The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-03
First Local Game to. be Played at
the Cincinnati Ball Park To-
morrow Between the
Buckeyes and Wal
nut Hills.
The Cincinnati Stars all Here and
to Open the Season Next Sat-
urday With q Strong
Picked Nine.
Baseball Bits, Scnlling Squibs, Turf
Topics, Personals, Pedes rian.
ism, and Minor Miscella-
neOus Mention.
Base Ball.

The Albanys may come West this month.
Ross Barnes is in Kansas City on busi-
ness.
The Boston nine all reported for duty
this week.
Wonder who will be the Enquirer's pet
this year?
Joe Gerhardt, "Move up Joe," is with
the Nationals.
Mahn and Harry Wright have dissolved
partnership in manufacturing balls.
Vice President P. henderson did not
miss sesing single game last season.
White, little Willie" still wears those
specs and goes to Sunday Good
boy.
The indications are that Kansas City will
be represented this season in the North
western League.
In the bright lexicon of youth it is more
important to know how to pitch base
ball than to pitch ship.
Clamp weighed 2O4 pounds, ulster and all,
when. be came here but has since shed the
ulster and weighs 1913 now.
Mark Wallace, genial Mark, is the head
of the Sunday nine this year, and we wish
him all the success a square man deserves.
| Hawley's book store on Vine street comes
| to the front this season with fine assort-
ment of base ball goods and sporting pa
pers.
B. Simpkins is ground-keeper at the Star
| B III Park this season, vice John Schwab,
who now holds the position of night watch
man.
President Justus Thorner Is out on the
road, but will be home the latter part of
next week in time to witness the first game
the Stars play.
AL. Jennings and Spike" Brady have
been remarkably quiet of late, and we
more than suspect they have got hold Of
the game of fifteen.
The members of the Worcester nine, now
in New Orleans, leave that city for the
East tomorrow. The Worcesters play in
New Haven next Wednesday.
George McManus. formerly manager of
the St. Louis Browns, is now Treasurer Of
the Grand Opera House in that city, and
will take banefit on the Oath inst.
The Dubuques have adopted uniform
dress-suit of regulation navy blue. Their
field uniform will be similar to that worn
by the Providence Grays last season.
OF the ten players belonging to the Gin
cinnati Stars only three are married, name
ly: Will White, Clapp and Andy Leonard.
This may be taken as hint by the girls.
Eden, of last years Clevelands, is the
latest addition to the Dubuque. Iowa Club.
This nine will play two games this month
at home with the Nationals, of Washing.
ton.
The Bostons will open the championship
season with the following batting order
Jones, James ORourke, John O'Rourke
Brown, Morrill,, Foley, Burdock, Bond
Sutton.
The red, blue and green cars on Fourth
street run to the Cincinnati Bali Park. The
latter line goes direct to the gate, while the
others run within three squares OF the
grounds. Make note of this.
Since the Withdrawal of Richmond
from the Brown University nine, to accep
position in the Worcesters, it is said tha
Yale has concluded to enter the Intercol
legiate Association and compete for the col
lege championship.
The Stars play their first game this sea
son at the Cincinnati Ball Park, with
picked nine, one week from to-day. Weel
after next they play three games on Wed
!, nesday, Thursday and Saturday, with tn,
Nationals, of Washington.
The Baltimore people are still figurin,
. but have not yet organized nine. They
have picked up team and played two O.
three local games this week. The player
J in the Baltimore Club were: Deasley, c.
Daley. p; Myers, lst b.; Smiley, I'd b.
Richmond, Sd b.; Say, s. s.; Birchnall,
f.; Dickerson, C. f.; and Evans, T.
Mrs Salie Van Pelt, the local editor O
} the Dubuque Times, is also the base bal
editor of that journal. Last year she re
ported over sixty games. She is the only
lady in the United States who understand
every point of the game and is able to re
port them. She is also considered the bes
authority in Dubuque on the Nationa
: games.
Mason and the other Philadelphia play
ers who were spoken of as likely to pla
in Adrian, Mich, have given up the nc
ton, and Foley, formerly Of the Cincin
natis, will undertake the manag ement c
the club at that place. The Chicagos ar
to open the grounds at Adrian on Apr
18th, ON the evening OF Wnlcn UaCe I'll
e local club will give a grand ball in homo
S of their guests.
The FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON TO B
: PLAYED To-MoRRow.-To-morrow aftern0o
the first game of base ball Of the seaso
will be played at the Cincinnati Ball Parl
o between the Buckeyes, formerly the Star
a and the Walnut Hills, formerly the Shan
rocks, two clubs that distinguished then
t selves last season as amateur nines and
e rattling good game is looked forward t.
+ The admission will be only twenty-fv
It cents, and the game will be called at 2:s
9 o'clock. Besides witnessing game OF bal
d this affords our citizens splendid opDo
g tunity to view the new grounds, anphith'
atres, &C., which are among the finest !
l. the country and will calculate to make ou
q hearts swell with pride. Both clubs
IS participate in to-morrow's game, have bee
J. practising and are in good condition fe
q the fun before them. The Buckeyes wi
= comprise the following players, all we
8. known: Geo. Miller, catcher; Schumart
d pitcher; Burkane, first base; Summers, se
l. ond base;. Booth, third base; Cumming
d short stop; Wheeler, left field; Burkalov
t, center field; Maloy, right field. The We
= Hills nine will be made up from the 70
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