New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-02
ON THE BASEBALL FIELD.
. LIVELY SEASON ANTICIPATED.
THE GIANTS GOOD oPENING-whAr inH
LEGE TEAMS ARE DolNG-oN'NAi
FIJI, BRIDEGROOMS'

Tho ing
Inv DR., ,:,ounds on Thursday was g"'",s
,v lover OF honest outdoor spo'''. q,
onontnp was one OF the mos. .s was
the local history Of baseball INC - . down.
dark and muggy and the leaden ciouu' d.nco was
our NJ rain at any moment. and YET the S,nns,,n
~ ~. W. ,horo was lively enthusiasm AS tne h"' '.
.,,o hov. always open the local baseoail sea,'' -,
the Giants one ought 10 be able 10 gauge W" ,r.ev
rho snort at the Quiet with some ees'oo ~ .r,o in
III, ,,.s larger crowd present at the opening sa,' "
$50 but that was the banner year IN oa'' ,hc
I,,,. wore an,caring for the first time aiter "'"e
worlds championship In 1888 Evefy.h"s p Ss,n no
.uccessful season, and local enthus'asS' WIN
happy 49, .x, hv
The refreshing earnestness and enthusiasm s"o ,.r.
,so vowyork nlayers In their Work are enco"I"s'"s
49,, - =. about their work as II they liked w. anu w
old mechanical actions conspicuous ias' yea, .s,,
dsaupe0red. Ward not only secs Una. Mo n.y. ~, 400.
,ork hut he goes out and work. with the"' " ,,
no, send his men on the field and then s't ]" wv ,,
house himself as his predecessor was so Ioe " son~
xev and Ewing never liked to play In the HS
games as they the preliminary coh'eo.'. r,od
likes To walk down the centre AZ On iho,'es'e 80
and receive the plaudits Of the crowd Ewing Is so''
and Kelly will not be allowed IN clog the paseoa'' ~
Kelly Is simply one OF New.York's fourteen Players "
no longer the king and the sooner ne mas ',s O
tho better. There are many people VINO co''uo' n
Key's SUPERIOR not only as catcher, ous ." IN,
around player so that the recent flo,0U oeeuV '
have TO hustle to keep up with the procession. Inc s'
in NewYork hereafter play ball from start 70 nh.s
and ortunately most Of the players realize tn's s
man who does the best work will receive the "o'' ~
pase and the largest salary next year, whether nc
colt, or star" player no longer live On past
records.
While the baseball world is moving 80 smoo'hly III INC
camp OF the Giants the affairs the Brdegrooms do not
look bright. still, C. H. Brrne, the eheree"c Pies'
dent OF the Brooklyn club generally called the h''e
Wizard OF BASEBALL may succeed In arranging aha'rs a.
Eastern Park before opening game next Saturday. Inc
p,ysrs o. the brooklyn club have always received tne
rr5s generous and their persistent REFUSAL
sign with bad grace Io" most Vi "e
men 1ncrc is Still uncertainty about the makeup
OF the team routhers's batting last year was 30 "''
u uc that It would look n foolish policy TO leave him
of The team. he play first base only IL LOOKS
a, II Fou,. the newly elected manager VIII nave I"
con,ne himself to the pitching department foh0 mas
r,cn practising at the pitching rule. and ne does
,o fo,r IN, result The Rrdegrooms' outfed will con-
.,u OF Burns Grimm and O'Br,n. while Knsow ana
Daley will catching Brouthers may play hrse'
Richards on second, and Daily third base with oocorah
at sbor,stop This VIII leave Hadtock, Stein. Kennedy
ana rouz DO pitching, with Lovett sun uhcef
tain Lovctt an hardly AFFORD TO remain of the held
year. and he may conclude TO sign brooklyn
contract in few days.
The Yale UNDERGRADUATE team started on with defeat
and the Yale Law School nine with victory, bn' the
members Of the Yale nine should not d. d'scouiase''
Their game against the University OF fe""ss'u",a "
Thursday was a good and the Pcnnsyifahahs han
much harder struggle they anticipated turning an
apparent defeat victory in the ninth INNING 'a'.e
is pitchIng better than was expected ana III lie
continues TO improve the season advances bowers may
no. be missed much after all. Stephenson 1ne hrst
h,senan Is showing up remarkably we'll while Kedzies
catching was frst-cass In every way. Rustn AZ e,u
base 4, not doing well, but he may improve Inc
.erous Illness Of Mason. Haryards clever catcher mas
had depressin eject upon the wearers OF tne cf"'o
orbeu will take Masons place
The followers OF the orange and block more than
win he
season. STILL II In early yet 10 attempt 10 gauge
Prnceton's chances for the championship Inc nine Is
strong fielding batting and base'runnng ou' "he"e
any Of the pitchers will develop into Young or any Oh
tho catehes into remains to be SEQ Trenehard
is good catcher and that bulldog tenacty which hepea
him along football last fall stands him In 1000 seao
behind the bat. Philip King becomes more IKE oAss
every day resemblance being striking resardhs oa'
ting ba,e.running ard physical build. Mckenzie Is
can,al payer while Otto n doing better work than he
did Inst wear Brooks the shortstop, Is mite pooaoy
the .maes: man the green diamond HELD To-Day lie
IA bundle Of springs and enthusiasm and he not only
,e, over In. ground Ike sprinter, but he Is good
fielder and thrower David FouL has been coacnihg inc
team has put his players In excellent eo"a.oh
Hc thinks the Tigers have good chance Tor ae coese
ship Scissors is conservative and his opioh
may be worth than the bare words Imply
Tn. mon. one sees Of college baseball the more care
l observer Will the students should be better
ba,men than they There Is no good reason why
college boy should not learn TO bat Just as the professional
player does who baseball spurs IN minor league
mo college boys WELL the bases nney and throw
superbly but they can't bat In games against pro-
eionas the college boys compares favoraby with
that by paid players II the batting is omitted In
speaking other day professional player Oh note
said: There why the college boys should be
such poor think that there must be something
wrong with their coaching and early training believe
that too time spent In coaching the pitchers and
I'm practising fielding and bae-ruDnnp. think that II
they gave more attention 70 batting the college teams
would prove to be -uch easy victims Tor the pro-
cssionais II there is anything in that old about
being born ana not made do not see why he
should be developed In college just as well as out OF o
opinion Is becoming general that the college
teams have made mistake In refusing u adopt the
rules recently rrarranged by the National League Every
body that by putting back the pitcher five
VIII be- encouraged. Poor batting Il the col
egc weak point and yet when rule is made TO
batting the colleges refuse TO adopt IT, The
rules TO the amateur than they mean TO
the grandstand player has suggested
that additional nye feet would prove too strain
on tho pitcher silly IT 1t is the only
far offered