New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-06
THE GIANTS IN THE WEST.
THEIR CHANCES ON THE FIRST TRIP.

| TT THEY WIN HALF THE GAMES PLAYED. NEW.
WORKERS WILL BE sAT1sFIED-GossIP HERE
There viii baseball games played IN this neigh
borhood any special importance during the next two
weeks The idiotic which the League and As
ISOLATION schedules made out s the Of this
One would think that tho personal Dtecsts Of the man.
ayers would make them consderats and careful but
such is not the case laundering schedule Of
games has rade for the last three years and VIII
probably continue be made until the managers ind their
Golfers well filled usual and then they win call
halt little business ability In their ar
engagements Conferences held last winter to avoid
lust thing afterward done The League, how
ever would concede nothing the Association. and the
| latter would concede little TO the League. Hence the
powerful organizations trying TO cut each others
threats yet smile and pretend to be conented The
happy fables published about organizations bury
ing the Ratchet discord working harness together
are siest They work into each others hands
against q common enemy-the little minor leagues gener
ay-but interests clash they labor for self
alone, and 10 the weaker man
| Friends o. the NowYork club will per
formed by players by aid Of the telegraph
wires during the next three weeks The nine after
suffering defeat at the hands Of the Boston nine on Thurs
DAY. fastened the club house. packed uniforms bats
good resolutions and turned Westward The
players win TO the home grounds on May 20 and
bring the Washington club back with them The team
play sixteen games in the West-four In Indianapolis
four Chicago four IN Pitsburg and four In Detroit
How many games the club will win on the trip is
|
expect the club win at least hreefourths of the
games played away from the home grounds Those
who Giants will hope for nothing Of the
kind NewYork ought Of course TO hold Us own In In
danapos Ptsburg and ought TO capture at least five
the eight played in tn se two cities Such clear
sailing expected in Chicago and Detroit Although
the NewYork is strong individually as either the
champions champions it does not show IL collectively
or nine. Eight games will be played In those two
cities and may three and lose
1--WE. they this they will return home having
half the games the Their friends viii be salts
fed greet their return with shouts OF welcome The
local club may better than this Still past
sons records are conspicuous that happy
dicOn cannot with due regard for accuracy be made
Tho New-York club headed by the ininitable James
Mutrie who knows 80 much about baseball leads
his players TO Victories took just sixteen players
on the tour This only Pitchers George and weidman
at the Polo Grounds -Four pitchers and like number
accompanied the nine That should surely be
sufficient battery material " assist In winning few
games. The friends OF the club hope that Keefe and
Ewing will do the playing in at least half Of
those sixteen games 1t is doubtful however whether
they WILL wech and O'Rourke should also do a. much
work as possible during the trip Ttcomb will probably
pitch with effect In the few games he will play but
owing his poor control Of the ball. not 50 much IL
expected Of Crane Cleveland ought be placed third
base and kept there long enough show his usefulness
or uselessness 1t will only take few games to settle
this point could be traded of FOR ceored mascot
with great benefit the club slatery seems to be
likely aelder and ought 70 d. good work In eft Held
ORourke or Ewing behind the bat, could take
care field and do It with satisfaction to them
selves and the public. Foster may improve IN his bat
ting and when he does centre field Will need no further
| attention g
There was remarkably pleasant little gathering Of
the members Boston and New-York mines on the
| stage Of the Grand Opera House On Wednesday night
after the conclusion N c. GOodwlns performance OF
| Turned Up" and Lend Ne Five shillngs" 1t was at
| the invfta of dWin
Floyd the Mines their extra members managers
and friends and newspaper men had seen the repre-
sentaton They gathered In the large greenroou
where ample supper had been set The actors. news
paper men and friends INDUCED In champagne but the
players restricted themselves temperance drinks MI
Goodwin made 9 speech which he intimated that he
between stools" for he wanted both New-York
and Boston win and he didn't care which got the
pennant 50 long friend Kelly the winning
| side Manager Mutrie spoke for NewYork and morrill,
for Boston The had been pIettily decorated and
among tho shields Of the arms OF
Massachusetts, and New-York 1t was noticed as
singular coincidence and hoped also as an omen that
shield had slipped little behind that
Of New-YorE. Joe" Hornung entertained the company
with an his remarkable powers OF whising
which would put blush q steam calope or yaIer
clarlonet. When he longer pay ball there is
| future open to him as a specialist on the stage
! Of can tell you a few things about bats and balls
which the general public do not fn'w said one OF the
largest sporting goods manufacturers in the world yes
| terday. The baseball Of to-day and the little goDe
OF evca seven or eight years are quite different
things. The balls IN general use by professional
clubs are about perfection as IL is possible TO
make them The materials used the best quality and
some Of them have to be imported from the other
side OF the water The rubber centre and horsende cover
we can get much trouble but the yarn usea mas
n ha NJ the very best quality be selected with
great care The thread used in sewing the cover we
| import from Scotland We have machine now Win
which we balls after the covers have been pun
rurar raqffO n
ness or in the stitching be instantly detected and
the hall Is thrown out balls used In all Ma
tonn League contests and retail at 81 90 each Even az
that figure there little profit in them for the makers
You can buy balls for 10 81 each, but you
~ not get much service out OF ball when you pay less
than the price Nearly all the factories are In the
Fast The balls used by League and Association are
this year almost exactly alike We sold last year 2oooooo
basebas Probably fully 5000 900 balls will be sold this
wear OF which number viii probably sell about one
halt"
More attention is also given to the bat than Of DID,
continued the dealer Ash is now used almost excIu-
yey In the Of these clubs or Sticks and the
best ash At that much trouble is experienced
a. o,t,,s ,pst the right kind Of timber The best bats
are made from with extra wide grain and solid tim
hsr The effort the weight as light as possible
"a vet have the bat the necessary strength and
armness The weight Of the bata Will run from 80 70
an ounces only the players using the latter
| weight Connor Kelly and Arson al use the Ao-ouhce
bat but not many players OF ha' eaDre II ns
| country You will the average weight OF
| the hat used by professional players to
! 10 obont "a Thayer, OF
Howar. College invented the catchers mask IL was
cruds thing at first and yet through roysues anu sni
nv ha sola n, the patent made small fortune out
a; NJ, utte invention William Gray. OF Hartford IN
sned the body protector by the cachers and also
made a good sum out OF this wind saver
rA.o am s.or.s Of ambitious young baseball players
In ,hs ,eighhorhood who can follow Horace Greeieys
advice to Young men great advantage 10 he pockets
and 70 their ambition While fairly good players IneJ
bg cIphs ,hot NAV I'm this neighborhOOd Gold mines
In the SOUTHWEST 50 to speak, await them John j.
| Darv an ,r. wno many will remember. almost