The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-03
SPORTING SPARKS
Gathered at Home and Abroad.
Baseball, Personal Points, Pedestrianism
Turf Talk, Comments on Coming
Events, and Miscellaneous
Matters of Interest.

BASE-BALLL
| Dickseron's daisy.
| Game called at p. m.
Some boys in the pool-rooms trust to
Providence.
The Northwestern League Clubs use
Spalding's ball.
How do our Cleveland friends feel? An
swer-"All broke up"
Harry c. Mclean has resigned his posi-
tion as umpire of the National Association
at Washington, D. c.
Conway, who was booked as catcher for
the new Lowell team, goes to Philadelphia
to engage in business there.
The st. Louis Browns will be here next
Saturday and play match game with the
Stars Sunday afternoon
Riley and Bradley, catcher and pitcher
Tor the Iroys, work together splendidly,
and are both good batters.
The Davenports of the Northwestern
League, play practice game this afternoon
with the Davenport High School Club.
The Mohawk Brown Stockings-the
champion amatuers of Observation-Disclosures
the Americas April goth, IN that city, by a
score of II to GIN. Y. Clipper. Heavings,
! that sounds loud.
Daniel Donahue, the first t-baseman of this
wears Lowells, met with a severe accident
last week being hit in the eye by piece OF
iron and the eye will have to be removed
: III order to save the other.
League games to be played this after
noon-Cincinnatis VS.. Troys, at Cincinnati;
Chicago vs. Syracuse, at Chicago; Cleve-
land VS.. Providence, at Cleveland, and Buff
falOs VS.. BoStonS at Buffalo.
A good game may be looked for to-mor-
row afternoon at the Star ball grounds be-
tween the Stars and Shamrocks. The green
cars on Fourth street 20 to the ball field,
and the admission is only Is cents.
The Reds play their next three games
|, with the Syracuse club in this city next
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The
following week they play three games with
the Bully Boston" at the Ball Park.
The First game between Harvard and
' Yale will take place at New Haven next
, Saturday. The second game will be played
+ at Cambridge May 18th. The Yales play
/ the Princeton team this afternoon at
+ Princeton.
The "Only Nolan" made his first appear
q ance at the Recreation grounds, San Fran
q cisco April GOTH pitching for the Knicker
y bockers who defeated the Eagles by a score
OF II to 4. He was unable to exhibit to his
~ best advantage for want of catcher. One
4 point which greatly pleased the natives
q was that Brown of the Eagles made clear
home run off Nolan.
. The Rockford Club is considered the
v strongest club in the Northwestern League
The men who compose the nine are J
= Rowe, catcher; c., Rowe, pitcher; Jake
:, Goodman, 1st base; Cramer, Cd base Coons
of Philadelphia, Sd base; Redmond, short
- W Golden, left; Nicol CENTER Coney
> right. j. and c. Rowe it will be remem
bered played with the Peoras last year
and are excellent men. Goodwin, Cramer
:. Golden and Redmond are Milwaukee men
CoOns, from the Athletics, of Philadelphia
=, Coney, from the Massachusetts.
# THE TURF.
!. Turf news scarce.
/ The races will begin here just one montl
from to-day.
a a The spring running races begin at Lex
u ington next Saturday.
a Mr.. John Kahley, one of Proteine's own
c ers, will go up to Piqua Tuesday to see thu
. mare. She was doing well when last heart
II from.
e Lexington offers Sc, $50 in purses; Louis
" NllIe OIlClUlldll, IDU, IT. LOUIS
u $lo, 230i Chicago, 1850; and Columbus
II S2o3o.
?, The Empire stables on Walnut street fur
nish first-class accommodations for horse
a passing through the city and remaining
" here day or two.
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1, utys h'S",1 l1lt 'iie NJ I'acN alter @ hlahli'g
le niles anu inp'' mere were very 4e'
IF SPECTATORS ha'o'v paying expenses
The success of the pool tournament a
the Hub Billiard Palace, Boston, has bee
such that the proprietor, John I. Murphy
has concluded to institute one on large
le scale next fall, for larger prizes and meds
le to be known as "The Murphy Badge"
1t Euorohr A 1obrsor hoo obo1,oroo,, T..
rs ;! Riley to row three-mle race for $500
n, side, offering $3.50 as expenses to Riley t
~ have the race take place at Boston. or Silve