Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-23
National League Clubs, Standing.

The rain belt covered the entire western
base ball country yesterday and as a re-
suit there were no games played in the
American League. The Senators reached
Chicago early yesterday morning and Man
ager Lotus had an hours heart to heart
| talk with President Johnson over the I'M
fortunate scrap in st. Louis Saturday.
Personal friendships had to be waived for
the good of the game and decision was
reached whereby the Washington manager
was banished from the bench for five days,
Mr. Burkett given fine of $50 and Umpire
Connolly censured for not stopping the con-
troversy before 1t assumed such a serious
aspect.
Jesse Burkett has few friends among the
st. Louis newspaper men. but they are
| unanimous in blaming Manager Lotus for
the trouble, and the sympathy of the
fans" the country over will go with the
ball player. In speaking of the trouble
| Burkett said.
Il have been behaving myself for many
seasons past, not fighting umpires. players
| or any one else. told Umpire Connolly to
compel LOTUS to stop his abuse of me-
but he refused.
I'm not exactly sure what happened but
my defense wouldn't look well in print, SO
L cannot say as much as would like to.
Ball field or no ball field, Punishment
from the game for life or a peck of gold
medals, had to go to him Lotus wanted
more In the clubhouse but 1 thought the
incident closed then. and he got nothing"
In connection with this matter it can be
stated that players of the different clubs
have been sore at Manager Lotus for some
time over the tactics assumed by the lat tier
The play of the manager has been to get
the batters angry while at the plate there
by losing their usual GOODNESS and clever
ness, with the result that a strike out or
weak hit generally follows. Many of the
players have passed the matter over I'M
noticed, but Manager LOTUS must have run
afoul of Mr.. Burkett when he was not In
the best humor, and he received a good
punching for his trouble. 1t is safe to say
that this nagging from the bench will be
done away with In the future. Managers
Mc-aleer and Griffith are also past masters
at this little game, but they have been
| more fortunate than Mr.. LOTUS
Anent the two defeats in st. Louis by
the small margin of one run 1t would be
well for Manager LOTUS to study the wise
| sayings of Manager McGraw, who recent
| ly asserted that luck plays a small part
| In the national game and that when team
Is continually defeated by one run it DEM
onstrates that the losers are lust that
much weaker than the victors. In one
game Outfielder Hemphill rushes to the
| fence and pulls down long fly with one
hand, thereby saving the Browns from
defeat. In another ball is smashed into
| right, it goes over Delehanty's head for a
| double and the Browns win. Some people
would call this hard luck. but the fact
remains that clever fielder was playing
| his true game, likewise the man who de-
ponds upon his batting for his salary
Which of the two is the more valuable to
a team Is open to debate. A few minutes
previously Delehanty had driven in the
Senators solitary run, and 1t can hardly
be expected that he should go out and
play the other side Of the game as we'll
Reports from st. Louis are to the effect
that Charley Moran opened the eyes Of the
western men by his good playing at short
This was Charley'S first appearance In St
Louis, ana, while he did not bat up to the
high speed attained in this city, his field
ing was very fast and accurate. Another
Senator to receive favorable notice was
Sir William Coughlin, play in Saturdays
game being under discussion The paper
says:
Barring sensational one-hand catch of
terrific liner by Coughlin in the eighth in
ming. the game was devoid of sensational
fielding features.
"Coughlin's catch. however bordered on
the sensational and those who saw ii
went away satisfied that they had seen the
prettiest one-hand stab pulled off at the
Grand avenue green this season
"F'r1el had just clouted one of Orth's
curveless dainties for three base hit. The
play for the Senators was, If possible to
throw Friel out at the plate on any kind
OF hit With this end in view the Wash
ington 1nfeld climbed up the grass
dangerously near the batter
1.-The first ball Orth served to Kahoe wa q
to the latter's liking, and he pasted 1t with
all his force. The ball went in a straight
line about ten feet off the ground toward
Coughlin. Bill saw the sphere coming, and
jumping four feet in the air. knocked the
ball down with his left hand and caught it
In his right. Friel had started home with
| the crack Of the bat. and before he could
get back to third Coughlin tagged the base
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