New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-13
WE'LL DONE, HOME CLUBS!
GOOD WORK OF THE THREE LOCAL TEAMS.

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the prcsent feeling In week two, and then again inc
.na. q, the thr,c local By that time may be even
! BANNER AMI moro confident than they are now The
Giants arc certainly In good fighting FORM as their rec
games in the West fully testify II the nine can con
tInue to do the work yet remaining in the Wes, ~ viii
,.covo , ROYAL reception when to the Polo
Grounds on May 25. The club is strong one, ana may
vet cnpure the trophy for which 1t has so long poem
nqhtins The nine certainly has better chance to SO
cure nr,t place the League struggle thsn t ever ha1
| before Properly managed the team viii mako great
record this year
In BROOKLYN tho representative club In the American
Association from city also to have good
| chance to capture the pennant With the proper on.
cours cement from the management and the public IL VIII
probably DO In Jersey City tho natives are even az
th. early date claiming the championship OF the Ccnrai
League for club Should all three teams capture
the csamponsp their respective organizations, what
tremendous amount OF baseball Joy there would DO IN
this neighborhood. Basebaps principal foundation Is
uncertainty and OF the three clubs may oven get
an honorable position in the pennant races
The friends OF the Giants ara watching the travelling
players with great deal OF interest That first game al
polls thoroughly satisfactory and endof Just as
people this end Of the line thought II would Afer
that game which ended in the defeat OF the local
club people began compare Crane with George, and to
predict that Crane. work this year would be Just a. dc-
plorabe az Georges work in the box last year Creme
snd George probably fruit picked out OF tho
minor league garden little too early IL they were put
back friendly minor club for year or two they
might Of great In winning gaines for the Giants In
1890 There feeling herc that probably Murphy can
catch wild Canadian ard desire 20 sec him try It,
In ease Murphy cans do II, there is no catcher In tho
club who can should the NswYork players win three
OUT games Plttsburg and two at Detroit their
friends will be delighted From letters received
turing week doubt expressed about the Giants
holding their In Detroit ana Chicago. There Ia an
other thing which Brookyntcs Watching almost a,
closely they do the record OF tho II Is the so
cent tariff. The admission to Association games may
eventually be changed back TO ire old price. Tho high
tnrin has certainly met with favor In mos OF tho
Association citics In Brooklyn the attendance At the
weekday games has decidedly loss than IL at
this time year Tho crowds at tho Sunday games
At Rdgewood Park have not diminished to any approca
bic Al Washington Park had tho admission
price the last year. the attendance al the
games this year would undoubtedly have been twice as
large.
Tuesday will be Interesting day tho followers OF
hssoba Chicago The and Chicago clubs Will
the time this year and tho reception to
Kelly and Clark.on tho old Chicago club players will be
oi the gala order There will be parades through the
streets bands Of music the grounds and lively time
generally. According to telegram received from CHI
caCo last night the festivities may be carried 10 dicu
ou length IT is said that the Chicago players, in order
u DO full hosge their beaneatinr opponents VIII don
full dress and Attempt plny the IN broad
cloth II they do they will probably be in sackcoth
before the 4. over pitcher and catcher In
.wallova coat wido.open vsIstcoa doeskln Trousers.
leather shoes white board shirt bosom and crush
b, might be worth going distance sec however
Big Arson sliding second In clawhammer coat ought
to raise a yell loud enough to be heard mile away.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
WEIGH great pitcher for tho Giants when New.York
has Chicago to play.
The Boston club IL slowly but surely running pennant
chances by working Clarkson and Kelly too much As
-oon as players break up the Boston club Is
OF the League race.
Captain Ewing denies that he changed Gore from left
n.ld and substituted sattcry. because somebody
the spectators the Polo Grounds told him to do So
The denial timely, neither will 1t carry conviction
The next League game Polo Grounds will DO
between the New.York and Washington clubs May 25
The Brooklyn club will play at Rdgevood Park today
Tho Jersey City and Newark clubs are too strong for
the Central League. The six other teams cannot COM
pete with Them md It 4. doubtful whether the League
will live through tho season.
The veteran Bob" Ferguson now umpi'!ns, is not
having an easy yet few better rulers
OF the game than he.
The Harvard College nine will play the University OF
Pennsylvania at Philadelphia Tomorrow
Charles Doyle fell and broke his leg In game at
Baltimore on Wednesday, between the Johns uopkln.
University and Psstme mines
Tho raise in the price OF admission TO the games Is
having bad effect upon III. attendance at the contests
in Louisville philadelphia Baltimore and Kansas Oty.
These four clubs the readopon OF tho old 20 cent
arG
The Baltimore club did not much about being
beaten 1t Syracuse the other dsy It did that colored
pitcher and mainly responsible FOR their
drubbing.
the Pittsburg nine. There is little enahce oi e''"o'
player leaving tho local nine.
The Giants started on their present western ooue Ia
better shape than they ever did before .
Pitcher Mccormick, who has been spending MS Daseos
earnings the NcrJerscy circus race uacH 10 aoou'
ready 10 sign with the Pittsburg.
In .p,e OF III. unrc.d state OF the weather tho aver
age attendance a. tire games in indianapolis has Deeh
1000. ,,,.
hall nd
49,, -,
N,nv friend, OF the New.York club think that both
Crane George shOuld be put back In minor league
club for rnother year.
Tho race Tor hating hopors between Common and Tier
watched with great deal OF interest by the friends
OF each player.
When Or Rourke came the local League club ne had
led the Ieayu. in batting Now he is considered only
an average batter.
The Chicago players attire themselves In dress
,t, upon the slightest provocaon They are practising
20 that they those suits with some icsroo Oh
comfort whom they go to Australia next fall
vh. Amateur League season opened Saturday. Tho
r,ee seems again to Bergen Point and Staten
Island. "
Miller the catcher, was 80 badly injured by Pfener
In the recent Chicago Ptsburs game VIII not ue apo u
nlay for three four weeks
Recent rainy weather has played havoc With the League
and Association schedules.
Tho Eastern clubs OF both the League and American
Association are stronger This year than they we're last
Bskniy the young pitcher was ioftuhspe ih'es'c''
for the Cleveland club.
Daily the young Jersey City pitcher has great future
n, o. Rourke, Brown and Murphy
Ewing Is playing around third base entirely too much
III. no,lt,op 1, behhd the bat Catching hard work, Of
course but Ewing should be compelled to eaten tho samo
unless no catches m attack OF "swolied head"
John b. Day gone for two weeks vacation TO OLD
Point Comfort Gotham has no attraction for him whom
ihe Giants arc away.
building lots arc happening rapidly in the neigh
,boof of the Polo Grounds that the famous old baseball
Geld must 60 before long
COMING TRACK ATHLETIC CONTESTS.
Interesting IS the whole programme Of the Now.York
,hIcre Clubs spring meeting which will bc held at tho
polo Grounds May 10 looks It Is probable that both
20 the public and in athletic circles, the greatest
-, will centre the 100 yards open scratch which