The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-23
GIANTS TAKE A REST.
No Dissertation of the, Sabbath In
duIged in by New YorI<s.

No Dissertation of the. Sabbath In
duIged i'm by New Yorks.
Yesterday was an off day with the
Giants. Manager McGraw and the ma
jority of the members of the team do
not believe in Sunday play. and on that
account the day was generally spent in
hotel corridors or in driving or riding
about the city, while others attended
religious services. Some of the boys,
who are a bit sore from the severe
practice of last week, went out to the
ball park, and chased around the
grounds several times, though there
was no ball playing of any kind.
To-day, however, they will get at it
again, and keep the ball lively until
Thursday, when the team will leave for
Birmingham, which will be the begin
ming of the circuit planned by the
Giants on their way home, and in
which exhibition games will be played
in every place visited either with the
professional team in training or with
local aggregation.
Manager McGraw is negotiating for
a permanent lease of the Bolton Street
Park for spring work for the Giants.
He will, however, require that the
ground be improved, and put in condi-
ton that will fit it for practice in any
kind of weather A conference was
held Saturday with one of the owners
of the property relative to such i'm
provements, and he was practically as
sured that the same will be made ac-
cording to the desire of the team.
McGraw says that he regards Sa-
Vannah as one of the best training
grounds in the South, but that the ball
field is in such condition that he will
not come here another year unless 1T is
improved. He says that he pays a
good price for the use of the park and
that he had no doubt but what the i'm
proVements will be made according 10
his suggestions.
1t now seems improbable that either
George Davis or Delehanty will be al
lowed to play with the New Yorks this
season, and that they must either lne
up with Chicago and Washington, re-
spectively, OF not play ball at all. The
New York American and Journal says:
Harry Pulliam, president of the
National League, and Ban Johnson, the
president of the American League, met
and decided the fate of the two recall
citrant baseballists. Davis and Dele
hanty, on Thursday afternoon, Pull
lam issued a statement yesterday aft
ernoon to the effect that Davis and
Delehanty would have to play with the
the peace conference.
In other words, Davis will have to
play with the Chicago team of the
American League, and Delehanty with
the Washington team of the same
league.
Ban Johnson is in entire accord
with Mr.. Pulliam on the subject and
says, Furthermore, that these men will
not even be allowed to change from
one club to another in the American
League.
The decision of the two league
presidents will put the New York Ma
tional League club in an awkward po-
sition if it continues to lay claim to
the services of these men, The New
York club would then not only be
fighting the American League, but the
other National League Clubs.
Davis jumped his optional contract
with the New York club and signed
a two-years' contract with the Chicago
club. At the end of last season he
jumped the contract with the Chicago
club and signed a new contract with
the New York club. He also accepted
advance money from the New York
club. Delehanty did practically the
same thing.
"At the peace conference 1t was de-
cided not to recognize optional con-
tracts and to hold the player to the
contract he signed first. In the case
of Davis this was the Chicago club,
and in Delehanty's case the Washing
ton club. Messrs. Pulliam and John
son are simply unfolding the decision
of the peace conference"