The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-19

Part Of the names have been given TO the
public. but the remainder will not be an
nounced for awhile.
Manager Watkins also announced yes
terday that there is now no doubt Of Jack
Sutthof being a member of the Indianapo-
lis team the coming season. He will be one
or the mainstays OF the pitching depart
ment. SutthOf is well known in IndianaDO-
lis for his good work here in the past two
seasons he went to Matthews when Indi-
annapolis withdrew from the Western Assoc
citation last year. SutthOf was one of the
best pitchers in the minor organization last
season and Will not doubt prove one of the
strongest IN the American Association the
coming season.
Manager Watkins left last night for Mil
waukee to attend a meeting Of the direct
ors OF the American Association. Several
important subjects will be discussed at the
meeting and the constitution will probably
be considered. Charles Ruschaupt. secre-
tary of the club. was unable TO go to Mil
waukee as he was taken Ill yesterday and
IS confined to his home
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Rourke, Of Omaha, who from some cause
has dropped the 90 % prefxing his present
name. made a statement last week that the
American Association teams would find
when the time for the playing season rolled
around that most Of the players they think
they now have under contract will be with
Western League teams. Rourke is evident
~ favOring contract jumpers. He no doubt
based his declaration on his statement made
some time ago that he had signed Coal
Miner" Brown. with Terre Hauts last year,
whom Manager Watkins claims TO have
signed. IL makes little difference who the
player IS, whether good or bad. he will find
that contract jumping is the worst crime
in which he could possibly engage. Brown
Is said 10 be n fairly good twirler, and Wat
kins desired 10 give him a trial II he does
nAH EannwH rrEAn WhA. HHnna 1900 = I'LL E~I
he has made a grave mistake. Watkins
knows the ms and outs or baseball, and is
thoroughly familiar with the method of
procedure IN the cases Of contract jumpers.
When baseball is finally settled. and il will
be some time, the contract jumper will find
that he is the most undesirable person in
the world He VIII be Stunned by all clubs
and Will be completely Ostracised from the
baseball world
President Hickey. George Tebeau, w. H.
Watkins and Charles Ruschaupt sat in a
room at the Grand Hotel Friday night and
discussed baseball by the yard. Many
stories were told of experiences they had
during their careers. While the discus
sion was in progress regarding the posi-
bilities for big crowds in st. Paul the COM
Ing season owing TO new grounds being
secured IN the heart of the city. watkins
told a story showing how Comiskey used
10 run his gates in that city in the old
Western League days.
"Comiskey had but one entrance and
bleacher and ~grandstand patrons entered at
that gate. said Watkins. Il was on the
gate one Saturday afternoon and found
hat COmiskey used a plain blue ticket for
the bleachers and a similar ticket with a
red band printed across "a on one side for
the grandstand. III the patron held a ticket
with a red band ne was supposed 10 pass
the ticket taker at the main gate and turn
into the ~grandstand chute where his ticket
would be taken up / noticed that several
passed me with red band tickets and turned
into the bleacher section where they could
Eut the tickets in their pockets and there
would be uothinS 90 show how they got in.
and they could use the tickets time and
again by the same means. j then began
taking all tickets at the main gate and al
lowed the grandstand people 10 gel into
the stand the best they could. C~Omiskey
came running 10 the gate and wanted to
know what I was d0lng. When ] told him
how the people were swindling him he said
he never had thought OF that. And 10
think Of the many years he had been in
the game.
President Hickey told a story regarding
newspaper men in 1T. Joseph. his home.
For several years when / was at my Of
fee in that city I was accustomed 10 hav-
Ing the reporters call at my office every
day. said Mr.. Hickey. They relieved the
monot0ny OF being alone. When the news
came out that I was 20 be president OF the
American Association and had left the
Western League the St. Joseph reporters
took occasion 10 say many harsh things
about me. for their own town would not
Be included IL the new organization. After
they had raked me over the Goals several
DAYS through the columns OF their papers
they evidently came TO the conclusion thst
] must be f~earfuily angry al them. Well.
] was not. for j thought IL all "a good joke
and took IL good naturedly. The reporters
did not come 10 my office. and. finally, one
afternoon / stepped 20 the telephone and
called up one OF them. 4 told him / was
deucedly lonesome and wanted him 10 call