The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-31

The theory that no newspaper has
right to interfere IN mans business
is eminently a correct one, but it can
be carried to an extreme. says the
Cincinnati Enquirer FOR instance. a
man may be In the business of selling
gold bricks and passing counterfeit
money. Interference then has miti-
eating circumstances. The law and
public opinion Will not be TOO hard on
the new spaper for exposing the secrets
of the business in question. 1t is not
the business OF a newspaper to 'scoop
into the matter OF salaries Of bali play
ers. Ia taking this stand John T.
Brush has everybody with him There
are ball players all over the country
who are drawing salaries simply on
suspicion and signing pay rolls with
arms that would crack from cold. The
salary question is between the player
and the manager. But there privacy
ends. Ii Cincinnati is to be given a
nrst-clags ball club there is at least
enc family journal that win chip in 70
buy Mr. Brush laurel crcWn. But if
it is going TO get a gas belt league
troupe Of Diacsstaiths, somebody's pri-
yate business viii surely be "scooped
into, for this private business viii also
be that Of the general public. In the
theatrical profession one must make
good or 80 hungry While base bali
has become more or less mercenary,
yet there is still some local Pride left,
and the lovers Of sport who shake
hands with the ticket seller are NOT
enamored Of going out to see their
Representatives On the diamond de-
feated Their money is as good as the
coin of the man in Pittsburg or Bos-
ton, and they are entitled to q run for
it, not languid crawl, but a whipping
finish Andrew Freedman, Of New
York, rare business man that he is,
realizes this pregnant fact and he has
taken the league by the throat TO ell
force his demands. The base ball
public Of Cincinnati is second to none
in loyalty, and anything that Mr..
Brush does this side of highway rob-
berry to get frst-class players will be
enthusiastically sustained by it. The
power of Mr.. Brush is in diplomatic
channels. He certainly ought to ac-
complish as much as Hanlon, Soden,
Rogers. Robson or Dreyfus do by their
methods. There is no newspaper
/ coaching the president of the Cincin-
natl Base Ball Club, nor is the pull
sating public Offering advice of a man
/ agerial nature. All that is wanted is
an honest effort. coupled with results
/ and press and public will be with the
] red and white of old Cincinnati
stronger than ever. One or two con-
/ tented gentlemen in a ball club, who
care nothing more for the game than
I to draw their salaries, will take all the
winning spirit. or ginger" out of a
/ team. Mike Kahoe said the other day
/ that George Hogriever, the outfelder,
/ who learned the fudiments of the game
/ in the Liberty street bottoms, has done
I great deal to infuse life into the In
! dianapolis team This is no doubt
/ true, and is most highly commendable
{ in HOgriever. That was one redeem
able trait about Dusty Miller He was
not as good a ball player as either Nc
Bride or smith. but his voice could be
1 heard cheering on the pitcher or good
naturedly Gliding Pat Tebeau or some
other player who happened to be a
member OF the visiting team. Walton
the work of a winning ball club and
you will notice that the players are
not afraid to use their mouths.
Ball players who quit" because
their work does not bring forth a con-
tinuous flow of "salve" in newspapers
are not of the right kind. The En-
quirer considers it a duty to the public
TO critieise ball players just the same
as actors, statesmen or other public
characters. Good players will receive
due credit But lack OF interest, dumb
playing and mistakes either in play
ing or management will not be passed
Observation-Disclosures Enquirer.