The evening world., 1894-04-12
NEW YORK. baltimore GAMES
Orioles Advantage Over Wards
Men in the Opening Series.
Donovan May Not Take Craig to
Europc-Sporting Gossip.

Europe-Sporting Gossip.
When the New York anl Baltimore
baseball teams meet In baltimore next
week the orioles Will have a decided
advantage over Wards men. The lin
Ecring OF Winter in the lay OF Spring
has greatly retarded the home club IN
its work Of getting into fEhttug trim.
and Manager Warl now has reason to
r Erct not taking the team South. As
he could not fJresee what the dement's
t. him WHAT little practice the New
Works have had so far has been against
teams vita which there has been no
occasion for the team to let itself out,
ana in weather where 1t would have been
poor policy for the men to extend them
selves, even had the occasion required.
Treasurer Ttlcott. who is probably the
most optimistic man ON earth, remarked
IA week or ten days ago that he wuulln.
hc surprised If the New Works won five
OF the SIX games with Baltimore and
Washington. Unless the team gets in
some mighty good practice during the
next few days, II Is not. reasonable to
expect 1t to win over half Of the games.
The iialtimurcs have been playing IN the
South, AMI are sad TO be right on eder.
OF course. the New Yorks Will win all
the games they can ON their first trip.
but those who know the ms and outs
of baseball Will be satisfied with three
gamcs-say one at Baltimore and two at
Washington. y team Is not considered
10 he doing badly when II wins half of
It's games away from home under. or
team does hat well, Handicapped as Il
will be by lack of practice, there will
no reason for lamentations; There II one
Cpnsulation-mo Of the League teams
are experiencing the same trouble. hut
in the Baltlmorcs the New Works VIII
encounter a team which ~ perhaps the
most physically fit In the League circuit.
In a letter to George siler, Of chicago.
Mike Donovan Says he may not take the
Harlem Coffee Cooler to Europe. but
! Will take n flying trip himself to Ireland
this Summer 10 see the birthplace of his
ancestors and kiss the blarncy stone.
Then" says Mike sarcastically, when
| return | will go on the stage as u lee
turer. This acting business is played
out"
Craig is a good man" continues the
years old. and is a boy who doesn't think
he knows 1t all. He reminds me OF Peter
Jackson in his manner and build. but of
course on 4 smaller scale. He speaks En-
gllsh, spanish. German and French. lie
has no vices Of any Kind, ana ] feel sure
| llIl It VIII w 'llhIllIl'li VI ~
a few years. At present he is feet
II inches tall and weighs lbs pounds.
A prominent member of the German
town Cricket club Is authority for the
statement that n team of Irish cricketers
will come to America this year and play
n series Of matches In Philadelphia, New
York, Boston and Chicago a letter has
been received from Mr.. .Meldon, asking
for two games in Philadelphia, and al
though dates have not yet been definitely
arranged the matches will likely take
place at Mannheim early in September. as
the willow wielders from the Emerald
Isle expect to arrive In this country the
latter part of August. It is said the
team Captain Meldon, will bring here
this Fall VIII be made up nearly the
same as that which played at Mannheim
two years ago.
Harvard men are still In n %qu1ndary
as to the capabilities of the crew. One
expert is reported 10 have said that the
present eight Is the poorest in years,
while another says it ought to devel9I
into n fine crew; Bancroft, who probably
knows better what the crew can do han
anybody else. is not saying anything;
He Is putting in more time than usual
COACHING IT: The shifting Of Waters back
Is the latest makeup of the eight: Fen
messy, stroke; Waters, I; Davis, G; Blake,
;; Bullard, 4; Townsend, 3; F. Davis. 2;
Purdon, bow.
Judging from the following wall that
comes from the Hub. the Bostons are
not very game losers: "a spectator OF
the Iale-Boston game Of last Friday
says THAI there was not the least inter
ference on the part OF Tucker. with
Catcher Greenway, n that Umpire
Garter not only was grossly partisan
throughout the contest, but coached his
catcher on the balls to sign his pitcher
Peter Jackson and Steve O'Donnell
met ont West the other day. and had q
three hours talk over old times in Aus
tralis. They were great friends in the
colonies. 1t was from Peter that O'Don,
nell received his first sparring lesson. and
the big black always considered O'Don,
nell his most promising pupil. Wher
ceeded to the boxing school in Sydney
and turned out several boxers who have
since made regulations.
The cutter Navahoe, owned by Rear.
Commodore Royal Phelps Carroll. OF the
New York Yacht Club, will commence
fitting out on the 18th inst. She is a
Poillon's yard. South Brooklyn.
The greatest fault with Second Base,
man King, of Princeton, Is that he hits
under tbs bal; G~onseGuentiy, he bat,
be one of the hardest of the college
batters.
The Atlantic Association, A. A. U.
has fourteen sets Of athletic game!
scheduled for the coming season.
Brooklyn will pitch either Kennedy OIL
Stein in the opening game against Bos
ton.
Jack Goulding did much for Co. b.
winning team at the Seventh Regimen
games last Saturday evening.
The Boston baseball team, fourteen
strong, is in the city to-day, staying a
the Sturtcvant House. Manager Selet
is with them. The team was on its way