The sun., 1899-01-28
cTRRENT SPORTING TALK.
yoU BRUSH TRIED TO ENFORCE
CLEAN BASEBABL RULES.

..rs in His Efforts TO Keep Ills Clnctn.
,,.,i Team In Line-Sharkey Must Cover
TYt,simmons's Deposit Before Feb. L.
e,,,oments have appeared In the newspapers
4. ,hs effect that John r Brush. President OF
~ Cincinnati Baseball Club. has not been sin
Wv. In his efforts to abolish kicking and dlsor-
s.,i, conduct on tho ball field; that he allowed
", n,ov.rs 10 violate the rules last season az
n,,ob as anybody. and that no made no move
:. rnplsh the offenders. In response TO re-
,ss,toran explanation. Brush sent the follow
,oo correspondence to The Sun:
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, May =, 1903.
p.NE Young PrsHdsHt National League, Wa,A-
inOion, D. c.
min SIR: | wish to cntor my protest against tho
...noo,ible parties who umpired the last game Of
~ s4tveen tho Cincinnati and Plttsburg clubs on
N,cincinnati grounds. Tncompeteneyi Il my charge.
p,,,burr had runner on hrst base. The batter hit
.I,,,, ip6eld ~ which fell midway between the
,,,hsr's box and hrst baso Beckley, who was play
A., b-,t base failed to catch the dy, bat recovered
a.. hall and threw It to MnPhee, who was standing
:. ,.eond base aheai OF the runner. who, when he
,v the ball had not been caught, tried to
zach that base. understand thas the as.
,,,,nt umpire declared both men safe aud
,nnrward declared one of them out. While
N, niles settle the question OF an out. IL there
nj. decision which implies, IL no did, that one Of
them was wrong yet this 10 not for what charge
him with being incom potent. During the argument
which followed the entire onthold Of the Cincinnati
Club left their positions and gathered around the
pmpre at second base in violation of tho rules, and
,e umpire allowed 1t. Iclaim that tho three play
,n should have been removed from tho Cincinnati
Cub Tor violation Of the rules and was surprised
and dsrised to that attention was paid to IT,
" 10 sho
that pires are drifting into the old methods and
We NAV expect very soon to have the ssmo trouble
that we have been having. and the public will con-
elude that we prefer rowdyism to clean sport.
lhave taken the liberty to inclose o request which,
N not incompatible with your instructions. would
Ike TO have served upon tho umpires, so that there
may be no misunderstanding as to how the Cincin-
pIu Club stands upon this subject. also inclose
copy Of my letter to Manager Ewing upon this sub.
jsct
II every umpire would promptly remove every
player who violates the rules It would cure the evil
cure 1t quickly and It would stay cured and n the
umpres do not start out upon this plan and In the
furnished them their usefulness so far as preserv.
lag order and the best interests OF tho game
s,Tned, is at an end. Respectfully yours n
This was accompanied by n formal request
that offending Cincinnati players should be
punished. Us follows:
Z,
M. n. E. Young. Prtstdsnt National League, Wash
DEAR sin. Tho management o. the Cincinnati
Club respectfully but earnestly reques. that you
instru tyonr unpircs to promptly and without hes.
Of the Cincinnati team who violates the agSeement
signed by all the club Presidents and particularly
the rne against protesting decision Of the umpire
by removing them from the game. Respectfully
yours, J. T. BRUsH.
Incidentally, Brush also sent the appended
letter TO his manager. Buck Ewing. on the
ISD!AS,roLp. Ind, May ]. 1898.
N. william EpinO. Aand1sr Cincinnati Ball Club.
pS.E SIN desire once more to call your attention
duct upon the ball field a copy of which agreement
has been fnrn shed to the players of the Cincinnati
tan PLAYERS on the Cincinnati team In a game re.
cen y played between the Cincinnati and P!ttsburg
stated in my remarks at the beginning Of the |
leason when presented TO the club tho r,cent legs
club except the captain. to question any decision OF
ne umpire whether it was right or wrong. at any
,nirt onthed Of .he cincinnntl Club eft their post.
pate IN discussion over decision Of the umpire at
1.-THE umpire had performed his duty he would
bave removed the three players from the and he
honld have done So The duty of questioning the
,t6er ndiy dual on the Cincinnati club had any
bit it, and yet in spite Of the rul and regardless
= my inst uetions the chief feature of the agree.
wish state once more in language so plain that
cannot be mi understood. that have requested
,nlc agar st unlawful and unnecessary kicking on
Be part of the Cincinnati Club by prompt removal
layer who disreGard' the clubs request. and ia re-
nov from the game bv the umpire for violating
lture.
trust there may be no occasion for an umpire to
layers. and that consequentir there viii be no
reesa,y for the Imposition of any hnes, but this
ssr aaTiGs / be rad 10 ballpiaying and not for
The Cincinnati Club lis collectively one OF super or
ler, and it Ia wholly unnecessary TO follow the
nd vb u Si has been II vogue for the past few
isrepute. Respectfully yours. J. T. BRUSH.
Following out these instructions Pitcher Hill
ps ,as Re- removed move from the game on two OCCASIONS.
'as removed for three days Tor which he was
ned So aud also lost his salary for the time
asspssnded as sne Catcher PETIT was also removed
Directors at the last meeting. upon an ap-
Snl enl by Petz. decided that the provooation en-
Ieh Otsi hlm to remittance Of the fl9e. The
ecu confined to two players. Brush. by the
ray. is preparing TO renew his fight for clean
poH Wheh the League convenes next month
owing to various obstacles that have been
10 bs"Sa ~ their way, some OF the magnates OF
IV FdtiOlhl LHdguH now say tnat IL may bo |
npossoe to reduce the circuit to eight clubs, |
W that ten clubs may be the final arrange
lelt Inc completion Of the st. Louis Cleve- |
thd and the Brooklyn Baltimore consolda-
IONS is being looked forward to with eager
ess. and pressure will probably be brought
p pear on both transactions to have them
eafen up as soon as possible. It is general
,pSeheyed that Robson will have control
,4eR sRs St L LOUIS franchise within the next two
,seaks. ,,aSs IN which event arrangements will be
eesgue; e5Sgue The, deposition Of the Baltimore
iInhh. In case the Brooklyn deal goes through.
~ " hot be accomplished so easily. and on this
ONT the maGnates may have trouble Von-
erhorst says the Baltimore Club will be rep
scented IN the major league circuit He may |
ave some other understanding with the lead
10 ol The League. but he doesn't talk that way. |
:, 1ohn on, y Day. manager of the New Yorks. has |
turned from his trip TO Charleston. where he |
loenls 70 train the local players this spring. |
e ,sayS the men will leave here on March 10 |
va WI! spend two weeks in Charleston Then |
iey. WI, go 70 Norfolk for two weeks, after |
Z hLleg S they will work their way North When
''ked whnt the club intended 70 do with joyce,
apinGer ,ai.lGe Day said he did not know. but he was
psSiltNe In the Assertion that "Scrappy Bill"
M M not accompany the New Yorks to
mnssTest93n. Day also says that no deals for
use Stl@ason. and Meekin have been
aut. although he has received some |
I",Eostions He has decided to play Hartman
!. 'n'ld oase again. and believes that tho Ger
I'm. II the New Yorks are to be in The race
no lcdf II behOOYPs the mananemeDt 10 se- |