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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
KNOCKING SPOILS
MANY YOUNGSTERS

Wise base ball managers seldom pay
any attention to the knocking fans and
base ball writer's these days, for usually
the knockers are the ones who know
least about what they are saying. Many
a promising player has lost his heart
on this very account, and bis manager
has then been forced to turn him. loose
for some one who could stand the gait.
Tinker, the great Chicago player, was
driven out Of Denver by knocking fans
and writer's. The first day he played
there he developed little case of stage
fright, and the next day he was ham,
mered numerically. The result was that
Tebeau was compelled>to let him go. He
went to Seattle, where, under different
circumstances. he made good with rush.
Chicago grabbed him. and now ne is one
of the greatest players In the country.
Tinker is not the only player that
was driven away by hostile writer's.
There are any number of them who
afterward made more than good. Take
the cases of Keeier and McGraw, both
of whom felt the sting before they gained
fame and made good.
A young player should be encouraged.
And by so doing 1t always. gives HIM a
new lease of lite, and he will give his
best efforts to club. But you knock
q youngster, and it simply takes the
heart out OF him. He Is of no use to
himself or his club. and wifi be no good
while he remains there
Place this same player in some club
with new surroundings and new faces
lin the stands and bleacherS and you
can't tell just. how good he Is going
to be.
In Omaha at the present time they are
going after Harry WEIGH. and yet he
led the Western League in batting In
Justice 1t must be said that at Omaha
it's not the papers that are finding fault,
49, - 1S~.
leaves they will all wish they had re-
tanned him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

nowadays and make the twirler work
every minute. try to keep him in the hole
all the time, and meet with much success.
The most effective spit ball is the
one that looks to the batter as il it was
going to cross the plate about his knee,
and just about the time he gets ready
to meet it the ball takes a sudden dip
and passes over the plate at his shoe
tops. or hits the ground directly in front
of 1t. Not SO many years ago 1t was
more or less OF a custom to close ones
eyes, pray and take wild swing. The
splitter started at the knees is in
variably ball; the players now realize
this and make them be over. Batters
will tell you that a splitter" started at
the letters breaks over at the waist line,
and is not hard ball to hit
That the spit" ball Is Injurious to
the arm. there is no question. Years
ago most of the twirlers using it denied
the allegation. but since many of them
have admitted that it Is terrific strain.
Perhaps the spit ball pitchers are
just resting up. maybe I'm a year or SO
the crop will be bigger than ever. but
taking the last two years into consider
alton. 1T looks very much as If Clarke
Griffith was quite a prophet when ne
said: Let the splitter. run it's course;
1t will die q natural DEATH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

gers. But they began to fall into line.
and in few years all OF them wore
gloves Of varied sizes. Fred Pfeffer, as
graceful and classical a fielder as ever
grabbed them off the daisies. was the last
of the high-grade men to shield his hands.
The last infielder to appear gloveless In
the fast company was Patsy Flaherty (not
the pitcher), who, came up from the bush
to play third for Louisville. Mr.. Flaherty
did not long finger in the big circuit. but
he learned a lot while there. He got his
and got 1t plenty when he first faced
Philadelphia. After Delelanty, Tuck
Turner and Lave Cross had driven bullets
into those undraped palms. poor little Pat
thought the little birds were singing over
his funeral.
The outfielders followed the infielders.
some OF them being very slow in taking
to the gloves, but all finally adopting
the protection. Then came an orgy of
OVERRIDING. Suddenly third basemen,
shortstops-eyen right fielders-began to
play with trunks, valises, elephant cages
OF huge paws, and Lave Cross was large
~ responsible. Lave played third with a
mitt the size of a Berkshire ham. and
when they saw Lave knock down the
drives everybody began to do the same
trick. The legislation which restricts the
size Of gloves was the result and Lave
caused all that legislation.
Inc E1LCQccS.
Last of all to adopt the gloves were
the pitchers. 1t was considered impossi-
BILE for several years after the gloves
came into general use for boxmen to
wear them. No one thought a pitcher
could tend to his duties and at the same
time keep a fat mitt upon his other
claw. McVicker, an almost forgotten
minor Lacquer was the first pitcher, it
is said to wear glove. He pitched for
the Joliet club in a little western league,
and every one was scandaliZed when he
turned up one day with thick mitten
on hts non-hurling hand. But the idea
was broken and the pitchers grabbed up
the gloves. till today all nine Of the play
ers are protected.
The fielding is, of course, a different
proposition from that of the older day.
Liners that would go through any bare
handed man are easily smothered now.
ard rough grounders are beaten down
with the gloved hand. Most of the field
ers have developed a wizardly skill in
the use of the gloved hand. some-such
as Evers-eyen making a speciality OF
taking throws in it and whirling it down
upon the runner. The pitchers now calm
ly face and gather shots they would have
ducked in the unarmored days, and the
batting side OF the game, of course, Is
made q great deal tougher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
DIAMOND CHIPS.

1t is said that the father Of first base
man Jack Flynn. the Pittsburg recruit.
was no other than the noted first base
the seventies.
King Brockett will undergo an oper-
alton this winter which will relieve him
of a trouble that handicapped him in
pitching for the Yankees last season.
Pitcher Lievelt, the Detroit youngster,
is regarded by the Detroit critics as a
star possibility II he can get the arm
which troubled him last season quite
cured.
Pitcher Elmer Steele has sent in his
signed contract to the Boston club. He
was one of the Red Soxs most success
full twirlers last season.
President Lynch doesn't like gingerly
coaching. He says 1t puts the unpires
in the air and is the cause Of players
who protest honestly being put out Of
the game.
Manager Connie Mack of the Athletics
expects Heitmuller and Jackson to de-
hit and, while they appear awkward In
the garden, few chances escape them.
Robert M Byrne. Pittsburgs third
baseman. who broke his ankle in the
last of the worlds series games at De-
troit last fall, has forwarded his signed
contract to- the headquarters OF the
Pittsburg team. Byrne will be ready
to report March 10.
Arthur McCabe, the leading hitter Of
the Connecticut League, with 1886 bat
ting average on the New Britain club.
will be given chance to make good
with Cincinnati this spring.
shortstop Coffey's sale by Boston to
Indianapolis was under an optional
youngster will return next fall a finished
shortstop.
, Frank Smith may not be a literary or
in his contract that he had been offered
$500 more than he had remanded he
knew enough to sign up in hurry.
is counting upon southpaw pitcher
Karger delivering the goods this year.
Pitcher Frank Arellanes of Boston is
wintering In Santa Cruz, Cal. This is
| the first winter in four years that he
has not played ball.
| It is stated that the st. Louis club
| paid So, 800 for Abstein. instead Of the
waiver price, s1.5OO. as was generally
| supposed.
| Johnny Evers has passed up the sew
eral college offers he has had under
consideration and will report to the
Chicago team at Louisville, April 1.
| Nap Rucker. the Brooklyn southpaw.
| who was injured In an accident recently,
| has almost entirely recovered and expects
| to be as good as ever next season.
| The national commission will get after
| Charley Murphy again. Chairman Herr
mann has decided to call special meet
| ing, at which it will be made compulsory
! for all major league owners to furnish q
! list of stockholders. Hereafter II will be
/ a grave nisdemeanor for any person to
| hold stock In two clubs in the same
| league, Guess that will set the two
/ Charles to thinking. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

John J. McGraw, manager of the New
York Giants. has been working diligently
to get three or four players, and money
has been no object but the other clubs
are afraid of New York and up to now
no inducements have served the purpose.
The fans believe that the Giants need a
catcher to help Schley and Meyers out.
at least one new pitcher who can take
his turn with Mathewson. Wiltse and
Ames. and one or two hard-hitting out
fielders, but. as McGraw says, the trou-
BILE is to get them. The Giants can go
along pretty well as they are. but the
little manager" is not sitting back and
waiting.
Might as well ring the curtain down on
Mike Donlin, the erstwhile hard-hitfing
right fielder and captain Of the Giants
that is, as a base ball player. not as Il
footlights favorite. Donlin's press agent
is missing a rare chance this winter. or
else he is biding his time. The mighty
batsman has not been bought, sold,
traded or released in five months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
The Fielders.

1t was some years before the other in
fielders began to take UP the gloves, many
of them maintaining that the gloves made
them feel clumsy and foolish-nuch as
an expert card shufiier would protest
against having thumb stalls on his I'm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

Billy Lauder. the former Phillies' in
fielder and college star, will coach the
Williams College nine this spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

Though majority OF them are commit
ted to the 16S-game schedule, it is to
be hoped that the magnates of the Ma
tional League will see their way clear to
reconsider their action, and return to the
normal 15i-game affair. The fact that it
Is possible to block out schedule with
the extended dates without a single con-
f1icting date in the cities in which there
are two clubs, as has been done by MIR.
Ebbetts of Brooklyn. should not convince
any one of the des!rability Of the change.
The American Association played on a
16S-game basis last season, and, accord
ing to Jimmy Collins. who managed
Minneapolis. it was failure from every
point of view. 1t necessarily increased
the number Of double-headerS. and long
before the season ended every team in
the league was more or less crippled.
The extra games worked a particular
hardship on the pitchers. particularly to-
ward the close of the season. and there
is not the slightest reason for believing
that the conditions in the National
League. despite the fact its clubs carry
a greater number of players, would be a
bit better, Besides. it is possible to give
the public too much even of good thing.
as the owners of those clubs which hap
pen to be out of the running during the
last two months of the season will learn,
If the extended schedule is adopted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

be handicapped somewhat but the spec
tators would be the beneficiaries, and
after all, they are the ones whose pleas
ure should be consulted. Reducing tbs
number OF balls to three would put the
batslnan upon practically the same equali-
ty with the pitcher that he enjoyed before
the foul strike was adopted. The pitcher
could not afford to waste so many balls
which would tend to increase the action
of the game. to improve the hitting and
to add to the opportunities for brilliant
fielding. 1t is doubtful IL Mr.. Lakes sug-
gestion will be adopted just now, although
it seems to be in the line of genuine i'm
provement. but it should not be turned
down without the rule makers giving il
their earnest consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

Johnny Evers has passed up the sew
eral college offers he has had under
consideration and will report to the
Chicago team at Louisville, April /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

Nap Rucker the Brooklyn southpaw.
who was injured In an accident recently.
has almost entirely recovered and expects
to be as good as ever next season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

The national commission will get after
Charley Murphy again. Chairman Herr
mann has decided to call q special meet
ing. at which it will be made compulsory
for all major league owners to furnish q
list of stockholders. Hereafter 1t will be
grave misdemeanor for any person to
league. Guess that will set the two
Charles to thinking. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

It is stated that the st. Louis club
paid $500 for Abstein, instead of the
waiver price, $3.50. as was generally
supposed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

Arthur McCabe. the leading hitter Of
the Connecticut League, with 1886 bat
ting average on the New Britain club,
will be given a chance to make good
with Cincinnati this spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

Frank Smith may not be literary or
mathematical giant. but when he read
in his contract that he had been offered
500 more than he had remanded he
knew enough to sign up in hurry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

Manager Donovan Of Boston says he
is counting upon southpaw pitcher
Karger delivering the goods this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

Shortstop Coffey's sale by Boston to
Indianapolis was under an optional
agreement. In Boston they feel that the
youngster will return next fall a finished
shortstop.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-18

one OF these latter ports, or the distance
half way across the North American
Continent.
We must regard it, however. as doubt
full whether route which can be open
for only part Of the year can success
fully compete with one which is open
the year round. It is doubtful whether
a route which is necessarily confined to
the carrying Of q single article of mer-
chandise in one direction can compete
successfully with route On which all
classes OF merchandise are carried IN
both directions. Saskatchewan and Al
herta may ship vast quantities of grain
70 England. But for the reasons which
we Indicated in these columns the other
day they will probably continue to get
the bulk of their machinery and other
supplies from the United States. In
these circumstances we are encouraged
to hope that with a reasonable improve
ment Of its facilities so as to bring
them UP to date the Hudson River and
New York route will be able to hold its
own against Hudson Bay as the chief
channel Of commercial communication
between North America and Europe,
New-York tribune., 1910-07-18
HISTORIC sUsCEPTTBILTrIEs.

The international hunting exposition
now being held i'll Vienna came near to
causing an international complication
between Austria and her Italian partner
in the Triple Alliance a few weeks age.
Among the attractions of this exhibition
is a sort Of aquatic amusement park,
whose manager, after having delighted
the Viennese with the canals Of Venice,
announced that he would present for
their further entertainment q realistic
production, with real water, cf course, of
the naval battle Of Lissa. in which the
Austrian fleet crushingly defeated that of
Italy in 1866. It is not known whether
the Italian government protested against
this use Of an Italian defeat TO make an
Austrian holiday, but it is said In Vienna
that the Austrian Premier interfered un-
officially Certain it is that Vienna VIII
not see the sea fight Of LISA, but merely
a battle at sea-
The incident recalls the storm aroused
in England a few years ago by the Ger
man Emperors speech On the occasion
of an anniversary Of the battle Of Water
loo, when he declared that BIdcher had
saved the day after Wellington had lost
# And, TO return TO the amusement
world, we remember the temporary inter
dict placed upon the "Nikado" by the
British government IN Difference to the
susceptibilities OF its japanese ally. Dur
Ing the Hudson-F fulton celebration in this
city some criticism was made Of certain
floats il the Revolutionary section Of
the historic parade. Apparently one can
not be too careful IN times Of peace.
But where are we to draw the line IN
these days Of alliances. rapprochements,
ententes cordia les, and the dawn Of uni
versaI peace? Must we not only bury
the hatchet, but also forget the dents it
once inflicted on our new friends and
erstWhile enemies-the dents that form
the framework Of history as it still is
taugflta Shall we ultimately pass the
sponge over the historic slate, and start
anew from Year One Of the New Era of
Good Feeling before which nothing dis
cerdant ever happened? The great dan
ger 10 the peace Of the future lies more
in the historic past than in the uncertain
present It is still dangerous in certain
parts Of q certain island to pass the
oranges-oF the butter-to a stranger on
a certain day IN the month of July.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-18

striking the duties off lumber and veteu
with a majority OF the Republicans IN
each house TO keep lumber on the duOi-
able list Yet Senator 0verman now
hlandly denounces as 1.-The most 1nlqOl-
''tous tariff ever known in the world
-fhistory" measure which he and ms
colleagues would have considered even
more iniquitous If it had been allowed
to comply with the solemn promises OF
the Democratic party.
Similarly, the North Carolina Senator
chastiSes Congress for the prodigality on
its expenditures at the last session But
every North Carolina Democrat in the
Senate. and House Of Representatives
contributed to the best of his ability 10
raise the total of the sessions appfopri-
ations As we remember il. the Norln
Carolina newspapers were filled W1th
congratulations TO Senator Simmons on
bis success. as q member of the Senate
Committee on Commerce, in getting into
the rivers and harbors appropriation
bill provision authorizing the purchase
OF the AIbemarle and Chesapeake Canal,
to be used as a link in an inland water
way from the Chesapeake Bay TO Al
bemarIe Sound We quoted not long
ago the candid admission of The Char
Iotte Observer that Congress had been
exceedingly good to the people OF North
Carolina With, a keener appreciation
Of the logic Of the situation than Mr..
Overman seems able 70 command, 'fThe
Observer" said:
Yes. Congress made an enormous to-
tai Of appropriations. but considering
what active makers the Democrats were
North Carolina Democrats particular
ly-we DO not advise much use Of this
fact for campaign material
That was the comment Of an honest
observer. not impelled by partisan con
siderations to malign the giveF after
pleading for and accepting the gift Why
cannot Mr.. Overman and Southern
statesmen of his school be equally hon
est: Why should they feolishly try
to make partisan capital by disparaging
their own work?
New-York tribune., 1910-07-18
TEY V0r BE CANDID.

The other day in commenting on the
career Of Senator Samuel D. McEnery-
81 Louisiana. we said that he represent
esj q rare type. among Southern states
nen-the UFpe with courage enough 70
follow an idea 20 its logical conclusion
A1r. McEReTy was & protecuonIst, and
Z hen he asked protection for Louisiana
F.ro.lucts he did not draw a long face
and saw that he was impelled TO urge
The imposition OF higher duties on rice
and sugar for the sole reason that they
would bring more revenue into de-
pleted federal Treasury He did not care
much, whether they brought in more
revenue OF not. Moreover. he was
frank enough to admit that If he de
lGanded protection for Louisiana prod
gets he was bound in equity 10 consider
the demands for protection made by the
REPRESENTATIVES, Of all other states and
sections
The opposite type has been more com
gaon in Southern politics-that which
processes an adherence Of protection
granted TO the products Of other sec
tons but clamors for protective duties
on the products Of its own locality, on
The ground that the Treasury needs the
Fr0nev. The statesmen Of this school
work IN Congress 10 secure the largest
measure Of discrimination in favor Of
their own states and districts and then
80 on the stump and denounce the Re
publican majority for passing legisla-
iion by which their constituents benefit.
Sena TOR Lee s. 0TermGn. Of North Caro-
lina. seems 70 be one OF those elastic nat
u1es y hich wax indignant after the ad-
iG1rnment Of Congress at atrocities com
lnitted during the session with their
good VIII and active support. Address
ing the Democratic State Convention at
Charlotte y C-, last Thursday, he con
demned the Payne tariH law az .'the
--most iniquitous tariff ever known in
the worlds history" lie discTeetly re-
frs med from giving details, merely sug-
-esting ia q general way that its in
jGultv consisted IN failing 10 make sllf-
.sscient reductions in tariff duties Yet
nearly al the Democratic members Of
North Carollna-s delegation were so in
sistenf that duties on lumber should not
bf-- reduced that they repudiated the ex-
f.re-ss pledge OF the last Democratic na-
iional platform 20 put lumber, timber
and logs on tie free list. North Caro-
Fff,a's Democratic sp0kesInen in Con
gress gTes eloquent ca the outrage Of
New-York tribune., 1910-07-18
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL QUARANTINE

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: AS a copy OF your paper has eeeh
harded me, in which you make the STATE
ment that Two hundred OF our cnlIoreH
have measles and are under strict quarals-
tine" and that the authorities are trying
70 keep it a secret" both OF which state-
nents are incorrect. and as I believe tfat
Won do not desire 10 make false sIa1erIlen1S
in your paper or give false impressions 1
ask you therefore TO publish this item IN
vour paper:
The Industrial School Association OF lhs
Eastern District, in Brooklyn. has nad a
number Of cases Of measles Every paretlt
or relative received a postal card, ana IN .
few eases (as NEST ef them were very
Hght) were allowed 70 visit their children.
On June q q number OF the children, VINO
had fully recovered, were sent 10 our
summer home. We have only two children
with measles az present and they are IN
our contagious hospital in the next street
The remainder OF the children who have
had measles and were discharged as well
by the Inspector from the Health Depart
luert were sent last Thursday 70 or sum
nler home, well and happy"
n 7. wHITTEISET. Superintendent
New York, July Is, 1916.