National Republican., 1883-05-07
A ROUND OF SPORTS.
League, Association, and Interstate Games Of
Base Ball.
The Horses Beat the BicyCIes--CocI,ing
Main and Cricket.

| New 1ork teams attracted another large
crowd OF spectators to tho polo grounds yes
terday, and up to the seventh inning they
could not woll have witnessed finer 70
test, as the score of / to 0 at tho beginning
that inning shows. Tho New York battery
was O'Neill and Clapp, and they filed the
bill capitally in a majority Of innings
| O'Neill's pitching bothering the Providence
batsmen considerably In fact but for the
third base in tho seventh and eighth innings
the New Yorkers would have scored q note.
worthy victory. As IL was, however, poor
felding--two bad errors by Ewing aud one
by Hankinson-gave the Providence team
three unearnod runs and the game in the last
three innings.
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First base by errors-Providenco, 8, New York
2 Earned runs-Providence, o; New. York, i
| forty minutes.
OTHER LEAGUE GAMES.
At Philadelphia
BBSes,on:;.;; ..........2 % 9 "a
Base hiis--Boston, Il Philadelphiu, 8. Earon-
Boston, 8: Philadelphia, L. Umpire-Mr Decker
| At Buffalo
Buffalo .........". o9s0 o
pass GltsSBuIslo, 10; Cleveland, T.; Errors,
AT Chicago
Chicago Chi Gag Yo....'......."9 ! 81 dSSSS 20
base hts-chicago, i2: Detroit ii. Errors
Chicago, 3; Detroit, l. Umpire-Mr. Lane.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION GAMES.
At Cincinnati
Cincinnati.". % 0ooi Q g
Eclipse ....... o o o.
At Columbus, Ohio
60 SOlH%Sss H9nIs,'.,d ''..... GSaSS S-$
At Pittsburg-
Metropolitan. t,,, an..,,.,... 0 0 i 0 O.
Base hits-Allcgheny. u; Metropolitan, o. Er.
rors-Alegheny, 4; Metropolitan,4.
The game at Baltimore between the Ath-
letics, Of Philadelphia, and the Baltimores was
postponed on account Of rain.
THE INTERSTATE GAMES.
At Trenton, N. j.
Anthracite. of Potts.
Trenton .............. 0 0 o 0 o / Q ID
At Camden, N. j.
Active, ofReading.... / o 2 o 1 0 o o. 1
Merritt, Of ofCamdon.... / / o o. 8
At Wilmington, DEL
RsTFtIsSsPs RSiats'sP. i'i:O Of vii: o l o O-'
ton....,.......1 o o o ool o.
BASE BALL NOTES
The best Of the several games played at
Prospect park Saturday was that between tho
Bedfords and the Prospect Park nine. The
former won by the following score:
PsalOrS PTS.SrS, i;;;ii,.., ps;i 3 Q 9 S.S ! IL
At Princeton, N. j., Saturday, tho Yales of
'66 defeated the Princetons of 'S6 by score Of
6 to l.
A game was played on the Union grounds
Saturday between mines from the publishing
houses of Nelson and Appleton, the former
winning by score Of 81 to 8.
The players of Manhattan college had
very successful time Saturday. The Jaspers
defeated the Staten Island Athletic team in a
game of six innings by q score of 20 to 8. The
Juniors defeated the Jersey Blues, of Hobo
ken, score 13 to 10, and the Pastmes defeated
the College of the City of New York nine by
IL to 6.
THE HORSES BEAT THE BICYCLES.
BosToN, May 6.--Seven thousand people
were present at the Casino last night to wit
ness the close of the six days contest between
Leroy, with horses, against Woodsido and
Prince on bicycles. The result was in ia yor
of Leroy, who, at the finish, had scored 92l
miles to the bicyclists winding up with 800.
All the contestants were apparently fresh at
the end of the race.
COOKING MAIN.
NORFOLK, VA, May Ca cooking main
between New York and Philadelphia was
fought in Portsmouth last night. 1t lasted
until morning; seven battles were fought
Philadelphia winning five.
CRICKET
NEW YORK, May 6.-The members of the
New York Cricket club will play their open
ing game at fremont tomorrow, when all
cricketers living in New York and the neigh.
borhood are invited to be present. Among
those who have recently Joined the club Is
George Giles, ST., lately the professional with
the st. Georges Cricket club.
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.
The Capital Bicycle club has decided to
hold the annual club races at tho Athletic
park on the eighth and ninth of June. The
track Twill be four laps to the mile and
twenty feet wide. The races on the first day
will be for professionals, on the second for
amateurs. The professionals, of whom a large
number are expected to be present, will con-
test for $75 gold medal In five mile heat
races. Seats for 5000 people will be provided
and the marine band will be in attendance
both days. A large number of wheelmen
from all parts Of the country are expected to
be present.
A prominent merchant proposes to present
the Analostan club with some galvanic bat
teries to wake 1t up. 1t needs something of
the sort.
Messrs. Cash. Pollard, and Scott, of the
Washington Light Infantry corps, leave on
Thursday next for Creedmoor, where they
commence shooting on Monday following for
representation on the American Militia team
that shoots at Wimbledon in July. None can
enter for this match who have not made their
qualifying scores; that is, made So out Of a
possible 105 on mid range, and so on long
range. At the range at Benning Saturday
the following scores were made
Pollard. 200 yds, 80; 500 yds.. 81 900 yds., S295
Scott 200 yds., 90; 900 yds., 81 600 yds, Sl-9l
Cash 200 yds S0i 800 yds,, 3l 600 yds. 29--9S
Hanlan expresses himself as being much
pleased with his training place at Lowell. He
is rowing in his new she'll
IL is estimated that there will be twenty
entries for each race in the unparalleled trot-
ting meeting of the Chicago association in
July. Sixty thousand dollars will be given
in purses.
Joseph Woolley, of Newark, N. j., has
challenged Charles Mccoy, of Philadelphia, to
a prize fight
The billiard experts who are practicing
preliminary to the cushion carrom'tournament
are credited with high runs. Schaefer is said
to have made 103.
Snipe hunters report plenty of game, though
the season is now late,
Eight hundred points will hereafter be
played in all championship balk line billiard
matches.
Wild ducks are selling for so cents dozen
in Somerset, Pa.
Dr. Carver has accepted the challenge of
William Graham, of London, to shoot at 100
pigeons for $1,000 to $5,0 900 q side.
Acton, Cannon, Bibby, Ross, Bauer,
Whiatlar nuftr and haya