The Washington critic., 1888-05-07
SPORTING SMALLTALK.
|President Hewett'S Intentions to
Sell Out.
THE MINES ILL-SUCCESS.
Current Comment on the Events
Of the Turf.

NeHls tne TACT That such story can with
as much truth as II now possesses be
started at any time. AS business man
Mr. Hewett is always ready to consider
an offer. He is not anxious to sell, but if
anyone wants to talk in business.like
way he will listen. The fact is this re-
port of Mr.. Hewitts desire to sell out Is
started every season, every time that the
nine. has a run of hard luck. 1t is safe to
4 predict that the management will be un-
changed for some time to come.
tits SAID that the Clilds-Gardner deal
with Philadelphia may fall through after
all. IT will not affect the Washington
nine, for Childs will probably 60 to Troy
but it may cause Philadelphia to lose
Saturdays victory over pittsburg, in
4 which Gardner played with the Philles
, PRESIDENT Reach says that if 1t is shown
that Gardner had no right to play with
the Phillies until Childs signed with Mr..
Hewett the game may be protested. by
the way, Gardner put up greatly inn
proved game with his new associates on
Saturday. He made hits, . put outs,
assist and no errors, while Myers, whom
THE CRTTic claims TO be his superior,
made errors, accepted chances and
had but one hit. From the surface il
would look ms though Gardner were the
. more valuable. IL probable that lot
Z Of croakcrs will howl because of Gard
ners release.
Every baseball crank around town is
trying to explain the continued lack Of
success Of the nine. "1Iard luck" will
not satisfy them. Crank umpiring" Is
needed just little. Dad management"
is most frequently heard. Of course, il
! will always be the fate of the manager of
J, q losing nine to be abused. The Washing
tan as-tanfn1 ~ ,.rnlNaI,t,,
the Washington manager doesn't sleep
N any the less soundly for the criticism df-
rected at him. To The CRITIc's mind
there have been some mistakes in placing
the men. They have not always been
put in the positions where they could ac-
Z quit themselves creditably but these mis-
lakes were not so serious as to affect the
Winning of a game. They are being
remedied as fast as perceived. Undoubt-
edly Whitney's illness has cost us sew
eral games. We should have had two
games in Philadelphia and at least one
game with Boston and another with New
| York. Pittsburg has been crippled by
the loss, of Miller, indianapolis by the
n loss OF Glasscock, Shomberg and Hines,
and Boston by Madden's injury. Chicago
y alone seems TO have been lucky.
y one reason why Washington starts out
Z each season at the foot of the list is that
I tie Eastern clubs play together before
S1tthey play the Western. Washington UNI
n f1oubtedly is the weakest of the Eastern
!. bclubs, while i'm the West Indianapolis and
"a Pittsburg are at times evenly matched,
N and Detroit occasionally finds itself un-
y able to get away with the Smoky City
~ men. The consequence is that while
n Washington is reasonably sure of begin
ming the season with strng of defeats,
Pittsburg and indianapolis can worry
few victories out of each other and Chi
cago and Detroit. Only the crippled con-
dition Of indianapolis has kept her down.
II With Whitney III the box 1t is probable
that by the time the Washingtons have
played the Pittsburg series they will be III
sixth place.
The five members of the New York
Athletic Club, who have been selected to
represent the club at the English cham
pionship meeting at Crewe, on June 80,
will sail from New York on or about
June 9. They are: George Gray, cham
pion Shot putter; G. NJ. Smith, short dis
lance; Il. G. Carter, long distance runner;
II Alexander Jordan, hurdle jumper, and
II GAg, Richards, high jumper.
HanIan having been defeated by Kemp
i'm Australia, on Saturday, Teemer will
NOW have to row the latter for the cham
:, pionship of the world. He is willing to
II row Kemp on the Goth of next November,
u the date of the Hanlan-Beach race, for
n $1,000 side. Teemer was surprised at
Kemp's easy victory. lie thinks that
Hanlan is done for. AL. Hamm will ac-
company Teemer to Australia.
Everything is ready at Lexington for a
1 grand race meeting. over 400 horses are
at the Kentucky Association course.
Crowds of people continue to pour in.
The opening events are so uncertain that
s,Jho decided favorite has been made in any
frace.
Nearly oil the horses that participated
in the spring meeting of the National
\, Jockey Club have left for Baltimore,
where the meeting begins tomorrow.
Davis and Hall were the last to send their
lot over, and they left yesterday morning.
They Will be nearer fit to race there than
they were here. Mr.. Burch's horses have
gone all to pieces and he has not yet
\ made up his mind where to go. If he
\ finally makes up his mind TO have tug
n AT some of the stakes or purses at Balti
moro. he will take only Romp, Biggonet
and Doodle. Bggonet pulled up a trlle
lame after his gallop yesterday, but Mr..
Bprch IS very much in hopes that he will
] be able get her 10 The post. The two
\ yearolds will be saved for later in the
season, when they should be able to win
q few races. SaTanac has broken down
and will be retired to the stud.
Ll NJ. Il. Danahers horses are still sick,
and they will not leave here for several
ii days at least. Danaher hopes to get his
ii Jumpers ready for the Jerome Park meet
III ing. Referee is n trifle better than when
be arrived here, but still he is sick
u horse.
ri Streets horses will be shipped either to
XII \Brooklyn or Jerome Park. None of them
n Ere ready to race yet, and Mr.. Street don't
{% care TO hurry them any more.
q Mr.. McDernott sent Elphm to Balti-
(/more in Mr.. Bradleys care in the hope
j. that there would be steepleChase added
II 10 the card, in which case the Washing
vi ton horses, If properly ridden, should have
tff great chance,
ll Wednesday afternoon Mr.. Gregor will
.H1Sive several races at Ivy City for gentle.
1nan racers. Admission will only be by
/ iimvitation.
There will be an afternoons sport with
4 lhe trotters at Brightwood tomorrow
Green Morris shipped his horses to
YBrooklyn Saturday night. Before he
Apeit he said "When ! came here | had
us fine lot of horses as any man i'm
nlAmerica, but they all went to pieces, and
I shall give them weeks rest and try to
Ibe ready for the Brooklyn meeting,
4 lblaylock, Eilke and the little boy Slack
tEill do my riding this season, and Iahinll
/, 4 1hey will be the three best Jockeys in the
ID Eounry"
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