The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-04
The SPORTING WORLD.
NEW YORK AMERICANS LEAVE
FOR THE SOUTH TO-NORROW.
Grifnth TO start with a Number Of His Wen
for Birmingham WIN Have Twenty"
four Players In Llne-COntroverSS OSer
6ebFinE-H Hart says lie Was Robbed.

The vanguard of the New York AMERICANS
viii leave this city tomorrow for The Apring
training quarters at Birmingham. Afa. Man-
aEer Grlh1th announced yesterday that ne
had sent word to q number OF his players 10
take n train over the Pennsylvania Railroad
from the foot Of West Twenty-thiFd street,
at 12.55 p. NJ. Jack Chesbro, Leroy. the
4 Indian pitcher; Thomas, tho new catcher from
x Providence: Pat Dougherty, Willie hteler'
Walter Clarkson and Trainer Mike Martin
will leave on this train under trinlth 2 leaueT-
chip. Conroy will join the party at Ihlla-
delphia, Jimmy Williams will get aboard AT
Washington, and Al Orth at LynchburE. va
3 From Hot Springs. where they have been
training for some time, Norman Elberfeld,
Eddie Hahn. Noodles Hahn, Doc Newton.
Jim MCGUIRE and Jack Kleinow will 20 direct
to the training camp, Hal Chase, the crack
first baseman. is on his way East from san
Il Jose. Cal, Pitcher HogR will come on from
Pueblo. while Bobby Keefe and James Whalen.
the new pitchers, will leave Frisco together,
probably to-day.
Laporte, the big hitter secured from tho
Buffalo team last fall. wired Grin yesterday
that he would start at once from his home in
Uhriohsville, Ohio, and Pitcher Tom Hughes
will pack his grip at Topeka in order to be
in line when the roll Is called. Moriarty, the
nav player from the Toledo club, takes the
train for the South at Chicago, and Dele
hanty, the outielder. buys his railroad ticket
In Cleveland. Griffith will have twenty-four
men at Birmingham in a few days and will
keep them there until March 81. All the
men have become members of the Birming-
ham A. c. so that they can make use OF the
gymnasium. shower and plunge baths and
the lockers. Exhibition games will be
played at Birmingham every Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday until the Americans
leave there for Atlanta on April I. where
they will remain for a week or so. They
will begin to move in this direction when
they play a game on April 10 at Lynchburg,
which Is Orth's home. They will show up
for the first time this year at American League
Park on April II for a game with the Provi-
denoe team. champions of the Eastern League,
and will also meet the Newark team the fol-
lowing day.
On April IA they will begin the champion
ship race here with the Boston Americans.
Grifith did not care to make predictions yes
terday, but said that the men would be put
through a course of rigorous training and
that every man would have a fair chance to
demonstrate his worth. With the exception
Of two or three men all Of the team have
signed contracts.
The Chicago Nationals are making an at
temptIo have Outfelder james Sebring re-
stored to good standing by the National
Commission. Sebring is supposed to be the
manager of the William sport team of the
Tri-State toutlaw) League, although he was
traded last year by Cincinnati to Chicago.
Chairman Hermann of the commission says
that II IL is true that Sebring has indHced
several major league players to jump their
contracts he will be placed on the blacklist
permanently. Otherwise, Sebrtng can play
with Chicago, as Hermann gave him per-
mission last year to play a few games with
Williamsport. Sebring has made several
statement TO the effect that he would. sign
players from organized clubs. and in other
ways has placed himself on record az an enemy
Of the big leagues. Ban johnson ls opposed
to Sebring's engagement with Chicago, but
Pulllam and Hermann may outvote him,
a. the National League is directly Interested
In the case.
Pitcher Briggs, traded by Chicago to Brook
Ign In partial exchange for James Sheckard,
says that unless the Brooklyn club accepts his
terms he will go to the outlaw circuit.
Mccarthy and Maloney, who were also traded
with Briggs, are kicking over the traces, too.
Jimmy Casey. the fourth man in the deal.
has signed with Brooklyn.
Marvin Hart now attempts to explain his
defeat at the hands of Tommy Burns by de-
claripR that he was the victim of a job cooked
up by Tommy Ryan and Burns manager,
aided by the referee. But Hart cannot en-
plain VIII he put up such a ridiculously poor
argument or why Burns made a chopping
block out of bm. Hart had twenty rounds
in which 10 show his superiority over his
light antagonist and failed signally. Incl
dentally, Hart says he would like 10 fight
Burns again, and will bet S. 5000 on the result.
The death of Harry Tenny in Frisco recalls
number of ring fatalities.of n similar nature.
Jimmy Barry, at one time bantam champion
Of the world, knocked out Walter Croot. the
English champion, in the twentieth round in
London some time ago, Croot dying soon
after the battle. 1t developed that Croot
had a weak heart and Barry was quickly re-
leased by the London police. Two years
ego last summer Tommy Burns in a bout at
Detroit knocked out Ben 0'Grady in three
rounds, the latter never recovering con-
aciousness. Bob FitZsimmons while indulg-
ing In q friendly bout with his sparrinE part
ner. ConRiordan, at Syracuse several yearsago.
landed a heavy blow on the latter's jaw and
killed him outright. Andy Bowen, the former
lightweight, died from the effect of injuries
received In a mill with Kid Lavigne. There
have been other fatal accidents. but the VIC
Tins have been practically unknown to the
pugfistic world.
Il will meet any man In the world, sald
Tommy Burns recently. But | will bar JEFF
fries, who Is In a class by himself. | will
not draw the color line and will make a match
with Jack johnson, Jack O'Brien or any
body else, l will even take on Hart again
n there Ia a public demand for a return match.
/ weigh ITO pounds fit. and | can build up
TO 1870 and be strong. Fighting, not acting,
n my game and the buster / am the better"
The introduction Of a bill by Senator Cogge-
shall at Albany increasing the State racing
tax from s TO s per cent, is calculated to Offset
the anti-betting measure introduced re-
Gently by Senator Cassidy. Last year the
AGRICULTURAL societies of the State received
about $500, 900 as their share of the tax on
race track gate receipts, so that If the new
bill becomes a law this amount will be in
creased to more than $500. 600 20 be cut up
among the State fairs, 1t Is believed that
the, constituents Of the upstate legislators
at Albany will not desire the defeat of this
measure, whereas they will be opposed TO the
anti-betting bill, which. so 1t seems, has COM
paratively few suppo rters.
Scandals at the winter tracks are still
coming TO the surface. The latest is the
attempt TO destroy ]. H. McCormiok's Grenade
at City Park, New Orleans, by administering