New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-11
IN THE FIELD OF SFOhlo.
WHAT BASEBALL MEN AXE Dol-'"


ITEMS o.. INTEREST CONCERNING CRICKET
spARruyc; AND ATHLETICS GENERALLY
,.ho,,,h tho baseball season has begun in the
CT r,. Games will be played horeabouts De-
fore tho first Of next month Ar'AW H. h''' ''-
suner,ntendent Of the Polo .EtounuS' - ~ "
work eating the Harlem playgrouiuS III" 9""P'
t,r ,bo onening of the season. 1hofn"s "-lhPSo"
~, oseis,snt secretary, is in chaf8e OF I'd ''In
- 49, bono Of the BridcgrOOms and ne VIII
" .h handsome field in perfect condition Tor
~, onorinp game in Brooklyn There ~ hFeN
~ On baseball IN Brooklyn this year. and if
.,o pridecrooms make a good start ana hoId lar
,os,,ion in the League race, the income OF 'he
p',t onrh, 10 be materially larger than what it
was last year
re- most encouraging reports Of the doings or
,,o local PLAYERS now in the South continue to
Noat northward. At Jacksonville the Giants nav
se,ted down 10 from two 10 six hours q ia! III
active practice work. Several practice games VIII
lie played during the week, but there VIII be no
hard games before the returns 10 the nome
grounds
At Savannah the Brooklyn team Is doing more
robust sort Of work and several practice games
with League teams will be played this Week. t"e
brooklyn and Washington teams playing 'o-u"!'
tomorrow and Wednesday, Manager Fou'z GOES
not believe in miacing matters, ana hot"H'e 'D ',,
OF the hardest kind of work for his payers "''
suit him .A actual
There seems to be some doubt as 10 tne " 49,
makeup OF the New-YOrk team par'c"a ~.
inrelG 1t is said that in case StaIoiu no.,s
dcve,op into a good at second paS' naa
,,.o,, may, decide 70 cover that position i"
go. ,Nir1 base play so far has been eoou am
~ he should develop into hrs'-cl" r,a ro,.o
man no one need be surprised 10 see N"',9
80 - second Davis is ambitious 10 play S'O
"a and that position Is certainly iho'o az"
onu' o., q cantain of team than third Is
II,,s however is such model third paSeind'
che best that NewYork ever had tha' many P'O
,o who follow the fortune Of the Giants "ou'd
hate to any change.
~. Sox, hox,nq tournament OF the new Manhat-
Tan Athletic Club viii be held in the gymnasium OF
the clubhouse In MadiSon-sve. tomorrow night
The officials Will be az follows: W. Leonard May
referee: DIT j. wilson Gibbs and William II. henry
Judges: DR. Arthur O'Shea- timekeeper ana Johh T.
Dunn master of ceremonies. The contests VIII be
az follows: Nike" O'Bren and Frank Gahney,
Lack" Korske and John Dana, John Young and
Maurice Hacorsirom. Charles Barnett and Nike
Leonard Hugh Maloney and Angelo Napoli' Chap es
Peaker and Thomas Frazer, Ai q bren ana
Pepper" Griffin. and PADDY" Burke and Frederick
Morris
The Orange Athletic Club baseball team has been
practically completed Priest will pitch after the
cose OF the college season and before then NeSef-
welt is named as the Cummings, OF stevens
will catch all the with sub-catcher yet 20
be selected. Mckenzie. Of Princeton. Will cover first
base Phil" King second. and Arbu;hnot. OF Yale
third BeaM will captain the team. and play at
short Hutchinson will be IN his old place In LETT
field Thomas in centre and Place at right. FTeder-
lex r. NJ Knowles is the manager.
The schedule Of games. far as settled IS me
following April 81 JaSpers. OF Mania tan CoHeSe;
Nav 4 Princeton University. May II. Yale; May -.
Princeton. at Princeton May 2j Princeton. az the
Orange oval; June 5 Cornell.
Another cricket club was added 10 NETWORKS al
Nv Ions lis Ia 81 week 10
Wanderers. The club will not join either the
Metropolitan League or the New-l York Cricket AS
ISOLATION. but will go in for playing the game on
the old social lines. 1t Is intended 70 visit all the
nearby places that boast cricket clubs. and, where
possible play matches in New-Y York. The
and with the absence 81 The bitter struggle which
characterizes Of the ma ches played for cham
pionshp penrants. Il is thought that better feei
Ing will be engendere1. The officers OF the new
club are j. T.. Atkins. president; b. Whitelaw, No:
% West Ninety ninth-st New-Nork. secretary and
treasurer; w. Fenwick. A. Richardson and j. Adam.
Executive Committee. Through tho kindness OF the
principal OF st. Austin's School. the home games
will be played their pretty little grounds at
Staten Island.
The proposition recently made by Hermann DEL
rchs to have a team OF California amateur sparrers
enter into boxing competition against New-IOrk
Athletic Club men Will hardly b. carried out The
New-YOrk Athletic Club men are fond OF sparring
bat not likely 10 accept the offer.