New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-09
CROOUET IN SCIENTIFIC STYLE.

GAMES Ar rnE NETWORK CLUB GHOtNpS-FoHD
rir CuAmrtON.
AZ Ia we'll known tho ardor OF the votar'e' Ut scen-
,0r rnuurt Ia not ras, chilled, aud even In the rigor
Fl ,a Nuvem ~, weather the grounds of the New York
Clup ne kept occupici every afternoon Some of the
heat rnes Of the season have been played there th's
fall Tho lutamnn prize mnllct has been the bone NJ
contention In u number Of gancs between visiting play.
crs and the New York champions but In every sciies
the latter have been Hurreas aud thua they Atll re-
tain the malrt
A PLAYER nom Tho ke,poit tlub, Mr. Mauter,
hns hten making aome hne scofcs lately lilo has
defeated pf Read ~ srties ~ seven games winning
hy srntp If h,ui ~ ann Ito alan tanhlri nWichrt,
nno 1T tho hpsi League PLAYERS IN The New loih 'nhi
aud wan srooni series 10y brilliant pay w playing
fr The macl, however, he has noi boen az fortunate,
n In 10 be- hoped that h. viii appear al Tho ieasna
uerlinp nou snmmar, Mr Wamhod, IT Staten
Isand adhered defeat III The hands at iva ol tho Now
ioIk players last week 49, =, -
Club paid visit Ia Danbury Ieoenty lie found ono
PLAYER there i"r whom he now expresses a great 10
speol. Mr. Brown has patented maiel OF ingenious
construction 1t is of rubber witt contre Inset o boz
wood 30 rVctcd as To prevent splitting. Tho brown
malle will undoubtedly drive out every other In the
hands of inventor 1t shows an almost miraculous ao-
curuoy in tho oAcouli,n oi the jump shot.
4 tournament just closed III tho New YORK Gun
settles some long standing disputes The playing was
the possession of the club championship ana ITS cl
bem "A gold pin. In the contest last year MIR. Ford
Was thought to have fairly won IL from Dr. Read Inc
latter however. has retained it till the present time.
y arrangement each of the six play ers played three
game. apiece with every other Ford took the lead at
The start defeating in turn Marsh, Frisbie Brown and
Ddiolcr the latter two games, the others three ed
;e,ay tho of the leaders stood IA follows ford
won twelve lost two; Read won twelve. lost three
butcher won ten. lost four; Brown won seven lost
eight Read lost two games to foId ana brown ne
deciding game played yesterday between rofd
and butcher 1t resulted in victory for Ford his
gives him the championship of the club. The New
York Club will probably remove to larger and better
quarters above the Bridge in the spring The Phila-
dclpha players will also DO ICED to give up thor ine
grounds near Girard College. The land has been
sod 1t il understood that other accommodations have
already been secured 49,
some interesting intelligence from Western players
has lately been brought back by Mr. Marsh, of New
Yorl Iie mado the tour of the principal club, in Ohio
and Illinois and found them fully as devoted to the
game as their Eastern colleagues lie reports, how
ever that the league rules have not been fully adopted
as vet and some obsolete regulations still in force de-
pryc the game of mach of ts interest. The most en-
thu,asio player la the West probably Mr. Rand, OF
the we'll known firm Of Rand Il MoNaily, of Chicago.
lie a, recently laid out ground and is rapidly max
ing converts TO Eastern methods Of playing the game OF
crOquet.