New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-28
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
No Chance of Brooklyn "Fans'
Dropping to the Cellar.
BIG BOOST FOR SEAT0N
Pitcher of "Fogeps Fragments
Fairly Scintillating on the
Training Trip.


home of the .Superbas in Brooklyn and
see Jake Daubert slam out a home run
they can stamp their feet and jump about
with every assurance that the stands viii
not collapse even should they groan
This cheerful announcement was made
by Charles n. Ebbets. jr., secretary of
the club. yesterday. in the following
words. culed from a mathematical and
not a baseball vernacuar:
BY the direction of =. J. Carin, super,
! intendent of the Bureau of Buildings, ana
to satisfy. all persons interested in the
! new stands at Ebbets Field, test has
been made, under the supervision of John
! c. Snakcnberg. of the carrying capacity
of different parts Of the floor. the object
being to note what the maximum deflec-
ton would be in each individual panei AT
twice the allowable safe load
! Under the building code a structure OF
| this description is required to carry safely
! at a factor of safety OF four ninety pound
means that as tested, lso pounds super
| fetal foot was placed over the area OF the
concrete floor slab. the size OF which was
/ II feet . inches by feet. This meant a
! total load of 10. 400 pounds and the defiec,
ton as shown by the instrument. showed
! 16-lGOo of an inch.
As the steel frame Is calculated at
| factor Of 4 and an elastic limit Of 5000
pounds an inch. this noted detection indi.
Gates that as far as safety of the stanu
| there can be no question.
Let JOY he unrestraincd There is no
chance OF the fans" dropping TO the Gel
lar. even if the Superbas do.
! Mr. Ebbets also announces another IN
spection day Of the field stands and offices
| on Sunday from O'Clock in the morning
/ until i'm the evening. The marble ro-
I tunda is now completed and will be cleo
| trically lighted all day. Tickets for the
| exhibition games with the Yankees on
! April and and for the special opening
OF the National League season with the
| Phllies on April Q are still on sale at the
/ field.
Speaking of Tom Seaton. who won SIN
/ teen games and lost twelve for the Phil-
! lies last year with ii team behlnd hlni
! literally shot To- pieces. Jim Nasiuin
| SAYS in THE Philadelphia Inquirer:
tom is willing worker and takes his
duties seriously, and while his work for
Fogels Fragments during our last sum
mer of discomfort bore ample evidence 10
| the effect that he is some pitcher taken
by and large. he has been spldttcilns
such splendid form around the long leaf
pine belt down here that there appears To
! be as much difference between the Seaton
person Of this gladstone springtide ana
that of last summer as there Is between
any finished product and the raw mate
| rial No Phil pitcher mas ever scintiliated
during the spring training froHc with
such binding brilliancy as Seaton Is now
| showing.
One can almost hear the coliectiv"
! knees of the National League hatsn"n
rattle at these fearsome tidings Mr.. Sea
/ ton must be watched
Frank J. Farrell received from Ban
Johnson, president OF the American
! League, yesterday. glass case contain
| ing the pen with which Frank Chance
| signed his q ntract to manage the Yam
/ KEGS with the wish that the pen be an
omen Of good luck and that the American
League in New York would be highly
successful under the new order Of things
Mr. Farrell visited kingsbridgc yestcr-
div afternoon and inspected the work on
/ the new park Despite the wet weather
/ the task Of filing In is progressing faplu-
! ~, and assurances were gwen thdt IL
/ would be completed by June J.
! In a cable message tp Tim Davis yes
terday Arthur Irwin said that the Yam
! KEGS would leave Bermuda next Tuesday
and arrive at Pier AZ, North River on
/ Thursday afternoon
Judging by reports from the training
! camp OF the Senators. the work OF clyde
Milan this spring has been above the
ordinary. both in hitting and base run
/ ming The Tennessee Flyer. VINO set a
I new record for stolen bases In the Aincfl-
] ..ap last
hits game and has been faster than
ever on the paths.
Matty Mcintyre. the former outheldcr
OF the Detroit Tigers and Chicago Whit,
Sox. has purchased his release from the
San Francisco club Of the Pacific Coast
League. and is trying 10 land a berth
with the indianapolis Club of the Ameri-
can Association.
Vic Bickers. young pitcher Of the
Washington Senators. has been released
10 the Wilkes Barre Club Of the New
York State League.
George Stovall manager of the ST.
Louis Browns. says he viii have a time
clock installed In the clubhouse. and the
PLAYERS will have to punch the time OF
their arrival and departure.
Scott young shortstop OF the Boston
Red SoX. has been "farmed out 10 the
indianapolis club, Of the American Asso-
citation.
Jack Stansbury. an ou;feider drafted
! last fall by the St Louis Cardinals from
| the Louisville club. of the American As
ISOLATION, has been returned TO the Colo
nels.
The fans" can skip and shout roun
delay, with baseball only thirteen days
away.
"FEATHERS" IN FAST BOUTS
Fleming, Driscoll and Doyle
Win at 44th Street Club.
Frankie Fleming, Young Driscoll and