The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-19
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ANOTHER FAN HEARD FROM.


East Chicago, Ind, July 1s.-Editor
TINES:
Why?
great many baseball fans in Lake
county and closely associated with the
Northern Indiana Baseball association
would like very much to know just
what Is causing all the fraction in said
association. Does the trouble lay with
the umpires, with the management of
the association and different clubs,
with the players, or with the fans?
heard remark at Whiting Sunday
which l think was right to the spot.
One man said, Il think we have too
many umpires in the grand stand.
The other said. IF the Lord Himself
would come down and try to umpire
the knockers would not even then be
satisfied" So what do you think about
1t? But between you and l l think IL
all the officials were from Crown Point
then the association would run along
smoothly The manag cement just re-
leased one very good umpire who I
| Judge had played baseball all of his
life. and / dare say knows more about
| the rules and baseball playing than
two-thirds of the entire association.
Next comes the management.
The association has q great setback
here. Look them over and see how
many are really practical baseball men.
Don't misunderstand me and think they
| are not good men at their own bust
ness. because they are, (but) as far as
baseball management is concerned they
certainly are not there. The president
wants the umpires to enforce the base
ball rules to the letter, but when an
umpire fines a player for some dirty
trick that most of us have had the
pleasure of witnessing. does the play
er or owners of the club pay said fnei
Not much. So why not play without
an umpire? Might just as well. The
umpire sends his report of said fines
to the president and that ends it: moth
ing more said. Another thing. my dear
| fans do yo urealize, or even stop te
think. how much money is being paid
for Imported ball players The asso.
citation allows each club $50 to pay
their players and no more. Do they
enforce this rule? No. / should say
not. Well, why not? Each player re
ceives his salary in cash. No chance
this way to find out how much he /.
getting per game. Now keep your eye
on his after the game and watch som,
outsider hand the player five ter
dollars. Rather soft. What do yoi
think? So after all our baseball neigh
Dor, Crown Point has kick coming
Now comes the players. Well. we can
expect a baseball player to be an ange
and refuse to take the money, can we
No. No. No. The greatest fault will
. the very rare imported ball player
such as we have in the Northern Indi
ana Baseball association, over three
fourths of them are not even familia
with the fans that are expected to sup
port the clubs, and again, how man.
of them know the baseball rules. The
certainly are rusty on the rules. Her
are some examples: Mccain. left field
er for Whiting, got very rough on
Sunday and was going to beat the lif
. out of one of the field umpires becaus
the umpire requested him to leave tn
coacher's box, said box being alread
: occupied Buck Klose, also of Whit
ing and Big Fowler. hrst baseman 70
Hammond. threatened to stop tn
game and play 1t under protest becaus
the field umpires were standing in
, perfectly natural position. Mr. Stall
, man of Indiana Harbor and O'Brfen an
Hickman. also of the Harbor, thin
for base that he should be called SAFE
; Here certainly is a good one. Yo
, know Velner, playing manager an
center fielder of the Gary club. Wei
this man If any certainly should kno,
!. the rules. He was going to have =
umpire fred from the association be
, cause the umpire was going to benc
: him for casting a dirty remark at
1 pitcher while the pitcher was perform
I ing on the slab. Mr.. Velner, take nc
ice the rules say the coacher shall d
| rect his remarks to base runners onl,
| Just look IT up and see 1t Is begin
ming to look as If these imported play
+ ers think they are out amongst a Il
= of rubes and no one knows bas cha
but we Chicago boys" / really thinl
> like a great many more people, thar
q would be a good plan to restrict tn
lball players to Lake county only Ho
In the world can we fans take any In
terest in bunch OF wouid-be ba
players? And you know half of the
! are not playing under their rigi
d names. So you can see why the intei
y est is not kept up. When we have
high school meet or something TIL;
requires our home talent then you M
tice instantly how the people pick U