Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-22
THE GYMS PRAISED.
Eastern People Think Well of Our
East End Baseball Team.
GENERAL AMATEUR PROSPECTS.
An Interesting Letter From J. F. Carroll
About Fitzsimmons' Chances.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY

'erXcIAL TELEGRAM TO THE prsPArcH.i
New YORK. Feb. 21.-There is more ac-
tivity at present among amateur and semi
amateur basball clubs throughout the coun-
try than there has been at this time of yeal
for many years. AS rule the general
complaint is scarcity of grounds, and clubs
like the Manhattans, Staten Islands, New
Jerseys and few others are fortunate in
having good baseball grounds. There will
be more good amateur teams this year than
ever, and it is currently reported here that
Pittsburg is going to have strong amateur
team to tackle the Eastern teams of promi-
nence. The Pittsburger's are the East End
Gymnastic Club nine.
Praise for the Gyms.
Many good authorities speak we'll of their
playing ability, and consider them among
the best of amateur teams. But it is hardly
likely that they will get into the competi-
tion for the A. A. U. championship. AS
far as understood the teams for that compe-
tition have almost all been selected, and the
P1ttsburgers are not among them. The
Amateur League has made no decisive move
toward perfecting its organization, but steps
are being taken quietly. in that direction. 1t
is becoming more evident daily that this
League intends to begin the season with
four clubs rather than six or eight. If its
present number is increased there is danger
of renewed strife and difficulty, such as
marked the organization years ago. In Or
der to avoid the repetition of the trouble
that then arose between the clubs the di-
rectors have been careful in considering the
applications for membership. AS stated
already in these columns, the two Staten
Island clubs will probably consolidate, and
this, with the Englewood Field Club, the
Crescent A. G. and the New jersey Athletic
Club team, will more than likely constitute
the organization. Several other clubs can
be added to the list, but if they are it will
only be after the directors have satisfied
themselves that they contain no disturbing
element.
About Yale and Harvard.
The latest effort of Yale and Harvard to
agree upon series of games has failed.
Representatives of both universities have
had several conferences, and there we're
hopes of a elimination of the difficulties
that have existed for years. The Harvard
men seemed most desirous for peaceful
settlement of the difficulty, but Yale, as
the offended party, was apparently not
ready to entertain the overtures of Cam
bridge.
The Harvard men say that Yale made a
proposition that three games be played. the
first on neutral ground, the second at Cam
bridge and the third at New Haven This
proposition was rejected, as the tie game
would be decided on the ground of one of
the contending teams. Harvard wanted
to play four games, and fifth
if necessary. This was not salts
factory to Yale. Then Harvard proposed
three games, the first at Cambridge on June
%, the second at New Haven on the 2Sth
and the third, if necessary, on neutral
ground on July 2. Yale would accept
neither proposition, and insisted upon Har-
wards adopting the first proposition made,
or none at all.
Yale's ground for refusing Harvard's s
proposition of four or five games is based on
the fact that two years ago the team was
compelled to play more games in limited
season than was agreeable to the men. Har-
ward refused the offer of Yale because the
last game would be played at New Haven.
The chances of series of games between
the two clubs now seem very slight