New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-05
VARIOUS SPORTING NOTES.
A BASEBALL MISUNDERSTANDING CONTESTS
FOOTBALL AND SKATING.

A BASEBALL UNDERSTANDINGS CONTESTS
FOOTBALL. AND SKATING.
Humor is not included in the makeup of the
average baseball player. and one would expect TO
find little to laugh at when the sober Ed Cart
Wright. the first baseman on the Washington club,
is mentioned. But the heavyweight baseman pos
sesses a grain of humor which his intimate friends
did not suspect. as the following letter received
from him. dated Moorehead City n. c.. will testify:
Thought that would drop you a line and send you
clipping You can see by this who has the kids in
the end of the road, one train day and none
on Sunday. They have no newspaper here and they
discouraged a man who wanted 10 start one. pyy
telling him that it was too much trouble to read
trousers from working so hard with pine stick in
one hand and a jackknife in the other. The grocers
reis to keep the Industrious winters from wearing
holes In the reads. When it rains they get up at
1880 have breakfast at g and go back TO bed at
Very fast town Any time you look down the main
street can find it empty except for FEW focks
OF geese. which It IS trouble to feed, as they go
and hunt for it themselves
The oarsmen Of The Union Boat Club disap
pointed. owing the fact of their being unable to
secure the Metropolitan Opera House FOR their an
nual ball, which will take place Tuesday. January
o. at the I.enox Lyceum. Owing to the large num-
Der of applications tickets II is feared that the
Iyceum will be too small to afford comfortable ac-
commodation for the number of people expected to
attend More than 200 tickets have already been
applied for. Cappa's eth Regiment Band and Bern
stems Orchestra have been engaged to furnish
promenade
sale of boxes will take place a! the Grand tnlon
Hotel, Thursday January 3 at p m Inc club
annual smoking concert will be given in the recep.
ton-room Of the boathouse in the latter part Of
February.
The swimming contest that began in the Man
haitian Athletic Club November Il will be brought
10 close to-day. so many OF the contestants are
now punched that the finish will be exciting. Van
dervoort who has held the lead from the start is
now only three points ahead Of DR.. Adams, SIX
ahead of Metzler and seven ahead Of Grace Inc
through ghteen-inch ring coward handicap; rait-
EsgsnF c9b int ee A,be nS' Club Will try to
make 1cO-yard record; life-saving contest, diving
and diving: 20O-fcet hurdle race.
The Washington club Of the National Baseball
League is said to for sale TWO three streets
are TO be cut through the present grounds Of the
club. known as National Baseball Park. The Wag-
ner Brothers the owners Of the club, say that they
have two options other pieces OF property when
VIII prove more advantageous than the present
grounds The announce that they VIII put
viii cost $1,000 and that it will be the finest base
ball stand In the country.
The semi-final contest for the football champion
ship of the Gaelic Athletic Association will take
place at Ridgewood to-day between the champion
Mltchels. OF Brooklyn and the Barry team, OF
Jersey City John Cranley will lead the Mitchells
and John Hays will act as captain for the Barrys
The Barnard School baseball nine. Of the Inter-
scholastic League, and NUMBER OF crlcKeters nave
begun their winter practice In the ball cage connect
ed with the institution.
The young all-round athletes See and Hemmett
will compete IN a one-mie at the Ice Palace
Skating Rink In Observation-Disclosures as
soon as terms can be agreed upon.
HARVARDS NEW BASEBALL CAPTAIN.
Cambridge. Mass. jan (SpeciaD.-At a meeting
tonight Of the Harvard men who played against
Yale and Princeton in baseball last year. J. Dean
~, made captain of Harvards nine for the