New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-22
THE PENNANT RACES BEGUN.
LEAGUE AND ASSOCIATION UNDER WAY.
DISCUSSING THE CHANCES OF THE CONTEST
AND COMPARING THE TEAMS


sre now under way. sid every gama will be watncd with
considerable Interest Every played by the eight
League clubs have indirect bearing the
record and position Of the NewYork club The can
o sd OF the American Association and the Brooklyn
mat the games will be closely watched and commented
upon goes without saying The Geographic facilities for
scattering the results OF the games all the country
nave been arranged with great this year. Those
h'ey little telegraph indicators tickers' be
round In nearly all the big hotels clubs and liquor
In all the pretentious cities OF the country. As the little
apo indicates the runs made In every inning the little
slip OF paper Is perused with Just as much as that
with which the nsncier looks after the stock fluctuations
carrier In the afternoon. In the small country
little tckers" Of too expensive order and
the grocery and postoce gossps have the
IN other ways The total scores OF the
eraphed from some neghborng city and then they go
mono 70 bed satisfied That s II their fnvorite clubs
have not been beaten. 1t may seem strange 10 some
people that country cousins take such an interest in
tne Dig games, when many OF them have never seen
League Association championship match The fact re-
mains, however that they do The of the PLAY.
ers and their records also at their fnger.tipA
1--WE shake hands for the last time for at least seven
MONTHS said the manager Of the Brooklyn club to the
manager OF the Cleveland club Wednesday. Prom
this time mortal enemies and will do anything
we can 10 beat each other" The managers referred TO
the close Of the exhibition and the starting of the
regular championship The opening OF the season
In Brooklyn not an especially suspicious one. The
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cared for outings who not obliged 10 be out With
peasant weather crowd would undoubtedly
nave been present The Brooklyn club played In fine
form, as 1t also has dono in the games played since
wednesday Baseball all tue country are watch
Ing the number Of spectators the ABSORPTION games as
they never watched before Predictions Of all kinds have
oeen made about what the result would be In doubling the
price OF admission IL Is too early yet any them 10
be verified with accuracy In Brooklyn the
attendance would undoubtedly have been larger had the
price OF admission remained twenty-five cents Tho
rise In price may be benefit the club and the game in
the end 1t will certainly keep certain class OF peope
away from the baseball parks whose presence is not
especially desirable anyway The Association men seemed
TO think that to stand the same footing with the
League 1t must charge the price Of admission
Whether 1t has made mistake can be told more
readily when the weather has become warmer and the
baseball enthusiasm has been thoroughly thawed out
The work already accomplished by the Brooklyn club
Is In marked contrast the stumbling made by last
years team The nine is strong every department
and ought 10 foar ether the American Assoca.
ton In pitchers It is undoubtedly stronger than any
OF Its rivals In Caruthers Foutz Terry MAYS and
Hughes the club has Ave steady reliable pitchers any one
OF whom would prove acquisition 10 the other clubs In
the Association 1t is also well supplied with good
ers while Its In and out field is also strong The are
rapid and at the stealers
As batting team It certainly ought 10 lead the other
seven Association Clubs Possessing the good Qualities
mentioned above 1t looks to impartial observer II
the Brooklyn club ought TO win the pennant in its long
chase at least In fan the leader If the
men play they should. good results must follow. En-
forts at individual records and petty chickering's
players will place the club about the
cupied last year. In that case the club to
some othcr city as far as ths Brooklyn pe1pls
cerned The players however all determined make
the formidable one and they keep to this good
resolve II be done. Manager McGunnge denies most
emphatiesy that there is any ill.feeng between Ca
ruhers and FOu and says that the who started
those stories did with malicious intent President
Byne is just emphatic In his denial and says
team is little happy family. II 1t is located unro
mantle GOwanuA
The New-York club was forced 10 open the League
championship In other city this year. The
Giants did not like IT, but forced take tho bitter
pill by the other equally grasplng League clubs The
local club In its games far played has certainly made
favorable impression. Two and possibly three Of its
players baseball athletes OF right cabre Crane
ought to be valuable pitcher and WILL the local
catchers work in harness with him and handle
curves well they handle the Of the other New
York pitchers Foster is good player ana will probably
permanently In centre fell lie is Just as good a
batter Gore decidedly better baserunner and
fielder. Some people not oversangune about third
base Ewing have TO play that position when not
catching behind Cleveland has fairly WELL
but he Is not Denny nor even a Latham
The controversy the New.Yoik club Two
its fractions players Keee and Ward attracted the atten
ton Of nearly everybody interested In baseball and also OF
many people who cared little for the lively pasme Ward
talked the and loudest but Keefe the most sin
Ward signed Thursday night. and 1t only
fair state that he did get $4,000 salary he de-
msnded anything like that hgure sS 500 will come
much the mark Keefe held an interview with
the cement the day. but firm as ever
in his demands His demands acceded to- and he
went Boston in anything but his usual temper
The club expects Keee Join the nine In Washington
Monday and PROBABLY pitch fer the Giants that day. In
Keee refuses 10 report for duty 1t probable that
certain OF money viii be deducted nom his salary for
every game he expected to pitch but does not Keefe
offered the salary that Ward received-s35O0
with 600 In cash. Keefe thinks his ser
vices worth Just 81 900 tnan that amount Keefe is
great pitcher also fortunate He has Droba-
bly, drawn money in salary during the last seven or
eight years than any pitcher the country His
salary he first joined the old Metropolitan
club several years ago. At that time there was not an
other player American Association getting that
much salary.
peculiar little story has started the rounds and
within the next few months will probably be copied all
the country Some OF the Brooklyn baseball writer's
energetic rushers after and they are also rathef
gulIble at times At Washington Park on THURSDAY
whom the game between Brooklyn and Cleveland CLUBS
was becoming sided and dull wit in the reporters
pen remarked See stenmeyer put his hand In his ntue
breastpocket lie a devout Christian and carries III
tie cross there which he ohches whenever he thnKs ms
curves liable batted freely" brooklyn scrloe
swallowed the Joke and the columns Of his paper ne I
lowing day had little story about stemmeyer ana MS
little Any pitcher any close sLhent oil aseoan
could have told why Stemmeyer put his hand III tns'
pocket frequently To good control OF the odu In
pitching the fingers must DO reasonably dry. constant
pitching makes fingers moist and the pitcher hsu put
his hand In pocket where silk handkerchief was con-
cealed, to wipe the moisture from his fingers o'yel
and his can now travel the country Win the
story about Stage and his prayers for victory.
The friends Of the Jersey City club can rest content
that the New York cub viii steal any OF us players
this year at least "a true that the preSuen' Vi inc
NewYork club controls the jersey CITY cuD out ne
will not weaken one TO strengthen the other Daily. the
young pitcher would probably prove valuable man for
the local elLb and may be grated into inc U'ahts next
year. Ho will remain n the Jersey Cly eiuo this year
however as Mr. Day has given his promise not 70 needle
with any of Manager powerss men until the END Of the
season O.