Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-05
Sporting Notes.

RAIN prevented the Washington races yes
terday.
PITCHER LovETT has signed with the Brook
lyn n. l. team.
THE New York P. L. grounds will be opened
on Wednesday.
IT is rumored that Postmaster Van Cott has
resigned from the New York P. L. club
PRESIDENT SopEN has signed Martin Sulli
van. of Lowell, formerly OF indianapolis.
JOE McAUL1FFE says that if Sullivan and
Corbett fight he will challenge the winner.
THE fighting dogs Jack the Ripper and ]. L.
Sullivan have been matched to fight again for
Sl00 side.
INSPECTOR is to be trained after making a
short season at Erdenheim, and may be winning
races before midsummer.
THE officials of the Boston Players League
team state that IL, 500 persons paid for admis.
sion to the game OH Thursday.
THE Marvin Safe Company, of New York
has presented the local Players League bali
club with safe valued at $3.50.
W. K. BEATTY has purchased the race horses
John Morris. Tom Karl, Colonel Gore Vivian
and Fred Wooley, paying s.. ZOO for the lot.
H. W. CoLLENDER, one of the leading mem.
bers of the billiard table firm of Brunswick
Bake & Co., died at New York on Thursday.
MANAGER HANLoN, of the local P. L.
club. desires to pit his team against the local
n. L. team He says the latter would never
score.
THAT will be an ironclad battery-Caruthers
and Daly-when they get nodded into form.
Their work in yesterdays game shows what
two generals can do under any circumstances.
s. E. GALLAGHER, Beaver Falls, Pa, has
purchased from George Hotham. Youngstown,
o., the 9-year-old bay horse Almont Patchen,
by Cardinal Dam by Mambrino Boy; second
dam by Cassius NJ. Clay, Jr.
PARsoN DAVIES has offered 500 to anybody
who will hit the punching ball as often in a
stated period of time as Peter jackson.
frankie McHugh and Jack Bolan, of Cincin.
natl, have accepted the offer.
A. w. HARRISON, Rockpont Stock Farm,
Rockpoint, Pa, has sold to E. L. Kibbee, Bris.
tolville, o., the chestnut stallion Commerce
4226, by Hull, dam by Satellite; second dam by
Curley, son of Telegraph; third dam by TeIe
graph.
*. STEARNs, President of the old Detroit
League Club, was recently elected President of
the Detroit Athletic Club, one of the most
flourishing athletic organizations in the West,
and which will shortly erect a new clubhouse
to cost 500, 600
THE PAGER Westnont, 2ls7l, that has win.
street, Chicago. is in sound shape and will
start against time and with running mate in the
Southeastern Circuit, beginning April % at
Washington, ID. Z.
JOHN MURPHY, of this city. has purchased
from John b. Clarke, Manchester. n. H, the
2-year-old black colt Almont Eclipse, Jr., BY
Mambrino Eclipse. dam Susie Wilkes, by
Almont Eclipse; second dam Lady Simmons
(aam of David Wilkes, 2:2S1I). by George
Wilkes.
IT is claimed for the Cleveland (P. LIZ club
that it will have one OF the finest grounds in
the country. Every particle of the field, which
is 535 feet long and S35 feet wide. has been
sUdded and there is not an open seat on the
ground. Wait until Plttsburgs' new grounds
are finished.
IT is stated that Senator Stanford has de-
cided to let his crack 3-year-old colt Fiambeau,
by Wildidle. out of imp. Flirt. come over the
Rockies and try conclusions with the cracks of
the East this year. He ran a mile In LAB at
Sacramento last fall. 1t is to be hoped the re-
port may prove true.
WHAT will probably be the longest wheeling
tour of this season will be made by F. F..
Weaver of the New Haven Bicycle Club. Mr..
Weaver will leave New Haven on April q, and
will tour through Philadelphia Baltimore,
Washington, Virginia. Ohio, Kansas, St Louis,
and through to San Francisco.
Tom O'RoURKE. the backer of George Dixon.
said last evening that he will never let his man
meet Wallace at the Ormonde Club, no matter
what size purse it offers. ~ have been advised