The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-17
RAIN CUT 1T SHORT.
THE NATIONALS DIDN'T GET A
CHANCE AT COLUMBUS.
The Home Team Acted AS If They Had
Their Batting Clothes on-Record of
the week-Base Ball, Athletic, and
Rowing News and Gossip.

Rowing News and GOSSIP.
The Nationals were to have played the
Columbus team yesterday afternoon, and had
started in, when a rain shower came up and
ended the game. The heavy rains Of Friday
had made the grounds soft, and in the pre-
limnary practice the outfelders were tobog-
gaming around in the mud In an absurd
fashion. A small dose of sswdust was given
the first and home-bases In order to give the
batsmen a chance to stand firm, and then, at
4:S0 o'clock, stalwart Charley JONES'
the umpire, musically called out play
Beecher, the first batsman of the Ma
tonals, displayed splendid judgment, aud
was rewarded with base on balls. Dowd
then made his first appearance since his in
jury and hunted nicely, on which Beecher
made second, Dowd going out at first. Leblanc,
the "fog horn" of the Columbus, then took
charge of Burns's high fly. Hines struck for
the deep centre field, ordinarily good for three
bases, but Hines slipped in the mud and fell
at first-base, so he only made second, Beecher
scoring. Then McQuery hit good single,
For the visitors Wheelock hit safely over
second-base, the hit being accompanied by
peal of thunder, and then the rain commenced
TO descend in torrents Umpire Jones, seeing
ODhG IL was useless TO Unl0k OF COnUlnul0g the
game, declared it off. The Nationals SEEM
ingly had their batting clothes on and the
audience, which numbered 1,100, were much
put out with the Weather Bureau for giving
the team q setback.
Professionals in Amateur Clubs
The games thus far played by the clubs
composing the Amateur League have been
well contested and deserve a larger patronage
than they receive at present. The clubs
are pretty evenly matched, and the question
of the championship is yet an open one to ALL
Unfortunately for the clubs they are drifting
away from straight amateur lines, and are al
lowing taint Of professionalism to creep in
The first mistake was when exceptions were
made in favor of certain prescribeu amateurs.
The only club that has kept itself clear is the
Duponts, and there hasn't been the slightest
whisper against any of their players But
whether true or not, the VIII. c., the Co
lumbias, the Potomacs, and the Y. NJ. c. A.
Athletic Clubs are charged with harboring
professionals in their ranks. While in ma
jority of the cases the alleged professionals
do not make up the entire game, yet the fact
that there are any professionals in the team
keeps the talk going, to the detriment of anna
teur sports. The safer plan in the beginning
would have been to have kept away as far as
possible from the professionals. There is
looks like too big an undertaking.
The c. A. G. Team Going to Pittsburg.
The Columbia Athletics have received a
pressing invitation from the AlleghenyAthletic
Club, of Pittsburg, to istthem on Decoration
Day, they providing Pullman sleeper. and
other transportation facilities fromthis city
and back again. The club will accept and
under the management of Mr.. John RAINIER
Jr., will leave on the Goth for Pittsburg. After
playing there they will return by way of
Harrisburg, and will thence proceed to
Lehigh University, where on Monday they
Will play the collegians, and the next day,
Tuesday, June 2, they will go to Philadelphia
10 play the University of Pennsylvania.
Visner, who was released by the Nationals
has been signed by Manager Comiskey to play
right field for st. Louis.
Lohman, the new find of California, is a. gem
OF the first water, and has shown himself to
be player of the highest character
The Sporting life says the Nationals are
after Denny to play third-base. When they
get him there will be no New York club
Queries, the former pitcher of the Roanokes,
Of Virginia, is going to be given a trial by
Manager Snyder. 1t is said he is good one
Secretary Foster, of the Treasury, and Sec
~S'"'o Asech, VI ehO OcpdTGucul,
had seats in the directors stand yesterday af-
ternoon.
The beautiful floral tribute presented to
Hoy during the last St. Louis game was
sent by the students of Kendall University,
Of this city.
The rain yesterday afternoon was purely
local to the base ball grounds, as block away
from the entrance there wasn't enough to
dampen the pavements.
Forcmans record last year, while not the
best, was fair and above the average; but he
claims he was off on account of illness. He
says he will do good work for the home team
On Tuesday Manager Bancroft and Capt.
Kelly, of the Cincinnatis, received telegram
ordering them to release Kilroy at once, pay
MIN OFF and send him home. They refused to
do it and there may be music when they reach
Cincinnati.
Quarles, The new pitcher brought ON from
Roanoke, Va, is regarded as a good one. He
was placed up against the celebrated semi
professional team of this city, known as the
Alerts, and in the two games struck out thirty
eight of them.
The Boston papers that were SO lavish in
their praise OF Matthewss work when he gave
them every decision when the Nationals were
playing there are now roasting him for not
continuing to give them everything. Mathews
does not fill the bill.