Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-11
WORLD OF SPORTS.

..Phenomenal" Josephs was a Johns town victim. His real name was Borden.
 Keefe struck out eleven of the Bos- tons yesterday breaking the league rec cord.
 According to the Sporting Life, Bos ton is first in batting, third in fielding, and second in base running.
 Chicago is complaining that its base ball nine apparently did not learn how to play base ball in it's trip around the world.
 Edward Hanlan arrived at San Fran cisco Saturday after an absence of near- ly three years. He says his rowing days are over.
 There will be game of ball for S25 a side on the West End grounds immed- lately after the parade on circus day be- tween the Waverly and Big Six clubs. A meeting of the American associa- ton directors will be held at the Fifth Avenue hotel next Friday to take action on the affairs of the Louisville club, which are in sadly mixed and demor- alized condition.
 | The international league clubs are | making a pretty race. Syracuse Is Tn the lead, with Toledo close second and Detroit right behind. Toronto, Rocles- ter, London, Buffalo and Hamilton fol- low Ill the Oruef named
 The Waterbury Handicap association will give another grand handicap on Wednesday evening July 8. X novel feature will he the racing under the electric light. A special train will leave the New England station for New Brit ain at l2:15 and also for Meriden at the same time.
 Jake" Kilrain is going into training | Shnrf1x- fnr hiS ffrht with Sullivan h1t he does not like the prospect at all. He says two children would have more sense than to go into training for a fight | at this season of the year, but he thinks he can stand it if Sullivan can. Jake doesn't propose to do any downright hard work until he gets a place to train.
 Games to-day: Boston at New York, Philadelphia at Washington, Pittsburg at Chicago, Cleveland at Indianapolis. Louisville at Brooklyn, Cincinnati at Columbus. St Louis at Baltimore, Kan sas City at Philadelphia. Worcester at Jersey City. Lowell at Newark. Hart ford at Eastun, New Haven at Wilkes barre. Probable winners New York. Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland, Brook lyn, Cincinnati, St Louis, Athletic, Jersey City, Newark, Hartford, Wilkes barre.
 The New York World of yesterday has the following: "Old Sport Campana, who has been iii all the walking matches since they were invented, came back from California yesterday after trotting around the sawdust ring there. He wis tied Yankee SulliVan's grave and brought back with him a cigar box filled with flowers pluc!leu from the mound. lie says Manager Frank Hali skipped out without paying his expenses home and | Old Sport thrasheu him. California gentlemen gave the old runner a benefit and sent him east.
 The Daily Nolan one mile foot race was run at the Derby Driving park Sat urday evening. Daily took the lead on the first jump and kept 1t during the en- ti1e race. On the l.at hundred yards Nolan spurted and irsSyntd Daly's lead, but the effort Wis not made soon enough. Daly passed under the wire about one yard iii advance. Nearly Sl,- 900 changed hands oil lhe result. All bets were even except une. that being sig to Sl5 in favor of Nolan. After the race Noiau's hackcrs accused him of dropping the race. He denied the accusation and stated lle fad run his best. The stakes were StUO and the gate receipts which amount to about $50. There is no evidence that Nolan dropped the race.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 A correspondent of the Sun says: see by q morning paper an answor to some correspondent mentioning Brouthcrs. Richardson. Rowe and White as the Big Four. which name they are kncwn by. Many of our readers> however, do not know that there Was a Big Four in the Holyole club-Martin Powell, Win chester, P. Gillespie and Rog Connor who Were considered at that time foui of the best hitterS i'll the country: all of them struck left-handed Jerry Dorgan
 led off at the bat for this club in nine teen consecutive games with a single: then he was Jerry Dorgan, and a bettel or prettier hitter never faced a pitcher l don't think that 1 am wrong in saying that at the time I speak of, 7S, the tiv. , men 1 have mentioned were the best hitters in the profession, and that Powell Winchester, Gillespie and Connor are . the original Big Four known in bal talk.