National Republican., 1877-09-28
BASE BALL.

THE GRFATfST ENIiIR1TIOT OF TTfR SEA.
SDN CREIGHTON w. NATIONAL BEIIOLD'
TIiE ARRAY or TALENT ENGAGED AT AN
ENORMOUS EXPENSE ron THIS OCCASION
ONLY
This afternoon, on the Olympic grounds, at
1 O'Clock, q rare treat II In store for "ballastic"
admircr- as mines picked from tho members
Of the Creighton and National will show OF
their manly forms 10 an immense audience if
tho weather Is propitious. Owing 10 tho ad.
vent Of these seekers after base ball nOtority q
sudden rise IN the sawdust market Is chroniclcd
amidst the stock quotations. as tho uniforms Of
the PLAYING members have been called into
rcqni-iton, and each contestant will strive To
show the hugest pair Of "karvos my dear.
The umpire has already been chosen, 40 that
there will he no delay on that account, and as
curve pitching has boon ruled out for this
game there will be some heavy batting done,
as each player is da fat In this particular.
Three hundred and sixty-one invitation have
been issued, and ~ all the notablcs IN town,
including the Sioux delegation, have siVniHcd
their intention Of being present, " Is conf.
IDENTIFY expected that this will he tho most In.
tcrcsting game ever played in Washington.
The following gentlemen will do the honors
for til, Creighton side: Bond" p.; Barnes"
c.; start, 18th; "Comstock, I'd b.; Ferguson"
ID b. Hatfield" e. g.: "Prcsbcy," l. t.;
Mitchell" c. f., and "McVoy," r. T.
The National will present tho following
well known ''sheepskin rippcrs: "Dcylin,"
D.; Snyder" G.; "1conarl," 1Stb b.; "Gerhart,"
2d b. ;'Owncy," 3d b.; "Pctor," SIS; "HineS"
!. t.; Mcbride" c. f.; aud Thurman" r. f.
No betting will be allowed. a. a large number
Of ladies will grace the grand stand, no that
any gentleman wishing to wager few ko-
pccks' must do 80 down town, as the the po
lice have been authorized to jug any one Of
Tending against tho rules In this respect,
Seats capable Of accommodating at least 1000
.a.I
that every ono interested In our national game
will turn out this afternoon.
The Hcystoncs sent the Iiaymakcrs on n
lcathcr.hunting expedition by score Of u to
3 yesterday afternoon On the grounds corner
Ninth and streets northwest.
These clubs arc composed Of the elite Of our
c0lOrcd population, aud their willow fights
seldom fail to attract large audiences.
ELSEWHERE.
At Boston -Bostons, 49, IIartfords, 2. At
Louisville LOuisvillcs, y; thicaPoa, =. Ten
innings were played. Al indianapolis st.
Louis g. indianapolis, p
MARS MOONS.
THE TEIrSCOrE TInouUH WHICH THEY
wERE DiSCOvERED.'
Tho telescope nt tho National Observatory
with which Professor Asaph Hall last month
discovered the moons Of the planet Mars Is
known aS the twenty six inch equatorial. The
object glass has focal length of ~ feet ~
| inches, and clear aperture Of ~ inches. The
contract for its construction was male with
Alvan Clark 4 Sons, Of Cambridge, Mass, In
1870, the work to he completed in fur years
ut u cost of SI6,OOO. After signing the con-
| tract tho firm ordered tho glass disks from
| Birmingham, England, hut, such was the diff.
Guilty of casting disks Of tho required size. thoy
did not reach this country until the end of
December 1871. The figuring was finished in
| the following autumn, the mounting completed
In the summer of 1873 aud on the 10Th Of No.
yembrr Of that year regular observations were
made with " at Its present l0cati0n. The con.
strurtion Of the telescope and tho building ol
| the dome were under the Immediate direction
Of Professor Ncwcombe. The south wing oi
| the old observatory was extended to make
! rom for tho great dome. The foundation oi
the dome II rubble stone, forty three feet ex-
terror diameter, and two feet thick ness Of wall
| II extends seventeen feet below the main floor,
and on An average about twelv. feet below the
surface Of the ground. The dome turns on
sixteen rpll.r-, connected by u linked coupling
| like those In the Dublin Observatory. Sheets
Of galvanized iron covered the outside Of tho
framework, Will, the Inside is lined with can
vas. The opening for observation is6.5 inches
| In width, and extends nearly six feet beyond
the zenith. A I'LL Of about hfty pounds i'
su liicirut to start the domo IL motion, and lcs'
than that will maintain the motion.