The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-21
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP.
BROOKLYN CLUB CUTS LANNON'S
SALARY IN TWO.
Famous Baseball Manager, Asked TO rake
$4,000 Instead Of SI7'SOO. says nc
win Not Piay-Ebbets In CharEe OF
y the Players VINO Leave for the sou'n'

. the Players VINO Lea'' 'V' Wv
trouble in the Brooklyn Baseball club.
which has been brewing for some tlihe' catno
% the surface yesterday when II became
known that Edward Hanlon. the manaIsI "a
one team, I'D been notified by {. H. hupe's;
the president Of the club, that ms s"l"I "a
as 400 had been reduced 60 5000. lhlH hem''
,Tbicb was received by Hanlon In Baltimore
rar,e IN the nature OF severe blow mas
,,ucb "a he has been talking Of making war
on the American League, as one Of tho rus
leaders Of the minor league commune -.
for some time past. Hanl0n' NOVEL;, ~ -,
No time I'm teIpgraphing Ebbets that ne Nou"
-. .o.,,,,o bis duties M manager under
any such circumstances so tpDeN' VIZ. ~,
bandfni Of PLAYERS, started South over 'he
Pennsylynnia road late vest erday utter
noon. ....,.,-.. ..,,,hor
with Henry W. Mcdicus. newcomer III na,e
han asod the holdings OF h H. Won us,
Horst I'm the Brooklyn club and secured %
49,, cont Of the stock The first thing EObel7
AID after this achievement was TO discus
tbo reduction Of Hanlon'S salary. Nheu
Hanlon signed with the Brooklyns ~ lsDs
he received n salary OF $1,000 anhuahl anu
proceeded 20 win two pennantS IN su'',as'o ~
Then Andrew Freedman oherrd nun $500
for two years as manager oil 'n' &c" 49,, -
Nat,onals but the Brooklyn Clue came 70
~ scratch with "A similar ofer. 80 hanlon
STAYED whore he was. But. atter oeluH
raicicd by the American League. the brooNlyu
cIub began 70 cut such small inquire III Iho
basebau world that the club made UVle D,
no money until last year there was soou
sized deficit. 49, p-..,.,,.,, o,,,h
therefore Ebbets determined 20 reorganize
things beginning at the top. He said yester-
A. that he did not believe II was TAR 10
reduce the salaries Of ballplayers aui not
The salaries Of the officials, He also declared
that he had decided 10 reduce his own sGiary
a. A starter whii' those OF the seer eIar
and treasurer Of the club would prooao'y
be abolished altogether. As ramon .uu
not been showing the desired results IN Nie
aeld too IL was also decided, EbDets sald'
20 ask him 90 accept cut .
aNya oonsidered that tl2.5O was too much
money for Hanlon 60 draw under tue clTcuh-
st,nces said Ebbets last night. ana so We
asked him 20 accept 5000 for tue season.
which is as much as any manager AOI "a
ceptng John McGraw, gets LOT season O'
tbe bench II IL is true thai Hahlou mas
refused this offer. | am sorry, but we can 90
nothing more II he would come here ana
beln "a build up the club so that u ingAl
make money again We would agree 10 graz
ualIv increase his salary until II reached an
amount commensurate with his services ho
has received more than $4,000 IN sa'aTy iLouh
the BROOKLYN tlNb III lANN 49,
more than any other manager Ia tue N'u"'''
can show for q similar time.
Hanlon has turned down several ohers
from other clubs since he first took hold oil
the Brooklyns This was because his irlehu
Won der Horst was stookholder In the BROOK
lyn club Hanlon told Won der HORST some
time ago that as long as the latter remained
in baseball he would stick 10 MIN. buV no"
that Won der Horst has sold out, Hanlon mas
III Ina live TO. hhulOus
nv the vay. never signed contract with
the Brooklyn club lie just had verbal
understanding and got his money, every
dollar OF IL. from season 10 season. he prac-
tioally owns the Baltimore Eastern LEAGUE
has been estimated. Al one time there " as
a schAnce for hanlOn TO secure the WASH
inEton club but since ne ,, 0ega "a nav s be ssid
that there Is now no berth open 70 MIN, a.
President johnson has marked him ior slausiII
National League clubs however. that would
probably be glad 10 secure hrs services Tau
Ion was the captain OF ne DeUo roy S SnT Mas
afterward the manager Of the, tlt'IIo 8II,s
club until he left to take hold OF me bsitl,
stood by Hanlon in Baltimore In every move
he made and the manager soon earned
world wide repHtahtton' SPe EnoTn Baseball
man said TO THE SlN reporter; -, ,,.z,.-
This cutting Of the salaries OF iuu 5',h
$40 ~ ITEM EIU got Their money while Abel and
Won der Horst were putting up the slnewS
Of war. but when those gentlemen, cT!eu
enough there came "a sudden change, Hanlon
recently cut SheCkard's salary from $3.50
10 o. 400, saying that James PLAYED h'tY
ball on the same principle II might be sad
that Hnnlon was cut down because he man.
aged 5000 ball instead Of quality thaI
Wien Fbbets LETT town yesterday he in
tended to 60 as far as Nashhkloh, Su ~ H. \
said that, II no amceinruI was Itav iht W. ~
In. an
1olumbla s. C. next Sunday 20 take charge
Of the Brookyus himself until some oIh'r
manager could be secured. EObets as "a ldS!
resort might do worse than engage Pat
Donovan, forms Tly manager o., luS rus
burg. 81 LOUIS Niht,O rtt "a a" sign where he
pleases With EbbTts when De took ne irall
yesterday, were l,umley. Malay ,u88,C9i MN
Ritter Batch Edson. Bergen aud McPhllllps
Bsbb and Dorscher are already at Columbia
while Jones, StriCklett, Mcintyre, Durham
NNsig,nmd ars on the way. Mctiamwell. ia,
Albany hrsl bas@rnan. Is st'li holding , on
will probably cover that position
Coming on top of the Ianlo93 story T.,
Wild yarn one OF the most absurd OF IL KIM
pecting public. 20 the eject that the comb
nation OF minor leagues-ths sJeln, t u
Associaton-will begin war upon me amer
can League by taking htty players IRON 10
latter organization by onering them en9i
nous salaries" Bullpayers do not preie
minor leagues, as a rule, TO major Leagues
All OF them know that the National l~agu
Was signally beaten by the American leagu
and thai tile minor leagues have 10 chunc
In such a struggle. But outside OF This rae
IN IL not probable that ballplayerr who hav
berths in American League cities lRc Boz ot
New York, Chicago, Cleveland ana PhladeI
mia for Instance. are going 70 give them u
Tor iohs I'm Baltimore, Buffalo, Jersey City
Toledo. Columbus, Louisville. Grand Rapid
Kansas City and other minor league cities
where business. from box once point q
view il rather dubious al times. II the iulno
league combine ~ ready 60 pay -enortnou
salaries, H." who Is going 10 put up the InoneyE
There are nine royal bred yeaTllngs a
James r. Keeue's Castleton stud by the deu
Commando and with the colts and hllie
by him now tWo-yeaT- olds, and the toals
come in this year. the great stallion wi
have three crops Of foals 10 perpetual
his fame. These yearlngs are IN man
futalre stakes TO be run In 1904 In their two
veer-old form and az three year-olds
1907 They are as follows. ~
Chestnut colt, dam imp. Rhodesia, by Wis
dom; chestnut colt, dam the Bend or an
Biue Rose mare brown colt dam imp, Cir
derella, by Hermit bay colt. dam imp Sand
Nv By Insomy: chestnut colt dam DominOei
by Domino: brown Oily, dam skim, by kinG
Ston: brown hlly, dam imp. kathrne IL, b
ST. Simon brown My, dam Sumlda, by iml