New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-20
RATS WICKETS AND WHEELS.
Door VORK OF THE NEW YORK CLUB
WHAT Il THE TROUBLE WITH THE
GIANTSf
e.yrs SCHEDULED FOR THIS wErK-NoNsENslcAL
RUMORs.

,,f.ncx il has continued long enough TO furnish
many surprises. In the National League and the
American Association tho clubs OF which most
was expected have done the least work. Mines
that many expected would bloom for time and
then fall back beaten have made wonderfui
records and seem TO steadily improve Inc interest
:, the game has not waned particle although the
followers of two Of the local clubs are discouraged
over the poor showing made By the two mines The
NevYork nine has fallen far below what was gen
orally expected and no answer can be gwen TO the
question so often propounded, 1" What's the matter
with the sGiants'Y' The club last year showed
that II was made of wonderful stuff, and although
nj the end of the 1t was seen that the play
ers and possibly the management had made mis-
4ekes If was expected that the blunders Of last
season would serve TO guide the team away from
breakers this season. The club, however, seems 10
have benefited little by its experience of last year.
and is dong much poorer work that 1t did this
time last season.
That the nine as a team is a phenomena'ly strong
one nobody can dispute. That the players indlvld-
,alv have no superlors is also fact that even the
enemies Of the Giants do not deny Inc nine Is
. Good batting one and a fine fielding one. and some
If the PLAYERS run the bases like thoroughbreds.
With ali these virtues however. the club does not
win enough games to suit the taste of Newly
Same suggest that the players are troubled with
mUch ONeT-cOEnueDct, OF blI Hcdt a NlN'H>V
unusually prevalent among baseball players of
great reputatious Others say there is not the har
r,,ny IN the nine that a club must possess to make
Il successful Friends of the players. however,
who associate with the men daily. say this Is not
So They deny that there Is Clique in the club
and say the men all playing for the success OF
the nine and are letting individual records look out
for themselves Others think that If a little Young
blood could be infused into the club beneficial re-
suits must follow. The nine has manager IN
James Mutrie who has made flagterlng reputation
for himself and yet some people think that Mt
Nufrie is too lenient with his men.
OF course there are the usual number of croak-
ers who openly say that the club is not trying 10
plav and that the nine would rather lose than win
Sensible people however pay no attention TO these
assertions That the manager and stockholders OF
the club are far from satisfied with the showing OF
the men Is evident. When the nine was playing
III tine form and winning game after game the at
tendance al the Polo and other grounds was enoT-
NOUS As soon. however. as the cub began to play
poorly the number of spectators began to decrease
The attendance at the Polo Grounds last week was
not one-half what it was weeks eArher IN the
season Gillespie. the regular lett fielder of the
nine has been land of for several games aud young
Richardson has taken his place Great things
were expected IN batting alone from this change,
but the expectation has not been fulfilled to any
alarming extent. In the first three games III which
Richardson PLAYED he did not make a hit. Even
Gillespie IN his most un-lng mood could not have
done any worse than this. Devlo the new left
handed pitcher. may help the team ont OF It's pres
.ntd. f1cultv and again he may not. Deylin Is
youth of limited experience aud has never pitched
in cub as great a. the New-Yorks little sue
cee, may turn b,s head and he would then, OF
al course prove worthless. The boy. for he i but
q beafdle,s youth. would make a great mark If he
can e. NE In and bring he veteran New-lOrk play
CT. back to their old standing.
Co.coraD, tle old Chicago pitcher, now OF the
lo.aI club Is iu good form and may do considerable
r-clinr before the season Is over While II might
Ut - udIcIOl> 70 put Corcoran ID al hrst before
sucb nlpes az the ChlcagOs and De'roIts, still he
r,i.rt, do good work against any Of the other five
c.pb.. II C0rcorau can pitch now as he did two or
tlree seasons ago. he can stand in the box with any
pirc,er in the country. richardson who pitched
f. B ION and do 50 poorly. will probably not be
tri,- M pitch.ne a-ain for some time.
IL New-York uIne starts on its second tour
th,,. -h the Wcs' af,er to-m0rrows game and Il 1t
do, cot DO better work than II did on the hrs; trip
Ic,a, enthusiasts Will not care much whether the
ME comes back OF not. he nine leaves
N.y--York o. Monday night and will not
rc-ur. until TIE middle Of July. The team viii
pa1 -r9bably fourteen games away from nome ana
9urtf 70 win nine az least Of that number II
pay three games IN =. Louis tins week. crossing
bis with the Black Diamonds on "Wednesday,
Tlu,.day and Friday. On saturday the GIANTS
WI! move on 10 Kansas City and VIII attack the
Cowboys The local club has already shown us
immense superiority over these clubs and IL II pnlv
natural for the friends of the New YORK nine 70
cxpe-t their favOrltes to win nearly If not all, Of
tLc.e SIX games. On the following week the New
York nine W ill have its hardest lights meeting. as
II does the Detroit and Chicago clubs the giants of
the West. The club will play four and possibly
FIVE games in Chicago and VIII 90 good work 10
rapture TWO Of the games Three games viii also
b. PLAYED in Detroit and Their the club Will journey
back home. W hat kind u "a reception the cum
viii get on its return depends entirely upon what
Kind of a record il makes while away from home.
The Philade phla club Is playing ID good form,
and drawing dangerously near the position Occu-
ped ~ the New-l ork PLAYERS. 1t Is bad euough 10
have New-York organization occupy thlrd place
IL anything. II would be gall and NORWOOD 10
b. placed in fourth position even ihOugh the STAY
IL tar place would be short. Whether the nm
Yrov,meni recently shown IN the Boston Gun VIII
le permanent seems doubtful. ina nine can not
WIN many games ID Detroit. Chicago and New YORK
!. now looks If the Boston and Phllade lphla
luhs VIII have hard fight for fourth place at TIE
losing of the season. HE games scheduled Tor the
Seck a. follows:
Monday-Ksns.. City We. ST Louis at Kansa. city
D. roi, " Cnicago at Detroit; NewYork vs. Washing
.on "a Polo Grounds. New-YorE a.
"a - LOUIS Al Kansas CITY.
E,daesdag Louis New-York at ST. Louis Kan
ceipna Al DE rot. Chicago Washington at Chicago.
Tmrsday-sL Louis vs. New-YorE at St Lous Kan
~ D-troit; Chcago vs. Washington at Chicago.
York 81 LOUIS AT ~ LOUIS hansa.
CfvVS Boston u Kansas CITY; Detroit VS. Phlhdei-
mi, ~ Detroit: Cnicago Washington at Chicago.
E, c.go w Ph'I.d.ipnis al Chicago ST. Lou. Bo,
ton a. - LOUIS Detroit vs. Washington at Detroit
Tho surnrises Of the week in American Associa-
ZION circles were the consecutive victories or tne
opolltan nine over the BROOKLYN club and the
wld Western rumOr Of pot TO steaJ the pennant
from. the II LOUIS club The first was imp easaut-
" rue a. far As the BROOKLYN club was concerned
aid he iast TumOr hlch pointed 10 the president
oi ID Brooklyn club as the chiet cohSplra,or war
wholly untrue. ] be published stories pointed 10
Dir Byrne as the base vii ain IN plot to take the
Ieluaut fIOm II. LOUIS. Ii VIII be remembered
iIaf ,fhqu and Rushong of the ~. Louis club,
were the principal actors IN dlsgTaceful hght on
the diamond field recently. II was only natural
TIM m the 81 more recent meeting OF Ihe ass0cla-