New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-14
SPRING JOYS HERE
I'LL CITY. OUTDOORS.
Youngsters FIJI Parks and
Elders CrOsrd DuUeTGyS.

The nungent odor of arnica is abroad
q, ds, ard the stream 10 the drug stores
te but started There Is q good reason
or II and while those who arc using IT
toel sore they still rejoice at the cause
=. means that spring has come, and with
y tho sports of the summer have resumed
,te,r swa@ Baseball, soccer football,
aoIf and lacrosse were in full swing YES
,e-dsv for the first time since Big Bill
r5,vards' tackled his first sIloWstorm
,ho-t Christmas Coney Island resumed
eoroe OF its midsummer appearance
though the barker " as not as prominent
~ he viii be later.
II did not need the weather man or the
-fstisttcian. who recalls that 1t is SIX
-.eeks since the hedgehog came out ano
,a1 his shadow. to tell the people OF
---esfa- <eu- York that spring had come.
~. &C.. of the new season was in the air.
md t3otlsnaitcs prepared TO enjoy them
-,,.ee sooordine 20 their varying tastes
The parks and open spaces were crowded
---r.. md -17., welcome music of the bat
...,,+4--- leather Was heard occasionally to
.,, sound of the coacher urging his man
%, ..I,noc,, him out Of the box and then
ai65inr his runner 10 take lead"
Tho pedestrian in upper Broadway had
., ICON 2 keen eve peeled for automobiles
&c ,re,- speeded northward with their
r,erload Of human freight, the roads 10
c.uev Island had 10 put on extra ears,
he subway trains 10 Bronx and Van Cort-
,s7df parks early assumed the rush hour
arpearanco. and tho ZOOS and botanical gar
lers lad more visitors than they have had
~ The same date for many seasons past.
Fvery body vas out and everybod,
wanted "a get a taste Of the balmy air in
ID. RI
.-et snot 10 feel the rush Of humanity,
and tho guardians of the place declared
'fat -he number OF visitors 10 the zoolog-
-es1 and botanical gardens was greater /
than IT has been for years past
'WLv. Il looks like the middl1 Of sum {
r,or." said one 81 the guardians when asked !
whether he had had many people. Bor- /
orzl Parkway was almost Impossible with
automobiles and carriages, principally au-
,orohilee.
Van Cortlandt Park TOO, had its crowds
.--u carly forenoon until nightfaH. The
golf courses were well patronized, while a
lacrosse and 8 soccer match each drew its
crowds and The baseball enthusiasts were
e il hard and fast all afternoon. Each
game drew it. groups of admirers, and the
crowds enjoyed the fun.
Central Park. too had the banner crowd
a. HE season 50 Ear, and the youngsters
orseced the change in temperature TO the
fullest degree. while their elders watched
rle fu1 and sighed, for the days when they
Lad ganboHed with the return Of each re
curing spring.
Riverside Drive presented an unusually
lively panorama OF wealth and fashion in
automobiles and carriages and mucn larger
crowds than Al this date usually line the
Driveway and enjoy the balmy breeze.
Down A. the Battery too where the cold
r.a1s of winter have prevented gatherings
during The last few months, the old habitues
and siGltsecrs were out in large force
also While the song of the birds and the
turning of The trees which mark tae return
o. -ae season Of life in the country are not
o. he observed in Manhattan, the signs of
spring peculiar 10 the city were none the
..~s striking and convincing yesterday
T was estimated that fully 5000 persons
0st 10 Co.ey Island yesterday. and al
oggh the season viii not be officially de-
sired begun for another fortnight. yet the
'4Joriry II the places were open ana ready
-a- business.
William Bouruzai-, Bert Hurting.
Michael Jacobs and another man ventured
10 the ocean despite the low temperature
nd remained in the water for nearly an
t.e shoot the chUtes tower at DreanIaud at
30 O'Clock. but al that time the tide was
ensidered to lie too low and two thou
-sud persons who had gathered 10 witness
Tho feat were disappointed.
Tie bathing season at Long Beach. Long
Island. wa opened Yesterday by James
9~svoid and Edward Defer. OF Manhattan,
and George Carlson and James O'Rourke.
if Brooklyn. They live in bungalows dur
the sumner season at Nassau-bv-the-
.S+a. a colony a. the eastern end of the
feacn They remained for about three
f---tes IN the water. They said thew had
heard q several persons going in at Conev
Island ON The previous Sunday and re-
1-etted they had not been at Long Beach
en or earlier 70 keep the early bathing
season record for Long Beach
Leon Geer seventeen Eears old. Of No
70. Bay 10Th street. Bath Beach. who was
-.o'nS on bicycle, was run down bv an
-ufemohle owned and operated by CIar-
'"n1 Ian. Of 10. 136 East 18th street.
.ef-GzI. yesterday. tIeer was taken TO
'.. Reception Hospital. where it was said
~sf night that his condition was serious.
'"a0 a. taken To the Coney Island police
s.sron, but Lieutenant Miller permitted
hfn 70 20 several witnesses testifying that
e boy had Tuu into the machine.