The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-17
THE DAILY STAR
SPORTING SPARKS

day.
The Bostons are the favorites in the pools
to-day.
The Syracuse team play the Buffalos at
Buffalo next week
The Troy Citys will never win the pen
nant No use Troy-ing
The Buffalo Club will surprise some OF
the knowing ones this season.
Let's play ball this afternoon, and not a
burlesque as We did Thursday.
The Bostons play three games in Chicago
next week They won't win them ALL
The Reds play three games with the Provi-
dence team next week-Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday.
George Wright's Providence team will be
here on Monday, and will have to play
Wright lively to win all three games next
week.
Sonny Hoffman, who has been catching |
for the Clevelands while Kennedy laid OIL |
played with the Davenport Qowa) Club last
year.
Snyder, catcher for the Bostons, is one OF
the most accurate throwers in the profess
sion, and the same may be said OF Tommy
Bonds pitching
The Troys will play with the Clevelands
at Cleveland next week. These two clubs
are the weakest in the League, and meet
for the first time Tuesday.
The Commercial is not considered the
leading baseball paper in this city, yet it
gives the best accounts of games, and Is
never compelled 10 correct any of its state
ments.
Turf Talk.
The races will begin i'll this city June Sd.
Fadladeen and Salina each ran mile on
the Kentucky course in l:43 i'll 1871.
The races closed yesterday at Lexington
and the spring meeting proved a success
financially and otherwise.
a aI.c eIVVung mare and colt, belonging
to Mr.. Theodore Seifried, and valued at
o., 500, died at Nashville Monday.
The United States Mail Line Packet Co.
will sell excursion tickets to Louisville and
return for So during the races at that point.
England will soon have to send to Amer
ica for her fast horses as well as for almost
everything else that is in the nature of a
luxury.
In the year 1871 Exchange ran one mile
and half in 2:3S on the Lexington course.
twas then the fastest time on record for
that distance.
The spring running races begin at Louis
vile next Tuesday and last seven days
Quite number Of Cincinnatians leave to-
morrow and Monday to attend the races.
Last season Belle of Nelson in a two
mile heat race. at Chester Park, this city,
after winning the first heat, took the second
heat in 3:34A. This is extraordinary fas t
time for three year-old, and goes to show
that our half-Mle track is not slow by any
means.
The spring meeting of the Louisville
Jockey Club promises to be the most bril-
liant ever held in that city, The free Derby
will draw large crowd, and the Derby din
ner and ball on the cup day will arouse
great enthusiasm in the fashionable com.
munity When there is a horse race Louis
willie is one of the liyeiest towns in the
United States.
In the year 1888 Gray Eagle gave his bril-
iiant promise as a three -year-old on the
kentucky Association course. In 1899 h,
was defeated by the renowned Wagner a
Louisville. The great race excited more
interest than the Ten Brock Mccarthy rul
hast July, ,and one old plantation darkey pres
ent remarked; "De good Lord neber pu
hair on de hos dat could beat Wagnah."
Great EXPECTATIONS are entertained of til
coming get of Ten Brock next year. H
Is the best son of imported Phaeton and
not only the swiftest, but also the stoutes
race horse ever foaled in America He ha
the fastest one mile, the fastest two mile!
the fastest three miles and the fastest fou
miles to his credit ever scored by any rae
horse in the country. His sire was not
good race horse.
Miscellany.
Betting in this city was $40 to $16 0
Geo. Slosson, and few takers.
"Will Chambers and Clark fight again
isa question which is now being discusse
among the admirers of this kind Of sport.
A ten-hour go-as-you-please contest wi
begin at st. Louis tomorrow betwee
Wittmann Reeves and Cummings, thr
pedestrians belonging to that city.
Harry Fellows sparring school at No. 2
Vine street is thriving. He already h
about dozen pupils. His terms are We
reasonable, and besides receiving sparri
lessons his pupils have the privilege
using the Indian clubs, dumb-bells, ct
any time during the day.
The fight between Tom Allen and ohm
Dwyer has not yet been arranged, but pre-
ably will be- The latter has number
friends in the East who think he can WI
Allen Allen has very few friends abe
here, but still the sporting fraternity
this vicinity consider him the best man
far.
well-attended meeting of the Mou
City Cricket Club was held at the new B
mum Hotel last night the following me
bers being elected: J, A. Warner Phi
McGrane, c. Carson, f. ]. Simpson, HeI
Barting, H. G. Leslie. NJ. Nane and G
Branconier-all active. Mr.. NJ. J. Ste
berg was chosen an honorary member.
Gage having resigned from the Execut
Committee, was replaced by Mr.. Fos
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