The Washington critic., 1888-09-10
BATTING
FIELDING.

Rain prevented the ST. Louis and Baltimore
clubs from playing on Saturday. Games In
some of the other cities were also postponed
for the same cause. Cleveland defeated Gin
cinnau by 3 to 1, Bakely and young Weyhing
being the pitchers. Detroit and Washington
played two games. Washington winning the
first game by Q to 1 and Detroit the second
game by ITO 2. Young Keefe and Conway
wero the pitchers In the first game and Whit
ney aud Bcatin in the second. Chicago beat
Boston by IL to g. Philadelphia and Pittsburg
played two games, Pittsburg winning the first
game by2 to 0 and Philadelphia the second
by to 2. New York won from indianapolis
by 3 to2.
Yesterdays games--At Brooklyn; (second
game)--Louisville g. Brooklyn 1. At Phila-
delphia-The Baltlmore-Athletic game at
Gloucester was postponed on account Of rain.
Ex-Manager Watkins of the Detroit Base
ball Club, has signed contract TO manage
The Cowboys until the end OF next season.
The winners at sheepshead Bay Saturday
were Swift, Salvador, My Own, Eurus, Los
Angeles and Little Jim.
The Columbia Clubs Programme.
The board Of governors OF the Columbia
Athletic Club have announced number Of
events TO take place on Analostan Island, open
10 members Of the club only
First-Tennis tournament, commencing on
September IL, at 4.30 p. m, and continuing
daily at the same hour until completed.
Sccond-An eight-oared shell race between
The Reds and the Blues for the club cham
pionship and banner on Saturday, September
%, at p. IN.
Third-.A baseball match between the Reds
and the Blues for the club championship and
pennant on Thursday, September %, at p. m.
The first fall field meeting will be held on Sat-
urday, October 6. The following events will
be contested in the order named; Rifle shoot
ing, 200 yards, II a. m.; trap shooting, twenty
birds, 12 m. Field and track events, com
mencing at /: 80 p. m. Track~iOO yards dash,
one mile walk 100 yards hurdle race, bicycle
race 220 yards dash, bicycle race, 440 yarda'
run, bicycle race. Field-Throwing hammer,
standing high jump, pole vaulting, putting
shot, running high jump, standing broad jump,
running broad jump concluding with tug Of
war, Reds VS.. Blues; time, five minutes.
Turf Topics.
At the track Of the Coney Island Jockey
Club Saturday, the following horses, the
property of Appleby & johnson, the dissolved
bookmakers, were sold Bradford, to McClel-
land &::Roche, So, 900; Tristan, to j. Rowe, $3,-
300; Vardee, to w. Donohue, $4,000; Stock
ton, to s. W. Street, 81 ZOO; Bravo to B. Nc
Clelland, 81, 700; Diadem. to B, Reilly, 81, $50;
Nera, TO b. Reilly, SO, $50; Miracle, TO w.
Lakeland, 81, 100.
The autumn meeting Of the Washington
Park Club, Chicago, opened Saturday, and
the winners were Ed. Mack, Colonel Hunt,
Poteen, Doubt and Blessing. Overton, the
Jockey, while riding Birthday, closed In on
Glendalia, causing her to fall heavily on her
jockey, Monohan. Rhody Pringle tumbed
over Glendalia. Monohan's colar-bone was
broken and he was also injured internally.
The Canoe Clubs Regatta.
The regatta Of the Washington Canoe Asso-
citation will be held next Saturday on the river
near the boat-house at Analostan Island. The
races include padding contests, upset races
hurry-scurry race and number of sailing
races between the leading canoes II there be
sufficient wind.
The Irish Cricketers.
The Irish Cricket Team arrived in Balti-
more on Saturday. There are thirteen players
in the party, namely: d. Cronin, Captain j..
W. Hynes, j. P. Fitzgerald, Edward Fitz-
gerald, D. p. Maxwell, +. Kennedy, j. Dunn,
T. Tobin, Walter johnson. r. W. johnson,
d. Gilman, /. M. Meldon and w. j. Synnott
Their reporter is Mr.. w. NJ. McClintock, and
the manager is Mr.. 7. X. Lyle. Mr.. Meldon
said last night that they had in the States and
hospitality, and would carry back the pleas
ATTEST recollections Of the new world. They
had won every game they played except a
draw game at Aurelis, Canada. He said the
visitors would leave for Boston about nine
o'clock tonight. The club would work its
way down to New York and Philadelphia,
where they would play the all Philadelphia
and University teams, after which they would
return to Ireland from New York on Septem-
Der 30.
The Potomac Club Regatta.
The annual regatta of the Potomac Club
takes place tomorrow afternoon. The first
race commences at o'clock and is for four
cared shells. Then will follow race between
the best four, Elmore, Oertel, Reynolds and
Dyer, against picked eight-oared crew, con-
Norton, Writ, Selden. Mindeleff and Doyle,
coxswain. A tub race between the members
of the club will terminate the programme.