Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-15

mothers this morning.
Miss Crossman has received the ga me a,
polntment as last year, namely, the schot
at South Butte, which gives general sati,
faction at that place.
Miss Mary Howell has been assigned t
the East Broadway primary school. TIL
scholars i'll that locality all seem to lik
her; SO the appointment will give geners
satisfaction.
The School Trustees say that after the
had made the assignments of the schoc
teachers all their troubles were over. TIL
school teachers are satisfied with their az
pointments.
Sporting Notes.
Mr.. Corrigan expects to be able to brin
t'reeland around for next year.
The Denvers have but six more games t,
play to complete the League season.
Mystic Park, Boston, gives SO, 900 10
Tour days t~rotting from September II.
The Rawlins base ball club will certainl,
carry the pennant for Wyoming Territory
Montana is noted for the number Of fin,
horses raised and owned in this Territory
In five years Miss Woodford has won fol
the Dryers sos, $50. She is now 6 year
old.
The fall meeting OF the Leadville Jockey
Club will commence to-day and last the en-
tire week.
The Moreland Cricket Club have greatly
improved since they played here early in
the season.
Paddy Ryan whipped Paddy McDermott
in a six-round glove fight at Newport, r
L., last week.
Tho (h;ooo D,oolon Hail. 14,1r $500
sented the Detroiters With nine beauti
full goose eggs.
Archie McComb, during the week, will run
e footrace in Chicago for $1,000 q side
with an unknown.
In Ferenzi, Mr.. Haggin owns a two-year
old colt not second to any o on the turf
and in active training.
Henry Williams, one ofthe Butte Cricket.
ers, will not play with the club Sunday on
account OF rheumatism.
Very few OF the b~ookmakers have made
money this season. Some OF them are
thousands OF dollars behind.
Dew Drop and The Bard will probably
meet at Washington, and there the ques-
ton OF superiority ought to be settled.
The Butte cricketers, beine so elated by
the victory achieved over the Moreland's,
will challenge a club from Chicago next year.
Lucky Baldwin will do most of his racing
in the East next fall. He will win nearly
$1,000 900 in stake and purses this season.
Good judges say Mr.. Haggin's stable will
be the strongest on the turf neXtyear. His
two and Shree-year-olds will be particularly
good.
The Butte Cricket Club will play a game
with the Burlington Club. The game will
be played on the Colorado Smelling Com
pany's grounds.
Messrs. Dwver, Baldwin Haggin, Brown,
Ashe Corrigan and Cassatt have won to-
more than $500, 900 in stakes and
purses this yeae.
The American Kennel Club will hold a
meeting at No. so Pine street on Wednes-
day. September Is. Many notable dog
have been invited.
John l.. Sullivan in his match with Her
aid says he is just out So, 1000 gate receipts
Tor it would have been just like finding it.
John is down on Sheriffs anyhow.
The wrestling match which took place
lately at St. Paul between Charles Moth,
Of Minneapolis, and the Jap was a hippo
So say 500 spectators who were
B. c. Holly paid Governor Stanford, Of
1000 for Woodruff, by Nut
wood, he by Hambletonian. Butte's sport
ng people will recollect Woodruff, while
lere, to their sorrow.
Last Thursday a foot-race took place
Charles Garrison and VIM. Ogden
II Spokane Falls. The distance was sixty
Ogden giving Garrison ten feet the
Garrison won.
Among the best OF Higgins t~wo-year-olds
ire, G%raciosa, Alca!de, firenzi, King Fox,
Ioroaster, Milton, Ban kura, Santa Rita
nd Prodigal. He expects them to make
'lashing three-year-olds.
The Washington Hatchet says that
the 24O-pound amateur OF the
Allegheny fire department, has been offered
81, 500 a year to pitch for Kansas City,
)ut wants $4,000 or nothing.
The Western League, more commonly
allied the Rocky Mountain Association, OF
which the Denver club will carry oil the
.,ennant. st. Joe's are only three games
and the Lea,iville's a bad third.
Great crowds saw the Staten Islanders
by the English cricketers last
week. The score was: Englishmen, first
ming, 203; Staten Island, first inning, "a;
'econd inning, 80; total, 154. Thus the
3ritons win by an inning and 40 runs.
NJ. B. Mcguire, OF Brooklyn, New York,
'aused a carrier pigeon, Governor Hill, to
De liberated at Montgomery, Alabama. on
August 16, and it reached it's home, S75
niles distant, on August q, the fastest
on record. 1t, OF course, had to for-
Ige for itself, but was in good condition.
The success of base ball in Denver is
due to such philosophical citizens
- Hon. II. r. Wolcott, s. N. Wood, Col
mel Randolph and w. H. Bush, OF the
Windsor. They have encouraged the local
in every legitimate way, even to
extent Of raising the price OF home runs
rom 81 to So.
The Eastern League. The clubs Of which
re mostly composed OF the New England
The Newark, Of Connecticut, club
eads the Waterbury club by five games,
While the HartfOrd's are crowding the
for second place, with only
hree games behind. The Long Islanders
ave won but one game which the Provi-
lence club kindly left them win.
The following is the new defination adopt.
d By the English Amateur Athletic Associ-
Ition: An amateur is any person who
lever engaged in, nor assisted in, nor
aught any recognized athletic exercise for
honey, or who has never, either in public
" private stake, Or for other remuneration
II for a purse or for gate money, and never
nor allowed himself to be backed
ither in a public or private race.
The National Leage, OF Chicago, 10 two
ahead of the Detroit club, with New
1ork third, while Washington is the last
,nly having won twelve. In the American
the st. Louis club has Il good
cad OF seven games over the Pittsburg
luD, while the Louisville club are pressing
be Pittsburg's with only two games be.
lind them. The Baltimore lost seventy
hree games and not winning a single game.