Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-04

mates thcmseiya have always tended
Go prevent any chnnpc.
For several years the magnates have
been under the conviction that Mr
YOUNG lacked ihe requisite backbone i'
aucCeaffully pilot thc Qrrnnlzltiun. aiN
at the same lime President Young hin
aof mnda the fact rrpminout lhgt
bias been able Goo keen out uf The ut
Hnuli contentious OF tho various uwI
cts 20 Dr.. however the latter phuse
the question TINT threatens 90 awc
"UncIo Nick out % power
On trying tn stand ln with them Hl
rrnallUHt YOUNG has dug hla owl
gfAtO. hia late actions have usually
Dot him two friends whore ho mirhi
have gained one. and tlH mngnatea
chaotic state iu which baseball finds Co.
a.if it present
The Immediate causes leading up O.
ODE wDseni contention orc uf recent ori.
Hlu A. one NJ Che m.guItUI put 10
some Time ago. Young lH rDtluE "0u
numerous" llc has mtruirI where %
ulnuItta didn't want him. and now thl
powers that De- intend o. iniic nctl1u
ln dealing With umplrrH. na well nf
DO thUlr selection. President YOUNG hlH
been regarded nH entirely too lenleul No.
dl1ripirinr ruwdy players De h1H De- 90
O. failure from season 60 season. 40.
blame has uf course. boon laid 90 tiu
doors of the club uWnpr themselves
but had President Young caul.l Out
bile Instructions and assumed nu tote
~ The power delegated io him De- prob
1h'g would have le.n able 90 hut
STAYED m the Inevitable and iHclion
ully mlght have have lvsd thr FamI
teen from n...ng Into iisfcpute.
HOLMES CASE UGcALLcp
one of th. most narrlui mIstakos n-
credited tu President YouaF On biz tu-
cnlnung policy loo regard 90 The llolnias
cts. iaat year Andrew Freedman ol
the Sow York club was fined $1,000 Cor
fHrl0ItinE game with Baltimore
"puchy" iio'mos' 1ippHnt remark aa o.
tna uIrDatry ui ST. Freedman was o.
inU bottom tf The TOW. Hui Young was
called iu iu gIvc bis decision. From the
Huft De uitd Co.. Appcnar both aud DO
nothing. flrat he offended Freedman
who mover had totu hIf sf.. nI. unt
then Do placed Ncd Hnnl1n On opp0si.
ton tn himself hy hlr furlllltluF nui-
i'1. IuN mnEuutcH themselves nually
.tqfel 100 and tool The ease out oil
NluUrH htrdH.
lh'H yolr BILE nouactlon On every cas
OF rQWlhlHm has been notorious. Not
slnsle player has heon disciplined hy
him although foW Times be- hus
showed Die lack Ul backbone hy ru-
lenflur ihe umplrca. The latest nap-
rant breach of discipline happened in
Mt, founr', own clty. but nothing has
Winnie Mercer OF the washlnrton
lenin deliberately nrHiulted Umpire
Mnnnnmlu. tearing th0 shirt on bic
back WnF ono uf Che moot cownrdiy
exhibitions 0f iho year. but "Nlck'
Young aii uh.olutg,y nothing arnar.
gnuS Cor ielr 90 lnd'g che vote of Earl
Wagner which viii probably be- the
ease anyway
On speatlrF OF thc ease va Grille Of
'hr Cincinnati Commercial Tribune has
ihe fO.inwirfi
u VIII De Interesting 20 note Just what
action President Young Will take iu the
case uf Winnie Mercer of the WuFhing-
ton team. who one day last week in
ii pf uuscr tore the clothes from um-
pirg M1uuurHuu. This assault occurred
in Washington the headquarters OF the
league, the home of To- nrclicat uuc.e
Sick Dr. "a regular attendant nt the
games ut the capital ana perhaps De-
was there un this occasion. Even N
De was absent. be IL in "a position 60
secure the facts Of the ease himself and
then parF Judgment 10 has been said
that no action would be- taken either By
TIE club or the league, aud this H. prob
ably correct.
II President Young falls to TAX. action
In this ease he virtually adds his con-
sent to ruWdyiHm. II Oh this weak-kused
policy % the leagues president which
hos led to the belief that the league
would secure more vigorous man Tor
thr position, Al no time has Mt Young
shown "a tendency to punish offending
ball players, ana until punishment ~
dealt out 20 them ruWdyiam will con-
tlnuc aud tho great game ~ slowly be-
Ing buried hy the men who are drawing
Hnlurlea from the game.
WANT MAN TO ENFORCE RULES.
The mnHnntes have also become cx-
trcmoly touchy on President YouuEa
crH maintain that Young has nothing Co
do with the leagues finances and that
De hn1 40 means of finding out whether
club makes one cent or q thousand
dollars. Ills recent statement that prac-
tlcally every club ln the league, with
/ the possible exception Of Cleveland,
made money during the past season
Htung tho muguutoa 20 the quick, and
/ this alone probably dld more than any
| thing else In fastening their decision
| thnt q change was necessary,
The mhguutes with "a fcW exceptions
have nothing personally against prcal-
/ dent Young, but Il can be- authoritative
/ ly stated that an almost unanimous
/ conclusion has been reached that a
man who o. not afraid 10 enforce tho
rules % the league shall be put IN
charge. The recent agitation Tor chang
Ing the league headquarters from
Washington 20 New York Il only part
/ Of the general scheme u rcgcncratiu,.
ana tchuhllltating the national game.
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