The Washington critic., 1885-07-18
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Comments on the Past weeks 90
feats


Knowles blossomcd out rs pitcher of
the highest order yesterday at jersey City.
Gagu- and Morrissey were knocked ont
and then Knowles went in and won the
game in good style Fulmer and Glad
mon led at the bat while the whole nine
played fnultle,s fielding game.
The games played yesterday resulted a.
follows; Natoual-T Trenton 0 to 7; Lancos.
ter-Norfolk, l6 to 9, Providence philadel-
phia, to >; New York Boston, 3 to =.
Aquatic.
New England people think the senior
single scull race at the national regatta
lies between Kirby and u. j. Murphy.
There are several scullcm in this country
better than either, and even in the Dis
trict there are three men who can beat
Kirby, namely Smithson, Sweeney and
kearney.
Ellis Ward tackled Smithson and
Sweeney in u single the other night, and
the three had quite pull from Columbia
landing TO the Columbia boat-housc.
In Teemers regatta to-day, the first
race is open to all for $1,000 divided.
The second for scullcrs living within 100
miles of pittsburg, for II purse Of $500
Monday the first race Is a consolation one,
for beaten scullcrs, purse, SlOO; the second
race is for double 5cull5 purse, 5000
Last year Mr. st Johns, Gauiaurr
| backcr, did not have "A very exalted opin
! ion of Teemcr as Il scullcr, but since thcI
| he has changed his opinion considerably
| lie now says that .hc three greatest oars
men in the world are llunlan, Gaudam
aud Tccmcr. Gaudaur he considers ~ fast
sculler at mile and a-quarter or Il mil,
and half as there is in the world. II,
acknowledges that lIanlun and Tccmel
are better men at the longer distances
Between lIanlan and Tcemer he think,
llanlan the better man at three miles, bu
ANYTHING over that hclhinks Tccmcr woul,
win lie says that Beach had much th,
best of the course and was able to ge
ahead and stay there, but he does no
think il proves that he is better than Han
Ian. lie would be willing To match Gau
daur agains, Beach, and thinks Gaudaul
and Tcemer the fastest doublc-scull crew
in the world,
Wallace Ross, when in Boston arrang
ing to row double will, llamm, said in re
ply to II questions "lt's like this. Th'
scnllcrs | can get matches with ! don
care to row, and those I'd like to row
won't make matches with me. It's out o
the question to talk about rowing llanlan
and if Tccmer can give me five seconds IN,
beat me, why, there's no Use talking abou
him."
"But there are Gaudaur and Conlcy
What do you think of them?'
"Well," he answered. quickly, "Pll ROY
Conley five miles for \ 900 side; or III
distance because | am prepared TO nc
knowledge that | am not sprinter, II
some scullers are. can row rs well il
the fourth mile rs | can in the first.
want Il chance to come to my speed grad
ualy, and not slug away in the earl
part of the race SO as to wear myself dowl
before the finish Either of the two mel
last named am prepared To row liv
miles, but the races must not take plac
before October I'd like to row Courtne
if ] can be assured of race when W
close the match, and think can bea
him. In fact, know | can-unless he
great deal better man than | have rea
son to think he is. I'm rowing right alon
on the Harlem; not very hard, but enongl
to keep me in fair condition. | may star
in the Pittsburg regatta, but | haven't dc
cided yet, for | knew nothing about til
Pittsburg race until reached Bostor
and ! must arrange my affairs in NeN
York before | start West | don't kno,
, yet where we will row our double-scul
race That will be for Mr.. st. John an