New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-28
THE JERSEY CITY BREAKUP
ROCHESTER, GETS MOST OF THE PLAYERS
AND TIE MANAGER.
NETWORK SECURES o'DAy-THE GAME HERR
PREVENTED by RAIN-BRooKLYN
DEFEATS CINCINNATI.

PREVENTED BY RAIN-BRoogLYN
DEFEATS CINCINNATI.
As announced in yesterdays Tribune, the jersey
City team has played It's last game and fallen into
the hole always conveniently placed to receive mis-
managed baseball clubs. group of well-known base
ball men met in the Office of The Sporting Tines
yesterday and prepared the Glsdators" for decent
burial. Those present were John d. Day, president
Of the New.York club Manager James Mutrie Mana
ger Powers of Jersey City; Manager Leonard OF
Rochester, and players Burke. Knowles. oBron and
Hoford Of the Jersey CITY club
The Jersey City club has not been paying invest
ment for two years, the loss to the stockholders as
year being SIT 900. This season John b. Day. me
principal owner of the club, abandoned all hopes oi
ever getting back the money expended and withdrew
his support Manager Powers laborcd earnestly to
make the team a success, but has bad TO abandon the
scheme Had sunday games been permitted the club
would have remained intact and loyal to the Aah'io
Association. 1t was through Powers's sealous WORN
thas the Atlantic Association was formed
The opposition TO sunday playing was so pro
nounced that after last sundays game the managers
decided to throw up the sponge This Is wna'
sauscd yesterdays conference. The Rochester team
offered good price for the pick or
the Jersey City players and larga
salary TO Manager Powers TO go TO Rochester anu
take charge Of the International team OF that CITY
Powers accepted. and the players who VIII 60 WIN
him are Burke and Hoford, catchers; Knowles thliu
basernan, and o'Bren second baseman. Tho active
remains Of the Jersey City club will be transferred
TO Rochester to-day on the west ohoro
Road. After paying the other jersey
City players their salaries they were
formally released and they at liberty to sign WIN
any team There arc some good men among the io'
and they will not be out Of positions long.
This leaves the Atlantic Association sA-cnuo
league but with prospects rather poor. The Newark
VI chafpa Ciu
may surrender their franchises before the season
is over. o,.-
LYONS. the clever outfelder of the Jersey Clty
club can look on his teams DISARMAMENT d.
lucky thing for him. He has been signed oy uio
New-York club and he will play leftheld Tor tne inc
Giants at Washington tomorrow. This change Will
r,,t O,Hourke in centre and Gore in right slattery
hand "a still badly bruised and to play him regularly
now would probably incapacitate him for worh III d
lew DAYS Herman, the pride OF the outneiders iss'
year. may not play for a week or two Lyons -
6ne outnelder and baserunner but he is not specay
strong at the bat He played in ST. Louis last year
and was badly injured in one OF the worlds 0nanpioA
shin games at the Polo Grounds last fall
The deal between the New-York and Washington
clubs for Pitcher ODay was also consummated yester-
day ODay signing NewYork contract at the Ne"
Polo Grounds in the afternoon. The New-fork cluo
PAYS the player a good salary and the washington
club a great many dollars for his release. oDay was
dissatisfied In the Washington Club. lie will probably
pitch against his old associates at washington 10
morrow The reason why the New-York CLUB "ahed
the deal for O'Dsy kept quiet was that tne boS'o"
team was making every effort 10 secure HIM
A crowd went to upper Harlem yesterday hoping 10
see the New-York and Washington teams cross pats
at the New Polo Grounds gang OF men were put
To work trying to get the grounds in shape after the
heavy rain but at 8 40 p m. all ideas OF game
had TO be abandoned. There was big pond IN
left field and mud and little pools of water all over
the rest of the grounds The gates were not opened
strong Amateur League is TO DO formed embracing
clubs In Perth Amboy and other adjacent NewJersey
hsmlets
The New-York club has at last abandoned all hope
of securing Andrews from the Philadelphia cluo'
In spite Of the and wind yesterday tho scheduled
kame al Washington Park, Brooklyn, between the
RgoOklyn and Cincinnati teams was played Mhen
ma considers the weather and the uncertainty that
match could be Played the crowd, 5,O14 in number
was of an encouraging size. The home team mas no
play cd in better form this year and won rather easily
ffd PLAYERS went for everything and Glayed In
manner that the onlOokers Wild with excitement
Fohtz at one actually scored from second Dsse
on, short bunt hit to the nfied. Earles double
piay In the sixth inning was also remarKaDe piece
OF work Owing 10 illness Holiday was unable te
play with the visiting men. The score was as ioo"s