El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-28
Sports and
Sportsmen

OfVA IOAnSH
The base ball situation is just the
same as it has been for the past few
months. The arrangements of both
the big leagues the National and the
American realize that war will dc
more to injure the game than they will
make out of a whole season but they
do not seem to want to give in. 1t is
to be hoped that their differences will
soon be settled and then the players
will know where they stand. AS it
stands today both leagues are claim
ing the same players and the players
themselves don't know where they are
| at. Few players have signed any con-
tracts as most of them are members
of the Players Protective association
and cannot sign until their differences
are settled with the National League
magnates. That settlement is expected
any day and then the fight between
the two leagues will begin in earnest
to secure players. The spring meeting
of the National League is now in ses-
| sion in New York President N. E
Young of that league recently declared
that he was of the opinion that wal
was on that would be bitter to the end
And he believes that the watchword
should be mo Compromise"
| Gene Demontreville, the great second
baseman has fallen heir to large
fortune and may not sign his contract
with Boston. He is quoted as saying
that he would not sign a contract until
he heard from the estate and the Play
ers' Protective association.
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| 1t is now reported that Theodore
Breitenstein will again pitch for the
st. Louis Browns. Cardinals. or Tebeau-
ties. 1t will be remembered that it was
in st. Louis that Breitenstein made
his great reputation that coused PreSi-
dent Brush, of Cincinnati, to pay $780,
600 for his release. He has been a mem
Der of the Cincinnati Reds for four
years but if he goes back to st. Louis
it will not be at any such figure that
he was transferred before. He was
called 1.-The Ten Thousand Dollar
Beauty" for two years but when he
began to drop off in his pitching he
was called the elephant" that Brush
had on his hands. He is still capable
of pitching good ball however, and
may make good in st. Louis. He
is a good batter and when his pitch
ing days are over it will not be a sur
prise to see some wise manager sign
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| Frank Foreman. the well known
pitcher who was once on the staff OF
the Cincinnati Reds but who made his
reputation in pitching for shut-out
games in succession as member OF
the Indianapolis team in 1897 has
sprung a new idea in the base bal
world. He has lst of all the base bal
players with their addresses and will
issue a directory every year contain
| ing statistics in addition to the ad-
| dresses
Now comes Charles Comiskey of the
IChicagO American League base ball
club, with a proposition to the base
ball players in st. Louis to play game
of foot ball in St. Louis on March 8
| The Chicago eleven will include Clark
Griffith. Callahan. Tin Donahue, Dex-
ter. McGraw, Burke and other well
known players while st. Louis will be
represented by Patsy Tabeau. Breiten-
stein. Lefty Jones. Burkett and several
other members of the St Louis Cardi-
nails.
President Soden of the Boston club,
the friend of the Players Protective
asssociation stated that Chief thinner
would be received before the meeting
of the Magnates at the meeting in New
York but Uncle Nick Young said he
would not We will see which one had
the say SO.
Jimmy Ryan as stated in The Her.
aid several days ago will not be with
Chicago any more. He played in the
out field for sixteen years and was Civ
en- his unconditional release that he
might become "Magnate'' at ST. Paul
Perry Werden will manage the team
for him.
Amos RuSie says that he will pitch
for the Cincinnati team this year. He
has not pitched a game of base ball
for three years and it is not known
how he will play but when he was
pitching his last season he was the
best in the business.
McGraw and Robinson has rendered
their resignation to the Players Pro-
tective association. They say that I'M
der the constitution they are no longer
eligible to membership as they are
now club owners.