The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-29
SPORTING SPARKS
Gathered at Home and Abroad.
Baseball, Billiards, Personal Points, Pedes-
trianism, Turf Talk, Comments on
Coming Events, and Miscel-
laneous Matters of In
terest in Sporting
Circles.


large number of friends.
There is this consolation left us: II j.
Bull beat us in walking for that belt, he
can't come up to us in playing baseball for
that pennant Let the American game
chicken crow
The shareholders of the TecumSeh Club
of London, Canada, are to be sued for the
outstanding indebtedness of the club. 1t
is exceedingly doubtful whether anything
can be recovered, as similar suits have been
prosecuted against the Baltimores, Phila-
delphias and Athletics with but barren re-
suits.
Harvard has won the College champion
ship four times in the last six years.
Lawton, the third-baseman OF the lay
makers of Troy the early part OF last year,
;s Mt present negotiating with the manage
ment of the davenport Iowa. Club =,
The old lawmakers OF New Haven Ct'
will play the coming season rs 'he
New Hayens. George J. Hieler VIII pc
manager and the following men VIII prop
ably make up the team: pollheiS, E,, al
sons. Mcdonald, Dunn, Murray, flahagai'
1 Coffav and Shadrick, with one or two not
yet chosen. ,uyoorou ,lo
1t is settled and Bennett and Weaver the
catcher and pitcher of the Milwaukoes OF
1878. have signed to play with the new pro
fessional nine at Worcester, Mass i. u
Bancroft, the manager OF tue Worcestels,
vos in PHILADELPHIA last week, ana chsaSed
TANNERS to plav left-feld for his team.
Renners finely filled that position for the
Athletics last season, and Is a heaNy paIS-
man. NJ, .-o .l,o fol
Spanish Game of Ball-We take me lol-
lowing from The Pacific Life. OF san \ ran cr
cisco, A match game OF ball ls 10 GeHle Oh
at Ranchito on the 10th instant lhe gum
| 10 known as "Gomi," and is recent I'M
,ortot;on from Sonora 1t is to be played
by five on side for 800. The captains OF
tIe contest are Casus Acosta, OF Los Nlotos'
and Rathel Garcia, OF Ranchito. IhlS game
ia IN be nlayed with the feet, the ball 10 oe
licked over II distance OF about SIX miles,
beginning at Ranchito and eNtehainS 70 tne
nlace Of Don Jose Ramircs, and back TO lhe
starting point. The team getting Out ilrs''
of course, will be the the winner.
y, p. Atwater, the change pitcher OF the
old Red Stockings, publishes card IN
Chicago paper claiming that the present
short hand system of keeping the score OF
the game was invented by ChaS H. po!tiu
in 1868. Atwater is mistaken, us the writer
of this paragraph used the present snort ert
hand system of scoring as iar BACK as ioo9'
lii being the invention of the basc-ball cd
itor NJ fhe n, !. Clipper and this is the
first time we have ever heard Oh any rNal
claimant-[N. Y. Clipper
Sullivan leaves tomorrow for Troy, NY,
to ioin the Troy Club. -
Geo, Streifi left Thursday night, Mitchell
left last night, and Kelley leaves to-day Tor
Cleveland. All three will play with the
Cleveland Club this season.
Sullivan of the Alleghenys, is to pitch
for the Holyokes at a reported salary oi
81, 100 for the season.
Mr., Levi r. Scolield has completed the
plans and specifications for model base
bali ground and buildings, and contractors
are examining them with view 20 o9itu,
ing upon them. The plans propose radical
cl,anges all through andif they are carried
ont rs drafted Cleveland will have no rea-
son TO be ashamed of its accommodations IN
this respect. no matter who our visitors may
be.-[Cleyeland Herald.
TURF TALK.
Fleetwood Park, New York city, has been
leased for $4,000 to Thomas johnson lof
one year. ANN VIZ
+ Silver Cloud has been sold for $3.50 to W.
s. Collins, of Springfield Mass.
Col. w. II. johnson has purchased OF M
Woodman the broodmare Efiie Cheatham
, and foal, for p. Lorillard, and they Will be
shipped to Rancocas shortly.
Mary Walton, a recent winner at Sayan
/ nah and Charleston, arrived at the Nash
VILE Tenn. \ course last week accompanied
' bv Bismuth, by Bonnie Scotland, dam Ar
MICA in charge of Jim Hill. trainer.
trot took place at Burlington, Va, OF
the ice. last week, between Ed. Flanney's b
e m. Kitty and Jerry Williams z. III. Laur'
e Williams, for purse OF 500. Laura wol
n easily in three straight heats. No tint
1 could be taken, on account OF the snow
storm at the time.
r slish turf circles principally US a clerk o
lie COURSE" died at Shrewsbury, England
!, March 9th, the immediate cause Of deatl
I being decay of the system. At the time o.
II his demise he was Mayor of Shrewsbury.
0 Mr.. Henry Owens reports that his cello
brated race horse Leveler is again all right
having entirely recovered from the injury
. TO his shoulder. He was galloped the otheI
> day for the first time since his iamenes
n was first noticed, and took his work al
+ right. Mr.. Owens thinks he is permanent
4 ly cured, and that he will be able to FIJI al
t his engagements during the spring races
In this connection it may be well enoug
to state that Leveler is being trained b.
l. Mr.. Geo. Cadwalader, and not John Nc
s Ginty. and also that he is not entered in
II three-mile heat race OF any other at ~
4 Louis.
,+l NJ. II. Sanford, the wcll-known turfmar
- has donated $500 for the purpose Of dcct
., rating and improving Gratz Park, Lexins
u ton.
'r Blackey Edwards mare Dream is at pre-!
ent stopping in the alley near the STA
., Office Biackey has not decided whether