The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-23

Results of National League games ye s
terday:-At Cincinn ati-Cinc innati, s,
New York, 8. AT Cleyeland-Cleveland ,
5; Boston,3 8. AT Chicago-No game; rain.
At Pittsburg-No game; rain.
American Association scores yesterday:
Boston. 9; st. Louis. Z. Cincinnati, s.;
| Athletic, 8. Baltimore, Is; Columbus, z.
Washington, o; Louisville, 6.
Eastern Association games of yester-
day-Albany, II; Lebanon. 6. Syracuse.
Is; Troy, Z.
Amherst defeated Dartmouth yester-
day. The score was 10 TO l.
Yale and Princeton meet at New Haven
today.
It is very likely that Mickey Hughes
will take another turn in the box before
long with the Nassaus of Brooklyn. He
has assured Manager Hehernsn that II
he pitches at home this season he will
help the Nassaus out. With Hughes and
Bligh as q battery he Nassaus ought 10
cut quite a spread.
The Lebanons met with a warm recep-
ton in Albany or Wednesday. After the
game, as the Lebanons were leaving the
grounds, they were stoned by a crowd OF
boys. Manager Randall and Second
Baseman McCaffery were hit, and both
jumped from the bus, caught two boys.
aud handed them over to a policeman.
Judge Maxwell's decision in the Reilly
case makes the legality of any baseball
players contract questionable.
Yale will play the University of Penn
sylvania on Memorial Day at Philadel-
phia. Poor Harvard is left with an open
date.
James Whitney. the famous pitcher OF
the Boston baseball club Of 1882, 1888 and
1854, died at Binghamton Thursday. He
had for some time been failing in health,
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farming. He was thirty-hve years old.
The game of water polo is becoming
popular in Pittsburg. so much so that
some OF the players or the Pitts
burg baseball team nave organized them
selves together for the purpose of having
some sport in this direction. They are
Bierbauer. Reilly. CecKley, Fields, Ber-
ger and Baldwin. They have challenged
the water polo team of the Pittsburg
Natatorium to play a match game. The
challenge has been accepted, u the con.
test will come off shortly.
Some Harvard men think that Yale's
position Is correct. aud Others do not. 1t
Is a deDatable question OF college ethics.
The return game of the series between
the champion amateur team of the New
Jersey Athletic Club and the strong semi
professional team of the West End Ath-
letic Club of Somerville for the champion
ship of Hudson aud Somerset counties, did
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Avenue A grounds at Bergen Point rs
scheduled. Arrangements have been made
to have the fought next Wed
nesday afternoon.
Elated by their two successes in the
series for the championship of the Bay
onne Amateur Baseball League and their
victories over other strong teams of B Jay
onne, Jersey City and Elizabeth. the ball
tossers OF the Centrevile Athletic Club
would like to try conclusions with the
New Jersey Athletic Clubs team. d.
Murphy Of East Fifteenth street, Bay
onne, is the manager of the Centreynie
Athletics.
The Greenville Y. NJ. c. A. baseball
team will cross bats with the second Tab
ernacle team on the foImeI's grounds at
the foot of Danforth avenue this after
noon. Duhme and Carson will occupy
the points for the Y. NJ. C. AS.
On the Avenue A grounds at Bergen
Paint the team of the New Jersey Ath-
letic Club will u this afternoon
the nine Of the West1eld Athletic Club.
The team of the ~Iroquois Athlatic Club
of Bergen Point will meet the nine OF the
Psekskill Military Academy at PeeKskill
this afternoon