The San Francisco call., 1897-09-28
BASEBALL
MEN WANT
TURKEY
They Say They Have Been
Eating Grow Long
Enough.
MIEkfNI In HE tVNlESl EASI.
Some Old Time Popular Favor
ties Coming With the East
ern Teams.
THE STATE LEAGUE FOR NEXT YEAR.
Meeting to Outline the Preliminary
Work and the Clubs to Be
Represented.
INTEREST IN THE CONTEXT EAST.
THE STATE LEAGUE FOR NEXT YEAR.
Meeting to Outline the Preliminary
Work and the Clubs to Be
Represented.

The result of the fral game of the series
between Baltimore and Boston, which
was played yesterday and which was won
by the latter club, the score being 10 to 10
aroused much interest in local baseball
circles. But the game may not decide the
National League championship for 1897.
Baltimore and Boston have yet three
games to play each. The former nine
plays three games with Washington at
Baltimore, while Boston PLAYS three with
Brooklyn at Brooklyn. The Brooklyn
club is a much stronger aggregation of
bal,-tossers than Washington. Baltimore
has another advantage over Boston, mas
much as it plays on its own grounds.
Should Boston drop one game to Brook
lyn and Baltimore defeat Washington in
the three games the two crack clubs would
be tied.
Local interest in yesterdays game was
incr eased owing to the fact that the Bal
timOre nine as now constituted will play
In this city in October with team known
as the All Americans, composed of the
crack PLAYERS of the National League
clubs The first game OF the series VIII
be played on Sunday. October II, at Rec
res ton Park. Eighth ana Harrison streets.
Before coming West Boston and Balti-
more will play nine games for the Temple
cur, a handsome trophy donated three
wears ago by President Temple of the
Pitts burg cub. The trophy belongs to
the nine winning it three times in succes-
sion Baltimore has won 1t twice. Alter
these games are dec ded Baltimore will
leave for this coast, playing several games
en- route.
William Barney who will manage the
All Americans, is the present manager OF
the Brookiyns. He played ball on this
coast many years ago wAen the game was
IN its inception. Barney caught Tor the
Only" Nolan, the first curve pitcher ON
this coast. He is expected TO reach San
Francisco on the 5th OF October, ahead of
his team.
Ed Hanlon, present manager of Balti-
more, will look a!ter the teams interests
here. Hanlon was a member Of the cele-
brated SplldIng team which toured the
world, playing game at the base OF tie
pyramids
a large force of men is employed in get
ting the grounds a Recreation Park in
readiness for what promises to be the
greatest game OF ball played on local
diamond TINS year. The contest occurs
Sunday and will be between those crack
CLUBS. the Reliance OF Oakland and the
GILT Edge of sacramento. Doyle will be
in the box for Reliance and Hughes for
Gilt Edge. The grounds will surpass in
excellence those formerly at Haight street.
Much money Is being expended for the
comfort of the spectators and 10 develop
the skill and efficiency OF the players. a
heavy layer OF manure is being put on the
diamond, and this will be covered bv
eight inches OF loan. This is done TO
make the grounds lastic, and great field
ing will be the result.
In all the games played at the park the
regulation ball will be used and not the
mushy dead ball OF the yellow journals
tournament. by using the regulation
ball great improvement in the playing
of Reliance and Gilt Edge, as merltoTious
as it has been, will be noticed. Great pail
c,nnot be played with pudding bag.
On Saturday morning at Recreation
Park football elevens from Hoits Bur
lingame school and the Sacramento High
School will contest on the gridiron. In
the afternoon the first game of the univer-
sity series will be played, Berkeley and
Reliance eievens lining up.
Among the baseball magnates to reach
town last evening was Fred Swanton of
Santa Crrz Swanton for a numb Der oi
years was manager of tho Santa Cruz
nine He is building new baseball
grounds in he city by the sea- They are
centra ly located, being just behind the
baihhouse.
Tonight at the Baldwin there will be
an important meeting of baseball man
ayers TO make prel minary arrangements
for the season of 1888. The games in this
city Will be played at Recreation PARK.
Al o-night's meeting Stockton, San Jose,
Sacramento, Fresno, Oakland, San Fran
cisco and probably Santa Cruz will be
represented.
The ball business next season will be
taken entirely out of the caf.hucd Jour
nal's hands. The clubs composing the
disrupted tournament are a unit on this
proposition.
Tue ball-tossers who Played in the new
association at Sacramento Sunday feel
highly encouraged. Owing 10 the liberal
per cent gwen by the management they
averaged so apiece for their afternoons S
work.
The biggest amount that a player ever
received IN the yellow loutnaI's tourna.
ment was $l3. Generally the compensa-
tio1 was So and So 50, while n the case of
f esno the receipts did not meet the ex-
penses of the nine, and a subscription had
10 be taken up in Fresno TO reward the
players, yet the ocher journal, in its COL
unns, pronounced the Sunday game. III
which the nine from the raisln center par
ticipated, the greatest game OF the tourna-
ment.
The ball-players say if the yellow jour
nal, instead of diverting $1,000 from the
charity fund of the tournament for
Thanksgiving TURKEY, would divide that
sam among the players, all interests
would he better subserved.
1--WE have been eating crow said a
player last night. 'Iong enou h, and now
why not give Us n little turkey?"
And now why nntP