The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-10
Baseball Bits, Turf Topics, Sculling
Squibs, Pedestrianism, PersOn-
ais and MiIfOr Miscella-
neOus Mention.
Base Ball.

buckeyes vs.. Amerlcus tomorrow.
New York is organizing mute nine.
Refs, the pitcher, married Dubuque,
Iowa, lady.
Frank Ramsay will be in the ticket office
at the Star Park this season.
The Dartmouth Club play the Bostons
Monday and Wednesday at Boston.
Next Wednesday, Thursday and Satur-
day, the Nationals, of Washington. will
cross bats with the Stars.
Booth played beautiful game last Sun
day and was frequently applauded. He
plays with the picked nine to-day.
Mitchell is "stlll in the CITY," and has not
been engaged yet. The Buckeyes wanted
him for Sunday games, but his figures were
too high.
Amateur clubs throughout the country
can make arrangements for playing the
Buckeyes in Cincinnati by addressing Man
ager Mark Wallace.
The following games will be played in
the East to-day: BostOns vs.. Harvards, at
Boston; Nationals vs. Providence, at Wash
ington; Worcester VS.. Brown University,
at Worcester.
The Clinton Stars will begin the season
this afternoon by playing a strong picked
nine. The game will be called at 2:3O
p. M. and the admission has been put
down to twenty-five cents.
The Dubuque Club, of Dubuque, Iowa,
have selected Charles Mclean as their Off
cial scorer for the season of 1880. The se-
lection is an excellent one. as MIR. Mclean
is thoroughly posted in scoring.
There will not be any game at the Park
tomorrow, but on the following Sunday the
Eclipse Club, OF Louisville, will be here,
and two weeks from Tomorrow the Buck
eyes will play the Mohawk Brown Stock
ings.
Martin Powell, of last years Holvokes
has been engaged by the Nationals of
Washington as their frst-baseman, in the
place Of George Latham. who has been re-
leased. This will strengthen the Nationals
considerably.
Before the game last Sunday Mark Wal
lace said il the Buckeyes didn't win Gin
cinnati would attend the funeral of nine
ball players and mourn the loss of new
manager They won, and players and
managers will remain with us.
The Stars will play in the following posi-
tions: Clapp, catcher; White, pitcher;
Carpenter first base; Smith. second-base !;
Wright, short-stop; Leonard, third base !;
Mansell, left-feld; Manning, center-fed
and beagle, of last years Mohawk Brown
Stockings right-feld.
The Enquirer is responsible for an item
which is going the rounds to the effect tina t
pool selling has been prohibited in the State
Of Ohio. This is not correct The bill to
stop pool selling has passed the Senate
only and just now it looks as though pool
selling will run another season at least.
TIE members of the Star Club are re-
quired to be on the grounds and practice
every day from 8 a. m. till noon, and from
3. m. till o'clock. The other day Will
White made his appearance an hour late
and Captain Clapp Immediately fined him
$l. This is the proper way, and will learn
the boys to be Oh hand.
The picked nine will be composed of the
following: Purcell and Reiley, catcher and
pitcher; J. G. Reilley, first base; Summers,
second-base; Booth, third base; Mitchell,
short-stop; WIN. Reilley. left field; Harry
| Wheeler, center-6eld, and John Magner,
right-feld. This is really a strong nine
and ought to make it interesting for the
Stars.
| The expense last season to witness game
was seventy cents including Car fare and
admission to the grand stand. This veal
one can take the Car at Fourth street, gel
into the grand stand at the park and il
costs just sixty cents-ten cents less This
year there will be forty-two league game.
| ,,la oI nd Snr Oft do
the total amount saved is "a 20.
In order to see how Reilley and Purcell
our cnange catcher and pitcher, will work
they nave been put in the picked nine anc
will play The first six innings on that side
and then play the game out on the othel
side, while Clapp and White will catch ant
pitch the three last innings for The pickec
nine. This will give the boys an excellen
chance to test themselves all around.
The Nationals. of Washington, will b,
here next week, and play the Stars Wednes
day, Thursday and Saturday. The follow
ing will show what a strong team the Star
will have to contend with: Lynch, pitch
er; Snyder, catcher; Powell, first base
Gerhardt second base; Warner, third base
Mcclellan, short-stop; Dignan, left field
Baker, center field; Derby, right field.
Baltimore has a club at last. Manage
H. B. Phillips this week engaged Brother
and Hawes. The nine includes the follow
ing players: Deasley, catch; Dealey, pitch
Richmond, s. s.; Brothers. LIST b.. Myers
ID b. cmiley Sd b.; and Hawes, c. I. W
have not yet ascertained who the othe
two. players will be. When last hear,
from Manager Phillips was negotiatin
with Eggler and Matthew'S
Manager Mark Wallace completed al
rangements last night for q game to-mol
row. The Buckeyes will play the Ameri
Gus Club nine well known and made u
from some of the best material in the city
They are as follows: .Buckerne, catcher
Mitchell, pitcher; Smith, first base; Cary
second base; Merney, third base; Arch
bald, short-stop; Weaver, left field; Butler
center, and Al. Jennings, right field.
| It's not definitely settled, but the prot
able batting order of the Clevelands wi
be as follows: Hotaling, Dunlap, Hanlor
Shaffer, Kennedy, Phillips. Glasscock, Nj
Cormick, Hankinson. These players vii
probably constituts the regular nine, wit
Hall and Gilligan as substitutes 1t wi
depend upon the general merits OF Hall an
Hankinson as to which of the two will
considered as substitute. The first PR
fessienal games of the season will be playe
with the Washingtons on April 18th, 27t
and 28th.'