The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-21

81 ltIt Nti i''ii HtN' -
nights ana found him in the act OF scan
nInS tn" papers. eating up the baseball
news and searching for his own name in
the gossip column.
"Scrappy Joyce was one of the few bal!
players who refused to be ratified by news
haner criticism. The harder .Scrippy WAS
i'ihm'r'h the Scrappier he played The
closer II came. the better he liked it
Inc following review of Napoleon Lalote.
M peerless second baseman OF the fhil.
lies. who Is generally rated as the greatest
natural ban player the game has ever pro-
uilreh, Is from the New York clipper:
ldJoie has proved the greatest all-rounh
ma IN" Philadelphia club has made since
ne days of The late ana lamented Charley
ferguson. OF course. the club mas = great
player In DelchaEtY, but we mean ail-Iouid
h'n. %i.'l"i" participated IN oniy % cLaiI-
~" ny 'li''N'S AT Srtotu ia-t !"
WAS injured. but he made a wonhfriul re-
ord during that brief time. His leldinE per
'"ntdG" was 80. but that does not begin to
t"h what he dii In the territory lying in the
Niriuity OF second base. Tnat ne moved
around IN It lively manner Is SHOWN by some
al ms best i"ldluE feats. IN che Sane ne
hdd seven put-o-ItS and nts" ASSISTS III an
"lhtI n" accepted all "t fnutt'e.i 'tai'rS'
IN another al except one of thirteen. twice
an q! twelve. one" all "f eleven twice All OF
ten ANA SIX times all Of nine 'hdh'fN 10 q
&am". II" made only ON" error III twenty
Two games. but three in the IdSt twenty
seven games. and again accepted ll out
81 !2 chances. II" made only twenty-ohe
errors out of 49, chances, a showing any
one should be well proud of. h" also WAS
something OF Il hat Witl'lrl. NtdHhihS mum
in III" official batting averages. with a per,
C"utaSe OF .3I9. which was "A gam OF 81
points over last years record. lie Datt'h
| safely in twenty-SiN out Of MS nrs' twenty
| seven championship contests. ana played IN
tw"uty-threc other games without a miss
Seven times he made four hits TO "a game
| and six times he made three safe hits. ii"
made twenty doublr-haGG"rS' eight triples
and sin hem" runs. Had he btci ant. Il"
continue In the game all S"aSon tIr inII'is
might have finished ahead of Boston IN
{ the pcnnant race
4 San Francisco special says: Big Bill
Llnee said TODAY he was too much all
/ Surh"d in tho real estate business ana ms
approaching nuptialS To bother ms heiu
about the management of the tticaGo bhS'
ball team. In April Nj. faanEe Will wed
Miss Grace Gisslmau. a society taVoritc al
this city. who has just returned With her
parents from "A tour in Europe. Inc rA-
center fielder was seen to-day at his office
IN the ph"lan building with reference to &"
report that he is To- play with ana manage
thu Chicago team. Mr.. i.anEc Sald:
1t would take more than President Hart
j. willing To offer to induce me 10 play base
rate. | am ouJ Of the business Tor good.
have been asked to &C tch the University of
California team. but my business will not
permit. President Hart has made M no
recent offer. nor do | expect any.
If | play ball at all ] would rather play
with the Chicago boys, but nave tlV"h up
my home in San Francisco. My wedding.
which takes place shortly after Easter. has
already been announced; ii l Were 10 re-
main single, and was without a paying busI-
ness, | would likely go into baseball again
for a season or so. 1t has no attraction ior
me now. and / an surprised 10 hear Mr..
Hart has considered me either as prosp"c-
tive manager or captain.
Warren Lynch, q Young railroad man,
very well known In 81. Louis, advocates Il
code Of scmaph0r" signals TO be- used by
umpires 10 denote balls and strikes. Nh.
Lynch contends that the Empirical bazoo
is pftRp drowned ny noise of rpDtpTS. ITS
own inability to keep ati"at ana other
reasons. The idea is 3 very good one, ana
Of il Billy Hoy. the dc3f-mute player. says:
I think Mr.. Lyuch,s idea a splendid one
Such It rule. If established. will please not
only the patrons uf the game, but also
the players. iIY reason Of the distance TN"
outielders do not always hear the rulings
Of the umpire. The same thing applies to
the occupants In TIA" distant parts Of the
stands. Tho act Of lifting M the right
hand by Il Co3Cnsr while ! am at bat to
.i.nOt" that the umpire has called a strike
ON me and IN" raising 81 tn" lett ma 10
denote that q ball had been called mas come
- lac we'll understood by all the League
players. The reason the right hand WIS
originally selected by me 70 denote a strike
the pitcher was all right when he got the
hall over the plate and because he got left,
when he sent the ball wide of the plate. |
have often been told by freqlcl.tcrs Of the
Z me that they take considerable delight in
watching the COachor signal balls and
strikes t" me, as by these signals they can
h44'N 80 q 'Tif'4AAA- "A' AN = ]
with a voice not oNnrstronG. Is saying
According to President Hart Of the Chi,
caEo Baseball club, the stories printed
about fulli.m succeeding LOTUS as mana |
ger of the orphans is a product Of the
..kuo. krrS' club" saws The Chicago Times |
Herald. Mr.. Hart asserted yesterday with
some emphasis THAI his former friends.
Charles Corniskey and b.. B. Johnson. are
MAKE It uncomfortable for himself and his
lew manager. He said yesterday that all
Of the reports rejecting, upon the Chicago
Baseball club enIanated from the head
quarters of the American League.
President Hart gave as a reason COR
Comiskey's jealousy that the s.. Paul mag
and that the American League as a body
are sore" because LOTUS, the brains of
;he league. had deserted it,
Il; IS a shame" said President Hart.
THAT attacks should be made In the man
n"r they have. Now. the fact of the ease
is that LOTUS and / are a unit on every
feren"es. LOTUS | consider the hest man
aEer in the League. barring none. He has
things WEE stipulated in his contract which
have been fulfilled to the letter. LOTUS has
never complained that he has nct been
any players, and for that reason there can
be no complaint on that score
Jack Doyie's from rowdv TO
gentleman seems to have seriously affected
his value as a player. one yea ago Doyle
WAS recognized rs on OF the best nrSt |
III America. Two years ago he
sold for a fabulous sum. This Is what they
think of him to-day:
Buck Ewing acknowledge that the Gil
ants are weak behind the bat. and believes
that another hdckatop of Marty Bersen's
caiihcr. another hard-hitting outfielder and
a right-harded pitcher would make a
strong fir-t-.iivisi0n team out OF the Giants.
ewing could further improve his outfit by
DOYLE outright and 7isninS an
Other first has"mau. II IS doubtful II n"
could get a bat bag in -XchdnE" for DOVE.
Washington Post
Surely the ChadwiCks. Villas ct ri. must
offer rowdics something NOR" than this 10
Just a. long As a man i, a row iy
name. He reforms rn,. presto. h dies.
Ever now the hero OF the antl-ro"dN and
element. MvfiTaw. * the greatest
ruwdy The Gamr has known since '"niSk"y
Iuit playing.
The critics who have been saying Chicago
made Il bad bargain When IT bought Cling
man from l0uisyill" can easily get into IN
argument with Pulli4m.
There * only on. ShurtStop in the coun-
Try whom | would place above 'llnSrnan.
PIIlliam. "ard that is Davis Of the New
YogkS. tlinglnan Is i wonderful Etlder.
fast. sure and h.ady. HE IS IN the game
very day. md his brains are a tiS help 20
and team. More than this, ne IS am
likes to play the game. and Fever
shirks. / predict that h VIII prove a big
and pleasant surprise to IN" people up here.
Il batter. h" is way up among the short
and is improving all ne lime. lie is
Z wonder a. going after snort hies, Being
able To- get away back into left field under
hr high ones. Another thing that should
he said of his batting j. that he Is Il top
notCher a. Il utility hitter, and gets around