New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
Ten Thousand Boys Eager
for Baseball Champion
ship Series.
PRIZES FOR THE
BEST SCOREKEEPERS
West Side Y. Nj. c. A. Officials
Join Mayor Mitchell in
Praise of Games.

Ten thousand boys are getting in trim
for The Tribune Baseball League race
which starts on Monday, June 10. They
are trying out their wings" testing their
batting eyes, softening their gloves ana
mitts and. in fact going through all the
stunts prescribed by such eminent au-
thorities as John McGraw and Frank
Chance.
The regular recreation centres cannot
accommodate the army OF juvenile oali-
tossers Vacant lots throughout the CITY
are i'm great demand. They are no longer
vacant. hut swarming with youngsters
bubblinG over with enthusiasm at the
prospect of fun and healthy strife. when
is theirs through the arrangements maze
bv The Tribune, the Park Department
and William J. Lee Supervisor of Recrea-
ton.
The success of the tournament is as
sured. More than seven hundred teams
have already sent in their entries TO .lr'
Lee and the various playground NJ
structors. and il is expected that by the
time the entries close tomorrow night
anproximately one thousand teams VIII
he in the race for The Tribune cups ana
medals.
The teams will be divided into four
classes. according to weight-So pouI'.S'
100 hounds. 1l5 pounds and l5o pou"u'
Twentv-eight Fairgrounds VIII oe u'sH
for the games. the city being DIVIDED li''o
four sections. with seven playgrounos III
Zach The tournament will begin week
from tomorrow with the elimination
so,ios in which seven games week VIII
no nIaved in each class, a total OF twenty
eiabt games for the four classes IN cav"
section. or a grand total Of III games III
the four sections.
Following the elimination series WI"
80 tho intorpark series, in which forty
two games will be played in each Seo''oi''
or q total of les games for the TOUT SCI
tions and grand total of 672 games Ior
tho four classes. The playing OF the li''ei
mark series will require six weeks
,r,bo final series will consist of six games
i, Zach class. or a total of twenty-lour
,,ar,os for four classes. The players on
tho teams that qualify by winning the
o,ir,iration series will receive bronze
,odo,e and he eligible TO represent their
,,lavrrounds in the interpark series
1,ho winners of the mterpark series IN
each of the four sections VIII play d
series for the championship OF Ne" 10Th
Ci,v The individual players on the teams
aiming the final games will receive golu
Tile while each Of the four teams VIII
.,o,,ipe, silver loving cup as team
prize. The members of the teams ''''i9.
ing second in the finals VIII receive SUI
ling silver medals.
Tho cups and medals nave heeh Oh ca
bibition at Spalding's. in Nassau ST. anu
,broncs of city youngsters have Gathereu
daily 10 inspect them The posters ISSUE"
A.. Tho Tribune bearing the cartoon, the
..Do,,on Smgeer." by Briggs. have also
at,racted wide interest. Still another
feature which has won the acclaim OF 'he
Iovs is The Tribune score cards. lheS
have been distributed TO tens OF t"9u-
lands of lads, so they may be aoie 10
,,oon complete records of the games ID
mich they are most interested.
"A scoring contest" has been miro
,,,ccd and the boy who keeps the most
.,s.,,rate and cleanest score will be pro-
,,,o,ed 10 the post Of official scorer
final interpark-p playground games.
or the various parks and playgrounds
,.an,,,l park. naturally, will care for the
.,recst number Of teams. More IMAM
hundred teams are already booked TO use
me Central Park diamonds. The play
Ground instructors have been making
tour of the smaller parks, where the boys
are wont TO gather TO play ball. IN an
eudeayor to induce them to use the cen
trail Park fields instead This plan VIII
serve to centralize the sport and at the
same time prevent serious injury TO the
laUns Of the smaller recreation centres
The Sheep Meadow, at 65th st. and Cen
trail park West. and the East Meadow at
ooh 81 and Fifth av., are the two fields
sat aside in Central Park for The Tribune
baseball tournament
NJ loo moi content with enlisting the