Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-13
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Columbia University Cancels
National League Games.
WILL PLAY AMERICANS
INTERIORS AND WASHINGToNS
vICToRs IN BOWLING MATCHES.
Fitzsimmons Gets After Corbett-New
Orleans observation-disclosures Chess
jenkins Threw Pons.
WILL PLAY AMERICANS
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
The Columbia University base ball nine
has decided to cancel an exhibition game
with the New York National League team
scheduled for April 81 at the Polo grounds
New York. and will open the new American
League grounds there on that day instead.
Frank S. O'Neil, the captain of the Column
bia nine, and C. L. Hendrickson. the Var
sity manager, after a long conference with
President Johnson of the American League
at the Criterion Hotel on Wednesday night
decided to renounce the National League
and the Polo grounds without further ado.
The two Columbia men called on Johnson
upon the advice of Ted Lewis. the Boston
American League pitcher of last year, VINO
is now an instructor in English at Column
bia. They informed Johnson that Columbia
wanted game with Clark Griftith's team.
"All right boys" was Johnson's reply.
You can have the opening game of the
season here, April 81, which is the day be-
fore the regular championship season be-
gins. You can put your own men on the
gates and pay the club whatever share OF
the gate receipts You think Is fair. 1t Is all
up to you.
The Columbia men lost no time in accept
ing.
It is probable that Columbia will also
play all of her foot ball games on the Amer
lean League grounds.
Johnson left for Chicago late last night.
He did some tall hustling on Wednesday
and clinched the ground question. He put
up big cash deposit and signed the lease
for a term of years. But he will not make
public the loca ton of the new grounds until
February "a. owing to several circum-
stances over which he has no control But
when the announcement Is made, Johnson
says, work will begin at once, and every
thing will be ready by April Is, allowing
about seven weeks for construction. Before
Johnson took the train he said to the Sun
reporter:
ut has been a long hard fight to get into
New York, but We are here at last. We
have had many obstacles thrown in our
way. but we have surmounted all Of them
and will win a great victory. The American
League season will open here on April %
with game between New York and Wash
ington. and Delehanty will play with the
visitors. This time they cannot trip us up.
Everything has been signed and sealed and
the money has been paid over for the
grounds. The plans drawn up by the archi-
tects have been accepted, and the contract
for building has been practically awarded.
The location will positively be announced
on February a. unless something unfore-
seen happens"
AS Johnson got into the Pullman he fired
this parting shot:
every bit as convenient as the Polo
grounds"
1t is understood that so much time was
necessary to complete certain details in re-
gard to the location on Manhattan Island
which the Sun said the other day Johnson
was after that a shift has been made to
another site, even more accessible. The
people who had the first location in their
control wanted two weeks more time to
get things in shape for the signing of a
lease, but Johnson said that he could not
wait so long, so the other property was
cinched
s. F. Angus, owner Of the Detroit Ameri-
can League club. is at the Waldorf 1t is
expected that he will confer with Fred
Postal. the retiring president of the Wash
1ngton American League club. who intends
talk with President Johnson yesterday
morning.