New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
ROYDOM IN GRIP
OF WAR FEVER
OVER BASEBALL
Soon to Make Charge on
Trophy Chest of the
Tribune Prizes.
TWO HUNDRED TEAMS
ALREADY IN THE LISTS
aGeneral" Lee and His Aids Plan
ming Campaigns for a Thou
sand Diamonds.


sand Diamonds.
The war fever has It's grip on the boys
=, this city. An army is being recruited
non, WASHINGTON Heights to the Battery
and A campaign is being mapped out In
xhich hundreds OF battles will be fought.
The army will not lay seige 10 Mexico
r.y; Il Il did the half-breed Buerta
night 90 LITTLE more qual1ing on his
sabbly throne.
The objective point OF the hosts that
are being marshalled is not the land
where the picturesque Aztecs held sway
,nturies ago. treasure chest right at
home is the goal The treasures consist
Of four sterling silver cups, forty-eight
gold medals. forty-eight silver medals
ana twelve hundred bronze medals. The
tribune is the custodian Of what might
e termed the spells OF war and is await
ing the siege which is to start on June
and continue ,unt.l october l.
william J. L.. Supervisor of RecreG-
ton. will lead the onslaught. lie has
chosen the weapons with which his army
is 10 be equipped. and will nave full
charge Of the drilling and training Of his
forces preparatory TO the final charge.
MIR Lee is well qualified for his post
He has a war record. In fact. he was
among the first 10 take a flying leap TO
the front in our little unpleasantness with
Spain. back in 1895. He got the lighting
habit then and has been fighting ever
since. but along different lines than in the
days when he first caught the war fever.
He doesn't fight 70 kill now. He fights
10 save, and the boys of this town are The
cnes he is battling TO save. He aims 10
save them from the germs that Turk in
our dusty streets in summer and snatch
them from the heated pavements out into
the health bestowing atmosphere in CID
Father Knickerbocker's parks.
So General Lee with his war record
and other qualifications is eminently fitted
to lead the impending campaign for fresh
air and The Tribune's chest of prizes.
There was one condition imposed upon
The Tribune by the General and that
vas that the choice of weapons for the
conflict should be left TO him.
The Tribune consented. General" Lee
has had his I'LL of the roar of cannon and
musketry and the whizz of bullets But
be does like to hear the crack of a bat
and the swish of baseball through the
sir SO he decided that his army of lads
should be equipped with bats and balls
and other paraphernalia of the sort. being
confident that The Tribune cups and
medals would be obliged TO surrender
after a series Of battles on the park dia-
monds.
The entries OF about two hundred teams
representing almost two thousand boys
have already been received by General
Lee. The sections of the city which at
present lead in number of entries are
those whose recreation centres are the
following parks: Seward, Hamilton Fish.
Tompkins Square. De Witt Clinton, Chel-
sea and Thomas jefferson. There is
keen rivalry on between these parks TO
turn in the largest number Of entries.
The boys who enter the carnival-and
By the way there are practically no re-
strictions placed upon those who desire to
enter-wil be divided into four classes
according 10 weight; s. pounds, 100 pounds,
Us pounds and 100 pounds. All the boys
have TO do is TO sign the entry blank pub
lished in The Tribune and present it 10
the instructor Of the nearest park play
ground to their homes.
Twenty-eight Fairgrounds will be used
for the games, the city being divided into
four sections, with seven Fairgrounds In
zach. An elimination series will open the
tournament. i'm which seven games a
week will be played in each class. total
Of q games for the four classes in each
section, or a grand total of IL games in
the four sections.
Following the elimination series will
come the interpark series, in which forty
two games will be played in each section,
or total Of l6S games for the four sec
tons. and a grand total of 672 games for
the four classes. The playing of the In
terpark series will require six weeks.
The final series will be made up of six
games IN each class, or a total OF "a
games for the four classes The players
on the teams in The Tribune Baseball
League that qualify by winning the elimi-
nation series will receive bronze medals
and he eligible 10 represent their play
ground in the interpark series.
AHe WINTERS OF the IIlAcIpdih 9'4''" ia
each Of the four sections will play Sc
RES for the championship Of New YORK
City The individual players on the
teams winning the final games viii
receive gold medals. while each of the
four teams will get a sterling silver low
ing cup as a team prize. The members
n the teams finishing second in the
finals will receive sterling silver medals.
Now. General Lee couldn't run an
amy such as this without officers to help
hin, Tho oRcare naturally will