New-York tribune., 1886-03-22
AFFAIRS or THE BASEBALL MEN.
OUTDOOR PRACTICE BEGINS THIS WEEK
BRIGHT PROSPECTS, Of THE LEAGUE-1HE BKooN'
LYN AND METROPOLrAN CLUES.

BRIGHT PROSPECTS Of THE LEAGUE-lHE bKooN-
LYN AND METRoroLIrAN CLUBS.
The season of gymnasium practice tor me
baseball players enIra WIN INNS ,nG i' ~ ouIioor or frld
nrctlce Next week the regular exhibition season Will
bcgin and in three weeks the championshp game
tlnnal eague clubs will play their hrst rennah game
+ W The local players who have passed th a7t
fortnight In gymnasium show excellent result from
abors and the Metropoitan players at least, w
enter the field this season n hchitHicl anu Il, Pt@ XVI
condition than before. The nine mas not hau
an easy time for time yet the men appear 10
have enjoyed their hard work: the players nave n3'
suci careful coaching and s"!clude lor ln'l Me.
before and they all appreciate the TIN ahu rohey
spent upln them by their managers. The men say
that they will play better form than they ever dd p
fore and confident that the cu Will win inc pen
nant or al least will not be far behind the elan thIt
does win II. The work on the new grounds on otaun
viii hardly be ready exhibition gaines everything
will he its place when the tine for tue hIst cham
Brady. Hanknson and orr. the heavy weights "t the
Cub made their supernuoGs flesh disappear AZ an
and eager for tie battles with theta
GERS Of The league clubs which bctokeus prosperous
t,m,iav fnr 81 scsson's campaign than al present Tne
Buffalo and Providence Clubs. always great baseball
fron, he arur TWO Won't iul but We backed clubs
have taken tnrir PAGES Neither kansas CITY nor Nah
ugton may prove great factors III the pohhaht race
ths season NeneF VII" "tbe Sner SIX nines
'''i' as Proyiicnce and buffalo nearly always werr;
The new cu0s are sun not fully tdc up, hut both Will
hive It's fu quota o. players y"Apri Pools Day The
Chicago. Boston, St. Louis Philadel hia and Detroit
clns are fully made up. and of then have already
started on tier Southern tour. All the New-Y"rk
players except Keefc, Welch, E'terbrook and Dcasey
have AT last signed. Dorgan aud Gillespie le rshl an
LEFT eders beng the last to sign contr'cs Manager
Mutre expects To arrange suitable terms Win ih9 tW3
great pitchers, the second Ercai catcher ana MS rd
baseman before Apr l. The contracts OF COhhor' N"u
Gerhardt O'RoUrke, CorCoIau and Richardson nave
already been approved by President Young Ihe men
Will all report III about two weeks. The next thrre
weeks Will then ho spent IN two hours M ol
games with COLLEGE and srmtproics'ional rnns
in the afternoons The players VII ihns be Kept busy
o at tins year, there viii he few DAYS when games VIII
ne played and little rainy "r nh.'aS"naDe Wca'Hsr
Will show how wisely III. 'cnednes ar" maze oaL as
pennaut will he settled by the percentage "i victories
won to Games paycd any p".tP"nfd or u""yed games
The BroOElyn players Will all arrive his week ana
weather should ne Inf on oSturda, t,tcrHuo. G'Ie
viii he played with picked nine AZ Washington f"rK'
dent paj CT on The Brooklyn cGn all Inc mon Iv'hR II
distant C.Ics. Brooklyn has always been known as
That not one OF the veterans are 10 pay WIN WIN
the cub. jack Cassidy, who was captain
v ar. lived in liroGkiyn About al the players who VIII
he engage have already signed The players ant hcir
Est last Mt( rlsu, coud hSsc smith. shor stop;
centre fisd. and Gwariswooi captain ma rent II ID.
Unless roole proves pitcher Porter and uarkins
wear rcOplc. ana Odhcd VIII be the regular cachrrs
unless the ne men, McCauey Clark should develop
Ai the Metropolitan players have signed and The CON
tracts all been approved THe nine WI be- ahnutas
pitchers; HclJor. Reps hlsrcr and Crotty catchcrs
orr hrsi 9,.e l. to5'sr, seG@ha "se Tf.TIn s S,"l
mau ccutic netd Douohuc Bchcl, left field. with
Mel. .u.hhn a, general substitute
The International Lcaguc. embracing clubs IN Hami-
ton and Toronto. Canada, and Rochester, Buuho'
fs ne @t E5,e.irr on Friiay Tie ,eIson
gins May ana ends October l. Tho clnAs are al
fully mad up amt the managers are s"n5une OF most
successful rrdsUn.