New-York tribune., 1886-05-16
THE NEW-IOBE NINk'S TRIP.
CAUSES or THEIR RECENT DEFEATS.


GAMES FOR THE WEEK IN THE LEAGUE AND The
As,oCIArIOX-TKEA. aiENT ~ UAPiREs.
The plaving of the New-YOrk League Club
durpg last week has given the ocal followers Of the
nine ample material for discussion. The work Of the
nine has been Disappointing srG unsatisfactory Al tAe
extreme, and lthough tie team sl have Just as many
friends many their stsuches supporters VIII desert
them Il heg DO not improve IN their SorS soon. The
early games at the Grounds resulted IN easy vic
torres Tor the club. recent cLaE orsiI
games place also resulted IN successes for
sne nine. The nrst disappointment was caused when
fne nine AMI a goodiy crowd OF their friends visited
Phfadelp.ia recently. The Quaker CIy nine played
better game every respect The nigh priced local
nine and defeated the HeEYork two Out OF three
games These defeats caused chasrH. but the recent
defeats Detroit and Chicago have served 10 blot out
from the uOry OF the friends OF the club the PLa
delpAis exL iDitOn. When the NewYorS men star Ted
they would not lose over four games on
the TIP The club the games they played,
and the prophets who sanguine Of success short
ago think the New Ork men will lie fortunate
they capture tour OF the dozen games Manager James
Mutre teesrapns nOurnfu tale OF woe nom the West
md says Dame has singled his players tor
her III will He says he is the most broken
Ut the and that Ills heart is shattered
with grief.
Mr. Mutrle lays the poor showf0gs x the club TO the
unfortunate accidents which have Defalleu his two
ceent cstcheis Ewing injured iu the first game III
Misfortunes never al time, and Ewing had
hardly been placed Oh the hospital list before Deaseys
hands battered all out OF shape and he also was IN
10 play He piucKiy stuck 20 nis work for
some time however, but after severa. O his niger nails
had carried the back stop fence hc also
com eled to succumb. This LEFT The club with virtually
10 c4tchers unfortunate position could not
be IL. With disabled cachers the pitchers 10 use
baseball purase could not let themselves ont and III
consequence The usually effective Jrk OF keee and
WslcE was missing Both pitchers have been batted ia
q surprising manner The breaking Of a strrup leathef
snapJne OF bride rein Will prevent horse from
winning race which he could have captured easily II
tie accident had not The Injury o player
Will quently nave the same effect upon base
ball nine A whole nine has been known 10 go al 70
pieces because one player happened TO Commit
bunder at an unfortunate moment. The usually heavy
batters OF the NewYOrk Club seem TO have become
Gelnorazed the miSorGHes OF their fellow players
and have done work with the ASH the trip
1t day after day such heavy bsers
ConnOr. O'Kourke Gillespie and DOrgan only making
occasional hits Not 70 he Oudone by the Others ard
and GerhaIds, Of whom heavy batting is not expected.
but who make up for this deficiency by brilliant
fielding, have been playing Ike amateurs and have
greatly injured thelI fielding record by the immense
number charged them. Esierbrook appears
e. have done passably well the trip so lar but the
work Of al the other Insignificant
The New York men Will s hard a time Of II
this week AZ they last; fact the passed
over wha. Will probably be the roughesi part OF
tourney The nine will Test tomorrow and will then 90
10 Kansas City, playing there Tuesday, Wednesday
aud Thursday. On Friday and Saturday the CLUB Will
cross bats with the Louis Black Diamonds at e.
Louis The New YOik ought 10 win some OF the
Kansas City games every other club which has played
1ie Kansas CITY nine O'i,Ourke will have to
do the catching until danager MutFe pick up a
catcher IN tie West who will help hm out DorSan
Nas catcher Of some excse few seasons ago, and
he stl goes behind the occasionally. The club has
got enough caiehers anyway Matters DO not seem
~ be evenly divided when two players are expected to
ritcL for hat a PITCHERS. Manager Mutrie Should
teouIe another good catcher at once. There are any
humber OF them In minor leagues and associations
Ncung Finley OF the Columbia College nine would
prove angel OF deiive a. this time, II Manager
Autrc lOud induce 10 turn professional. Much Is
SXpccie " Devn the new left-hanled pitcher ol ths
Now YORK Club. He has made qne record Tor a
yOgGg nan aud .ay useful the local eluJ is
Jlayiug with mines where left fthanded batters predoID
Late New YORK. CluD Will eDd lt- present trip IN
tt. LOUIS bay "a and viii staIt immediately Tor
Now York arriving here ia time " began woTk oD the
}9iO Grounds Oh May n.
scoring and playing rules III the League III some
places called balls charged as errors aud
placed N the tabulated In other cities they are
merely placed III the summary. This will make anything
tuI pleasant work for the secretary when he attempts
y compile the averages from these At meeting
led at the Fifth Avenue Hotel this city last winter,
essef@ Important changes were IaAde ia the playing