The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-03-25
OF THE BALL FIELD.
THE TINE IN CLOSE At ULND FoR
THE LUB 10 Begin pLAH.

TIE New Tsrhs are n Powerful Tenm-The
BAsisu Dnuvrsy Trsphy-D rscss whise's
Cancellation ana the Ess'-f PHILADELPHIA.
Within tho next ten days all Of the great
clubs OF tho country and most Of the little ones
will have taken tho field and be wrestling Tor
victory. Already many OF tho League and
American Association clubs are at practice In
the South. The Dstrolts are now down there.
40 are tho Chicagos, Cincin MATHS, Washlugtons,
and a team OF Now York's young players. From
the reports which have been received from
these clubs, all seem to be doing fine work.
The games In which the young players from
the New York Club have taken part have been
remarkably well contested. considering that
the team Is made up OF pitchers. third base
nep. and outIleldera But little could DO OK
pectcd from q team made up OF men who have
never played In the positions which they are
Obliged to cover. OF New York's new mon. Eos
ter, Crane. slattery, and Cleveland are showing
up better than could be expected under the
circumstances
That the New York team will be stronger
next season than ever before cannot be dis
putcd. Take. for Instance, the batteries
Keefe, WEIGH, Crane. WeidmRn, Titcomb. and
George rs pitchers. and Ewing, Murphy, Brown,
and O,Rourks for catchsrs. Where 10 there q
batter line Of batteries than this ? For the out
field there are Tiernan, Gore. Slattsry. and
Forster, with Crane to help--evsry ono OF them
strong mon. For thu inle'd there nre Connor.
Richardson. Ward. and Cleveland. Tho latter
Is an uptrisd man, and his place Is tho only one
that can be consi Tered at al! uncertain. Hat.
field Is also . third base man. but he Is con-
sldersd too light for the team. There Is no
club that can show q better line OF players than
the Now Yorks. The only question Is whether
they will pull together. II was this that ham,
nn,od tina tanp, Last eenapp and will aunin thiA
year, unless It is ruled with an iron hand.
With the opening o'the season the time comes
when the young player who. hopes TO make
record for himself in one Of the Ereator clubs is
ofthese young players Is nervousness. If they
got the first ball ha,tcd to them or make n base
n h,t IN II m.sIv ess, ia Sim n. Il e fixns .se are eG shnt tnSs
will at once, show what they are made Of. but II
they nun their first chance they are. CONC. hey
lose all confidence, and 1t IL many days before
they. regain that feeling Of, sMrencrs thut is
needed 70 make a good bail player. The
players d" not Ret half a chance. The New
York Clubs MANAGERS must have credit In this
direction. for when they once engage u man he
has q fair chance 10 develop.
The greater par, Of the Prooklyn players
hRvo reported for duty. and by Wednesday all
The, men will be hcrc., Those tina. have made
their nrpearance are looking well, and bone 70
tie W sHs s'h IN a gym symn anG ,Dsj sn in Win w T. r rosdy
for work on Sunday next With regard to the
teams playing together President Byrns has
II have seen many reports to the effect thnt.
our team was a go2l ono and II It pulled
SEQ why they viii not pun together. !, have re-
ceived letters from all the men. and they have
Seem stea' Proud q Of 81 tn, i"' act TIN that they s,'; are ,' &c, r'u s1f IL
such q strong team. However. when they get
on the n'ld we shuil be better able to SEQ what
As for the so cent charge l know that there
Is much opposition 10 It; but when one consid-
securing cur present team. 1t will DO seen that
q so cent charge Is not too much"
Many improvements ars to be mnde on tho
Brooklyn's sunday grounds at RidGewood in
the way OF new stands, entrances, and other
Is found that there Ia not enough seating Ca
pacity more stands will be put up.
Detroit Clubs il can now DO said tina, both
sS5 n %. a ,so weak ,nn M IN ne Sor sam a!;,b p@lka ace n1hi base;
6e, aer e eIS ,ns t, Ss s,re s"xt sIaf I,s has i in : IT, yt .se
point. for 1t has several promising candidates
for that nSSsi'ioni Third base il an imn"Etan!
cannot I'LL with any sort OF credit.
The movement TO- form nclub n Atlanta for
II n. the SOUTH since d the Washington Club
doubled. and now two propositions have been
put forward. One Is to purchase outright club
now lp one Of the minor Leagues. The club. in
prone. managemsnt, would win tho champion
ship o. the Southern League. 1t Is now in the
will 60 viii The club. TIE hso other Is thss a com" "mc
mitteo OF Southern League clubs shnil not
apart enough layers from the Southern League
-eiitb6 with which to form Il new club In Atlanta.
High salaries have caused severe injuries to
base ball in the, south, and some remedy Is
Too much cannot be said about the amateurs
hOreabouts.. Tho activity among these clubs
DURING, The last few days shows thai they are
Z sr massar club" '2s fa ,isi n!rs ssds'P been NOR" "rsa sIl5a I'm IN
f ilsa 'lSS, sariy al ara 81 ih tI, are FIJI o SsinS 0Issn-
STUDS . SY l@sty se - i" arc re- ns %ir! il 1a the fe pH ,resdy
70 continue, their good records. But little has
been heard ar yst from THO many clubs that
they will all be there again this season.
while practising, at Cape May. n"rwlthstand-
Ing an occasional storm. Among the batteries
. nSsa s and siGYs sIHi@n,suss q S. ,sis s sSj ssn resort err s5s:
ins eacSlisnt WORK. f Haii%an "a and I sasri Sts are
srs indulge In q run on the beach avery morn:
fnss and they say that no better exercise could
pleasant Interview whsn. q Sportina $ouM rep
asssd' .! ssor ssRsSfsiFs Park f last e Mon %: T sissf.
noon. Truthful Jcens" WAS 50 iuii Of colts
nNu pAu plnylnG. anu no CROWD tDat Bat around
had Ruysd his nIns and himself so forcibly and
Invariably during the nine lnninks. that he fvit
horses over to Galveston and selling out The
iheIr good qualities, Il %hsppsnea thai Mlnsir
Foster be wonder Of the Northwestern League.
Ing, and y paying such q big salary 10. was In
poor condition. and had struck out three Of the
four times he went to the bar. while mono OF the
or st tho bat.
No matter what he thought. however. Mutrie
Was loo patriotic 10 give the public the benefit
Of what was revolving In his great mind, lie
said, Theirs 1. some ane material, | think, In
iias y @sn ar n,"S a aNs 20; 4 n IN ihs som an5 h.
nSysr played toSS%sher, md are unseeuslon,el
YOU can nudge what Is In 'em,. ! think ,well fst
What We ate looking TOR out ofths enmbination
I nm down here. end II! give every man q
into better players than som. Of he Old
Iioods II he CLUB. the youngsters will
Look out for the New, Yorks next ssasonn.'
just then the locals fell on Titconb with VIC
1OuHnoSS again. and the coils got frixhtehed