The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-19
SPORTING SPARKS.
Chicago Still in the Lead in the
League Race.
Base. ball, Turf Talk and Miscellaneous
Matter from Home and Abroad.

Base. ball, Turf Talk and Miscellaneous
Matter from Home and Abroad.
Pedestrianism.
WESTON AND SIR JOHN COMING.
LONDON, July he. P. Weston will
leave for New York with the Ashley Belt
on the steamer Arizona in the last week in
August. Sir John Ashley intends to ac-
company him, and several distinguished
pedestrians, Corkey, Rowell, Brown,
Vaughan and Hazael will follow, to COM
pete for the trophy in New York in Sep
tember.
wrestling.
OWENS AND M'MlHoN MATCH.
NEW YORK, July 19.-Arrangements were
completed yesterday for wrestling match
between Owens, of Vermont, and Mcmahon,
of this city, collar and elbow, for 81, 900 and
the championship, to take place between
July 22d and August 10th, in this city.
Aquatic.
RACE ON BEDFORD BASIN.
sT. JOHNS, N. b., July ia three-mile
race and turn will take place on Bedford
Basin about August 20th for $1,000 a side
between Wallace Ross and Warren Smith,
OF Halifax.
Baseball.
Put YOUR money on the Browns to-mor-
row.
Game tomorrow at the Red Stocking
Ball Park.
The Syracuse Club play at Buffalo this
afternoon.
It's so hot that even the ball burns
your hands
This afternoon the Troy nine will play
the Cincnnatis.
The Bostons play at Cleveland to-day
with the Cleyelands.
Betting on the Mohawk VS.. Star game to-
morrow is about even.
Woodhead, the Syracuse Herald says, has
signed with the Stars. Who is he?
The Mail Agents and Aldines will play
tomorrow afternoon on the Star grounds.
Manager Dasch, of the Mohawk Browns,
b dashing fellow with heart as big as a
beer keg.
The Providence team have gone to Chi
eago and will not play in this city again
until August Goth.
Remember the game tomorrow will be
salled at p M, and the train leaves the
Plum-street Depot at 2:3Op IN.
The Troys are here and will meet the
Reds this afternoon at the Ball Park. They
play again Monday and Tuesday.
At last the Mohawk Browns and Stars
are going to meet The game is set for to.
morrow afternoon, on the Cincinnati
grounds, at 3 oc clock.
The race for the National pennant is ap-
parently between the Albany and Nationals.
The former club has lost only six games,
but the latter leads in the number of games
won.
The kicking among the Star men con-
tinueS, and we heard one map complain
thst t"oIwitnstandlng they have been taking
in good deal of money the club is still in
the hole.
The two champions Providence and Chi.
tago, meet this afternoon at Chicago, and
if the former should happen to win three
games off the Chicagos the two clubs would
be nearly even in the race.
George Miller, catcher for the Cncin natl
Stars, who had his leg broken few weeks
since running bases, is out again and will
catch for the Stars Tomorrow. He will
also take his turn at the bat, but will have
somebody to run the bases for him.
The second game of the series between
the Rival and Lick Run Stars base ball
clubs will be played tomorrow afternoon
on the grounds of the former at the foot of
Wade street. AS both clubs are determined
to win, good game may be expected.
The game tomorrow at the Cincinnati
Ball Park will undoubtedly draw the biggest
crowd of the season. The two rival clubs,
the Mohawk Browns, the champion anna
teurs of Ohio, and the Cincinnati Stars,
club that has the gall 10 consider them
selves the champions Of Ohio, will come to-
gethsr for the first time The Stars have
some very good ball tossers and withal are
apretty strong team. Both clubs have
host of friends and admirers, and betting
on the result is quite lively.
The Chicegos still lead in the race for the
championship, Providence second, Boston
third. Buffalo fourth, Cincinnati fifth, Syra-
cuse sixth, Cleveland seventh and Troy last.
The following table shows just how each
club stands: