The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12

WRITTEN @ THE SUNDAY EEPUELTC.
About al That can he heard in The camp
of the warning baseball magnates now
alays is the busy click of typewriters
which are daily brought into se.yice TO roll
out long open" letters fairly seethiug with
b:iug %a-casms and bitter denuuciat!ous.
FROM q worly wrlnrIc the baseball sit
uailon las resolved itself into a war Of
letters pro and con on The questions in dis
uuto. and ID l.t OF talking besides. which re
miua, one Of commencement day 1t the
University O. Hot Air.
The second act OF the baseball 'reyoiu-
tfun. IS 4. G. Spaldirg terms il. is rather
slow ard dulI TO patrons vi baseball who
would rather have action III preference 70
iruthy rawlings ana Vuiuble indictments. 4.
&. SpaIJiu- occupies The center 81 The stage
and Juhu II. Brush and Andrew Freedman
are doing the "heaEv-v!Liain" part, with
Frank dc Haas Robinson a= an accumpIi"a,
During the act special s.ta features are be-
in- introduced 10y the score. such as the
ballad, ~ Don't Love You Any More sung
10y S~pllIinE and chorus. and directed at
Brush ana Freedman. Standings solo,
Give Mo Back thu Ballet That You Shot
Me With" sung with much patnos to
NIassTs. Soden. Billings and Couant OF Bos-
Ton, is q fetching specially. and Were
HAPPY TIL We Met You" by Messrs.
Brush Freedman and Robson, is sung as
AN encore every day. ban Johnson COM
n!ands a good view OF the stage and is an
interested, amused and secretly Eratihed
spectator.
.Thoueh practically a month has passed
since the outbreak al New York. the VAR
clouds nave not been dispersed and the stu
alton is just as difficult to fathUm a. eyer.
Meanwhile players wLD are under contract
10 National League clubs are becoming un-
easy and are easily won over 20 the rival
organization. The Boston club officials who
are supposed 10 hold the keg to the situa-
ton are content 10 abide by the decision of
the court but even with their concurrence
III the choice of Spai.ul- as president Of the
National League. the end j. not III sight
From The first. Sp4iuinE has unequiYocally
declared against trerdmaGiSm. Brush is
also under the ban. ANA Is aggraVatinS his
case by PFooqlnE Sp2i1lnS with his sharp
pointed vii. Frank Ge Haas Robson. who
has hitherto remained in the background. IS
Joining Ia Jie War OF WORDS. Thu St Louis.
New York ana Cincinnati clubs VIII likely
continue the fight. even should Boston give
IN. II the National League is tied up in in
junction suits when the spriuy-training sea-
son arrives II VIII not 5e hard 10 predict
N" result il no agreement can be reached
. Lt" 'iECtI, VIII ne lnhLatd ana the mag
mates now holding franchises Wlll sink or
swim, according 20 whether they array
themselves on The winning or losing side.
Within TWO months the PLAYERS will begin
"a get together Toy tho SuriUE training. ana
then the public viii Zoe treated to some in
lSItSjllG developments Win the trouble
in their own organization 10 look after. the
magnates have apparently failed TO serious
II note the iuroads Of the American League
and viii wake up some day to find them
selves without players. There are a num-
Der Of players who are popularity supposed
70 have signed with both organizations st.
l+0uiSauS Will ave the case OF Jack Har-
per TO watch. ana in limos every other
city in the National League similar condi-
tons exist Not until the playing season
Is at hand viii most Cf these cases be set
tled. Minor leaguers VIII he chary of pro-
vokinG The ira of the National Association
Of Baseball Leagues. which has declared
J0r leagues without ~reeompense 10 the minor
clubs. The Western League and American
Association viii furnish a miniature drama
copied after the American and National
League presentation of The Rivals" Al
ready Kansas City and Omaha are threat
ened with The burden of Two clubs. repre-
Santiug both organizations on the whole.
the minor leagues are no less busy making
baseball history than are their older and
more digRified contemporaries.
Jimmy ArcAleer has announced the names
nf the men who VIII represent St. Louis in
the American League, and the bunch looks
yizted his roster. but his chief difficulty
lies In the fact that half Of them may desert
if President Robson gets badly tangled up
in the baseball skein. Ban johnson is pre-
pairing for active work on the grounds at
Old S~portsman's Park and Mc-Aleer is eX-
peCted TO arrive the latter part OF February
TO plan the spring campaign.
Patsy Donovan will return to st. Louis
from the East probably the latter part of
February. He writes that he will so South
until about the middle Of March. and then
return to begin the work Of getting his
team together. Donovan does not believe
that Harper is lost 10 him. There is much
speculation as 10 whom Donovan will Sc
lect for his first hasemaa. Richardson i
credited With a decision to remain in TcrTe
Haute next year. His resolve was furthered
by the intelligence that the cullegian Haz-
elton had been engaged 10 o%fiiciate at
Cushion No. !.
Concerning the career Of w. c. Halle
ton. the Tufts College player, who has been
added TO the list of 1902 Cardinals, the
Sporting News says:
wv. c. Hazleton. who has q st. Louis Ma
tioral League contract for 1902. first spranS
into prominence as a baseball player while
attending Deans Academy at f'ranklin
Mass. he being the teams principal t~vcirler
during the seasons of 1S95-f-7. His work
during the latter year. especially. attracted
the attention Of o. 3. Carter of Franklin:
who at that time bore the distinction OF
having the champion amateur team in that
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