Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-17
ADULAT|ON OF
THE BALL PLAYERS
Constantly Being in the Lime
light Is Likely to Give the
Favorites of the Diamond
Exaggerated Self
Estimate.
By Clarence L. Cullen.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
NEW YORK. November rs. 1897.
Toward the wind-up of the base ball
season there was lot of baseless talk in
this neighborhood anent the possible
canning of Clark Griffith manager
of the Yanks. George Davis. the Sox
veteran was slated by the rumor vendors
TO be the probable new man for Griffith s
billet. Other names were mentioned.
including that of Fielder Jones-which
couldn't have been anything short Of a
joke.
There never was any reason for the
rumors about Griffith Griffith is as
strong with Frank Farrell. the owner of
the Yanks as any human being ever
vas or could be. and Farrell has never
even considered the matter of discardns
Griffith. The two men are not only
business associates. but personal chums.
Farrell. a cool. cautious man. really be-
lieves Griffith to be the most accom-
plished base ball manager the game has
known even If the Welshman hash
succeeded in planting a winner for him
here.
The fans over here think pretty well OF
Griffith. Griffith may not be base ba!l
manager for whom the fans would TOSS
their derbies in the air, but he's keen,
.xacting. loyal to his boss. on the job
all the time and perfectly and acknowl-
edgedly expert in his business. he IL
stick here Tor a lonS time TO come. AS
long as he wants to. in fact. Everybody
familiar with the conditions here knows
that.
He doesn't need this work of managing
a ball club. but it's his as long as he
wants it. He isn't so young he used
20 be- and his idea is to cop a pennant
for his fitouS and then quit. HIS idea
isn't any impossible one. More curious
things have happened in base BALI as
no old fan needs to be reminded.
The Case of Hal Chase.
The coal maulers' chorus sure is ringing
around the person of Hal Chase. only that
graceful and expert first base lad is too
far away to hear anything but the echoes.
The newspapers don't form any proper
Kind of a court of arbitration III matter
OF base Dall ethics such as is involved In
Chase's reported determination to play
ball in California this winter. To some
persons he appears to be on reasonable
ground when he claims that, having full
fined all of the terms of his summer con-
tract and delivered the goods to the best
of his ability, mes entitled to handle his
snare months To others. rather better
informed as to the inside reasons of the
kick over Chase's determination to play
winter ball. the young man S contention
doesn't appear so reasonable. For one
thing and the most important thlng IN
TINS consideration, ball players of expe-
rience. as we'll as ball club owners of eX-
perience, know very well that playing
winter ball does anything but help pro
fessional ball player who is expected and
paid 10 give the best he's got during the
regular summer season. Playing all the
wear round is bound TO stale OF a player
who engages in the strenuous summer
game. Ask seasoned dodgers ike BIZ
Coughlin for instance. about that BIZ
claims that winter ball playing is bound
10 i.luke d bum Of a player for his next
summers work-and Bill mas done his bit
Of transforming out yonder on the siope-
Plenty of other crackerJack ball players
VINO have had experience with winter
PLAYING know and say the same thing.
And so the people who hand young Mister
Chase large piece o: money for GlSSlng
I'm up around first during the regular
pls wing season. being familiar with all
80 these facts and then some more, are,
ono would suppose, entitled 10 become Il
niue blt peeNisn over the prospect that
1tai Is liable 20 turn up Tor spring prac-
ice al! to the worse from staltness over
d2Heress, WEAKNESS; II. indeed. he doesn' I
suffer some actual injury while PLAYING
the winter game, and there's always :,
pre>ty fair chance of that.
Going to Quit Bluff.
Thus early, before we've had a chance
70 stuff the Thanksgiving turkey, a Who'll,
ESap or 4Ikeiy Dai players have nudgeC
out to The ping-plng line long enough t,
observe that they amt never goiu'
play ball rr1wheres no more" that the.
are tired of the game; through wit II
that they We bought hotels. or rummeries
or street car Ines. or coal mIpes. q
something. where lore their new activitie
VIII constantly employ their full tim
heuce:orth; and so they amt never goii
to-" etc. etc. etc. It's little carly 10
ttat stuff. as already observed. But tn
boys seem TO feel Ike beating each oth5
TO ii with that style of dope this year.
Are the ball club managers nairvou
and f-etful. and suffering from insomtn
and things because Of these declarations
Well. not sos you could get a visus
focus on il with the und aped eve. Tn
managers are just walking around. look
ing healthy and cheer III and please
enough with life; nor are they hiring an
special trains to hurtle themselves 10 III
remote i.tte homes of these never-nC
more players to offer them ha
tue gross receipts next year and diamond
studded watches and lockets and all sim
- RI.