The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-11
CURRENT SPORTING TALK.
FRED STEARNS SPEAKS OF THE
D CkLLSI,N RULE.

Disciplinc which will hear the cases OF ball
players hauled up for violating the require
nonts OF the Brush blacklist rule, says that
he does not believe In the clause pro viding for
life suspension.
"I do not believe" said stearns the other day,
shat the board will live more than a year. The
time has come when the rowdy cle nent in
Baseball must DO dispensed with. The future
OF tho game demands 1t. and the duty of tho
board, as I understand 1t, will DO to pass judg-
ment upon offenders with impartiality and JUS
tice. The members of the board arc not inter.
ested in tho game as owncre or stockholders.
They want to see baseball purified. Indecent
language will not he tolerated and umpires will
not be slugged by men in uniform.
81 am not in favor of susp ension for life, but
believe the punishment should DO commen-
surate with the crime. The moro heinous the
offence the heavier the punishment. l am OF
the opinion that tho appointment OF the board
will in itself have n ~salutary effect upon what
the public is pleased to;term 'scrappy' ball play
ing. | and every lover Of baseball delight in q
we'll contested game. hut no respectable patron
can sanction rowdyism. II the cases are
promptly reported to the board, they will DO
acted upon ut once, and in three months time
I think tho game will be forever rid Of the Of
fensive element. Tho rev rule was n heroic
measure, hut it was needed to purify tho
game. Shal FAVOR mOUfraUiOn Ill all CabCS
hut in every instance I believe the past record!
OF each offender must be carefully i~nvesti'
rated. II a player has been an hnhitual rowdyj
and has constantly offended the laws Of de-
cency, he will undoubtedly be more severely
dealt with than n player whose reputation hast
hitherto been good.
"The rule will work so well and the boardi
will carry out its provisions SO encrgeticallyl
that after this yoar honestly think tho
services Of the board will not be needed. Let
tho players once know that rowdyism will not
be tolerated in any sense, and.they will quietly
submit to the inevitable. But. as l said be-
fore, l think the life sentence is too severe eN-
cent in hopeless cases"
Messrs. Kramer and KrauthoH, tho other
members OF the board, favor the enforcement
Of the blacklist rule in its entirety.
Since the adoption OF tho League schedule
President Young has discovered ono or two err
rors III |. which he hastens TO correct. He says
that the Bostons should DO slated to play at
Brooklyn on July 8. a date that was entirely
omitted. The Pittsburgs should also be sched-
uled to appear at Cleveland on June'l2. -,
ana 10. instead of June IL. IL, and ls.
Here is what tho ST. Louis Globe Democrat
has to say about the probable results to be at
tanned by the enforcement OF rules against
rowdyism:
The ball players are figuring on taking
every preUautiOn to save themselves from be-
ing penalized next season: Such warriors as
Patsy TebG Z gi,s scra EpsS G!iDySe: NR,I, Eh x i Zen
Jack Doy.e, Hughey DUFFY. Mike Grady, ct ;ai..
arc apt TO DO laid or for indefinite periods be-
tion is "A good measure, and its enforcement
will mean the salvation OF the great national
.SsIr co The P tP3n on haze hay D,a Sesn to-, ,IsIs loose fSs s in'
eral seasons
Cant. JOyce went To Lake wood Yesterday m
look the ground over preparatory to taking
arrangements for the accommodation of the
team that held good last season have been made
again. which means that, the players will en-
men had been asked to report not later than
n Adisn MHddd among aad tho bsa pi fssS % cn T !Geyf ioF ~ ~
the team will not be handicapped by a lot Of.
a ssond TGSa f iS's y tSe ba 1n saS ssaI Joyce CT e VIII 81
able to get the regular team TO work without do. |
Jay. He still cling, to the plan of playing hrst
and also a source of additional strength to |
the team. II Joyce pans out in the place, his
Of i~nestimable value, for Clark. who played the
bag last year. is far below the standard in these |
lars, in the Acid with himself at first base.
Gleason. The reliable Kid" at second; Davis. |
the peer Err of sR. shor1sttS rpsn at t. short fpn, field d Hart, Hart.
While IieTnan., Van Haltren. and McCresEy
mot. Clarke. Zearfoss. Warner, Grady. Rusie,
Meekin. Seymour. Doheny, sullivan, Gsttis.
to put q scratch team In tho field daily to play
q practice game with the regulars. Whether |
q 1saaff1 srS;eS SSst ont Is sn a matters sRsfieifa er w oonj PC 01srn 81.
though they are hardly fast enough to keep up
The Brooklyns' training quarters at A~llaire, |
n. j., are barely Ave miles from the New YorkS'
ton Of the rival managers TO indulge In n eIhibi.
ton or practice games between the two teams
s aIinase. 'A fiji. 'it + SSnS $STa Il H. h p nss1ta, eduras
e Du1sss; fer tb in the past IT. has sllWSys been
between National League teams have lesssned |
the interest somewhat that ia displayed later
when thS same teams meet in regularly
yns, BY the way, viii have q star catcher in
y A. Ry ysDis drafted e f Fi% S s}y5saS;us en and I'D former aa1.
f Lean; 4 %sasnsss J! Rya %1H vas ?, eh N E iastsa;
l Sseasl last ,@ y TsanifG oF s sSs a SnseP for Il Was % due sss ao
S M;,f clever ana catching Mn and he1 %dswyoork that Pitchers
willis viii be a member Of tho Boston team
this year, where he will have the greatest
S S,m R In the al League sgI.nd Martin Nnrl B@ ere ac;t to handle n
bScame a bit weak. but It was only a temporary
runners. AS the Brooklyns have a number of
mould them into form. lie is a worker and a
hustler and was on tho Boston team with
Tucker. Between them, therefore, many of the
Bostons' scientifc methods should DO intro
duced at Brooklyn.
Tim Hurst, manager of the st. Louis team,
ponds word to THE Sun that his players will
leave on next Monday for West Baden Springs.
whore they will remain until the championship
season opens, Tho Chicagos and LouiBvilles
will also be there. which will mean plenty Of
fun for the natives. Hurst Is disappointed at
not being able to secure Tucker for first base,
as he had a promising deal on with Omaha for
his release. But as Tucker has been landed by
Brooklyn, Timothy is angling. for another first
baseman. said to DO Gpeckle OF Wilkesbarre.
who Is q graduate OF tho University of Penn
sylvania. Possibly Hurst might bo able to got
I.achance from Brooklyn for one or two OF his
spare intelders. Brooklyn might also make a
deal with Louisville for Stafford to play short |
stop. providing Pulliam hangs ON to Ritchey.
In order to settle various rumors regarding
Haryard's football policy, especially relating
20 Princeton. next lall, Graduate Manager
Bingham announces that tho annual contest
with the uniyersity Of Penpsylvsnia WIN DO
Field prior to the Yale.Harvnrd game on Nov. |
10 At New Haven. This sets at rest tho yarns
men that Harvard, Yale, and Princeton had
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