Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-04-20
WORLD OF SPORTS.

WORLD OF SPORTS.
 The West end grounds presented a
 lively appearance yesterday afternoon
 when the Phoenix and Rose Hill fire companies contested for the base ball championship. There were some very fine plays made by both hines, and the large crowd in attendance saw an eX- cellent exhibition of the national game. The teams are very evenly matched, and until the series is finished it will not be easy to determine which company has the Lest nine. Yesterdays game was won by the Rose Hills by the following score:,
 Rose Hill 34 1 31 1O1 O-14 l Phoenix , 0 G 0 0 0 1 l. 9 | The rink was crowded with fri ends and packers of the ? pedestrians when | the word to go was given by Referee | Reilly, yesterday noon, and to the lively tunes of the American band under | Leader w. Bergin, the local peds started | for the 12 hour tramp. The greatest en- thusiasm prevailed throughout the race, | which few times during the day and night brought together several of the packers of the racers. and for a time di- verted the attention of the audience | from the runners to their endeavOrs to voice the merits of their respective men. The mode of scoring although not as good as that used at the late six day race, yet served the purpose. Many times though a dispute arose as the marker made some wonderful jumps and laps were credited to the runner which he was not entitled to. In fact it was simply impossible to have correct scoring done and cheating was carried | on by the wholesale. Wagers of S100 were offered that the men did not run the distance credited to them. There were no takers for such bets as the audience was capable of judging the scoring for what it was worth, The four special policemen earned their salaries, as they were continually hustling to preserve order. Foul after foul was made by the peds but the referee failed to see those fouls. The number of runners was so large that to run a smooth race on such a track was impossible. Con- sdering all the disadvantages and the disturbances which would occasionally arlsc, the race ended without any very severe collisions. As the race progressed and the work commenced to tell on the runners their ranks were gradually get ting smaller and ped after ped dropped from the race and surrendered all their chances for fame and fortune. Manager Hardy worked hard to preserve order and make the race interesting. but even he had to give way at times to the pugilistic feelings of the audience. It was only when the music would drown all dispute that order seemed to come out of chaos. At 12 o'clock when the work for the 12 hours was over but II men of the 27 were on the track, and but six of those were entitled to a share in the gate receipts or the entrance fec The entries were as follows Billy Day ton, Miles Daley, A. c. Parsons, J. J. Shoemaker, w. Fitch. (colored J. Thompson, P. McGrath, l. $. Wallis, l. Knapp. P. Donovan, E. Horrigan, w. Manton, E: Delvilense; H: Bodine, W. Derwin, R. W. Lampman. G. E. Munson, o. w. Foley, G. Carley, P. F. Luddy, D. Davis, F. Ward, J. Mcdonald, w. Carroll, J. Bison, J. Car roll and Henry NJ. Bennett. About $4OO was realized from the race, and after expenses are paid Manager Hardy takes 90 per cent. Mcdonald, the winner with Fl miles to his credit gets 25 per cent; klobedanz, 70 miles, 20 per cent; Foley, 6S miles, 15 per cent; Dayton, 67 miles 3 laps, per cent.
 John Sautereau, of 40 South Riverside street whishes to challenge through the DEMOCRAT, Mcdonald, the winner of first place, to race 12 hours, four weeks from to-day, for any amount of money.
 Nolan the six day pedestrian is in Wa terbury teaming for ten mile race for ! S1O0 a side with Delaney of New York, who holds the ten mile championship of the world.
 The Acme base ball club of this city | visited Manchester yesterday afternoon | and were defeated by the score of 6 to 4. The boys played spirited game, but were pitted against a much stronger | team. The Acmes are open to challenges from any amateur team in the | state.
 At the handicap given by the Ameri- can association in New Britain yesterday. | O'Neil of NewBritain was first Wilton of 1 Meriden second; Lee. of Hartford, third; and Kelly, of Waterbury, fourth. Quite wrangle was raised on the final decis- ion, as every man standing around the tape, with the exception of the judge gave the third place to Kelly of this city. The referees decision was final though, and Kelly was dumped out of his place. Manager Hardy dropped into the DEM OCRAT office this afternoon and related why there was not more money to be di- vided amongst the runners, when the | gross receipts were $400. He stated that so many chairs, windows and doors had been broken and so much other damage done by the excited spectators, that the net receipts were much lessened. Mana ger Hardy said, however, that the S9O | divided between the winners was Suuare- ly done, and each man expressed his sat isfaction of the final issue.