New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-12
A CRITICAL WEEK AT HAND
THREE LEADING CLUBS TO BATTLE
WILL THE GIANTS WONDERFUL RUN OF LUCK
CnNTINI-E .-GnSsIp OLE TIE LEAGLE.

WILL THE GIANTS WONDERFUL RUN OF LONh
CONTINUE f-GOSSIP OF THE LEAGUE
The coming week promises be one OF the most inter-
esng in the history OF tho York baseball club Both
tho Detroit and Chicago mines will cross bats with th oc
club during the week and rs those two teams are NV
Yorks formidable opponents In tns League pe''
race every game will watched with Interest all over inc
country. The Giants have gco1 lcad IN the race
and are certainly playing much stronger game '"an
either Of their fiery Western rivals The local nine shouu
eoucnty capture the majority Of those six games 10y
doing this IL Will not only it's lead greater out vi"
materially It's chances for the coVete1 trophy A
ork ought capture four OF the sN games anu
NAV even do than that The Chicagos play mere
on Monaav Tuesday and Wednesday while Detroit plays
at the grounds THURSDAY Friday ana satudAy
On Monday, August 90 the local players start on SH"
tour playing at Washington tho 2oth DIST and ed ana
NJ philadelphia c3d Gath and 25th The nine returns 10
the Polo Grounds o7th playing the Boston on th't
date a. well the 2sth and 2Sth On August 81 anu
a and September l. NcwYork and Boston nncs cross
hats at Boston September 3, and o. the Ne"h ofA
ana pbladelnhi, mines cross bats the Polo Grounds
All the Eastern for their final tour Of the
West The Giants finish the tour az Detroit on september
90 but stay at Washington on the way o'cA anu
nlay three games The local nine Will get Dach " 'c
polo Grounds on September IS Teopcnns the local season
with the club The team will not have 70 a'e
home grounds again will wind up the season with
dozen straight games the Polo Grounds New-NoFAS
pennant and tie schedule run well togcthef'
come OF the NewYork players and great many OF the
local followers club TO think that the pehha'
! is
shouting at the finish. They are much mistaken Ios
the seasor has months left and the pehhah'
question 5 from being settled NcW-hofAs chanceS
may better than those Of any other team ouI lne"
there are other mines and the National game j. u
certain Two months ago Detroit and Chicago ciuOs
seemed TO have settlement Of the pennaat question en-
,irelv IN themscyc. Two may bring many
changes and guessing foolish and Improbable pa'me
ANYWAY The New players should also guard against
overconldence That has lost them many game
in past seasons and lose them the pennant Il hey III
dulge feeling too avishly The New AoiA nine mas
played remarkable game OF baseball Of late blt 'heh c
Detroit and Chicago have Played Just the reverse.
The poor Of the latter two mines vas prime FACTOR
in giving the local club It's present good lead Ihen INC
Detroit ana Chicago clubs brace up AMI Play IN great
form during OF the season They arc ho'ei .oi
that The writer's advice the NewYork players j. ioi
them to continue play just earnestly as oil ou anu "
allow the players OF other club TO Indulge IN st
| aduation and 0ver-conhience. They VIII get al INC
nat,ery praise reward they want at the end oil ne
season 1t Is time before that ana the peihd' MS
never been won this time Of The var since the League
| started the ball rolling in 1876
The special meeting Of the American Association at
pbuasenba on Tuesday was a remarkably peaceful anai
to all outward Appearances 1t might not nave oel - ma
monous in the chamber Still the deeRdtcs
on appareny the most friendly the very dciesa
that entered prepared to fight coming oue arm
in arm with their supposed bittcrest foes G. II. Byihc
and Chris Der Ahe, over whose hght there h"u ~
60 nncb talk walked around apparently the two chum
Ahe thought Byrne the trcEest most unscrupuious man
in the baseball business while Byrne thought Va" D1'
Abe an ignorant little Duchnan whose rawlings WIZ '
ridiculous 10 be worth attention As predicted the Asso
citation reduced It's and the move was dh eA0V7'
wise one The Association clubs whole are hdfu'!
playing 50.cent baseball as yet The rise IN inc PRIV W
admission was foolish in the first place ana ous
never TO have been made The change to @o-ceh1 d'
rssion will save ST. Louis, LOUISVILLE b"tlNlo4'
Athletic and Kansas City clubs from an early grave ana
will also add many bright shekes to the coher' Oh inc
Brooklyn, Cincinnati ana Cleveland CLUBS.
The Cleveland club only one Of the eight Assoea
ton mines that opposed the reduction That Team j. "a
ceedlnrly wrathy and threatens at once to resign from O
organization If allowed 70 charge the hshyI S,'
| rates at its grounds The management Vi inc mn
in Northern Ohio claims 70 have lost heavily ia' year anu
h. urdor the 1ftvcent tariff they just recover
ing the money The Association would not sunef Huch
even II the Cleveland nine should Withdraw" 4h''e "4
several cities willing take the franchise al once anu wv
- go you'd uroye more profitable than the present
onber Jersey City Association ambitions ana "ouI
make good substitute for Cleveland - s 80
situation is superior Cleveland ana the aeh'4n0' " ~
,,os would in all probability, be larger thah a. Olc'e
! - VIZ Ie-sev CITY as a member, the Association
circuit would not complicated The present 'efSo'
CITY club is a good one, and srcnPtheheu III on' VI WV
places would able to take up CleNeiahu ivoi an
heer f.. before the end OF the season one or TWO cuO
I'D on,se the admission Jersey City for personal anu
selnsh reasons but opposition might be overcome
The BROOKLYN nine started West on wednesday ana 'ne
outcome OF the games will he eagerly watche1 D. 'n
y, the team over Bridge. month ago 'ho D'
nine seemed 20 have a gaze on the Assocla ION F'
49, - ch,,ces are less bright The team Is now
second Mace in the for the pennahN put ma
been playing poorly OF I@to .'''
Sanoos q, holding even that position are
not eatering. Many people think uha' 'n''o - &
r,,ernent in the club and that the players are IL
a,rorcnt and lazy Whatever the cause Is the nine l.
certainly not playing in anything ike the FORM '"ou-
The players say that they will win the poh@n' sur,
hut the managers players OF other nnes iaugh d"
- ,aL The team is superior TO any In the Associa
lion hut whether it will win the pennant or not Is
question no man can answer Orr, the old captain OF the
nine will not be able 70 play for prooaoy H'o "e'A
The team will miss Orr's heavy batting
Manager Horace Phillips Of the Pi,tshrr1 club i
100 :, no few Uelposed baseball. who think tha'
N. League championship will go TO some 'I'er c''S ~
New.York will tell you the reason l 10 nv ~"
New-York will win the pennant' saio lhiiHp' - 49,
" The New-York team is having us Winning s'e'H H
and has also cot more share OF good luck l
M not think It kccl up the pace mucH io"E''
ro watched all the work closely this year ana
havo noticed that every club has had It's winning
.oor Look at Boston carly in the season. why
vor could not win a game from them linen iook now
Deu.l. and Chicago spurted They TEL O'cA "sAi' u-
they mott Now, the New-York. lndianapol'' fVS"u's
and Washington clubs having their lucky perlou
W c.n,t toll how long VIII last, nor how soon any
one Of tho teams will tumble What team VIII win
wen don't know won't BE- the Giants Inc
,r IN phips.s face seemed to Imply that he had not
rvon nm hope that Pittsburg club would win the
remnant vet Then Phillips does not fee! kindly toward
Newyork ANYWAY and has rot since he lost that Tor
feited game to the local club few weeks ago.
Certainly St. Louis VIII win the pcnnant' said
Chris Van Der Abe to the writer the other day why
ou- .ean, seems have sure thing. NO. bIooAly j
can't win It, Neither ar. We afraid OF the cincinnati
or Athletic clubs. We W. play of the worlds chain-
pionship series with the NewYork club next faA See
II we don't That NcwYork team Is playing wonae'-
full came but l think my Browns Will beat them l
nevor would be ,h % gauge Kccfc's pitching, say
They would bat Keefe just hard as the Ne"-Aork
players battcd King Ncw.York has great pitcher IN
ccfe hut King is inst rs good a In2n. Tho only player