The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04
Manager Donovan and New Mem
bers Of st. Louis Club Take Ad-
vantage Of Good Weather.
YOUNG MEN SHOW UP WELL
King, Childs and O'Donnell Shape
Like Athletes = Heidrick's
Deal With the Chi
cage Club.

"a q
work out" at League Park Wednesday
Though there was quite n ledge" to thu
air under the warm and welcome sunshine
the players. bundled In wraps. got quite 8
sweat up. Fortunately few Of e have
n extra weight to take of. Burkett pos
sesses more excess baggage than any on
Of the lot, and he is but ten pounds above
the mark. The departure Of Mclean. Childs
Young and o'Connor from the team make.
quite a difference in the way Of fat men.
OF course. interest centered in the yeunl
players. The colts showed up very well
King. the semiprofessional from Pennsyl'
vania, is q deal Of q player as far as looks
30. Though . slender STRIPPING In street
sarb, he looms up very well in uniform
He has h the Irishman called "the cut
av a ball player an him" He bears him.
self like one. steps around with confident
tread and goes at q ground ball like . field
er. King IS q %left-hand hitter and has q
fast pair Of legs under him:
Ch1luo handles The Eat Well.
Chiids. the ex-utican. made 9 good I'M
preston. He is Of stocky build and pos.
and bullying calves which delight the eye
OF a judge Of PLAYERS. It was good. too, &c
zee the way he stepped into The ball while
Childs hits rig~ht-handed.
Ever since Missouri University sen out
her 1895 football team the writer has en-.
farm lad. the SHOWING Hoos.er.. =. he d
known in the city. The appearance Of the
young countryman. O'Donnell. from Wells
built chap. with : lot Of dormant energy
has good use Of himself and meets q bali
in nice shape With the bat. He Is scarcely
Nichols is known in the League cities. He
IL a ball player, II that arm broken last
in him. II his arm is az good as Crigers.
then he Is q much better catcher. Cfiger,
with all bis SNOWY throwing. was . sad ras-
any too sure on a ball bounding to the
plate on one side and q runner coming with
charged bayonets on the other. OF course.
Criger 10 q great catcher. SO 10 Nichols. II
terday. for to do so would be fatal.
Harper Takes or. . Mans Appearance.
Jack Harper. slim. debonair and soft Of
,Rsesn k. l0 sSnt m 6io sye OF = nut ms 81. than noss ne t d,a
tire Of the. front wheel and followed the
Mike Donlin. Harper is = good pitcher. 4
Of . fellow. He Will ma it much to his sd-
vantage to cut out the hitting of high spots
'n Young unsInf Kruger. VII. ram. from ch,csro
on a child's ticket. was hitting them a mile
Geep In right center. He certainly can slat
them.
Jack Ryan I. = veteran. sven II he came
Of the alleged youngsters . few years n
win. Ryan works like . man who knows
,Heidrick eavorted around the field, and
the troubled mamma Of the little red baby
ants were in . terrible sweat. Emmett u
the man who wears the biggest boots. for
When no comes powdering along yeu can
hear the mother ants cry: Come indoors,
children. Get OF the track: Here come the
says he notices that when Heidrick is In
the game the ants abandon their homes In
the nice warm sand Of the base lines and
base lines has IS much chance to succeed
when Emmett is in the game a. baby farms
would rave on Dead Mans Curve. Heidrick
in a N the pensiye mood these days.
sudhsR . Hard Worker.
Sudhen IVES ont md worked hard for q
man who feels that h. has e bonus coming
savine grace Of being . hard worker. Bret
another horse for work, took
things easy. Brett should be . good man
:aas a:'s E :SSa I ss a's :' sos.a AZ i. ' en-.
Earl Moore, the young pitcher secured
from the Dayton club, has not yet shown
for training seasons. II. II only old-timers
can ahord to take their own time about
-.
for years has not lifted auzht heavier than
the pen he uses to sign real estate con-
tracts with, got in the bunch and threw out
his chest. He is still Powell.
Heidrfck Get Himself GIn BaA.s
Very general sympathy 10 felt for Held |
rick. who has gotten Into q deucedly ugly
ness by signing optional contracts with the
Chicago American League club, n later
final contracts with the 81. Louis |
:lub. Heidrick 10 a very popular young man.
somewhat overconfident for q lad Of !
hts years: He thinks. pretty well Of Held |
{. /. ss aeff.n paziiIS.i honest anS in. sns soaara lSs
Dung man, and nothing proves that 30
much a. his manner Of dealing with Clark
irlmth. manager Of the Chicago American
He did wrong. two wrongs. in fact. while
acting the part OF an honorable gentleman |
snd meaning to DO nEht. According to
70 help prove it-Cfark Grifith induced him
~ specious promises to sign an optional |
contract with the Chicago American Club
i ;a., Y February. Griffith. i appears, In
Players Union. Of which said Grfdth was
vice president at the time. Further. Grit
18th was DE- facto MANAGER Of the Chicago
Club while still q member Of the
Players Union. It is q stringent rule Of the
Union that q manages shall not
=, =. a m m.nss:r and nS. th9 ,t, ny member beecm,
herein. According to the evidence in Held
.ick's case. Grinith not only was a manager
IND acted - . manager while still q men,
Der and an oficer Of the union; he also
lsed the influence and prestige which his
,fiicial position in the union gave him to
induce young and inexperienced members to
Its most important rules. rules upon
which It's very life end existence depended.
Tried t. De the Right Thing.
Upon Grimth's shrewd representation,
1eidrick unwittingly violated this important
ule OF the union. He stipulated with
srifith thai the contract should nof bA Il
Considered binding until after the Players
jnion gave its members permission to sign
ontracts. and that he should have the
light to withdraw the contract at any time,
q fact, that he should not be considered
igned until he did actually sign a new form
( contract. In doing this Heidrick protect
lleged understanding, the fact that he had
1gned Q contract was q public immedi-
Itely. This. irritated him q good deal and
le wrote to Griihth demanding Shfs contract
Grifith wrote him q conciliatory letter
ssuring him that everything was all right.
him two new contracts to sign. but
ailtng to send back the optional contract.
demanded the optional contract
rom Comiskey n from drihifh, but got
ausht save excuses and promises. Then
e renewed his contract with the ST. Louis
lub.. -
Now .Grihith n Comiskey are calling
leidrtck nasty names. and saying that hi
ID not act In good faith. Heidrick's friends
e skiing how It became Gri6th, Q union
nicer. 20 nduce . young player to break
> remain q member Of the union while
lann9er OF 9. team and use the prestige Of
10 once In the union to debauch its mem
II ana wean them from their allegiance
n oanf1ma uasA,t.k IN, .s-.- A.