The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-11
CURRENT SPORTING A
CEleUE BAsEBALL M<xArEs MUST
FACE THE MYBIC

Nance 10 Convince the IhbIic That They
Really Want Clean spet-Another Plan
10 Put Them on Observation-Disclosures
Terms to Ryan Are Tot Commended.
In an official call sent ou.by President N. f.
koung Il Is stated that thu Board OF Directors
n tae National League ohProfessional Base
ball Cuba will meet on tuesday morning at
ne Fifth Avenue Hote. the League as a
,ody will convene In tn aftern Don. and the
p rational Board OF Arbitration will 40 into
eoret session that nigh. wins TO the large
mount OF business thS must DO attended to
~ the magnates. II In Irobable that they will
continue TO deliberatf on Wednesday and
Thursday. BY to-moEow niGht the majority
u club owners will pave arrived. and then
he lobbying and wirfullinp will begin. Tho
,ptanRlement betweei Won der Abe and Muck
nfuss over the contol OF the st. Louis Club,
ne Philadelphia gae receipts problem. an
lection OF new National Board and alec new
~ltre,tors. the Holnes-Freedman controversy.
and the question 4 a long or short playing
schedule are anon the more important mat
srs to occupy theminds Of the baseball men.
But standing prupinently out beyond all these
Joints ia the sediment OF the rowdy ball pug
ls. One Of two questions asked by the public
must be answered by the club owners before
mother season legins.
rs the Leagre. as the governing organisa-
aou OF professional baseball In America. in
svor OF fair. ,1uare. clean sport. or Ia 1t In
.hvor OF rowdSsm, including kicking against
no decisions OF umpires. and other acts Of
disorder such as have injured the game in the
stimatlon Of thousands Of patrons all over
he country?fF
The Leaete went on record In writing and
otherwise last spring rs being hcartily:in.favor
"a f.t- ,Iov and u-hat, thn anti EIaiytn r,..of,,
Hons and rules went into effect the public.
tor the tine being. believed that there would
10 q change for the better. But SOM Of the
dub owners soon broke their pledges. allowed
their blazers to disregard all rules for order.
and ever INDUCED in omen rowdyism them
selves. d n result, the attendance fell of
and a majority OF the clubs lost money. The
men wlo instituted reforms nearly a year ago
were brush OF Cincinnati. Soden of Boston.
Rogers Of Philadelphia, Hart OF Chicago. and
vthers They are still anxious to get the en-
lire League in line. and will come here pre-
,paredto renew their fight for square methods.
They are also ready to put their partners on
record again. 30 that the public can receive
Inotfer chance to see who mean business.
The reformers have concluded. too. that this
time such an lropclad agreement must. be
drawn up that nobody can escape. '
The plan that has been talked Of most and
that seems to appeal to those who are sincere
In their wishes to have clean baseball ia to give
arbitrary power to the Board Of Discipline.
appointed in st. Louis last March to try cases
Involving . violation OF the anti obscenity
rule, 1t 10 believed that the only way the re-
ealcitrant. club. owners and players can be
whipped into line is by permitting the board
fines UPON the club owners who make no at
tempt to keep their rowdy, players In check.
Several suggestions in this direction have
been combined. and, according t. one of the
leaders. some such resolution as the follow
ing may be presented to the League;
Ing HEX against any decision the sum Of 500. For
hsocond offence IN the same Elne the player mt1It
must be nned an additional $50. The Board of Dis
.eiplfne will also DO empowered to tiy uInpires. play
istins The rules b., sssrst asents to Be appointed by
the toald. which shall also have jurisdict on to tine
pisysr Tor a certain period. to be determined later.
spd 10 nne o club owner $1,000 for failure to enforce
the rules among his players.
The idea of filming club owners as wei. as
PLAYERS appears tn have beep Teli received In
certain League circles. for II Is believed that
way VII suon. come to q realizing sense. TO
ask the President of the League to impose
fair. Il Ia thought. for the reason thai his sal
aryis paid blythe club owners jointly. and by
inticttrg q penalty he might incur the hatred
Board Of Discipline., composed Of men who are
10 no way financially interested in the game.
but are well yersed In baseball law. 10 the body
to take the matter In hand.
II all Of the club owners are sincere In their
dI:sire to cleanse the sport. i is hard 70 BE-
leve they could object to such q plan. for By
sssilS avoid ih sroa lSts' %sRsnIf lfe sra iss' s eSsia
most to Kill rowdyism are said to be willing to
ieaye everything TO the Board of Discipline. 80
that the reasons Of the others who may OBJ
lect viii be read with interest.
Bob Ftzsimmons. in his efforts to make a
match with Tommy Ryan of Syracuse. Is
sisting upon n $4,000 side bet In case q
fight Ia. arranged. sporting men said yes
met that side bets are prohibited BY the law
he had made the stipulation with the idea that
" would block further negotiations. II Fitz-
simmons and Ryan should battle for \ purse
and q $4,000 wager on the side. they would
hGhtinG. as the Penal Code distinctly charac-
terizes . contest with q side bet attachment
as g prtze fight. There Is no other State, ex-
70 meet, even for Il purse; and a contest be-
tween them at Carson to a finish or otherwise
Eoald not draw a big crowd in the estimation
Therefore Fitzsimmons. being aware OF the
i1St that 1t a match ts arranged It would prob
Even we're 4 permissible to fight here with
could find backing for $1,000 against such a
formidable opponent as the champion. The
dltieulty experienced by Fitzsimmons in rails
Ing q $4,000 wager for his recent fight with
Corbett has not been forgotten, and there are
many sports who believe that II Ryan could
post such an amount ..'Lanky Bob" might
change his tactics. II the two men meet In
THIS State. or in this city, for that matter. indi-
cations point 10 a sufficient amount OF gate
money TO satisfy each principal, without risk
Ing the loSs'ot side bets.
Unfolding out for the Poughkeepsie course,
Cornell has tho support Of the majority OF
college rowing men. but there Is u feeling
that there will DO a serious hitch In the Itha-
cans negotiations with Harvard and Yale. ow-
inE to the desire Of the New, England uniyer-
slties 70 row again on the Thames. As 1t Ia
aouhttui whether the University Of Wiscon-
Elm VIII send another crew East next year.
there appears to be an excellent opportunity
70 arrange a hve-corpered race on the Hudson,
PPennsylvanIa and Columbia as competitors.
Cornell and Columbia have openly advocated
such a regatta. but Yale's, antipathy to the
University OF Pennsylvania in all brancheA OF
spoTt-iss exported to block this scheme. Cor
heh viii. therefore, have to row two races. and
Tor that reason the Ithacans will insist upon
meeting Yale and Harvard on the Hudson.
me experience OF college men and the crews
AZ New London and Saratoga last summer was
enough to faiSa the pon0hkeepaiA colIraA In