New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-17
SEEKING AN ABIDING PLACE
WHERE WILL THE GIANTS PLAY Nowa
DRAWBACKS AND ADVANTAGES OF ST. GEORGE
s. I-AMATEURs LAYING THEIR PLANS.


With the march Of civilization through the Pole
Grounds and the troubles Of the Brooklyn club baseball
enthusiasts have had plenty talk about during the
last week In spite Of the repeated visits Of the work.
men OF the Board Of Encumbances TO the Polo Grounds
reccnuy the question 10 whether the Giants will
play there or not far from being settled
now as 1t was month ago. Many people still think
that the Champions will play for least this summer
on the geendiamond field made famous by their victories
over the baseball experts other Cities The writer's
suggestion in last Sundays Tribune that petition be
circulated asking that the Polo be untouched
by the city for one moro met with ready
response Petitions have already prepared
to be widely circulated Some win be placed at Del
monicos at clubs and other places where peops
congregae Wall and adjacent will also be care
fuly canvassed One active young said yesterday
that he had not yet who had refused &c sign
the paper He thought that when petition was ready
Tor presentation to the proper authorities is
one Of the most formidable documents ever seen Of It's
kind Tho stockholders Of the club profess to know
little about the matter. Some confident that the
Giants will play there again season. while others
are respondent and sad.
Tho Brooklyn club troubles although not 50 gigantic
as those Of its New-York rivals are still annoying and
attract great deal Of attention from the followers of
the game In the City OF Churches and exasperatingly
SLOW street Although the causes OF the trouble
In the Brooklyn club trivial yet the results may
be considerable The dispute sum OF less than
$780, between the Brooklyn club and the Rideewood
w. w. Wallace. Of
the latter organization which controls grounds where
the Brooklyn club plays its Sunday games is wrathy
and speaks with vim that is astonishing even In base
ball. He says he does not whether the Brooklyn
club plays there not and that certainly cannot play
there until an amicabe arrangement is arrived be-
tween the two managements President Byrne points
with pardonable pride the six years. record Of his
club and says "boor to President Wallace with great
force The win be blood shed, both are Of
"dumpy' build and have records.
The friends Of the Brooklyn club gave it out I'M
officially about week ago that the club would probably
not play Sunday games This was showing
proper for Sunday which all good followers
Of the game rejoced at Later developments showed
why the club might not play Sunday games. The
simple seems to be that suitable grounds can
be secured for such games. That knocked all the
romance out Of the story and showed that the
OF the club had been converted 10 righteousness only
through necessity. There is occasion attention
murderer after hope has fed If this little souabble
succeeds in putting stop to Sunday baseball playing it
win have served its purpose we'll Sunday professional
ball playing is against the law and decency and
ought to be stopped 1t has no virtues and there 10
no occasion for its continuation
meeting the Amateur League will be held at the
Crescent Athletic Clubhouse at No. 166 Montague-st,
Brooklyn, tomorrow night The meeting DO held
week ago, but postponed for best known
to the members That the session viii be interest.
ing and even stormy is probable. Tho organization
at present is composed OF the Crescent Staten Island,
Orange and Brooky athletic clubs the Staten Iand
Cricket Club Owing internal ieaousies and bicker
ings the NewJersey Athletic Club will not Join the
league. This is TO be depored this club always has
Of the strongest amateur the Geld in this
neghborhood At tomorrow's meeting IL probable that
the Brooklyn Athletic Club will suspended but after
this red-tape has the club may
b. reelected to membership. This nine last season
refused to play of its final with the Orange Athletic
Club which the present unpleasantness Rules
viii be made which will prevent such
In the future and changes will also be intro
duced toward making agreements between clubs ana
players binding Some Of the pitchers and cachers
in this league paid high 500 This is consid-
cred good pay, they only have to play two games
week In case they play more often they get extra pay.
Captain Ewing, In letter dated Cincinnati writes
some facts which win be the players and
friends Of both the NewYork and Brooklyn clubs. Cap
tain buck thinks that the coming spring series between
the New-York and Brooklyn clubs ought 10 have
been arranged He intimaes that he is not afraid Of
the OF the games but OF possible injuries to
players Pitcher Keefe found at his Broadway
yesterday and said that he agreed with Ewing In
everything he said "0f course, II go to play that
nine will have TO put in our best players We have
virtually nothing TO win and everything to lose, ana
consequently afford to be beaten Suppose
an accident befcll ring any OF the other regular
Players where be in the for the champion
shipi think defeat the Brooklyn club and tho
games will undoubtedly large crowds yet think 10
early in the spring do possible good snd are APT
great deal OF damage TO the players who are not
at that In condition for such work.
Erastus wiman has turned over St. George, Staten
Island to the management OF Walter w. wa,rous the
wealthy. Pine-st lumber dealer, to do with it as he
pleases watrous managing director Of the old Metro
poan Club and being baseball enthusiast naturally
wants baseball at St. George. He has been In corre-
spondence with directors Of the NewYork club with
that object view and thinks that the Giants VIII DO
settled his grounds next summer "arous Is thor
ough business and Is even now laying out his plans
for the accommodation of the people who may 60 TO St
George He says that the transit faeiues
to and from island will be perfect as they can pos
siby be made With the arrangements no contempiaes
ne says he can take 5000 psope nom the Battery In If
teen minutes II the boats are run as promptly as no
promises then St George the most desirable temporary
grounds for the club II he does not or II the people
are handled little care for their comfort as they
were two years ago. the Giants might as well move
70 Oshkosh. Mr. wiman contemplated making arrange,
ments wsh KIralfy to produce Ben Hur at ST. George
NEXT summer. In the Giants 60 there the
threatened will be abandoned and all the specaeu
lar carpenterwork in centre field Will be sold Tor
old Junk the left field fence into the ocean
Several papers have been announcing for week thas
the property wanted by the NewYork club belonging 70
the Lynch estate TO DO sold at public auction neas
Thursday. This is a mistake part OF tne LsneA
estate to DO sold &c is true, but not the TWO oiocAs w
sired by the New-York cluf. Whether the Giants VIII
purchase this property permanent grounds there
- vet uncertain Everything indicate that they
Ia, 7, o q, the stockholders Of the local club would
throw IN few shares of club stock, the deal for the
grounds could be quickly closed
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HOW RArrLEsSAKEs BRING DOWN THEIR PREY,
From The San Francisco Chronicle.
Dr Oswald. happening to be In Matamoras Mexico,
when An amateur collector selling out choice
collection of snakes, he bought q cage CONTAINING
male and female OF these speckled ophidians. Ho
rst tried them with mouse, but, either through iSs