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Show rt to eWnsi . n i i.uniig ,'r h m i ei illation with a frci li I f olm munition Knoiinl r I i ie n Ktv.n the leal er of I u i li . ti at all of tho big teamii wi n i tin txt ng to tin AmerU in , t tin Natonal League will finish the insent year with plenty of money In the treasuries Ibis Is enouih to xlve assurance that both are permanent orgnnltnllona iinleea ono oluatarlly glvis wa) to the oilier Thus far there la not a team this year that has not made a handsome) profit when the expenditures nnd tho recelpta are (owned up with this state ot at filrs outlined lefore them the mag nntea of the rival organlsntlona are not going to allow any foolish war to spoil their ihancea of raking In the dollars They have their eyes opened to the fact now that the pla)era are tho persons who (tro being bcnclU'jd ') tpo rlmlrj and the) see too where thousands of dolhra In expense money may be eliminated by n coalition Aa things now stand ever) . laser of any ability Is at n premium Whenever n good ono wnnta to Jump from ono league to the other there Is always a tempting bit of snlnr) awaiting him and he has only to at) that he wnnta It n order lo get It The magnates nro too write not to see that this la n lite leva burden to carry, and although It Is hlxbly probable nn audi thing haa ever been dlscusaed by tho officials of Ilia two organltntlona with one nnoth er 11 cannot lie aald that such a movement move-ment has bren unthought of There may never be an open amalgamation Manifestly this would be a foolMi move, slnra tho supporters ot each league, especially where the tennis come Into cunlllct in the samo cities would lose their Interest Hut thrro ran easily bo a secret understanding through which leaguo will be careful not to encroach upon tho rlghta of the other 1IIIINM I'INI I ITLIIIMI. Tht work ot the Cincinnati team ao ftr thla aeason has been of a hle.li order W Ith the material of which tho club Is composed It was not thought that It would occupy a very high placo In the rare for tho National Imruo pennint even at the start off ot the aeason Hut baaelnll la full of surprints sur-prints and tho Cincinnati once mure exemplified the old saw Tim fine work ot the llede' atar twlrlcra Frank Dunn and ' Illg Hill ' Vbllllpa-haa contributed moro than any other cause to the high atnndlng of tho team The former haa particularly distinguished himself In tho box No pitcher In tho league with the oxceptlon ot Mnthcw-lon, Mnthcw-lon, has mado a better record thus far Ills recent feat of striking out IS of the llojton players haa rarely, If ever1, been duplicated In tho National league llahn la n native of Nashville, Tenn , ind Is In his twenty fifth year ilefore his debut as a member of tho Clncln natle ho pitched for tho Montgomery Columbus nnd Nashville clubs nt tho Southern Leaguo nnd the Detroit club THANK HAHN of lbs Western leaguo At tho close of th season of 1897 ho was purchas ed by tho Cincinnati club but refused to report In that city the salary being bclowjtbo Cincinnati and did good workj Last year ho did not show up aa well as oxpected, lack of control being be-ing the principal reason for his Inef-foctlVHieas Inef-foctlVHieas This year his pitching arm appesra to bo all right and ho was sent Into the box on every possible oc caalon beforo tho other Cincinnati pitchers wero able to get Into any kind of form '""'"MANIHSI tOMIII HMD James A Hart, beaten In his attempt to prevtnt A Frcedman from Install-ng Install-ng himself as dictator to the National league, broke looso In Chicago tho i T . r ani se out ono of tho cnoiccit Interviews of his basebill ca rcer Apropos of the failure of six league magnates to aupport him In his attempt to fight Frcedman In tho Nash case Hart said .Jl'.L.'V? McrllfKo to say anything .ft ...Mlck Ymlne ' ""tiny to say sytwng nKnnt Kreoilman So I nmIc,'n;'r'lncd to say nothing it. i. i " mjr httt t0 A rreoJman ...tj.i ,l0 can Wt six votea on any I'ln r "n't m anything un-r!L un-r!L ir?v,M to Prevent Now loik from wIBnB the championship New If luilr umpire and , io It wants nnd nbj ct -i .cd If iw ork ean da "uh on. umpire I ean see nothing l n v nt It going through the list I m In n hop. I. m minority Ml that la lift l o shut my eyes and hold in) iioee I anl I before the season started I hoped eieislhlnt, would be hum hi, I t 1 )iar I guesa we nre getting ever) thing that la coming" iiiii tr ieni it Tho base ball pnfialiii has no belter known or mure Inteiriwtlng figure fig-ure In IU ranks than Aleck Smith llrondwii)' Meek na he la known Smith la ono of the beat catchers In the country and la now winning new laurels b) the manner In which ho Is handling the shoots of that pitching thmulcrliolt Christie Matthewaon, on the ,tw ork tiam It la no easy matter mat-ter for any backstop to aland the cannonading of a pitcher like this won derful young collegian who la charac lulled by many I use ball experts as tho best Iwlrler that the diamond has ever known Ills speed Is said lo aur pass that of the great Ituslo In his inlmlest da) a New rk is therefore xceedlngly fortunate In having a catcher llko Smith to back him up Aleck hna been A member of tho Ilrookl)n team for several )eara Ho was farmed to the Hartford club In "JU nnd enught In 107 eonaecutlvo games for that team He wna one of the crowd of basn ball pH)era who took the trip to (ho Pacific coast In 1807 New ork secured his services thla year Smith la welt known In nil sporting circles being n regular nt tendnnt nt all Iho big fights horse races etc Ho la a familiar figure I ALISCK SMITH along Ilroadway In Now York, and al far aa dress goes la a regular fashion plate II All UN OS Till! 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Tho first meeting of tho Players Protective Association atneo It rallnod tho agreement entered Into between the National Leaguo and IU represen tntlvca lu regard to contrncta for tho present season will bo held this month Tho fart that the playera succeeded suc-ceeded so well In bringing the National leaguo around lo their terms has mado some of the more lllghty members of tho organization bolder and they are now advocating that when tho leaguo meets next fall a resolution of the players shall bo priaented lo tho mug nates In which tho playera shall Insist that the salaries which are In force this senon shall hold over for next In other words there shall bo no enforcement enforce-ment uf the salary limit rulo In 1002, and that there shall be no reduction In salaries An Insistence ou this point will do morn than anything that the magnates tan devlso to bring nbout a seedy settlement ot tho differences between tho National league and the American Uaguc Neither organization organiza-tion can afford to pay for another yes the aalarles that players are dravvlnv. this season As a matter of self-protection they mutt get together, so that salaries may again be brounht to an equitable basis, and bite ball at least saved from hi Ing a losing venture for tho men who havo Invested thousands In It Lot but the players Inslat on this legislation concerning salaries and they are certain to see peace between the National and the Anerlcan, aliil a decided shrlnkago In their pay la 1902 Sporting life IIIIMONII (HINTS, Jeuo Hnffmilstcr, who was all the rago at Pittsburg a few cars aho, haa been let out by Tcrro Haute and has Joined tho New Orleans team Joe Qulnn has been playing major league bull continuously for seventeen years Ho It now thirty six years ot age and tan put up as good an all-round all-round bamc as any ot them Joe Hornung the veteran baso ball player, Is umpiring In tho Western Association Joe Is said to be doing goo I work with tho Indicator and Is receiving words of DraUo on alt sides Four of the American League pli-ers pli-ers have a batting average ot over 100 iJiJole Ktltter, Seybold and 1 rcerann while but two of tho National Na-tional Uvikuh halters are at present over this mark Strang and Heldrlck. Pitcher Waddell the eccentric lefthander left-hander of the Chlcagos, rot hi title of 'llube while In Franklin, Pi., tu 1696 He was knocked senseless In a gamo by a high lino ball but recovered and won his game That night tho manager of the opposing team met him nnd said No ono but a llubo' could recover from an Injury like that nnd firdah tho gamo' Tho namo llube stiu k to him from that out men (X W IBflm imrlt tKlf referenr X M'VTaf BaBH In the nn Qft' II wKt bright at 7- JL -- MrffJF alon limitation in, , tSttSt we should expect to henr"fliy doubt- NtTOMtf to the advlfnlriltv of Hit ayale-n UHDbb haa been thorough y cimml te I lo HHtll and one of Ita mmt con,ilni ma e leaaKsi emplars et Ir llonbrlghl ex lain aHB la the ayntem of eoeduralli n li aHHsB Northwestern I nlvera ty still on trial" flBQ Perhaps' ILEjn Iho facta here na at Stanfo d se n H to show that It Is a system which can BLaaH not to kept In n state of equilibrium H lxrntiBe the phenomena of the high H schools nro repealed at the unlv rsl H ties The latter tend to become gl la H colleges In ten years for emmpte ppfl the girls nttendsnro at Northwestern H has Increased from 30 per cent to near H ly to per rent nnd thU year tin o M are more )nung women t'lan y un H men In the graduating claaa The gen H ernl tendeni) has been Incr ncd b B the policy of cnrournglng gilts for d r mllnrlea for the jouiib wpmen In prcf erenro In the young men, and Dr Don- H bright ttiggrata that the girls enroll ppl tnrtit ahould be limited ly the capacity PH of the dormitories. 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