The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-04
CURRENT SPORTING TALK.
RROoRLTN-BALTLMORE BAsEB4LE
NEAL a BE CLOSED TO-DAY.

p,nercnce Between Abel md Byrne over
tho Inttcr's stock IL the Only Hitch-A
sqo 600 Bid for the Big Fight-Tod SIonn's
winnings In wall street Exaggerated.
nh, Brooklyn-B Baltimore baseball deal was
not closed yesterday. but the indications are
mai The papers may 10 signed this afternoon.
,Janlon, vonderhorst. Abel and Ebbcts met
.coin nj noon Yesterday and conferred without
Ic, nm for nearly seven hours. II is likely that
,bo doaI would have been made last night only
Tor a hitch over the stock In the Brooklyn Club
halJ nv w, g.. Byrne. The latter was not pres
ant at the conference. but he did not hesitate
% state some interesting facts to a reporter OF
THE Sun.
~ am tho only one that is now blocking this
daol. and I am doing it for purely business
reasons" no said. In representing tho Byrne
estate | hold eleven $40 Brooklyn Club bonds.
sper cent. Of the stock and n claim for $1,000
In hack salary due my brother when he was
president OF tho club. have asked Abel to
g,yo me $4,000 In cash for tho entire holdings.
and no has accepted my price. but not my
terms. Abel has offered to pay me part OF the
$4,000 in cash and tho rest In notes. l want
all cash, and there the matter stands. Ebbets
"a mot blocking the deal. but has agreed to do
the right thing by Abell.'
when the conference broke up the mag
mates said that they had agreed to meet at Q
o'clock to-day. All OF them inferred that the
deal would go through. Then Abel said:
81 shall neither deny nor admit the truth OF
pvrne's statement. We have gone over the
Inherent ends Of the deal to-day with care and
delibcration and you can say TINT the situation
arrears to have been cleared up considerably.
There are still a few obstacles in the way. al
though many have been smoothed over. BY
tomorrow ! shall be in n position. l think, to
either declare the deal of or make 1t u reality"
Ebbets. who says he has oil along been mis-
understood. made the following statement:
From the way things look tonight l be-
lieye the deal may be concluded tomorrow.
hut nothing is certain in the baseball business.
Ihayo placed no hurdles IN a~nyoodys way TO-
"aSiccording to both vondcrhorst and Hanlon.
lhs Hs, RN @f his sGvG stocR RFf tRRat Were r re H41e YN by
them as fair. Nonderhorst said:
I'VE have spent seven hours discussing this
matter. and | confidently believe that we will
reach an understanding tomorrow. No. the
deal has not rd been boo closed siSnG yet y because nn% s tne
0 oGT SSHter enc, last night. and that 1 am more
Ter rests entirely with the Brooklyn stock
holders, who are expected to patch up their
Like Vondrrhorst. Hanlon expressed hope
that the deal would he ,clinched to-day. He
sbid everybody interested was inclined now TO
toahcad. 1t was learned last night that Eb-
bets had a CONFERENCE WIN Byrne yestero
Abel that his terms were final. But it is be-
lieved that by making a few copcessions both
ing with harmony. From what is known OF
the inside proceedings the situation hinges on
the Byrne stock. When that interest is handed
over to Abel the latter will sign the consolida-
ton papers without delay
John B. Day. manager Of the New Yorks.
says he is making. preparations for the coming
season. In regard to the report that he object;
am willing to trade any and all players on
1ae 1sSn to to | t fsn S SeS " Y YraGo c SRhS WE Perfect RE ef h sq-
mony exists between the club officials and my
self. l sincerely hope the proposed Brooklyn.
fails. the New York Club and every other club
in the League will suffer, The. prospects for q
can get, the men together / shall select a cap
tain. Harmony will be established among the
give a good account Of ourselves"
Day said that his idea In beginning practice
s at Sn tTo Teeks gn stay st there wa n9F tn SEASON. srsdaa thy
players SO that when they reached home they
would be fit to play fast ball.
1t was said yesterday by sporting men that
the the ssE a sq tpCG3GE COX pf2arra ted FB it "a A; { sh would o. I'D
sS2a va %h SsR'o IS 5000 sSt % moTs tha1 the purss
offered by the ,Lenox Club. As the seating
%SSs sY; tB,t of ., the fbd BrG f.nUE a Aiu6 6 i Is 8 S60Tf
ioi NlihN VI ~ ~ "Se'A
be necessary to charge double the rates that
prevailed when Sharkey fought Mccoy. In "A
word. box seats would bring $40 each and the
other prices would scale down to SO for an adj
mission ticket. 1t was also stated that If the
Coney Island Club should make q bid II would
be promptly turned down by the Sharkey peo-
pie. As THE SUN has stated before, the i'm
preston still prevails that Sharkey and ~Jeffries
will be the. ones to provide the next heavy
weight battle.
Friends ofTod Sloan. the jockey. are. ridicul-
ing the story that he has won 100000 in Wall
street. They say that Sloan may have won
perhaps 100000 but that a larger figure Is i'm
probable. One OF his friends declares that
at the time he would take no further chances
at a game he knew little or nothing about.
Like all prominent sporting celebrities, Sloan's
winnings on various events have been eXaR-
gerated, especially this recent coup In Wall
street.
Yale graduates have decided on a new system
door sports, The plan is TO have one head
coach of known ability in each branch. and to
invite as many assistants as. possible to help
him out. At present baseball is in charge of
Dutch" Carter. who will have all tho
say. no matter how many former Yale play
ers, may 60 to New Haven to help. DR..
Ga,laudet is in control Of the, crew
him for Instructions. c. II. Sheriff. is the
graduate power in track athletics, with Trainer
SopNand as the active handler of the candi-
dates. The football coach will be a prominent
graduate and eX-captain who will have power
similar to that given to Carter, Gallaudet and
sherri!l. This system H. expected to restore
1aIeS former prestige. which was gained I'M