The evening world., 1890-04-18
They PLAY BALL TOMORROW.
Opening Championship Games OF The
Players and National Leagues
Timely Topics Regarding sports and
Their Promoters.

Tomorrow afternoon the real struggle for
supremacy between the Players aud Ma
tional baseball Leagues commences. As
yet sentiment and sympathy will play an
important rart in Affecting the attendance.
and In all probability the spectators to-
morrow at Brotherhcot Park will out
number those at the new Polo Grounds.
Later on IN the season the SYM
patty and sentiment will disappear In
Sagreat measure or lie dormant. and
the baseball league that puts UP the best ball
will draw the crowd. The National League
management in this city exrect the Players
team to draw better than their own nine at
the outset from a variety of causes, .attribu.
ta BILE to sympathy and curiosity. Many OF
those who do not sympathile with the Play.
ers' League and the followers VI bnsebal!
who have, no sentiment one way or the
other viii likely attend the opening
Giants will play ball under the new. regime
IL the, Giants hold their pace they will
doubtless enjoy succeSsfu season. and
put up the game OF their lives. But the old
Leagues team In this city Is also good one.
Those eS- HooSicrs have shown up remark
ably we'll in pr9eiiice, and they are bound nd
they never showed before. They are sure
to attract many patrons of the game. II Is
pOhNlDle tllht TIE Increased luItTtNI hnONn
ip baseball caused by the secession OF the
both hig bah clubs oi this city. The two
Philadelphia clubs are the opponents o.
both Gothamite teams tomorrow.
Sam Crane is holding down first base IN
good style. He has made but one error in
two games. while he has accepted many diff
cult chances succensfnlly. He wields the
Rtick with great vim and iH a decided acqui-
sition to the New York League team.
Thomas Loneeran,. Michael o'sullivan,
James FitZgibbon. Thomas Curran and
Richard Mahoney are the pioneers, who are
trying to toim an Irish athletic club in this
city. They call upon others Of their
to a. san
day, at p. NJ. to organize club OF this
Frank Stevenson IL still confident that
Jake kilrain is n world beater. whatever the
public may think to the contrary. He
wishes to get him into the ring with jim
cold cash to bind u match. Corbett. how.
ever, can Indulge in no such little amuse-
ments as finish match until the expiration
Of his contract IS sparring instructor OF the
Olympic Athletic Club.
The Atalapta eight will have only little
over a. months practice by the time they
meet the iales in q four-mile race. The
toned to rowing such long races. The ques-
ton their friends are asking each other is:
Can they last the distance?
Capt Van Radon had to concede every
thing to the Yale boys-course. distance and
date. The Atalantas wanted to row OH Lake
saltonstall, but were compelleq to accept
the rough New Haven Harbor course.
The Dauntlsa Rowing Club eight is now
practising on the water, and Capt, Connell
hopes the men will get into good rowing
y ss Hso5; b Snfsr de- ss Az
slant changes. But the Club contains much
excellent rowing material.
The Staten Island Athletic Club baseball
team contains some good men. Fountain
and Van Zandt will probably do most of the
pitching. unless SONG undiscovered talent
upon to do The major part OF The work in tie
box. is travelling in the South. and will not
play ball at AL this year. Brokaw will bear
res. U Gaunp and ND one or two more. sDsSldine
or De Garmendia will guard frat bag. Capt.
StEileiEh will attend to second; oFlynn to
Geer. Ell fieid. Il Is likely. however. that
many changes will occur during the season.
Efforts are being made to induce the Puri.
slcr Irthy and George Dixon to contend for
The Club is quite willing to. offer 81, 900
purse for the little fellows. but in this era
Of big purses the young ones will probably
not be tempted by the amount.
Frank White, the we'll known lightweight
Of this city, is being backed quite heavily by
his friends for his go" with Peter DAILY.
These men are to battle for SO, 600 stakes
in ashort time at 1873 pounds.
The Princeton lacrosse team meets that OF
the Staten Island Athletic Club tomorrow
Afternoon at Livingston. s. /. The Prince |
tons hold the intercollegiate championship. |
An Oblig!n9 House.
IFrOR AGnIsy's Esskls.I
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