Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-06-27
LOCAL NEWS.
Out.Of.Roor sports.


rEK BOAT RACE on TBk POTOMAC strURD Az
The barge race on the Potomac saturday
evening drew out a large crowd. The race was
very wei contested. The Anslostan ten-oared
barge took the lead. but could not keep &c. The
eight. cared Columbia barge forged ahea1, ana
line In 6:s5
TIE BOAT RACE on TIE KAsrrRS BRANCH
saturday evening was won by Mansfield ana
Lewis In twenty minutes and twenty two sec
oIds, with Ennis and Nicholson about a DOZEN
boat lengths behind, and Smith and Posey a
quarter OF mile In the rear. The race was
very closely contested by Ennis and Nicholson
ano Mansfield and Lewis, until the stakebot
was reached, neither OF them getting more than
TWO lengths ahead. In turning the stakeboat
kDpis uLShipped an oarlock and thereby lost
the race.
AT TBE MILITARY TOURNAMENT RrrtE MATCH
at Bennlng's saturday the leading scores were
as follows: Cash, 30; Lsuritzen, 81; Laird, ri:
Lieut.. Ross. 81; Atkinson, ~; Burnside ~:
Woolrloge, 26 Harrison, &c; Frazier. "a.
The RICHMOND REGATTA
Ine Odr.han. small four sheet weekly
edited by MIR. /. Kimball, IT,, and devoted 20
boating interests, which made It's first appear
snce last Saturday, contains letter from Mr..
4. Ii. Shaw, chairman OF the regatta commit
tee OF Richmond, Va, who says OF the regatta
there on the 9Th OF July: 1.-The committee have
purchased prizes for the strangers races, which
are as follows: olympic shell prize for four
Dared shells Outside OF the Virginia Associa-
tloDl consists OF four solid silver cups, worth
500, 10 be presented 10 the winning crew. For
this the following clubs have entered crews:
LHiropoeles and ndines, OF Baltimore; Poto-
macs, Columbias and Analostans or Washing
ton: olympic single scull prize for single
SOULS, for strangers, solid silver cup worth SIS
For this the following have entered VIM. r.
Roberts and Frank III. Barbarian. or the Poto-
mac Club, Washington. Olympic tub prize.
open for all; prize. silver tub.
COMFY ISLAND RAcBs-LoRIILARDs sACHRM Dr.
FkATBD-A GREAT RACE ARRANGED.
Tue match race at Coney Island Satur-
Cay between Lorillard's Sachem and Dryer
Bros. OnoDoaga was won by the latter after a
spirited Tight The distance was three quar-
ters OF mile, and time l-l5k. The match was
for $, goo side, the club adding 81 800.
race which win doubtless attract great in
terest Is being arranged TO take place on the
Coney Island jockey club course during the
spring meeting OF 1883. The conditions are
For three year-olds, $500 entrance half forfeit.
with $50 600 added by the Coney Island Jockey
cluo, distance one mile and i've furlongs.
Messrs. James II. Keene, Pierre aud George L.
Lorillard, ID. ID. Withers, August Belmont the
Dwy er brothers. and other prominent turfmen,
are already subscribers The stake Will amount
TO nearly $4,000.
Base ball games SATURDAY At Chicago-Chi-
Cages ~ Providence. :. At Philadephla-New
Works, 5; Atlantics, 10. AT Cleveland Ohio
Cleyelands, G. Bostons, 2.
The Chicago clue still retains the lead In the
league base ball championship The following
is the present condition OF the score Chicago
Won % lost 10: Buffalo won IS, lost a: Worces-
ter won Ia. lost Ia Detroit won Is, lost l6; Troy
WOn ii, lO6l 10, Boston WOH Ii, lost Is, Cleye-
land won L. lost Is; Providence won l3 lost ~,
AMERICAN ATHLETES WINNING IN ENGLAND.
AT the second summer meeting OF the Lon
don Athletic CLUB an conjunction with the
Manhattan Athletic Club OF New York at Stam-
ford Bridge. England, Saturday, In the two mile
walking race open TO amateurs Mr.. Merrill OF
the Union Athletic Club OF Boston, defeated
Mr.. Beckley, or the London Athletic Club and
MIR. Murphy, OF The Highgate Harriers. Only
the three named walked. Mr.. Merrill won
easily by fifty yards. Time, Il minutes IS sec
onds. In the 40 yards running race Mr..
Meyers, OF the Manhattan Athletic Club won
easily by eight yards. The Official time was
~ seconds. MI. Phillips OF the London
Athletic Club, came fn second.
HANLAN AND ROSS READY TO MEET TRlCKKrT.
Edward Hanlan and Wallace Ross express
themselves as ready TO row In q s.. 600 race
with Soule, OF Rochester, as prize donor. This
makes II certain that Hanlan, Trickett, Ross
and Hosmer win contest for the prize, with a
strong probability that other prominent oars
men will enter. Ross expresses a strong de-
sire TO meet Hanlan on the water. Tie latter
says he will be in rowing trim on september
Isl. The race viii possibly take place near
New York CITY.