Evening star., 1901-10-02

Federation of Labor to secure the afflia-
ton OF the Players Protective Association
AS many Of the ball players in the Ma
tional League are opposed to such a move
the plan probably will not carry
Business Manager Bancroft received a
wire yesterday informing him of the fact
that ne had been selected to look after the
business end of the trip to Frisco. to be
mace Dy team of National League play
ers under Tom DAILY and team of Ameri-
can Leaguers under Napoleon Lajoie.
crawford. Hahn and Elmer Flick were re-
guested TO join the party, but Hahn and
f1ck refused. while Crawford has the of
amirer. LII
fitcher Clarence Currie. the leading twtr-
Ter OF the Wisconsin State League and who
won won the championship for the Appleton
Sau1, was signed Yesterday at Milwaukee
natl club. He will report for duty next
spring. Currie made an excellent reputa-
ton this season, having lost but two ga mes
ana Won twenty-four. He is also an excel
lent batter and fielder, and promises to de-
Nelop into a good player
Ground has been offered by gentlemen
interested In real estate in the Bronx tn tha
American League II that organization win
locate base ball nine north of the Harlem
The tract of land is said to be easy of ac-
cess from the Sd avenue elevated and NOT
1ar from the trolley lines of the Union
traction Company. The Bronx citizens who
are interested In the matter assert that
they nave heard nothing favorable from the
American League. and DO not believe there
Is very bright hope Of a team being To-
Gated In Westchester county-New York
Herald.
Left-handed batsmen are the swatters
VINO are harvesting the lions share of the
bingling honors. There are only a few of
US OLD rtght-hs nders still near the top"
remarked Captain Kelley of the Brookfyns
recently. In the last batch Of averages
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MISUNDERSTANDING Wagner, Tom Daly and
myself. The left-handers have more than
the one advantage Of shorter run to first
outnelders move in for them. and they
poke many ball over the heads of the
gardeners for long hits that a right t-handsr
could never get"
TOO much praise cannot be given Fred
Clarke. who will now take his nlace
among the Ansons. the Morrills and the
Hanlons Of the National League Tbasa
were not only players of the first rank Int
the most successful managers in base ball
Clarke ranks as one Of the best fieIders
batters and run getters in the country
and also has the faculty of teaching tbe
art Of playing ball and bringing out ali
the abilities of a player. Being a f1rst
class player himself, he is in a position to
instruct others how to play. He never
orders player to do ANYTHING that ba
himself Will not undertake
Arthur Irwin made a bold statement to
me few days ago. He was at the Ameri
can grounds during the Chicago series, and
said: The National League has made
poor fight with the American Ieapne. IN
fact. they have lain down as far as / can
learn Their game has always been to try
to make the opposition lose money in homes
they would QUIT In this case the American
came In under full sail and has won out
at every end. and is going after the old
fellows In better shape than ever The
American people were shrewd enough to
tie up the organization. so that no one can
sell out, and this left the league without
one of its strongest cards" Irwin said
that Col. Rogers alone was too much Of a
handicap for the league to carry, as he
was forever putting the organization in a
wrong light. 'The magnates are afraid fo
trust each other" said Irwin, ..and natu,
rally Will not pull together like the Ameri-
can: Then. again. the American has start
ed the new style Of play without the long
delays and the public like it's style. ST.
Louis will give the American great support
@ as it Is naturally an anti-league city. and
VIII follow such men as Comiskey and
johnson. Tim Murnane in Boston Globe.