The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-28
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP.
MORE LIGHT UPON THE ATTI-
tube OF C. N. EDBETS.

brooklyn President Suspected by spalding
Some T1me Age New Yorks' Make
Up BID for the Jerries-F FIJI xsim.
mons and McGovern-Corbett Fights.
The press representative OF the Brooklyn
Baseball Clubs President threw q new ray
Of light upon the true inwardness OF the
allie ged loyalty to A. O. Spalding yesterday
with q long statement 20 the effect that there
are only two legitimate results Of the present
fight In the National League. One 10 the
getting together Of the original eight clubs
under a standard OF peace or the refusal OF
the Freedman faction to join with the spald-
ingites. whereupon the latter would proceed
to maintain the League on the platform pre-
pared by Spalding. Incidentally the fact 10
emphasized In no uncertain manner that II
would be impossible to expel the New York
club In view OF the constitution Of the League.
that II would be out OF the question TO form
a new organization. and also that II would be
folly TO play out the coming season on q
four-club basis. Furthermore. It is pointed
out that the creditors OF the League would
promptly stop any radical moves with an
Injunction. As a wind-up the assertion 10
made that the -burying OF the hatohet seems
simple. provided. OF course. neither side asks
too much" In other words. President Ebbets.
In spite OF his warlike utterances. has been
secretly working against Spalding fol some
time. There is proof. which can be furnished
at the proper time, to show that ak weeks
ago Ebbets made the statement that Spalding
could not get Freedman out Of baseball: that
Spalding was practically Slufing. and that
the Brooklyn club wanted about $4,000 from
the League as paymen for the elimination
OF the Baltimore club from the circuit before
he would consent to break away from this
Freedman faction forever. Ebbets also mad
the remark that a iour-club lea que was an
absurdity, and that the Brooklyn club would
not take part in any such movement.
He also denounced the American League
ana declared vehemently that the Brooklyn
the men who bad taken the star players
away from the National League.
It may not be a breach OF faith TO say that
six weeks ago spalding gave orders to his
lieutenants to keep all moves secret and
under no circumstances to allow Ebbets
to get hold OF any Inside facts.
II was .emi-onNaally announced yesterday
that the New York team for the coming sea-
son is complete, This is the Intended make
ess,ehers. BSwsr@san. Yessar, and Thurst9n;
&ccSes, Evans BURKE. rhislymsai. RsshsST,ni
SECOND s"S base. smith; third base. DsisksSty;
short ,t a1.o Andersen snHs. 9%q tGs sGs sS ,ssa1a
Il is asserted with renewed CONFIDENCE that
the team will win the pennant. even though
New Workers have not seen a championship
banner since 1889. except those won by Han
Ions men over In Brooklyn.
Various clubs are figuring on securing the
Jefries-FitzsinmQns and the McGovern-
Corbett nghts Though Il Is generally under
stood that Jenries and Fitz will fight before
the Yosemite A. c. Of San Francisco. a num-
Der OF prominent sporting men Of Los Angeles
have decided to offer n guaranteed purse
of SIS. 600 and a percentage OF the gross gate.
Angeles is the home OF Jerries. the Offer may
receive some consideration and that II 1t ia
accepted. the fight will be decided in the
open aiT. Bids for the McNiovsTn;cor9st
Hurst. representing. the Southern 4; {. OF
Louisville, where McGoveTu and sullivan
met, has already. made a bid. SO has a club
/. cO OspF6ox KS ScoE Th,is Jos SaPel.ra wen thsii
decided in the East. The Yosemite 4. G Of
Frisco will also make a play. while Jack
Herman's club at Fort Erle VII be heard
made these remarks, when he, learned that
another match with Terry had been clinohed;
"I'm tickled 70. death. There Ia no one ]
just; Gt't the Kind Of a fighter that suits me. !
will take care 70 be Just as ft as was at
Hartford and ! hope he will be at his best.
too, so that there may be no doubt for either
result. III win TO a dead moral certainty
-Four more American Jockeys have sailed
for Europe They are Johnny Reirl lash
ride in France this year, where his handling
of Kilmarnock III. last season made such n
sensation. He has taken. on weight this
winter and may not be able to do less then
Sloan and Hill are bound for Russia. All
OF them have signed lucrative contracts.