The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-29
BASEBALL NESTOR !.
ADVISES OUTLAWS
TED SULLIVAN SAYS WORD HAS
BACK sPRINe ACTION MEAN
ING TO IT.
DEPENDS ON SUCCESS
METHODS USED IN COLUMBIAN
AND UNITED STATES LEAGUES
ARE AMATEURIsH. SAYS
VETERAN OF GAME.
DEPENDS ON SUCCESS

law to baseball phrascoiogy must never
have read webster's definition Of IL.
writes Ted Sullivan. the nestor Of
!. baseball. the word outlaw has back
handspring action meaning to IT.. ac-
cordins to some peoples ideals In
baseball.
George Washington was called an
outlaw BY the British government
whsh he was Aghtins for American
liberty. but when no won he ~ss
patriot. In baseball its meaning u
ridicuIous-and used BY people who
want TO tack Il onto other parsons a.
. stigma.
II new company wants to buitd =
railroad and lay tracks " il own
without stealing any VI the rails Or me
epaxloy ~ vi lac olller roAo. tnea the
peuinolrrs- Of that ROAD are witnAn
the 'lhnnenania rlshts OF American
CIIyzeus. ALI snOuTd Do fett xzuu1s 30
II ~ win baseball leagues ttlal ars
forming ana desire 10 pditu LEAGUES Oh
their own ~llnsut taxing any or tho
present estau,.shed iessoes. payers
" Sivunus. ! have oecn connected
with ogEAnssed baseball nearly aii my
Mfs. ana 1 nave aaoed many branch
road. in the lhaps Of minor league,
to Inc man hnss OF that ROAD. IN tao
form OF major leagues. 30. uniess
have The outussnssa Ut q oat or the
wisuom of an Owl, enourd have
acQAaissd s0me knowledge oil tue i'oii-
tics OF our nAtiost&l same. hen you
See captain or CAPTAINS OF iarse
slsAmshiLs become natvoua ~ the ap-
proscA OF 4 svuali you woula have ut
tie fattn In Ancn captains seaman
ship In 4 real tornAuo. THIS simiie
applies 70 some OF The major leagues
ana ciAss a ON meas u .aii ~..~a,
Nho are becoming aiaimed py tnVss
vapor. phantom and snaooM leagues
thai are forming annua.Ay.
what pisseksr Did.
There WAS a man named Fletcher
two years ago who seemed to alarm
the whole baseball world BY SAX Or
seven postal cards that he sent aroma
to different players throusnout the
country. The alarm Of those MAG
nates should BE- about ~ much a.
that OF the United ,States Govern-
ment we're foreign gunboat to come
ny The Potomac river TO assault tho
e1E,.ai with roasted apples. "Brains
are not the cheapest thing In the
market by any means": this borrowed
phrase was used to me in n discus
sion ! had With a certain baseball
magnaia In ST. Louis. who Is now
deceas~d. But he found out after~ard
the hack OF the right kind of brains
made him penniIess man.
When the American League started
Il had nothing but brains. but they
were the right kind OF hrains. and
had BEEN developed in the business
hA{s tFa 81 ia
the amateur ranks OF large cities or
country towns. Comiskey and few
other men OF his way OF thinking
guided the politics OF that league. and
ID Was the personality and experience
OF such men that Mr.. Sofners Of Cleve-
land hnd faith In when he went into
Philadelphia and Boston and planted
his money. When the other weak
kneed men In those two cities saw
that there was baseball santa Claus
who showed them the riches OF the
game under their eyes. then. and only
then. did they buy Mr.. Somers' In
terests. which placed, the American
Ieag,le on the solid footing Il enjoys
tadAy.
Word 70 New League.
Pilots Of small river boats arc not
pilots that cross the Atlantic year
out and year In Now, let me say a
few words to those supposed new
leagues, and say them with the high
est regard for the purity Of their char
actsr and their honesty OF purpose.
ana III say. further. they have Just
- much right to start league on
the frea soll OF America A. tho RICH
ct. baseball plutGcxAt.s y, !. $50. =
The gentleman In Chicago. Mr.. Pow.
era. u an organiser Of force. and II
he had professional training and ex-