The sun., 1892-03-16
THE RoorkRy tLUn IN SESSION
Where n sun Reporter Found News About
the New York Baseball Cub.

Pat Powers has an Office in Spalding's
| Broadway store. away up in u loft where tho
rowing machines. boxing gloves. and hockey
I sticks are stored. Tho Now York Baseball
/ Clubs manager calls 1t the hooters Roost."
| and thcro he holds n levco for cranks every NJ
| ternoon from to 8 o'clock. Tho proceedings
| Yesterday werc opened by Powers and i've ro-
| portcrs.
"Bcforo starting into the regular business
| OF picking out the winner in tho race said
| Worthy Grand Lecturer Powers. as he grace
| fully sat down on q rowing machine. " desire
TO indulge in a brief discourse on the subject
OF Mack. There is no apprecable difference
In tho batting of Richardson and Mack. Tho
lattor can cover quito as much ground as
Richardson, is sure as death on u ground ball.
is better base runner. and can hunt tho ball
rs well. II not better. than any player in
America. All l ask is that no criticism be
passed upon him until his playing has been
seen.
Tho next subject upon which will touch.'
said tho lecturer 'is tho schedule Of cNhibi-
tion games. On arriving at Richmond. we VIII
devote Monday. March p. to light practice;
March % and 23 we will have games between
two tenms made up OF New York players:
March 24 will probably play tho Eostons. who
will bo located Mt Charlottctown. ninety miles
below Richmond On March % tho New iorks
will meet team made up OF Virginia players.
and on March ~ and 2S tho Washingtons
will advance on us. The Phiadelphias will
be our opponents on March 20 and 80.
after which we will lea\o Richmond
and open the Polo grounds on March 81 with
the Jaspcrs. April l we meet, the Xavier
tn.eas es and AppI New NHe hthetc cub
with the crack twirer Wcstervelt in the box.
l,nf Ntt In lntiru fau n
them. then On Aprii \. Wesleyan College. will try
its mettle: April o Yalo will come. 70 the front.
ara aprl 'p1 II III inFtl'' rane with ts Williams College,
Then. on April II tho real business of the year
s"n ii in in rhiadephia. April ii is an open date.
and will PROBABLY Jump over to Trenton for
game have als2 secured r h,,,p thS npeIninE ming
~ which open dates on the League sched-
Lecturer Powers',s concluding remarks were
greeted with applause. and a hot discussion
as to tho merits and dement's OF the flat bat.
II to ts ds m
when Past Grand itooter' c. H.. Byrne ap-
peared. and no was requested to relate his ex-
III hnve Just returned from. ,Bellaire. Ohio"
he seid with ; eareWorn i; sWiIIS, { WiIii, but gota
peSnas TSey call Kennsay
s eS df pSsy Snd n Hs s
Bob, Ieadley OF Detroit think we have
At this point it was discovered that New
York had nine pitchers-Rnsie. King. Welch.
Ivan. and Coughln-and that Brooklyn had
cight-Terry. Foutz. Inks, Stein. Hart. Had
doclS Lovett. and Kennedy.
Regarding Haddock's backwardness T. g.
Byrne said that the young man could do as ho
pleased about playing ball. A letter from,
'Worthy Router" Ward stated that he had
the utmost confidence in the present compile
ment Of pitching talent.
"rerhaps Haddock desires to observe Lent"
suggested one OF the worthy grand scorers.
And yet lIaddock usually keeps pretty busy
during Lent" interjected another scorer.
The discussion was again interrupted by the
appearance OF " "Exaulted Grand Rooter" +. A.
Abell. who ventured the assertion thRt the
sales system was AN excellent thing. mas
much as player who was sold invariably got
an increase of salary He was continuing in
the same vein when the front door onened and
the brick rcd m oustnch and troubled visageof
the well. well. we'll" man was inserted. In
the most rasping penetrating tones he was
heard to inquire for Manager Powers. Every
body in the .roost' lodged. and a clerk told
the inquirer that Powers had gone West to get
an Indian to outyell anybody on the Polo
grounds. With scornful smile the man with
tho moustache and voice responded:
Bring on the hated redskin. When he
hears the voice Of his pale-faccd brother his
next yell will be death song. and his bones
will bleach on the bleachers." He then wan
dered away and tho meeting in the "Roost"
adjourned with great precipitancy.