The Irish standard., 1890-08-02

as an Impartial n1sC0rla VIII buneF ~
the eyes Of an INTEL gent and fair ;minded
people. ROGER 4 VAIL AL .
SPORTING NOTES
Rad Hanrahan says he can play se-
cond base "out OF sight, Nj #
Base ball BY electric light was tried in
Hartford and proved q failure.
The Irish rife team won the Echo
shield at Bisley, England last week.
The majority Of athletes are at present
enjoying their vacation ct the. different
summer resorts.
The mother Of center fiel Ter Davis
went from her home in O0hoee to Boston
week before last to see him play. While
there Mrs. Davis said ::'4I am proud OF
my son. He doesn't drink and he don't
use bad language" .,....
The Buffalo club offered young pitcher
Jones, Of Pittsburg, 5000 month to
pitch for them. Jones wanted q months
salary ia advance Tbe:olub didn's have
the money, and were compelled to forego
the services Of Jones.
Old Abe Lincoln was fond Of saying
''You may fool some Of the people all the
time; you may fool q good many people
part OF the time; but you can't fool all
the people at any time" That saying
was never better. illustrated than it has
been by the futile attempts OF the
Brotherhood elevators to pull the
wool over the eyes of the base ball low
ing people.
John Malone. Familiarity known. as
"Ockey Malone" q professional base ball.
player, was killed by q freight train on
the Boston & Albany railroad bridge,
near Springfield, last week. He was .
member OF the old Springfield nine and
of the present Homestead club, and
started to walk over the bridge to par
ticipate in a game with West Spring
field picked nine. He was % years Of
age.
Emile Kinst, a Uhicagoan, has knocked
sky high the theory that there was no.
thing new in base ball. He has invented
a new bat which. be says, will revolution
ize the game. He thinks he has found
way for making the game more exciting.
His bat will produce a rotary Or spinning
motion Of the ball in it's flight to a
higher degree than is now possible, and
thus make the task Of catching the ball
more difficult, or if caught, to hold il.
A jury in the Supreme Court, Long
Island City, have decided that Sunday
Epase ball playing played on the; grounds
tof the. Ridgewood Exhibition Company,
at Ridgewood, in Queens county, just
across the line from Brooklyn, is nuis-
ance. The company were indicted q year
ago for maintaining a nuisance in per-
uniting Sunday base ball playing on
their grounds. The case was tried last
fall It was retired last week, and yer~
dict of guilty was returned. a''ss
After the recent races at Duluth Ed
ward Hanlan, the ex-champion oarsman
Of the world, expressed a desire to row
J. G. Gaudaur forsany sum Of money
within three days or three weeks. Last
Tuesday Mr.. Gaudaur called at the
Minneapolis Tribune office, deposited
$3.50 and issued the following challenge:
Il hereby challenge Edward Han'an to
row three mile race for any sum from
$1,000 to $1,000 side, the winner to take
everything, over perfectly smooth wafer,
over any course in the country, barring
Duluth and Toronto bay, Lake Mime
tonka preferred, at such time as may be
mutually agreed upon. / herewith de-
posit $3.50 as forfeit and to guarantee
the good faith Of this challenge. I am
tired Of hearing SO much of Hanlan's
talk. II he means business let him come
to time with his money