The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-04

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81. LOUIS. March 3.-Noarly all OF the League
baseball magnates left town to-day. Soden and
Conant OF the Boston Club left ON the noon train,
the former going TO New York, where he Will
ask Freedman to sign the agreement to stop
kicking which was drawn up and Endorsed by
eleven clubs at last nights session. Soden has
the original agreement with him and when
Freeman has an xed his signature to IL the doc
ument will DO forwarded to n. f. Young. Prcsi-
dent OF the League, for official pfomaiEstion:
what they had done last night, for they claimed
that by adopting the Brush blacklist rule. and
also agreeing by compact to enforce the rulessi
rowdyism. Tho signed agreement binds clubs
Presidents to punish their players for not only
abroad. Brush explained the point to-day when
in tic kin S' nnd roWd iSihm at i New York am
bound to punish. the Offenders on the charges
thst way way s sIo PrOf e. %1,, q e The r. e esss Il 4 ne 81 N tnS
Works or any other team misbehayo in Cincin.
natl. The agreement is ironclad. and I have In
f for%0 Il to aM she fct %y % We Esd t to come Sn to th Sa,
and I believe baseball will be greatly benefited"
in The The i Tss%ao vii fihii0P pfsg sn9Ss 'f bail 'E tSis ysaP
except Pbiladelphis and Boston. The Cinoln.
natis passed through here last night on their
helm Of the st. Louis Club. 60 the movement on
tsiis nsF III. e. ' soSoay % sss%s e X ssy r 4,% G sss h Ss.
Maine sailors monument. whether It came up
for discussion last night or not 10 not known.
The decision to hold the fall meeting in New
York was unanimous.
BALTIMORE, March 3.-John McGraw, Balti.
more's premier third baseman and probably one
OF the brainiest ball players In the League, to-
day expressed. himself thusly regarding the new
rules adopted by the League:
II have been trying to play ball for all there
will continue to do and will try to do It In the
way laid down. should my temper get the bet
ter OF me tho only thing left will be to abandon
the profession entirely. believe the new rules
are required to be signed by the players. Well,
I'll sign them. II ordered TO do SO as a condition
of my contract, no matter what they are, and
continue to try to make my salary well earned.
One thing Is certain, though, in a year or two
there will be an organization of players to pro-
tect their own interests: It's bound to come.
"The trouble brought about last year was
visiting players, and tho newspaper writer's,
who exaggerated every scene. The umpire 10 as
much to blame, and has used as much foul lam
Ruage as any player who ever walked. III the
slightest word in question 10 said, no matter
how gentlemanly the language or manner. that
official will often make an insulting remark in
return that rouses the first symptom OF anger.
Then 1t is give and take.
I'm my opinion It would be we'll for the base
peuings in a game only what their imagination
from a distance and the inventive powers of the
reporters tell them to find out something about
their umpireB before concentrating all their
legislation on tho players heads. Incapacity
of the umpire Is the first step to trouble