The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-02
CURRENT SPORTING TALK.
EBBETs BUYS SOME OF ABEIL'S
BASEBdLL STOCK.

Have Not beCInreu IneuretNea On hNtchtnR
A deal has been closed whereby Charles II.
Ebbots has bought enough Brooklyn Baseball
Club stock from Ferdinsad A.. Abel to control
tho majority Of shares. When Ebbets and
Abel met yesterday afternoon TO put the op
ton in writing, Abel said:
II do hot want to sell out all OF my stock,
Ebbets, but II you insist upon getting me out
Of baseball. III agree: for you have received
the option"
I'm, going 10 buy you out. lock, stock, ana
barrel replied aEbbets, good naturally. "for
I've mado arrangements to raise the money
during the next thirty days"
Abel thcn expressed such a desire to remain
In the club even as a minority stakeholder.
that Ebbots began to reconsider the question.
IN tell you what I'll do" Ebbets finally de-
clsred. 'Tf you will sell enough Of your stock
70 me 90 that 1 can control the club absolutely,
IN be satisfied"
That's agreeable" exclaimed Abel, "and we'll
make the deal right here. l want to stay In
the club under your management, and take q
chance Of getting back some of my losses"
Accordingly Abel handed over to Ebbets
enough certificates Of stock to make the latter
the real owner Of the club. Ebbets In return
gave q check for a good round sum. Ebbets
and Abel now own: ss per cent. of the stock,
the remaining shares being held by the heirs OF
the late c. ii. Byrnc. Abel said yesterday, after
making tho deal, that he had dropped In all
nearly 100000 in backing the Brooklyn Club
during the last eight years.
'As to my policy as President and principal
owner of the Brooklyn Club" Ebbets said to
the reporter Of THE SUN last night. you can
say that the club will be run on an entirely DIFF
ferent basis from that in the past. The players
viii be treated fairly and there will DO no In
ternal discussions. You ask me who I think
should take Mr.. Byrne's place on the National
Board. Well, I believe the honor belongs to
the Brooklyn Club. To my mind, when q man
n elected to the board, while he 10 honored, his
club and city are moro particularly honored by
the selection. When the League elected Mr..
Byrne to the board there is no doubt in my
mind that the Brooklyn Club received q high
honor. and il that honor should now be taken
the board expires, It would be regarded
by many, persons in Brooklyn Sn,,1 as 2 slight ht
Brooklyn. Club should provide q successor to
Mr.. Byrne on the National Board until the term
and have been in baseball fifteen years, / feel
somewhat entitled to the place myself, and l
have written to the various clubs in the League
UP 70 date the owners Of the Boston, Brook;
Cleveland clubs have put themselves on record
as unalterably. opposed to rowdy bali and as
Ing IN st. Louis ready to make a light against
Kicking on the diamond. The owner Of the
saying that he is not in favor Of kicking, but
he has 30 far refused to aid his fellow magnates
", Wh ieSif th iSsuasc:r ihe sn Welfare re s Of the G game aeo The II
owners Of the Pittsburg. Louisville, st. Louis,
put themselves on record. although they have
consented to discuss Brush's blacklist" rule.
several diseracefuI rows caused By kicking bali
players and unruly, spectators.
mem aSSess;d .n SO I far forgot pi hilnself = as st to G Knock
Umpire sheridan down by smashing him in
t as; fs CEASED Gp or tb agfst, i Tin diamond Rs oeSsAl alSnadI
was treated to q shower Of stones because be
had courage enough to let the Baltimores win
Grounds. too, when Umpire. McDermott was
len Oh the field for behavior that would have
warranted q policeman in a%rresting them for
in the street The present President of the
club, ". H. Watkins, the former manager of
Farded as an advocate Of rowdy bail, but until
he declares himself one way or another, Soden,
snre o. h the :Pltt aRS gt 6iub 5sf SG i ea4 me B 5sfi
Objectionable affairs, notably the fracas at Bos-
in. the eye. McGraw,. Jennings. Kelley and
other members: of this:team are noted as kick.
the manager. havo not been officially heard
from. Hanlon, when he=was. captain of the
manly ball players in the League. He is a close
student of the game. and is q member of the
iabors in the spring, will DO compelled to read
;sSlIq ! 5 Rsohi bite. fiot 4Ps' % S4s;Mhish is G EEsS.
through President J. Earl WAGNER, has been
beard from TO the effect, that Brush,s 'black-
Wagner. however, maintains q constant silence
on the primary eyil TX. kicking; He ,Lpi has by q re,
Ing position. The Louisville Club is piloted
represents the owners. Puiliam has lodged the
issue. but it is believed that Or. T. Hunt
Of his players. methods il he could see them in
sotion. The Louisvilles were partly %responsi-
% u i2t ' cie rSMS Sa 'a and n ethe en- E teams me fs@u EeT
and also behaved like hoodlums on the Polo
Gropnds on one occasion last year. The st.
Kicking at all, and Won der Abe has been so
busy unrayelling his business. affairs. that he
But the attitude of Hanlon. Wagner. Watkins,
and ,Pulliam at the, coming League meeting,
onendine teams, viii be watched by the SPORT
loving public with interest.
Robert D. wrenn, who has been selected by
Capt y IT, Dl Rad,s. 70 represent IIsS Harvard yntiyesrsity
quarter backs Harvard ever had. He was also
Wrenn has also shown proficiency at golf. and
- Olo VI INC HuthL ice nOChcy prayer In Amer
lea, his great exhibition with the st. Nicholas
team during the winter being the subject of
much Comment Wrenn was umpire in the
Yale Indian football game at the Polo Grounds
last fall. He knows the rules and the game,
and has some excellent ideas 10 put In tho form
Of suggestions. Some time ago he severely crit
icised Stagg and his Western friends for at
tempting to draft new rules before the regular
committees meeting. He called Stagg's ac-
ton a piece Of impertlnence,m whereupon there
was the usual wall from tho West that the East
was trying TO dictate to everybody. Wrenn, 1t
Is believed. will prove a broad-minded rule
maker. His views on the quarter back being
permitted to run with the ball Immediately
after he has received 1t from the centre IRISH
may have weight with the committee, as Wrenn
has played quarter and knows well the possible
files OF the place.
Still the promoters OF boxing clubs are pay.
ing rent and waiting TO hear what action viii
DO taken by the Police Board on the various APP
plications for licenses. Many of the promoters
are beginning to realize that THE Sun has had
the correct line on the situation ever since the
question first came up for discussion. The
statement that no licenses would DO granted be-
fore July /. eXceDt tn the New York A a. and