New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-08

The trials and trihulaions Of the present re-
ceiver OF professional baseball q. New-York are
many and varied. Rabbit feet and various VOC
doc charms have been tried IN vain. and the local
team still continues lose. The general public
gets more Disguised each day. and the other club
owners of the league not any the better pleased
because the big receipts they received In former
years have dwinded steadily. Managers and
players have been changed regularly. hut still
there is Improvement Every baseball enthu-
siast In town knows what is the matter. except the
real owner Of the club. and II he knows he ap-
parently does to
There was another change in the managerial de
partment Of the club yesterday. but, however
astonishing the statement may seem a real new
manager was not engaged Possibly several OF the
veteran managers heard OF contemplated changes
In the club, for there half dozen OF them at
the grounds during the afternoon
Adrian c. Arson. the hero OF many haseban
battles concluded yesterday to remove the dust
and malaria OF Harlem Hollow from of his per
son. and. after an interview with a. Freedman. ne
packed his grip and left for Chicago. II any one
imagined that Ansons berth while In this city was
made up Of wreaths of flowers he was mistaken
Arson knows the game OF baseball right through
the alphabet. and had fun charge OF the players
been given to him. the chances are that he would
have made a material Improvement in the work OF
the team.
Anson's retirement places "scrappy BIZ Joyce
again the assistant manager OF me teaii "'H
Joyce and his friends happy. Since John
Montgomery Ward brought tn" Temple Cup 10
New-York In 1895. the managerial troubles of the
New-York Club have been the wonder OF the
sporting world. First George Davis mad charse
but he did not manage TO suit the mnnaSer ana ne
was retired in favor OF Jack Doyle. Doyle did
not manage to suit tho manager ether ana ne was
deposed not only from the assistant manhgefhels
but he sold 20 Baltimore shortly htci"dru
Then Harvey Watkins came to be known al ths
manager OF the New York club. but he retired
after a while In favor Of arthur Irwn for may
wears manager OF the Philadelphia team. Irwin
eventually mayed to escape, ana he mas p.th
known TO smile at rek Elar intervals sine. men
Then the clustering William "ScraIptlcus joyce
came 10 the front, and he was depOsed not man!
weeks ago TO make room for Arson When Ans9n
was engaged Il predicted that II ans oody ooud
bring order out OF he baseball chaos In ms city
he was the man There was no better pcsted
baseball Ia the country than Anson, ara no
one who had made closer study OF the game
for the last twenty years than he had lone Now
Joyce IL again captain and assistant manager ana
the end is not yet. Perhaps the ist ~ 10 lie re-
yersed and the old hangers tried again In sue
cesslon. Time alone will tell
There were several versions OF the Arson
Freedman troubles IN circulation yesterday one
was that when Joyce was deposed from the man
agernent several OF his friends among the players
son had told Freedman 70 take his club md go TO
Another yarn that Freedman had simply dis-
charged Anson. after a heated argument POS
sibly Hammerstcin. Bay or George Francis tt ain
may get a at managing the cub II hey are
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