New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-22
SOON TO BEGIN TRAINING.
RAIL- PLAYERS GETTING IMPATIENT.

on the nrst OF the fna month IL winter BY ebrnary
is the players will hard at work reducing superhusus
flesh and month ire that date they Will have Them
selves In condition the field Several OF the
Northern clubs will take their players South In few
weeks thaKng that tue will Do abba get In batter
conaitos In warmer climate Erh"ition games
will be PLAYED with the hetheaded South
errsr. until tho time arrives for tho
epsnng OF regular cham psashp ss9ssD TAs young
PLAYERS Of the York CLUB ill South but tho old
and disease will at home and crscs
bats with any club that comes along until the pennant
race begins
The Brossys club will also remain home grounds
for early spring games and an interesting series Of
preliminary con ests will he arranged 10 be ai ell at
washington Park. Brooklya. Tue friends OF baseball
over the big bridge confident that their club Will 1t
last make great record in the coming season IL will
NIT nine in field ipsrsr II every respect 10 any
ever located IN Brooklyn. The Improvement VIII ps
especially necease in batting and pitching As base
runners an portant factor Ia the game the psSen
or. ,. far superior to those Of last years club The In
crease Of admission TO 50 cents may da"pen tue s"r OF
ssrae OF the eeohe scal enthusiasts for une oueI wiz
probably have serious effect upsn the atss'socsA
the games New Workers pay that price to witness tns
games at the Polo Grounds and Brookyu's' will prob
ably do tho same thing with equal willingness mex se<
.o, II was worth twesty i've cents u see the hung
Cling efforts Of last years club. 1t Is certainly worm
double that amount to hrst-class team pay Del'e
tho Gaming seassn Is half Brooklyn viii De "lV
huslastl In it, adfIltatioh LOT cS
ball prophets have made another raise proui0"'"-
The selection OF city. at the special meeting al
Cnciun al on Tuesday make the circuit OF tue A"s
icau Association complete was surprise I" e'erIO"p
ouside of the managers themselves Why 50 mncn Sc
crecy as observed about the matter "ns 0 ts iunny
things baseball. In the search for club I" tak'
IN the franchise and players Of the do
funct Metropolitan club the renorier' were
given to understand that the chances were
that either Alsaay rrov would ~ the city selected
These wise men run all clubs PROBABLY hsusht
they we're playing huge jsko whes they hoo l"nked
the members Of tia press They PROBABLY insane
enough TO imagine that when they announcer 10 tine
world that City would Join the ranks OF the Amer
lean Association with dozen or 80 OF cowpoy PLAYERS
the rest of wsua their aosr' and appl-ne
the baseball mes with ~sat and ,iu Tbev must feel
chagrned nj the little ia, been mate by ths
rscnrtstsnisy or an cid League remnant IL II
a favorite expression with the IN 'naSsr
when player wants an Increase Z"
salary to hold no their han Is in horror AMI yell big
head" observers or baseball are Bargaining ." OBJ
serve that the csntaxon called "swolen crssus Is
ina, a. preyslent ansng tho lsagcrs IL Is among the
players.
Kansas CITY was thought likely candidate TO hl the
Association vacancy until ater II, nestinso o. the
organization at Cincinnati on December ~ lheh "nea
Tia, Kansas City club refused 10 consider ANY popaa
ton from the Association tina cowboys cnanc'' for adj
mission sseued gone wealthy syndicate was for"ed
and after a great deal OF mn eIvrinS the cowD"Ts
showsd disposition 10 enter the foil AMI the As'scF
tisn managers embraced them as Dr-msF'' Il no' !"
sayiors The association now has eight Guns ana
one OF the most complicated circuits IN eKisteuce'
The Cleveland club will hereafter have TO
be considered as belonging 10 the EaFern
division Tn. | 800 uie jump from Brooklyn to kan-I
CITY il LEM ami tiressne enough To turn spyss n"
grey The is made that the ne" cIao IN 'us
efforts get the fold, pro nses 10 pay the rsrst
fares OF all sther clubs TO and from 1T Ioni' REQ
pls whs re the frantic siorts or tue mana-s'"
few werks ago In their search for successor I" tho
Metropolitan Club. take that state nent WIN OF
without grain Of salt The COWBOYS OF ths hHf' ouI
furnishing Western town will support the ne" ciuo
bounti.uy prov ding ains plays gosd enough base
ball TO warrant support A strong clnb will make hs
st.ckhodsrs csers and rich. but even cluh tha
Loses nearly all its games Will not lo's mnch "ohey
Should the Association ~ ths en- OF tie year ds Mss tns
Kansas city Club -oniouy az dill the League
two years age baseball will not flourish much hsresIts
In that city.
ssmeny PLAYERS followed the old adage. "Go West
young man. thi. winter and critics IA"
begun discuss whether adyantayeot ~ results i"'"
such winter tours. Zoo ~uch tralanS VIII RUIZ any
athrle and the players who have spent the winter 10
California will be watched cO'er In The coming season
The regular the East and the winer season on
the Pacific make IL necessary for player 10 keep
himself in PLAYING condition the whole year. Players
who I'm past years have spent tao col months playing in
California seem TO have beon crippled to large extent
Ihe New club will IN future frOwn upon sucb tours
and make every effort to prevent thsa. John B Day
the president OF the club, is opposed TO IT, ana Manager
Multi, Is alSo Of tho opinon that ton much work does
nlarer no COOL At the coming meetings Of the clue
owners this que will b, fully settled an Is ps's
BILE that ia future player will ne called upsa TO sgs
contract for year. instead OF tor only seven mouths
The players would thus be unier the orers Of thelr
manager for the whole year could be prevented from
doing anything which wou inuro either themselves or
their recsri. Most OF the paysrs look upon their TRIP
to California simply a. a lTk AMI the tour mas ""no
neither their bodies sor poe textbooks any good
Manager Bancroft proposes TO try novel plan Tor
capturlng goodly share Of the sportloyins peoples
money during spring. lie will make a tour tnr""Ss
NewJsrsey Pcnnsylv ,nia and proc o'y StaO'
with combination team OF baseball and polo players
Baseball will be payei in the aternson anu po'o ~
night aud If the players do not expire before tue us
dees the tour will probably last month The PLAYERS
will then tn lie down AMI never gst up Mo n W
that kind you'd Kill horse Murray, osnH'aa; 80
iorions ana Rob rita Tho psl5 players roo ~
charming wiater sport and Will undoubtedly DC popua.
here winter IL must Hls hswever - so"u vi in
baseball besns to bsunl Bancroft may us Wei III
baseball sense, but the Pso side 'ho" VIII oe '"u''
The question has beea frequently asked where tne
New.York club would play after It WAS compelled 10
v,ca,s rh Polo rsnnd, Even the OF the cub do
not appear to have their minds Just where tho
coming grsunus will be located One-hun rsl-aa1e is'
enths must 90 through these popular athletic GROUNDS
before lon for the march OF Improvement up Mama.
Is aud Is steady aui rapid rho's inlsresei IN wv
ground, do not anticipate changes FOR another year.
al loas IN all PROBABILITY the era I'd stan VIII ns nave
other year Few inprovsnssrs will be male at inc
grounds, although tnore - roox aud cr,IsE nee, Ss
enlarged few daubs OF psist sp'snHu nere s
there but mat - About Az nn 20 ars,, sroaad. PFC
yided they Cannot have both