The sun., 1899-03-22
IN THE BASEBALL WORLD.
.,,rpERICK n. STEARNS RESIGNS
ny THE BOARD or DISCIPLINE.


,.,,,Iation Is Responsible - How
rs.edman's Policy Affects the PUBLIC
i.,y ,f the Gnme Above Repronch-
'alr.ss shown In the New York Team.
.,s,I, os the narrow -mindedness OF o
Sc a, the magnates at the recent League
u,ing here. Frederick X. Stearns OF Detroit
eeI,,I,noI 10 serve any longer as a member
pss po,rl Of Discipline, even though he was
VI Wv ,,s,v reelected for three years.
uns,s una., action is due to the fact that the
e,,o ,r,,,icnlly nullined the power OF the
h-i hv ,nssinC a resolution after the Brush
po h,d beeu adopted to the effect that no
W. ,o,,It 10 .ried by the board without first
-, sanctioned by q three-fourths vote OF
.S.I.aeus This legislation was easily under
"a N mean that the board would never have
-. brought before it. 1t was with the stip-
..ton that the power OF the board should be
,..,,,sed that Stsarns. Krauthon aud Kramer
.ar..ntsd to continue In office until their peti-
49, had been acted on by the League. They
..r,.d 10 improve baseball by having jurisdic-
,,or.not only over play ers who might use vulgar
,.nsuaee, but also in the cases OF men who in
Srlced in any nagrant acts OF disorder.
s,,arns Is quoted as saying:
~, Tho League wants riot and disorder why
Inptf
", with few exceptions the men who are
~, " in control Of baseball are absolutely de-
Ia ., true sportsmanship. do not care to
y. iasptieed with them and so have declined
10 continue a member.of the board"
\, is likely that the two other members OF the
hoard will follow Stearns's example.
"rr attempting to.kil baseball in order to
%, souare with the League for alleged griev-
go said base ball man yesterday. Freed
man is trying to injure national pastime
II. ia forgetful OF the fact that the American
nnbic for thirty years past has loved baseball
a. IN. pure sport and amusement to be de-
,ir.d and that the men who run the League
cut minor figure. Hundreds OF miner league
clubs are conducted yearly at financial loss.
but are kent in existence BY men who take
p1de in providing national game for the
nunuc. Here in Greater New York there are
thousands Of persons who are devoted 70 base
tavorjte game played by representative team
tSat can carry OF the laurels from all other
riyal teams. There is and always has been q
ipt inopllar demand for good baseball.and patr ons
n the game as a rule have heen generally ca
tered to. To vent his spite on a dozen or more
Thousands who ask him to. either provide
strong team to represent them or let some
body else accomplish IT, The baseball public
Treedmans attack than the handful OF League
men who have caused his disnleasure The
runous policy Of the New YORK Cln5 Is OF MAJ ,i
over the country. 1t Is about time tor the
league to come to a realizing sense and ta.:e
s1me action toward protecting the interests
Of lis patrons. .
Persons who are not in close touch with the
situation in the League have been trying to
make capital out OF the consolidation OF the
interests in ,Brookyn and BaltimorS and in
6.ep aRe well posed as to the plans Of
the magnates. SO that they can ridicule any
statement other than the one that the League
cult to eight cubs No matter what blunders
conducting the, sport on the feld, there never
upon the honesty Of the game. Even in tho
Brotherhood war in 1870. when the bitterest
9teeinG existed between We mt the National and
Ing was INDUCED In. neither side made charges
calculated TO reflect upon the sGuareness OF
the League in expelling Hall. Devlin. Craver
and Nichols moro than twenty years ago be-
cause OF crooked practices; and their inability
placed baseball on tho high plane where It
has remained ever since. Students OF the busi-
ness end OF baseball know that a club to be
successful must win as manv games as possi-
BILE. The fact that teams managed by Hanlon.
Selee. Ewing. Tebeau and one or two others
have onopoized the leading places In the
unsuccessful clubs have. with few exceptions,
been the same from year TO year. is sufficient
merits merit a' IN each e and every u The r re
cent attack on the honesty OF baseball. there
fore. which was inspired by the man who has
game. is regarded as absurd and unworthy Of
belle! Baseball cranks are legion: They
,K know the game. In some instances: better than
discover evidence of double dealing.
The news that Mike Tiernan is not we'll and
therefore cannot play with The New Yorks for
some time to come is not relished by the sup
lorters OF that club, who. in spite OF Freed
ms attitude. are hoping that NJ anager Day
York ,outaeld. without TIernan. cannot be
placed in sU The same class With any ether IN the
and stahi Of Gni Boston : Jones. on Kelley a% aad
Keller Of BROOKLYN Delehanty Cooley and Flick
o. Philadelphia; Holmes. Brodie and sheckard
Cincinnati RYAN. Lange and Green Of Chicago;
SDiarke, Hoy and Dexter OF Louisville and
burkett. Griffin and Stencil fthe new st. Louis
bone when 1t Is appreciated that the New York
1ptnelj is to be cared for BY tho veteran Van
.s and pa}srS
could have had Mike Grlffin for $500. and it is
's0ssiete 'rc y even now g buy the release Of Dowd
no matter how, cheap. With the outhsid in.
Isri9r 3r to any other and the three star pitchers
eept the terms offered to them. 1t m aybe seen
frnat the path in front OF Manager Day and
saW' Doy!e Is not strewn with fragrant flow
Al. Edward Hanlon became reminiscent while
Algonquin to sail ON Monday night
,,ii nave always studied pitchers closely"
;Ha ,S.a me noted manager and have vet to see
We elual OF Keeie and.Clarkson. I think
IN the Tsf boI the SSfs pitcher tS Tho
Ioh lIstr9itS Ciarkson used to have us guess
.ng lie had the most puzzling slow ball l
yer say and he knew how to use it to perfec-
,On. ,On. The moment a batsman stepped to the
pnte tpte larEson would look him in the eve and
iiaSe iooiee nls measure. He seemed to be trying to
UoK s lato the ba,sman's brain. In many in
Stances he wou ID pitch up the first ball as
SnWy, as possible. The batsman would look
tp, last one after that, but Clark son would
~, w.! MN ny tossing IN another slow one lust
vir!de SiEs!de ol the plate; The batsr1an. then CON
tIncel That fast hall was due. would naturally
w @ PnAZied to see still another slow one lobbed
~ ~ Il IlarEson thought he had his man guess
~ ne would put up fourth ball as slow as
me me oihers; which generally fooled the pats
man man INTO hitting at it in desperation The
toI1rI ~ the this same man came to the plate
nmoA.Hg lOr more slow ones, Clarkson would
Touipete,y unset him with speed and curves.
nrat ~ Inat way he had his opponents completely
ssDS',led keefs.was almost Clarkson's q double
~ ne.rh was not far behind Radhourne
pssI another wonderful pitcher. These men
80 sclehce IN preference to brute strength