New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-18
IN THE FIELD OF SPORTS.
PLANS FOR A GAY OPENING.
LOCAL BASEBALL ENTHUSIASTS LOOKING ANX-
IOrrSTY TO THURSDAY

The National Baseball League championship season In
city and Brooklyn VII! be formally opened at the Polo
Grounds Eastern Park Thursday. Extensive prcara'
tons are being by Of the local clubs
to have openings pleasant possible AZ the Polo
Grounds there will band Of music and the fences and
stands will be gay decorated with flags and bunting
The Giants local opening game will be between tho
New-YoFk and Washington clubs. The opening game In
BROOKLYN Will be the Brooklyn and Philadelphia
mines. Probably President Byrne and Manager Ward in
tend to make first In Brooklyn as attractive as
tho opening the Polo Grounds but nothing official has
been heard them. The are that there VIII
also band OF music, and flags and bunting at Eastern
| Park. Many we-known people have teen invited to be
| present.
An additional 7cst viii be added the this year
| ly the changes in most OF the The -four
clubs Louisville 81. Louis. Baltimore and
Washington. to the League and will play here
In championship games FOR he first time. Again, oil
New York and Brooklyn favohtc who now playing In
other teams will assist IN interesting their old friends
New.Yorkers Will 10 how ConEor and Kecfc
grace Philadelphia uniforms and how Daniel Richardson
Whistler look in the Washington crowd Cleveland
has Burkett, used to pitch and play rchthed FOR
the NewYork team. Giasscock and Buckley VIII help
10 lively when the st. Louis team comes mere
The Boston team always interests NevYorkcrs. ana me
Ncw.Fnglanders will be doubly attractive this year.
Kelly playing that team. and every basebl
enthusiast Manhattan Island would like TO see him IN
a New-York uniform.
The same conditions will prevail In Brooklyn. Pitts
burg has Swartwood old Brooklyn faNorite' anu ~
Louis has Pinkney and Caruthers. Smith, the br'u''
croo's old shortstop, with Cincinnati aud so on down
the list Judged from the games already piaSe' INC
Brooklyn team also needs two new faces, IN sp"
Of Wards boasts that satisfied with the team rs IL -
IL would be foolish to Try disguise the fact that the
Brooklyn team is weak IN pitchers. Those on the paSfoi
OF the club at present ordinary men, ana The cO
cannot expect to win the championship or come anywhere
near IL without two rstcisss pitchers ho''' anu
IIaddok would at least be an improvement 49,
The baseball team OF the orange, ~ j. Athieuc Oluo
has finally been decided for the season IL win oe
Duffy catcher Groy pitcher; Babcock hrsI base bfauy'
second base Beebc third base Lethbridec. short stop
f. Lehbrdge right field McBelvoy, centre held HuV'h'
ipson capaln and left field Becbe the third base
man ~ the Roseylle Athletic two years ago. ana
NcKelvev proved good fielder the team last year
The season Will open April 80 with the MercurNs, "
tbe New.York Athletic Club. Other games scheduled NJ
the oval East orange, May T. Trinity College May
a. Princeton Consolidated May "a, Harlem Ahleuc
Nav % Yale College May 30 Wesleyan University June
IT, Corinthaa Club. Staten Island June Is. Lehigh
University July Manhattan Athletic club; July 4.
BRIGHTON Athletic; July D. Lcontines July 49, Crescent
Athletic - , ..,,r-c ron.v
Washington and New.York. at Washington
Baltimore and Boston. AZ baltimore.
Philadelphia and Brooklyn, at philadelphia
Cincinnati and Chicago, at Cincinnati.
Louisville and Pittsbuig. at Louisville
St. Louis and Cleveland. at -. Louis
The Cuban Giants and Xavier teams played well con-
tested game az the Long Island Grounds yesterday The
Xaylcrs won by the score Of ) TO 3.
sixInnlng game played at Foriham yesterday
between the Fordhom College aud Volunteer teams Each
nine made two