The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-06
COMING CHAMPIONS.
The Providence Founders Push
ing Away Ahead. .
Games Played During the Week,
Baseball Notes and News,
Turf Talk, and Miscella-
neOus Matters at Home
and Abroad.
Base.ball.

The League season is nearly over.
Dorgan leads the Syracuse Stars in bat
6ng, closely followed by Farrell.
The Reds are only three games behind
6e Buffalos for fourth place.
Let's get Jones back after his time has
expired with the Bostons. Brilliant idea!
Cincinnati can't win the championship
this season, but she can hold fifth place.
Bet yer life ont.
Yellow Jack in Havana has given way to
disease less hurtful. They have got the
baseball fever there now.
The Deaf Mutes of Columbus, play in
louisville to-day Sunday and Monday with
the Eclipse Club Of that city.
Eggler, Crowley, Hornung, Fulmer and
McGunnigle, of the Buffalos, have had an
sfier from Detroit for next year.
Eden, of the Clevelands, would be good
man for Cincinnati to get hold of for next
season. He's giant with the stick.
The Cincnnatis play in Syracuse this
nfternoon, the Chicagos in Providence, the
Buffalos in Boston, and the Clevelands in
Troy.
CLeary left fielder of the Springfields,
was released on August 30th. George +.
fayerweather, who has been chosen mana
ger of the Springtields. formerly occupied
that position with the New Bedfords,
The Dubuque Iowa. club play the Hop
Btters, of Rochester n Y, to-day The
Dubuques are very strong nine, and
Ehould be induced by the Mohawk Browns
b visit Cincinnati before returning home.
The Reds made only four base hits off
mccormick, of the Syracuse, Thursday, yet
they reached first base eleven times to their
opponents nine who made eight base hits
md lost the game by a score of 2 to 6.
Funny.
The League Clubs are scheduled to play
Deventy-tWo games in all this month, with
nut making any allowances for rainy days;
md, as eighty-fi games now remain un-
played, it will readily be seen that some OF
The series will be unfinished when the sea
h0n ends, October lst
The Mohawk Brown Stockings and the
independent Stars will cross bats again
Tomorrow afternoon at the Cincinnati Ball
Park. The three previous games these two
clubs have played were very close and ex-
riting thirteen innings being required to
decide the last game This will be the place
tor all lovers of good sport to go tomorrow.
Trains leave the Pums street Depot and
s:30 p. M, and the game will be called at 8
o'clock sharp.
The recent change of management in the
Albany Club is one promising any thing but
, Asuccessful closing Of the campaign. The
hliing-of in play by the Albanys is easily
Gaceable by those posted in the inner work
ing of things, and change Of managers
especially the one made--is not going to
mend matters. The Nationals are now al
most even with the Abanys, and before the
month is out they will very likely take the
lead. In the National arena at present
things are not so satisfactory as the best
Friends OF the Association could wish. The
Holyokes are third and the Worcesters
fourth i'll the race
The baseball fever is spreading in Cuba
and nearly all Of the leading towns and
cities will be represented in the contest for
the championship of lST9-S0. which will
commence next October. Havana has ten
sr twelve clubs, organized and uniformed
h firstclass STYLE the leading ones being
the Almendares, Havana, Matanzas Color
Union, GuanabacO, America and Turnuna.
Rellan, well known here from his connec-
Ton with the Mutuals, is catching splen-
didly in the practice games OF his club. A
prominent club of Havana cOntemp plates
importing a tirSt-ciaSs pitcher and other
professionals will be engaged from the
United States for the coming winter, that
being the only time they can play there.