Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-16


500 side.
PITCHER DAY is evidently not even good enough
| for the local Wanderers.
THE brothers Barr will arrive in this city from
England this morning.
THE Phillies are reported to be after Larkin to
play first base for them next wear.
DIRECTOR O'NEIL says that he has signed
Burke, Anderson, Smith and Decker for next
yeer.
DIRECTOR J. P. o'NEn. of the N. L. Bali
| Club of this city, went East last evening pri-
vate business.
RAIN prevented all the Eastern P. L. and N. L.
games yesterday and also the Athletic-Baltimore
Association game.
ST. LOUIS is favored with a club composed en-
tirev of colored cyclists. who busily engaged
hitting up pleasant headquarters.
THE Acmes and the Bridgeviie teams will play
at Recreation Park tomorrow for $50 and the
championship of Allegheny county.
at once set up shout that he will probably jump
into some other league next season.
THE Bowen-Carrol match will come off before
the Olympic Athletic Club at New Orleans to-
night. Carroll Is the favorite among sporting
men.
JAMES CoNNoRs has engaged Exposition Park
| for October II. He will arrange great pro-
gramme of sports for that day. The contests will
be chiefly amateur.
Milwaukee, states that he has been offered the po-
sition of Professor of Athletics at Harvard, and
sald ne would proDaDly accept II.
THE Irish Athletic Club has decided to send NJ.
S. Barry to Washington next month to represent
the club in the weight events at the Ameteur Ath-
letic Unions National Championship meeting.
PETE GOLDEN, the pedestrian will give 30
hour go-as-you- please race at Newourg: n. T.,
and several other distinguished runners will COM
pete.
THERE is an option clause in the contracts Of
the Baltimore players drawn M up in accordance T L
last spring, and which will hold them for next
season.
THERE is some talk Of meeting between Dave
Campbell, the Oregon heavyweight champion.
and Felix Vacqueln. Dave has notified the
Audubon Club of New orleans that he is anxious
to meet Felix If the club will put up suitable
purse.
THE records made by w. A. Rowe when an
amateur are rapidly falling into new hands.
Windle captured the half-mile from standing
start in l:lO As. which is the worlds record.
Rowe's time was 1:l2 As, and the English Is
l:15 3-5.
1T will be noticed that Umpire Lynch who is re-
garded by players and many baseball writers as
the best umpire the League staff. has not been
assigned to single game In Boston this season.
Thereby hangs tale.
THE Oakland and Standard ball clubs will play
at Recreation Park tomorrow for SIS side.
@ Me1k9 a ana BradT @ viii sct simfariy foy
the Oaklands. The two first named are consld-
cred great battery.
THE McKee's Rocks Athletic Club will give its
first annual picnic on Saturday. There will be a
100 ward and 220 yard race for professionals, 100
ward and a mile race for amateurs. Peter Priddy
will run three miles against any three men, each
Of the latter to run one mile, for purse Of SIS.
T. LoArEs stands first among English jockeys
this season, with 10l wins out of 4B mounts.
George Barrett scored rs wins out Of S77 mounts;
F. RfckaDy Sc out Of 272; J; Watts So out Of 224
Cannon, "A out Of 1856, and N. Cannon. 26 out OF
1893.
ROBERT L. CARUTHERs, the pitcher of the
Brooklyn National League team, reported to the
police of that CITY yesterday that during the
absence of his family from their apartments on
the first floor Of Jos Berkeley place & on saturday,
thieves stole clothing worth S00. They got In with
false keys.
PRESIDENT PHELPS, ofthe American Associa-
ton is being severely criticised in all sections Of
ence in PhfladeIphia with the Players League
committee, when the evidence that he was there
was SO overwhelming. Phelps should have stuck
TO the truth.
THERE'S nothing to prevent any manager Of a
club not under the national agreement from nego-
tating with players Of such clubs for next season:
results Several one-year ''reserve'' men have
already signed with the Players League for 1891.
boston HerdLdI
A. e. will take place at the Claremont Avenue
Rink, Brooklyn. on october 9 and II. The prizes
first time that prizes OF this character have been
offered in boxing events, and they should attract
all the gooo men.
PoToMAc's earnings this season now amounts
to nearly s5, 900, making him the largest winning
2-year old in the history of the An eriean turf.
Proctor Knott, with S66 $50 in STAKES and purses,
has been T. relegated to SECOND place, and Chaos;
Chaos started oftener than Potomac has.
MEETING of the American Football Associa-
ton will be held on Saturday, Goth inst, at the
Clark Horse House Ogden street, Newark, at s
P. M, when all clubs wishing to join must be
ready to comply with all rules governing admis-
sion to the association. The secretary is Mr.,
Thomas b. Hood, No. Al. John street. Kearny,
Nd.
VA REPORT to the effect that Director Conant, OF
the Boston Club, had expressed a doubt about
being able to retain Camel, Sullivan and Nc
Carr next season has been going the rounds. In
secured for Boston next season. MIR. Conant says
that he could not have expressed such q doubt
and in fact, that he did not.
No one need experience any uneasiness about
Tucker. Smith Long, Lowe, Brodie or Sullivan
playing with the Boston National League team
next season. and as many of the others will be re-
tained as the directors want. The men named
to be here, and, If rumors to the contrary
are started, pay no attention to them.-BostOn
Herald.
decided the latter part of this month The con-
testing teams will be made up from the Shamrock
Hurling Club of Troy, the champions of New
York State, and the Boston Hurting Cub of Bos-
ton. Great interest is centered in the contest
among the lovers OF Ireland's national game.
The shamrocks are in charge Of Captain Michael
j. Nolan, Nj. Tracy and Denis Ryan.
JAZZ FAATz says there is no chance of the Play
ers' League dropping Buffalo from the circuit.
No other city in the country, he saws would pat
ronize losing club like that city. A club able to
Jay attributes Buffalo's poor work to the pitching
department. which is weak. 1t is to be hoped that
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