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SPORTING.
Latest notes on sporting events.
What the world of recreation are
doing.
BASE BALL
—Manning of the Bostons is
clerking in a store at Fall River.
—Radford released by Boston has
signed with the Providence.
—The Bostons and Metropolitans
are to play a series of games in
April.
—The Union League Club, in
Boston, is not making much pro
gress.
—Tie American Association in
doing what they have, refusing to
recognize the Union Le .gue, and in
increasing their membership, will
die in less than two years.
—The Providence nine will report
for practice in RichVnond, Va .April
i. Games have been arranged : In
Richmond, April 3, 4, 5 ; Washing
ton, 7, 8, 9 ; Baltimore, 10, 11, 12.
—The Metropolitans are in a
quandry about their new grounds.
The place selected being covered
with rubbish, and requiring a large
amount of filling in.
—-The Detioits have released
Trott, their change-catcher of the
past two seasons. They have en
gaged two new catchers to assist
Bennett, viz , Walker of Ionia,
Mich., and Wood of Hamilton, Ont.
—Some of the Inter-State or
Union League Clubs can secure a
good second basemart by addressing
William Higgins of this city. Hig
gins played about 12 games with last
years Quicksteps and has a first class
fielding and batting record.
—All reports to the contrary, not
withstanding, Larry Corcoran of the
Chicago League Club, has left that
club and signed with the Union Club
of that city. He writes a long letter
to this week's New York Clipper ,
explaining his action and claiming
in it, that he was treated unfairly by
the League Club. That his demand
for a salary of $2,500 was not unjust,
' that ' other players'iivthe chib were
receiving larger sums than that, and
were not any better players.
—Wednesday next December 18th,
at 11 A. M., at the Bingham House,
Philadelphia, the first annual meet
ing of the Union Association will be
held. Much will corne of this meet
ing, which may result in the question
of the future prosperity of the associa
tion. All the Clubs are well backed
and are dealing blows at the arbi
trary and grasping League and
American Association, borne of the
Shylocks in these two would not
hesitate to reserve every man in
tlieir nines at $t2oo if they knew it
would not raise a storm about them.
—John Morrill started in for the
Bostons as catcher ; he has covered
since then with remarkable success
pitcher, first, second and third bases,
short-stop and all the fields. He
has been captain, manager, and is
now first-assistant on the field. It is
hard to say what he will cover next,
and his rivals are confidently smiling,
since they expect that his ambition is
fixed upon the umpire's position.
And still John's reputation is not at
its height. He has yet to attempt
to cut a ball, to steal from second
without touching third base, or to
run into a fielder to prevent him
from making a double-play.
—The Union League of Ball-play
ers probably cannot do better than
to enter the convention of the Union
Association and become part and
parcel of that organization, which
alone appears to have any chance of a
successful existence. They prepared to
do battle with the reserve-rule at the
outset, and have kept boldly to their
colors ever since The Union League,
on the other hand, proposed to ob
serve all the old association rules
For their reward they received the
cold shoulder, and now lind them
selves shut out from all prospects of
success, except that of coalition with
the anti-reserve-rule people.
—Hyland, of the August flower
Club : Waitt, of the Quickstep Club ;
Parker, of the Trenton and Easton
Clubs, and Harris, of the Altoona
Club, have all signed to play in Lan
caster, Pa., next season.
— I he Boston team is now com- |
p ete for 1584, with the largest com-J
plement ever under engagement, i
Hackett was the fifteenth man to 1
sign, and, though Lucas had an
agent here with a contract already
made out, the consideration being
$2,500, $400 down, "Mert" wisely
concluded to remain here, and Lucas
will have to look elsewhere for
catcher. There has been very little
trouble in signing the men, "as the
manager and players were intelligent
enough to be reasonable and respect
the wishes of one another. The
team is as follows : Hines, Hackett,
Gunning and Barrett, catchers ;
" hitney and Buffiuton, pitchers ;
Morrell, Burdock and Sutton on the
bases ; Wise, short stop ; Hornung,
Ann is and Crowley in - he outfield.
Substitutes, Moriarity and Manning.
Moriarity can pitch and play in the
in and out field as required, while
Manning is an excellent infielder as
well as an outfielder,
been strengthened in every respect,
tbont twenty five applications for
places on the reserved nine have
been received, and more are coming.
—In Louisville, Ky , a first-class
colored team has been orgainzed.
— The American Association met at
the Grand Hotel in Cincinnati,
Wednesday, delegations from all the
Association clubs, and also from
Washington, Toledo, Brooklyn, In
dianapolis and Richmond, being
present. The formal award of the
championship flag was made to the
Athletic club, the others ranking
follows : St. Louis, second ; Cin
cinnati, third ; Metropolitan, fourth;
Eclipse, fifth ; Columbus, Sixth ;
Allegheny, seventh ; Baltimore,
eighth. Frank Gardner, formerly
of the Merritt, and John Milligan,
of the Anthracite, who were black
listed, were reinstated. The Wash
ington, Brooklyn, Indianapolis and
Toledo clubs were then admitted to
the Association, and applications
from Evansville, Ind., Dayton and
Portsmouth, O., Rochester, N. Y.,
and Lancaster, Pa., were refused.
The following officers were elected ;
H. D. Me Knight, of Pittsburgh ;
Vice President, Lewis Simmons,
of Philadelphia ; Secretary, W. C.
Wykofif, of Columbus. The clubs
designated to constitute a Board of
Directors were: Brooklyn, St. Louis,
Baltimore, Athletic, Toledo, and
Louisville. There was some opposi
tion to that portion of the amended
constitution, which prohibited any
American Association from playing
with a Union League club in any
city where an Association or National
League Club already exists.
—There is a possibility of there
being a Union Association Club at
Milwaukee.
The nine has
on
as
—Gross is very likely to sign with
the Chicago Union Association Club
and catch for Larry Cocoran.
—Harry Wright lias released Alex
ander McKinnon from the reserve
list of the Philadelphia Club.
—Hilsey and Milligan are likely
to be called upon to do a good share
of the battery work for the Athletic
next season.
—Cahill, Harry Wrigh's Texas
player, is spoken of in a very high
terms by the Northern players who
have seen him on the diamond. He
is an infielder.
—Thomas Gillen, the catcher of
last season's Houston Club, of Thur
low, has signed to play next season
with Tom Pratt's Keystone Club.
Hoschie, a pitcher from an amateur
nine up the State, has also signed.
Other players already engaged are :
Weaver, Geer, Keinzel, Luff, Hoov
er. Meyerle, Patterson, McCormick
and Malone, Mr Pratt is in commun
ication with several other players,
including a firstclass catcher, a good
piclier (the later a Cincinnati player),
a good general player in York State,
and a promisinp Eastern battery.
McGeary will also probably sign
with him. His new ground, at Broad
and Moore streets, is already nearly
leveled off, and the work of inclos
ing it with a fence will be begun
on Monday.
—The Philadelphia Club will play
fifty-six games in Philadelphia next |
season—eight with each of the other |
eleven Association clubs.
—Next season if a League pitcher j
gets disabled any one of the nine
can take his place and whang the
ball in for an inning or two, and
then give place to some else ; that is,
provided the, club has a catcher who
can stand the racket.
to
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ATHLETIC.
Fast Running. —A one-hnndred
and-fifty yards fool-race for five
hundred dollars took place at Coon
amble, Atisiralia. October 5th, be
tween John Greenway and Patrick
Slattery. It was run from a standing
start, H. L Cor!is, the bicyclist,
firing the pistol, and the time of the
winner, who finished four yards
ahead, was returned as 15s.
Christmastide at Pastime Park.
—Hoyle & Acton, proprietors of
Pastime, Philadelphia, offers prizes
of $150, $25, $15 and $10 for a 130
yard foot-handicap, to be run there
on Christmas-afterncon. Entries (fee
$1 each) can be made up to Dec.
17th, at the usual places. On New
Year s-day there will be a 440 yards
foot-handicap and a 200-yards dog
handicap, for each of which $75 are
offered, entries closing Dec. 241h.
No acceptance for any event.
—A grand match at the fine Odd
Country game of handball will be
played at Sweeny's Murray Hill
Handball and Racket Court, 159
East Thirty-fifth street, this city, on
Thursday, December 13. It will be
a double-handed contest, in which
Alderman Phil Casey and ex-Alder
man Jim Dunn of Brooklyn will be
piled against Wm. Courtney and
Frank Reynolds, and the ball will
begin to move at two o'clock P. M.
The following changes were made
in the Inter-collegiate foot ball rules
7 as amended to read, in the seventh
line, as follows; ' The opponents
may line up anywhere excepting a
space of ten feet." It was decided
that it is impossible for a player to
be "off-side" in his own goal.
Rule 11 being a vacancy, rules 12 to
17 were changed in their positions
so as to fill the vacancy. Rule 1 7
was amended so as to add the words :
"A player can be oil side, but twice
during a game." Rule 18 was chang
ed to read as follows : "There shall
be two judges and a referee in every
match ; and the referee shall be an
Alumnus." In rule 19 the change
made leaves the rule as follows :
"The referee shall take time out for
unnecessary delay. He shall decide
all disputed points, and shall dis
qualify any player violating rule 17,
and also for intentionally delaying
the game after the offending player
has been thrice warned. In all points
not covered by the rules the decis
ion of the referee shall be filial."
The rule govering the scomg of
points—27—was amended as follows:
Goal scored from a touch-down 6 pts ;
Goal scored from a field-kick, 5 pts ;
Touch-down scored failingagoal 4pts
Safety touch down by opponents 2 pts
In case of tie in other points, it
shall require at least two safety-toucli
downs to decide a match.
Rule 35 now reads : Charging is
lawful for opponents if a punter ad
vances beyond his lines, or in case
of a place-kick immediately the ball
is put in play by touching the ground. '
Rule 38 now reads : No player shall
lay hands upon or interfere with an
opponent unless he has the ball.
HORSES.
All disputes relating to Horses will
be settled in May next at the meet
ing of the National Association.
—At the West where Maud S,is hiber
nating statement by someone in the
East that she would never again be
able to trot so fast as 2 : 14 is treated
with supreme contempt. Cincinnati
sends word that her legs are all right,
that she is in perfect health, and that
next season she will be faster and j
better than ever. But perhaps her
trainer is a trifle too sanguine when |
he thinks that, with a proper mate, 1
she can next season trot with double |
harness well inside of two minutes
"It depends greatly on the mate," !
was Bair's reservation, and most
people will agree with hi in. If the j
mate happens to be a thirty-ton lu- ,
comotive, there is not much doubt
| that the mare, if her hair and hoofs
| hold together, will be pulled along
considerably inside of two minutes. 1
Everybody will be glad to hear that
Maud S. is not all broken up yet,
and that the report that she is in any
wise permanently disabled very much
needs verification,
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paddy Ryan and Wm. Sherriff
appear in a sparring bout for the first
time in public at the Natatorium,
Chicago, 111 ., to-night preparatory
to starting on a tour, under Charley
Davies' management.
Wallace Ross Iasi week received
a iablegram notifying him that he
had been matched to row George
Bubear on the Thames, and he will
leave for England 111 a few days.
The first of a series of three
billiard matches between Edward
McLaughlin of Philadelphia and J.
Randolph Heiser of New York was
played in the former city on Wed
nesday evening, and resulted in a
victory for McLaughlin by a score
of 1,000 to 134. McLaughlin made
805 points in the last run, the third
best on record, Vignaux, the french
man having made 1,531 und George
F. Slosson 1,103, both in Paris in
1880.
The Jersey City Heights G. C.
announce a series of competitions at
clay-pigions to take place on their
grounds, at Martin, N. J., on Christ
mas-day. The chief events will be
the shoots for two valuable medals
presented by the Ligowsky Company,
one representing the championship
of New Jersey and the other the
championship of New York Harbor,
and to be governed by the following
conditions : l'o be shot for by teams
of five men from organized clubs,
each contestant to shoot at ten sin
gles and five pairs, at 18 and 15 yards
respectively oz. of shot and loth
10 bore guns.
There is considerable chat all over
the country about runs made on the
rail in billiards. Some of the chat
ters do not seem to clearly under
stand what they are talking about.
Thus they speak about ihe 690
Schaefer made against Slosson in
Chicago, in 1879. That is the third
best run in a game of record-, but it
was not strictly and professionally a
run on the rail. Schaefer lost the
rail two or three times during it.
Losing it is a peculiarity of his.
in three or four shots he succeeds in
bringing the balls together again, he
will make a good-sized run ; if not,
he will soon quit. Vignaux's 1,531
in Paris was ail rail, and so was
Slosson's 1.103 up to the eleventh
hundredth shot, wherein he froze by
a ball settling back in a masse hole.
Vignaux never froze, as he took
ample time. His run was made dur
ing three nights. It took him about
two hours and a half altogether,
rilosson's was made in 54 minutes,
and he played so fast that the marker's
tongue was almost hanging out of
his mouth,so parched had he become
in trying to shout out the counts as
fast as the American made them. A
Chicago paper, referring to the run
of 719, recently made by Catton,
sta.es that "it is well-known that
Schaefer made 1,700 in a practice
game in a ware-room in this city."
This is nearly 600 pulled on. Neither
Schaefer nor anyone else has ever
run 1,600 at thtee ball caroms in
practice or at any other kind of play.
The run that Schaefer made in the
ware-room referred to, was a trifle
over 1,000. It was in the Spring of
1878, and the making of it led to
his being matched to play Seton at
straight-rail in the following July
and August. This was the match in
which Shaefer's backers paid forfeit
of $1,000.
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