Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-23
THE WORLD OF SPORTS.

Barney Mclaughlin and Campian of the Lowels are laid up with severe colds. Catcher Guehrer of last seasons Water burys, has signed with the Galveston, Tex, club.
 Hughes pitched for the Brook1yns yes terday in their game with Cleveland, and cry. Brooklyn won to 1.
 Dexter, probably the most famous trot- ting horse that ever contested for a prize on American turf, died of old age Satur- day. He was in his thirtieth year. Bunce Flynn of Southington is now in St Paul and under the name of J. w. An derson holds the championsh for being the fastest sprint runner in Canada and the United States.
 It is stated that the wheelmen of New York and New Haven have started sub- scription to raise $7,OO0 to lay 8 cinder path from New Haven to New York. They want every .wheelman along the line to contribute.
 Philadelphia and New York entered the league in 1883. Not player of the for mer team remains, but New York still has Welch, Ward, Ewing and Connor. Giles pie and Dorgan were also members of the original New York team.
 Billy Taylor writes from Florida that he has taken the pledge for a year, and has absolutely quit the company of his former friends, the saloon-keepers. He says he has trained down to such degree that his best friends would hardly know him. His arm is all right and he is now simply wait ing until some of the phenoms explode when there will, he thinks, be more than one call for him.
 The 48-hour walking match in Birming ham closed Saturday night with this re- man, 2O4; Campana, 20O;s Bison, 191, 7 laps; McCabe, 181, 3 laps; Sullivan, 16O, 10 laps; Cunningham, 129, laps; Burns, 115, and Atkinson, no, 13 laps. After the race Guerrero ran four miles in 27:1O and Herty ran two miles 10:59. Golden wins $10O, Hegelman $75, Campana $50, and Bison $25.
 Mines from Burnt Hill and the West End played game of ball on the stamp ing ground of the former yesterday after noon. At the end of the sixth inning when the score stood IA to IS in favor of the West End boys, somebody set the grass on fire putting stop to the game. The West End fellows say that their an tagonists, the Burnt Hill boys, saw they were going to be beaten very badly and
 
 Says Worcester correspondent: I must say, the captain, Harry Wheeler, did not impress me very favorably in Mondays game, as he made some bad muffs and did nothing with the bat, but it was his first game this season. But in yesterdays game with the Troys he redeemed himself, his playing, both in the field and at the bat, being all that any one could desire. He took in everything that came his way in the field. He'll do. Hamilton made bad break in Mondays game, but his base run ming is immense.
 Chicago correspondent: Tom Burns will play third base regularly. Tom has a good head. His experience qualities him to do things at critical junctures that the young sters cannot be trusted to perform. Tommy is not the finest third baseman in the country, but he is far from being a secondhand article. Burns is gentle man, and the man does not live who can truthfully say a word against his record. My best wish for Burns is that he may be the man who wins the deciding game that gives Chicago the pennant.
 A riot almost occurred at the St Louis Louisville game yesterday. Mack asserted that Hudson delivered the ball illegally and pulled the rules on McQuaid. The | latter ordered him to sit down. He re fused, and an altereation took place in which Mack was fined $25. He then took up position on the home plate and re- fused to allow the game to proceed. The police were summoned, but Mack resisted, and Collins, with bat in his hand, or dered the police to release the captain, which they did. There was great excite ment in the crowd, and Mack finally went to the coaching lines. He was fined total of $10O. Comisky was fined $25.
 THE CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS.
 The championship records in the league and American association now stand: