The Washington critic., 1889-03-25
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.

The American baseball teams arrived at
Belfast at 9 o'clock yesterday morning af-
ter pleasant sail across the Irish Channel.
They expected another severe English
Channel experience, and were happily DIS
appointed, Long John Healy and W. Irving
Snyder arc the only ones who succumbed
to the tossing Of the vessel. There was no
demonstration on their arrival, and the
players jumped on jaunting cars and were
driven at once TO the Imperial Hotel. G.
There are flvemen Of Irish parentage IN the
All American team and six In the Chicago,
but Tener is the only native born bishmau.
They seem TO be very happy at being on
the native heath OF their fathers, and talk
about gathering the bate and going on u
landlord hunt, as the weather s. drearyt
and the nights dark, All Of them are Home
Rulers. After the game tomorrow the
clubs will be dined by the North OF Ire
land Cricket Club. The Mayor OF Belfast
win preside
John Ward says that he would rather
play In New York than in any other city,
and only wishes to leave because he can
benefit himself in pecuniary way.
President Young Of the Leagne states
that In all his baseball experience he never
knew the outlook TO be so good as for the
coming season,
Horace Phillips OF the Pittsburg Club Is
preparing aset Of stringent rules for the
use Of his players this scnsop.
The Yale College nine opened their sea-
son on Friday last by defeating the Piaiu-
vile, Conn, nine by score Of 25 to B.
Porter has signed with the Kansas City
team.
The Brotherhood Of Players will meet
tomorrow.
The Pittsburg Club has in view n trip to
Mexico next fall
The Brooklyn players viii wear medium
gray uniform this year.
Cook has signed with the Louisville Club
Brennan, the new catcher Of the Athletics,
is also good inilelder. He covered third
for Kansas. City last season many times.
Elmer Cleveland, who played a part of
last season with the giants, has been en-
gagged to play third base for the Omaha
Club. f-"a
Gore of the New York Club has strained
one Of the muscles Of his leg,
Over 90, 600 has been raised for the sup
port Of the Brown University nine.
The grounds for the first Brookly-New
York game have not yet been selected.
II is said that Comiskey OF the st. Louis
Browns will receive a salary Of 5000 this
year.
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purse OF $4,000 for contest betweep-
young Mitchell and Johnny Reagan, TO take
place al the club In october.
Sam Matthews has challenged any man
in the world weighing 145 pounds for
Greco Roman or catch-as-catch-can wrest-
ling match for $500 or 81, 900 a side.
Two well-known sporting men of San
Francisco offer to back Jimmy Carroll
against Jack McAuliffe. BilIv Meyers or
Mike DAILY for Al 600 and the Hrht- -weioht
championship of the world
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training season has been fairly inaugurated,
and we may expect right soon to see the,
horses In the different stables doing the
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