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T ma?r -v'l v? THE SCItANTON TRIBUNE MONDAY MOTtNTJtfGr, APRIL 12. 1897. In M CUorlii of NATIONAL LEAGUE SEASON JFORECAST Strength of the Major Case Ball Teams for 1897. BALTIAIORE IN SPLENDID SHAPE Boston, ClilcnRo, Cleveland nml Washington Should lto in tlio I'irst J)lvMiiin--Atl tlia Clulu Seem to Unto Improved Thrir Pitching Ie mrtments and Gathered In 1'ast I. nts of !'"Tldfr-ol, About tlic Heroes oi tin Diamonds. TIip Hoston Hoi nld In making n- fore cast of tlic strength of the national baseball icunis for the season of 1897 says: "The league baseball clubs are now made ur for the Mcaaon and some In teresting comparisons are possible. The diylntt out pioct'ss ha begun In most of the clubs, nnd when the regular season biKltis pluyers who fall to show sulllcleiit ability will be dropped. "The champion Haltlmores should be stronger If anything this season. The rlub Is better fortified In pitchers. It has McOiaw back 'at thlid, which means an Improvement In hitting nnd base running, and the batting strength of the team Is Improved by the acces sion of Stenzol. The latter Is not the equal of Hrodle as a llelder or as a base runner. In Qulnn the club ha,s a line substitute Intlelder, and In O'Brien a finer substitute outfielder. No club is better provided for emergencies. "Hoston carrier a smaller roster than any other club, sixteen men. It has heavy pitchers, should be very fast In all departments, nnd keep down run getting on the part of Its opponent to a minimum. "BILIi"' BARNIE'S TEAM. "Manager Barnle of Brooklyn, has some excellent material nnd will be able to prevent a team that can keep Its opponents guessing a good part of the time. It should make a good record in the field, being fairly strong at the bat, and p. very uncertain quality In base running. "The Chlcngos can bo termed a team o giants nnd sure to show up very strongly. The club has secured a great pitcher In Callahan, a young man of the GrlllUh order, and Denzer is also spoken well of. Friend should be more effect ive than he was last season. Young Connor of the Western league, a Dan vers boy, will try conclusions with the veteran Pftiffer at second. Both out field and Inlleld will be taken care of In first-class style. "Cincinnati made a ten strike In se curing Breitensteln, by all odds the best left-hand pitcher in the country. The catching department has been fur ther strengthened by the signing of Shrlver. Corcoran will doubtless be In line when the season opens, and his holding oft is advertising him as well as the Hub. "The Clevelands will make It hot running for the champions this year It any club does. The club has secured a hard-hitting, fast-running, and line fielding outfielder In Sockalexls. In the pitching department, too, the club Is stronger, "Louisville should be stronger this year than last. If the club Is well handled. In Catcher Butler, the best backstop by far in New England league was secured. Young Mageo should make a success as a league pitcher. The change in the Infield, Werden go ing to first base and Rogers to second, should help the team a great deal. The outfield Is one of the liveliest In the league today. NEW YORK NEEDS RUSIE. "The Now York catching department Is not uncertain. The club needs Rusle to be considered In the race at nil. Meekln falls far short of being the ev-cry-day pitcher the big man Is, Do heny pioinlses well and Gettlg Is tald to have great sped and to be a very capable pitcher. The club has a full nine of pitchers, and ought to have three fast ones out of the whole num ber. Stafford may come up to Captain Joyce's expectations In left lelil, but up to the present time he has not set the. world ntlre by his work In any position he has pkked in the club. "If past work of the players goes for anything Philadelphia ought to please Its friends. A cracking good pitcher was secuted in Pitcher Johnson, of Scranton. and another good man in Fltleld, of Delaware. It looks as If Harley would replace Cooley In the outfield. If Gelr and Glllen succeed In showing up well at shortstop, as looks probale, the Infield will be well bal anced. ' Pltibhurgwlllbeconslrlprably strong, er than was, at first anticipated. Bler bauer Is one of the finest second base men in the country nnd will greatly strengthen the Infield. The club cannot be regarded as a first division team, and looks the weakest of the lot. "Wnalilngton has a lively lot of play ers that are likely to keep their op ponents hustling all through the sea son. It should land well In the second division." TODAY THEY REPORT. Scranton's Base Ball Players Are Due for PracticeHarper Is Coming to TimeWhat Grillin Says. This Is the day when "Sandy" Grif fin's batch of base ball players will drop into town. They may be expected singly and In pairs and with avolrdu psls heavier than is according to the strict rule of diamond etiquette, but they will come and begin at once a two weeks' course of training ptepara tory to tho grinding work of the regu lar season. Up to late last night there wine no new anlvnls. but It was an ticipated that several might reach here on tho night trains. Manager "Sandy" lias received good news regarding Harper who has been holding out for a National league sal ary. The Callfornlan hus practically consented to play for a salary that Is not over tiio limit, but stipulates on tho side n consideiatlon concerning dvanc. money and transportation. Harper's proposition was received as late as yesterday, but Griflln Isn't go lng to Tall over himself In an effort to accept tho player's terms. It means, however, that Harper will bo at tho scratch when the Hag falls. Gunsoii Is still holding oft. He, too, will bn allowed all tue ropo hn wants'. Neither he nor Harper can play else whet e. Both aro old at tho business and may be rolled upon to get them selves In good condition whether they report for the practice season or not, so there Is on that account no reason for anxiety, as might be the case with young players or players ot less tem perate habits. All this week the men will be prac ticing at Athletlo park twice each day. The training will be not hap hazard, but nccordlng to a regular pro gramme which Griffin has outlined. There will be regular hours for eat ing, sleeping and work, nnd the latter will Include Jaunts afoot or awheel as the men may elect. Scranton's manager believes as does several National managers, that If a club Is to open a season and continue It In the north, the men should be trained In the north. He said yester day: "Base ball training has always been by contraries, but Is Improving. If I was to engage In a long series of athletic contests In Pennsylvania, par ticularly In the spring of the year, the place for me to train If I have 'only two or three weeks to do It Is near the scene of the contests. Then there Is no sudden chnnge of water, weather, diet and surroundings, an one of which would be a handicap This Junketting about the country for two weeks with lame backs, arms and legs, sore hands and a lack of con veniences Is all wrong. If I can't get my boys In shape at home, I couldn't do It anywhere." Scranton's first game will ps played Saturday with the Olyphant Browns. The only games away from home are In Philadelphia with the Athletics on Easter Monday, April 19, nnd at Read ing on the two following days. Fron then until the opening games with Syracuse the dates are pretty well ar ranged for games with local cracl. semi-professional and amateur the Cuban Giants and other teams. clubd, good THE LONGEST HIT. Record Claimed by t:ig Dan Ilrou tlicrs, of the Springfields. Dan Brouthers says: "I have always nad the credit of making the longest nit on record, although It Is a ban! thing to compute. I think it was In 'S2 or '83, nnd In Philadelphia one day with Hardle Henderson In tho box,' I lined one out which went over the fence and not content with that It also sailed over a small church standing next the grounds. "It was commented upon at the time and many a story was written about It." SATURDAY'S BASE BALL GAMES. At New York New York, 11; Yale, 3. At Elizabeth Princeton, 14 j Eliza beth, 5. . At Cambridge Harvard, 20: Tufts, 0. At New York Cuban X Giants, 9; Manhattan college, 4. At South Bethlehem Lehigh, 13; Rutgers, 2. At Paterson Patcrson, 9; Toronto 4, At Norfolk Baltimore, 3; Norfolk, 3. At Washington Washington, 10; Athletics, 6. At Providence Brown, 27; Worces ter, 0. At New Haven Edgwood A. C, 15; Yale Freshmen, 8. At Reading Reading, 12; TJ. of P. second, 4. At Philadelphia U. of P., 15; Univer sity of Vermont, 1. At Washington Georgetown, 7; La fayette, 4. At Richmond Boston 10; Rich mond, 1. At Worcester Holy Cross, 5; Wes leyan, 1. DIAMOND DUST. Sweeney, the Scranton shortstop of 1893, has signed to p'.ay that position this year for "Allcntown" Smith at Pawtucket, It. I. He may be placed In charge of tho team as captain. John Gaffney, onco tho king of umpires, will officiate at all home games at Holy Cross until the opening ot the Eastern league season, when he will once more be enrolled In Pat Powers' corps of umpires. Exchange. "Jimmy" Dean, this city's ex-Youn-j Men's Christian association pitcher, has been re-engaged by the Hamilton (Ont ) team and ordered to repoit on Thursday. Ho played second base for tho Hamlllons last season, being then a farmed Toronto player. The Syracuse players on Saturday had all reported at Newark except Ryan, Lampc, Eagan, Lezotte and Mason. Ma. son was not ordered to report until May 1, and Lezotte hus failed to sign up to date. The Syracuse team should profit by the following wi'll-nrrangcd exhibition sched ule: At Newark. April 13; at Philadelphia, April 14, 15; at Baltimore, April 1G, 17: at Now York, April 18; April 19, 20. Cornell at Ithaca; April 21, Cuban Giants at Syra cuse; April re, syracuo university at Syracuse; April 23, 21, Rochester at Syra cuse; April 26. St. John's at Syracuse; April 27'2S, Buffalo at Syracuse. Jt Is not at all Improbable that Jack Doyle will captain and play first base for Brooklyn. Just before leaving for the S ith Dyrne told Hanlon that he would 1 o hav Doyle. The Baltimore man i asked the scrappy first baseman how .4 would like the change. Doylo replied t:At It would suit htm best to play In Brooklyn, provided ho was appointed cap tain. Upon this Hanlon made the propo sition to exchango Doyle for Lechance and a bonus. Since then Hanlon has heard nothing from him, but negotiations will probably be resumed when ho returns .n Sunday, Ex. AMATEUR BALL NOTES. The Olyphant Urowns havo a strong battery In McDermott and Garbett, A large number of leading umateur play ers may be found at Athletic park every afternoon. The base ball cranks of the Twentieth ward Journeyed to Mlnooka yesterday and saw tholr newly-organized team, tho Victors, defeat the Mlnookas by a score of 22 to !). After tho first Inning nil amtl tlon was dilven out of players and spec tators by the cold wind. The Scranton' Iteds havo organized for the season with tho following playors: Davis, Ferris, Burnett, Dolan, Lynn, Nor ton, DrcwBtcr, Klrkwood, McDonald and Ituanc, Tho Iteds challenge tho Trllbys for next Sunday on tho Band Hank grounds at 2.30 sharp. Answer through The Tribune. T. Ryan, manager. Turfman Kneebs Itrlrnscrt. Berlin, April 11. It was learned yes terday that Uobert li. Kr.eebs, the American horse-owner, was released from prison on Tuesdas. Kneebs, on Feb, 5, wr.s sentenced to nine months' Imprisonment and to pay a fine of 1000 marks, besides being deprived of lita civil rights for two years, after having been convicted of trotting tho maro Bethel In races on the German tracks under tho namo of Nellie Kneebs, Sport $ NEWS AND GOSSIP OF BICYCLE WORLD This Is a Very Frosty and Inprofitablc City for Race Meets. THERE IS A REYOLT IN THE WEST Organization formed with a View to Supplanting tho League of Ameri can M'hcclmcn--Tltus to (Jo Into Training. -Preparations for the '07 Nntlonnl Meet in Philadelphia Now In l'rogrcs--Notcs Local and tSen cral of Interest to Wheelmen. The outlook for a race meet this season Is anything but "rosy." The Scranton Bicycle club seems to have been permanently cured of the rare meet fever In 1S93. Tho Green Ridge Wheelmen caught It tho following sea son and It took Just three seasons and i he same number of race-moots to cure them. To run a first-class meet Is a UHlcult task at best, but to actually pay for the privilege Is rather hard, r as James Tooney says:: "It's gener illy a 'frost' in the heat of the summer producing a peculiar chill among the iromoters, until they fully recover from the necessary 'ante.' " The fact of the matter Is: our people .vlll not, or at least have not patron zed this, tho cleanest ot all sports, as they should. In this respect Wilkcs Barrc Is way ahead of us. In that city three or four meets are conducted each season, and nre Invariably successful in every particular. The best rlas of riders have been here, and everything possible towards making a meet suc cessful has been done, but the crowds come not, and the promoters have usu illy had a big deficit to make up. In this connection it might not be amiss to say that the West End Wreelmen ot Wllkes-Bnrre have received a sanction for a race meet to take place on May 31, This organization is noted through out tho entire country for Its success ful race meits. The California Associated Cycling club's met at San Francisco last week and effected an organization which practically severs their connection with the League of Amerjcan Wheel men. A constitution and by-laws were adopted, officers were elected, and the clubs officially assumed control of track and road racing In the state of California. The new organization differs In sev eral Important particulars from the national league. Professionals are not excluded from membership, clubs are permitted to pay actual expenses of members participating in races for club trophies in which the rider has no personal Interest, and the League of American Wheelmen rule suspend ing members pending investigations Is not included. The constitution also provides for Individual memberships, the fee for which will be $1 per annum, with no initiation fee, until after Jan. 1, 1898, when $1 will be charged. Club memberships wjll cost $10. "Any white person of good charac ter over the age of 18 years" Is the constitutional description of eligibility. J. Coffey tried hnrd to have the word "male" inserted. The fair members, however, had numerous champions to fight their cause and Coffey's amend ment was defeated. A, P. Swain was elected president of the new organiza tion, J. Hancock, treasurer, and Stan ley G. Scover, secretary. From the accompanying cut, a good Idea of the latest thing in a chalnless bicycle may be obtained. The Inven- THE niMNI.I' it. 'J. nomas Carroll, of Philadelphia, claims great things for this wheel. It will be known as the "Carroll chain less" and placed upon the market im-medlatels-. The gearing of tills cycle consists of three cog wheels. Two la ge ones and a small one, the latter about the size of an ordinary rear sprocket. The teeth are very small. The points of contact, It Is claimed, are 40 per cent, less than on a chain gearing. Starbuck, the great Philadelphia pro fessional racing man, Is said to have made some wonderful rides on this wheel In private, and Is now In train ing In New Orleans. He has signed a contract with the "Carroll" people, and will therefore be seen this season on a chalnless bicycle. The cycle fratern ity will watch this wheel with much In terest. Preparations for the great annual round-up of the League of American Wheelmen, which will be held In Phila delphia during the first week of Au gust, are now going on apace. The executive committee recently appoint ed by President Hare has dono con siderable preliminary work, Including the selection ot suitable headquarters, the present A. C. C. ofllce being en tirely too small to accommodate the various committees which must nec cessarlly hold frequent meetings from the present time until the meet. Tho recent decision of the Pennsylva nia railroad to curry free of charge bicycles accompanied by riders means much to tho meet, for it must surely result In a great lncreaso In attend ance. Tho "Pennsy" and Its branches touch not only every section In this state, but a largo portion also of the other middle and the western states. With the reduced rates (which the ex ecutive committee is already moving to secure) and the abolition of the bag gage fee, the expense attending a visit to Philadelphia during the week of tbe meet will bo so materially reduced that many wheelmen of tho sections mentioned who might othorwlso have remained at horno will hasten to take advantage of tho favorable conditions. Fred Titus will soon go In training at Fountain Ferry track, Louisville, Ky. at which place he hopes to get In such condition as Is necessary to profitably rldo with tho "pros." Fred Is tho last of tho suspended Spauldlng team to be reinstated. He expresses himself ns being confident of getting back to his old tltno form. In 1895 Titus, Cabanne nnd Snnger were on the Spauldlng team, and no doubt comprised the most formidable trio ot riders that ever rode on the samo tenm, Titus' friends nro not so confident that ho will bo nble to regain his old position In tho front rank under exist ing conditions. Cabnnno tried It last season, but was sorely disappointed. However, Fred has the best wishes of the cyclists throughout the country, and may agreeably disappoint tho doubtful ones. An experiment of unumial Interest, which will thoroughly test tho bicycle as an adjunct to the military service, Is about to be made by Major R. P. Davidson, of Chicago. Ho proposes to send a company of young men, who ate students In a western military ac ademy, from Chicago to Washington awheel, attlted In heavy riding order and under strict military discipline. No attempt at records will be made, but the corps will travel ns fast ns conditions will allow. Tho distance covered will be over one thousand miles. CYCLING NEWS BOILED DOWN. Tho pleasant wenther of yesterday brought out hundreds of bicycle riders In this city. Tho various unpaved streets about the city are drying up, nnd will soon be In fair condition. The Scranton Bicycle club and the Gicen Ridge Wheelmen will conduct club runs over tho famous Port Jet-vis- Stroudshurg route on Memorial day. Carroll B. Jack, ot Philadelphia, a racing man well known In this city, won the one-mile professional, at Cluit tnnoogn, Tenn., last Saturday. Time, 2.10. The New Jersey legislature has pass ed a "bicycle bill" compelling the rail road company? to accept nnd carry bi cycles free of chaige In lieu ot other baggage. Tho West Side Wheelmen are a vers contented lot since Robinson street was paved. From Main avenue to Lacka wanna avenue, via Jackson, Hoblnnon and Ninth is In first class condition. A bill, Inttoduced Into the New York assembly, and now beforo the commit tee on general laws, provides that not alone bicycles, but all vehicles used In the state shall carry lights at night. Th high-gear craze is again with us. As may be supposed It is mostly If not entirely confined to new and lnexperi (iii. til ilders. The leal dealers nro having much trouble convincing buyers of the "error of their way" in this ic spect. Tho North End Wheelmen deserve tho sympathy of nil fellow cyclists hereabouts. North Main avenue, the main thoioughfare of that section Is In such condition ns to make It Impossi ble to ride n bicycle thereon. This may sound like an exaggeration but Its ab solutely true nevertheless. Walter C. Sanger has mailed a chal lenge to E. C. Bald, of Bu-'alo, for a match race. Sanger asked for a match of three races, one mile each, tho win ner of two out of three to win the money. It Is to he for $1,000 a side and the largest purse offered. This race Is to decide which Is the better man. WORKING FOR GOOD ROADS. 'trcnuons Efforts nt Harrlsburg Mcc with Scant Lucouruceinent. Tho committee on Improvement of highways of the Pennsylvania division, League of American Wheelmen, Is still hnrd at work trying to secure the pas sage of the good roads bill through the legislature at Harrlsburg. Although many prominent members of the legis lature have promised their support, and notwithstanding the fact that wheel nen throughout the state have urged their representatives to support the Hamilton bill known ns "Senate Dill No. 9," and Introduced by Senator Mc- -sS S IMCVCLE. Quown, there Is still much opposition shown to Its passage, and this the league's representatives ate making every effort to overcome. There seems to be opposition this year. Just as In tho past, to any road bill which will be of real use, but in view of the great number of wheelmen In the staje and the Influence they can wield politically, some favorable action Is looked for at this session In spite of efforts which aro being made to de feat the bill In question. Shuuldlt for any reason fall to pass, the wheelmen will doubtless remember the fact when the next election takes place. L. A. W. FULL OF FIGHT. At Work Aiding nnd Opposing Lcgis- Intion at UairUburg. Harrlsburg, April 11. A new clement has como to the front In the legisla tive lobby at the state capital. It Is tho bicyclist and he has become a po tent factor for good In shaping legisla tion. Ills efforts are dliected through tho League of American Wheelmen, whoso gieatest aim Is to secure better roads. Tho league Is pushing the Hamilton road bill nnd the Indications are that It will become a law In spite of the farm ing inteiests. The bill has gone through tho eenute und Its most bitter foes concede It will pass tho house. The league is fighting the Spatz and the Tipton bills taxing bicycles Jl a year for road purposes. Both have been re ferred to a sub-committee ot the way and means committee. DON'T BE CARELESS.' Ilicyclo Itidcrs Should Heed the I'd Sign of a I'reakdowii. Attention has often been called to the Importance of carefully looking ovor tho wheel before starting out on a ride of any distance. Tho Jar and strain of riding Is apt to loosen tho tightest screwed nut, Just as well as It Is apt to tighten tho same, though It seems a a though the former la more often the case. Tho peculiar part of the trouble lies In tho fact that tho rider often does not discover tho cause of a mishap tin til he Is thrown from his wheel. A case In point shows fully tho value of taking even this small precaution. A well known local rider, whoso name would be recognized by many hundred wheelmen If published, wan recently out on the Dickson City boulevard, Hl.s wheel appeared to be running all right, and no ono thought of harm or danger was entering his mind. Ho was Just about to descend tho steep hill to the first toll gate, when a sharp click told him that something was tho matter. A hurried glance over his wheel from tho paddle failed to show anything wrong, and nine out of ten riders would have continued. Not so with this rider. Ho immediately dismounted and ex amined his wheel. He did not have to look fnr for tho trouble. Tho nut at ono end of tho front axle had worked loose nnd fell off at noino point In tho road, nnd the nxlo, left free, had gradu ally worked Itself through the hub of tho wheel, and was projecting about half way out of tho hub on tho other side. Only a few more revolutions were necesary to complete tho work ing of tho axle, and It, too, would have fallen out, leaving the front wheel free to go nhead, nnd throwing the rider directly over tho front of the wheel. Going down the steep hill such an ac cident would have been serious. Tho ilder who was an experienced wheelman, fixed tho matter as well as ho could nnd tode on. But for his quick Intuition he might have been seriously hurt. Tho clicking sound, which was heard only once, was sufficient to con vince him that something was wrong with tho machine, and was not caused by riding over some object on the road. I'oltivillc's Relay Tcnm. Pottwvllle, Pn.. April 11. The local Pottsvllle High school will enter a tenm In the Pennsylvania relay meet at Phil adelphia on April 24. Tho team will be tho following: Clayton nnd Gilbert Hayes, George Hamilton, Clarence Whltfhou.se, John Brlghnm and Gua Swavlng. In a test dash Saturday af ternoon they covered 440 yards In 54 seconds. 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