The times., 1897-12-26
WILL TRAIN At LAKEWOOD
New Jersey Resort Again Select
ed for the New Y0rkS.
PLAYERS TO BEGIN In MARCH
Capt, Joyce Believes That Men who
Go South Fall Back When They
Come NortE-Sunday Ball in Great
err New York; President Freed
man offers Prize.

New York, Dec. 25.-The New York
baseball team wllltrain at Lake wood again.
Last years trip was of great benefit TO
the players, and Capt. Joyce and President
Andrew Freedman have decided to nave
the team go there again next March,
where they will get into shape for the
seasons campaign.
While President Freedman has always
favored Lakewood as The most seliabie
spot for the Giants TO train In. he did
not Officially announce that the team
would do thell preliminary practice there
until lie heard from Joyce and had his
opinion as 10 whether Lake Hood would
be the right place for the team 20 get
i'll shape.
President Freedman received a letter
from Capt. joyce yesterday in which
Scrappy i5Ii said that there was no .etter
place than Lakewood for the boys - tram,
and lie hoped that President Freedman
would agree with him.
Joyce in his letter also stated hat it
would be useless fof tne team to 20
South, a 5 he believed tsrat although the
players would be able TO get into good
shape down there, that they would fan
back az soon as they came North, and
that IS the reason why he favored Lax ewuod.
Capt. Joyce aud the players were not IT
Lakewood I'VE da vs. last season before they
claimed that the place was an excei!eat
one for tanning.
The Giants VIII start for Lake wood the
first week IL March, where they VIII do
hard training until few da Us !efore
the sea sou IL TO be opened. Capt. JO;ce
has decided t. let tie tea only' i,l5 "a
-ew exhibition games at the Polo Grounds.
The offer which President Freedman has
made is a prize of s., 600 If they should
he successiu! in winning the penna mt tins
year, and it viii no doubt make Capt.
Joyce anh lis men hustle for all they
are wUrti in order To win.
The excellent games of ban played BY
the All American and Ba aItiinore teams dur
ing their stay in san Francisco were so
close and exciting that the manager Of
4 baseball team ih New Mexico offered
Mana gers BaInie and Seiee $4,000 to al
low the teams 10 play five games in the
different cities i'll New Mexico. Ba-nie
and Seize were perfectly willing tu have
their teams pa y, but, as the players wanted
to be home for Christmas, they refused
A IL OF the PLAYERS claim they had an ex-
cellent time during the trip. and were
also trnatcI royalty i'll every city where
they played.
baseball games are PLAYED Sundays
in Greater New York next season, the in
iications are that immanse crowds i'll
be present at every game. II the Giants
are among the leaders during the first ew
weeks after the season opens, and th, Y
day Sunday games, the crowds that would
flock to see the games would he so large
hat the teams would be forced to ma kc
/ ground rule whereby a hit into the !
rowd would be good for only two bases.
There is M doubt that both the New York |
and BROOKLYN Clubs would make plenty Of |
money cut OF these games. and, as the |
Brooklyn club has not been fina nciaI |
ucceSs for several years, the Sunda games |
you'd therefore be great help TO the !
OF the club.