New-York tribune., 1888-08-26
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THE RACE FOR THE PENNANT
BOSTON TO BE THE vICTnGTHIS WEEK.

Of the Boston players Six will be played between
mines. Gotham and like number in Boston
Tho writer the New-York nine win four
Of those elk games but hardly i've. The Boston tcam
since It has reinforced by two young players
is playing decidedly better game and wil In conse-
oucnce harder defeat than IL was during It's
denoraed condition earlier In the season Clarkson Is
pitching FORM while Radbourne Is also doing
better work NewYork, however seldom bows 10 Boston
anything alleged culture and real baked beans,
there be why she should do 1t In base
ball this week. Kcefe and Wclch have always been
stumbling blocks Bostons ambitious baters. and arc
likely rcman To sum up, four victories and two
defeats likely be the Giants record for the present
week.
The same kind a record during the remaining weeks
will place the League pennant on the centre
fed rtsr at the rolo Grounds The NewYok and Boston
will play the Harlem grounds on Monday Tuesday
nni wednc day. and Boston Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. local then to this city and
Will play the Philadelphia nine the following Monday.
! Tuesday and Wednesday, On wednesday, September o.
their final tour OF the West and
VIII not return Grounds until September %.
From that date there will be but dozen games to be
played with each of the Western clubs before the
pennant ends Should the Giants bring the lead
back with them from this tour the rest will be easy.
The umplre question is becoming more complicated
daily and the future welfare Of the demands that
reform OF rome kind be adopted once The present
the League and Association wholly incom-
recn while the minor League umplres. most Of them.
gre In the League. Daniels. Lynch and Valentine
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who can give any satisfaction the players the
public People acknowledge that these dis
honest and that they do the best they and give
their blunders the fact that they do not
know better. The League is simply putting premium
on ignorance by employing such Umpires are now
paid good salaries and competent men should be
They be had If the will only keep
their and look out for them. Even the double
umpire system would not be success II the present
bunrlers retained The Ncw-York club has suffered
considerably through the erratc decisions OF these well
paid idiots but probably not much more than some OF the
other nnos One poor umpire can upset whole Leagues
camragE The really satisfactory officials few Take
out Kelly, Ganney and Mcouadc and the rest would not
good fodder This umpire question should be care
fully considered baseball this winter and
Judging from the OF the baseball rulers conversation
present they intend to do It, 1t has been suggested
that umprcs be furnished with mammoth field glasses
but powerful lens in the world would not be able
10 focus accuracy that these could tell right from
wrong.
Indignation in Brooklyn the In which their
nine is playing great fairly
tricklng the big Bridge into New-York. All the
baseball enthusiasm will the river and settle
around the Giants tho managers OF the Brooklyn club
careful. Tho Brooklyn nine ought to win the
Association pennant with ease but 1t Is doubtful now
whether the team will finish either first or second in the
race department than the other seven
mines continues to lose games with disgusting regularity
Lack OF work and management is alone re-
sponble wretched work Early In the season the
claimed after securing oil its excellent players
that club did not capture the pennanC this year.
they would step and out and let somebody else try
IT, They ought TO stick that resolution by all means
The players paid large salaries but what Is the use in
| paying a man handsome salary and HANGING him an
endless rope pull on at the same time s one him gn nn
eat IT, or expect good % rhe1Tc RrcTp ana Ts are snoyns
all the good Of life and work Just hard enough to
keep healthy appetite
A budding Hoosicr thinks has discovered perpetual
motion in baseball Or. rather he thinks that baseball
will be played at night we'll In the day time
He has secured the OF the management Of the Indian
spos club, and is pouring out his fairy tale with great
eusto The idea is have the indianapolis grounds
flooded by rays natural that League games can
be PLAYED at night The management is confident that
the schcme will be and that the attendance
at the games Will be than doubled. Scrub games
have played in Psburg at night where the natural
gas supply abundant but effort has been made to
he rst put his fingers in baseball suggested the
Ic rG 81 s George staten Island but the scheme
never natured. The Hoosier plan Will evaporae, too
| Many baseball people arc watching the Jersey City
club deal Of interest The Central League
has not bcen the expected and nearly all the clubs
have money. The general opinion among those In
position to places the Jersey City nine In either
the League the American Association next
season. The management has probably had enough OF the
Central League and would hardly join Issues with those
teams again. Jersey City would make just as good an
Association stopoyer place as either Ceyeand Bat9,e
Kansas CITY or ouye and probably m 6eGT caD he
and pro ABLY cxcects 70 CHER another season
sin1ls Sat team 1S Teped That il erhsdt good
Ss be,o Sas Sl5 saS aaed %Si fOS
%ad 3 T P1H Pw be- @ pnt neo on ne pehng list
again.
Manager Spence. of the indianapolis club, is one Of
| the few foolish baseball who have recently made
grave charges against Kee the Leagues greatest pitcher
These charge Kcec with deliberately striking batters
with the ball. inrldae them. Keefe does moth
ing kind and nine times Of ten when batter
struck it is much his fault as 1t is the pitchers
straeest and brings out the weak points Of a
batter skill Of wizard. or II he
batter is tlm:d will take advantage of It, II he thinks
he rchten the batter into striking out by sending the
bail S Sndr @ h. kc enn or oS kd ms and ed @
Of gentleman TO deliberately strike batter and
he pitcher s e this cOry rrs
hst o "a rs eGscyensss Manager spence should
lesser evils conspcuously in other players
The Detroit club this year
riddles Tho Wolverines real worth can be told more
easily during the OF the The that
worlds championship last year may not be able
10 get third place IN the League This The
payers seem lost confidence in themselves this
year. and play half frightened that gives their
opponents much confidence and generally victory II is
HSs Se es N' The could hardly hope
y" @ Dass aSw w n Ss's S s nSs pos
second third hs JhGn he w ex ae sss
TSe players their worth VIM be exalted
1t looks az IL Detroit VIII be fortunate
| n A. should finish the season In fourth place.
Some energetic baseball managers will spend the coming
winter months in pushing baseball interests in foreign
| Countries Two teams under the management Of Al"
spaainr will invade Australia, and that great baseball
manipuator to think that the sportloving Aus
t,aaps will fairly lie and worship baseball. Two
teams will England this fal possibly New.
| ana Iouis interest in the game Is certainly
snreadine in remarkable way. Baseball managers have
rich golden goose factory and they ought 10 watch
carefully and keep unscrupuous dealers and meddefs
| out OF the fold.
the pennant season begins people are asking
there will bo any changes in the League and Association
next The writer talked with most OF the League
and club about possible changes ana they
are that players Of the League next season
,, be substantially the same this Most OF the clubs
in the League will handsome profits at the end OF
the season The circuit good one ana tnoIe
sncrs "a be . chance any changes being made Inc
American Associations prospects Tor heXt len eo '