The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-15
CURRENT SPORTING TALK.
NEW FORKS DECIDE ON SUNDAY
CANES IN THE WEST

HnB ouI III EtbNNNAH AaAsNH a-N'
prrauve-Te Trails Mt uAhcwood-President
Byrre II-Ihe College newinE situntion-
Mccoy May re Faverits over Creeden.
Although no official announcement has been
made by President Freedman, II can DO said that
the New York baseball Club will play Sunday
games this coming year while the team 10 In the
West. The directors OF the club have already
reached this conclusion. and President N. Il,
Young Of tho National League will receive In
structiouS shortly to mako out n schedule
n which the New Yorks will be reg
ularly slated for Sundays in Chicago, Cleve-
land, Cincinnati. st. Louis, and Louis
willie. The new four-trip schedule which tho
League will adopt at the spring meeting has
practically forced the New York Club to take
this stop. Tho majority of tho League clubs
have been anxious to have the New Yorks play
Sunday ball in the West for the past ten years.
but It was impossible TO bring such n state Of
affairs to an issue. With the power TO vote any
measure into o baseball law. however. the mag
mates OF the Sunday playing clubs have sue
ceeded in forcing through a new.fangled sched-
ulo which makes it imperative for the
New Yorks and other non.Sunday playing
teams to fall In line. Instead Of making
two trips West next season, playing three
games In each Of the six Western
cities on each trip. the Eastern clubs will make
four trips, playing two games in each city on
zach v II hiob w tAipo uhu nav BhhiO oh tho
last trip. SO that they will not play moro than
twelve consecutive games In tho West ut any
time during the season, which will enable them
to be on the home grounds a greater part of the
time than ever before. Such n schedule will be
Of advantage to Washington, baltimore. and
BROOKLYN. on the Sunday game proposition. for
they will not have jumps to make. Clubs that
do not play on Sunday will be compelled to
stay three days in somo towns to play two
-.,,n ~ p,au ha Nnp,nallo1 IN do thnir
travelling on the Sabbath. With the idea of
not permitting other teams to enjoy moro bene-
Nts than the New Yorks. the local club, there
fore, has virtually decided to play on Sundays
away from home. This Information comes from
q heavy stockholder in the club, who says that
President Freedman will soon make an an
nouncement. Mr.. Freedman, when asked about
the matter yesterday, said he did not care
to discuss 1t. In playing Sunday ball
away from home the New Works will adopt
o custom that has been pursued by the
Brooklyn Club for many years. 1t means big
profits and more consecutive playing days for
the team, especially as the schedule wfll consist
OF 1874 games instead of 1872, rs in the past.
Whether the New Yorks will play on Sundays
In this city or not has not yet been decided By
of the clubs stockholders and many patrons of
the game are anxious for him to make a move
ting, though, that Mr. Freedman Will yield to
what appears to be a popular demand.
The New York Club officials have also decided
to have the team train at Lakewood next
Joyce are a unit on this heaith.siving resort,
and arrangements for sending the mon there
viii be completed shortly: kakewo9d is espe-
the officials say. because next season will be lin
much earlier than in the past. and it is the New
was formerly Fast Day. In order, to accustom
the players TO the cool weather in the North.
believe that lakewood is a far better place to 60
than the South. With the newly improved dia.
the team should be greatly benefited. The club
will not charge admission to any Of the practice
s ssTsnu ct e aae . 81 tSsTsoy os lSSsln Ee e sosrs siS e
that sends 1ditxsot.e am, South Suaan It is probable that
SM Mai n nUs i, sS fSr sh %1h T order IeE the players to report
Baseball enthusiasts all over the country will
q The Broofiyn Cub bn Is at the p point Of F deatS az
bis residence In West Eleventh street, this city.
h Ea; 1yf for .h has pa set two See Sea is a n5s a aGr the rs ssod
League meeting in philadelphia he was toe III
Il ae t Sss d sls Ss %Srs sS fer tbge part Sdd II b. Ss' sSsab pHplit aea
In framing the laws that govern and protect the
sport than any other magnate now identified
decide many Important baseball cases, even
AS President OF the Brooklyn Club he has Gle.
waited the game and made himself popular all
arc attending ten dfesEMd M. s fSgrae1 say f eSerPs ni Z iittie hone %po
Tor lin. de was very low yesterday.
Although the representative of Harvard,
t as'f pr SRS opF Boat 4 race not Ss sSs Sr fo mSsh 1 sSsrs
were begun at Albany by the three crew cap.
point. i looks Ike a game Of politics. Cornell
T I'll, hold 4. Of tbs from ennr.o agreeing H4e3 upon ths
9 hSiS 0S aerseneS as With With tho t%hF fthec ar n Xs
Of rowing at New London. and will not listen to
any other course. IT is almost q certainty that
three years contract. Cornell's desire to keep
faith with Pennsylyania and Columbia, to
t Ga1 PRINCIPAL s 9 i' Fesson for as The P present hs sltRa 1sSaiEss' Il Il
"Pennsy" and Columbia. alive to Cornell's en-
ithacsns from ali fancied obiisafi esis1 several raj
%eeks ago everything would now be plain sail
Qua dual F TSees W feni HAWAII sGW Gdo a snfeS YsIe, snd S es '% So
Agreement nsoa,d f Sel Z term es o, years yssrs' IT,, TOO: MsEysr d.
Cornell. Yale, in such an event, would be com.
PIselled, to give II, although it f. current rumor
fair thing. From u good source it is learned that
Harvard and Yale, always exclusive in a way,
Columbia, so that the latter colleges will not send
crews to New London. In a word, the Blue and
stand for the others. There is no personal ami.
mostly felt toward "Pennsy" and Columbia
Saiv Sagi les t as second oS e ciss s%' a MsT t hheSlfsne
beneath recognition in a big varsity race. Cor.
nell will enter o three.cornered race with Yale
and Harvard on a three years basis. but not
until a lot of secret dickering, has taken place.
The college representatives will come together
IN a very few days. Lehman and Cook are liza
bio 70 come to some definite understanding at
the dinner to DO given In honor of the English
coach at Washington tonight.
It may surprise those who have been praying
sylvenia and Princeton is as wide as ever. A
story Is going the rounds of college men to the
effect that q well-known Pcnnsylvania graIu.
ate, In order to open negotiations, invited a
member OF the Princeton Graduate Advisory
Committee to attend tho recent Pennsylvania.
bafayette football game at Philadelphia. The
princeton eleven was playing at Ithaca on that
day, and when 1t was announced to the crowd
on trSnklin Field that the score at the end OF tbs
there was the widest kind Of a demonstration
p which there were cries of Down with
Tigers to Piecesl' and other remarks of a SINH
lar nature. A few moments later the crowd re-