The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-08-15

NNAo AlNNA -
bali such an exciting contest for the pen
ants as that which is going on IN tne
National League. Although New YORK
took a game from Cincinnati yesterday
By Q to / and Brooklyn dumped Chicago
by 10 to G. Boston vanquished Cleveland 3
to q Chicago still leads by Our points.
with Boston second ahead OF New YORK
by two points only.
Yesterday was an of day in the Ameri-
can Association. No games were played.
The Aromas aud the T~abernacles VIII
play a match game OF ball this afternoon
on the Danforth avenue grounds tame
called four O'Clock.
.Umpire John Hopkins OF the Amateur
| Baseball League, woo recently resigned
because Captain Finley OF the staten
| Island Club assaulted him, has With
drawn his resignation.
Huyler Westervelt, the star amateur
| pitcher OF the Englewood Field Club, who
was offered $1,000 for the balance OF the
season by the New York Club managers
and 5000 to pitch mex season for the
| club, is authority for the statement that
he has declined the offer.
Bob Barr. the New York's new pitcher,
who was knocked senselsss BIZ a ball
thrown from the crowd az Thurday's
game, was not badly hurt and wilt pitch
in the game this afternoon with the Gin
~cinnatis.
Three generous young boys appeared at
Il tue titktt WtulON dl AZ ~ Chnd
yesterday, laid down three large dollars
and asked for three tickets. They did
not ask for any change and the ticket
seller considered this too magnantmous,
| reported to an officer, n the boys were
taken to their homes to explain how they
came by the money. The result will
doubtless be three well spanked boys.
The New Haven Club disbanded last
night as far as New Haven is concerned,
and perhaps for good, as the negotiations
for their members transfer to Providence
are not promising. The players are now
free to go where they please.
The team of the Cathedral Athletic
Club will make its second appearance of
the season on the Avenue A grounds at
Bergen Point this afternoon. The game
will be the third meeting OF the series be-
tween the Cathedrals and the team OF the
New Jersey Athletic Club for the Metro
poli.an District championship or the A.
A. u. League. A victory for the Jersey
men will give them undisputed possession
of the pennant.
Kesfe will probably pitch his first game
for the Phillles on Monday.
The Ring.
Adyices received at the Police Gazette
office from sydney, New South Wales,
state that the prize fight between Bully
Murphy and Young Critic for n purse OF
eco and the featherwe.ght championship
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seventeen rounds. Murphy is the Aus
tralian who fought frank Murphy, of
England. and Ike Weir in the California
Athletic Club.
A purse of Sl2. 500 for a match fight be-
tween Ted Pritchard. the English mid
dieweight champion, and Bob Iltzsim-
mons has been offered by the Pacific Ath-
letic Club, of San Francisco.
Young Abe Willis of Australia, who
went down before the conquerIng arm OF
George Dixon, has received a challenge
from Gus Muller of San Francisco.
With the proviso that john L. Sullivan
is left out of the question, Pat kiIleen
states that he is open to fight any man in
the United States for $1,000 up to 81, 500 a
side and the largest purse by any Ameri-
can club.
The offer of a $500 purse by the Ma
tional Sporting CLUB. London. for a glove
fight between George Dixon and Fred
johnson of Hackney, London, will in all
probability lead to a meeting between
the representative featherweight cham-
pions of America and England.
Notes.
The annual club regatta OF the Bay
onne Rowing n Athletic Association
will be rowed over the usual course of
n mile with a turn, on New York Bay
this afternoon. The start and finish Of
zach event will be of the club house at
the foot of East Ihirty-second street.
The events will be as follows:-Four-
cared shells, pair-oared gigs, tour-oared
barges, padding and sailing,
swimming race and tut race. The yacht
ing contingent will also have a race.
A sculling match between William
O'Connor. Of Toronto, ana II. Paterson,
of California. will take place on Brighton
Bay on Wednesday next. The stake will
be 81, 600 a side.
Senator Stanford's stallion, Palo Alto,
was advertised to trot against the stallion
record yesterday. but was not in condition,
and was sent oaly half a mile in l.064.
There were a number OF breaksaway
at North Bergen yesterday, In one of
which Latinn broke down badly in his
nea foreleg. He was withdrawn. He
could hardly hobble off the track,