New-York tribune., 1885-07-19
STATE OF The BASEBALL RACE.
PROSPECTS OF THE NEW-YORK CLUB
PLANS FOR AN EASTERN LEAGUE.

PROSPECTS, Of HE NEN-iO"h NHcD
PLANS FOR AN EASTERN LEAGUE.
The prospects of the disbandment of the Buffalo
League Club have again set the baseball world IN
n ferment. The directors claim, however, that al
thouch they have released their first pitcher
Calvin the club will remain in the association
unt tie end of the season. and that it will play out
all its scheduled games. The Buffalo public refuse
TO patronize a losing club, and as their nine seems
booked for last place in the League race the attend
ancc at the games there has been so small that te
management are considerably out OF pocket. Inc
Buffalo team is not the only sufferer, rs all the
other seven clubs which are forced TO play at
Butfalo do 50 at great loss. The nine may remain
in the League to the close of the season, when IL
will be unceremoniously dropped and CLUB VIII DC
placed in better paying city
The League baseball men are discussing new
scheme which, if carried out will add more dollars
to the Golfers of the Eastern clubs. The idea is to
drop the Chicago. Buffalo. ST. Louis and Detroit
Climbs. and form what will be called an Eastern
League composed of clubs cay in New-fork, Phila-
dalphia Providence, Boston, Brooklyn. Baltimore
and probably two other Eastern cities. The con
slant travelling at present necessary not only mas
bad effect upon the players. but the tour West,
which must be made twice each season. entails great
expense upon the managers. Another good ehect
this scheme would have would be in lessening the
absence OF a club from its home grounds. As the
clubs are now scattered lovers of the game oc-
casOnally 30 not their mines play for nyc weeks
at a time. Under the suggested plan ciuo necd
not be away from its home grounds more thah
week or ten days at time. stfohg cI1o IN ~
BROOKLYN would prove a drawing card Tor both
cities The Western clubs would. OF course, hght
this scheme but it be carried out nevertheless
The local club last week endangered ITS chapces
for winning the pennant considerably by losing the
two games to Providence and Boston. Inc Chlcago
nine has now q good lead and tn" New orss VIII
have to do better work If they expect TO capture
frat pace II is absolutely necessary that the New
York PLAYERS have the lead when the club starts on
its final tour through the West. lt Will then nave
TIA hardest work to perform. Tho Western clubs
came East their second trip on saturday and rs
ali the clubs except Buffalo have improved greatly
of late the Western division ought 10 win more
victories than it did on It's initial tour. The
Chicago nine can hardly expect TO equal their nrst
trip, when they lost but five games, and three CT
the five i'm this city, Tho Babies" Will receive q
warm reception here and W i'll probably lose three
aud possibly all fsur games they play IN TINS city
in the season. and promises to worst its fornida-
BILE Western opponents Ill one or two games
Providence promises to win at least two games from
Chicago, willie the Boston Club ought to WIN one
anyway. The local club will have plenty OF work
to DO at the Polo Grounds during the next tour
weeks The st. Louis. Chicago, Buffalo and De;
troit Clubs will each play four games, aud the local
PLAYERS ought seemingly to win "a dozen VICTORIES
outof the sixteen games to be played. ,..,, -,
A TRIBUNE reporter Manager Bancrolt oi
the Providence Club. the other day. and asked him
which club he thought would win the penant lie
| answered without hesitation that the new iork
Club was the strongest and ought to win. lie said
his club had little chance owing to several OF
! hIs PLAYERS being badly crippled. Bancroft said
| that the Chicago Club ON its own grounds was a
| hard nino to beat. The crowd would get appar-
| emily crazy if the home club was beaten and no
abuse was too severe for the luckless umpire who
| ofIciated at the game. He also said that the
Chicago managers vipated the playing rules by not
having the balls used properly encased in box as
the rules call for The balls IN all probability
| the regulation League ball. but nobody was sdrc of
| that fact The Chicago team although winning
nearly every game it plays cannot hope to keep up
| its triumphant march much longer. The club has
| released Corcoran whose pitching during the last
three years was the main OF the success OF tho
| club Clarkson has been doing good work, but
| as lie has been playing in nearly every game hi'
| breakdown may be looked for shortly. McCormici
| has b.en signed, but like Mc6innis. Mccormick
| has seen his best days and none of the Eastern
| clu uhof faar hie nifchinO niuch