New-York tribune., 1890-03-30
BASEBALL BEGINS AGAIN.
AN UNUSUALLY LIVELY SEASON LOOKED
FOR
GAMES TO BE PLAYED DURING THE WEEK
PROGRESS OF THE RIVAL CLUBS.

PROGRESS OF THE RIVAL CLUBS.
The crack Of the bat is again heard in the land
announcing the opening OF another baseball season.
Fingers softcned by winters ifleness Will soon Dc
split and smashed all out Of shape but wiat cares
the enthusiast for shape, long as he has ba'eoa
The season promises 10 be the most renarAaoe ono
since baseball threw off It's FOUNDERS and swaddins
clothes and became Americas national game. Staid'
old fashioned baseball look forward 10 the COM
ing conflicts between the brotherhood and the Ma
tonal Agreement clubs with sorrow. They know
that no sentiment will be wasted In the hght Shs
trust that the fame of the game will not be In
iured There are fortunately not many bad sides TO
baseball 81 that in the coming battle OF extermina-
ton little dirty linen will be washed in public. In
this fight between the League and the Brvtherhood IL
may be survival of the strongest and the htteSs
may come out at the small end OF tue horh'
| II is hardly probable that the same condition
Of affairs will exist a year from now.
Even the semi professional and amateur
clubs have been drawn the light. Most OF these
! teams especially the college mines, nave come out
openly the clbowners, but few Just a. zeaiousy
champion the Brotherhood There Is trouble even now
IN the local Amateur Baseball League over the matter
The Crescent Athletics have made dates with the
brotherhood clubs say that they will play what
teams they please and Will not be dictated TO- There
is a very good chance of the Amateur League going to
pieces over the question OF brotherhood or League
The games to be played hereabout during the week
follows;
Monday-NewYork League Haekettcarharts. a,
Polo ,IrOInds Brooklyn American Association Vs. Albany.
At RidgewOod PARK.
Tuesday. Aprn l.-Sew.York League vs. Me,rCPoIitans
fa yesSy c Xswark seton Hall 1l at cSiss SfssrA az
po s.lS 1SF I Ee1e % cOese at
Oakland PARK jersey City Newark Williams College.
rhursday-New.York League vs.. Williams College at
FAX nGSs League ,ey y cs Yale w. e'ss ss
a coegS az oakland Park e. JeSy ei,ey CITY tv at Polo
crdand Booklyn League Yale college at Washing
saturday-New.York League Yale College. at the
Polo Grounds, Brooklyn League " BIookEn Ass9e-
hart at oakland Park Jersey City; Newark vs. Prince
ton College, at Newark
Brooklyn has always been great baseball city
ever since the DAYS of the famous old Atlantic team
and the Captoline grounds. The attendance at tho
games at Washington Park and Rdgcwood last year
was enormous and if Brooklyn Is not the best base
ball town In the country II comes pretty near that
point Boston and New York certainly her only
rivals. Broollyn's baseball enthusiasm will get
severe test hi, year, for the city is called upon 10
support three teams instead of the usual one. The
regular or Brooklyn League team Will OF course
have a trcmendou, following, rs the players are old
time favorites. and most of the men have played III
the team for years Wards Brotherhood club
will have handsome grounds in East New
in the field As Bro!erhood baseball
Is an innovation Just how large the crowds will be
can only tic conectured II they are nearly as large
a. the players anticipate the crowds at rival grounds
Uili he small indeed The Brooklyn American Asso
ciaton team /, located at RidgcwOo Park and the
management anticipates prosperous season. As the
admission AT these games viii be but - cents, tle
club ought To pay. especially when II i considered
that the team will play sunday games These games
alone ought about t. pay the seasons expenses o.
| the club. The brooklyn and Albany teams Will cross
bats at Rdgewood Park oday.
| baseball has become universally popular THAI
| IL is said that both the French and German news
papers ara making arrangements for, reporting the
games th, summer. \ German reporter has of late
spent much time in translaiing the technical tcrms
In baseball into German Many OF the slang phrases
so common in baseball have caused the translator
| untold agony and left him in a Of doubt and
| trouble Her, i the manner in which he has Ar
| ranged some OF the terms most generally used in thn