New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-22

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The senators and Brooklyn L. teams played at
Recreation Park yesterday before large crowd The
Senators won through superior batting. The score
was a. annexed:
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The Newark and Hartford teams played al Newark
yesterday, before about 1000 spectators The nome
team won by this score:
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The ball players were arrested under old
law entitled An act for suppmssing vice and
immortality" The law was passed in 1884, and
has never been repealed. The law provides THAT
no travelling, worldly employment or business,
ordinary or servle labor work either upon land
or water works OF necessity charity excepted,
nor shooting, fishing, sporting, hunting, cunning,
racing or frequentng Of tipping houses. or any
interludes or plays, dancing, singing fddling or
other music for the sake of merrment nor any
playing at football. fires. nine-pins, bowls. long
bullets or Quolts. any other kind of playing,
sports. pastimcS or diversions. shall be DONE per
formed. used or practsed by any person or persons
within this the Christian sabbath. or first
day of the week commonly called Sunday" Persons
travelling to and from church. or going 10 call a
physician, surgeon or midwife. and maicarricIs
are exempt from the prohibition against travelling.
The fine Of 81 goes to the poor and the Justice of
the Peace retains the 81 cost in each case.
Manager Powers paid the fines and costs ior Dom
clubs.
The New-York and Boston teams are still having
des perate fight for first place I'm the League race The
Boston still manage to hold ON to first position
but grasp is becoming more feeble each day. and
II Is only matter OF week two before they throw
M their hands and relnQuish the honorable position
TO New-York or some other team Boston has re-
markable team 10 do anything with except play base
hall Individually the team is about the strongest
one ever got together The team, unfortunately. Is
without a competent captain, and does not appear 10
know what team work is AS so often happens in
team made up of star players most Of the men are
solcitous about their private records IMAM they
are about the teams success
Moral courage and confidence, so c0nsp cuous In
the NewYork team, IS sadly lacking In the Boston
nine some of the players of visiting teams lately
have told the writer that half of the Boston players
firmly believe that their team cannot win the cham
nionsbip They say that the bare mention OF the
Giants makes the Beaneaters tremble and Turn pal,
The Boston reporters continue TO rant about the sure
thing their team has, but they are not serious.
they have refused 10 accept the challenge Of 5000
wager from the local reporters that NewIOrk would
The New-York nine continues TO play in good form,
winning four Of the six games PLAYED last week.
BOSTON only won three out of six, consequently the
Giants are now only one defeat and one victory be-
hind their rivals In case that protested Boston.ln-
danapOlis game Is thrown out, as now seems PROB
able the New nglanders' Lad VIII be even further
reduced The game clearly Illegal, as stated IN
Yesterdays Tribune. To allow such a precedent 10
be established might do much injury ana open way
10 trckery.
The Cleveland team has struck the decline pre-
licted. but is still only few games behind INC
leaders. The energetic Western Youngsters may yct
lead Boston and beat them out in the race. The
Philadelphia team IS also playing In good form ana
nav the Giants temporarily tO falicr this week
The teams cross bats at Philadelphia today,
tomorrow and Wednesday. The Giants ought
10 win two of the three games. but baseball is
uncertain and the local players may only win one
The race 20 date shows Boston with forty three
victories and twenty three defeats. while NcwYorA