The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-29
JUDGED SIX BASEBALL MINES.
SUNDAY GAMES STOPPED BY
POLICE ALL OYER TOWN.
One Played in This Borough with the Help
OF an Observation-Disclosures Police
J. Arrest All the Players in Three Games
I! Plan to Hurry Through . Test Case.

J.. Arrest All the Players in Three Games
Plan to Hurry through Test Case
Police Commissioner McAdoos order tt
prevent Sunday baseball was pretty gen
orally enforced Yesterday in Brooklyn anc
The Bronx, the boroughs chiefly anected
In The Bronx only one OF the regularly
scheduled games was played, and the police
there prevented the others without making
arrests except Ia four cases.
In BROOKLYN Inspector Or oss's men were
tu,y all the afternoon, and mace sixty
seven arrests. Notwithstanding this, at least
four full games we're played without In
terruption
In Manhattan one game at least was
played with the help OF an I'M junction
That was at Olympic Field, laeth street
and Madison avenue. where the Manhattan5
and the Philadelphia Giants met The
mana gers of the first named team obtained
a temporary injunction on Saturday from
Judge Dugro and served it on Police Com
missioner McAdoo, Inspector Titus and
Capt Burns of the West l28th street station.
The game was played without Interrupt
ton before large crowd, all Of whom had
to buy score cards.
Seven of the eight captains in the Bronx
Rad all the men they could spare busily
engaged in breaking up games wherever
started. The exception was Capt. Wen
dell of the High Bridge station who did not
interfere with game at Macomb's Dam
Park at 18lst street. Capt. Wendell was
reported to have decided that the game
was not against the law, as there was no
disorder and no admission fee was charged.
At any rate, his men did not disturb ball
players.
1t was a busy day for Capt. Deevy OF
Bronx Park. His work was made difficult
by the distances separating the ball grounds
and by the fact that most Of those who
came to the park were ignorant of the Com
missioner's order.
Nearly all of Capt. Deevy's uniformed
men were kept busy all day in going from
one diamond to another. They made no
arrests.
Capt. Ferris Of the fremont station
made one arrest. The prisoner was man
who had come with his wife from keyport
TO witness game at Cypress avenue and
14lst street, in which his cousin was to
pitch. The cousin didn't show up and the
Keyport man was prevailed upon to take
his place in the box. After he was ar
rested, he had difficulty in securing bail.
and his wife was greatly distressed. Capt.
Ferris refrained from locking him up until
friends arrived from keyport and fur
nished bail After the arrest the captain
and his detectives took places In the center
of the diamond and remained there until
most Of the crowd had dispersed.
Capt. Ward of the Alexander avenue
station had three players arrested at l41st
street and Southern Boulevard. No at
tempt was made by the Emeralds to play
their customary Sunday game on the
Catholic Protectory grounds. Notices
that there would be no game were posted
along fremont avenue, but crowd Of
fair proportions gathered nevertheless
There was great dissatisfaction at the
new order.
Capt. David Evans Of the Fourth avenue
station, Brooklyn. arrested the members
Of six baseball clubs-87 persons In all-for
playing games to which admission was
charged. The prisoners are members Of
the Bay Ridge Athletic Club st. Peters
Catholic Club. st. Johns Catholic Club.
Washington Field Club, st. Michael's Catholic
Club and the Visitation Catholic Club. These
are semi professional organizations which
have regular grounds fitted up with grand
stands, seats for which are obtainable on
the purchase Of score cards.
The st. Michael and Visitation teams
played at the grounds OF the former, at
Forty-sixth street and Second avenue, and
we're allowed to finish the game Then
Capt. Evans and his men nailed twenty-five
members and substitutes who had taken
part in the contest. The players we're
marched up to the station house at Forty
I'll (xu
by half the men and boys who had wit
messed the game. Bail was fixed at $780,
and in each case was furnished.
The policemen detailed to oh the game
between the St. John Club and the Wash
ington Field Club, which was played on
the grounds at Third avenue and Thirty
third street. rounded up twenty-three
players and led them to the same station
house. These players were also admitted
TO bail in 5000 each.
The members of the Bay Ridge Athletic
Club and St Peters who had played at
Second avenue and Fifty-frst street,
twenty-five strong. were also arrested and
hailed. All were accused of violating Section
285 OF the Penal Code.
The st. Michaels Club is attached to ST.
Michaels Roman Catholic Church at Fourth
avenue and Forty-second street. It's mem
bers have defended their money making
policy on the ground that it was used for
charitable purposes. The Visitation Club
Is connected with the Church of the Vista
ton in Verona street, and the st. John Club
with the Roman Catholic Church of st.
John the Evangelist, in Twenty-frst street,
Brooklyn. The st. Peters Club is attached
to St. Peters Roman Catholic Church at
Hicks and Warren streets.
District Attorney Clarke will seek to
have the men held for trial in the Court Of
Special Sessions and will make an extra
effort TO have a decision reached az
promptly as possible so that it may be
carried to the higher court. He is deter
mined to have settled the question as to
whether Sunday ball playing in Brooklyn
Is legal or illegal.
It was owing to Cor poration Counse
Delanys opinion that President Charles
H. Ebbetts Of the Brooklyn Baseball Club
cancelled the game scheduled for WASH
In gton Park yesterday between the Brook
Ign and New York teams. At Washin eton
Park In the past at Sunday games persons
who desired seats had to pay 50 and rs
cents for score cards.
Lnughlin Lyceum, a church organiza-
ton attachedto st Cecilia's Catholic Church
IN Greenpoint, held their regular Sunday
ball game vest erday at Jackson Lots in