Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-05-03
Sporting Matters.
BASE BALL NOTES,

BASE BALL NOTES.
II Will be remembered that the Nationals
failed to mop up the field with the Clevelands
In the late games. The Cleveland HeTdld crows
over our club as follows:-"They tackled the
ClevelaIdS in the rain and mud and were d.
feated in five innings; they tackled them in the
cold raw air OF Tuesday and were beaten two
10 one: they tackled them in the balmy sun
shine yesterday and were shut out entirely. so
IL VIII De seen that In cold or mud. sunshine or
stormy weather, the team that has been victOri-
Gus over Providence, Cincinnati and Chicago has
not ghostly show with our new team"
The Nationals and AlbanyS tied in their game
Saturday-the first championship game OF the
ASSOciatfOn-the score being 4 to l. The
otner games saturday were: Chicago t. Cincin-
natl 3; Buffalos 1, Cleveland 4; Providence s.
Boston o. The Nationals went from warm
weather and have been playing in cold. They
have been somewhat used up. They nearly all
have had stiff limbs from cold. The clubs
which they have played were In their native
element, and had not the disadvantage of being
on the go for some time. The Nationals are
expected back the latter part OF this week
saturday on the grounds here. There is some
talk about the Baltimore nine disbanding, but it
Is probably all rumor;; Snyder, of the
M HS mails; has been doing good work
a pretty sore arm most of the time away -
The Cincinnati CDflmelcidl says Lynch has
worn corn On the summit of his starboard
auricular through his high pitching . Sundays
Cincinnati Enquirer says the league season
opened all around yesterday. Right here in
Cincinnati Ii was opened in way the Cincin-
n ISdis despised, and the opening was done by
not as deep as a barn door nor as wide as well,
out 1t was deep and wide enough TO take in
the whole OF the home team.
SHOOTING NOTES
At the shOoting-the third match-at Ben.
DlDgS saturday, the three leading scores were
as follows: j. q. P. Burnsde-S0O wards. Is: 9OO
YARDS, g.; 900 yards. O.; total, 200. A. A.
Nlrdr ann
90; total, 2GU. DR.. 5. /. ScOtt-SO0 yards 20; 800
yards, 50; 200 yards, 81; total. 200 The first
or the series OF matches between the New York
YORK Rife Club and the Columbia Rif1e AssOcia-
Tuesday and Wednesday, the 25th and 26rh OF
This month. Distances viii be 200 and 3D)
YARDS. ten shots for each man over each
distance each day. the aggregate scores
OF the teams for the two days to constitute
the first match. The second match will be
shot at creedmoor during The last week In
June next, in precisely the same Way
\ Washington city shooting club with grounds
at Holmead cemetery, has been formed with the
following officers: President. Dr.. j. w. Van
1iRqia n wee president, e K DuIour; secretary,
Geo A. Bentley; scorer. w. E. BufOrd. -. The
pigeon shooting match between Capt 4. III. Be-
gardus and Fred. Erb lr, OF st. Joseph, NO.. at
81. Louis. saturday, was won by B0gardus So
against So. There was very large attendance
OF spectators.
TIE ARLINGTON BICYCLE CLUB.
OF LnlS CITY, mas elected officers as follows: Pres
ident, E. b. Hay; captain. II. l. CARPENTER. sub
captain, Frank T. Rawlings: secretary and
treasurer, VIM. c. Scribner; guides, NJ S. Falls
and Z. L. Dent.
THE NATIONAL FAIR ASSOCIATION MANAGERS
met at the ST. James hotel at 10 O'Clock this
morning The president was directed to fur
nlsn the corresponding secretary with season
q. tlckets 10 0e sent to the editors of newspapers
IN the surrounding counties. The committee
on tickets requested that the committee on
printing have published the following rules:
nat general admission TO The grounds be -
cents; ADMISSION 10 the grand stand 80 cents ad-
dt1onal: badges for the quarter stand Will be
sold at the grand stand for 81 each, which Will
nave 10 be kept in sight There will be no ad-
mission TO the quarter--stretch except through
tue grand stand. Coupons and season tickets
VIII be sold only In the city, and coupons will
be good only for the day named on them Per-
sons entering the grounds viii deposit their
fare In a box kept for that purpose. Admission
TO all parts will be paid In cash, and tickets
sold by the railroad company will only be sold
az their station. Carriages will be admitted
free. stockholders tickets admit only to the
GROUNDS. Season tickets will cost Sc for each
meeting
ONE hundred different styles OF children car
rlageS: also bicycles and yelocipedes Of all sizes
have been received at r. Goldschmid's mann
moth department store, Sl2 9TH street, between
II ard streets northwest, and will positively
oe sold cheaper than any other house In this
city.
CIT WITH A RAZoR.-This morning John
Lewis was arraigned In the Police Court for an
assault on Peter Hogan. Both OF these parties
are colored and Hogan appeared ON the stand
with Dad cut from his nose extending under
the right eye, and could give no account of the
row except that he was drunk; he did not know
that he had razor. Lewis who had slight
cut on the nose, testified that Hogan attacked
MIN with razor, cutting his nose and running
him. and he seized stone. with which he in.
hlcted the wound. Other witnesses testified
and Hogan was sent TO jail for six months and
Lewis was fined SO or 80 days.
RAILROAD SMASH UP.-ThiS morning a
freight train on the Alexandria branch of the
b. %. RR., In backing on the treSSIe work at
SnepnefdS, opposite Alexandria, struck against
the bulkhead with too much force and one car
was pushed overheard, a second one badly
wrecked, and third jumped the track The
watchhOuSe was carried overheard and the tele-
graph wires were badly damaged.
CHAIN bracelets, cameo slides, ST. at Priggs. +
CHARGE OF EMBEZZLENENT.-To-day, Corne-
with having embezZled $500 OF the funds of o.
ceola Lodge, Grand United order OF Odd Eel
lows OF which he was the secretary. Mr.. A. B.
nearing one witness, and II appearing that the
lodge had been satisfied, the court suspended
the hearing.
The WALTERS PICTURE GALLERy-it will be
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