The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-22

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The New York Clipper of the past week
gshes over the Nationals and Rochcsters In nearly
M W. nmm OF eT rgc pGr Sc Are c sSs Of Of
Providence aud Worcester last June, In which the
League teams Of those cities aud of Chicago aud Gin
cinnatl participated We thought We had then looked
at the hest haliplaylng were likely to this sea-
S0u. hut In the three gaines on the Union grounds
the past week we saw ball playing which decidedly
surpassed that at either Worcester or Providence,
g,pi rs that was. ThoSc who saw the three games
rivalry between the contestng mines To bring out
earnest efforts to win both Sides aud as there was
M 'l- selling on the field or In the neighlorood to
develop ctOnkcd work, tile contests were marked 10y
strenuous aud honest efforts Ia conquer. As for
6etharitn second-lase play. Ross BARNES III his
match. 4 more gratihed audience NJ "A hall match
never left field than the crowd present On Friday
IL speaking Of the game PLAYED on THURSDAY
seen on hall ned "A sharp hit having been n,adei TO
right hcid, Gcrhardt ran aud beautifully picked 1t
man out and runner On third, with one on first, the
paint the latter has To play Is IL draw the IRE AS To
give the man at third chance to run In. When rke,
who was at first. saw the ball In Gcrharlt's hand he
stopped running To second and began To dodge. Dur
ing this n.y. play the striker was running to first aud
Brady to hone-lase. Quick work was necessary, anu
Gcrlarit, baker, and snyder were fuzzy equal 10 the
| emergency. Gerharlt. after backing Pike tn first,
sent the ball sharply IL Baker putting the striker
out, and Baker promptly returned the ball to Ger
harlt hefore PIKE could get 10y him to second Joe
base, and. Will, sharp low throw to snyder who
again held the hall spien,idly the double play was
made, and In the finest style of the art the crowd
breaking out In loud applause, while even Joe's OPP
lOnents complimented him on his splendid he'lihg
| II was a play worth a days journey I" witness "
| Haker played first base
| Aquntics.
Smith won the Halifax lIarbor champion
| ship, defeating Ham In 2a:ii.
The Columbia Boat Club house is rapidly
being stored with boats. Tho house of the club pre-
| sents a neat appearance from the river.
| 1t would he we'll if the Potomacs could get
Of the outside clubs to visit this city to engage
them In race, as II seems impossible for them To get
up any In this city with the local clubs.
| Our citizens would like to see n race he
| tween uur local clubs. fine race would te Just the
thing to start early In September. Who'll take The
| initial step toward furthering such al object?
Conley defeated Mckay easily i'm their race
| IN Halifax iIarbor on "wednesday last. Mckay was
suffering from gathering on the side OF his face, and
during the race the same broke, causing him much
pain, though he pulled game and plucky contest.
At the professional regatta held Thursday
at Midland, Ontario, the three mile race, with turn,
was by George H. lI0smer, of Boston, In 20 30
James u. Riley second, Gambler third Elliott fourth.
The time made is excellent and stamps iiosnier ~
of the hest scullers in the country, and nses Ills
| hackers intention Of sending him to England.
Courtney and Hanlan have simultaneously
recovered fran Illness and the former Is In training
on owasro lake for next months Geneva regatta
while the latter Is getting ready at Toronto for hi
race with Trickett Ia November on the Thames. II
now looks as II the rowing Interest the Of til,
year would he concentrated In England. Tnokeit u
as confident of winning as ilanlan aud Iaycock, an
other Australian Oarsman, who is Tricket's neaies
rival south of the equator is also in England and lIa
made match with Blacknan with eventual design
on Boyd Several American Scn'ers are SAID To III
contemplating trip To England for the autumn
matches. Ross and IIosmer viii surely go, Will
| Riley Is almost positive.
A committee of gentlemen from Alexandria
Va. visited the city this week to obtain information
to assist them In organizing and establishing boat
, club. Thrty-sN young men al ms ancient Dur
have declared their intention of going III FOR IN
modern shell boats and All a shell implies. II III
committee is fair sample Of the other thiry-iiree
It will lie unnecessary for the club engage profcs
sonals to row their races Very little capital is ne
cessary 10 start boat club Ia Alexandra beyond tina
Invested ~ hos as Wais,"Ses s,' am, ,I' o"a NV,
club the success It deserves and hope by this tim
next year II viii lie on It's feet aud In the field com
petitor for the hOnofs attending victory In race
!. Hanlan, the oarsman, will sail from New
: York on the 9TH Of September. lie Will be ATTENDED
Ia by George Hawthorne, steward Of tile Toronto Row
Ing Club, and very handy man about boats. Ward
COulson, Ooth Sterling, aud other hackers VIII ol
e low later on. When this Trlcket match was fir,
talked about Ward PROPOSED that the Toronto le0il
should make up pot and send an agent out to Aus
traia Ia invest IT, hut the project fell through, an
the money VIII b- placed In England. Adsices froi
Q London say the retired Australians-iotany BAY ma
o iois they ca them-who form quite colony there
are prepared to back Trickeit Tor any amount, an
IIanian, who always keeps u CLEANING eye on th
harvest he has ever reape,i. He has never made
out Of any race rs yet lie Is probably worth ala"
SEQ 100. ward his partner, and others who ha,
Travelled with him have made fair piles, hut the bisi
y ness has not been In any SENSE gold mine, two
u three dollars usually having 10 he rished To bring
| one. Al hands, however, expect 10 do Well VII
u Trckett. Australia Is a wealthy country, and he
miners and sheep grazers haseihe reputation 81 back
: Ing their man with almost California daring. ~
Toronto men win lie amply satisfied II they get tliri
money even. and they viii carry with them prob
ably as much as Trickei's he able 70 cover
u is a ease Of ''make or break - with the partisan
Of both IIanan has been pracilcing steadily al IL
ronto, and is said Ia be going with all his old power
skin aud Speed and 1t Is said he In bette
, trim than now. His iiIness at Tia. seekonk regait
was something 81 a mystery. His Immediate bac \
ers Of course swear that was genuine stitch; bl
l. two of them paid dying visit 10 New York on III
l. eve Of the race and II has been broadly limited u
;. Toronto men who saw them that while there the
* bought pools on inss, who won. There s al least II
M doubt Of ihls-ihat the stitch, az whatever II wa'
IL affected the Views Of the English aud Australian he
n ting men In London with regard 10 the champion
n contest with Ticket. From eyens the bctiing 10
a ut bound To 100 To 10 Oh Ticket, aud, singular
say, II went np another Peg shortly after larr vi
had charge OF how'd, arrived home. harris was ~
81 IIanlan's sianchest supporters az his matches VII
"a iiawdOn aud Elliott, and viii he found with I
4 money ON the sane side again ono theory !, ihi
l. BarIa who Is professional book maker Ia lara
~ WAY. induced the Iianlin party, la order {" ims
nj the iIanlan bOpn Ia England throw the rare pal
IS them - OO0 which was The aiount the arst pis.
{. aud also pledged himself "a give tlcm percentage
l. his winnings on the irekcli match 10 ihs filclr
a match, however, there viii he, la Nani's Nofd
e. 'nO InOnkeylng.N lianlsh wants 10 earn $40 tt1
Is $50 900 aud retire from hal- rlng aud ~ larke
aud the champion viii win, N IL " Ia him, Two
three Canadians now living Ia Australia have H.,
watching IIirkUit for the ast eighteen inunils, az
~ | Ward knows tbs Australian ulsasuru as Vel
- II Is possible fOT him tn KNOW II wiihnui having ~
the man AZ his hcsts TIE timc-irst T. not vtftii
ri great deal hut lar as Il gees rck-i u iofeH
M to defeat, Hanlan' time "n 'haaianpua Lake y
IN. very fast, bat u Mould have tUgn tAstI ha hu r
duced u to ihirtystNO minutes and tea ,sfonds al
: no has rOwed I'VE long miles la that uuu 10 iunl
n water and with bad Wind Un this hay. Some uai
~ men, the unhappy Courtney fuf instantr, make
M Vicious private trials tut canned fri.a thrin u pa
" lie. Hut That T. not the Ca'e WITH Hanlan, 10 "a
AN iron nerve aud great ssli. I1sssfsipn, and A.
ii much at his ease when waiting fUT the siait
er padding Ia aud Ont u the quiet cover a tie iin
"a TricketI viii win u hs 4 bggyr phenomenon th
the Canadian, hut the evidence, such ihrIs g. b.
I'm TO show that he has been matched nui III hisclass
et Will he OuTOwed from the word Ego. ' lanlau hli
M self says learned something Of 1rkri ff isr
M Kelley and other fngsh watenueu Ni,p him o.
q Joe sader, and Is perfectly satisfied in BE Usn u
that he can beat him easily he o,eIrane fliol
Pedestrianism.
Hart, who lately experienced slusir0k
IL rapidly cOnyaesolng ghd expects g. engage in {
ie next match for the Ashley belt
4. w. w. Curtis, of New York, Who cha
Ienged Rowe on behalf of unknown, h aad % "a
ia View Pegran. who made such splendid fccufi