The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-15
CURRENT SPORTING TALK.
NEW YoRK AND BROoKLTN TEAMS
REPORT FOE DUTX.

AAS
opened here yesterday when many of the New
York and Brooklyn players reported for duty
Capt. joyce began welcoming tho Now Yorks al
the clubs offices. l4O Broadway. in tho morn
lng. Although IL was announced somc time ngc
that oil tho men had signed. barring two, only
ten OF the twenty members Of tho team handed
In their compliments to "Scrappy Bill" The
rest, however. nro expected to DO in line
within the next forty height hours. Jack Warner,
Gettig. Herman. Seymour, Davis. S%porleln, Dohe
ny, Zearfoss and McCrcery put in an appearance
before noon, together with w. u. Burns, o new
pitcher, who huils from Westchostcr. Pa. All
wore iE good trim and eager for business. Nee
kin wired from New Albany. Ind, that owing
to sickness in his family he could not report be-
fore tomorrow. No word came from Rusie. Bill
Clark is holding of, 1t is said. for u raise in sal
airy. Grady. Wilson, Gleason. Hartman. Van
q Hnltren. wilmot and Sullivan are expected to
turn up this morning in time to leave here
at 1918 o'clock for Lakewood. The team
will remain there until April O, when
tho mon will come back to tho Polo
Grounds to open the local exhibition season with
the Newark Atlantic League team the next day.
Joyce snys that the players will not indulge in
regular practice ut Lakewood until next Friday
or Saturday, for the reason that they will need
. gradual limbering up. There was consider
able fun at headquarters whom Seymour, the
left-hander. reported, for his makeup was docid-
eddy grotesuue. lilo worS q low-crown derby
hat. a tight-fltting coat that looked throc sizes
too small. and q pair of checked trousers that
came scarcely to the tops of his shoes. Joyce
looked him over and said:
"where'd you get the rig. CyT
Its all right, l guess" returned tho pitcher.
"I've been going out In society this winter"
Then, after an interval, Seymour remarked In
o drawing tono:
II guess I won't pitch much this year II
there's q war, cause 1 belong to the Tenth Bat
TALON up In Albany"
Army or navy T. asked somebody.
"Well-er-I really dunno. replied the pitcher.
while everybody laughed. Seymour expressed
confidence in his ability to pitch better ball than
any left handeri In the League this year. Doheny.
the Vermont boy who will push Seymour hard
for pitching honors. has entirely recovered from
the illness which. kept him out Of the game last
Bummer. and looks as strong as an OF. These
do all OF the box work this year. After being
measured for their now uniforms and receiving
pressed %sss dii q bslie u Tat hsN' tho s 'i aev 9I ISrfs would At Be &
Elghteen out Of twen.y:thrse players q the
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3 :h ]ssst sseta0 ''f H. ASS IL saIaf - s Hs. :ss'nAh signed
and III play Saii tor you ( T. the heb Best ai Of ny sys aSiiisy..
1 az, am more thai pleased g eyer my engagenent
TIT Ssse d Ssd. VIII SISS wes ahiP tom t e sm scaaro' making
Ebbets quickly shook hands with TUCK and
he sbs' ONCE Eeis and a. w sas P 9sid sSat Tf ssrnis Eoafd b la
Ebbets also said that both the rules OF the
League. and those. Of the. club would
sSeu iiar By, ps snaHEssq' for end Kicking any g. T R1sydsT
behavior the club would uphold the umpire.
cent ieFisistion @a at St ITO Louis is s ana 1e caps. G ehi r.,
expressed tho belief that a strict Enforcement Of
The players We're introau Ssne to A NE n WSo ssis::
n intend to see al OF the home games bhis
Manager Mani ser B sn4i vi! viii e have Vet CHARGE has csi of the ,eq teSm at
aha ~ where VIE : the men will remain until April
81 w W %ho AZ Except sney ts sFs 81 sIa tSa p IT, Pi%y
have signed. Dunn getting into line last night,
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very soon whereby the Brooklyn Club viii
secure new grounds. This statement has been
that the crahks viii hardly Believe bell pS'i It 'W Until ye ths
papers haye been actually signed. But now tho
Although the Brooklyn officials refused yoster.
gay 70 deny or confirm the report, Il was learned
barring accidents, their location Viii be- be'i m nuH;
known officially in a day or two. When the lease
Work ON the new BtundR will he hIrrip1 M fact |
as possible. with the idea of having the team he
gin the regular season ON the new diamond. In
and the other at the clubs future stand. Presi.
placed in his path. but he has apparently han.
6n9sv Inc I'M matter cIeh With With tact. Asa preGsution.
%P eSMev'F' the club holds an option on Eastern
Second Baseman Mailman of tho Brooklyns is
song and dance artist" during the winter.
YorkS he raised a laugh by saying.
trunk full tfli Of so Wi Esa anS T9 fals go; w 9SGysi I've got q
the matter with putting them on and sneaking
eE sbo dF 2 Do Ps I'll e shf Sla sSfir II 2 Hro,S si EnSI Tn,,n
>" for they'll think we're q lot of magnatcs."
HailmSn. ~ the way. has taken of at least
for the Philadelphias. '"''
Somebody started a story the other dsy tbot
Meekin's arm was so lame that he would be
Suep'o " pilch until well into the summer. No
body was moro worked up over the warn than
inc , Pig pitcher himself, for he promptly wrote
gould 6e as strong MS steel when tho gong rings.
pom Rusle and Meekin have learned how 10 ,
xeyor their arms by using slow balls. Whereas in
1894 they depended wholly upon cannon,baii
4peed. a practice that practically crippled them
guring the following season. They wound nm
the last campaign easily, and when they Left
ZOE nome there was nothing serious the matter
with their salary arms. "'"
KID Mccoy. who calls himself the champion
middle ANA heavy, weight pugilist of the world"
met q hitherto unknown fighter named Harden. {
pTook at Walkertown, Ind, on Saturday night. ]
nacSoy had guaranteed to knock tho man out
inside OF -four. rounds. but when he tackled the {
lob no round 1t was anything but "a cinch. Hnr. i
nenbrook. who weighed 1873 pounds. did not know
: great deal about, science. but he could slug a +
ana before the bout ended he knocked Mccoy /
nown. some entcrprising manager will now takg
tarasn brook In low and may possibly claim ,
aoCoys championship" The Kid is being !
scored all over the country for ignorin9 !
ne challenge and $4,000 forfeit Of Peter biaher. :
ne Is entitled to some credit, however, for :
[lvlnR up acting and resnminC his IasE 81 ,,.as !