The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-06-15
FIGHTING FOR FlRsr PLACE.
How the Race for the Baseball Cham
pionship Progresses.

safe to say that before long the clubs will
be more split up, and that one or two OF
the Eastern clubs will better their posi-
tons.
The Nationals are now second in the
championship race not only IN games
won, but in games lost. Those To be played
in Richmond the coming week will have
considerable bearing on the champion
ship. If the Nationals could win all three
games itwould place them extremely close
10 the Nirginias. II is safe to predict that
they will get two out of the three. Phil
Baker says that on their last trip to Rich
mond they lost two games that they had
no business to lose. The last of the week
they return for % season on their own
grounds, and their friends expect that
they won't drop single game. On the
record to be made by the Nationals in the
Eastern Association depends their adms-
sion, probably, to one Of the other associa-
tions next year.
White is making a record for himself at
short stop this year, rs good rs was Fen
nclly's on the Washingtons last year. He
is u better throwcr than Fenncly, and
just as sure stop, and heavy batter.
Nonsscy seems to he doing very well
at first base. II is the only position he
can play with safety in the nine. He is
can't stop groundcrs.
Moore has improved wonderfully in his
fielding this year but has made q CORE
spending drop in his batting. The crowd
does not seem To realize that he can't slug
the ball as formerly, and.at critical point,
when he goes to the bat, he always gets
round of applause. Batting is peculiar
knack that seems to come and GO
DECKER, the league umpire, is getting il
oil I'M Ia,
Philadelphia missed him in New York,
and tried to mob him in Providence.
Verify the path of the umpire is strewn
| with roses.
Auuatics.
The WashngtonS have made arrange
ments with MIR. Gibson of the Columbus,
so il is said, for the purchase of his six
Dared barge. lfthey conclude the pur-
chase they will have sliding seats rugged
in the boat.
There will be three races rowed
at New London this year, Harvard
Columbia freshmen, Columbia Harvard
varsity crews and Harvard varsity
The first is set Tor June a. the second for
June % and the third for June 90. Har-
ward does not look upon Columbia as ut
all dangerous, but it is very likely that
the latter will row the former this year
rs close a race as Harvard cares torow.
II seems highly probable that n race or
series of races, between Hanlan and
Tecmcr lisa thing of the near future.
The Aricls of Baltimore are said TO have
very fast four this season. II would not
be the first fast four from Baltimore The
undincs, with Harry Watts, the Cross
brothers and another were very fast at one
time. So were the L'lIirondellcs, and
considerable rivalry existed between
them. In June, 1881, ut the Patapsco re-
gatta, the l. IIirondellcs beat the Tndines
The latter We're rowing the Davis oars for
the first time. Both crews were entered
for the Virginia state regatta ut Richmond
that year, and the Undincs engaged the
services of poor George Englcharlt
| George was one of the best-hcartcd fellows
| IN the world, but was drinking terribly
| hard at the time. He was confident that
| his crew could reverse the defeat the
| L'llirondelles had given them three weeks
| before but he was afraid of the Potomacs,
! who were being trained by John Ken
| ncdy at the time. He cast about for some
| plan 10 defeat them, and, as he was Il
| great fighter, he hit upon the plan of
| thrashing one of the Potomac crew. He
| did not tell the Undines of his intention,
but the night before he loaded mp on
| Richmond whisky, and after telling sew
cral outside friends, started out For
| tunatcly for all concerned, he met none of
| them, and the next day Georges crew was
| defeated by the Potomacs, though they
| had the satisfaction of seeing the bow of
| the L'Ilirondcllc's boat behind the stern
| of theirs at the finish.
There will be quite friendly rivalry
between Smithson and Sweeney of the
| Washingtons in single sculs. Both will
| row al Fredericksburg.
Since the Canadian Amateur Associa-
| ton has decided that Laing is still an
amateur, the National Association will be
compelled TO accept his entry in the
| singles.
The Fighters.
As predicted in Saturdays Critic, Sui
| Ivan won his match with Burke, but he
| knew he had been lighting at the finish.
| Burke evidently found Sullivan more than
| he expected, as he went down number of
times to avoid punishment. its terrible
| shame that man so noble physically
| should yet act so like a brute in the matter
| of drink. 1t is said shat Sullivan was al
most drunk during the fight.
| Chicago, June l5.-Billy O'Brian Nc.
| Cai1rey's hacker, was mt the HcrdM office
| promptly nj | O'Clock yesterday to meet
| Sullivan and his hacker and arrange u
| match, but neither of the latter mater
| ializcd.
| Mr.. l.. +. Myers, American amateur
| champion runner, representing the Man
haitian Athletic Club, covered himself
| with glory on Saturday mt the eighteenth
| annual atulctlc IeSuNul gwen by lnc
| Widnes Athletic Club near Manchester
England. Cowie of the London Athletic
| Club met Myers in the quartcr-mie
scratch race, which the latter won by
three yards in iifty-tour seconds. Shook
of the Moselcy Harriers opposed the
| American in the halfmic scratch race,
| which the latter won by ten yards in I'M
| SIS. He scored his greatest victory in
the half-mile handicap, in which he was
| opposed by % representative runners. He
won easily by ten yards in I'm. " los He
was heartily cheered by the immense
| crowd Of spectators
Homing Pigeons.
| Vwenty-One hOming pigeons owned by
| the brooklyn members of the Hudson
Club were liberated from the Standard
building in Abingdon, Va, AT 5,2l a. IN.
ON Saturday, in competition for special
club and pool prizes. The first return re-
ported was the blue cock Ned Damon,
owned by r. +. Goldman, Brooklyn, ar
| irving home NJ 1;l9 p. m. The distance,
air line, covered is 507 ll-l6 miles. The
best one-day record hitherto was made in
1888 from Columbus Ohio to Newark, \.
j., l6l nNles. The best 800 miles journey
was in the same year from Lynchburg,
| Va, to Northampton, Mass, % hours Is
| minutes, by the two birds POsenacr and
| Lady Florence Ned Damon was Matched
in June, 1884, and is a son Of Poscnacr and
Lady Florence,
Nervous debility, premature de
| cline of DOWer i'm either sax SDppdilV and Dpr-