New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-21
THEoIANTs W1N AT ALBANY'
NEWCOMERS PLEASED THAT THEY MAT vislx
THE POLO GROUNDS FOR ANOTHER YEAR
pnINhs AR1Ifr rI.AYERa.

POINTS ABOUT PLAYERS.
what Senator Ives IL to the racing world. sensS~
Cantor Is 10 baseball II Senator Cantor desires tho psoe
Of ocia scorer Of club in this country all he 30 =
do Is 20 ask t. But for Cantor the Giants would ntYe
had to leave the city at lssst. The Gov
crnor Senate and Assembly have taken tho Polo 0r0nds
case In hand, and settled the matter IN way thaf ~
Aldermen could not do or at least woule NOS o. 1n
special legislation simply allows the NswYosk club ~
privilege Of remaining Polo Grounds for this sunnor
Next season the VIM have 70 secure rev plaxs
ground and the Of the club win hardly aesn b
caught in the net out Of which they havs tust wR9sd
On THURSDAY night The Of the local club had abs
donea ali hope Of holding the Polo Grounds Eyery ar
rangement had been made 10 20 10 St. George Staten
Isand the naming OF the yearly rental 70 -
paid $4,000 In ths afternoon tbs news was received y
the city that the Polo Grounds bill had psssed the Assem-
bly,. and created great deal Of favorable comment bab
lens being displayed bY all the newspapers The pssss
ball people seemed take 10 for granted that GovenoS
Hill would sign the blu soon az IL was presented 70 him
The troubles OF the Giants have been manv and vsxs
atous, but their Of is happily ended,
The baseball champions have had core trials which msx
interfere somewhat with their work In the early enA0
pionshp games The lack OF suitable practice WIZ -
tho players greatest annoyance. and thef friends shou4
not be DISCOURAGED the ayortes arc beaten often In the
early championship games The local club las been nra
unfortunate In this respect than any other team IN the
country. The Jersey City grounds have not ban In
condition for practice while the men found It impossible
20 do satisfactory work &c the folo Grounds.
The demolished fences ct Fifth and Sixth area
gave admission everybody who wished 70 enter.
The result was that from 500 70 5000 men and boys
gathered grounds every afenoon and there VIA
no room left for the Giants STILL the players say tas
the race Will be weeks under way before they
will be in good condition any ether baseball team
the land.
The League championship opens ON wsdnes
day. and the various clubs propose 10 make It gala dsy
indeed The struggle this year promises TO be lively
one and judging by the makeup OF the teams the real
struggle ought be between the NewYork and Boston
clubs The Boston team may be superior IN batting
strength the Giants but the local club has better
pitchers superior and more accurate hedef
NewYork will also have better team work than Boston,
and that is decided point in favor OF the local team
The Boston writer's sanguine Of their teams suc
cess and advise their friends not TO back Boston foS nrss
place They 10 fear internal dissensions In Tie
The League games for the four days this week are
follows:
New.YOrk VS.. Boston. at Polo Grounds New. York;
Washington vs. Philadelphia, az Washington; CeyelaDd
VS. indianapolis indianapolis; Chicago vs. Ptttshufs
az Pittsburg.
The Atlantic Association will open Its next Sat
urday and every club in the organization VIII make
hard fight 70 hold Jersey City ought Win any
Kind Of c capture the pennsn as that city has never
had q strong team as It has this season HAITI,
Irons the new outhede who played vita the champion
st. Louis Browns last season, has put new LIE into ss
team. HIS daring baserunnag has awakened ne othsf
players who following his example and take much
risk In running bases Dorsn, tho new pitcher win sur.
prise the knowing ones be seen by the way no
pitched at Washington, allowing that club only ak sits
erhadt been appointed captain. and has his men on
the ground every morning practising In oaseronnins
batting and fielding OF the other much can be said
"a they played with Jersey City last season. The team
has been playing good baseball In its practice eames d.
featng the NewYoks twice. something no other team mas
done this season, and the Syracuse champions the same
number of times Notwithstanding the great games they
a.. xwn
championship. Newark, wilkesoarre and Woreester'
seem to frselsss teams and either Hartford New
Haven Eastcn Lowell may yet do something wonderful
The American Association championship race was started
last wednesday but not under the most suspicious cir
cumsances. Rain prevented two OF the games ana ma
teraly interfered with the third A. Cncnnaa sreas
orowd Jaw the opening OF the season. and the defeas Of
the home team. The season Ut Washington Park Brook
I'm will open tomorrow by . game between the
Brooklyn Baltimore teams The st. Louis team has
started out in and may again asonih The country
by clever work. The players Fuller and Dunee.
are great fayores even this early date The Assoes
tIon games for the week are IS appended:
Brooklyn vs. Bss%s :. yss1sSS r' Il
louis vs. LSuisve at Louisville Kansas City va Gin
cinnad, at Cincinnati.
p.sssyn dss%sgs vs.
cinnou at Cincinnati.
wednesday Brooklyn vs. Baltimore. a. Wssmns Et
arg BROOKLYN.
rh,,saav prookyn vs. Columbus, 1t washington Park.
p,onlIyn Ghetto VS. Baltimore, ~ Bal emofe xmch.
naG Va st. Louis At st. Louis; Louisville W. hsnsas
City at Kansas City. ., 49,
p,,any-Brooklyn VS.. Columbus, at Wssningson Fsfa.
p,onhivn Athletic We. Baltimore, % Balanore ynv
natl Va Sc. Louis, at ST. Louis; LouisVnie va
CITY, al Kansas City. ,..x
prookiyn: Athletic Baltimore AZ Bslumoe' Esnsss
nad VS. St. Louis, at ST. Louis LouisS'n' w.
City, at Kansas City.
The Giants will this pear float three pennan.s TUE
the polo Grounds something no other team mas ~
done something very probably no ono 'oam wa. " 80.
~ ~ air The three aaas were ordered day or two
ago and viii be unusally handsome ones. an ene'
Gags will be unfurled the breeze on WEDNESDAY hes
when tbs New.York and Boston teams formally open @
season The flag from St. Louis represehahs 'ao
of the world will have the place OF noner
on the large pole centre field The League penhsn'
flag and the local championship flag win also occupy CON
spicuous positions The Giants are peculiar
and never do anything by halves III they win = ="
-. io a,,s,vthnc In batting they either BIT ire