Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-05-03
OUTDOOR PisTlMEs.
base Bali, Boating and BICYCLING
Prospective Turf Events.
Base Ball.

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Prospective Turf Events.
Base Bail.
| The Washington club made a very creditable
! record during the past week. and won hundreds
of warm friends. who will watch their career
through the championship season with great
| interest.
On Monday and Tuesday the strong team from
! Richmond was taken into camp very cleverly
The game ofThursday with the Brooklyns, how
ever. was the one on which the general interest
/ conferred. on account of its being the first game
o. the championship season. The most critical
could not have asked for better display of both
! batting and fielding by the home club. They
made hit after hit. scoring twelve runs, and did
not allow their opponents to get single man
! to the home plate. In the seventh inning
the visitors came very near scOr-
ing. beautiful hit to left field,
when two men were out brought man fiyng
home from second base. Kiley got the ball on
the bound. and wasted no time in sending it in
! Ii came curving over third base and Humph-
ries. who stood on the home plate scarcely
moved from his tracks as it settled In his hands
before the runner got there. The play was de-
serVedly appauied. Fenelly particularly dis
tlDguished himself, playing a faultiess game
throughout. high fly caught while running
with the ball was one of the neatest catches yet
seen He is without any doubt strong gen
era player. His hands are still in bad cond-
! ton. and an error on his part is almost excus-
able. The whole nine played great game of
ball
In the contest yesterday between the two clubs
/ hchome boys were not so fortunate They lost
the game by score of to ), simply because
they were unable to hit well until too late. Had
they feldcd better in the first part of the game
victory might have again been with them. At
any event the score would have been tie but
for the two earned runs made by the visitors in
the last inning
Lovers of base ball expect to see some very
exciting battles fought at Athletic park this
season. The home club has demonstrated its
ability to play strong game.
kiley has caught the audiences by his heavy
hitting. He didn't make base hit in FRIDAYS
game, but he is liable to make several most
any time.
King PLAYS very strong base "Holy"
would have hunted a good while to find better
man for the place. He has saved Gladmon from
several bad errors. by being able to take care Of
bNily thrown balls.
Humphries caught as well Thursday as any
one could wish.
Barr and Hamll are two valuable pitchers.
They are hard to hit, and use plenty of head
work. Trumbull. some claim, will prove as eff
fective as either.
Gladman is batting well, much better than was
expected. His playing at third base is improv-
ing daily.
The new uniforms of the Washinetons look
we'll. Inc UOfS IHuue tflelf nfSt appearance IN
them on Thursday, and everybody was surprised
to see how much larger they looked than in the
practice suits.
The Nationals did not play much this week,
but will doubtless play some strong games
during the coming week. There Is plenty of
good material in the nine.
The Boston and Buffalo teams are uniformed
alike. When they meet it will be difficult to
tell the runners from the ielders.
In recent game between Harvard and
Ill,
or the Brown nine without allowing them a hit.
The Nationals defeated the Waverlys yester-
day by score of 12 to 8. The Baltimore hard
: hitt"rs and the plucky Nationals play to-day at
Capitol park.
The games of the first two DAYS of the league
and American championship season resulted as
follows: League-Philadelphi won two games
from the Detruits. the New York two from the
Chicago. the Boston two from the Buffalo,
and the Cleveland and Providence each game
American association: st. Louis won two
games from the Indianapolis the Baltimore two
from the Metropolitan. Louisville two from the
Toledo. Athletic two from the Allegheny, Gin
cinnati and Columbus. and the Brooklyn and
washington each game.
boating.
Every evening during the past week crews
have gone out from the Potomac and Columbia
houses. and these two clubs have opened the
season in earnest. The Analostans have not
SiOnal shell.
The Columbia boys are much interested In the
series OF club races which has been arranged
and every preparation is being made Ior their
success The middle weight crews, which will
row on the 18th inst. are as Follows:
Rover-Brewster, bow: J. NJ. Green Schmidt
and Leach, stroke. Total weight. 5Sl lbs
Passaic-Young, bow: BartIe, Johnson and
bowman. stroke. Total weight, 5sl lbs:
Perfection-Perry, bow: Brawner Rudy and
Kerr stroke Total 40 Ia
EiIies-Lake, bow; Oyster. Chaplin and Fill
dew. stroke Total. SOL
There will be race on the same day for double
Outrigger working boats.
The Potomac Club has arranged program of
club faces somewhat similar to that of the CO.
himbas. The first regatta Will be held on June
9th, and the races will be four double Outroger
working boats and four-orded shells. Follow
Inc will be, June 10th, double sculls sIx-oared,
guDwale boats. lady coxsHains and four-Oared
shells; July 18TH double outrigger working boats
and fOur-oared shells: August 1st fOur-Oared
shells, siX-0arcd gunWalP boats lady cOXsWains
fOur-GarPd shells. married aud single crews: Au-
gust 18th. double gunwale working boats, single
souls and four-Oared shells: August eth. double
outrigger working boats single sculs and four
cared shells; september 18th. club regatta-sn-
gle SOULS Tor club championship and club badge
double outriEger working boats for silk badges
and club cOlors, slx-Oared gunWale boats and
lady COXSwainS SILK badges and bouquet; double
gunwale boats, silk badges and club colors: four
cared shells, (pickfd crews CLUB championship
and club badges; double scuils club Champion
ship aud silk badges; eight-oaTeJ shells Selected
crews silk badges.
Mcfarland. King and Cornwell new men of
the Potomacs, are rowing very well, and if
they continue to improve will doubtless occupy
seats III the Junior crew. These men will 20 on
tine machines To get in good trim.
DOugherty and Rogers are working well; the
latter IL particular is showing daily improve
ment.
SmithsOn Will in all probability stick to his
single and will endeavor TO sweep the river
The Potomac senior four will begin rowing
together very shortly. McRae will. without
doubt, fill the stroke seat, and the crew will
then be McRae Baker. Ryan and Mckinney.
game OF base bail between the POtomacs
and Columbias is talked Of by some of the
boys. Not scrub game. but championship
game in shell uniforms, with plenty of STYLE
The professional sculiing season will be
opened on Decoration day by two races OF more
than ordinary Importance, one in the east be-
tween Courtney and Ross. and one in the west
between Teemer and Conley.
Bicycling.
The route Of parade for the league meet in
Washington has been amended as follows: The
procession will form in front of the headauar-
ters Arlington Hotel at $50 a. M on the morn
Ing OF Tuesday, the 10Th of May. After a re-
view by the commandments and staff the
line will proceed to street, to 18th street. to
Pennsylvania avenue, to the Peace Monument.