The sun., 1899-03-29
N THE BASEBALL WORLD.
AMI yt,rS IBOTT THE TROtBLE
H'"' ,uo,G THE MiGNITES.

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.u.,r c.i.',r,c of serious trouble in the
l,,"nal e1EJo j, embodied III statement
N',',, Roger, or the Philadelphia Club.
.., declare 'ha' ne League cannot be as
VT, ...,...,ry enough to suit him. Rogers
i.,, io, ,ha, the nus'on"N New York, lhiIade'phia
tN' ,.,,,,,r,,. ,,fGs stand together in favor OF
',1,pg loose from the Western clubs whlch
rH'uuS ,,..ol hy Brush. Hart and Robson. In
All. rclcl Rogers il said to tie wrong, Tor II Is
tn' rs. where th" Boston club will stand
M'O'i, no ,.rn arrives fora showdown. When
's statement was shown to President
~ ,be Chicago club YESTERDAY he said;
ar,,ors cu'suo figure in the League. lie
.hGvl NIL hr wants -, but nobody Will pay
V'u a,t.r,,or ,a what he says. After the ex-
,a.urs ot his methods. at the recent League
P'1 P'.,v,, I,hanld think hc would get out
i,'p,.n ,S,.sta and also out of the public eve as
o,',rr, As possible When Rogers wants a
tas,rol.war h. shall have it,
nh. s,a.cmour made 10y Dreyfuss OF Louis
yne that he was robbed OF eleven sunday
,os Wv. in ,ho schedule and that he will make
tenn, To- have the schedule changed is
"','.,,oI u" ny the hc mosus Of the League
,.r, make NJ dcuial of the fact that they have
,,or after prey'uss for some time. They say
,laf a
.". ,h,t tbe chicago. Cincinnati and 1T, Louis
I,,s rstu.eI H. plav sunday games with Drey
,ns.s ,ea,n. and that. according to the League
,,,.,i,>tiou. there Is no provision for the play
n, e,,ch contests sunday games are ar
,r,ol IA the request OF clubs that wish to
,',r them When the schedule was virtually
,l,ptpd By the League on March , and was
Tn,Iisbei in THE Sun the following day. tho
huJ rCnaiyn1 q II tiannl nnpta nj
snrd,v games. At that time Dreyfuss said
"a open meeting:
"I want the schedule to be given to the
,rcss now instead Of holding it back until af-
"a March u. because | know what I've got
INV and | don't know what I'll have then
preyfuss together with Rogers and Freed
man. had made u fight against Brush Hart
and others rot only ON the proposed expul-
SION o! the st. Louis Club. hut also on the
Boord Of piscpinc When tho DO wer OF the
and said:
I'll show Brush and these other fellows
whether am any good or not"
The baI blood existing between Drsyfuss
saI Brush wa caused two years ago. the Gin
rinaati President says, when the Louisville
tIub made a rercmptOrv demand on the Gin
clnuatt Club Tor the services OF Second Base
man stewart. who lad been loaned to Indian
RUOlis When Brush refused to make the deal.
Draytuss sald then and there that he would
lCht every measure prouosed in future bv
Erush or any OF his friends. According to the
'eAiers in tn" League DrJyiusS has made him
.et So ofIcu>lysly antagonistlc to the IN that
retaliation Uf some sort was decided upon.
Accordingly the Clnrinnat. Chicago and st.
loui, clubs. controlled respectiyely:by Brush.
Hart and Robson, notified President Young at
'ho meeting last week that they had concluded
not 10 Nay any SUNDAY games With the Louis
schedule changed. 1t was changed and as
amended came M once more before the
League for final con sideraton and adoption.
President Soden OF the, Boston Club. holding
lrcyiusss proxy. voted for the schedule and
the document was given to the newspapers.
President Young. ey the way. failed to correct
two errors. rs Philadelphia Is scheduled to
NAY N Baltimore and the latter club in Phila-
delpha on Sept -. while the st. Louis Club is
slated TO play in both Cleveland and Louisville
ion among the more Influential League men
the Louisville Club will play ont the schedule
as arranged CT suffer the consequences.
It has been said that the attack on the
Louisville Cub is part of scheme to reduce
the circuit There may be some truth In this.
It is fact that such move would never nave
beer thought of had it not been for Dreyfuss.
years gone by the Louisville Club always
stood By the Brush Hart contingent. but that
was was when Harry fulliam and 7; H. SStuckey
we're IN control OF the organization. The ad
Vent Of Dreytuss to the Presidency a few
months ago was followed by an alliance with
friedman. Tho combination of Dreyfuss.
freedman and Rogers has been enough u
utlIe the other maguateS to acts OF highland
selness, the end Of which Is not yet In sight.
I%ae,loss % 2i the s. Sunday games referred to
As the club dropped $4,000 last year. 1t can be
seen that Dreyfuss has no easy road to travel.
When; Puam was in control he stood we'll
Win the biz men in baseball politics.
!, The League teams in the South are putting
tne new rules strictly into effect. The balk
RUE i receiving the most thorough test OF all
running: The fact that pitchers will be pro-
taottG from making any motion to throw to
ss VIII be Sbs the es
,euer start than in the past. The umpires will
@ Instructed to enforce this rule with strict
looked baks because the old rule was consid-
tteu 100 vague and dead letter at that. There
nstlI quite great deal OF talk over the failure
cease be iG pass rule calculated to
laiped repsatedly about light stick work say
,hat the evil will continue to present itself un
\: hcrI, tne rule makers take the bull by the
ma, cAyGrrsIA. March 2s;-The indications are
SSd1'imedn Se1 ma League grounds tomorrow when
;NfII Neq hanlon's, crack Brooklyn baseball team
MahtarSg, MI Try c22nGlusions with a strong nine OF
nGaNo9 nGna9 oi The series of exhibition games an
honnted in The Sun on Monday. fhe Michi-
tsm oGys are the champions OF the Second
hhtnny corps, They say that they have been
r"G rra!eh only once by the teams OF rival
ESnnehts ~ stationed here ut Camp Mae
tEH|tto Their strength is attributed to
sra tIart that. with few exceptions, they
ttiHimeI PROFESSIONALLY who played in the
~ he Efsni. ga. STAT" League. Besides this hey are
t@We ,tenlorr"l IS the loan OF u Brooklyn bat
VI TG iot ~" first half and may have the services
cnTtn Ume oI tia9.on backstops during the entire
c1I.jiea, ~ lar "a" opposition have declined to
C"twWTr h'y such assistance. Their Chaplain
lM W >. stevenson, says his team il strong
f,,.nSrm III every department excepting the
ntcLls' ana mat he has u clever little
i"wn' iu,'T Wh3 could hold the big LeaGuers
Y r.g,iIstroS to' diIut i've innings. The Brooklyn
to'Hin""'S HiI good work in the practice
"r'natL' '@t' crowd Of about 200 enthusiastic
cnt Innlr was ideal Hanlon tipped the players tc
lily blo4s' k""lrr picked Il liner of the shor,
JHHr""'ncId I"hr" while in notion and Kelley and
tLat ,l1n' uLh!HG catches in left and centre
h "H4|'i the local rrankS The infled
Ci,m,'y' Wy" ~" SOM" Last plays. and as a fitting
a s,,nE H rN.liL""y, McGhnn and Grim executed
srra"tllWH I.l'ir may. Nearly every one in the
U.pht u, augusta ar" taking Of the play to.
tsS"rtol' T." 'hrly-hye Michigan boys will be
piaons TX 'pWM 10y their band of thirty
camp. '"''"lhG 'hey nave al
y'na,.. 10 Ti"' l., March * Edward c. Becker
A'llo'i,o Ni,"hl "i tho American baseball anC
Wt,,b INIli'l"n Company Of st Louis
aIo ''~ ~N"'"H"a 'hr Sportsman's Parl
,,,ln' l.'- returned from the Nationa
ol1TT..' 'I. NE lr New iork. In the cours,
"I'." A.. ',.~"h",l matter" h. said:
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