The Washington herald., 1913-09-22

No major league pilot IN receI
flock of virtues, if such the write
tyet, in spite of this, Hickey is no
the word.
The writer enjoyed a long il
Friday night and found him a to
various reports had pictured.
A clean living. courteous gent
it in his face. His ethics he eX-'
plains in concise language, as fol-
lows:
Il have never In my life used profane
language do not smoke, chew or drink
and several years ago I was virtually
fred off the Cincinnati club by its man
ager because l refused to play baseball
ON Sunday"
shall you demand that the players on
the St Louis club adopt your ideas!
! Hickey was asked. and replied:
| NO. not exactly
| shall YOU, or have you ordered the men
to refrain from using profane LANGUAGE
while on the bench or in the field?
| II am opposed to the u5c OF protane
Ian, uage. but make allowances ioi
temper and temperament
! How about drinking, smoking, &c:
| MY ball club will not be ordered TO
| follow an irOn-clad set of rules de-
mand Of my players that they give the
81. Louis team their best services, just
the same as il they worked for a bust
ness house. for YOU know baseball now
is business proposition, pure and sim
pie.
Il shall not put detectives on the track
| of any OF my men. neither shall nave
them watched at hotels while on the
read TO determine what time they go
to bed.
An ask Of my players is that they
shall keep in good physical condition to
nut up the best game the- are capable
Of playing while on the ball ield. Any
| time a man cannot give the CLUB the
bes. that is in him. I do not want him
and he will not linSer very long in our
midst
/ Az for Sunday baseball Manager
, Hickey did hot care to discuss this sub
\ iect other than to say that lie Was op-
| posed to it on general principles. mad
| never pIaved on the sabbath himself,
: and would not manage his team during
! scheduled Sunday games this season or
any other.
| IL will bc interesting to note what sue
cess a manager Of the Hickey type has
in the ranks OF major league baseball.
| His example for the players 10 follow
! sbouId they decide to adopt his ideas.
is surely a good one.
] Rickey has strong personality. Hc
is a hard worker and fighter. and has
made baseball lifelong study.
| The writer is for Manager RickeN'
first. last. ard all the time. ana "lshes
him all possible success in ms hrs'
major league managerial venture.
I With such a dOwnpour Of rain yester-
day and last night. there is possl-
/ biIity that tOday's game at Na'lohdi
i Park will be postponed until IuesnaS
and A doubie-header staged ON that day.
! II IL is found that the combat can DC
/ played this afternoon Grill VIII more
! than likely pitch Doc Ayres or Joe boen-
! ling, while Carl Weilman Is a'aIldoie
! for the Browns.
tho scaIns of every ball club in the
| American League with the exception OF
81 Louis. and is more than anxious TO
heat this team before the curtain drops
! Saws the Philadelphia North Ameri-
can in a recent issue:
! The loss of the Army-Navy game TO
philadelphia is rendered more untor-
inmate by the manner and motive OF II
Nothing more than a cheap scramble
for seats takes the game away from
The field where the contest attained
all its distinction.
Ii was by the University OF fehh-
sylvania that the two branches Oh 'ne
American war service were broush'
together, the seating capacity was IN
creased to suit them, the sale OF ticK-
cts by the university netted nothinS
| to the hosts, for every dollar went
y.
BY all the laws of fitness and cour-
tesy. a matter of a few thousand seats
to be distributed in many cases among
grating POLITICIANS should, not nave
4 been permitted to put the two insti-
tutions, especially West Point. In the
position of distinct ingratitude.
The game now passes from entirety
amateur control to a distinctly Pio-
fessional conduct.
! The owners of the Polo Grounds in
New York are proprietors of profess
SIGNAL baseball club. Mr.. Hampstead
and his associates are professionals
and it is but natural to expect that IN
tine deal for their grounds they have
taken care of their own interests.
Therefore, the great annual contest
hitherto conducted in a manner so emil
nertly h!gh~class. is now to ne pro-
fessionaIizeDa nd commercialized in the
handling. and a few thousand more
seats blot out all acknowledgment OF
the good will due to Penn.
1t is more the loss OF West FONT
and Annapolis than of Penn. The offi-
cials Of the university can resign from
the field with nothing but credit to
l themselves. They have shown them
selves the courteous and generous host.
That their efforts were undervalued re-
/ fleets discredit only on those whose
II greed for tickets countcrbalanced every
other consideration.
y Why Cy Morgan TOOK his own sweet
time reporting to Cincinnati and even
went so far as TO have a relative be-
come seriously ill., at Martins Ferry,
SO he could prolong the time before he
should get his test in the major league
has now come to light. Morgan had
sore arm and knew he could not make
good with the Reds.
Cy's ineffectiveness was demonstrated
at once when he did pitch, and yester-
day he consulted Bonesetter Reese to see
whether his arm has gone for good or