Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
BOSTON, June 10, 1905.
Nothing seems to break in favor of Bar
nev Dreyfus since his great ball team was
relegated to the second row.
His complaint against John McGraw was
backed up by Mr.. Temple, an ex-Pittsburg
rnagnate who made a lot of trouble in base
ball by offering a cup and then withdraw
ing the same after Baltimore had won 1t
with McGraw on the makeup.
1t was Mr.. Temples complaint. no doubt.
that stirred up good-natured Harry Pulliam
and caused the latter TO go after McGraw
with only the evidence of Messrs. Temple
and Dreyfus. 1t was the umpires' work
and not the word of Mr.. Temple that Presl-
dent Pulliam should have sought for, as
the trouble took place on the ball field, and
the umpire is supposed to be alive while
the game is going
l don't think the game will suffer one
iota by McGraws action. but It has ever
lastingly put Mr. Dreyfus to the bad with
the ball players and the base ball public
outside of Pittsburg
Judge Sheldon, before whom the case was
tried and the injunction granted, is q great
lover of the game. and gave President Pull
liam 10 understand that the courts would
uphold him in forcing discipline on the ball
field, and now the league president will put
the league machinery in working order and
make no mistake when he goes after the
next man. The belief is very strong here
that Mr.. Pulliam was attempting to punish
McGraw for something that happened after
he left the ball field. Mr.. Dreyfus handled
his own case very poorly. and those who
read his statement were amused al the
Weber and Fields style of composition he
used TO make himself clear
Here is one paragraph as near as mem
DRY can retain IT.:
Il ask for nothing what may surely be
as Il is, but those lawyers can make out
what is not and never happened"
AS neither Dreyfus nor McGraw are looked
on as ball players the chaeces for a re-
newal of hostilities are very slight indeed
this side of the paddock.
Now that the tristate outlaws have OPEN
ed fire on the major leagues by taking
Owens ot brooklyn. trouble can be looked
Cor from that quarter Now that the big
fcll' VS. are htng sought after the minor
lelguo pia"ers VINO jumped TO that coun-
try are anxious to jump back. but will find
a cold welcome. Take the New England
League. who lost a dozen or fifteen players
to the outlaws. 1t proved a good thing as
the league is more evenly matched and
stronger than ever. On my way home last
Sunday 1T New York had a long talk
with Fran Rim. now managing the Ian
caster club in the outlaw league. Rim is
an old base ball man, and running his club
according TO base ball law; that is. he will
have nothing TO do with players under con-
tract TO other clubs.
Rinl saws that two or three clubs will
kill the whole business IN short time as
they are paying much more money for SAL
aries than is coming IN al the gate. Small
towns Ike Coatesville are trying to pay
players as high as $500 a month, and one
man at Harrisburg is drawing 5000 per
month for 4 sagply. nearly double what the
same man could draw from organized ball
Rim says three or four clubs run the
whole show and Will not allow the other
cabs to new What they are doing in the
regular meetings
The unnatural conditions can last but
little longer" says Rim, and several Of
the wise ones are anxious TO see the tri-
state league under organized ball where
man can invest his money with some show
Of security" There is no good reason why
one of the very best minor leagues of the
country cannot be developed out OF the
clubs now going to make up the Tristate
League, and it would be a blessing 10 the