Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-22
General Sporting Notes.

WE need to-day's game.
TERRA GOTTA has broken down once more.
WARD is turning out lots of errors these days.
SLAvIN says that he cleared q, 900 here during
his short stay.
JAMES MCLAUGHLIN has signed to ride for
Charles Reed Son.
DAVE McCoSN gave Marty Berger g. 900 for rid
ing Loantaka to the front in the Suburban.
BEECHER may leave Washington for Omaha. He
is sick of his y-out at the national capital.
DowN I'm Louisville the papers have begun a
crusade against the hawking of beer in the stands
HENRY CHADWICK, the Oldest baseball writer in
the world has just passed his seventieth birthday
UMPIRE BArT1S will not he so lenent with kick
careful.
OUR sluggers will start on Western trip this
evening and 1t is to be hoped good luck will attend
them this time.
FULLER returns of the Bunker Hill day games at
Boston give the League attendance as COL and the
Association, 3, 500.
WILLIAM ERpENRIcHER-As far as we know he
signed with Baltimore after leaving here, but
never played on account OF Illness.
@. P. CArLoR, one of the brightest sporting
writers who ever handled pen, now editor of the
ness.
IT is now stated that Slavin and Kflrain each got
S. 900 OF the slo 900 purse. as Kirain would not go
win.
SCoTT STRATToN received two kilograms from
Manager Chapman, of the Louisville team on Sat
old club.
ONE or two players in the local team should be a
little more honest TO themselves their EMPLOYERS
and the public, and put "a little more earnestness
into their work.
CHARLES E. RANDALL. OF Chicago has been de-
posed as Chairman of the Racing Board Of the
League Of American Wheelmen. Hc entered into
squabble with President James R. Dunn and lost
his head.
HECTOR P CowAN Prtnceton's great football
player has been graduated from Princeton Semi
nary and ordained minister in the Presbytery of
otsego. He will be pastor of a mission church in
Missouri.
''Knickerbocker, is said to have won quite
heavily on Charade's recent success at Sheepshead
The captain did not get the top price, but said 100 to
was good enough for him.
but will drive the brown stallion Stamboul on
the California tracks 10 beat his record 2ll What
will he done with Adonis, Oil, ii is hard to saw.
He is being used on the road at present.
MIKE DwYER put up s3s, 900 to win "a, 600 on Sir
John at Sheepshead Bay, and he dropped 1t all
Kingmaker, an unknown, beat the Il 70 Il cinch''
by six lengths. These were the only horses in the
race, and the bookies made big killing. King
maker was on the boards 10 to 1.
JOCKEY BERGEN was really responsible for Loan
TAXA being started in the Suburban. Dan McConn
has been credited with winning fabulous amounts
on the race, and may have backed him to a limited
extent in the winter books and on Tuesday, but he
had Intended to scratch him until Bergen begged
him to start the horse and let him have the mount
and Mr.. McConn consented.
SHOULD the trotting stallion Nutwood live to he
the age of George Wilkes and Electioneer IL is con-
ndenfiy predicted he will sire more speed and
greater numbers than either of the sons Of the
Hero Of Chester and the glory Of Miss Russell will
have all the glory for be IL known that his
and Electioneer family not too near up to the
fad