New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-01
A SECOND WESTERN TOUR.
WHAT LUCK WILL THE GIANTS HAvEp
BRooKLYN's EVIL FoRTUNEs-vErERANs WHO
OUGHT TO RETIRE

club goes direct to Detroit and VIII play two games
with the Wolverines the Fourth and one on July
D. On Saturday the nine plays In Pittsburg and also
crosses bats with the same club the following
Monday and Tuesday. The Giants play at Indian
apolls July, H. IL and IS, and at Chicago on July
II, 16 and Il. Tho nine consequently Will play but
three games with each club the present trip, max
ing twelve instead of the usual sixteen games. How
many Of those dozen games will be victories for New
York is extremely uncertain II the club wins
seven and loses five games the trip tho local
followers OF the team will be satisfied With the
players under contract and the condition of the men,
the nine ought certainly TO win games than 1t
loses Kcefe and Welch will do most Of the pitching
although Titcomb will pitch occasionally. Ewing
will catch in the majority of the games, barring ac-
cdcnts. This is as it should be. Gore may not
play at all, and the frequently his name is
absent from the batting order, the better the friends
Of the club Will like it,
Speaking O. Gore recalls the recent stories about
that players release to the Boston club. What Bos
wanted with him was a mystery. Why she did
not take him is not. Boston certainly has 10 re-
gard for the peace Of Manhattan Island or she would
have taken this player. week ago the trade was
almost ripe but when the local club put its release
price on Gore the Boston management was frightened
and stampedcd. The deal is of and they say they
do not want Gore at any price. Won't some CLUB
please offer pint of peanuts for the great eApayer
Of the Chicago cl1bl His pedigree Is good. lie Is
by Misfortune out OF Laziness and was trained by
Arson. He Is not a spriner exactly, but he Is a
slayer. That is, be stays around Ncw-York The
Boston clubs idea to secure Gore to play LETT
field In case this was done, HorEung would nave
walked the plank with the other veterans, sutton ana
ISlrducS. The Boston club also has a whlstllng
white elephant in Left field Hornung is said TO be
disorganlzer and It is only matter OF time before ne
plays in other nine than Boston There are
many veteran players in the League at present living
on past records and the wedding ont process goes
steadily OH without any detrfment to tho game
The nine Of tho City o. Churches seems to be on
pretty intimate terms with misfortune at present
Orr is sfll on the hospital list and Is liable to remain
there for at least another month. As he Is the
captain and first baseman of the nine and the heaviest
batter on the team, he will be sadly missed Terry
the pitcher. has also been troubled with nacuous
arm for some time, but is now in better trim, and
started West to join his nine on Friday. Mcclellan
tho second baseman, has been doing ndihcrently
both I'm the field ard at the bat and Eadford has been
playing second base in his place Of late WITH louz
at first base, Raaford al second, and sllch and
Caruthcrs in the ouincld, Brooklyn still has good
ninc but not nearly so good she had with the
old players in their regular positions. The Brooklyn
men Will play in Cincinnati today, Tuesday and We'd
nesday, two games being played on the Fourth The
nine viii play in ST. Louis July 6, Z, and 10
Tho team then goes &c Kansas City and viii try 10
f1ighten tho Cowboys into submission on July l.,
49, Id and To- On the way back the Brooklyn men
will stop at Cleveland for four games and viii return
10 the home grounds on Saturday, July 81
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
whitney has given satisfaction as third baseman'
but has not made many basehlts Of late
Morrill, Hornung and Wise are all of the famous
old Eoston players remaining with the nine Of the
City Of Culture and Beans
The double umpire system Will be one OF the base
ball reforms adopted next spring.
Bates the Harvard pitcher, may play with the
Staten Island Athletic Club during the remainder Oh
the season
The Troy and Newark mines will play at Ridge
wood Park to-day.
Terry, the Brooklyn pitcher, whose pitching arm
has been out of gear has recovered the of
that member and started West to Join his nine on
Friday.
Orr. the captain of the Brooklyn club, may not
play again for month. lie mas se'eIc ATTAIN Va
rheumatism.
The high priced Association staff Of umpres seems
prone to illness this DOescher misses many
games BY the way, that is the reason the League
was not sorry to lose Doescher last spring.
There Will be local games of importance on
Wednesday, and local followers OF the sport VIII pass
the Fourth in a solemn, sedate way
Many of the old favorte players are dropping INTO
tho minor leagues Young players are in great de-
mand and more Of the veterans will have to so next
year , -. -.
all nrevlous records The nine led in club batting,
vet occupied last place in the pennant race.
petroit's chances of being in the lead By August
seem unusually good
e ~ nresent covering second base for the Hot
Springs, Ark, nine. ,,,,- A.. -n,,o.
High salaries again slowly Killing the MINOR
leagues The small managers ought 10 pe'oNo ''"-
stble after the last three years experience
John Kelly's experience in Kentucky "a q inanaser
doSs moi seem TO have done him any GOou nc -
NOT umuirfng as well he did before ne 'fiou man
asNg Of the Jockeys at Concy Island now play
baseball every morning II amlses the little ieiio"'
The forrner Queen Of the Giants has deserted pase
hall for the thoroughbred racer. she - vi sPo"No
ter Win are laid 10 be ha distinct dsa-
rrceabe and demoralizing cliques in the Ptt'Dure
Did It ever occur to many Yorlcrs that the
poor old Giants are dying from iIo mn n Jougb
Rment7 TOO many cooks would mako even uous"-
The oson club has done poorer work on home
Won six out of fifteen games played III bostoh' 1H0
Giants record is Just the reverse ,,-o rocter in
f,rcsident Young has sustained Umpire Dc, 49,, a.
tbc appea of the Chicago club In the chicago, Dcsu
game Chcaso claimed that the umpire sh2u P mSte
csnSt The ny hall among the spectators as was al
legged Mr. Young says the RUE ta1 IN such
Eases and therefore sustalns the decision OIL 'no UNI
pre. ., =. phuade,,hIa that Tyng may
- a came against the Allegheny nine III is Sill
percv b5ned that the Quskcrs Will also pltch lyns
a. T,gs Ar,ndle Keeps his mouth working al suen
, ,I !, costs him on on average IS day In hnes
by the umpire. ,, L. ,--u,,,s,ur, mr. South
crn trtn training He snys in his book Two "ee h
I'm a hanLbal court will put team III Deter INN an
lion 10 begin season than any southern Tip, auu w
The end be less expensive to the club JudElhI uy
his work this year. Ward docs t TOT envn n " F'
ing baseball In the middle of the sunmes u.u,,oso,
If Arson continues to fine P'eiler ara Mdin ncd
,Sbic e he real strength OF the Chicago ClHb lhen
II win he I'm = the swede by and by with Ansohs
reputation IN Chicago. 4, , ,..oos the Giants
PLAYED in philadelphia says that IN INC Two sames
lest by New-York they made some OF INC nps' ann"
tes,r,sh niays he ever saw on the diamond hen. -,
Local enthusiasts have been m0uIhing !or III
Giants all the season. They may be caed upon 10 "ocp