Evening star., 1884-07-24

ENTRIES FOR THE POTOMAC RIVER REGATTA.
The entries for the Potomac river regatta which
IS TO be held on the 31st inst, closed last night.
! The joint regatta committee he'd meeting last
evening and the following entries were received
| aud accepted: Junior SiDgeS-Smir hson Potomac
senior sing!es-Statz-ll Philadelphia Mumford,
| New Orleans. and SmthSon and kearney, Potomac.
GigS-NoEIOIkS, PennSy lvaniaS, OF Philadelphia, and
1oiumbias Junior fours-Ariels, of Baltimore:
Rappahannocks OF Fredericks burg; Analostan, Po-
t0Inac and Columbia. Senior fours-ElizabethS.
Norfolk; ColumbtaS and POtomacs. Lght-weightS-
Potomac and Coiumbias. Eiyht-0ars-COlumbias
ana PotomacS. There Is no doubt about the sue
cess OF the regatta. as all tie races have filed with
the exception Of the Junior single There will
not De as many outside crews represented as was
expected, owing. the members OF the regatta COM
mittee say. to the parSimony Of the Railroad CON-
paE.es who declined TO make any reduction In fare
or to carry boats rree. The crews who are to CON
test, however. considered Very evenly matched,
ana some very exciting contests are anticipated by
The lovers OF boating.
OTHER BOATING NOTES
AT the City Point {Va, regatta yesterday, the
single scull race was won by White Of Norfolk, the
six-oared barge race, by the Appomattox crew, OF
fetcrsburg and the four-oared gig race by the Nor
IOlk Gymnasium club.
The sixteenth annual regatta OF the Northwest
ern Amateur Rowing association opened yesterday
at Oakland, Mich. ON the 81. Clair river. The first
race Tor senior pairs between the ExcelSiOrs, OF
Detroit, and Ariels, OF Newark, N. j., was won by
the Detroit men, Standix and 1elper, arter hard
The course being two miles, with q turn
In the senior lour-Oared race were the Chathams.
crew. four brothers named Monte, from Ecorse, on
the Detrolt river.
Ihe Chathams led to the turn followed by the
Ecorse crew. Halt way home the Ecorse crew
spurted and drawing up on the Chathams when in
Tue atters water attempted to their bow, but
the ChathamS ran into Them and cut OF their rud-
Ger Iney still pulled gamely for the finish. but
lne lnatlams mad them at disadvantage and
came in winner by four lengths. Time. lem. SIS.
iEe Junior double scul race, between JennisOn and
Fowler, OF the Fanagut club. OF Chicago; EbertS
ana kispin. OF Chatham. and Perry and Hubbard,
two in l2,n. AS. The four-oared gig race was won
by the EXtelaiOrS OF Detroit. their only opponents
Deing the Grand League crew. Time, lam. 153ls.
YESTERDAYS EVENTS IN THE BALI. FIELD
The Washingtons were fortunate enough to cap
ture game from the strong Baltimore club yester-
day. b. score OF to g. The home club made seven
hits and seven errors, and the visitors nine hits ard
nine errors The game was very interesting one
As the Baltlmores gained the lead in the seventh
inning The Washlngtons In their last inning
maze Two runs amid great enthusiasm. The same
CLUBS play to-day.
=. lhe Nationals were taken into camp easily by
fourth inning, but the Nationals let down in their
steady playing. and the Bostons gained nine
runs. The only run On the holae side was made in
the ninth inning. The same clubs play to-day.
Other gaines yesterday: neutrality-suspicious.
politan. 10: Athletic, 3. Keystone. 6; Baltimore
nat-Cincinnati Union. 9; St Louis Union. g. Cleve-
hu9sh,s iandmcieysiand l6; Ghcago 49, Boston-Phla-
afps s. b9sen ED9knf91yn Of
IL U
Athletic. OF Elizabeth, s. Toedo-Louisville, l.
Toledo,0 Columbus-Coiumbus.7 :; Indianapolis. O.
Irovidence-Provfience, IL; New York, 5. ST.
Louis-St. Louis, 2 Cincinnati. 0. Chicago-Cncago
Union. o; Kansas CiIy,a
The management Of the Providence club has
abandoned the idea OF disbapdng the club. Rad
bourne has Teen reinstated, and everything is pro-
crossing satisfactorily.
A PRosPEcTIvE FLAG RAIsING.-A meeting of the
South ashington Blaine and Logan club was held
last night at the club rooms, street, between 3D.
and ~ streets southwest, Mr. c. H. Marshall In the
chalG and Rev. K. s Laws secretary. The work of
raising FUNDS TO pay for the erection OF flag SLan
ana TO purchase the necessary bunting Was one Of
Tue principal points discussed 1t is probable that
the flag raising Will take place about August 1st
A Minstrel in Trouble.
BE IS INcARcERATED ON A CHARGE OF ABANDONING
HIS WIFE.
Charley Reed, Of Emerson & Reeds California
MinStrelS, was taken to the TOombs in New York,
yesterday, on a charge OF abandoning his wife, who
lives In New York.
'IIe lives at the Morton house In ease and COM
fort, said the wife bitterly, "while have strug-
gle Tor livelihood with needle. It's two years
now since he has given Inc cent"
"Did you ever have him arrested befOre?n
Yes, sir, once; and he was held TO give me Sc
week. He appealed to special sessions, where it
was raised 10 SO. Then his cOunSeI took the case
10 the supreme court, where Judge Lawrence dis
missed the Case Oh the ground that the lower court
erred In Raising the sum from IS to SlO"
"What was done them"
VI Intended to have him arrested, but he got out
OF the way heard OF his coming to this city yes
terday aud caused his arrest
Ihr burnt cork disciple denied the charge. His
rived yesterday from San Francisco and was ar
rested He gave ball for examination