Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1890-04-05

blonde Adonis of the turf, Colonel w. s.
Barnes.
Sporting.
Arson and his colts have gone to
Texas.
There are 161 horses in training in
Louisville, Ky.
The Washington club has joined the
Atlantic Association.
Eight professional ball clubs will be
organized in England by A. G. Spaulding.
The Baltimore baseball club has gone
to Richmond, Va, to put in ten days
practice.
The Cuban Giants, the colored ball
team, will be located at Trenton, N. j.,
again this season.
Mike Bolger, of Washington, knocked
out William White, of Boston, in three
rounds near Washington last week.
OF the six games between the Chicago
and Brooklyn league teams at St
Augustine, Fla, Anson's colts won five.
The New York Brotherhood club will
fly pennant commemorative of the
championship won in the National
League last year.
John L. Sullivan declares that he will
fight but one more battle, and don't care
whether it is with Peter Jackson OF Sia-
win, but he says it must be for $25, Coo
Pat Sheedy names John l.. Sullivan,
Jack Dempsey, Billy 'Myer and George
Dixon as the champion pneilists in their
respective classes. lie ranks Slavin next
to Sullivan in the heavyweight class.
jim Corbett, the California pugilist, is
being lionized in New York. Professor
Mike Donovan, who has spared with all
the great pugilists, states that he is the
quickest big man he ever Feed, and re-
CARDS him as the coming champion,
Friends of Jake Kilrain state that he
was permanently injured by the heavy
body blows he received from John J..
Sullivan in their great fight, and that he
has never been a thoroughly well man
since, and will never be able to fight
at his best again.
In the glove fight before the Californis
Athletic Club, Saturday night last, be-
tween Jack McAuliffe and Jimmy Car
roll, McAulifTe won in Che forty seventh
round, after u close and desperate brittle,
knocking his opponent out by al.eavy
blow on the jaw. He won $l2,50Q.
Annie Loverice and Mamie McDer-
mott, two young women employed in
Lees cotton factory at Westport, Conn,
fought stand-up fight with bare knuck-
les in an old building. The fight was the
outcome of quarrel over the attentions
of a young man. Miss Loyerice was de-
clared victor.
"Buck Ewing service in the National
League for the last nine seasons has
yielded him S2s, 900, exclusive Of perqui
sites. In the same length of time the
league has paid John Ward scr, $50 Jim
ORourle, $27, 250 Tim Kcefe, $s6, 100;
Radbourne, S2J, $50; Brouthers. G24 ITO.
Hardy Richardson, S24, $50; and Mike
Kelly, $23, 100. ~
The New York National League team
will be made up about as follows: WEIGH,
Rusie, Boyle, Burkett and Sharrott,
pitchers; Buckley, Murphy and. Clark.
catchers Hines, first base; Bassett,
second base Denny, third base Glass
cock, shortstop and captain; Horning,
left field Tiernan, center field Crane,
right field; Siefke, Farrell, O'Rourke,
and Dooley, substitutes.
An important meeting of the National
League was held in New York on Satur-
day last, which resulted in Washington
apd indianapolis going out and an eight
club schedule being adopted. The New
York club gets the eight best players of
the Indianapolis club, including Denny,
Glasscock, Bassett, Boyle, Buckley, Som
mers, Rusie, and Hines or Scanlon. This
will give the New York league club
strong team, and enable it to meet the
strong players league club of that city
on something like equal terms. The new
schedule has fifty-eight conflicting dates
with the players league, and was evil
IDENTIFY framed for bitter fight for the
favor Of the public.
How n Phrase Originated.
In explanation Of the phrase, All in
m, eye and Betty Martin. it is said thar
a sailor once went into Roman Catholic
church. when he heard these words:
"Oh! mihi beate MARITIME /" cob, grant
me. blessed Martin ~ On giving an ao-
count of it to his mate, Jack said he
could not make it all out. but it sounded
very much like I" All in my eye and Betty
Martin. Hence the saying.
The human race is increasing 90, oO0.O0e
Q year.