New-York tribune., 1886-06-06
D4sEB4LL FOE THIS VEEK.
WHAT THE CLUBS HAVE BEEN DOING.


cncp WORK OF TIE NEw-YoRR NiNE-'Hh AHlhi'i-
CAN ASSOCIATION.
The last week has been the most interesting one
sro,u baseball point of view since baseball became
n pouular institution. The immense crowus 'ua'
bave witnessed the numerous games show thaI
,be interest In the game is growing steadily Nearly
oO OGO people visited the Polo Grounds on NohuaN
and II is safe TO say that no other exhibition oI
skill endurance or science would nave a'uao'ou
half that number OF people. Those VINO "ent 10
Harlem's popular playground on Decoration LAY LAY
will not forget the incidents IN many dNys l"e
GROW vds the excitement. the enthusiasm the hailt''
,be Indignation Of the on-lookers have all been de-
scribed in detail and does not need reretltio'-
The management made every preparation IoI tlo
accommodation of IN im..ense crowd, but the
.,or,nous throng far excee led their fondest
,,noc+ations Considering that the weather
,ooled threatening during portion OF the daV 'he
s,re ,f the rnuItitude was astonishing he man
eceu,ent has been critiIsel for allowing so many
poope to go into the grounds, knowing Vha' II
would be impossible to play the game rs II shoulu
h. nlaved When il is remembered that the crown
carried everything before them, gates, 'urhsu'cs
and other Instructions, it can be seen 10" 'n-
nossibie II would have been L attempt 10 stop 'e
flow. Many peoplc had purchased tickets OF 10
,ni,or the dav before and If they had been denied
fiofS there would nave D"til tl'"p.O. ~ '--
TICKET windows had been closed and Applications
Tor admission tickets refused, the crowd were SO
d.t.roine6 TO see the game that they would nave
oone in ANYWAY even If they had 10 break down
the Gates or climb over the fence. one OF the
aursing incidents Of the day was the ridiculous
positions of apparently respectable men De"''
dressed and we'll advanced In years climbing over
the fences and pushing and crowding IKE
untamed savages to GET glimpse oi t"o
game The police did Their work OraNeiy'
The charge of the mounted policemen INTO me
crowd made the faces OF many sympathetic on
lockers in the upper part of the grand stand blank
with fear. The crowd however. kept clear OF the
bo,ses' boofs with remarkable agility and, although
many were pusbed and knocked to the ground,
there were no serious injuries In spite OF the I'M
n,euse crowd at the game i'll New-lork the largest
enDwd since the Brooklyn club has been In exist
ence saw the game al Washington Park. Brooklyn
The same day. Several thousand people also went
u staten Island tO the Metropolitan hiHe pay
The total number of people who went ID the three
ca,nAs on the afternoon of Decoration Day probably
reached 90. 900. These figures DO not point TO a
decline. In in crest u baseball by any means.
Tie outcome of the League games tins last
week illustrates the fact that the local
o.nh in sn,te of its recent mIsfortunes
has an excellent chance of finishing the long race
ahead of All the others As predicted last sunday,
th. New-York club won two OF the three games
from the giant men from Detroit ana pH. lor lhe
crowd might have won all three games. Many pe0-
pie hina that the local nine would nave won the
game on tue afternoon OF Decoration l,ay II i ine
crowd had not been great / he assertion has
been made frequently of Late that WIN ciear
field and no favors" the result wouid have been
different Many OF the SIre mus nlaae 9s nT foT
In, New York ou-feders but for the crowd sew
eral of the single hrs mace by the locai players
would have been two, three, ana 1onf pase hits
with n clear field. Anybody. however. who
iniag me- that the Detroit club Is NOT wonderfully
strong baseball nine iabors under delnsion. WIN
n,tcIers canal TO Keete and Wech the niue could
pronab .defeat any club ever organized As
hating and fielding team IL VIII make an
II " will not do so we'll Baldwin seems to
be the winning pitcher 1oI the cup
He has done excellent work 50 far but veteran foi-
lowers of the game say he will not last Getzen is
also dong good work one hundred per cent better
than he dld last year There is one man among the
Wolverines VIII deserves more credit than all the
otbers combined Bennett. the great catcher was
the main strength Of the Detroit nine when II was
a losing nine he Is jnst as valuable now that IL -
a tremendously strong one. Bennett mas Piaycu
Leb,nd the bat I'D nearly every game his club has
plaved this season. and should ne meet WIN the
accidents frequently befalllng catchers ms clu
won ia nor he the nine at present. lie Is hard
worker unpretentlo1s and gentlemanly, and WIN
him the New-York nine would have clear saliing1or
the League peunant The Chicago cluD plays TWO
games this week one tomorrow and one on lues-
day. and then the Western CLUBS return 10 thei
homes.
lhe New 1ork cluD goes W abo'uoi ~ u "a ~
Wednesday aud will play the Boston nine at Dos,
ton on Thursday, Friday and Saturday Ihe local
club has been unfortunate IN playing away from
Newiork far, but the followers OF the nine ex- x
pect to see them do better work on this trip. Inc
scheduled games for the week are as follows
koiday-New-York VS.. Chicago. Polo Grounds, New
YorE Boston Kansas CITY. at Boston Philadelphia
Va Detroit, st PHILADELPHIA; Washington Vs. 81 LOUIS
~ Washington.
Tnesday-Sew-York vs.. Chicago. at Polo Grounds.
Eew-York Philadelphia Detroit; Washington va
et Louis, at Washing ton, Boston Va Kansas City, al
Boston.
Bednesddy-No games sched uled-
Ihursddy-Boston vs. New-YOrk, at Boston; PhiIAoei-
pha va Washington at Philadelphia
<rsddy-B0ss0n New-York, at Boston; Philadelphia