New-York tribune., 1891-12-20
NOTES ABOUT ATHLETES.
BASEBALL MEN REJOICE Al PEACE-
AFFAIRS AMONG THE cLUBs-" ENTERTAIN


interest in the National game Is much greater IMAM
u has been for many months. John T. Brush has
come out I'm new role and has stepped into tue SHOES
formerly occupied by "whlte-wfngs" Thurman. Mr'
Brush is an unassuming, diplomatic man Oh noo 'e'y
prepossessing appearance lie wears Il nav, anu
his head Is full OF eghteencarat brains froDao) 10
him more than anybody else the present happy cohu
zion ~ tho baseball world is due lie has worked
ouiely and increasingly in his effort to bring aoou'
,he settlement OF the which has done so much u
cause dmlnuon OF Interest In baseball for the last
Two years. He has been ably aSslstcd by frcsIuen'
Bvrne OF the Brooklyn Club, ana PTesiueho nooi''"'
OF the Cleveland Club. The American Associauoh meh
have also taken more sensible view Oh inc si'uaVi
than was generally anticipated, and Mr. Won der Ahe
and Vonderhorst and other Association men have also
taken a wiser view OF the matter than was expected.
The settlement will undoubtedly place basepan o q
stronger footing than 1t ever was Dei1re. % o%Ied
there will be one great league which Will be fecos1eu
as the first baseball organization OF the Woriu Ine,
western Eastern and International ASSOCIATION WI" & oe
formed which will work In harmony WIN enG sieS si
league AS the circuits OF these aS
have been fully made up rsnq S5aiG oTdsr for the the
smaller leagues will get into "orhhs oiu'i io' '"'
season OF 'O2.
few weeks ago the prospects OF the New-fork Cluo
Ala NO, oot co bright but now they certainly appear
6tter than probaby ever before Mr.. Powers has been
working earnestly and the directors oil tile cluo nave
given him every prerogative in getuns up nrseoAS
tam There is a bare chance that Richardson ana
Rusie NAV return to the club; but NOBODY ~ "as'hs
any sympathy upon Connor. GlasseocK, BucSey A'r'
Whistler In fact the directors ana ma!ori'! "a Peo
ne who follow baseball In the metropolis do not care
ran whether these four men play here again OF
not Connor and Glasscock especially hhve siwwn %
themselves to be unsNe ~ ao would % probably be
detrimeDt to the club.
Tho rumors of disastrous war IN the Ama'eur
Athletic Union do pot look formidable at present
% tbev did n few days ago. Amateur athletes all
over the country recognize that their sports must be
governed oy some capable and powerful organization
and while they not all satisfied with some Ie"-
lures of the Union they recognize that the best Pohy
would be TO remain loyal to the Union untl some
stronger body is organized to take Its place etili
the continual effort being made by clubs ana Deihe
demanded by athletes to give costly prizes should be
discouraged; it is not in the spirit OF pure amateur
sport One young athlete last year Is said to nave
won 81 600 in prizes well as two handsome pianos.
This young man lives in small co'ey nat' anu
his friends would like TO know what he is going 10 uo
with two pianos. The Union has an opportunity 10
strengthen itself by enforcing us rules ~ rvT .nt ~
the athletes who competed in the recent Ih heelment
games Every athlete who took part In those gaines
ssaouId be dsquaided and should not be relnstated
under any circumstances for at least one year th
course A firm stand on several important questions
will soon cause the dissensions to blow over
The MANAGEMENT Of the majority OF boxing enter
tainments is more than faulty. Inc prOiessiohai
show at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night
brought out features which even metropolis Ike
Nev.York can very we'll do without 1t Is safe TO
say that among the crowd In that handsome amph-
theatre were numbered about every "crooK' PICK
noclet and burglar la the neighborhood OF course
there were representative men present. some OF theh
high up in Official and social life but that does not
contradict the assertion made above, for such enter
taInments will invariably bring together the worst
element. The Cahin and Butler fight in Brooklyn on
Wednesday night little short of disgraceiui ana
81 hooked at one time as II there would be fight be-
tween the principals, their seconds the pohce and the
whole assembage. Cahill was popular ia'0rite'
but Butler won the fight the referee aha !udSes h4m
ever seemed more diplomatic than Just ana decided
n a draw. Another ridiculous feature Is appointing
professionals to oiciate at amateur entertainments
One Of the bright features of the 18th Regiment
athletic games last Monday night was the pluck eX-
bibed by Ernest Hjertberg in winning the one-mie
race There we're Just So men who started In That
race and as Hjertberg was the scratch man no could
not start until all that motley crowd had been packed
I'm around that 12-lap track. There was not enough
room for an eel to wiggle itself through and when
his friends saw the crowd they simply threw up their
hands and said their favorite had no chance Hjert-
berg however, took matters easily for about SIX laps,
or one-haf mile, and then when the weak ones began
10 fall ont he gradually improved his position ana
took the lead on the last lap and really walked In
1t was a remarkable performance. The contest for
the safety bicycle races also showed that something
ought TO be done to make this sport safer. safety
ldcyce race on a level wooden floor is one of the
most dangerous OF modern pastimes. 1t would prob
ably be "a good idea for safety machines 10 be ex-
cluded from indoor sports ana IL athletic rs
must give bicycle races the contestants should De
compelled to on the old-fasl6oned ordinary
ner on an ordinary machine when he cannot do IL
on safety There were probably a dozen ugly
was miraculous that some OF the men were not badly
injured.
The Berkeley Ladies' Athletic Club at its handsome
HEADQUARTERS on Forty -fourthst., has become pop
ular institution. The first Of series OF five enter
talnments was given at the clubhouse on Wcdnes-
day afternoon, and It was complete success. This
is one of the few institutions OF It's kind in this coun-
fry and its future success seems to be assured.
II now looks as II the Amateur Baseball League OF
next season will probably consist OF six clubs instead
OF eight. The Ncw-York Athletic Club, discouraged
with It's isuccess on the greenhiamond field, has
about abandoned Its idea sof putting team In the
field next still, even without the New York
club good amateur league can be organized,
slstng of the four clubs which made up the Amateur
League last season. with the Orange New-Jersey and
Manhattan clubs added. This OF course, would make
seven clubs altogether and in should decide
TO drop out, six good clubs would remain.
Another unnatural and brutal exhibition will take
place at Madison Square Garden this week. when an
International tugofwar tournament will be offered MS
a Christmas week attraction. The tug-ofwar Is grad
ually losing caste among reputable amateur athletes
and IL is only question Of time when IL will be elm
mated from all reputable athletic entertainments.
There Is beauty. sense nor excuse for exhi-
ton Of this kind II simply or more men tug
ing ut a long rope strainng themselves. In many
dsslOcatng Hgamcnts and muscles and Incapacl
.atng them from doing reputable labor 10. he rest OF
heir lvcs. bnnght Is not moro brutal. Those who
have been predicting tremendous success for the
tournament which begins tomorrow, viii probably
find their predictions far from the mark.