The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-28
SODEN HAS A WORD.
Bergen Appeals His
Case to Boston's
President.
DID NOT GO TO LOUISVILLE.
The Great Catcher Will Join
the Champions at
Boston.
DID NOT GO TO LOUISVILLE.

Martin Bergen hasn't yet Joined the
Bostons. He was in Worcester yester-
day afternoon, coming from Boston,
where he had an interview with Pres
ident Soden of the champions, and he
is now at his home in North Brookf1eld,
where he will remain until the team
gets home next week.
The difficulty that has existed be-
tween Bergen and the Bostons was set
tied at the interview yesterday, and
Bergen will start playing with his club
Thursday. He told The Spy man that
ne will play every game the rest of the
season if the management desires.
One of the first men to shake the
greatest hand that ever lined a ball
toward second base, was The Spy rep
resentative in North Brookfield. To
him Bergen said the difficulty between
him and the Boston management was
amicably settled at the conference with
President Soden yesterday.
Bergen intended to start for Louis
vile after he was visited by T. H.
Murnane at North BrooKfeld, but
changed his mind and did not go. In
stead he decided to go to Boston and
started wednesday. Again he changed
his mind and returned home, where he
remained until yesterday.
His reason for not starting in ac-
cordance with his first formed inten-
lions, was dispatch from Manager Sc
Of tha i
that he need not come at all if he didn't
start at once
He didn't like the tone of the dis
patch and tore it in pieces. He deter
mined to pay no attention to it.
Fortunately Bergen thought better of
his intention, and after he had debated
with himself decided to go to Boston,
which he did yesterday.
The interview with President Soden
must have been pleasant one to the
great catcher. He is fully resolved that
he will give the best services in his
power to the team.
He has great hopes for his team. He
is confident Boston will pass Brooklyn
on the home stretch, and come under
the wire a winner. He thinks Boston
will win the pennant with games to
spare
Bergen said the entire difficulty is
now smoothed over.
Manager Selee was premature in
sending the dispatch. The trouble was
amicably settled Tuesday and Bergen
would be with the team now but for
the dispatch. 1t stirred him up, and he
remained at his home until yesterday.
Manager Selee subStantiates the state
ment of Bergen concerning the dis
patch. He is quoted as follows in re
cent interview
danU IN oil noIIpfc paxyar
fused Bergen a day to go home. He
never asked for any. On several occa-
sions he has absented himself without
permission. l have no desire to enter
into discussion of a case that will
only hurt Bergen. He is the greatest
of all catchers, but he is unfortunate
in disposition. The boys have to put
up with his eccentricities because they
wanted him to help them win. I've
wired Bergen that unless he starts at
once he need not report at all. We will
want him at Louisville. If he doesn
come I'll have to get another catcher
Possibly I'll renew negotiations with
Vaughn"
Bergen does not think Clarke is I'M
der such a tremendous hardship, even
If he has to catch all the games on the
trip. He told The Spy man last even
ing that he has performed the same
task on several trips since his connec-
tion with the Bostons. And Berger
isn't stretching point when he says
that. He has always caught mere thar
his share of the games and never OBJ
jected to catching because he thought
somebody else should relieve him.
1t was suggested to Bergen by The
Spy man that he may have heard Man
ager Selee wanted to release him. He
replied that he has known of attempts
of the Boston manager to trade him
Bergen will not stand for a trade. He
is determined that when he quits catch
ing for Boston he will quit baseball.