National Republican., 1883-06-25
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
Contests at the Bat On the Water, and With
the Bow and Arrow.
The Lawyers and Jurors Game OF Base
BNII-BoRt Races saturtIsy-Notcs.

lngtou challenged the members Of the graud
jury to play game of base ball for the bcne.
fit of the policemen who were recently dis
charged from the force for disability. On
Saturday the game was played, and It afforded
moro amusement to the spectators than half
dozen comedies All the grand jurors save
two failed to come to time, so the lawyers
were compelled TO play picked nine, upon
which Wise, of the Nationals, played as
catcher. After borrowing penny from
one Of the spectators with which to toss
up for innings, the game began with
ton base ball namcsake, he found it
difficult to strike the ball He at last
thunipcd it, however, and il fell into the
second basomans hands. Mr.. Walter then
went up to the homeplate and looked dubi-
ously Mt the pitcher. Harris delivered tho
ball and after IL was in Wse's hands Walter
struck at tho atmosphere with energy. lie
repeated this performance three times, aud
then started on wild or tortuous scramble
to first base When he reached the bag he
was surprised to learn that he was out
Charlie Moore then ba,ted wildly at ball.
and accidentally struck IL. He was put
out amid thunders of applause. When
the lawyers went out in the field
they presented a lovely appearance. Their
red stockings, belts, and caps, with their
white trousers and crushed strawberry shi. -
made them look exceedingly well The lalies
in the grand stand beamtd approving smiles
upon them aud dsintily waved handkerchieis
to them The picke ed nine were not unifoI med
The first man who went 10 the hat for the
picked nine was lipscomb. Mr. Moore looked
Mt him and pitched tho tall directly at his
head. Mr.. Lipscrinb dodgs1, and Mr.. Moore
claimed that in ducking his head the batter
had taken an unfair advantage of him.
This was decided to be n mistake,
and the game continued. All through
the game the spectators were in a continuous
fit of laughter. The desperate efforts of the
lawyers TO fall over theiNfeet in wild race
after the ball were signals for shouts of mer-
riment The chief feature of the game was
the umpiring O. Deputy Marshal c. Ridgely
Mdcl}air He was an umpire OF the conh-
Dental sort, and gave his decisions in mo iu-
lated tones that only tho batter could hear.
His decisions were all impartial, and he made
good and graceful umpire. There were
frequent visits to Frank Wards can of milk,
which was an honored object in the in
field, and much good nature prevailed. The
score by innings was as follows:
Lawyets.,.........0 0 l a. s
Grand Jury.......... o x-li
The Undines Saturday defeated the Reo-
Lutte Baseball club on the old National grounds,
by score Of 3 to 1.
n
played Saturday afternoon between the Ord :.
nance department and Independent mines, on
the old eagle grounds, with u score of IL to 5
in favor of the Ordnance.
new amateur base ball club called the
Armenias has been organized with H. Crosby,
as catcher; Webster, first base; Nash, second
base; Connors third base; G. Crosby, short
stop left field, w. NJ. Douglass; center
| field, w. Fleishell, and Fernandez right
field. good pitcher will be selected. The
| club has also junior nine consisting of g..
johnson, catcher; Wilson, left field Crosby,
pitcher; w. johnson, center field; Taylor,
| first base Alexander, right field; Eastlake,
second base; Walter Douglass, short stop;
| and Stoddard, third base. All communities
tions should be addressed to H. b. Crosby,
| 1918 Ii street northwest.
! The Starlights defeated the Chesapeakes on
Saturday afternoon by score Of 16 10 TO-
The race between Ryan and Baker, rerre :
senting the bureau of engraving and printing,
and Fisher and Kearney, representing the
coast survey, was rowed in working beats
| over tho national course Saturday evening
For q long time past an unusual amount OF
| interest has been excited by the contest, aud
very large amounts of money had heen
wagered by the friends of the contestants.
There were large number of spectators. Each
| one of the boat clubs had out numerous
shells and pleasure boats, and the appearance
| OF tDB TlNGT WAS very IuVS
was started promptly at $50 o'clock and for
awhile was closely contested but the supe-
rority of Ryan and Baker was soon mani
fested aud they won with ease by hundred
| yards in 204S, the others crossing the line in
2l:43. On the tug Gilmore Meredith, which
followed tho race, was the referee, Mr.. John
A. Kennedy, and the judges, Maj. Appleton,
w. G. Mckinney, and Claude Zappone.
On Saturday afternoon there was an inter
esting boat race in double pleasure boats bo-
tween Hunter and Nabers, Griffin and Rodier,
McDermott and Boone, and Nicholson and
! Sprightly. The course was from Cumber.
lands boat house to the Aqueduct bridge and
return. The crews came in in the order above
named. The referee was Mr.. +. j. Ward
and the judges Messrs Huntsberry Allison
and Jones.
The following were tho leading scores
made by the members of the Potomac Archery
club ON Saturday: