Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-15

ALMOST all the pedestrians who took part in
last weeks local race left for their homes last
evening.
AMEETING of the Shadyside Lawn Tennis
Club last night and the old officers were re-
elected.
WELL, 4 to 2 is not bad beating for the first
effort. The Chicagos have been playing six or
seven weeks.
AN English sporting authority says that no
English cricket team will visit the United
States this year.
ED SMITH. the Denver heavyweight, wants
to fight either Corbett or Dominick McCaffrey
eight or ten rounds.
MICKEY WEIGH thinks the public will give
the Leaguers their fair share OF the patronage
if they play good ball.
MANAGER HECKER says there is no truth in
the statement that Hick Carpenter is colaing
to play in the Pittsburg National League club.
CoRTEz has been quietly tipped for the
Suburban. and is said to be sure winner. He
won several times last year, but never In first
class company.
JOHN YUNT and George Meeiter, of Allie
gheny have joined the Grand Rapids team to
catch and play third base respectively. They
left for Grand Rapids.
THE officials of the local National League
club state that on the first open date of the
championship season the club will play another
benefit game for the Newshors' Home if good
opposing team can be secured.
A GOOD battery and third baseman added
TO the Pittsburg League team will make it
stronger than the gang that drew pensions last
season for bunkoing people into the belief that
they knew how to play ball.-Cincinndi En-
Qtttrer.
IL Buffalo the general opinion is that neither
the Players nor the International club will
make money. but that both will live. The per-
sonal popularity of Rowe and White gives the
Players club somewhat the best of it in the
fight for patronage.
CooNEY j. the clown of Anson's team. and
makes more fun for the boys than Tom Daly
did when that player wore the cap and bells in
the same organization. COoney is nothing if not
original, and is never done guying Anson and
Burns in quiet way.
JACK HOPPER has started in to train for his
ten-round glove contest with Billy Myer. the
Streator Cyclone, which takes place near Wash
ington the latter part of this month. Jimmie
johnson is handling the New Yorker. They
have secured good place just outside of the
city.
PETER MCCOY is now in excellent condition
for his fight with Johnny Regan. Pete has be-
come quite sprinter. Jack Dugnall, an old
professional runner, has been training him at
Joe Pendergrasts Hotel, on Staten Island and
in consequence Mccoy has done considerable
running.
WATKINS who was once the head and front
of the Detroit team, when it was in the zenith
of its gor', seems to have lost his grip in a
managerial way. He wants to don the ''spang-
les" again and recently wrote letter to a we'll
known maGnate asking for place as second
ba eman on his team.
Mr.. MICHAEL DwYER assures me that
Kingston has entirely recovered from the
slight muscular trouble with which he was
affected during the early part of last week. and
which led 10 the report that the great son of
Sprndthrlft had gone amiss, The champion
of 1887 is now as good as ever, and is doing
steady work.-NelU York Herald.