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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-07
DONOvAN's GREAT VICTORY.
He Captures the Big Prize at the Leicester
Meeting.


ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArCH.1
LONDON, April 6.-[Copyright 1.-The race
for the Prince of Wales stakes at Leicester
this afternoon was the biggest thing of its
kind on record in England. The stake was
FL, 600, being a thousand more than the
famous Eclipse stakes and twice as much as
the average Derby stakes. The Prince OF
Wales and big crowd of notables were on the
grand stand. and quite f5O.OOO were betted
on the course alone.
DonovanS the favorite for this years Derby,
was made the favorire at to on, Pioneer
coming next, with odds of 100 to 10, and Gay
Hampton 100 to II. Enormous interest was
taken in the race, and here in London Fleet
street was blocked by crowds of sporting men
awaiting the result. There were II starters
and the lot were got off at the first attempt.
1t was fine race until within quarter of a
mile from home, when Donovan forged ahead,
and amid prodiglous excitement and enthusi-
asm won as he liked by three lengths, Pioneer
second and Minthe. a rank outsider, third.
The distance was few yards over mile and
it was covered in 1:54 3-5 The bookmakers
have been very hardly hit.
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Captain Browns Stable.

MOBILE. ALA, April 6.-Sam S. Browns
stable, in charge of Trainer j. W. Rogers, left
for Washington to-day at noon via the Pied
mont Line, in two special cars billed on the
passenger schedule. The horses are Torch
light, Defaulter, Brown Charley, Reply, Repor-
ter, The Don, The Buddhist, A B, Cortez,
Senorita, Galop. Pat Morris, Entice, Daylight
and two Longfellow bay colts, Powhatan. a
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THEY'RE BRACING UP.
The Home Talent Slaughter the Cowboys
Once More.

The Home Talent Slaughter the Cowboys
Once More.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM Tp THE D1sPATcH.I
KANSAS CITY, April 6.-Another easy
victory was made by Phillips babies to-
day, the score being to IN their favor.
The batteries were: Calvin and Miller and
Porter and Donahue "Cyclone" Miller
talked enough to win four games and was well
at himself behind the bat, taking everything
in sight. The pilgrims played an almost error
less game, Kuehne being the only man 20 score
one.
1t was clear case of superior play on the
part of the League giants from the start They
discovered Porter's Brooklyn habits in the
fourth inning and afterward hit him at pleas
ure. Nichols made two-bagger in the third,
but failed to connect with the plate. In the
fourth Miller led off with single, moved up a
point on Beckley's hit and went to third when
Dunlap was hit by Porter's pitch. Reliable
Mr.. Maui went to bat with the bases full, and
with long drive to right brought in Miller
and Beckley. Smiths base hit brought Dun
lap home and progressed Maui to third.
Kuehne's sacrifice brought in Maui, and simi-
lar hit by Nichols enabled Smith to score.
In the fifth Sunday made run on base
hit, stole second, went to third on McGarr's
miss of thrown ball, and home on M1ller's
fly. In the sixth Smith made the first home
run Of the season on a hit over Burns head.
In the seventh Deacon Sunday piled up an
other on a triple and Miller's fly to left
The home team did not bunch their hits,
and nine hits of Calvin netted but four runs.
In the third Mccarthy hit for single, made
second on Millers passed ball and home on Por-
ters double. In the sixth Stearns made a
triple and home on McGarrs fly. In the
eighth Hamilton made a single, and reached
third on Burns single, and scored on Stearns'
fly. Burns made first on hit, stole second,
went to third on Hamiltons fly, and home on a
wild pitch. Calvin was hit for 8. with a
total of IA bases. Porter was also hit for 8,
with total of 10. The score:
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Ten Broeck and Leonatus bay colt and two
Springbok youngsters, colt and filly-in All
2l horses. Stuyvesant and Blue Wing viii pc
added to the string later. Rogers says thai IN
his experience as = trainer he had never before
had such favorable conditions for preparations
as in the season Just closed. He had not had
a serious case of illness in his stable this VIM
ter not a horse lame from track work and even
had not physicked horse in the whole lot. The
horses look high in flesh, but are thoroughly
seasoned and as hard as iron.
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HUsrLINe AT BR1LL1ANT.
A Good Ball Team Organized and Some
Victims Wanted.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPKTcHi
BRILLIANT, O., April 6-The Mingo Base
ball Club has been reorganized and will be one
Of the best equipped independent clubs IN the
county. 1t is backed by social Organization
known as the P. A. A, that has succeeded IN
leasing grounds for a number of years and
completed arrangements for inclosing them.
Suitable buildings will be erected The CLUB
is very favorably located, as accommodations
for attending games from Steubenvlile and
Brilliant are very favorable, and no doubt the
enterprise will prove successful
The team will be under the management OF
Mr.. W. e. Crossley, who has succeeded IN
signing irst-class team, and expects to be
able to offer inducements sufficient to enable
him to secure dates from all the good clubs
within radius of 100 miles. A first-class or
ganization is wanted to open the grounds
Crockery Citys preferred. Address all com,
munications to W. E. Crossley, box la, Bril-
liant, o,
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Welsh Hurt His Arm.

SPOKANE FALLS, W, T., April GA prize
fight between Paddy Welsh, of st. Cloud,
Mimi. and Thomas Stockley, of Cotton, W. T.,
occurred yesterday. Stockley was in fine from
and weighed 14S pounds. Welsh was not in
good condition, and weighed 160 Four ounce
gloves were used, and Queensbury rules gov
erned Eighteen rounds were fought Stock
ley pushed the fight. In the third Stockley
gave Welsh bad blow under the eye. In the
llth round Stockley hit Welsh on the left
elbow, fracturing the arm. Welsh continued
to fight until the 18th round with one hand,
when he withdrew.
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THEY'RE BRACING UP.
The Home Talent Slaughter the Cow
boys Once More.
POP SMITH MAKES A HOME RUN
Spalding's Ball Teams Arrive in New York
ALI Right.
BARNES PHENOMENAL BIG PITCHER.
Results of Interesting Exhibition Games East and
West.

For the second time in succession the
home baseball players have won. They
again easily beat the Cowboys yesterday by
8 to A. Calvin pitched and kept the nine
hits made off him we'll scattered. "Pop''
Smith made home run off Porter. The
latter was touched up quite lively. The
fielding of the Pittsburgers was perfect, ex-
cept one error made by Kuehne. The Kan
sas City team was completely outplayed
from the start.
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NASHVILLE PROGRAMME.
Races for the Spring Meeting-PrOctor
Knott viii Starr.

Knott Will Start.
NASHVILLE, TENN, April 6-The pro
gramme for the spring meeting of the West
Side Park Club will be issued tomorrow. 1t il
the best ever offered by any Southern racing as
sociation: The meeting begins Thursday, May
q and lasts nine days, with five races each day
The selling purses are all $4OO, and the over
night handicaps, $780, The Rock City handi
cap. with S150 added, is the biggest overnight
handicap ever offered in the South or West.
There will seven stakes. including the s., 900
at q mile and a quarter, in which Proctor
Knott will make his first appearance of the
year. There are 200 horses on the track now,
headed by the Chicago stable with 26 ]. F
Caldwell will be starter and 80 bookmakers are
expected to lay the odds.
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HOME RULE WON.
An Interesting steeplechase Among Some
English M. P's.
rBY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH ]

TBY CABLE TO THE DIsPATCH.1
LONDON, April 6.-ICopyright. IA crowd of
members of Parliament and their friends as
sembled at Buckingham, this afternoon, to
witness the Parliamentary point-topoint
steeplechase. There were 20 entries, each pay
ing f2, but only IL turned up, some of the best
riders in the House preferring the counter at
traction of the Prince of Wales stakes at Lei
cester. The course was about three miles, over
a stiff country, the bitches being especially diff
ficult. The competitors averaged 90 pounds
weight and each rode his own hunter. Lord
Chesham acted as host and starter, and Wis
count Newark and Lord Henry Bentinck were
favorites.
good deal of money was laid upon them.
The fayoriJes, however, were nowhere. Most
of the honorable members came to grief at a
l4feet hedged ditch, near the winning post,
but Cyril Flower, the popular LiceraT. whip,
appropriately riding horse named Home
Rule, took it in splendid style and won half a
length in front of Elliott Lees, the Conserva-
tive member for Oldham.
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The CarneEies Organize.

N A Vandevort manager of the Carnegie
Baseball Club, submits the following list of
players as constituting his team for 1889: Her.
art, George Jope, Edward Brainard, James r.
Rose, Bryan Robertson. w. w. Pears, William
Rodgers. BENZ. Moore, w. Addy, G. Addy. The
opening game will be PLAYED with the Cham.
April 20
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KANSAS CITY.

Earned runs-AIleghenfes, Z: Kansas City, 4.
Two-base hits-Nichols. Donahue, Porter.
Three-base hits-Sunday, Stearns.
Home run-Smith.
Double play-Porter, Donahue and McGarr.
Bases on balls-Of Porter, l; off Calvin, 1.
Passed ball-Miler, 1.
Wild pitch-Galvin.
Left on bases-Kansas City, 6; Alleghenies, 2.
Struck out-By Calvin, 8: by Porter, 5.
Hit by pitched ball-By Porter, l.
Stolen 6ases-Hamilton, .; Burns, Smith, Sunday
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half of the general ad'
mission fees and % per
cent of the reserved
seat money. This gen.
erous division Ii a s
prompted the pedestri-
ans to pay particular
attention to their train.
ing.
The pedestrians who
are here ready to start
are: George D. More.
mac, Edinburgh. Scot
land. Georre Connors
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W1ll1dm hOaSlauu D6
the representative, and
that he be empowered
to engage a number of
ticket takers at 81 per
day. 1t was also resolved
that all pedestrians who
cover 100 miles in the
first "A hours be allowed
$40, and all who cover
$50 miles in " hours be
given each an additional
$40. 1t was further
agreed that there be
eightprize-winners, and
those be men who cover
475 or more. The money
will be divided as fol-
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condition; indeed, last evening Hoagland said
he never saw him look as well. But Golden,
Connors, Cartwright, Messier and Day are all
in great shape, and so are many
others. Cartwright Is strongly fancied
by the talent, but there are some
dangerous outsiders Undoubtedly, Cart
wright is a very speedy man, but the race in
question is not altogether to the swift but
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-07

EVERYTHING is
ready for the big six
day pedestrian contest
which commences at
Is minutes after mid
night. Certainly there
never has been such a
contest in Pittsburg as
the one in question
that is a night and day
race on such a scale.
Contestants from all
parts of the country
are here to start and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-07

man all.
2men 60-40 per cent.
men 50-9O-20 per cent.
men 50-25-15-l0 per cent
men 45-25-15-l0-5 per cent.
men 40-25-15-l0-6-4 per cent.
linen 40-20-l5-l2-6-- per cent
6men 40-l8-l2-l0-S-6-- per cent
The score keepers must each take an oath to
the effect that they will act honestly. The
arrangements in the Grand Central rink are
interesting, as cots have been erected for the
q starters. Each contestant will have at least
two trainers who will have to attend to the
meals, refreshments and "doctoring" of their
man.
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Prominent jockeys.

Cov1NGToN, ny. April 6.-There are several
Jockeys now at Latonia who will stay here until
are Isaac Lewis, Harry Ray, ]. Tribe, Riley and
Church. Church will not ride here. He al
lowed himself to get soaked a few days ago,
and he will make his first mount this season IN
the East.
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London, England; George Cartright, Birming-
ham, England; Sam Day, Northampton. Eng
land; Peter Hegelman, New York; Thomas
Cox, Parkersburg; Parson Tilly, Canada; Henry
o. Messier, Denver, Col; Jack Adams, Phil
adelphia; John Dillon, Ireland; ]. ].
Engledrun, Chicago; William A. Turner,
Chicago; Andy Seibert. Pittsburg: Lewis
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Tn Favor of PooIsellinR.

NASHVILLE, TENN, April 6-The House
last night passed the Senate bill permitting
betting or selling pools on races run in Tennes-
see or any other State. The Legislature of two
years ago passed a law allowing betting on
races run in Tennessee alone. Three first
class poolrooms will be established here i'm
mediatelV
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q
Yockum, Allegheny;
William ]. Hoagland,
Union Springs, N. Y;
John Mackey, Cincin-
natl; John Largan,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, En-
$gland; Norman Taylor,
NPaterson. N. j.; M.
Brown, Easton, Pa.
: To select the winner
out of the above list
will be one of the most
difficult tasks that any
body could tackle. No
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Tiner Won.

A dog fight took place at Golfers station
yesterday between Paddy, an East Liberty dog.
and Tiger, owned by a Southside party. The
dogs fought two hours. when Paddy was so
badly injured that his owner withdrew him
from the contest. The battle was for S1OO a
side The dog will die.
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There is, indeed, little to comment on re-
garding the battle between the two McCarthys,
the bantams. The contest was so one sided
that all that can be said is: CAL Mccarthy is
an extraordinary little fellow. 1t will be diff
cult to find his peer. PRNGLE.
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COLUMBUS PLAYED WELL.
The Association Baby Easily Lays Out the
SpringfieIds.

The AssOclaLIOn Bnby Easily Lays UuL Lhe
SpringfieIds.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.I
COLUMBUS, O., April 6-Columbps played
their first exhibition game of the sea-
son on the local grounds this afternoon against
the Springfield, ILL.,, club The weather was
severe and the attendance slim. The batteries
were for Columbus, Gastright and Bligh;
Springfield, Bell. Murdock and Munyan. The
feature was the battery work of Columbus and
the excellent base running. The score by
innings:
Columbus. ..................4 2 0 o 0 0-l0
Springfield ................0 o o o o o -
The same clubs play tomorrow. Kappel and
Jack O'Connor arrived this evening, and will
begin work with the local team at once.
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Yesterday,s Bali C,ames.

At st. Louis-St. LOUIS, 4; Clevelands, 5.
At delphia-Athletics, z; Philadel-
phias, 8.
At New York-New Yorks, IL; Brooklyns, g.
Base hits-BrOoklyns,2 2; New Yorks, 13. Errors
Each club, 2.
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At Thompson's New York Grocery, to Every
Purchaser.
A package of our Easter chips, containing
four beautiful colors, enough to dye eight
dozen of eggs. A chance to come and Sc
cure some of the following bargains:
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the majority of them have a national reDuta-
ton. 1t is expected that the winner will real
ize about Sl.5OO or 5000 at the least, be-
cansa the contestants are allowed one
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In Praise of Baldock.

Mr.. Sampson continues: Analysis is not
always easy if you want to be exact. have
not mentioned Baldock, nor his dead chum
Cocklin, in any of my lists, chiefly because
don't know where they would go best. Both
were, when 1 first knew them, really clever
sparrers, both afterward showed fine quality in
the ring, though Cocklin in his first and most
ambitious effort was unsuccessful. But, clever
as they were, have seen both worsted by men
they could have killed without the gloves; and
so perforce they must go into the second list if
I am to be logical. This reminds me that one
of the most dexterous-yes and ambidextrous
fellows l ever saw with the gloves was Jem
Smith from Brighton, who when tried
in the ring made but poor and feeble appear
ance Here is another OF the sort who must al
most turn in their graves if there is any way by
which they can learn about these the best of
all times for glove performers. But to get
back to Baldock, who must remember Smith,
the Brighton Doctor, even better than do.
Ny chief trouble with regard to placing Bal
deck properly is this, that, dropping his fight
ing qualities altogether, there is no one know
now among all the vaunted new school, of any
whe e about his weight, who could have lived
with him for points, say as he was in '59 or 80.
has kept his figure, and wears pincenez glass,
and is doing well. and, when he does not
give way to excitement unduly, is really
quite the sporting otter. He could fight
at nine stone when he began, and there
is nothing should like better than to get him
as he was when he fought Jack Brooks, and let
him have go with Mr.. s. Baxter, who creates
such funk now, and who is believed by those
who have only taken boxing on with the
fashion, to be A-per-se, the real genuine
double-distilled and undiluted champion of
champions. If such a trial could be arranged,
l should like TO lay bit of odds on one, and,
believe me, that one wouldn't be s. Baxter.
What is more. remembering Baldock's later
efforts, l shouldn't be without hope If he had
10 meet with the gloves either of these later
day wonders, Mr. Toh Wall or Mr.. c. Mitchell
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READY FOR THE WORD.

Final Arrangements for the Big Race TO
Start After Midnight-WhO the Favor
ties Are-PercentaEes Agreed On
Complete List Of Starters.
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Cal McCarthx,s Hic,nrx.

without the gloves his chance would be still
more rosv.
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ihOuld Stay at Home.

he great desideratum of the
contend that strange grounds
day is not the best place to get
been q recognized custom
If horses and men to localize
much as possible. A man
-sred exceedingly stupid were
e to train or prepare a sculler
and IN preparing him tour him
country from river to river. A
EN- of this kind is so ridiculous
mt is needless. The players of a
reporting for duty on April l are in
spects similar to the supposed sculler.
come here to use the phrase, in soft con-
n. They need to be hardened to undergo
struggle before them, and it is safe to say
at nobody ever heard of a man or
a number of men getting physically
hardened by riding about on trains,
sleeping in strange places almost every night,
and performing in strange towns day after
day amid cold and damp weather. There have
been many training and hardening" systems,
but the above has not yet Deen known except
in the baseball world. Why, the wonder is
that the players don't return home much worse
than when they went away. If the players
were to stop at home, and steadily 90 through
daily exercise, including ball playing, the re-
suits as far as the physical condition of the
players is concerned would be exceedingly bet
ter. They could then expect all the good
trains at one place for five or six weeks.
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A AREVIEWO OF SPORTS.
heBad Effects of Spring Prac-
tice Trips Discussed.
HOME EXERCISE THE BEST.
Comments on the Work of the Local
Club.
WHERE WILL JOHN NJ. WARD co.?
Ike Weir a Better Pugilist Than Frank
Murphy.
HOME EXERCISE THE BEST.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY

Patrons of the local baseball club cannot
possibly have derived much consolation
from the result of the teams Western trip as
far as it has gone. The showing, as far as
good playing is concerned, has been poor
one indeed. But there are, no doubt,
causes or reasons for this poor showing
which may to some extent satisfactorily ex
plain matters. However, the trip among
other things suggests question We'll worth
discussing at the present juneture. The
query referred to: Is 1t wise and proita-
bic policy to make these spring trips with
the club? A question of this kind cannot
be answered in a word; indeed there are
so many features connected with it that to dis
cuss them all would require three times the
space have at NV command. However, there
are two or three points of it that can be dis
cussed here and venture to say the result
IL show that it would be better for the club,
players and the public if the ''spring prac-
was done at home. Generally speaking
VS. hear of failures here and injuries
Ibined with unnecessary difficulties,
g from these practice" trips. l am
many good authorities advocate
n also mindful of the fact that
ut judges oppose them.
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ST. John Hesitates.

John Teemer has failed to hear anything
definite yet from st. John regarding the pro-
posed races bet zeen him, Teemer, and Gau-
daur- am at loss to understand why st.
John is hanging fire. Teemer has really
granted St. John his own terms and still the
latter hesitates. This fact would seem to
prompt the opinion that st. John may have
rued Of his challenge, because it is simply his
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A Financial Loss,

1t is, indeed. rare that we hear of any of these
practice trips being financial success. 1
think it is safe TO say that the Pittsburg club
has its first success to make yet so that from a
monetary point of view the club is a financial
loser and the players are no better and proba-
bly, not as good physically as they would have
been had they remained at home and done their
practice 1 may say boldly that they would
have been better had they stayed at home be-
ca1se it is worthy of note that when away from
home they practice on none of the grounds on
which they have to play during the pennant
contest. But these practice" games are an
imposition on the public. Manager Phillips
day or two ago, evidently without any qualms of
conscience, said the club is not away to play
winning ball. but is out for practice. This is
another way of stating the fact that the public
is being fooled. A club is advertised to play
game and the public is led to believe that
everything connected with the contest is hon
est. This delusioI ought to exist no longer
however, because Manager Phillips has told us
that victory or good playing are not the OBJ
1ects. Practice only is the aim. In truth, this
is worse than a hippodrome. When this ex-
ceedingly frank admission is made we need
hardly expect the public to come to the con-
clusion that spring exhibition games are all
elau1s and delusions