The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-23


able Western New York writer says:
The player who works on that plan
is sure to succeed, and invariably he
finds the public with him Even if an
infielder realizes when he sees the nan
coming that it is impossible. or next TO
an impoSsihility to get 1t. we all like II
see him make a stab at it. Such a dis
play of interest and activity enthuses
and eXhilarates crowd, While the
least bit Of Sinking or failure to go
after everything has depressing effect
on everybody.
What a great boost the game would
receive if all nfielders would adopt this
'go-for- everything plan, Let such an
idea control the players, and it would
result in increased activity and faith
fulness of service: and how the game
would be advanced.
The men who are to-day on the in
fields of the major league teams should
recollect that the minor leaguers are
behind them to come along and brush
them aside-into oblivion, perhaps, or
else they must return to the ranks OF
men cavorting about the fields of lower
grade leagues. 1t is not always that
the major Lacquer has grown into dis
use and become outclassed that he hnds
himself supplanted. Many, many times
the relegated player asCribes his condi-
ton to the force of circumstances which
he could not control, when in truth. his
proud position of eminence was lost be-
cause he refused to obey the rules or
discipline or was apathetic and neg
lectful He bemoans his fate, seeing
favoritism in the advancement of the
man who supplants him. when his own
impotence is alone responsible for his
retrogression.
These ndolent, apathetic and neg
lectful players tell of the luck some
men have and how they succeed. The
AP nh !,
ton of luck TO the baseball players.
Faithfulness and fitness are accom-
panied by success on the ball field. Inc
player who is faithful and pa!nstakns
invariably advances and has the pub
| lie, the scribes and the magnates with
him. Because of the law of compensa-
ton the go-for-everything' player finds
himself advancing.
II have never been able to determine
whether Arlie Latham was under COW
err with a bunch of money or whetheE
| he is really broke" remarks Earl Wag
! ner Il am inclined to believe that
! Lath is broke, but there are few peo-
pie who will share my opinion. My
/ reason for believing that the Old IA
| Vorite no longer has the long gree n is
| that he is not so tidy in his dress as
} he used to be, and that is pretty
! good indication, for no man liked goo
| clothes better than Lath. Lath is still
! a big drawing card. and he ought 20
make a good umpire"
! Manager Hanlon has found some So
| lace in the profits of his Western trip
! for the Superbas toboggan slide down
the percentage table. 1t is said the
J Brooklyns' share of the receipts
/ amounted for the trip to $4,000. chi
! cago furnished nearly two-thirds of the
| money For the four games there Han
! lon is said to have received $4,000. Ths
| Brooklyns played four games at PITTS
! burg. where they gathered in ~ 2Ol
, One Sunday game at Cincinnati vie
the visitors 81, SOC. Four games at
Cleveland-the dead baseball town
Welded only s115. During the Chicag
series the Brooklyns played to naid
attendance of $4,000 persons, which is
! regarded as the record.
! Adrian c. Arson. former manager OF
the Giants, when asked his opinion OF
the recent change of management FOL
| the New Yorks, said: II am not sur
prIsed to hear of a change in managers
in New York No self-respecting man
agpr can work under Freedman. II
! must be mere figurehead to retain his
position ! am not surprised that Day
I has been released. 1t is no reflection
| on his ability to be dropped by Freed
! about him. He has no great amount OF
! baseball ability, but may succeed II
! carving out Freedman's ideas. He has
| a reputation as trap shooter out ne
! has had little baseball experience.
| wish him success"
The Reds reverses are not the re-
suit of hard luck and poor umpiring, as
| Ewing persistently claims. but poor
management, says the Sporting News
The Cincinnati newspaper men nave
given their team royal support in the
hope that ii would, despite its handi-
cap. take and hold a respectable place
in the race. President Brush and ms
associates have invested many thou
sands of dollars in players to raise
the Reds to championship caliber in
1899, but they are not even hrSt CIV
ision team. Ewing's explanation is that
the umpires rob them on the road and
that hard luck pursues them at home
and abroad. A change of management,
without the addition of a single player,
would bring about better results. Bob
Allen and W. II. Watkins have been
mentioned as Ewings successor. The
Indianapolis record of the eX-Philadel-
phian entities him to consideration. He
is Il player of intelligence and man
ager Of ability who meets defeat like
a man and bears success becomingly.
pennant in the last game OF the sea-
son of 1898. was pirated to build up
the Pittsburg and Cincinnati teams and
its owners did not expect to finish high
er than fourth. Its great record estab-
lished Aliens managerial ability.
The owners of baseball clubs should
avoid a clash with organized labor. The
Central Labor union of indianapolis
has removed the boycott imposed on
the Western League club of that city.
The trouble was due to the employment
of non-union labor by the contractor
who painted the signs on the fence in
the Indianapolis park. In order to Sc
cure the removal of the ban President
Colt had all the signs painted out and
they will be replaced by union labor.
The Worcester club of the Eastern
league has become involved with a la
Dor union. which threatens to boycott
if it retains Pitcher KlObedanZ in it's
team. 1t seems that the latter took the
place of a striking stage hand at one
Of the Boston theaters last winter