Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-16
RIVALRY NEEDED.
American League Urged to Break
From National Agreement.

Conservative writers. who have been
steadfast in their support of the National
League, are wavering in their allegiance,
and will welcome change in the govern
ment of the game whether it be brought
about by reorganization resolution
June Rankin of the New York Clipper,
who Is never radical In his views and who
is close student and accurate historian of
the national pastime, advises the American
League to declare its Independence of the
National League and operate along the lines
of the old American Associa ton in the fol-
lowing paragraph:
The American League teams are making
rapid strides toward the pinnacle of base
ball fame. This has been more noticeable
this year than ever before. At Chicago the
American League team is being Endorsed by
people who We're once bitterly opposed to
minor league ball playing. They are getting
an article OF oall far superior to anything
they thought the minor capable of putting
up. Besides this, the people say that the
rules are more adhered to by the players of
that body than they are by those of the ma
jor league and the general department of
the players of the younger organization is
far better than that of the players of the
parent league. The affairs of the American
League are in the hands of capable officials
and the rules are strictly lived up to- OF the
seFereSt punishment is inflicted upon the
Violators- 1t is this earnest and steady work
or the executive department that has
brought the league to the front. The time
Is almost ripe. If the period Is not here al
ready, for the American League to emancl-
pate itself from the yoke of servitude The
public is tired of trust or monopoly in
base ball! Let the American work the
plans of the old American Association
While 1t will be better for all parties to
work under a national agreement. the two
organizations should be entirely Independent
OF one another. II such plan Is adopted
next fall it will be hailed joyously and
there will probably be a revival of the old
time interest. Rivalry between two leading
organizations is needed to place the game
back where 1t was before the absorption of
the old American Association by the Ma
tional League at the now famous Indianap-
oils meet during the winter Of 1s.'1-92
Base Ball Notes.
Wet grounds prevented the Chicago-Bos-
ton game.
Umpire Terry sent his resignation to
President Young and quit last night.
Twrler Scott outpitched Gus weighing
yesterday but the veteran got away with
his game on account Of good support.
Jesse Burkett is fast crawling toward the
top of the batting list. Yesterday he had
a homer. triple and two singles to his
credit
Cupid Childs is putting up a great
game. He leads the league second base
men in number Of assists. and since the
team returned has not made error in
Ten games
On May 20 there were nine players in the
league that were batting over the 400
mark. while on August IL there was but
one-Flick
The Giants may be at the bottom of the
heap. but there is not clubb in the league
that ever feels certain Of winning against
Davis men, unless it be Boston, and then
Boston generally loses.
National League umpireS earn their saia-
ries. and the regular fans know IT. To
take the abuse an umpire does is worth all
OF his $40 a day and expenses. and a
deal more too. No other line of business
Is more disagreeable.
Jouett Meakin. who was released by Pitts
burg recently. is at his home in New
Albany. Ind. He is in correspondence with
one of the big league teams and expects to
sign with 1t for the rest OF the season. Mea-
kin has had many offers from minor league
teams. but he ssiH believes that his big
league days are not ouer.
One remarkable thing about base ball
players is the way they stick to their posts
from start to finish without a let-up. Take
Collins. for example Here lis a player
VINO does not know what a lay-oh means,
and he goes along year after year playing
In every game whether sick or sore. Col
Inns is not only a wonderful ball player.
but remarkable fellow in other respects.
Base ball fans" have whole lot of af-
lection and regard for Morgan Murphy, the
''Biddy' McPhee of the wind paddsts. He
ers in three years. and his performance
Tuesday at st. Louis was of high class.
Twelve chances, six Of which were assists.
Is a brilliant record. indeed His two safe
raps were both clean drives, and with any
luck Morgan would; hape gained an extra
base on each. - w
Manager George Davis, after all. may
win his bet. He staked a weeks salary
that the New York; would return with at
least one team below them. The Giants so
1ar In the present series have won 90 per
cent of the games. notwithstanding the
TACT that the st. Louis aggregation, beat
them one. two three at the very outset.
Since then the New. Yorks beat St. Louis
once, Cincinnati twice and Pittsburg once. 4
The spirit of the 81 Louis players toward 1
their captain was Shown to very big ex- i
tent after the collision had occurred and
Wolverton was sduarng off. promising to
pitch In and land on McGraw's proboscis or
solar plexus." Kester and Heidrick were ]
the lone two players to rush from the
bench and ga TO Macs aid. The others
remained stationary on the bench, grinnIng
at one another,~and perhaps some Of them
wished that their doughty field commander
had received his" in packages. Had it
been Rurkett or Donlin that figured in the
mix-up the bunch would have gone over
ike cluster OF bees and something. most