, where Stacy
became noted as a football and baseball player
honor Of the Blue. 1t cannot be denied that
Stag knows as much about football as any
Yale does not seem anxious 10 have his ideas
on the game considered. A Yale man who
s saiS ye weni yh that siI tho Sfior rs a. Of S sssrr H Ia Ss
recognized in the East are based solely upon a
desire to gain further notoriety. and not so
Knows football Wen enough. but tan.s som Ss" Of his
eIty Of Chicago are being used against him.
Yale football men believe that the present
changes in the rules may be necessary Witar
out the addition Of more members,
west ,af they .sia let g se ssasSl I'm n.S or S SnSsSsy from sfP. ,hs
be pestered with more applications from all
over The country. II a question whether the
So far as Harvard's representative on tho
that the rule:makers themselves wanted Sears
to ROMAN. but that in the event OF a possible
change. Cameron Forbes, the head coach at
Cambridge. would be asked to serve by Capt.
Dibbloe.
Pugilists who do their fighting through the
newspapers, are likely to come to grief In due
time II q certain movement started by Western
sporting writers. comes to a hcad. Tn absurd
press notices. fake challenges and laughable in
tervtews which have been sent out by the mani
ayers of Corbett, .F~itzsimmons, Mccoy and other
actor p~ugilists, have not only disguised tho
public In various cities of the country, but have
also caused no end Of protests from sporting edi-
tors who have been overrun with typewriter
1t was first pointed out In TIKI Sun
that these fighters, with all their newspaper
controversy, were simply looking for notoriety
IN order to boom their theatrical ventures. At
q. Louis the newspaper men have reached a
definite conclusion, to boycott not only these
not mean to Eight. 1t is suggested that no men
ton whatever shall be made of pugilists, no
tgally matched to engage in ring encounters.
The point has been brought up that when Fitz.
simmons and Corbett were at Carson they signed
an agreement with a certain newspaper not 20