The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18
CURRENT SPORTING TALK.
P~RESIDENT EBBETs SAYS HE Will
Bur ABELL'S BTOCK

ne Also Gives an Outline on Various sites fsr
New Grounds And Declares Against Kick
inG-what II said OF NeCoS's ChniienEe
-Celsmb,a leu Rnthusiastio over SPORTS.
Charles II. Ebbets, President Of tho Brooklyn
Baseball Club, said yesterday that he would buy
the majority OF stock held by +. A. Abel be-
tween now and the LIST Of February. HI
rnye mo an option some time ago"
eaid Mr.. Ebbets, and / have con GUIDED
20 accept II. As fnr as the present policy OF
the club Is concerned we have not definitely
decided upon new grounds, but I have six new
locations in view. Tho owners Of Ambrose
Park. Thirty ninth street, South Brooklyn, have
made a proposition to me, but 1 think 1 can do
better. There are two grounds nearer the
heart Of the city there, either of which would BIO
nuitable. One is the old Washington Park
grounds and the other is the plot Of ground be-
tween First and Third streets and Third and
Fourth avenues. l have received assurance
that I can make reasonable terms for both sites.
1 have also received u proposition. backed by
the Nassau Railroad Company, for a ground at
Coney Island. The idea is to have us play every
day tha~c, including Sunday games II that DO
possible. There is still another site on the
Coney Islapd Boulevard below Prospect Park,
which 10 perhaps a bit out OF the way.
The most favorable site, however, that I have
learned Of is at the entrance to Prospect Park,
on Flatbush avenue. The owners of this ground
have offered excellent terms, but / am not in a
~position yet to do business with them. Tho
company which owns and controls Eastern
Park Is DESTROYS OF our retaining our lease. l
have secured an option from the company for
another year at o reduction Of $500 In rent.
II tho club decides TO remain, we can save at
least go, 900 q year. In order to put up new
grounds It will cost at the lowest $4,000, and
we feel that wo should receive some assistance
- a. n.-.ana ,ptaraataJ In rataipn fhta
amount.
"As soon as we close negotiations for grounds.
one way or another, we will devote our time to
developing the team. We wish to have the
Brooklyns train somewhere in this vicinity.
We may select Lakewood, and then again we
may 20 South. II we can DO convinced that 1t
would be TO the teams advantage to train at
Brooklyn, we would probably place the men in
the Y. NJ. c. A. gymnasium or at Phil Casey's
handball court. Long runs on the road, in my
estimation, do much toward placing the players
in proper shape.
President Ebbets, when asked by THE Sun
reporter what the Brooklyn Clubs position
We fa,d Pc sa fisdEardins F0wa'i'm and kicking on
'sfSe brooklyn Club is in favor Of clean ball
the word. We are in favor Of making tho UNI.
R aTs s shs S po%sr to 1sass Of decisions Ra&5; a as he Fs sess
them, we shall instruct our players to let him
the dbsn Captain paaGl has a right to question en's q decision
on a neutrality-suspicious. of the rules. Kicking
ON the Geld has done the game irrepara5le in.
come to q realizing sense pretty soon the public
will sour on the sport"
Brush's blacklist" rule, which has been sug.
gested to suppress the use of foul language on
the asld' T. N b.s the estimation %naec, Of many G Esa. Db;
who have studied the question with some de-
gree Of care believe that If Brush and other
magnates will instruct their players to abstain
Of obsoenity by players. Men who think this
m mfs de to come Sna near r the the Umpire RinSifes there irs nS %ilf Pc Be
no opportunity to use language, which in the
past has disgraced themselves, their clubs, and
The latest sensation in the pugilistsic world
10 o most remarkable challenge from Kid Nc
Coy. He has startled local sporting men with
C afsasrs'i sno shas in ne the ssl nss 81 his hG iist sp se b saa
Jim Corbett and Bob F~itzsimmons. II Mccoy
Srosas to es x, these to s~ fe men PETER he T %aber also 70
say nothing OF Sharkey, Choynski, and other
heavywsigh.s. Re%nenberinE Fitzsimmons's
ChoynskI before being entitled to a fight with
the ehsmpion, 4 seems to the sporting public
foolish challenge. There is an explanation
for 1t, however, os 50 fight promoters s say; and IL Is
whatever q getting On a match with the big
fellows. has challenged them for the sake Of
gga aiIiTsgn s nStSrie aSd MS G9S ycb ss1Es' as and 19h Val \.
Mccoy. There is no chance whatever Of Nc
and the. public should, not be hoodwinked by
any such tactics as the Kid and his friends
"Middleweight Champion Of the World, by
the way, 10 q mistake, in view of the fact that
Ftzsimmons is the sole and rightful possessor
of the title.
From the present outlook, boxing in this city
will not flourish to any great exten. this season.
1t 10 almost too late to get the various clubs
Police Commissioners to decide who Shall re.
ceive licenses is taken as, an indication of fur
i me S Sslay existed 80 ma amoS Sieke tbe ci aRa p w,g9 P9Il,
since the new administration came into power
that many persons believe the commissioner
will take their time in Investigating the re.
spectiye merits of the applicants; 1t is said
that the Polo A. G. will. IL no license is re-
owing to the prevention Of the Kelly-Rotchford
hght . week 9r SO Ss9ii The pUs, managers think, it
had notified them q day-in advance of their in
%tentionA, Y would have relieved the club Of
considerable embarrassment financially. ASH
is, tho Organization lost money on the transac-
tion, even though the doors Of the arena were
MI o SPenadent hRe w MaiGGff for q: a a mifi aensse, a Srs
ton should not be, favorabiy considered. Their
every way With the requirements Of the law.
Coney Island Club has been handed in, and he
is on the anxious seat with the others. 1t has
boon suggested to Tom O'Rourke that no
might secure either the Puritan Clubhouse in
Long Island City, where the Mccoy. Crecdon
fight was held, or the Belmont Riding Acad.
envy at Harlem, where fights were held last
winter under the auspices OF tho National
sporting Club. But neither building, accord
ing to oRourke, is large enough.
The agitation started by THE SUN among
Columbia University students toward develop
ing athletic teams of some degree OF strength is
gradually working up the men TO a pitch of en-
thusiasm. The baseball prospects, as has al
ready been stated. are particularly bright; and
tho track, team. together with its bicycle nd
junct, will. undoubtedly BIO near the front rank.
IT is the football question:, however, which Is
creating unusual comment, and the students
are beginning to believe that. with a proper
amount Of energy and push, they can put a team
in the field next fall which, though II may not
be the equal OF I, ose representing the larger
universities, will at least make a fair showing
and increase the interest in this great sport,
The idea OF engaging Manhattan Field, whilea at
nrst deemed impossible because OF It's expense.
realize that II Is feasible IL the public interest