The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-06
WEARISOME DISCUSSION OF
IMPROBABLE OCCURRENCES.
Nothing IS So Nauseating as to Be Perpetually
Talking of Something Which Can
Never Occur.

bal! y IN sI.h "A cofnIhicated condition AT
| present thar 4 player VINO has Two chance
/ to Locate himseit can afford to wait for m,
! tt.ird. / don't :hink there will. be auy war
bus ii there is | bad rather enlist as . reg
uiar than as an auxiliary. 1 am gatisu.d
Win the treatment l received from MIR.
/ StrObci u Toicso, but ! gave him vamc re-
! ceiyed and am under no obligations To any
ore"
Pitcher Wyatt Lee Of the Kansas civ
team and Center Fielder Johnny Farrell
came from his nome in c1vingtOn. Nv.
wule he dropped in from GILLIAN. Mo.
Both took to he in fine shape tor the com
ing season. They are aktnS excellent care
Or themselves. ana expect 10 help Jimmie
hannine's Senator'S win the American
League pennant for l%Ji.-kinsas CITY
star.
When George Tebeau sold out hia inter
Csts in Denver to -. {. Packard OF thar
cIty the latter claims that he was Ia start
Ia next season with the Denver champion
team intact. The announcement by White
Wings" that Pitchers Heimer, Schfnidt
and EyIar and Outhelder Miller. who we're
ostensIby drafted by Chicago, were to form
tn" nucleus Of Tcbeau'S Kansas city club.
mas naturally stirred up Mr.. Packard and
his Denver friends p
The work OF mapping. out a spring trip
urUdily took up most OF Selee's time after
New Year. 80 That ne Will have a good rest
this winter. Several OF the Boston PLAYERS
are disappointed at the Leagues action in
1blIE away Win lie GtuNlltln IFll%. ana
yet the Boston players. more than any Otn-
crs, are responsible for the Leagues ac-
tIOn. It's a pretty hard thing TO please ball
players. TAIS season il looks as IL the
magnates were not out 10 p.ease the whims
nt even star Players many OI whom are
worse than actors.
George Tebeau of the Western Lc,gue.
undismayed by the fact that Jimmy Man
ming beat him out I'm the fight for grounds
IN that city by leasing Exposition Park
for another five years. mas signed a lease
for u tract of ground known as Shelly
Park, The new park is ia tEe heart Of the
city. 1t VIII be somewhat smaller than Ex-
position faTk. but plenty large enough tor
a good baseball field. IL Is the only level
piece of ground ia the entire city and will
require practically no grading. The PARK
is just across the street from the Court
house
the relations between the railroads and
hotelkeeDeIs and the National League ball
clubs ought to be very .amlcable. The
aggregate number OF miles TO be Travelled
by he eight clubs this. season is I.33o. 40.
for which the railroads receive 2 cents per
mile. or se1.oos.cs. 10 addition. to this there
$500 for the eight clabs. Next come the
motel bills. Each club carries fifteen men.
making, at SO pc, day, S.lS7.5o for each
club, or $500 for the season. Bus fares
TO and from the grounds are figured at 500
for the season. Thus. the. Leagues hotel
and travelling bills for ihe season OF six
11 w 49,
The Milwaukee basebajr team will he
minus the services Of Center Fielder
P%ittsburg at. the end OF the season. and
now ne mas been Transferred TO the Sy;a-.
case club OF the Eastern League. Ketchum
Walter, Wood and Pat Ftahery. the Pitts |
burg club receiving in return LOuis WiItse.
corner. This Will be a severe blow to the
local club. as Ketchums was a first-class
outiieider and did good work while here.
With Fultz and Anderson also lost. the
brewers will indeed he weakened consider |
ably. and whoever manages next wears |
team here will have 10 hustle to get to- |
sether strong team-MH~aukee News.
i Know that there never was a time in |
which the PIttsburg ciubafaid as much out |
think that the same was true with rho |
seven other clubs ofethe. National Ieague
otbep dav s az Gspfaln y W. Kerr the
burg Dispatch. cot course. there are NOT
so many cases Of stars getting the rerv
ARG saleries mat they once received. but |
the average pay OF the players is greatly |
above what It was in what some peopis
constantly refer to as the good old daysF
mon,b result Ss ne payroll Of each club every |
merry was Although tie Pfttsburg NAV |
els received large salaries for their PLAYING \
Who will receive more for 1901 than they |
did for 1900" 81 " '"'
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one ST: Louis player. TIN Flood. a uebn- |
Der OF the Players Protective Assoriati1,
mas signed a contract for 1901. Tins g.
Psihaiion Is that he wrote a letter TO an
OiiIcial OF Inc association In reference no
signing. and, receiving mo reply. conrJhded
mat ne had better do business. He saTs
Is heartily IN sympathy with the move |
ileht- and thinks that reasonable conceS- |
slons viii be made TO the men by tine mag
mates before the spring meeting.
These gathering Of magnateSr ..ia ,h
Ntteran Ted Sullivan. who was in the cor- !
flGor. are so full OF warm yapor I tho,syh,
= Was IN 2 turkish bath. / swan 10 land. |
ana now want to say that they are All xooJ
leioWs, and that they have forgotten buf
one thing-how to please the crowds which
Pay me hslf dollars at the gate."-Chicago
NJ. J. Finn. former manager Of Tho !
houngstoMn' o., baseball team. was re
ieaSei from Jail on parole. He was sent TO
Jall for failure. TO obey an order Of the
court Erecting him to pay a fine OF 500 and
d do imposed last summer for playing sun |
the me ana he agreed to pay the costs. |
amounting TO sls6. within a year.
Tom Smith. who pitched for the Lou;s- |
vllles some seasons ago, has BEEN appoilted
member OF the Boston police force and
smith feT Wsa w 1ssessm isif tls t fgtqrs; It was
dropping out of the game. a pitched hall
by Smith laying Nash low during |
q bdHue DtIWeen the PnilheS and The i
Colonies and practically putting him out |
or the business.
IL the Cincinnati club had not dug Rusie |
OF his obscuTity, the chances are that he
would not have been heard of IN a pro-
iessionai way again.. The Cincinnati Club
IS the only club in the League that has the |
fight TO negotiate with. Rusie for his SER
vices for next season. and IL he imayines |
mat there will be spirited bid1ing on the |
part of other clubs to get him to pitch for |
their teams next season he is badly mis- |
taken. The Reds could use Rusle nicely |
next season. but they do not need him so |
badly that the club can afford to be held up |
on the salary matter and he !
Joins the team. Bill Phillips probably Will
make his exit as n Red. Manager McPhe |
has announced that he will carry but four !
next season. and with Scott. New |
ton. Hahn and Rusie on the staff there will |
be no room for Phillips. Breitenstein. of |
is certain not TO be on the team |
Cincinnati Times-Star.
Pitcher Billy Dinneen. BostOn's star Twill
er. and the hero of the local diamond in !
1885,. the year Of the TOrontos' great dual
ight With Herr KuntZsch's Syracuse Stars. |
5 In town on n short visit from his home. !
syracuse, y. Y. to the scene Of his early /
riumphs DinneAn, looking the very picture
II health. dropped IN on President Ed
and later boarded a car for the Mel
bourne House, the popular ball players
'endezvous. in the old days. Dfn1ee n was
on all hapdEToronto News
Any club in the country would be strength
ned by the addition Of Jesse Tannehill. who
made the best record OF any tSirler in the
National League last year ar Pittsbuig-
Those who have axes TO grind condemn the
boy for expressing his opinion with
nut fear. and he has been painted a sur1y.
!isagreeable fellow. The reverse Is the