New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-21
TRYING TO GET 4 COLLEGE PLAYER
MURPHY MAY BECOME PROFESSIONAL BASE
BALL MAN-GENERAL ATHLETIC NOTES.


The advent o. college men into professional
baseball. is a goJ sign" said E b. Talcott the
managing director OF the New-York Club, the other
dav land YOU can say that the New-York Club
officials will do all they can to raise the tone OF
the game | know that great many college
students refrain from joining National League clubs
on account Of the professional bugaboo and MOTH
ing else / would not advise college young men TO
become professionals in certain sports. but many
of them might do worse than join the National
League How many young men leave college, go
into some Office mercantile house and slave for
several years making just enough salary to pay
their board and buy clothes? All college graduates
are not sons of rich and the majority OF them
have to hustle for a living soon as they leave
college. The League pays good salaries. enforces
strict discipline. and the average ball player to-
dav takes better care of himself than most young
men in anv other occupaton.
Il don't OF course, advise all college boys to
become ball players. for only few OF them are
fitted for the calling. AS members OF iirst-cass
team they have plenty Of time to study and to read
interesting books. Then. II they are at all thrifty,
they can save a goodly sum from their salary, and
by that time they may recognize Just what ihe Oh
business they fitted for.
Mr. Talcott's remarks were called out over a
discussion held IN "a Wall-st Office the other day
over the determination of the New-York club to
secure Murphy. the crack shortstop ana Datsman
OF the Yale College team While Murphy has done
remarkable work at Yale during the last two years,
just how well he would do in the National League
Is matter OF conjecture. He Is a htte teIIow'
weighing about Ia ponds.
LOCAL BALL CLUBS.
Both the New-York and the Brooklyn clubs are
now working hard arranging for the coming season
Each club will hold its annual meeting in Jersey
City early in February. and then everything VIII
be shipshape for the opening Of the season There
are no internal troubles in either club this year,
and the only real work to be done is to secure
desirable players
The local clubs have decided upon an innovation
which Will be d good thing all around The club
owners are at last convinced that when the players
report for work in March every man must be in
condition to go to work Players who report this
year fat and covered with winters rust may be
sent back home to get into condition before they
can draw any salary. The officials Of the New
York club are particularly set upon this point
They say that player who draws a salary ought
to be in condition to do the work he is paid for do
Ing Such players Rltis. Migan and Petty
might as well take warning now and get TO work
sIbie players in the League in this respect lie
always reports hog-fat. and he is seldom able 10
club has received several aterIng Offers for the
Hoosier pitching wonder and while di;satis.ed
about making trade
AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION AFFAIRS.
polltan Association OF the a. \. L.. at the Aston
House yesterday. will 1t is hoped. he Of material
benefit to amateur athletics in this neighborhood.
Athletics were never At lower ebb in the
metropolitan district Most Of the tournaments
held during the winter and the games IN the spring.
fan and winter rave been wretcheGly mismanaged.
As "A result the Golfers Of the treasury are about
The boxing ultimntum issued by W =. Curtis
was mistake. and the war with the 1th Regiment
was another blunder II the new managers VIII
get work. heal ip all the old wounds and shake
up affairs generally. the local athletic interests
Ike Ike Bart '' s. Weeks James F. Sullivan and
"Benny" Williams a. the head Of affairs. the pros
bright The New-York and New-Jersey athletic
sq6s wiz sP nnd rd 6s 2nfE adn O nd aHd
New-Jersey should put their shoulders to the wheel
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The National League will make a mistake II 1t
adopts decided changes In the playing rules in base
ball. It world he difficult to improve upon the rules
Of last year
skates are drug upon the market II looks as
II there would De little skating In this neIghbor-
hood this winter. The several champions who have
been waiting for suitable ice are dissusted and
More bicycle riding has been INDUCED in about
New-York this winter than ever before on account
OF the generally mild weather.
II looks as n certain bicycle champions would at
on The road AS a salesman. and Johnson it is said
has been informed that his trainers expenses VIII
not BE- rad IN me iuGre III w0p there he hS
racing AZ present.
The display Of sporting dog 10 be shown the
coming bench show at Madison Square Garden
will be unusually large.
The annual boxing and wrestling champion ships
OF the A. \. T. will BE- held Madison Square
Garden March 10 and % and not March 3.
at first announced
Ii Is singular that local amateur boxing tourna-
monts at times frowned down. while full-nedged
prof ssionals allowed to fight to "A finish in
OF the city theatres.
The Eastern League will make mistake II 1t
increases its circuit 10 ten clubs.
I. ~ Ganf-ft YfF al al
league have decided to do nothing until spring.
They wish TO post themselves upon the Sunday
playing question