THADEMARKED BY THE SPORTING LIFE PTTB. CO. EWTSKED AT PHILA. P. O. A3 SSOOND CLASS MATTJ5B VOLUME 21, NO. 23. PHILADELPHIA, AUGUST <tt, 189G. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. McGRAW ON "RICKING." BOSTON FAILINGS. A RURAL LEAGUE. Baltimore's Fighting Baseman Airs The Club's Failure Charged to CALIFORNIA BALL. His Views. Penurious Management. "Scrappy" McGraw, the Baltimore Editor Zuber, of the Cincinnati "Times- team's pugnacious third baseman, who has Star," who is traveling with the Cincinnati KIHSAS TO FOLLOW PEHHSYLYIHIA'S been on the sick list all season, is doing Reds, sizes up the situation in Boston as JII CORBETT'S VIEWS OF ITS considerable talking in his leisure time. follows: EXAMPLE. As judged by his playing, he is a believer '"Oi'c year ago there was no park in the coun­ DECLINE, iu "kicking" at the umpire, and his views try that' held a more enthusiastic crowd of root- are interesting. He s:tys: irt on base ball days than the Boston Bas-j Ball "The fact is, the only teams that-ever secured Park. Within the last year, however, a complete A Base Ball League to be Formed the pennant were those that had good coachers change has co:ne over the people who- plank down Tlie Mercurial Pacilic Coast People and good kickers, and by good kickers I don't their money to see base bail. No longer are they mean rowdy ball playein; I mean men who play unanimous in their pulling for the Bostons. Dropped It Without Cause and Kext Season to Include Some of aggressive ball and know when to enter a pro­ "Now oue hea'is Boston players hissed as of­ test. I never have been of the opinion that a ten as one hears the visitors; and one also hears the Smaller Towns in Missouri 'kill-the-unipire' style of play was advisable, as much applause for the visiting teams as one Will in tae Same Manner Take and have always believed that kicking with the does for the home tes in. In fact, the audiences mouth was the only kind of kicking in which are exactly what many scribes would have them— and Kansas. to indulge. The idea that every protest must end non-partisan—and ^here there are non-partisan It Up Again. in an assault and battery affair is all dead audiences the game does not pay, as is the case wrong. The only kind of kicking is judicious in this city at present, with its attendance of Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 20.—William kicking, and that calls to mind the fact that from 1200 to 150O per game. Chicago, Aug. 25.—While Jim Corbett Tste, 11. W. Adams, H. A. Hartshorn and kickers are born not made. Out of every team "According to a number of gentlemen of this was in town ho was asked how it was that G. W. Williams, of Harrisoiiville, Mo., you will find two or three men only who know city this state of affairs was brought on by the base ball, once flourishing on the Pacitio •were in the city yesterday conferring with how and when to kick, and every manager knows penurious policy pursued by the Boston Club coast as it flourished nowhere else, came this. There are always a lot of men on a team in all their dealings; their failure to spend a local sports relative to organizing a new cent to strengthen the team when players were to be so dead when all the rest of the laud, baseball circuit to include the smaller who make a me?s of It whenever they make a. was booming the game. kick, and it doesn't pay t& make an ill-advised needed; their refusal to cater to the public de­ towns of Missouri and Kansas. Kansas mand in every way, and the scant, courtesy with "It would be rather a lengthy explana­ remark that may cause a team to lose a winning tion," said the champion, "if i were to City and St. Louis will likely be repre­ run. j which they treat members of the press, all have sented by teams other than those of the "I don't want to lie personal, so I won't call combined to make the management unpopular; tell all the why and wherefores, but I can big leagues. The plan is said to have met names, but I know several men who influence and the players suffer for it. Messrs. Conant, say this: •with approval, and the probabilities are probably fifty runs in the course of a season by Soden and Billings are honorable men, and may TOO MUCH ENTHUSIASM. 1'iat the circuit will be in working order calling the umpire's attention to a point at the be excellent men in business outside of base ball, l.-y spring. The inhabitants of the smaller but their adopting the Freedman method of run­ ''The people of the coast are far dif­ critical moment when a decision is just about to ning the team as cheaply as possible has cost ferent from those of other sections. They tu.viis who rarely have an opportunity of be made. It is all over in the tenth of a second, don't adopt, a thing and stick to it forever seeing professional baseball would turn probably, but in that time a gesture or a ciy them and other League clubs money, for which there was no return. the way the Kasteru cranks cling to base­ out to the games liberally. The cost of may win a game. Many a time have I seen a "One prominent local newspaper man told me ball. Six years ago base ball flourished in Cali­ conducting the circuit could be reduced to close play called an out because a faint-hearted to-day that he would be willing to wager that all fornia in a manner that wouldn't be believed ex­ the minimum. The mileage would be insig­ player wilted and looked like he was out. It of the silver souvenir medals which the Boston cept by a man who was actually there. The sea­ nificant compared with other circuits. No doesn't do for a kicker to lose his head, because owners received for distribution still are locked son, on account of the mild climate, was actually jumps of over 15 or 20 miles would be the minute he lets his temper get the better of up in the club's safe, in order that the number of composed of 188 games, so arranged as to draw- necessary. his judgment his usefulness to his team is end­ names on the free list may not be increased. A the most money. Sunday ball went, of course; ed. It is as important that the kicking of a liberal policy pays every time, while a conserva­ the scliedul'i was so framed up that people in the team should be done judiciously as is base run­ tive one not only injures the club practicing it, chief town, Sun Francisco, could see ball every WILL RUN NO CHANCES. ning or sacrifice hitting.' 1 but all others us well." day with either the 'Frisco or the Oakland team, and the whole State was wild on base ball. Great Duck Ewing Will Have Only Veter­ players were developed and great salaries were BRIDGEPORT BITS. PROVIDENCE PETS paid. From Feb. to the Middle of Nov. there ans Next Year, was a continuous stretch of games, and the Jim O'Rourke's Team Still at the Once More Making the Pace For the money flowed into the magnates' pockets. Among Cincinnati, Aug. 26.—Captain Ewing is going Top of the Heap. Eastern Lieague Teams. the men who shone on the coast were Tom Brown, ii to next season with none but veteran players Jerry Denny, Fred Carrol], Big Bill Brown, Bill on his team. He realizes that in order to make Bridgeport. Conn., Aug. 25.—Editor "Sporting Providence, R. I., Aug. 21.—Editor "Sporting Life:"—The Providence team Is once more the Eveiitt, George Decker. Clarke Griffith, Harry a good showing next season the team must got Life:"—Bridgeport still holds the, lead in the Keitz, (ieorge Van Haltren and many others. a g<«d start and keep it up right along. Those Valley League race and unless some unforseen pacemaker of the Eastern league. It is no novel funs who fondly imagined that there would be accident occurs they will win the pennant. position for the Grays, and their many admirers THE REFIJEX. at Isast one new face on the team next season, Shelton, who have been their rivals for first feel pretty confident that they won't be headed "Suddenly the mercurial people of California and that face belonging to Wlley Da vis, will be honors all season are now in third place, the again this season. tired of base bull. No, it wasn't the fighting d sappolnted. The famous squirrel hunter will Torringtons going to second. The Torringtons THE PLAYING game that took them away, for the rise and fall spend another year down on the Indianapolis are playing good ball and our boys will have of the home team for the past three weeks has of boxing in California was exactly simultaneous farm, so that when he does- come to Cincinnati to hustle to beat them out. They are sched­ been simply superb, as an unbroken string of 11 with that of base ball. I scarcely think it was it will be with a thorough knowledge of all the uled for three more games together.