The Washington critic., 1888-01-14

'AY EVENING, JANU
management OF the local nine. Mr..
Sullivan is veteran, n strict dis
ciplinarian, and his appointment
would give satisfaction.
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Although number Of contracts
with players remain to be signed, it
is known that Kelly will go to Boston,
and Denny will probably play with
indianapolis. Keefe, who has spent
six years with the New York team,
will endeavor to go to Boston, but this
movement is doubtful, as Clarkson
will no doubt be engaged by the Bos-
tons. Richardson, Ewing, Connor,
Ward, Tiernan, and Brown will play
again next season with the New Yorks.
Bushong and Foutz of the st. Louis
nine have signed for next year with
the Brooklyn organization; Welsh has
signed with the Athletics of Philadel-
phia, and McPhee goes to Cincinnati.
The remainder of the st. Louis nine
play in that club next year as usual.
Ryan, Burns, Pfeffer, Sullivan and
Williamson will be Chicago men again
next season. Mullane will 90 to Gin
cinnati, Carroll and Dalrymple to
Pittsburg, and Mackrey to Milwaukee.
OF the Philadelphias, Crane goes to
New York, CAMEL to Detroit Vlau to
Mcguire, Irwin, Mulvey, Wood, and
Fogarty back again to Philadelphia.
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Considerable interest is felt in
athletic circles over the coming of r.
Il. Connect, the champion 4-mile run
ner Of the world, who sailed from Ire
land last Sunday to take part in the
meeting Of the Manhattan Athletic
Club ON January 2S. Mr.. Conneff was
10 years old on December p last. He
weighs 1870 pounds and stands . IT. 81
in. high: lie defeated +. c. Carter
last August at Dublin in the 4-mile
championship run in 10 min. A 20
sec The worlds record is 10 min.
So 4-5 Sec, made by w. G. George, the
English runner Mr.. Connects time
for half mile is 2:2 2-5; mile, 4:31, re-
spectively.
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Charles Rowell, the famous pedes-
trian, has arrived from England for
the purpose of taking part in the com
ing six days race at Madison Square
Garden in New York, He expects to
see the record of G25 miles beaten.
Pete j. Donohue will be the referee,
and the scoring will be done by prom
inent members of athletic clubs. The
race will be the last one ever held in
the famous old Garden, which is soon
to be destroyed. Rowell will 90 into
training at once on the Manhattan
Club grounds, and George Cartwright,
the present English champion, who
accompanies Rowell, will work at the
Pastime Grounds. Cartwright has
run 80 miles in ht AZ min. 12l s., and
420 miles in 70 h., 10 h. day. Other
contestants will be Hazael, Alberts,
Vint, Panchot, Herty, Strokel, Hegel-
man, Hughes, Hart, Noremac, Guer-
rero, Campana, Golden, Curran,
Brodie's Unknown" Elson, and
about fifty more. 1t will be the great
sporting event of the spring.
Now that the pool bill has been. in
troduced in the Senate by Senator
Blackburn and Ivy City is not
"scotched," the Jockey Club can
laugh and be merry while the local
bookmakers are cursing to a CORE.
spending degree. Everyone is
pleased, even the race-horse owners
in the city, and all hands hope that
the bill will pass. 1t would be very
little trouble to name q large number
of men who have been utterly ruined
| by the pool-rooms-men who two ol
three years ago bet their money, S20C
or $500 at n time, who are now glad
to be able TO put on q dollar eacl
way. Should the bill pass, and i
will most certainly, it will do the
Jockey Club and the city more good
than anything else Congress could do
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Mr.. Burch received letter from
his old Jockey, Bob Maynard, a few
'days since, in which Bob says thai
the old veteran, Colonel Sprague, isl
better horse than he ever was. A
present they are simply walking anC
trotting the old fellow, but they viii
soon put the screws down and prepare
him for race or two at New Orleans
after which he will come here for The
spring meeting. Mr.. Burch says tina
all his horses are doing satisfactorily
Romp has made more improvement
than any horse in his stable. She i
now quite as large as Telie Doe. Th'
speedy but unfortunate Biggonet i
taking her slow work very well, bu
some apprehension is felt that sh
may not stand when the fast work o
the spring begins.
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w. b. Jennings big colt, by Glen
garry, is said to be q real clinkel
even better than Mr.. Blunt's Seymour
by Stratford, dam Imelda. Joining
contemplates racing in the West thi
season, principally because there II
entrance fee is charged in purse race;
and also for the reason that he wi
not be compelled to meet the crack
he would in the East.
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This entrance fee business is cal
ried too far. 1t may do we'll enoug
in New York, where the fields AZ
large and it is necessary to keep OF
a lot of crabs, but it won't do her,
Last year entrance was charged in q
our steeplechases, whereas if they ha
been free the fields would have bee
two or three times as large and th
racing better. x man does not car
, to pay S25 entrance fee and $25 jocke
fee to race for II $500 purse unless h
thinks he has an almost sure thing, an
the sooner Mr.. Mcintyre realizes thi