New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-12
LIMBERING FHEIR MUSCLES.
BASEBALL PLAYERS GOING SOUTH.

BASEBALL PLAYERS GOING SOUTH
SCHEDULE OF ExHIBITIoS GAMFs IN BRookLfS-
GuEssEs AT TIE FUTURE.
Tho rapid whirr of the toboggan With lbs scooIh-
panlmont Of merry from tie enthusiasts oil mo
chilly snort Ia stu beard at the two local Dase.di
grounds visit to either the Polo Grounds or wash
ington Park during the week might have made ono
think that the baseball season was In the GIN uls
tance Some well known baseball players would nave
been noticed tobogganng In q halfhearfed Manner
but the proverbia small boy with one eye wouid nave
notcsd that the players were simply trying to pass
time away which hangs unusually heavy upon their
hands at this time OF the year The scenes around inc
upper part OF the Polo Grounds whore the slides are
located merry ones, but the lower part Oh inc
grounds where the baseball spectators assemble during
the summer presented bleak and uninvitng appear
ance. The old gloomy grand-stand ioomed up
in the corner Of grounds the Fifth-ave en-
trance as devoid Of paint and atractlveness as usnaL
some ir prov ements badly needed af the GROUNDS
before the crowds invited 20 go up there ana VII
ness the baseball games. Moro and larger exits are
badly needed and little paint would mako a vast
improvement the appearance Of the grand ana
fences. In former seasons the management nave
claimed thst they did to make heavy outlay
for improvements, while their lease to the grounds
seemed insecure. There Is little danger OF me
Climb having TO move further uptown this year, and
the improvements ought to be made Ihe stOcAholu
OF the club seem to care he Tor the GEIG o1 O
of the best paying Investments In the cy ana sugh
margin of the dividends declared last iaii might 90
used TO good advantage In making the Polo 0rpunts
inviting. Tho grounds al Washington f ar
BROOKLYN present vast contrast 70 those up a ~ n
the onlookcrs rs better looked after The stAnos anu
fences are always In good condition ann one can an sS
a suit of clothes a game in Brooklyn anu NOT nave
them ruined
Before the advent of March many Of the New-forK
PLAYERS will be on their way south. All the young
players players signed since last season
ordered TO report in this city about rcDru
ary e5 Accompanied by Manager Mutrie, the = cots'
VIII start a cline to practise during the
month of March and q part Of April The players
who will go south are Murphy and Brown, catchers;
George, Tttcomb and Crane, pitchers slateTy, Tier
and Foster, feders, and Cleveland and Hatfield,
basemen Brown, who has been playing In California
during the winter, Will need little practice, and Muir
ply in consequence VIII have to do nearly all tho
catching Brown will first or Second base, and
the extra pitchers will have to Ill in tho odd post
lions when not engaged In pitching Manager Mutrie
Il undecided present neither he will lake the train
direct New-Orleans, Galveston or Charleston After
practising on grounds in of those cities for
week or two he will take the players TO other cities
He expect. to be back in NewYork by the middle OF
April The few exhibition games played on the way
may dofray the expenses Of the trip, but the own
f 81 t dD p IKE Club expects to be able
TO pick out the better players among the yonhg1es
and graft them into the regular Ncw-York nine
Muirc is confident that Crane Will be a serv'ceaoe
pitcher this year, and he also says thai Iltcomo ana
t;eorgs viii be douby under the playing
rules Titcomb only lost three games for the local
club year, but the faced George lost enough
by his Wild pitching to make ones head dL.y George
may develop nfo pitcher this year he certainly was
a poor counterfeit last year
The prophets say that baseball season in Brook
ivn this year viii be the greatest in the history Of the
Oty of Churches. The players secured are individ-
ualy superior 10 those in any other American Asso-
citation club Whether they viii be formidable as
date If the team does not play In fine form, then
brooklyn had better give up all ideas OF ever captur-
ing baseball pennant. The appended games have
been arranged to be played al v ash gton Parks
April and a. Broohyn vs.; M9|Hk: APrr .; brYo oc
College; April 2 BrooElyn IS. Jersey City April 10.
BroOklyn Amherst College; April IL Brookyn
vs. Princeton April IA, Brooklyn VS. Syracuse April
10 BroQkyn VS. Troy series OF c css y cdn55 a.
tract more people than ali the above games comoned
The combined meeting OF the Leag Re and American
Association schedule committees at Buffalo last week
was one Of the initial steps in baseball reform simHr
meetings nave been held. results until now have
never satisfactory. The meeting will To large
extent smooth eaous feeling between the two
Formidable s.ebal ORGANIZATIONS. and will DO even
more good IN avoiding conflicting dates between the two
associations The schedules OF playing games will not
be made public until they officially adopted at the
meetings in March The League committee viii meet au
the Fifth Avenue March AMI the Association
hold thair session At the Clarendon Hotel brooK
lyl, on the same day The AS OciatOn delegates Will
attend banquet In :he evening 1y by The Brooklyn
club Whether the New York club WIZ be equally seier
Gus and hospabe the League delegates no seems
know The annual meeting OF the Arbitration Com
mtee the Fifth Avenue Hotel on FRIDAY viii also be
closely watched by people interested IN baseball ms
always has lively ~ TOT II bas 70 settle
manarrrs and club wners II viii nave several knotty
{, questions to unrayei this year
Even at this date, with the mercury the bottom
ott affair." na any her
how the Nev-York CLUB will play this year WHAT
players will fiji positions is already settled but
even OF the eiuD still uncertain how other
p0stons will be Allied II s cert ain that Keefe' WEIGH
Crane weidman Ttcomh will DC the ptedes. AMI IL
these five men cannot attend to thai department
George lost many games last year. will be pat
In Ewing, o Rourke Brown and nurpay will do the
catching Ewing may not catch often az catching u
hard woIk and Ewing does not like That snguarly
enough what made :or Ewing his reputation rs
basel III piayeI Ewing consequently may play third
base work l. more 10 Ls king ana no. nearly
Cleveland AMI Hatfield. the young players secured to NIL
that position. have not the re nislIe aolh 'ohhor
Will, OF course play FIRST base klehaF.oH second ana
difficult matter determine. With Gore, OkourKe.
Dorgan Herman Satery ana Foster there Ough TO be 40
difficult, getting three good elders Herman will play
field aud Foster either left or centre rne rest is
mystery.
NewYork and adjacent cities will boast OF some
splendid amateur clubs this year Strictly speaking
however. there will be few purely amateur clubs,
most the mines will have semi professional or wholly
professional pitchers and catchcrs. The line VIII he
drawn at the batteries. and the other positions will
filled by men play bail relaxation and glory
AMI for any monetary consideration. The staten
Island. BROOKLYN. Nassau. Manhattan and New Jersey
athletic eiuos already arranging their teams. and
the for the pennant ought 20 lie well a' ed and
exciting probable that cigtt7cGb league may
he ORGANIZED. and that or Two OF tAs crack
amateT cIns OF Philadelphia Will prouyby be admitted.
lea nIP. IL conducted Z
sferably a financial 20 the Golfers OF the several
athletic cnhs The athletic given by tue
clubs are seldom monrs making affairs. As tie interest
In baseball general 1t Is ProDabe that The athletic
cubs of TIE future may have baseball as their princIa
athletic attraction.