The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-25
SPORTING NEWS.
Regattas, Races, Base Ball Matches and
Other Sporting Events.

There Is talk of q grand regatta Mt Halifax
N. s., this year, similar to the one held in 1871
A cooperative professional nine IL talked 81
i ~ St. Louis. to be composed uf Peters, nolHn
4 Mcdonald and several other well known
players.
| III tho movement to admit the Nationals and
| Alhanys to the base ball league prove suc
cessfui, poor Springfield will have to go II
alone In the race for the national pennant. 1t
| will be an easy road to the championship.
| Upon the return Of the Worcester team from
1 It's Southern tour. Knight VIII stop Mt Phila-
deIphia and enter upon gymnasium practice
1 at once; Sullivan, Irwin and Wood will come
20 Boston, and Whitney will 60 to Lowell.
A total summary of the British turf, for the
year 1872 shows that there were 27l race
| meetings. embracing 474 days and 1920 prizes.
| for which there were II 446 contestants. The
| aggregate value Of the prizes (stakes and
purseal In money. exclusive of ono gold vase.
| one whip and % cups, was S23sSsi7.
la the year past there have been run In
California sixty-six races, In Nevada elk
teen, I'm Oregon twenty-six, and In Washing
ton territory two-a total of ITO. Several
were not reported, SO that 1t Is probable 100
were run. This is about one-stxth " the
whole number run In the United States.
All extraordinary feat ut billiards. London
correspondent says, was performed by
Mitchell this week. In u game Of 1000 points
with tho younger Bennett, ex.ohampiou Of
England. The eeore stood: Bennett, $50
Mcneil 339 The latter then got on the spot
and pocketed the red ball ga times running
winning at t00l. Being asked To continue.
Mitchell ran up his total to TIT. This was the
largest break ever made by the spot stroke
alone.
Manager Bancroft, OF the Worcester team
haa arrived homo from his Southern trim
which he was Obliged TO shorten on account
Of the WCreesters making application to join
the league, and for other reasons. The trip
was success financially, and also proved
great benefit 10 the players, Mr.. Bancroft has
lettering offer to manage base ball park
III New Orleans next winter. which he thinks
of accepting, In which CAGE he will arrange
for series OF games to he played for the
Southern championship. II this plan Is car
rted out, he will take with him number of
Northern pitchers and catchers to strengthen
the Southern clubs.
Mr.. Daniel O'Leary, IN his answer to Wes-
toms recent challenge, says; This country
II neutral enough for either of III. and hi
idea of going to London Is ridiculous. | vii.
ACCEPT his oflar OF $4,000 aside. la consecutive
hours. providing he will meet me in America
east of the Rocky mountains. think New
York with its large population of liberal
minded, puhlie-sprtted and thoroughly i'm
partial citizens, ts the place for the contest.
The people at that city Will appreciate Il per
MARY support ms IL deserves. Mr.. Weston |
need not have any doubts about my heart : |
it is as good rs 1t ever was, and he will quick
ly learn that, II he really desires to meet
me-
There Is an italian pedestrian In Paris |
whom some Of our numerous worlds cham |
pions should see. He Il Achille Bargossi, |
called the man-ocnmOtive. not Oh
account of his enormous smoking IT assidu-
Gus pulling, but because he goes fast and un-
tiringly. as sometimes a swimmer thinks it |
sounds better to advertise himself as a man
sh This man-ioeomotive has walked from
Lyons to Paris In forty eght hours, and from
to Bordeaux, 600 Kilometres, In
i've days. But his great fondness Is for firing
nut d horse within twenty-four hnurs-a per
'ormance he has succeeded In three times, at
Milan, Naples and Paris. II is hard to say
now the man-ocomotive would compare with
Blower Brown. for example. From Montpel-
Ter to Bordeaux is only 800 miles; still com
non roads, walked day and night In all
veathers. are vastly different matter from
graded and rolled tracks under cover In San
francisco lately the horses all outwalked the
nea, still Bargossis horses may not have
seen good pedestrians. A Rowell or a Hart
should test Achille Bargossi with a six-day
TO- as YOU please