The Washington critic., 1889-03-18
n,ernAt srnrrtrn rorrs.

There ssrus 81 te considerable unccr-
iainfY and unnsccssafy discussion regarding
fhs rfurff oiss.Iftation ~ professional AMI
anuisuf aahfian WsiFhis The following
h. toffuff as given ~ ntuqurstlonod auiAor-
hy fsaihrf esirhi, uudcr ne pounds;
nrhi.usiftt. ne b. iD ronods, middle
usiFd. ial a. "a pounds. heavy weight,
over iii The sinsieurs aIlov ~ 20 iie
pouuds o. fesihrf rsiehis and " high ~
lhs ~ middle wtiEhts Thsv also allow
sous,irnes ihs nehi weight 70 run up - is5
fuunds
Naii McCarhy ~ Philadelphia, Ned
iiolsksa "uukuosn," Nho " ~ hEhi Cal
Met siihy of Jorsey Cfy 10 anish for ihe
tantsu Weight championship % America
and 400 q side. veut 20 New york satur-
day with bic hartsr aud an ThIisieiphla
gentlemen, who wcrc saaioas 20 see how
their man wuuld handle himself IN a pro-
nmiuay sct 90. Gus 1uthill, Jack Demp-
sey's hacker, and nine New York sports
met them, and tao party went ~ Flirabsth,
y, J., where the trial took plarc IN hail.
Tommy Kelly, the Harlem spider, having
been selected ~ the antagonist keily,
though but 10 years old, has hgurnd In
many contests. and once met Cal McCar.
thy, who tested him IN three rounds, Kelly
not being IN good condition The Spider
stripped al i07 pounds, while MrCafthy,
who IL - ycars old, weighed iie, Five
well-cunteeicd rounds were fought, and the
sporting men were well satisfied with the
entertainment. a good-sircd purse was
taken up for the Spider.
A private letter from Marx Baldwin
states that the tourists are becoming badly
struck on themselves sitter the way they
have been fcted and made much os hy the
crowned heads and aristocrAcy ~ the vssi-
ous countries they have visited. Ono
wealthy Italian nobleman made Spalding
proposition to purchase his layout, aud
when "Spolly" explained how Impossible
this would be, the cunning italian set out
To buy the boys piecemeal aud was very
much surprised to learn tha; their eoutracts
with Spaldng were such that they bad tn
return 10 this country. Deapairing of buy
ing ball club already made his royal nihs
declared his intention of visiting America
and getting up q combination of his own.
through which he proposes "a educate King
Iiumbert's subjects. Baldwin corrohoratfs
the theory OF his friends that he IL not
pitching his best game, and neither Is Tener
according TO the same authority.
isc eh.tago anu aii.n",e.,ca ~ ees.ns WI
nIav,,g ~ g., Neu. y",L nr ,ba .,,arn
~ e. p,ooLI.n ~, u ,ha.,h ,as "n WI a. NJ u,
timore on the 10Th. On the l1th the teams
will be given banquet nj Philadelphia aud
they will play In the Quaker City on the
following afternoon. From there they go
WoaLya,,,a, ,has, s,.se,, a. ,s.. s, p,.,
hnrs' ~, ~ M iP'sI W. .s ,n,s
ns on ye ,u', ,s,h a,.a ", a,, Sne a,.n,
ihe ooth ~ ,he ,o,h roo,,,,a,, sna LV,sso ~ IN
,nr5arad ,nu Lv ,bn Ha tn,,,s,a u i' %pon !" AZ uo
the cbicagn ga,nas The n,sva,s ,,,,i ta ,s
me- sno Sa,I"so sa,s ,h, tro p,ayvas WI oe
uues..u .N',,, W 1 lo,a sn.i, espevse 'oa"'S 'oi
'"' ''S''"' e"'"'P'o"'"'P 'e"oe'
Isaac Murphy, the "colored Archer oil
America considers that Emperor Of Nor
folk was the best horse he ever rode.
uGood as Freelapd J.o,atua .,d fsh.el
~ @ :, , 1o "1 o"o
ihnlc were, ne H"ys' anu goou Ms were
Falsetto, Glenmore, Volante, Kingston,
Troubadour, Blue Eyes, General Harding,
Luke Blackburn and other cracks ridden
by me. / consider Emperor OF Norfolk
thing into consideration. tell YOU he was
wonder and when in the best OF condition
] have vet TO see the horse that, In nv
opinion, could defeat him Mr. Thomas,
the trainer OF Mr.. Baldwin's stable, worked
him trial at Nashville last spring before
shipping him to Brooklyn and he beat vo-
lante as II he had been a selling platter,
giving him weight in addition 10 the three
years difference In age:
"When he landed In Brooklyn Sir Dixon,
Just purchased by the Dwyer Brothers for q
lons p,'Ge' anu nnreiani, ~, .a MT. Deimonts
E,ea. col'' were an .ne rage anu wnen the
nnpSSiI nroppSI,,,, narh'' asans. nem IN tne
p,oohiyn DcIpy tno r,aseern turimen were