Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
General Sporting Notes.

THREE scalps from Boston would be a corke..
JESSE BURKETT has been signed by the Clevei and
club.
W. C.-ALTMAN was never signed bv the Pitts
burg club.
Now is the time for our sluggers to stick together
and down the enemy.
WELL, well. well! Three straight for our slug
gers. Hurrah for the sluRgers.
GEORGE TEBEAU has been released from the
management of the Denver club.
CHAPMAN beat Hal Pointer in Rochester in 1889.
That was the only race the Tennessee PAGER ever
lost.
THE hackers of Hammond are willing to have the
Hammond and Morrissey race take place at Home
wood.
land Jones is ruine1e'' ..Heis.'' ''Betting
on fast horses, 1 suppose!' mo, betting on slow
ones.'
WITH fine weather Tomorrow the heroes of Gin
cinnati ought to have goou reception at Exposi-
ton Park.
FIRENzI and Sir Matthew are the champion an6
junior champion respectively of 1871. by virtue of
their victorie; In the champion and Junior cham
pion stakes.
Tom HAMMOND accepts the challenge of Bolsinger
for scjl side.
Treasurer B-own of the local club, states that G.
T. Brush denies the reports relative to his making
compromise with the American Association.
A PERUsAL of the records shows that Directs
2:llJS on Monday at Washington Park was the
fastest time ever made by stallion in race.
PITCHER KILLEN. of the disbanded NIinneapolis
teams. in the city yesterday on his way TO Join
the Milwaukee team. He says that Frank Ward is
"cracker jack
G. II. KETcHAM, Of Toledo, o., has purchased
year-old brown mare Biddy Donovan, 2:3O by New
tons Allie Wilkes
SINCE the opening of the two rival race tracks in
oh at had pad to- ins
ers sS6. 695 while at the Hawthorne course the sum
of s79, 1863 had been disbursed.
THE Reds are likely to receive a shaking ND One
expensive luxury was put the free list Friday
ternoon. Radbourn, who has been having pretty
likely pitch against New York next week.
GEORGE EoEnas ma, may b., Be thoroughly s honest
want HIS reputation sullied he will have TO sell Arab
That horse is altogether too intelligent to remain
should break him Of the habit of looking into the
betting ring before going to the post. Some of
account of this pernicious habit of Arab.
A DISPATCH from Cincinnati says: f. NJ. Rust
and other Saginaw horsemen have purchased the
ton, Me The price paid was about 500. The
horse will be placed at Oakland on the farm of Mr.
famous Stallion Nelson and is one Of the only two
sons of the great Young Rolf living, The dam of
the mother Of Rolf and the dam of the mother of
Nelson was the same. thus making the horse nearly
a full brother of the great stallion.
CD HAMLIN has decided to build at Buffalo
this purpose portion of the cattle sheds erected
for the fair two years ago The track will be lighted
bv double row oil WINDOWS ana II Will be as cheer
full in winter summer. The covered track at
Jewctt Farm is three-eights of n mile, and horses
are trained on 1t In all Kinds of weather. Mr. Jew
EFT is so much pleased with II that he will extend
the covering another quarter of n mile this fall
He SAYS that il has already paid for itself 1t rem
ders training Il easy and systematic the lake
shore rs In California.
BOLD Jack McAuliffe Is going TO make descent
upon the camp of the Gibbonses- even before he
meets the Younger member of the family within
the roped arena. His plan of attack in this ease
will be in the form of all exhibition, right in the
heart of Paterson three four nights before the
date of the championship battle. Eddie Stoddart
Jack second lieutenant, went out to the home of
the Jersevmen Yesterday to make arrangements ,or
the show McAulifie says he will certainly appear
at the entertainment and let the Gibbons army get
a line on him. 1t is unique move, and the cham
Diou deserves to meet with success III the venture
for his display of nerve. if nothing else. McAuliffe
Is not doing such hard training work he was
having reduced to less than 1S pounds. He is safe
for the other four pounds having three weeks i'm
which to work ii off.-N I. Sun.
CHARLES NOEL, President of the Olympic Club
of New Orleans, teegraphed to the Illustrated Neos
Yesterday that his club would delay the match be-
tween Cal Mccarthy and Tommy Warren from
September Is to September ~. McCalt ~ agreed to
the new d Ie and Mr.. Noel a' asked to send on
Calls raiIr nd ticket he In Ie disIatch spoke of
doing. When the ticket coar5 n he match will
be made although Mccarthy has zee told that he
need not sign articles until lie rcac les New Orleans
1t has been suggested tia the New orleans people
would not have taken Mccarthy against Warren If
Boliv Burns f,,r IS rounds September but the
Oily m bic must have heard before yesterday that
the other match had been made; SO IL looks as
though Mccarthy and " Warren would meet.