Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-14
Sporting Notes.

PROCTOR KNOTT and English Lady were among
the first arrivals for the Suburban.
THE West End Athletics will cross bats with the
Manshelds to-day for S25 side.
THE Gasun Stars would like to hear from any a.
year-old boys club. Address 5. Davis, SOS Fifth
avenue.
1T is said that one OF the shrewdest OF the New
York bookmakers has lost S42 600 this season up to
last Saturday.
TEE Echos, of Soho. would like to hear from
burn 662 Fifth avenue.
HANLAN refuses to against Teemer and
Gaudaur at the Pointof Pines for purse of q, Co.,
He thinks 6, 900 is not too much.
S. sPERxY, Petaluma, CAL. has sold for ship
ment TO Australia the trotting mare Leila, by
Rustic. dam by Eclipse, for q, $50.
THE races advertised to have been held at Brad
ford on June "a, rs and rs have been declared off
on account Of the park not being finished.
JOCKEY FREEMAN has severed his connection
with d. T. Pulsifer's stable in the East, and will
ride in the West during the remainder of the sea-
son.
THE Riverside Grays would like to hear from
any team whose members are under 16 years of
age. William Francis, l6S River avenue, Allie
gheny.
Latonia Oaks, has shown the pest of any 3-year-
old flly in the West this year. She Is eligible to
start in the Suburban.
AT Erie on June 6, during the races, Starter
Id Wheeler of Toledo, was painfully injured
by the starting bell falling from its moorings and
almost breaking leg for him.
be some changes in the American Association
circuit. He intimates that the Baltimore club is
desirous OF returning to the fold.
GEORGE <. BROWN, well-known horse i'm
porter and breeder at Aurora. ILL.,, recently pur-
chased the Blewett ranch, near Decatur, Tex,
comprising g. 500 acres, at 81 so per acre.
THE report sent out from Latonia to the effect
that Jockeys Hathaway and Ray had been REIN
stated seems 10 have been premature. although
quite an effort is being made 10 have it done.
WALLER s. VoSBURGH, oficial Handicapped of
the New York Jockey Club, has been appointed
to the same position by the Monmouth Park Asso-
citation. He will also oficiate as third judge at
Monmouth.
DAYS invalids-- Esterbrook. lame back. can't
run; Buckley, lame leg and sore hand; Murphy.
sprained knee cap; Glasscock. split hand, No
wonder Mutrie has ceased to smile.
FRANK E. WEAVER, of New Haven. Conn.,, who
on a bicycle, has arrived in Sedaiia, Mo. He has
ridden nearly ], 800 miles, or an average of over 40
miles a day, since he left New Haven, April q.
HALL,GAN, the Bufalos' catcher is laid up
with stroke of electricity" During the game
at Cleveland last Thursday he was leaning against
storm came up. Lightning hit the post and tenn
porarily knocked Haligan out. Yesterday he had
a relapse, and is confined to his bed. His left arm
is badly swollen.--BufdLo Express.
THE California Athletic Club offer purse of 81 500
for FitZsimmons of New Zealand anu Jack Demp-
sey to tight for in August. Fitzsimmons agrees
to fight Dempsey for the purse. and if he refuses
he will challenge the winner of the Young Mitch
his departure to tight Larkin. the New Jersey
champion for 81, 500 and the Police Gazettei,
championship belt.
MIR. HENRY w. PUTNAM has authorized Isaac
Fleming to take Aubine and Lady Wellington
from the Dundee track to Fleetwood, and it is
reasonably cerlain that the superb pair of mares
will be driven next week to beat the team record
2:l54. Fleetwood has never been regarded as
fast track, but 1t was never before good il is
this season. 1t will be remembered that this team
under unfayorabe circumstances last fall trotted
Fleetwood track in 2:l6 since then they have had
the most perfect care, and they should certainly
feel the efects aud show remarkable mile next
week.
UMPIEE CUNNING, of the Players League.
thinks that he has got about enc ough of umpiring
and will undoubtedly resign. Although he is SUB,
posedTo have supreme authority the field, vet
he Is greatly handicapped by the players who are
last five games. when he has been held up TO ridi-
cule to the spectators by the players and he was
powerless to do anything to stop 1t. On Tuesday
he fined Ward, joyce and Van Haitren $40 each,
tary BruneIl. Yesterday Ward made Cunning
think II was roasting hot, and Cunning threat.
ened to fine him So bu: II had effect on the ir-
repressible short stop manager, captain and di-
rector.-Nei0 York Sun.
LANGDoM SMITH. who reported the three New
Iork-Philadelphia games for uhe New York
World, sent the following descripton about Buff
fnton to his paper: Charlie Buf1nton can wait
double and twisted camel-back curves over the
plate easily as the average bootback can shoot
craps. He winds the ball carefully up, with sew
eral aerial hieroglyphics, and then unravels him
self with q grunt and snort and there you are
The of the ball is unfit for publication. 1t
sails nalf way along to the plate on keel,
and then faints dead away and dies in mid air Its
ghost, however, comes hying over the rubber and
at this spherical goblin the New York boys batted
and slashed and sawed through nine CORY innings
without doing any other damage than to get up
futile RWe1t,