New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-19
FINAL BASEBALL PREPARATIONS.
RusrE HAS nor YET sIGNED-AMONG AMATEUR
PLAYERS

KUSIL HAS nor YET SlrNED-ANONb ANAILl Il
PLAYERS.
They are ALREADY PLAYING Ia 'ebal in the and In
nnoaer ,en DAYS the player, will chasing the elusive
!sl and stopping the teachcrous groundcr IN this sh
iorhood. 10th tn Nrw.York and Erookyn clubs
ready for the opening Of the season. rlng< q man
work at the Polo Grounds and at Eastern
FAX Tier, &, considerable frost in the ground and 1t nay
several before elective work b. NJ on the
diamonds IL l. uncertain yet whether bicycle aud
athletic track will b. put down VI the Polo Grounds or
not Arrangements have already been made f"r such a
Eastern Fork and work Will be- begun this week
Tho opening game at the r1lo Grounds will h. played
week from Wednesday. day otter the Giant report
In rrooklyn the opening not b. PLAYED until
Saturday, April !.
Ward has ben remarkably sYccos,fl IA s,'ting his
PLAYER. together. but there Is one man ,;il outside the
fold who +, nkey to considerable trouble. THAT,
man Is Amos Euse about the list pitcher In The ''unfY
today Ru.ie has always been a highly paid player AMI
h. relish IN" icea Of reduction In salary lie
has been New.Yo'ks winning pitcher for three years
and EA j. populer man to-day a. Tothy kecic WIS
I'VE years ago. Ku.e viii be able to sign his own cont
tract year. he has Just passed his t"erp'h-t
birthday Heretofore his father has had To sign his con
tracts HIN. Rusic was released last fall because he
refused IN submit reduction liz held two years
contract with the club calling for 5000. OF $500
,c,r His present offer Is probably about $1,000. III
the ordinary pitcher worth $1,000 70 club, Rusic is
certainly worth double that amount He can ptch al
az ..,iy day IL occasion requires lie can probably
ball with more siHcu lhah any ''h WIN N'Vr
81 ii In the pitchers box
The Executive Committee Of the Amateur fo'ehali
League ha, ecnsbly osdc tic squabbc over last
wears rernant and gone ahead VITA the tcmnS for
,h coming season The promise H. BE- more evenly
matched than ever before which promises Lively season
oil around Each club will Ilay twelve games the nei'
N, oi,ouinl on MAY - and closing OH August L.
Tho prooxlyn Amateur Baseball Association Is also in
the nrld cary The organization is in nrscas eonit on
As tho came. lie play Prospect Park the lcccnt action
Of the Park Commissioners In granting to 'dustrans the
sc az part OF III. parade grounds il condemned Every
effort Will be made The plounds preserved Tor
baseball. cricket and other outdoor sports,
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The ide, now be u give bfainv tlavcIs full
v,o IN the uanaec Of the clubs. llanlon i not
ouiv MANAGER coran and player OF the Baltimore club.
but he Is president a. wei.
The Giants will have new club quarters ana dressing
roous A. tho Polo Grounds. The bull ling In right field
d last ,eor n, liouorstoo will be carrlnscd for their
comfort
Laser crowd, than before are witnessing the
x,,,,ti,n games In the South. Clubs fearing the oN-
,en,es Of Southern trip appear to have made mistake
Tho Jasuers OF Manhattan College have air adv begun
ou,door work They will open the season with the ants
on March 90. ,.
Harvard College has already arranged about thirty
came. The contests with Yale and Princeton are
tiors Nav @ Princeton at Princeton MAY 80 Prince
,o n, cambridge June 49, School nine at CambrIdgc;
Inn, % Yale at Cambridge; June %. Yale at New
Haven