New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-07
SOME THING LIKE BASEBALL.
EETIER WORI. ALL AROUND.

BETTER WORK ALL AROUND.
| FRIENDS OF THE NEW YORK TEAM ENCOURAGED
NOTES NIour PLAYERS.
The improved playing which has marked the second
half Of the League championship season is especially
gratifying 10 all followers OF baseball. impetus
has been given the sport and additional zest added
! 10 the game. Under the old continuous arrangement
there would be little interest In the games except
in the cities owning the favored few teams the
| top. Now the weaker teams In the first half have
been strengthened and nearly every game is finely
| PLAYED and interesting. still il would not surprise
some people II the final struggle for the pennant
again narrowed down 10 about the teams which
fought it ont In the first half. The Boston team got
poor start in the race. yet the New Enganders
10 be that II the Boston men do not again win
the series the nine will At least not be far behind
| team which does. King Kelly and his were
fortunes favorltes in the early series, and judged by
pions will catch all of Dame Fortunes smiles in the
second series: Luck is prominent factor in baseball
Murie never came nearer the truth than when he said
at team WSg mont good GsE and Pen OF IT eo nd
NewIork teams have also been fortunate in the series
The marked improvement in the work of the New
York team has cast CONSERVATION into the ranks Of
veteran enthusiasts with antiquated ideas. There
were some people silly enough TO believe that baseball
without the Ewin keefes, Cores, Lovetts and aS-
setts would be slow sport, indeed but recent affairs
show the falacy OF all this. They belong TO the
class who love to tell the old tale about the OF
to-day being only pigmy in physical ability and
scientific resources compared to his grandfather.
There Is better and more energetic element coming
Into baseball every day. The game is sound
business basis and player can no longer command
an cXorbitant salary on records made in past sea-
sons. Drunkenness, lnsOlence and brutality are no
longer tolerated among players and there IS unques-
tionaby more intelligence in baseball to-day than ever
before. There Is only OF brutality and T1InaD
Ism reported this year and that occurred IN Boston on
Of the Baltimore club. facturing the lattcrs Jaw.
Halligan was Immediately suspended and sent h2me.
in BASEBALL for brlit. Of his kind and he sond be
backlised and never again allowed TO wear baseball
uniform.
A few in,udicious remarks in the home camp have
dcmoraized armies, and the same thing will apply 10
a baseball team. r. T. Powers has Shown himself 10
be a wiGeawakc and enterprsinp manager. and to re-
tain his reputation lie should keep his upon GER
tain players in the Ncw-York Club. The younger
element added the pay roll has unquestionably met
much commentator and It's clever work has received
the applause merited. Doyle, Burke II. Lyons and
Fuller are all doing phenomena work and the pralfe
bestowed upon them may be CALLING 10 The less brilliant
ar. veteran players of the day. one Of The
pe,ent team told IN, writer the other day that he d.
not consider the nine made up strong as the
which took the Held In April. Another player Is
reported have said that the present team was
travelling fast. and that would go all 10 pieces
aN it met The SUPPOSED stronger teams. such
remarks are njudcious Ia the extreme. and they may
d, material damage in time. fraycr, who talk in TN,
strain have not the success o. the team al heart, ana
r %N lion g 90 wSIG s yf c i tb t6
New FORK such remarks could only be prompted
the 'G eam P p,s% SoaG MAKE it point 10 dis"
the first player who ties in any way to demoinze
another payer
There to be good reason why the local
team should not continue to do good work. The
main for the improvement In the work Is bet
Ter team work and the magnificent work OF Rusie
and Crane, the pitchers. long Ruse and Crane
continue to pitch they doing al present. the
New York team should win n handsome majority OF
It's game There are pitchers In the country
doing better work than these men. and as both are
powerful athletes, IN perfect physical condition, there
is no reason why either should break with the list
less playing Of the veterans early I'm the season, it
was only natural that Rusie and Crane should have
lost heart and Joined In the general scramble for per
sonal record which ran rampant in the New-iork
team early In the season. \ little comparison in the
playing OF the present with the old team IS timely.
In the first twenty-one DAYS Of the present season
the New York team and lost ten games
and stood near the bottom Of the list In The same
team won ten and lost SIX and played two drawn
games and up among the leaders Figures are
sometime louder n WORDS c M sf as 's the s rnS
Grounds in June was not unlike seeing race be-.
tween ice wagons. In August u Is struggle Di
Thoroughbred
The local teams have few games to be PLAYED here
about before starting for the West. There no
more games scheduled at the Polo Grounds until Sep
tember ). The New York and Broohlyn teams will
play at Eastern Park, Brooklyn on Wednesday, Thurs
day and saturday. Friday IS open date, Willie both
teams are away Monday and Tuesday, New-l ork
Playing at Philadelphia and Brooklyn Mt Baltimore.
The the week Is follows:
Mouday-rhadepha vs New,,Yorh at Phladelphia
osto" washlnetc pli;sboIe Cleveland a. rl't'
Tuesda,-Baltlmore w. Broohyn at Baltimore; Phiia-
delphi w. wSsEnr6 a. rt6is 1s St T a.. rs
burg Cleveland vs. Cincinnati at Cleveland Chicago vs..
Louisville, ut Chicago.
Br5oEiyn pailadclphla B9on at Philadelphia; Bait
more Is. Washington, at atncre ohiesso w. Louis:
F rtt,ba aS vs. e. Louis At rit,s6aig.
nSssG vs. W. at hri.% Isi1
baltimore vs.. Wa,hington at paItimoe rit;;buig -.
Louisville; Chicago W. Cleveland. at Chicago
Fridsy-Pittsbug vs. Cincinnati. at rittsburr Chicago
Saturday Brooklyn vs.: Ncw.YorA, at Eastern PARK.
Brooklyn Baltimore vs. washnson at Baltimore; rtila.
cnSoiI. It.1urg: I,o1;TIc =. Louis at LOUIS
NOTES AND COMMENTS
As predicted Boyle has improved wonderfully at the
ba: since he has been transferred to first base
Daniel Richardson would like return TO the New
York club. says thai he would chcernlly have ac-
co,ted $500 cut In salary rather than leave the local
team.
uacdock and Stein are BroOkyn's winning pitchers,
The fate Of Fou and Hart is dubious although President
pvrnes saws that Foutz will be released
Presidents Brush and Wagner agree that New-York
mus, have rstclass II they lad thought that last
,,i,g boy much better IL would Lcel all around
rJ,e Burke afford to snap his fingers In scorn at
, enemies lie and Doyle have caused old avorltes TO
take back seat
rb, trouble with tho Washington. Louisville and ST.
t e,,s Is their pitchers Otherwise those teams
all right.