Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-08-12
Sporting Notes.
Butler Fair-sept. :. s, Q and 1Otl

Butler Fair-Sept. Z. s, Q and 10th.
The Rescue Hook and Ladder and
First Ward Hose Cos left for Beaver
| Falls on a special over the p. d W. at
o'clock this morning. There will be
a parade and one hose race today, and
the remainder of the races on Friday.
Quite crowd has gone along TO root
for Butler. The return train will leave
Beaver Falls at 10 P NJ, Friday.
The members of the First Ward
Running team are John Zickrick, John
Ayres, II. Worth, J. Cole, Costin Me
Elroy, c. Sellers, John Wise, Fred
Weigand, w J. Heineman, c. Reeder
Ed. Negley, Jean Morrison, D. Reed.
Joe Heineman, Paul Cronenwett, and
J. A. Walters.
The members of the Rescue Hook
Johnston Captain; w. H. O'Brien,
Manager; Joe Elliott. L. Rockenstein,
Walter Campbell, Chas Burckhalter,
Clarence Waters, Percy Beighley,
Perry Harkless, Thos. Armstrong, 81.
Ensminger, John Michaels, Frank Cir
rard, Ed. Grieb. R. Fisher, Lester
Thompson, Harry Carr and Tom Sulli
van.
By telegram from Beaver Falls re
ceived by Manager AL Walters yester-
day it was learned that all three races
will be run on Friday. instead of one on
Thursday and two on Friday as at
first arranged. This makes a hard days
work Martins Ferry is entered under
an assumed name calling themselves
the Buckeye team.
Over $4,000 changed hands ON the race
at the Fair Ground last Saturday after
noon Mac, who is about % years old,
showed great form-winning the second
heat in 2:21. and could have paced fas-
ter if necessary. The summary is as
follows:
Mac, VIM. Weigle. e................1 l
Cottonwood, Norman Bredin. .....2
Lady Ellsworth, L. Dean. n.........4 3
Jack 3, H A Moorhead .........3 4
Time 2:27t, 2:21.
At Columbus, O., last week, Joe
Patchen won the free-for-all pace, de-
feating Star Pointer lTitley's old PAGER
and in the second heat equaled the
worlds race record of 2:01t. Star Poin-
ter paced the last half of the third mile
in one minnie fat.
Minnie McGregor now has mark of
21St She is at Warren, O., this week.
Buffers ball club was defeated by
Brookville. at that place, by a score of
5 to last Thursday. The team came
home ON Friday and whipped jeanette
~ to 6, and again on Saturday . to 4.
One of the best games of ball that has
been played on the home grounds this
year was that of Tuesday between the
Butler and Evans City Clubs. The
Evans City boys were taken into camp
on the tune of to 0. Hodgkinson
done the twirling for Butler and allow
ed the visitors but three hits. Waddell
pitched good game for Evans City al
lowing our own but six hits. The
game was remarkably free of errors
but one being recorded to either club
The Butler club again defeated the
Eveans City Club yesterday by score
of to f.
The Gospel ministers of Erie have
again impressed upon members of the
secular professions the folly of putting
their trust in earthly things. TIE team
of nine Erie preachers on Thursday last
met nine picked from the doctors and
dentists of the town, and smote them
with an awful slaughter on the ball
field. The doctors collapsed at the end
of the 5th inning, when the score was
80 to against them. The clerical
sluggers were as fresh as daisies Rev.
B. Garfield Jones, did their catching,
and Rector Spalking delivered the
curves that confounded the worldlings
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