The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-30


again next season. and if McGraw can
be induced to release Donlin for a rea-
sonable amount, it is not unlikely that
the heavy-hitting Mike VIII be seen in
the uniform of q Dodger next year 1t
is known that Charles Ebbitts, presi
dent OF the Brooklyn club. is willing to
pay a goOdly sum to obtain Donlin for
what he is striving hard TO make, a
pennant-winning team for next year,
If Donlin goes to Brooklyn 1t wifi prob
ably be as manager, to succeed Lum-
ley. Mike would be q valuable addition
to the Dodgers, both as an attraction
on the field and from an attendance
standpoint.
And Doniin's troubles this season re-
mind me that the pigheadness of two
managers, TO two players, it is hard TO
decide which from the various rumOrs
and statements made by both managers
and players, has kept two Of the most
popular baseball stars ever known out
of the game this season. Baseball stars,
although not made In a day or a year
seldom last more than q few years, and
the fact that Mike DOnlin and Johnny
Killing have been compelled to watch
games from the grand stand through
out the season is matter Of regret.
X x X
War rumors in which the American
| association is cutting big figure are
attracting much attention among base
ball men in the west 1t Is persistently
stated that the American association
will become an outlaw major league
circuit" next year, with clubs in Chi
eagO, Louisville, Pittsburg, IndianapO-
lis Brooklyn, Buffalo and Baltimore
and either Providence or Newark. The
men behind the scheme led by HavenOr
= III IL
and Kansas City, are said to have been
digging Up financial hackers for sew
eral months and have met with encOur-
agement from men who believe that
baseball will become more popular next
season. The major league maguatcs
say they are not worrying, but never
| theless it is believed they are getting
| ready to sign up as many of the best
players as possible before the alleged
war cloud bursts.
X X
Ban Johnson says he has dropped
Tim Hurst from the staff of umpires,
and nobody will blame him. An umpire
that so far forgets the dignity of mis-
position as to use a players face for a
cuspidOr has no right on a baseball
| field.
But while we are on the subject
would it not be well for Ban johnson
to discipline some of his players Cor
abuse of the umpires There is abso-
/ lutely no reason why a baseball player
or a baseball captain or manager
should make a protest about a play
while the game is in progress. In fact
q player has no right When the men
who make the rules that govern our
national game think that a game
| played played without the spectacle Of
| half a dozen players rushing toward
an umpire and yelling uncOmplimenta-
/ ry remarks and abusive epithets at
/ that much-tried individual for a de-
/ cisiOn that don't suit them, would be
much more attractive to the public that
maintains the game if they will prop
| erly conclude that the only time a pro-
! test can be made on an umpire's de-
cisiOn is after the game and in writing
! 1t never has and never Will do any
good to protest a decision on the field
and the sooner the practice is forbidden
| by the rules of the game, and those
| rules enforced. the better ii will be for
| players and public alike.
Regarding Hurst, they are telling 4
story about that unfortunate individual
| at a recent game at White Sox park.
| Chicago, The gatekeeper hurried I'D to
| President COmiskey and said:
Umpire Tim Hurst is at the gate
with two friends. Shall I pass them in %
COmiskey gasped.
What an umpire with two friends -
said the astOnished magnate. Sure
Pass them in, I want to see the
friends"