The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-06-07
SPORTING NOTES.


The Woodwards defeated the nine of the
Bay Ridge club on Wednesday, 27-12.
The Toronto club has robbed the Oak
lands of two of her best men-Shefier,
pitcher; and the celebrated left-felder,
Wade.
The Woodward and Academy base ball
clubs are disputing the amateur champion
ship of Jersey City.
In the game of ball between the Amity
and Brakesmen's clubs of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad the
former were the victors.
The Woodward club is getting quite
reputation as q frst-class amateur club.
Every game played last week they won.
Mr.. Ed. Benefits yacht "Idia B, of
Bayonne, has been thoroughly overhauled
and repaired.
The Nationals defeated the Jersey City
pine on the Grand street grounds last Mon
day by score of to 2.
The Argonauta Rowing Association have
secured number of new members by the
reduction of initiation fees and dues.
The Plymouth Rangers are ready to CT
ganize nine that can beat any nine from
any other organization of its kind in the
city, at game of base ball.
The Jersey City club was defeated badly
by the Nationals on the Grand street
grounds last Wednesday afternoon. Score,
17-2.
The Oaklands end Jersey Blues crossed
bats on the Oakland avenue Kos last
Thursday-the former comingdN winners
with score of 1916.
In the match game of base ball PLAYED
on Saturday, May Both, between the War
rens and William E. Smith base ball clubs
the former was the victors by a score of
Is to 10.
The Alaskas failed to come to the scratch
IN the game in which they were advertised
! to play the Marions, of New York, on the
Oakland avenue grounds last Thursday
afternoon.
IL to 10 was the score of a game played
Tuesday, between the Woodwards and
Fairmounts, with the odds in favor of the
| former club.
| The Jersey City base ball club, to sustain
any kind of a reputation as ball PLAYERS,
will have to wake up, They did some
horribly poor playing last week. The Ma
tionals defeated them by score of 1S to
on Tuesday.
The Columbia Polo Club has elected off,
GERS as follows: Captain, H. o. Bernes
| re-elected); Vice-Captain, c. F. Lawton;
| Secretary, I. w. Washington; Treasurer.
W. Millington. They open the tournament
at Coney Island on the 18th inst, with the
Metropolitan Club for the national cham.
pionship.
Prof. Fritz L. Lambert and DR.. Thomas
Pratt, of New Brunswick, N. j., will con-
tend for the championship of the PeRnsyl-
vania railroad ferry in fve-mile scull race
on Monday. june 8th, on the Raritan River.
A large delegation of the F. L. Lambert
Club will be present.
That was high old game of ball between
the OAklands and Harpers on the Oakland
| grounds last tuesday afternoon. OF course
the Oaklands won. The Harpers should
take a candle and go to night school or
| rather practice up with enfd1ts terrible The
score OF the game of Tuesday was Oak
lands, 20; Harpers, 3.
| The Actiyes, of Brooklyn, have a pretty
| good reputation, but they were only half
as active as the nine of the Bergen Point
Junior Athletic Club in the game played at
Bergen Point last Tuesday afternoon. The
score stood Bergen Points, IA; Actives, z.
One of the best games of the season was
| played yesterday at tho Oakland grounds.
/ OCeWCOA tAO Odh1duuS anu FOIeSLefS. the
| former winning by a score of to l. Bucken
as pitcher, and Duffey as catcher for the
home team played well, while Webberly,
who filed FIRST base for the first this season,
distinguished himself
The race between the Catamarans 0Jes-
sic" and Girls last Tuesday, from Bedloes
Island to buoy No. 81, off Sandy Hook,
and return was won by the fJessie" In
three hours, one minute and thirty-two
seconds. The time of the ''Iris" was three
hours, thirty three minutes and sixteen
seconds.
Messrs. Joseph Ellsworth, Jr., of the
BayoDnes; W. A Lentilhon, of the Staten
Islands; Richard @. Annett, of the Argonau-
tas, and George A. Squire, of the Newark
Bay Boat Club, will form the Regatta Com
mittee for the Kill Won Kull Association
this year. Pierson Haviland, of the Argo-
nautas, has been elected Secretary and
Treasurer of the organization.
In the report of the games, in last Mon
days Journal, in regard to the tug of war
between the Union Circles and the Hud-
SONS at the South American Athletic Clubs
games on Decoration Day, says that the
holes had been tempered with: the Hudsons
saying that was the cause Of their defeat.
This is characterized by the Union Circles !.
as entirely false, they are willing to pu&
over again if the Hudsons are not satisfied.
The Jersey City Schuetzen Corps, Capt.
A. A. Newman, held its annual shooting
festival and picnie at Schuelzen Park,
Union Hill. last Monday and Tuesday. In
the competition for prizes the following
were awarded: First prize, King Joseph
Reisenauer; second prize, Mr.. O. Wenner;
tn I'd prize, ex-Captain Louis Miller; fourth
prize, Shooting Master Henry Hirsch.
Among the prizes were $25 suit from a
clothing house, $40 in cash, SIS in cash
and SO in cash,