The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-02-25
HALCYON DAYS FOR
Sporting FAEIRS
Writers Abuse The Confidence
Reposed in Them.
Current Gossip of the World of
Baseball.
Won der Horst Talks About League
Ahairs-NiI,c Griffin To cap-
tain the BrookIyns.

These are the halcyon days for the
sporting fakirs who grind ouJ column after
column OF pure dry rot Ii appears to
be the especial desire of certain writer's to
create uneasiness in The baseball world
by launching stories which have no foun-
dalton in fact. serve only to amuse the
knowing ones. and put the general
sporting public on the anxious bench"
This is all wrong and IT seems strange
such palpable idiocy as has been noted
in some of the leading dailies of this
country in the past Two months. relative
TO the baseball situation, should pass the
eyes Of managing editors.
The duty of sporting editor is to give
the public the news, the whole news. and
nothing but the news. To utter fake is
dishonesty, and the sporting writer who
values the opinions of the class to which
be caters will not insult its intelligence
by pretending 10 believe what he knows
TO be false and devoting several columns
TO an exhaustive treatise on an impossible
situation.
sporting editor is supposed TO have
the confidence Of his employers. and when
he violates this confidence by perpetrating
fakes, he brings his paper into disrepute,
thereby inJuring its usefulness, and reduc-
ing Its value to the owners. There is al
ways plenty of good material at hand from
which to build stories that will interest
the devotees OF sports. Hence. there is
no excuse for perpetrating fakes and the
sporting editor who INDUCES in what are
commonly termed pipe dreams should
be removed from the responsible position
which he holds.
Harry Won Der Horst of the Baltimore
club. has been airing his views In a re-
cent interview. he is reported as saving.
Not only do ! expect to see twelve clubs In
The National League until the present. apr.ofnert
expires, but when il does expire I wouldn't be
huTpIlsed to see II renewed Tor twenty-five wears
more don't see how the present. circuit can
he cut down. reduction Of the circuit would
mean that rival clubs would spring up in Brook
4En, Boston Philadelphia, and other cities and
mat would mean another war and repctitiou
81 tie condition Of 20 and ~ and the Lsse.
nan niagnates are not going 10 have That occur
i They can help IT, you may rest assured
30 Don I think there enough first class
payers 10 20 around for twelve clubs and that
lfinss up the remarkable fact that out OF 20
Wl1,OD people there are not more Than slaut
20 who are. fast enough ball PLAYERS for the Ma
nonal League That's one reason why / am 90.
players are experts and believe in Standing by
them and protecting what few good ones there
VIII vote agains; any increase Of power for
the board Of discipline if my vote is the only
one Of the League cast. ! don't mind the
present Brush rule, but / certainly am onuosed
10 having baseball become like whist ,rhiel, -
played in absolute quiet. When II becomes thai
way the game will be played 10 empty seats.
We have several scTappy PLAYERS on o1r team
and that's the kind we want We got on. more
when we got Dahlen from Chicago
II has been learned that Mike" Griffin.
the star outheider Of the Brooklyns. viii
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