New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-24
SPORTS OF THE DAY
LIST OF GIANTS OFF.
Murray and Seymour S'gn Up
and Start for Camp.


pad, Murray and Sy Seymour signed
.ho,r oo,tracts with the Giants yesterday,
ca ~ comnanv with Arthur Devlin and
C,bor,e,, IIerzog sailed away on the steamer
Antilles for the training camp at Marhn
snr;nrs Tex. Billy Grey. acting secretary
of tho club left by train for ST LOUIS
whore he will meet some o? the other vet
Grams and show them the way to the SUNNY
Sou.b BY Monday all the men viii De III
camn and hard al work to get in conditioh
for fving start in the National League
race.
So far.as known Murray and Seymour
the bard-hittinG outGelders. were the last
OF the veterans to go through the forhia''S
IF sionins their names to contracts, ana
rox, ,othing remains TO be done except win
fhs remnant George Wi1tse. who had
planned to go by boat. decided at the ia-''
minute that the ocean had some terrofs
and decided to go by train. Fred TenneF
die not report either. but it was SAID that
he would Join the squad in due time.
At the conclusion of the yearly Vauoe-
Vile show of the New York Athletic Club
on Saturday night ffty-six boxes for 'he
annual indoor games of the Mercury Foot
best of the arena seats will also be offered
for sale at that time, although most Oh
them have already been applied for
The committee in charge of the athletic
dinner which is held every season, has
been appointed 1t consists Of N. p. Hal
pin. chairman: A. V. Webber, secretary;
=, r. Benson r. VI. COTE, jr., w, l.
Mitchell J. T. Mahoney, N. X Bird and
w l.. Durant At meeting Of the com
rlittee on Monday night il was decided TO
hold this dinner on March at the club
house.
Captain HaIpin said last night that In
vitations to enter teams and individuals III
the games OIL March - had been sent OUT
to every prominent university and college
in the East and that many acceptances
had been received. He added:
Prom present Indications the games
promise to be not only the best in the
history of the club. but the best that have
ever been held indoors IN the United States.
We shall have the cream OF American ath-
letes In the many events that have been
scheduled and / look FOR number or
broken records before the evening has worn
itself out You can say for me that IL
something startling does not drop in the
five-mile special shall be much surprised
According to a dispatch from San Fran
CISCO the Jeffries-Johnson fight, which. as
told In The Tribune yesterday, Is booked
for the coast, will be conducted by the
Broadway Athletic Club, organized only
few weeks ago, and of which Jim Griffin
is manager IT turns out that Jack Glea-
son did not take part in the conference
late on Tuesday night, but IT is said that
he and TEX Richard are working in har-
mony at last. John L. Herget. better known
as Young Mitchell q former fighter, who
is chairman Of the police committee OF the
Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, was
at the conference which indicates that no
difficulty will be experienced in getting a
permit to hold the forty-fiye-round fight
The total receipts of the Nelson Woigast
hight on Tuesday evening were 81, 80, which
leaves good margin for the promoters. As
Il was estimated that the fight would cost
$4,000 Nelson was guaranteed $1,000, win.
lose draw, with $1,000 for expenses VOL
CAST received $3.50 for his end. The NOV
ing pictures will prove valuable. Nelson
bought So per cent interest In them for
$3.50.
Fred Merriheld, former University of
Chicago baseball star. who Is teaching
school in Japan, booms the Island Empire
as a safe resort for umpres in an article
written for the current number of the
University Of Chicago magazine. Merrf-
field says he has umpired games for three
years in Japan, and the worst kick he
e,er received was polite and mild protest
Mortified says baseball Is one OF the best
influences In the life of the young japanese.
Mordecaf Brown, the right bower OF the
Chicago Cubs in the box, is longer a
"hold-out'' Word came from Chicago last
night that he had relented and decided to
sign his contract.
Iron Man McGinnity, pIayer-manager
of the Newark club. Of the Eastern League
said yesterday that he expected to pitch
the opening game of the season and hoped
he would be luckier than last year, when
he lost the curtain raiser by a score Of
. to 1.
The hockey team of Toronto University
will invade this city next Monday evening
for game with the Wanderers The Vic
torias. of Montreal, will also be here next
week facing the Wanderers Friday and
an all-New York seven on Saturday.
The New York Athletic Club and the
Crescent Athletic Club teams will cross
sticks at the St Nicholas Rink tonight in
an Amateur Hockey League championship
game.
The two-nile roller skating relay race
between teams representing New York and
Bridgeport will be decided tonight at the
Metropolitan Roller Rink, Broadway and
sd street