Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
CAYLOR'S BASEBALL GOSSIP
He Talks About the Big Crowds at the
Opening Games-Proofs of Revived In
terest in the Sport-Pointers About the
Various Teams,

Opening Games-Proofs of Revived In
terest in the Sport-Pointers About the
Various Teams.
| CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsPATCH.i
NEW YORK, May 2-There is gentleman in
this city who has a cork in his lungs. You may
have read of it in the newspapers. But he il
only one of million, as you might observe by
attending games of baseball in the Metro
| politau districts.
What do you think of over 5000 people a,
the two opening games in New York and
Brooklyn? That was the total of the two
numbers given out for publication. They may
have been exaggerated just little, but think
not much. have seen a great many baseball
crowds in my day, and have handled the tickets
| and money resulting therefrom and it is pretty
hard to mislead me by false figures on base
| ball crowds. l am Impressed with the idea
that the 5000 people were all there as re-
| ported
Please to take into consideration that the
| seating capacity of the new Polo Ground and
Eastern Park is fully 40 per cent larger than
the old Polo Ground and Washington Park,
| and yet on both days hundreds Of people were
| forced upon the fields.
Now il you will imagine 90 per cent Of those
who got seats forced out beyond the ropes,
you may imagine what kind of crowds they
would have been in 1889.
My information is that 100 people in each
city would cover the number of free admissions
to those games. At Brooklyn all who held
invitation cards entered by a private gate, and
good idea of the proportion as compared TO
those who paid their way in could easily be
observed. Fully 80 per cent went in through
the turnStie.
In New York it has been hard thing this
year TO get comp" The army of fans who
last year got free tickets to both grounds for
the asking and sometimes had them forced
them,
about the stlngy maCnates of the consolidated
scheme. Things have changed, you know,
size of the audience" but of the amount in
the cash box.
Another proof of the revival of the sport in
the Metropolitan district is found in the i'm
mense crowds which surround the newspaper
bulletin boards every afternoon and watch for
tbc scores. Last season there was seldom
enough interested in such bulletins to obstruct
the freedom of the sidewalks, and some of the
newspapers soon ceased to post the returns
But this year how different 1t is once more a
pushing, swarming. eager mob.
A friend who passed up Park Row Monday
evening about oc clock told me that he was
surprised TO see mighty host in front of the
new World building which sursed far out on
the street and even scattered itself across to
City Hall Park. At first he was impressed
with the idea that Jack the Ripper had been
found and treed in the World building. Yet
there was such death-llke stiffness hanging
over that great throng that he concluded il
was after all multitude not thirsting for
vengeance.
AS he was about to try to push his way
through, the silence broke suddenly in o a most
internal bedlam. Hats went up IN the air and
the roar from Broadway was drowned in the
cheers from Thousand throats; for at that
moment boy had chalked up the result of the
ninth inning in the Brooklyn-New York game
Again on last Wednesday at the Polo
Grounds, the big crowd cheered loudly and
vociferously when the bulletin announced the
defeat of the Boston leaders.
How fortunate it was for the New York club
that they released neither Whistler nor Bas-
sett. " histler came in very handy on Tuesday
when Tiernan was injured, and it was his three
bagger in the ninth inning which won the game
after two hands were out
On Wednesday Danny Richardson had cold
and laid of. Bassett took his place and played
such a marvellous game at second and at the
bat 5hat the spectators gave him an ovation. / !
am informed that after the game Danny went
home and rubbed goose grease under his chest
protector for an hour. Then he bought two |
bottles of cough medicine and took a spoonful |
every hre minutes. AT o'clock next morning |
he was still bathing his feet in hot water and |
on Thursday he was much better. |
The Brooklyn men didn't go home after their |
game last " Wednesday. Somehow they had a |
suspicion that every family in Brooklyn united |
their dog when they heard that the Bride |
grooms had dropped the third game to Bucks |
men.
Accordingly they went down to Water street |
and registered at the East River hotel. Cap |
tain Ward was assigned to the suite of rooms /
recently occupied by that distIng uished guest /
Jack the Ripper. |
The hotel ss a quiet retreat was recon- |
mended to Mr.. Brynes men by Jim MutrIe He |
put mp at the same place with his men while /
the Bostons were our guests last week.
Captain Anson found .plcuty of amusement
in Cincinnati this week. That man Rhines is a |
honey, is he notf And when Tony Mul!ane
gets into form the Cinceys will be hard team
to down.
1t may have surprised good many people to
bear chat on last Wednesday Kelly;s club had
but 500 spectators at % cents admission, while
the League club had 100 Mt so cents. But there
was cause for IL all. kelly's attraction (Colum-
bus) was weak one, and the Leagues (Chi-
circus, Cincinnati institution. has been show. |
ing there this week. and in Cincinnati a circus
Dr. race always did knock the end out of base
ball attendance.
Both clubs are drawing under their ex- |
Denses. Cincinnati cannot support two clubs. |
That is as true as two and two are four. 1t is
lot Tor me 10 say which will have to go, but one
will. as sure as You are born.
PIttsburg is doing well q drawing center.
u ONeiPs team has any success at all In win |
ling games II will be payer in spite of its big |
alary lnt, Tor 1t Will be quite an attraction
sway from home. |
Philadelphia will do better with both its
hubs when Messrs. Wright and Sharsig get
heir teams strengthened in a few weak spots. |
10th are good managers and can make their |
cams win il the right players are to be found |