The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-07-05

onals have improved wonderfully during the past
month, and now that they have three good batteries
o rely upon excellent ball PLAYING NAV be looked
forward tountil the end OF the year The rigid disc
,lIne that Manager schnon has enforced a late al
'eady shows tts good eject, ne the men. have be
stirred themselves aud are PLAYING ball equal to any
,lhb In the cointty.
The Iancaetete viii make their fret appearance
iere this week In three games against tho Nationals
N Monday, Tuesday, and wednesday. lily glance
v the record published below Will he seen that the
ancastcrs have lately made rapid strides during
'une and are close mp for third position. The team
9 regarded "a one OF the best batting ones In the
league, and have naturally BECOME terrors TO all
ookcd forward to.
Paul Hines has recovered his old batting form and
now leads the Providence team. Gerhard IL sur
rIislng tue New Works by his strong battling, white
Ills fielding is above everybody uouck has made
, big tumble in his play with the Athletics. Moore
3 now playing with the Norfolks. He led The hat
ing In recent game. The base bail combinations
Vt Scanons, worked mn by his right-ha man
Further, are meeting with success unparalleled.
The removal OF the restriction on pitchers has not
Injected the batting In the least IN fact tho batting
~ the clubs has improved considerably the first
Two months Of the season. showing that the hue and
rty OF the poor pitchers had nothing to back II up.
The heavy and strong batting of each and every
rluh IN the arena makes the game nfty per cent.
more Interesting to spectators, while II affords
players better chance to show on their fcldiug
abilities.
The salaries OF the National players were paid up
to date on Tuesday last. The men have no trouble
IN getting their money and saw that the directors are
the best they have ever played for.
Babe Trolt has been granted his release by the
Baltimore team rrott Ia one OF the best catchers
IN the country AMI VIII not he lonp out OF an engage
men, while besides he Is hitting the bah very freely
this season. lie would indeed be jewel for the
National Club.
Since the Detroit club secured majority OF the
their play has improved three.fold. and
the people OF that place begin to feel the old enihu
sasm for the game. They won two ctcdiablc vcio-
res from the New Yorks last week, shutting them
out In both comes
The CInciuuatis are still experimenting with
pitchers and cachers, the last to he secured being
Mckeon "a pitcher AMI Keenan, as catcher FROM the
Indianapolis Club. with o good working battery
the Cincinnats would certainly win the champion
ship.
An old gentleman OF seventy was recently ar
rested. with twenty others, for PLAYING base ball In
me streets ,, Of uoySS Is
are thinking OF arranging sweepstake sculling
match on the Potomac. II would he funny sight
to see them In a race OF that Kind. Dunlap has
been very III OF late necessltating hs LAYING on
from play. When Barr j. In the pitchers box he
gives the Nationals confidence. Old awkward
Molrssey has recovered hts batting form, and Ia
making II lively for out-no.jers Cook has at pres
ent too much eagerpess to catch runners but still II
Is apparent to AL that he s player IL
Chicagos, left the keokuks without getting his re-
lease, and now he duds himself expelled, with The
ISOLATION sullivan, of Union Association fame, ~
now one OF the League umplres lie Is good one.
...."Urauny' :, White, Of the Nationals, may not
have the reputation, hut he II IA good any short
stop that has visited here this season. His batting,
too, Is q bg feature. .O'Rourke Is away down In
hls batting average, heng below Connors. Gillespie,
who was engaged for his batting ability, only gets in
a hi now IVAN and then Powell snd Eulmer work TO-
gether better than any battery IN the Nationals, he
cause they have been together 30 long.
Rowiuw.
Mr.. F. X. Ward carly last evening received a d.
spaich at the Attorney Dairy from the Frcdercks-
burg Regatta conveying the glad tldings: +" Wash
ingtons win single and FOUR This IL remarkable
triumph for the Washington Rowing Club, an or
ganzation scarcely month old, and which thus
takes a long bound on the road to prosperity. It is
peculiarly gratifying to Mr. Ward. not only because
ne took such a kindly and earnest interest in this
now thriving infant from the very start but also
because the four .oared race was rowed AMI won In
the Yenredid, iugenousy though not obtrusivcly
named In his honor. At II 55 last evening the vic
torious crew aud their friends arrived at the Dor
rance In charge of Mr. John Kennedy, their trainer
and were received under the auspices of Mr.. Ward
with surprise party, which took the form of salvos
of fireworks, music by the Marine Band, ami other
pleasant features. The following despatch from
our special correspondent gives the events In detail
ESPECIAL TO THE HERALDl
FREDERICKSBURG, VA, July 1.-The annual re-
gatta mere to-day attracted very large attendance
from the principal cities Of the State Baltimore an,
the District OF Columbia. The town was overlooked
and the narrow and hily streets were tllropped by
merry groups of ciub-,nen Tho few nolicemen car,y
surrendered to the crowd and allowed them to do as
they pleased. In front Of the Exchange Hotel the
crowd WAS greatest, and the scenes enacted baled
description. Oratory the order of the day. and
tue speeches made by some OF the visitors from
Washington in praise OF the Immortal George would
have done credit to either House of Congress.
Early In the morning number OF the AppOnat-
toX aud Potomac club men hired a dilapidate,I
wagon and skeleton OF a horse which they deco
rated gorgeousy. As they came tDwn the princinaI
street the vehicle was followed by mob of entiIi-
siasiic oarsmen yelling and hoOing for dear life,
while huge bombs, fire-craCkers, AMI other eXpio-
stves helped along the din. Everything was done in
the best OF humor, and no harm or hurt resulted.
The greatest interest to the hundreds of visitors
from Washington lay In the three races In which the
clubs from there took part and 1t IL safe to say that
on them was wagered good sum OF money and
that many went nome on the late train broke and
saddenedby their experience, The Potomac and
Washington crews with their scullers had been here
since Thursday and had faniliarzed themselves
brought out praise from all, rs did also their
good general department. The noted Eliza
beth crew, OF Portsmouth Va, fresh from their VIC
tories over the best crews of the North at the Harlem
regatta, were also here,and became naturally strong
favorlles with those desiring 10 wager their
possible 10 get men. Their able representative,
Callahan, was on hand anu looked after their in
ingtons was rather tame for the first mile, as the
Ezabeths took the lead and held 1t until opposite
the boat house. where the referee was stationed.
AT this point nearly length Of clear water was visi-
BILE but the Elizabeth bow man made sharp turn
across river into the course OF the Washngtons and
Sweeney, seeing hia advantage, called upon his men
for squirt. The boats struck, and the Washington
became entitled 10 the race under tue rules. The
boats Immediately separated and again took up
their course, the Elizabcths CROSSING the line far
ahead, but In vain. All saw that the fault was with
the Elizabeths, and the referee 80 decided. In the
ter OF mile had thugs their own way, and won IN
they pleased. In the sngle-scull contest between
kearney, of the Potomacs, and Sfnithson, Of the
WashiDgtons, the race was pushing one from
start 10 finis and drew forth more excitement than
any other event during the day. kearney rowed a
splendid race, but the superior strength OF Smithson
was too much for him, aud he crossed behind the
winner about length.
The summary Of the days sport IL as follows
Warden, smallwood 2, Kearncy 3, Fisher stroke.
Rappahannocks, w. o. Hazard I, Green .,
Hazard l,rsl s.SSs senior s1s
9, Baker 3, smiihson stroke. Izabeths--Gal-
llgiier l. Shaughnessy 2, Butter 3. Nolan stroke
The Elzabeths pulled for the first quarter stroke
that varied from fortysix to nfty, squirting along
the whole course, while the washiDgtons were pull
ing long, clean stroke OF forty-two, until Sweeney
called upon them for squirt before the foul took
place. Sweeney then intended rowing back to the
boat house, but friends on the shore told him ia
finish, which he did lesurely. Third race state
singles, won easily by White, Of the NOrfolks
Malone giving out when half way over the course
Fourth race, four-oared gigs, won by the Virgnias
Of Richmond, the Old Dominion Club, Of Alexandria
close second. The rowing Of the latter club Gale,
forth great applause, II being equal to any seen IN
the race, and II they Keep up their training they vii
become dangerous at the Potomac regatta. The
Norfoks, who were favOrtcs, came In last. FIN
race, senior singles, won by Smiths0n, Of Washing
ton, az stated above At the start kearney led, bu
only for a short distance, as Smtiaon gradually
worked his WY to the front and won the preitics
race Of the day. The referee was Mr.. James b
Dnrant. Of the Potomac club, OF Washington, who
performed the duties In manner satisfactory to all
The race for the "Sharpless cup takes place 81
Thursday afternoon over the National Course IN,
schnylRill River, from the Falls down 10 ROckland
q full measured nile and half. The race will starr
between the hours 81 and I, and from all accounts
will he participated In by crews, namely: the Malta,
and Fairmonnis, Of Philadelphia; the Atalantas, O
New York; the Narragansetts, OF Rhode Island
ana the COlnmbas, Of this city. The champion
C0lninbias 81 this city won II last year In the fas
lime Of $40, the best ever made the Schuylkil
River. and the friends and other boating men o
this city hope to zee them carry their cOlOrs frs
across the nnshing line AT Rockland again this year
Thcy are rowing stronger and better than at THU
time last year, and there II no reason why the,
should not come forth again winners. The crew
will be snyder !, Young 2, Mackall 3, Arnold 4
Sloan o, kondrup q, Wade 7, Mute stroke, with Capt
Gibson rs coNswaiD. The substitutes viii be knt
Will go 10 Philadelphia next Thursday 10 witness the
the Colnmbias against the Held. The defeat las
saturday Of Ellis Wards College crew b.,
the Maltas makes the latter the most fornldabi.
antap1ulst The tDlumt,ias. matter hn yyina