The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-13

pay idrSely III cities IKE CnlcaSo ana
New York, st. Louis and Philadelphia,
and especially so in New Orleans,
where there is such a large foreign
population from tropical countries.
Louisville's luck in developing star
| players should have made the team a
| factor in the pennant race, but misman-
| agement has more than offset the favors
| of fortune. Leach, whose showing at
| short was SO unsatisfactory that he was
| sent to the farm, had to be recalled on
| account of accidents to other players.
| Now his third base playing has attract
| ed the attention and admiration of
critics and experts. He is such sue
| cess that Hans Wagner has been rele-
gated to the outfield According to re-
| ports Boston and Brooklyn are after
| him, the former Offering $1,000 in cash
| and the latter Casey and 81 500 for him.
| RUDE Waddell, the best pitcher in the
| Western league, was not good enough
| for Louisville in Manager Clarke's opin-
| ion and the great southpaw, for whom
many National league clubs are bid
| ding, was loaned to the Columbus club.
| From a source deemed reliable, 1t is
learned that the Brooklyn club has
| made a deal for him, but as President
| Lotus refuses to part with him before
| the close of the season, the Louisville
| club can't deliver the goods. The
| friends of Fred Clarke claim that 1T is
unfair to hold him responsible for the
| managerial mistakes that have handi-
| capped the Colonies on the ground that
| President Dreyfuss interferes with and
| hampers him. However true this may
| be, it is certain that Clarke's career as
| a player is far more creditable to him
| than his record as a manager. The
| Louisville club was without a head in
1898 until Catcher Kittridge Joined it
and the Colonies did not begin to climb
this season until thinner was secured.
The release of Kittridge was due it is
said, to jealousy. That clever little
| catcher was not content to let another
get all the credit and the more substan-
| tial appreciation.
President Hart does not deny the
charges of intemperance against some
of the Chicago baseball players:
What / regret said he lis that
the charges of intemperance have been
| too general. That is to say the inno-
cent and guilty have been made to suf-
fer alike in the estimation of the pub
| lie. When there has been intemperance
why did not the papers publish the
| names? AS 1t is, spectators have gone
| out to the games, after reading these
charges, and have probably Kissed the
! men who have been doing their duty
and working faithfully, while the guilty
| ones We're not on the field, and were en-
| joying the afternoon. l do not object
to truthful charges of any kind, If the
| guilty ones are made known and the
| innocent ones spared
Eugene DcMontreville has been
! traded to the Baltimore club for Ma
COON, who joins the Chicago club. On
top of the trade, Manager Burns an
nounced that he had secured Fred
| Klobedanz, formerly of the Boston
team, to pitch for Chicago, Klobedanz
will join the club Friday. He has been
playing with the Hartford Comm team.
| The sudden moves of the management
resulted from the slump of the club, and
other changes may be expected before
another week passes. The trade of De-
mont for Magoon has been hanging fire
for week. McGraw, hearing of De-
mont's bad behavior, opened negotia-
| lions for a trade while the Baltimore
club was playing in Chicago. He be-
| lieved Demont would play ball for him,
if not for Chicago, and the Chicago
management listened favorably to the
| idea. The trade was contaminated
yesterday, and Demont was notified
when he went to the grounds to prac-
| tice. Magoon, while not rated as high
class a ball player as Demont, is
| Woodworking, earnest player, whose
record since entering the league has
| been good. Demont, while undoubtedly
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| Chicago, mixed with the worst set IN
| the team, and his downfall came from
| his bad associations. He is a fine player,
but his usefulness in Chicago was over.
| Dement'S escapade has aroused much
| adverse comment as to the habits of
the members of the Chicago team, and
| the notion has spread that the recent
| slump of the team is due to general
dissipation of the players. This does
| injustice to many Woodworking play
| ers, who are associated in the public
| mind with the few-not more than
| three or four-who indulge in intoxicants
| to excess. 1t Is true that training hab-
| it's were considerably relaxed during
| the seven days stay of the team in New
| York That city offers too many at
fractions of convlvial nature to be
| good place for crowd of ball players.
| Undoubtedly late hours and some dis
| sipation cost most of the five games
lost in Brooklyn and New York, all of
| which were close and languidly fought
out by the Orphans. Since the return
| from the east the conduct of most or
| the players has been irreproachable.
| The reason for the prolonged losing
| smell is to be found chiefly in the alb
sence of Lange, Wolverton and notably
| Callahan, and the consequent feeling
on the part of the players that they are
beaten before they start the game
II have heard it charged that the
| Boston club did not pay $4,000 for
Clarkson and Mike Kelly. the deal
| which gave Kel the name of the Ten
| Thousand Dollar Beauty remarked
| Secretary Rogers of the Bostons re-
/ Gently. Those figures were not swellei
for advertising purposes. The club did
really pay that for the two players.
| saw the checks when they were mailed
to the Chicago club. When they were
| returned we had them framed and they
are now hanging on the wall of our
| office 1t was a big figure to pay for
two players, but it was the best invest
ment the Boston club ever made
| Those who went to the West New
| York Field club grounds at Weehawken
| expecting to see a burlesque exhibition
| of baseball by a team made tip en-
| tirely of native Cubans, were agreeably
| disappointed. Fifteen hundred specta-
tors were there and were ready to guy
| the visitors at every opportunity, but
| ,oofora tho practica was over the rrankS