New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-12
Go Down Before Pitts
burgh Feds as New Park
Is Opened.
RIG CROWD OUT TO
WELCOME THE TEAM
Two Bases on Balls in the First
Inning Open Way to Only
Runs of the Game.
BY Haywood Broun.

The Tip-Tops opened their new home
NJ Brooklyn yesterday and scored heavily
lin making friends. The thing organized
baseball called impossible came true
Thirteen thousand fans had their first
| view Of Federal League baseball and ex-
messed their entire satisfaction with the
brand.
Baseball and breadmaking have mighty
little IN common. The Wards-Robert,
George and Walter-learned that yester-
day. "Tip-Top deliveries 10 any home in
the city. twice daily" says sign on the
right field fence. Perhaps IT referred TO
the bread and not TO the team, for the
RroobJyn batters could not deliver a
single run. AS no Tip-Top came home
Pittsburgh won. by score of to 0.
Baking may he reduced to routine
After setting aside a certain amount OF
dough and heating it one may feel quite
certain how 1t will turn out Yesterday
the Wards took Tom Seaton, a $4,000
itcher. and warmed him mp carefully,
out he did not turn out at all AT any
rate. not according 10 specifications.
atom pitched well, but he gave two
p ses in the first inning, both Of which
were turned into runs. Howard Camnitz
y vor gave Brooklyn a chance TO score.
7 n teams played fast baseball
he home Of the Brooklyn Federals is
tractive. No hay crop will be taken
IN the outneld, for while at least,
! ,vt there is plenty Of grass in the inheld.
-. % richt field wall is a bit near, but it
Ia high one. and not many home runs
Nil be made over il. This is just as well,
Tor. according to the score card, every
player who hits for the circuit viii re-
ceive box of Dainty Marie Choco-
lates" An inducement such as this
sfould be almost sufficient to make Mike
Donlin jump from the Giants.
The opening was an old-fashioned one.
Before the game the players OF both
ciubs, headed by the WARDS and James A.
Gluorc. president Of the Federal League,
nlarcncd across the field and unfurled a
big American flag. Most of those taking
part were i'm step. but they will need TO
add a wall climbing stunt and get some
xouave uniforms before the act will be
ready for vaudeville.
Lewis II. Pounds. president Of the
Borough OF Brooklyn. threw the first
BAL and he walked all the way out to
he pitchers box to do it. Mr.. Pounds
went home and told his friends that he
cat the heart Of the plate. II he ever
runs again for Office he will undoubtedly
seek the favor of the red blooded voters
b. boasting of his perfect control.
81 But as a matter Of fact the ball was
not only high but inside as WELL More
ever, Mr.. Pounds did not have thing
on it. lie is making his claim in good
faith. but it is only fair TO say that the
Borough president has been grossly de-
ceived. Grover Cleveland Land seized the
bail which Mr. Pounds threw and quickly
pulled it down and to the right Except
to those who sat directly behind the
plate it looked like a strike
When Mr.. Pounds quit the centre Of
Me diamond Danny Murphy. centre
FEEDER Of the Tip Tops. took his place.
Murphy was once a member Of the Ath-
letics and seemingly some Of the folk in
Philadelphia still remember him. At any
rate a delegation called him out and
BANDED him a large parcel.
4 When the player opened the package
Die found that it contained boxes within
'3boxes and as he removed one after an
sother he began to fear for just moment
4that some one was playing a Joke and
sthat the gift inside would turn out TO be
4of no use whatsoever But then he came
yto the final box and opened it,
4 The player fairly gurgled with Joy. He
sheld in his hand gilded baseball. II
was the very thing he had been wishing
Ito get for years and years. He also
got a chest Of fat silver.
There was much dispute as to the size
of the crowd. Some haZarded a guess
as high as twenty thousand, but OBJ
servers always have a tendency 10 over
estimate the crowd. This is due TO a
survival Of the fttest historical liars.
The .lrst estimating Of crowds was done
in connection with battles. The histor-
ian who said his emperor won victory
over a mere 10000 Of the enemy often
was killed. but his wiser rival who put
the attendance of the invaders at one
million lived and was rewarded
And so race which cannot truthfully
tell the size Of crowds has been preserved.