The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-24

time this season VITA tho eleven OF the
staten Island Cricket and Baseball Ciuo.
The match will he played on the grounas
OF the latter club at Lavington. ;. l., tue
match being a'return contestin tne series
for the championship OF the Metropolitan
District Cricket League. The Islanders
uested the Jerseymen 10 the previous
match aud are the only eleven that a
won championship houors from them
Yesterday AFTERNOON the Orients, OF the
Fourth ward Of Bayonne, were taken lnto
camp BY the S~eaOoards OF the second
ward BY the subjoined score;-Seaboards,
Is: Orients, o.
the eighth game of the series for the
charlottesville of the Bayonre Amateur
Baseball League will be contested on
Sunday afternoon on the grounds az
Lower Constable Hook by the team OF
the Ceptreville Athletic Club and the
nine of the Young Mems Association or
Bergen Point. The game viii END the
series between the TWO a~ggregations.
The Claremouts of this city and the
Standards OF the Fifth ward OF Bayonne
will do battle at Constable Hook tomor-
row afternoon.
The Giants have struck the toboggan
slide and are gracefully gliding down. III
they do not speedily brace up IN the
battery department they Will continue 20
descend. IL they are beaten today and
Boston wins the Giants will fall to third
place.
phia, 5; New YORK, 4. Boston, :;
Brooklyn, 6; Cincinnati, 4; Chicago, :.
Cleveland, 5; P~ittsburg, f.
Boston is not relaxing its hold on first
place In the Association scramble and is
playing a strong game. The results
vesierdav:-Boston, 6; Washington, l.
Athletics. s; Baltimore, 2. ST Louis, Z;
Clncinnati,4 Columbus, s; Louisville. o.
Eastern Association games yesterday
Rochester. -. Providence, 2. syracuse,
5; Troy, 4, Albany, 6; Lebanon,
Tim Keefe yesterday told Harry Wright
that he would not enter into negotiations
until his ten days were up with New
York.
Davenport was dropped from the Illi-
nois-Iowa League, aud the six remaining
clubs viii play out the season.
The management OF the New YORK
Club have until August @ to cover the
bleaching boards, n are therefore in no
danger OF being fined until after that
date.
Rhines' arm is gone. He is booked for
release. 1t is pitiful to see him try to
pitch.
Captain Kelly decapitated Robinson
and Jerry Hurley's official heads. Joe
Burke, a Cincinnati amateur. covered
second base nicely, and Lefty Mari is
likely to succeed Ed Andrews tomorrow.
Jack Easton, the well-known pitcher,
was released by the Columbus Club yes
terday. He has a number of offers for his
services, and will probably accept the
terms OF the Boston American Associa-
tion Club.
Buffalo is in imminent danger Of losing
her baseball team. The patronage re-
Gently has been so very poor that the
owners and managers OF the team nave
become thoroughly discouraged aud want
to sell out. Already several of the best
men have been offered to other clubs. Man
a0er Powers this afternoon. in speaking
of the local club and its prospects, said
eyes. we are much disappointed and no
longer care TO make any secret OF the fact
that we will either disband entirely or
substitute a cheaper team. The people of
Buffalo do not appear to appreciate the
team and its fine work. The attendance
has been seandalously small and il IL does
not increase largely within the mex five
days we shall certainly release five or six.
il not more, of our best men. | have fine
offers for every man 0n the team"