Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-05-04
LOCAL sPoerlNe NEWS.


Field of sport.
The wawaset Driving Park had its
spring opening on Saturday afternoon
and several hundred persons enjoyed the
sport The track was in good condition
and Is constantly improving. Saturd ay s
event was the pacing of Saladin and
Victor. SAladin, owned by James b.
Green, won In straight heats In 2 % ana
80 Ssladin did not show much speed
when Mr. Green bought him, but he is
now a winner He has been entered in
the $40, 900 sweepstakes for stations at
Independence, Ill.
The minute trotting brought out the
Big. Harry c. owned by James B. Toman
OF New Castle, blk. &. Frank Richard
Greenfield, blk. &. Andalusia, James
B Green Harry @ won In 2 43 and Adj
Ia the 2. 40 class, pacing, ]. h. Porter
black stallion, Bob Ridley, won Ia "a
and 2 544 from ]. 7 Devinc's bay mare,
Miss Roland. The 2 80 class, trotting.
was won by M f. Hayden's bay gelding
Harry Fl, from James B Green's black
geldlng, Norris N, In Q AZ and 37g The
Judges were u s. Marshal a. c..
Mahaffy, Frank w Mccoy and Frank R.
Carswel.
The Delaware Field Club opened its
cricket season on Saturday afternoon oy
defeating the Melross eleven at Oak
Lane, Philadelphia, by the close score OF
81 to 90. The Field Club eleven com
prissd ]. E. Smith, Harry BrinRhurst,
| N o. Coed, ]. P. Turton, b ]. Reinhart.
| N Homewood. G. Martin, Henry r.
Fulenwider, Alfred Lee, Il. Il Gayley.
The bowlers were, TurIon, Homewood,
| Bringhurst and Martin. N. o. Coed
led both teams in batting, with twenty
nine runs. Homewo5d bowled five
maiden overs out Of fifteen overs. The
| players worked together very well and
the older cricketers think they will make
q very effective team. The FIRST game
at Elemere will be between the home
eleven and the Riverton eleven on nexi
Saturday afternoon.
bicycling.
w G. Seeds, William Steward Robert
MeCardle and james Hanley had road
race for 50 miles on the Kenneth turnpike
from Centreville school house to the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad, on SATURDAY.
afternoon Steward rode pneumatic
tire; Seeds, 50-inch Eagle; McCar6le
cushion tire Rambler: Hanley, solid tir,
Swift. Hanley had three and McCardls
two minutes, while Steward and seeds
had scratch, although the latter merite,
one minute Steward finished first IN 2
minutes 10 seconds, actual time. Seed
finished 19 seconds later. Members o
the club acted as officer
OF the race. One record wa
broken Seeds held the solid tire, % min
utes, and the cushioned tire. 20 minutes
90 seconds He broke his own solid tir
record, 8 minutes and % seconds. B
| Frank Mcdaniel and Fred
Elliott rosd tandem over tn
course in 30 minutes and 10 seconds
The Wilmington Wheel Club will maxi
this busy season Several races vii
soon be announced. Several local rider
will enter the Iryington Milburn q
mile road race on Decoration Day.
Base Ball.
The Wilmington Base Ball Club wen
to Reading on Saturday and was defeate
by the Reading Club by the followin
score
Reading .............0 0 0 j 0 s 5 il
Three-base hits-Goodhart. Two-base hi
kline. struck cut BY Burris, s. by Kiln
B; Passed balls Whitelock, /; Gaodhart.
| VIII plfCueA-hIlue Z. lime OF game
1 hours Umpire-Laurenee
The attendance was / 800 aud III
game was very pretty. The Reading wi
play return game here this afternoc
z at 80 o'clock Hoffman and WhiteloC
and Kline and Goodheart will be Il
. batteries
The Kurtz Club Of Chester defeat,
the Rockford Of this city at Chester
Saturday by the score OF 8 to /. Lang
ton and Donahoe we're Rockfords ba
a terry.