The evening world., 1894-04-12
NEW YORK-BALT|MORE GAMES
Orioles Advantage Over Wards
Men in the Opening Series,
Donovan May Not Take Craig TO
Emropc-Sportlng Gossip.

When the New York II baltimore
baseball teams meet I'm Bait more next
week thu orioles Will have a decided
advantage over Wards men. The lin
Ecrins of Winter IN the lap OF Spring
has greatly retarded the home club in
Its work Of gSttlns into fighting trim.
and Manager Ward now has reason to
+ grct not taking the team South. As
he could not ~fnresce what the dement's
had In store, no blame can be attached
to him. What lttlr practice the New
Works. have mad 80 far has been against
teams with which there has been no
occasion for the team to let Itself out,
and N weather wi ere II would have been
poor policy for the men to extend them
selves, even had the occasion required.
Treasurer TalCot,, who IL probably the
most optimistic man on earth. remarked
a week or ten days ago that ne wouldn't
be surprised IL the New lnrks won i've
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 10
expect II to win over half of the games,
The BaltImures have been playing in the
South. and are sad to be right on edge.
or course. the New Works VIII win all
wv * games llfN 'dl 'l NIItlI hIHl NIlI,
but those who know the Ins and outs
of baseball viii be satisfied with three
games-shy one al Baltimore and two at
Washington. a team IL not considered
to be doing badly wncn ii wins half OF
is games away from home under or
binary conditions. SO, If The New York
team does that well. Handicapped "a I
Will be by lack of practice, there will
no reason for lamentations There - one
cJnsulat!oa-mOst of the League teams
are experiencing the same trouble. Rni
| Ia tha IllltitnIr,S tho Nav Works VIII
encounter n team which IS perhaps the
most physically tit in the League circuit.
In a letter to George S.ler. Of Chicago,
Mike Donovan says he may not take the
Harlem Coffee Cooler to Europe, but
will take a lying trip himself to Ireland
this summer TO see the birthplace of his
ancestors and kiss the blarney stone.
Then" says MIKE sarcastically. when
l return I will 20 on the stage as a lee:
turer. This acting business is played
out"
"Craig is a good man continues the
Professor. he is only twenty-three
years old, and is a boy who doesn't think
he knows It all. He reminds me of Peter
course on a smaller scale. He speaks En-
glish. Spanish. German and French. lie
has no vices Of any kind. and l feel sure
that he will be champion of America In
a few years: At present he is 5 feet
II inches tall and weighs los pounds.
A prominent member OF the German
town Cricket club is authority for the
under the captaincy Of J. NJ, Meldon,
will come to America this year and play
n series Of matches in Philadelphia, New
6S BEEN r nSsiS' a rom %h Mr. Mei a is'' sFk has
for two games in Philadelphia, and al
though dates nave not yet been definitely
arranged the matches viii likely take
the willow wielders from the Emerald
Isle expect to arrive in this country the
latter part Of Arsast' II is said the
this Fall will be made up nearly, the
same as that which played at Mannheim
two years ago.
as to the capabilities OF the crew. One
present eight is the poorest in years.
while another says It ought to develop
into a fine crew. Bancroft, who probably
knows better what the crew can do than
anybody else. is not saying anything;
coaching II. The shifting OF Waters back
to No. 7 was his suggestion. Following
Is the latest makeup OF the eight: Fen
messy, stroke: Waters. Z; Davis, 6; Blake.
5; Bullard. 4; Townsend. 3; F. Davis, q;
Purdon. bow.
Judging from the following wall that
comes O. ST from tn the Hub, ths Bos,ons are
49, 'N'F SA''f' ''N''' - "a
the Yale-Boston game Of last Friday
says that there was not the least inter
ference on the part OF Tucker with
Catcher Greenway, and that Umpire
Carter, not only was grossly partisan
throughout the contest, but coached his
catcher on the balls to sign his pitcher"
Peter Jackson and Steve U'Donnell
met out West the other day, anu had q
three hours talk over old times in Aus
tralia. 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-
Jackson came to America O'Donnell sue
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 CUB, viii commence
Poillon's yard, South Brooklyn.
The greatest fault with Second Base
man King, of Princeton, Is that he hits
under the ball. Consequently. he bats
many high flies. But for this he might
he one of the hardest OF the college
bnttcrs.
The Atlantic Association. A. A. L..
scheduled for the coming season.
Brooklyn viii pitch either Kennedy or
Stein in the opening game against Eos-
ton,
Jack Goulding did much for Co. Rs
winning team at the Seventh Regiment