New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-02
SPORTS OF THE DAY
EBBETs SHOWS STOCK.
Proves Syndicate Baseball Is
I1nkuozcn in Brooklyn.


hau in the Brooklyn club of the National
league That was settled beyond all
ouestion Yesterday. when Charles II. Eb-
! bots threw open the doors of his safe and
| invited all who would to examine the certfh-
! Gates Of stock. Mr.. Ebbets was still smart
ing under the intimation In Cincinnati
naper that Charles p. Taft and Charles
Webb Murphy, of the Chicago Cubs, were
interested in the Superbas. and In denying
Indignantly that such was the case he
took the only way TO prove it to the salts
faction Of the fans" who are willing 10
believe almost anything since the Phiiadei-
phia club stock was transferred under such
a veil of secrecy.
1t was shown that the capital stock OF
the Brooklyn club consisted of $500 shares
at par value of 500 each The stock IS
issued as follows: Charles II. Ebbets, l,4s9
shares; H. ". Medicus, treasurer. 'o'
shares, Charles H Ebbets, jr., $50 shares'
and A. c. Wall a lawyer in Jersey CitS'
one share. -,
Mr.. Ebbets explained that 1t cost mn
more than $4,000 to buy out the torhie
owners-F. A Abel. Edward Hahion 60
the late H. r. Won der Horst, ano 'ti"
a share of stock had been purciiaSe' III.
any of the present holders since i'O ,s+
said that no dividend was oecIai Gu
wear. but that the club was In noO' ''-'''7
condition financially. /
u,-u .ha subject of baseball Mr. Ed
$50 ,,,or,ced that the dedication OF INC
Henry Chadwick memorial Winoo" III ''to
r,hvrcb Of Our Father, in Grand avenue
mar Fulton street. Brooklyn "ouio
ne"' Uas,er The money for the WIN
dow was raised by popular suosc'iption
-r, c,n.rbas will start for Hot Springs,
Ark to-day and will be in camp untii
March 20. The following exhibition games
will he plaved on the way home; Marcn -
and % at Memphis March "a, 80, 70, 2o'
% and 80 at Chattanooga. Tenn; March |
Al April l and ., at Nashville; April 4 /
and 5. at Richmond. Va. April ard Z, at |
washington April and 9, at Baltimore.
The Excelsior Handicap, at one IfIIe ana
a sixteenth, of guaranteed value or $L'ooo'
will be renewed by the Metropolitan Jockey
Club this year, and run as the feature vi
the programme on the opening day OF the
spring meeting at Jamaica on April ~
Announcement was made yesterday of the
closing Of twelve stakes on March Il Tor
the meeting at Jamaica as follows:
For three-year- and upward-The Elk
celsior Handicap. of $500 AT one mile
and sixteenth the Kings County Handi-
cap, of $1,000, at one mile and a sixteenth
the Paumanok Handicap. Of $3.50, at six
furIongs: the Long Beach Handicap, OF
$1,000 at one mile and d sixteenth: the
Nevtovn Stakes of $1,000, at six furlongs;
the Corona Stakes, of $1,000, at one mile
and sixteenth
For three-year-olds-The Williamsburg
Stakes of $500, az six furionSs the Co
lur1bus Stakes, of $1,000 at one mile and
For oIds-The Greenfield Stakes,
Of 1900. at four and half furlonss; the
Rosedale Stakes Of 81. 500, q four and one
half furlongs: the Suffolk Stakes, of 81 900.
at four and one-half furlongs: the Elm
hurst States, of $1,000. at four and cne-half
Unless all signs fail, the twenty-one-day il
meeting of the Saratoga Racing Association !
in August will be the most successful of $
recent wears. Not content with offering an /,
attractive programme of stakes, three or
four fixtures have been added which are
likely to rank among the richest of the
season One is the Rensselaer, Handicap s
for tvo-year- olds, with a guaranteed value !
OF $4,000. and another is the hurricane 7
Stakes also for two-year-olds. With an I
added money value of $4,000. which will 2
make it worth close to $4,000. The asso-
citation has decided also TO add $4,000 In
EDITION to the $4,000 gold cup TO the Sara
toga Special. for tWo-year-olds. the sporting
fixture of the American turf AS last year,
the conditions will call for the naming OF
three horses, only one to start, at $500 half
forfeit.
Guy Garner who will ride for the New
castle Stable this year. headed the list of s
winning Jockeys at the meeting of the
Tuarez Jockey Club. which came to an end
IN Sunday with seventy four Winners IN
s12 mounts. Molesvorth. Rice, :fcCahey p,
and Shilling followed in order Creevy, ,
who rode for r T Wilson. jr last year, | 7
showed little improvement. and rode only s
eight winners in something over eighty
mounts. H. C. Bedwen headed the list of q,
winning owners, earning over s13.hu0.
Fortunate Zanti. the Italian runner who
las just reached this country with Two vic
ories over Dorando to his credit. will start / &
n the tWenty-me race in Madison Square |
Garden on Monday evening. March a. Al
Copeland was so impressed with tie style
and general appearance of the newcomer
that he accepted an offer to train him for {
he coming struggle. Zanti defeated Do :
rando by over three hundred ARDS in A {
race abroad al eleven miles, which ind-
,ates that he is not lacking in class
Jack Gleason and Tex Richard are
still playing tag. According TO the latter,
lie and Joe Nelson, of Salt Lake City :
waited in vain for three long hours on A,
Monday night for Gleason to appear for a | :
conference. He added Il have been wait !
ng long time for these people. but am
patient and Will keep cool"
Leach Cross and Jack Goodman who are
matched to go ten rounds at the National ! .
sporting Club on Friday, are both keen TO
meet Tommy Murphy. who earned the de
,lsion over Owen Moran in their twenty |
ound fight in San Francisco Oh Monday
ioodmans manager posted 1000 Yesterday
or hight with Murphy, and Leach Cross
posted $1,000 to the same end
q. A. Hornfeck, of the Wa 1dercrs
Hockey Club, in picking out an su-coIIari :
tie hockey team for THE Yale Daily
News selected four players from tho
Princeton seven which won the champio., .
ship and one each from Yale, Harvard and
Cornell. The lineup OF the all-star team
ollows:
POSITION. Player College.
ioal. Peacock (capt) Princeton
Point. Blair ......... Princeton !
Corerpoint. ........- Read .......... Princeton
entire. -............ Hicks .....-....... Harvard
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