Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-05

The winner OF this goblet win be hailed as
King of the Schutzens for the ensuing year =
In shooting for prizes the parties have 1--WE
shots each, and at the close Of the week the av.
erage to be made BY the shooting mastsrs and
from their decision the prizes are awarded.
TIE TRIP OF THE NATIoNALs.-We clip
the following from the New York Eusning
Post.
"The most curious and amusing OF the many
base -ball contests that have occurred this year
was that which took place ct Chicago few
days since. The "Excelsior" club OF that city,
which had been fondly regarded by its citizens
as the best in the country. has been fearfully
beaten BY the sNational,,sa0f Washington. To
was beat the day before by rural club from
Rockford, in Northern Illinois. 1t appears
that large number Of heavy betters accom-
panied the "National' club, and invested all
tneir spare money In bets with the Ohica-
"One Of our Western exchanges estimates
that the Washington party won hundred
thousand dollars, and that halt as much more
was taken out OF the city BY other betters. The
Milwaukee Wisconsin says that one Milwau-
keean brought back two thousand dollars, an
other one thousand two hundred dollars, aud
others all the way from fifty to one thousand
dollars. The Chicago people unwisely got in
q rage, and made charges OF s'jockeying"
against the winning club, but these accuse.
tions were soon abandoned. and clean con-
fession OF defeat had to be made. THIS match
may be regarded as the elimination OF the
base ball mania. which has been so rapidly on
the increase during the past year. The gam
bling accompaniment Of this nne, athletic
sport will, we fear, cause It to sink into disre-
pute."
This article, while in the main fair towards
the " National" has some mistakes that need
correction. So far from the Washington party
winning one hundred thousand dollars, 1t ts
well known hereabouts that said party came
back about as near dead broke" AZ possible.
One of the prominent members Of the "niue.',
we know, spent his last ten cent stamp At
Cunb nberland, and almost every one Of them
touched bottom At various points before reach
ing Washington. We suppose that nine gen.
tlemen of the same social standing probably
never entered Washington By the same train
in the same state Of impecunfosity as did the
National Nine after their victorious tour in
Washington net to bet enc dollar, and this reso.
luton was strictly observed by them through
out. The story By western paper that they
ssTs TsTs BY WasSnsSn
Nine were sen.lemen of high standing
here, and most Of them connected with the
here that the betting done in behalf OF ths
"Nationals'' at Chicago was mostly BY par
ties from ST. Louis, who had seen their style
that these western cities hate each other like
poison. it will be understood why the st.
Louis boys were not slow 70 bet against Chi
oako They were not mslead by the result
with the Rockford Club, knowing that the
"Nationals" were not in condition to play in
consequences OF fatigue and the illness OF
several of their members. The fact is that the
Nationals were so debilitated in conseq uence
OF the ILLNESS Of most OF the nine from drink
Ing the Mississippi water. that they would
not have attempted to play with first class
club, M but they thought they could manage
try" In this they were mistaken. They un-
derrated their adversaries, who had among
their number an excellent pitcher, and some
fhnVR Rrnn vn1o b.
headway in the earlier innings that the dis
abled Nationals found it impossible to pull up
before the end OF the score, though gaining
rapidly. Berthrong was admittedly the only
one Of the "nine" who was able to play mp to
the mark The result, however. of the game
was to set Chicago wild If q green country
club could thus use up the Nationals, it was
reduced to mathematical demonstration that
the crack club OF the West, the Chicago Ex.
celsiors, could reduce them TO considerably
less than Erease-spot. Ten thousand Chi
Nationals annihilated, and the widest odds
were offered in the way Of bets on the Chicago
fayOrltes. The st. Louis parties, nothing 10th,
waded in and took the bots, right and left and
whatever money was made, was made bv
them, and by parties from other cities sdown
on Chicago" and who wsuld bet against her
as q matter OF conscience. We see that the St.
against Chicago, trotted olt the famous Lay"
Of John Phoenix as apropes to the case:
AN OREGON LAY.
BY Phorts, sarrfring sufferer, tRepublished for
The bsnsft Of tie e,ctims q ne ,,scsnt baseb baLI
C., and the Ercslsiors, Of Chieago)
Among them that come up to speculate in stock
Was a fellow named Stuart, a man Of enterprise:
He bought him switch tail sorrel two years old,
And he bantered all Portland, o. T., for three
hundred-yard race.
Thar was man he'd horse, which he tn ought
She was eineraliy know ID as Millard's thousand
He hadn t no idea, he said, of doing anything so
But he took up Mister Stuart for two hundred
So every soul in Portland, o. T., went straight
And every cent we borryed, We bet on Millard's
horse;
And thar was that ssgeckiiating Stuart, with his
And two men a-fo,lowing with tin pail full of
dollars, and champagne basket full Of scrip,
Well, they measured of the ground, and the horses
And came running down right pretty, about four
And the the aiilard hi mare had i. all her own way 50
every body said,
Till just they go, to the end of the track that are
sorrel shot suthin like ten feet ahead
After seen that, thar riz most surprising din,
And remarks like this ere followed, Dog my ever
rl tYsneS Ss aod fsrPs de- P and soned' and ding
And thar was such awful bowling, and swearing,
had never seed the like.
nd that are specializing Stuart, he made matters
He packed the money in . hand.cart, and didn't
care cuss;
And sxeety smiled, pulled it of, as though he
And since then we haint paid no taxes, nor
Bought nothing, nor sold nothing, for dc
suppose that in all Portland o. T. there ain L
single red cent left.
We may add that in this city the Nationals
are known individually as gentlemen OF the
highest standing. They have been foremost
In the endeavor to place the game In an honor.
able position. and TO free it from all gambliaC
The absurdity OF the allie.
CATION OF IN Chicagoans explanatory OF their
base ball gamblers, is best shown |
oy giving the avocatlon ana status of tho
eleven members (all who played) who went |
On the western trip.
George Fox, graduated from GEORGETOWN
college, July Sd; W. r. Williams, law student;
&. Norton, clerk Treasury Departments; T..
Parker, Internal Revenne; f. g. Smith, Atm
AUDITORS Once H. W. Berthrong, office
Comptroller OF the Currency; 3. l.. Studley. |
Ireasurer's off ce; II. Z. Mclean, Sd auditors
office; A. v. Robinson, clerk, 7th street; Geo
81. f. Fletcher, Sd auditors ohce Dol. Jones,
President OF the club. who accompanied the
party. is the esteemed head OF the Redemption
Bureau, Treasury Department.
DEAD BoDY RRCovBRBD-The body of
Willie Richardson. son OF Cap. Richardson,
1rowned from the stake boat OF Fort Wash
ng'on on Thursday afternoon last, WAS re.
covered yesterday morning near the place
v here the sad accident occurred.
This morning the corpse was brought to the
city for intermeht, py the ting boat Fisher.
w hen found, the body was very much swo,-