The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-27
TIP TOPS TAKE LEASE
ON RIDGEWOOD PARK
Feds Will Play in Brooklyn
Suburb II Own Park Is
Built Too Late.
MAY TAKE TILL JULY I
Weather Delays Hurt-Giants
Forget Wilson and Crandall
-Fultz HOwls at Ruling.

Delays due to weather and regulations
OF the city building department have made
II appear unlikely that the Brooklyn Fed
erals will be able to open their home sea-
son on the new grounds at Washington
Park. The Tip Tops are duo at home on
May Q. In order to provide against tho
emergency Of an inconpleted plant the
Wards have secured lease on R.dgewood
Park In the suburbs OF Brooklyn. This
place has the largest seating capacity OF
any OF the eeml-profess!onal baseball
grounds IN brooklyn.
II now IL figured that Washington Park
will not he ready much before July I.
Concrete requires a certain time for dry
Ing out before 1t is safe. and no iron work
may be erected until the concrete has set
Secretary John y. Foster W the Giants
said yesterday that he aid not believe
President Hampstead would make any
legal move To recover Otis Crandall and
Arthur Wilson. no matter what the out
come OF the Killifer injunction suit may
be. The intimatio was strong that play
ere short sighted enough to leave a cham
pionshp club In the greatest city Of the
land for the uncertainty Of a new circuit
Of smaller cities and an untried league
could not have their jobs back under any
conditions.
Concerning the reported conflict IN Bal
timore between the ants-Orioles practice
game on April IL and the Federal League
opening In that city Foster said no game
had been schetu COR his club.
1--WE though. b. u vt to keep the Giants
in Baltimor. on lat date rather than
bring them here ana then send them back
10 Philadelphia the next day" Foster said.
Manager Dunn told Manager McGraw
that he might use the International Park
nraetise nr MAY 4. ha
l believe McGraw will play practice
game, If only fifteen pope show up. In
order to keep his team on edge. We.
however, Ito not look on the date as "A
conflict"
President Dave Fultz OF the Baseball!
Players Fraternity takes exception to a
recent ruling OF the National Commission
concerning the returning OF Class A
drafted players to their original clubs
before Glass IA clubs have had a chance
TO secure their services. Fultz claims this
Ia a direct violation OF the Cincinnati
agreement and he In preparing "A protest.
President Frank Farrell OF the New
Yorks Is inclined to believe that recruit
Pitcher Burr may have stun that will,
bear careful watching. He takes this
view from the complete silence OF Man
ager Chance OH the subject. The Peer
the failures among his youngsters with
a paragraph a non-committal attitude
means that Chance has hopes.
Private advices from the New York
line OF march say that Gotham may look
for quick thinking. fast. hustling ag-
Eregation when the Chancemen show at
Brooklyn next Thursday. in short an
agreeable contrast to tho New Yorks of
the late past. Walsh, Holden. Channel
and Gilhoo,ey are especially praised. One
good judge writes: Connie Mack gave
up good AN outfielder In Walsh as
any he kept"
baseball men with good memories point
out that the Cubs new president ap-
pointed by Charles 7. Taft. WAS mixed
up In the worlds series ticket specula-
ton scandal of 1910. 4 complete record
OF that transaction was preserved by the
National Commission. which took steps
to do away with such happenings In the
future. c. II. Thomas. the man IN ques-
ton. was implicated as an intermediary
between the Cubs office and the ticket
brokers. stu, IL is pointed out, he merely
may have been doing the bidding Of his
superior In the Chicago club management
a wild eyed story has filtered out Of
Shreveport La, where the Chifeds are
training to the effect that some naughty
agents Of organized ball have been tam
pering with Fred Beck The humor OF
this yarn In accented by letter from
Beck to President Stein of the Buffalo
club. which he jumped. This letter was
printed in IL Buffalo paper. In II Beck
said lie was sorry for his move and
wanted to leap back again. stein re-
piled telling Beck he was not wanted.
Nickalls TO Try New Com Ina ton.