The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22
SPORTING SPARKS.
Caught, Clipped and ChronicIed.
Baseball Mention, Turf Comments and Per.
sonal Points, Billiards, Pedestrianism
and Other Interesting Notes and
News of Coming Events.

time is drawing near for Charles to teal
himself away from-well, his Cincinnati
friends.
The Springfield Club will play their first
match game April 10th, with the Holyokes.
Have the Stars flickered?
NJ r. Flaherty, manager Of the Wor-
cester Club last season, is Judge for Lillian
Hoffman in her five hundred quarter miles
tramp at Worcester.
The baseball season in the Metropolis
will be opened to-day, provided the weather
is good. The game will be to test the
merits of the new four-sided bats, and there
fore will be OF special interest.
The Jersey City Baseball Association are
getting things ready for the coming season
at their improved inclosed ground-the old
Centennial ball-ield-and by April will an
nounce their opening games. The ball-field
at Fleetwood Park, too, is to be placed in
playing condition early in April.
Holbert has not signed with the Syracuse
Club as yet
Augusta, Ga, is to have two good base
ball teams this season who will enter the
field the first week in April The leading
amateur organization of this city is the
Clinch Club, OF which Mr.. J. s. Bean is
president.
The Northwestern League Association
will be live institution in the West this
season. 1t already numbers among its
members several very strong teams as the
Rockfords and Peorias of Illinois, the Du-
buque, Iowa, Club, the Davenports, of
Iowa, etc. Many of these teams have Sc
cured old League and international play
ers.
San Rafael in California, has the base
ball fever. One Club, the Mutuals, is al
ready organized, and another soon will be.
The Mutual Club gave a ball recently,
which was largely attended by the elite of
the town, and was q social and financial
success. The Club has secured a ground,
and are making arrangements to put it in
order.
III the first game of the season at Phila-
delphia the other day Bradley pitched for
the Uptown side, and Deylin pitched for
the Downtowns.
The Prospect Park games at New York
this month will be attended by several man
ayers who want players.
The demand at Hawley's for Spalding's
Official Baseball Guide is simply immense.
Bond, Morrill,, Sutton and Burdock, of
the Boston Club, reported for duty on Sat
urday, and the rest of the Club are to be
ready for work on April 1st.
"Pye no doubt he's very clever and
knows good deal about it, especially at
this stage of the season." was what Cleve-
land base-balist remarked of Chadwick's
comments in the Enquirer concerning the
prospective playing OF the home club,
cleveland Herald.
There are all sorts of rumors and state
ments concerning the color of the stockings
of the Cleveland men. One paper says it
will be brown, another red, but we say it
will be blue Cleveland Leader. Yes, and
''blue" will probably be tho way our Clsvo-
land friends will appear at the end of the
season.
The Princeton University nine has not
been selected as yet, though they have
number of men in training at the gymna-
SUM to fill up the vacancies in last years
team.
Manager Hollinger has at last completed
his nine for Detroit, Mich, which includes
Gross, catcher; Salisbury, pitcher; Gault,
Miller and "Oliyer" on the bases, and Ely,
Morton and Swartwood in the outfeld,
with probably, y,Shaughncssy as short-stop.
During the years of 1S42 and l843
number of gentlemen would casually
assemble on the plot of ground now occu-
pied by Gilmore's Garden in this city, to
indulge in a game of ball, bringing with
them their bats, ball, etc 1t was customary
for two or three Of the players, occasionally
during the season to go around in the
forenoon of pleasant day and muster up
players enough to play game. A change
of base was necessary in 1874, they meet
ing at what is now Thirty fourth street and
Lexington avenue. In the early part of
| artW iyf1f puh hn hnI
an enthusiast in the game, proposed to
form regular organization. His proposal
was acceded to, and Messrs w. r. Wheat
on, Cartwright, D. +. Garry 4. r. Dupig-
nae and w. III. Tucker formed them, elves
into board of recruiting officers, and soon
obtained enough names to make a respect
able show. Thus it occurred that party
of gentlemen Of this city organized the
knick erbocker, which was the nucleus of
the distinctive American game of baseball,
so popular now in all parts of the United
States, and the original organization from
which the succeeding clubs derived their
rules of playing The Olympic Ball Club,
of Philadelphia, however, claims priority,
being organized in 1888; but it was not
until 1860 that they adopted the game of
baseball, having previously played town
ball.-[N. Y. Clipper.
TURF TALK.
The American horses in England were
doing well at last accounts.
The formation of club or organization
of gentlemen in Boston and vicinity to en-
courage legitimate trotting and racing has
been accomplished, and a meeting Of the
subscribers will soon be held to elect officers
and give direction to the movement The
club will be formed on the plan of the
Point Breeze Association of Philadelphia.
and will act under the rules of the National
Trotting Association. 1t is proposed to
lease Beacon Park for a number Of years,
and the club is to be limited to two hun
dred and fifty members, with an initiation
fee of 800 and yearly dues amounting to
$25 each. The grounds are to be consider
ably improved, and there is some talk of
making provision for athletic sports, such
as are now given at Harvard College The
members are to have the use of the park
for private driving, and it is proposed to
have races in June and October for which
liberal purses will be offered. The superin-
tendence of the grounds, stables, &c. will
probably be entrusted to Mr. Jas. Golden,
who is we'll known in turf circles.
BILLIARDS.
There is a Likelihood that Mons. Plot
whether Vignaux comes over here or
not, will be among the contestants in the
April and May tournaments. Vignaux
will also come over, if GARNER thinks that
he is playing well enough to struggle
against the American rail-
The tifteen-ball pool prize at Tim Flynn's
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