Evening star., 1899-03-02
LATE SPORTING NEWS
Final Decision in the st. Louis Case
Postponed.
OTHER MATTERS TO Be CONSIDERED
Planning for the Cycle Path From
Baltimore.
COLLEGE BASE BALL DATES

The National League magnates were slow
In getting down to work in New York yes
terday. and after they had assembled, their
time was taken up with the st. Louis situa-
tion The unexpected happened IN this
quarter, when the recommendation Oh the
board of directors advising the expulsion OF
the ST. Louis club from the league was
rejected by q vote of 7 to 4. 1t was thought
before the meeting that Messrs. Brush,
Robson and Hart had whipped the otner
league magnates into line on this SUBJECT
but the fear Of legal complications doubt
less brought about the rejection OF the ex-
pulsion resolution.
Able arguments were presented on both
sides of the subject by Messrs. Brush ana
Rogers, but the majority concluded that 1t
would be best to await the final sale OF the
club at the St Louis court house before
taking any decisive step in the matter
The enemies of Mr. Brush are Jubilant over
what they claim is a defeat for the en-
cinnati man, but developments will probably
demonstrate that it was the fainthearted-
ness of the majority that postponed the
final action. Mr.. Brush doubtless deter
mined that the time had come for drastic
steps in the st. Louis matter and the quick
est way to crystallize the situation was by
the expulsion route. That the majority
failed to agree with Mr.. Brush does not in
the least lessen the wisdom of that gentle
mans proposition.
AS outlined last week. the meeting of the
magnates will probably continue all week.
and from the progress far made it is not
impossibiity that they will be in ses-
sion next week also. 1t was planned to
take up the Philadelphia % cents admission
case today. The adoption of the schedule
and the reports of the rules and constitu-
tional committees will next be taken up, all
of which subjects will call for considerable
discussion and consideration.
No trades have yet been made at the
meeting.
Gene Demontreville has reported in Chi
cago. Gene and Tim Donohue are going to
start for Hudson Hot Springs, N. M, next
Monday, several weeks in advance of the
team. President Hart gave Demontreville
some friendly advice. He said: You are
not expected to do the impossible. All that
is expected of you Is to do the best you
can. If you try. L am sure Mr.. Burns will
be satisfied. You under his charge from
now on. and l think you will have no trou-
BILE in getting along. No will pay any
attention to your batting or fielding aver
age If you try to do your duty. l would
rather have a man who goes after every
thing, even If his fielding average Is away
down in the scale and he has errors galore.
The Chicago public Is always quick to ap-
precate the efforts of a conscientious man.
even if he makes few misplays OCCASION
ally.'-Chicago Tribune.
Come right down to business, was it
Hanlon that made Jennings. Kelley, Keeler
and McGraw. or did McGraw, Jennings.
Keeler and Kelley make HanlOn?' asks
the ST. Louis Republic.
.sIn the first place. not one of these men,
save Keeler. is of initiative nature.
They are original ball players, with brains
of their own and like most original people,
incapable of imitation. HanlOn could teach
them little, for men of their kind learn of
their own observation, rather than by that
of others
For many years it was claimed that An
10 Chicago clllh of the
sos and it was not until recently that
years of consistent failure failed to con-
vince people that it was not Anson that
made the great White Stockings, but
Kelly, Clarkson. Williamson Pfeffer and
Burns. These men made Anson. When
Tom Burns took the same team in 1925
that Anson finished ninth with in 1897 and
took fourth place with 1t people began to
think bit.
You hear lot of talk about Comiskey
making the famous Browns, but when
Comiskey lost Latham, BuShong, Robin
son, Welch. Foutz and Caruthers he never
won another championship. He had money
and the ablest magnate IN the league back
of him, but he could not get better than
tail-ender in Cincinnati. Why has not
Billy Watkins another team? Because he
had no Big Four Watkins should be
better man now than he was ten years ago.
Billy McGunnigle once once managed f,e the
Louisville? Arthur Irwin had mighty
team in Philadelphia. Where will he be
with Washington? Look over the list of
successful teams. They all had Big
Four a Big Six nucleus which
was strong enough to make any team
winner. Hanlon never let man of his
Big Four go. Pat Tebeau has had Childs.
Mexican, O'ConnOr thinner, McAleer, Bur-
kett, Young and Cuppy for years Seee
will not part with Nichols, Duffy, Lowe and
Long.
I'm word, good players make good man
ayers and winning clubs. OF course, Han
lon Tebeau and Selee displayed fine ability
in having good young men on hand to fill
in vacancy caused by the detection of
old-timers. Hanlon, at that, never took an
untried player for vital position. He got
men like Quinn, Demontreville, McJames,
McGann. Stencil. Corbett. Doyle and
others. Now, tell the truth, where did the
thrice-crowned Edward of the sweled head
develop a Wallace or a Powell, Crger,
a Doyle or Davis? Selee is a great man.
ager. but he turned Collins down, sent him
to Louisville. One day Billy McGunnigle
was short third baseman tried Collins,
and now Selee is given credit of discover