Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 5, 1877, Page 7

N Sect to Tus Trisusz of Thursis, 1 ita, f. Deviin, p “| Sex 3b, bi a 1 Tor f c y b id a Ma: Ba Roles x fos _ THE: CHICAGO: 'TRIBUNE: SUNDAY; a5 -187/—-SIXTEEN PAGES. qHE FIELD AND TURF, White Stocking Stock Takes Another Tumble. Spalding’s Team Again Defeated at} i Louisville, ° Cincinnati Mourns the Loss of a Game to St. Louis, Cummings Weakens in the Last Inning.’ present Aspect of the Race for the gue Championship. The Buffalo Trotting Meeting---Win- ners and Winnings, How the High-Rollers of the Tarf Have Fared This Year. ‘ Items that Will Interest All Lovers of Horseflesh. BASE-BALL. WHITE STOCKINGS DEFEATED. Speciat Dispatch to The Tribune, Lovievinie, Ky., Aug. 4.—Louisville’s heavy, Hitting won to-day’s game. The advantage was ined in the first inning, and, though Chicago tried nard to overcome it, the effort was unsuc- cessful. Latham, Hague, and Hall led off with test-bits. earning two ruus. Devlin then se- ‘cored first on Bradley’s fumble. Shaffer carne pest with a home run, adding two more scores, ‘or a ‘total of five. “Ip the second inning the Louisvilles earned another run, and in the third got in four more, pounding McVey fearfully. This gave them glead of ten to nothing. In their third Chivago secured three runs on base hits by Bradley aud McVey, and errors by Hugue and Crowley. They added another run in the sixth jncing, giving them a total of five. Brad- Jey pad commenced pitching in the third inning, smd, except Crowley's home run ou the second ball Bradley pitched sndatwo-baser by Snyder. nothing bad been done with him up to the seventh inaing, when the Louisrilles commenced batting arain, scor~ ing in this, the eighth, and ninth innings, a to~ tal of five, or fifteen rans in all. Chicago got in four runs in the eighth inning on singles by Ex- gier, Glenn, Hines, and tripies by Peters and Epalding. The game was full ofs pretty plays, and withal very exciting and interesting. The weather was fine, apd the attendance 1,200. Fol- lowing is Total. .... CHICAGO. allinan, r. f.. SeVer, c.. le. 12: Chica hed first base during game— its relied: On called—Of Devlin, 25; ley, tH. ‘Struck on —Sbafter, Hall, and Egcler. ‘Two-base-hits—Nall, 2; Craver, Snyder, Glenn, 1 each, —Harne, Peters, and Spalding, Shafer and Crowley. Lgton basee—Loueville, Bi Catcago, 5. 2; McVey, L icazo, 17. a Devlin, 14; on SfcVes, 14; on off McVey, /20; and 3; Chicago, 8. erhardt, and Latham, 1; CUMMINGS WEAKENS. Syectal Dispatch to’ The ‘Tribune, Gueixxart, Aug. 4.—By the. weakness. of to-dax, the Cincinnatis lost the game in the muth inning after two men were out and Botoue on base. Up totais point the game was Uri¥ant and exciting, with the batting about t¥enand the Cincinuetis anead at fielding, and “the score standing 3to2in their favor. Tue Nishors svored in the first inning on errors by -“mmings and Hastings, and base hits by Mc- Geary and Forve. The Reds scored in the third iuamgon a buse hit by Pike, a wild throw by Yarran, a passed ball “by “Battin, and a long fy ty Jones. They svored again. in the fith inning“ by “a” bas: on called balls, 2 sacritice bit by Cummings, and_ base hits of Foley and Hastings. The Browns tied the score fn the eichth inning by a run on buze hits by McGeary, Furze, and Battin, and a wild throw by Hastings. Tne iteds took the lead inthe ninth inning by Addy's base hit, Nichols? passed_ball, and Gould’s two bacaer torighttleld. St. Louis Went to bat the lasttime. MeGeary got his base on Foley's fumbte, and was thrown Out at Ecc cud. Croft went ont on a foul*bound and the bors began to gather up the bats, when Force nude a base hit past Foley, got second on Hissting’s wide throw, und was brought bome. by Battin's base nit to right. Cummings com- pletely weakened at this point, and Nichols bit Jor Wo bases to right, bringing in the winning Tun, and scored op Biong’s base hit to centre. Cumm THE Scone. cNcissatt eal Fed Ba . “ATT. =} esi Pike, 2b, # al aj se 2! 0 chine, ¢ 0: of Of 2 oj. z| 4) 0 3! 21.0) 0 1 6} o} oO Yo gf 1 He eee o| o} 2 2 2 21.3; 8 142{ 8 als 0; 0" 110 10 1,9 5] 1 oO} 2 12 o 1 Foro 9 1-3 3-5 Hans earned—None. Total bases on clean hits—Cincinnati, 11; St is, 133, Zwo-baee bite—Gonld, Hastings, and Nichols. it fescued first base—Cincinnatt, 14; St. ¥ ; Dorgan, 1. Py balls nussea—St. Louis, 1.” pionble plays—Jones, Hastings, and Foley, 1; iti ana Dehlwan, 2. rue Cf gume—Two hours. apire—Walker. LITILE ONES. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune, Wixoxa, Minn. Aug. 4—The Clippers, of ;Nuoua, Vest the Teed Caps at St. Paul ina Suind game iv-dav. Clippers, 10; Red Caps, 5. Hog dits—Cliopers, 12; Red Caps, 8. ~ jeute Rune —Ulppets, 3: Hed dd ue : : Reds sio4° ouTuursday the Clippers beat the Base hits—Clippors, 4; Red Caps, 0 Murw oer! Thewatcnito tre Towne. yllitwacnee, Auc. 4.—In the game toda HE vanesville Browus made 3 runs and the Atil- ys ves 2. Base bits, Janesville, 2; Milwaukee, 8, Junesvilid, S: Milwaukee, 6. - Th DEVINNSY VS. W’MANUS. = 7 af ls decided sensation of the week has been Tye eee made by Dan Devinnes, of Louis- Els; Asainet George McManus, Manager of the douis' Club. ft was partly, told ina short Di | here. - To discover Forth “more, fenerat knomleduey. for “which a followis 5 OF Thursday is givens "Ue Courler-Journat ‘This morning the Courler-Journat liye before its” readers a series of.damaging accusations azainst Mr. George Medznas, the MSnteer of the St. Louis esterday teorning it ee around that Dan Devinney, Staten aad Seat omens one of the fairest sud. the league umpires, bad stated too of the Loaleviile Directors that Manager NeMenes’ previously ‘to ‘Tuesday's game, had. offered bint 730 if he would work things to as to bring the Browns out on top in both of the games played whether thera was any trath in such rumors, & representative trom. this paper called on Devinney last night: between 9and10 orclock, and requested him’ to make a fall state ment of anything whick had occurred between Mr. MeManus and himself. The statement. was made At will be found to be very in- jWhen Titved in St. Louts, two years aga, Twas cm- payee by OER aula te arzame de, thruuch a course of rymuadam -pructice. Am lati: Biately acquainted with must ull of the Krown-Stocking players. and went to the ‘Fourteeath-street depot 15 Bieet them on the 10:59 train Tuesday morning’ “Ste- Manus came to inc and sald, **1 want to see sud at the ‘und Wished ie to ride up wita ulm in hla tac Ideclined, and walked up to ‘the Loulavitie Hote where Iiuet him fa the lobby. He as Toon. where he rst treated mic toanice clsar. He then told me that {fT wortd do the square thing for the ‘Browns and wanted to make anything, he would rive ine $250it I would turow tie two. be played with the Loularilies iu thelr (the Biowns') favor, and, if Twould do the same thing sn the two games to he layed by the Browns in Loularilly later In tho season. would give me $40, or} for vach re suid, **I will give you $S0.un the grounds after the Gest rs , and the rest az tue hotel at uignt.” ‘To accom- ‘pulan all thts te: e ve that ‘all strikes must be ed acy Be ee st were possible; that Derlio very’ tt me, asklog if ou nilght an wall we sea conte Hak i Ke {tend conte bac! St Louis well axed. You oausome there weet wae. Ti pet you 1a as a Learue umpire, and see that you ar well taken care of." fala not commit myself’ either one way or the other, and, arter sume farther talk. he sald: ** Well, Lexpect you had better leave me now. Chapman muy catch you here, and It'wouhtn't be safe fur hita to see sou.” “I did uot come to auy understand: {ugg with bi, and aa L left he reniarsod, ©* You do as i fell you and everything will bo all lett.” AU It requires tva Meue check.” atter coming from Mesianuy rosin J met Blong in the hotel rozunda, wha sald to me: * Burtls iyquite # sport, and bete bls moury on the Browus, He tort me to'tell you that he lad ils money up on them ta tne Louisville games. and for you to do ine falr thing by SE. touts," whicb shuply amounted va ly doluy the unfair thine toward Loulavitie, “1 ain wiiltug to make sworn adiiavit to everything Ihave ‘The Louteville veople have treated me so kind: did pot have the heart to give then away, ‘aitsough to a poor mau the (emptation fn the shape of Sy UIUC money Was very great. ‘So runs Devinney's statement, Manager Mc- Manus was met on Main street after thiy etatement had been made, and was aeked what be bad to sy about i He sald, ‘Notninz at all, omy be would take an oath ‘as to ita falelty.” “Ay Devin- ney and McManus are the only parties to the trans- actiou, und, a8 there ate no outside Witnesves, it is simply 3 question of verzcity between the two. One asserts and the other denies. The Courier- Journal believes the story of the former to be true. His tule was a plain and straightforward one, and was celivered in such 2 manner as to im- press one with its nccuracy. If there wus no foun- lation to" the slory. what object could Devinney have in making it publict He and McManus are on guod terms, no enmity exists cetween them. Nothing malicious, therefore. prompts such a damaging accusat‘on, und this circumstance alone furnishes toe most’ satisfactory evidence of its truthfulness, The times ure. indeed, out of joint, when the manuger of a base-vall nine hich up mm the world stoops to such ditty means 2s to attempt } to buy-up umpires and victories. ‘Tuo St. Louis Claw directory ix composed af as nice a eet of pun~ stlemen us ever lived. und tbe Courier-Journal ducs, not believe fora moment’ that they were aware of what ws goiugon. It looks a3 though McMauns and McUeary “were running hand-in-tand from the manner in which the former referred 10 the latter in his talk with Decinuer. Most Isely it was a private speculation between the two Mace, with probsuly one or more of the Brown-Stocking players in the background. In the face of all theag things, whose sworn azidsvit would carry with it the greatest weivht, that of Devinney or that_ of YacManus? By uccepting the terns offered him, Devinnes would now bave ocen $250 better off; by acting honorably. he gas nowing in wealth, but much in the estimation of all fair-ininded neuple. He certainly ceserves well for revisting a greet temptation ce conrageously. and then throwing a fluod of lizbt ongthe Tow, base, and dirty overtares made to hin, The St. Louis Clab officials owe it to themselves to investigate this matter from be- ginning to ‘end. S:nce the orzanization of te League tats Is the first down: i an dospire that has been met When it comes to bribecy being h to win games, the national sy Gad odor, A firm attempt stould be inade to it; and MeManus, with such dstwaging accusations resting against tlm, shold be made an example of, unless he thorouzhly refatey every one of them =a rather laborions-luuking task for oue men to undertake, 60 it would seem. — Interview Manager MeManaz, gentlemen’ of the St. Louis Club, and tcl om ‘thut there are only two alteruatives— either a complete vindication or an eating of dirt. “So far as thestatement fs coucernéd Taz Trip- Une bas no doubt that it is accurately report ed, but there is every reason to be suspicious of the chunés of chuivé morality which the C7. adds to it. .The'tirst question is, of course, Is the story’ true? The answer’ to that affects every club in the League, and the game itself; and yee~it will be hard to agree upon said. answér, There seems absolutely no testimony except that of the tvo principals, who flatly contradict each obxer. Turning to the charac- ters of the men, there is no gatisfaction ta be found; Devinney scems, to put the matter mildy, to be capable of getting along without Work; and, whew recently asked. not one of the Directors of the Loa:syille Club could say tbat ixnew him to ever work or ever have auy sible means of support. He certainly has no standing in the community where he lives, Concerning bis umpiring a word further on. ‘The case of McManus 13 different; he was connected with the St. Loufs Ciub us ticket- seller uuaer Graffen, having graduated into that state ay has, position from a Gircus-wazon, aud was made “manager” bet e some must have that title. se is, however, ouly business agent, and what ‘managing is done is by McGeary or sume Director who. goes along. McManiis is shrewd, sharp, cunning, and has never shown any indications of being over-scrupulous, He would not learn that cituer in Dan Rice's Show or in the St. Loms Bali Club. - tis utter non- sense for any St. Louis paper to play the old dodge of * iis position in:this comunity and the respect of our well-known citweus,” ete., ete. No! that won’t fit on McManus at-all. ‘Tiere is nothing really known about the men that renders it improbable that McManus woutd offer ty “square” the game, or that be would deel otherwise ‘than periectly free to offer money to Devinney. -On the other hand, there is no record in Devinney’s case that would en- title his Story to be believed. or that would re- F move the suspicion that, if the money had been offered him, he would have pocketed it. Tv be sure. according to the story, Mac didu’t propuse to pay in advance, aud.so get “ crossed.” There is no particular preponderance of testimony, and, While St. Louis swears the story ig talse, and Louisville aflirms that it is true, Chicago contents itself with saying that it cannot make up its mind from the wstimony which is right, bur it is sound in the behef that, MieManus is capable of haviue made the offyr, and, on the other hand, Devinney is capable of baving hed about the whole thing, ana made up the whole BLO! The St. Louis defense consists in'the follow- ing attidavit by McManus: George McManus, being daly eworn, upon his oath says that the statements made by one Devin- chargiug him with attempted bribery, are Wy untrue and false; that he aad no converga- tion with Devfimey im relation to the zames to be played in Louisville between the Louisvilies and St. Lonis Clubs further than that he told the eaid Devinney that he did not have nerve eviough to give a visiting club a square deal. to which Devin- ied that he had nerve enongh to give the Ie Club the two cames played with the Bos- tons. That the charges made by Devinney that he, McManus, offered the eaid Devinney 3230 to give the two games to the. 1. Louis Ciub, or $400 pro- Vioed the St. Louls Club beat In the games to be played ia Louisville fater in the seasou, is also ua- true and wholly false. That at the time he saw guid Devinney he had not more than $30 in his pocket or about his person. ‘That the charge wat he showed the said Devinney £100 and told bim that taut would be aninducement io give the games tost. Loute is also untrue, a he bud no such f money about him, Sous is Gsorcr McMaxts, Manager St. Louis E.-1. Club, radiana, Marioa ‘County, 'ss.2_ Subscribed an ee Gators mes corse U. Binghym, a Nota- - ‘and for the sald county and ptai Ty Public in and peed U- Dinguas, Notary Public. Up to the time that Devinney makes on oath | to his statements Mac hasa shade the best of him. -The idea advanced by St. Louis papers is that Devinney was set up to do the job by Louisville managers eur of spite because Devlin and Snyder had been taken away. ‘One snore Word rizht here: If the St. Louis Club or McManus made any such play as they are charged with, they showed more. foolishucss than men generally do—especiaily so “slick ones as they have shown themselves to ‘be; don’t they know that Louisvillecan pay as much as they can: and can they not consider that Tom Sherley bas more money taan they have for any purpose that he wishes to use itt [twasa | foollsh play on Mac's part, if be made it, It was infinitely less dangerous for Devinuey to take Louisville money than it was St. Louis, There are men .who would ‘say off-nand that “wnen Devinney .savs- in his statement, “I did, not eounnit myself one wav or the other, be meant that he went right out to sec if-the other side would come up to Mac’s tigures. When he found they would, then he began to play the iusulted-houor fake. |. The only bit of history which Chicaga has.to. add to this case is that lust Tuesday, the day the St. Louis was:to play Louisville, a gentleman who is well known asa friend and pal of Me Manug’ brought his roll into a pool-room of this. city, and took every bet offered. on Louisville, running the odds up from 10 to7 to evens. He staked $1,200 in the box, and then. owned up bis name and business, aud ooasted that he was 10 sure. He lett his $1,200, lowever. If the dine to nis | ae: {Win St.-Louts Club wants this man’s name and what he said about them printed, they can have it. ‘ ‘ Tlie saddest thing about tlie decurranceis that {+ When rogties fall out, then “honest men shall get theirdues.” It is doubtful whether Devin- ney won't want to umpfre right along in the same way he always has, and McManus will con- tinue to press Burtis on. visiting clubs with as much caze aud carelessness a8 before. The at- tempt on the part of Devinney to make a repu- tation out of the affairis aclear fizzle; be-has beed all the feasoh a dead failure as a ‘fair’ um- pire, and bislitest story (if proved true) would’ ouly indicatd that his reputation throughout the country was.that of aman who could be bribed, and that he ‘was a man whom any manager could safely offer money to. Deyinney’sactions ‘under the writer's eye-were not those of a fair man. nor-of a gentleman. . In the game of May 8L-be insulted Mr. Spalding, Captain of the -Chiengo teain, after — having deprived -hie Club of arun jn the most bare- faced manner by a decision which the chief of | the Louisville Club told a Trincxe reporter was “outrareous and scoundrelly.” “But,” added_he, ‘tne has given us the worst of it ye- | fore; I suppose some of the boys have talked Bim over!” Lest there should be some doubt abont the relative merits of St. Louis and Louisville on the umpire question, Taz Txipune begs leave toadd that there is no difference between Bur- tis and Deviuney, except that the universal de- cision of the Hartford, Boston, Cincinnati, and. Chicago Clubs is that Burtis is not so genteel about his stealing as the other mau, ‘The ob- Ject of having both men umpire is identical, and the result is generally the saine, It bas before been noted: in these columns that the idea of ‘getting ‘two reputable citizens and one scalawae-- made umpires originated in 3 Louis, and was quickly adopted by Louisville. Then both cities induced the reputable citizens to withdraw} and both utterly refused to have any one but the other fellow umpire the games. He was-paid by the home club; and generally earned his money. If Mr. MeManus attempted to pay one of tliese chaps to steal the other way for once, it must. have been from the intimare knowledge which he had of the ways of the two men. Blong’s assertion aboye, that Burtis Dets on the game in St. Lous, is wild and fool- ish, becaus¢ to bet honestly presupposes the putdes-up. of something. 1t would not raise a air on any man’s head to know that Bartis vet. $50 with either McManus or any member of the St. Louis Directory that the Browns would win auy game where he was umpire. That would bea bet that Burtis couldn't lose very well. It would, however, come under the ‘Illinvis laws, and therefore we are not likely to have him umpire over east of the Mississippi River. The whole Devinney-ScMauus matter is dirty and disgraceful from end’ to end. Either of two things 15 trae—MeMauus fs a scoundrel and a briber, or Devinney isa liar and a thief.” A League club manager on the one band, and the ‘pet, favorite, aud partistth of another League club on the other. Ouv of them inust be an intinite scouadrel—and both = may be~ aud the whole thing is a disgrace to the participants, to their, clubs, to the Leacue, aud to the national game gener- ally, Under Lezgue raleg (See. 1. Art. Vii1 Louisville hes a right to bring compl: against McManus, aud every moment wh thoy delay will add to the suspicion that they are’ fostering a malicious Mur in the person of Devinnes. le ovens the fight; if now it does uot prosecute it, it will be a ‘confession of the falsity of the charges. Call on the Board at once, gentlemen; produce your case, or own up. Hulbert, Soden, und Bulkeley will adjudze for you. You can’t’ afford to wait a moment. Anless you back up your charges, you lay your- selves open to euspicion. Every ball inan is: ‘wating to see what you will do. * Let's see you act! TUIS WEEK'S GAMES. Louisville will play Tuesday aud Thursday in St. Louis. The Bostoos and Hartfords will play in Brookiya Tuesday and Wednesday, nnd in Bos- ton Friday and Suturduy of this week. 5 The Milwgukee Club annouuces the following mes: Aus. 4 and 6, Indianapolis: Aug. 3, ‘incinnati; ‘Aug. 9 and 10, Louisville; Aug. 16, St. Louis. E The Cincinnati games for this week will be: Monday, Cincinuati ys. St. Lonis at Cincinnati; Tuesday anil Toursday, Chicagos at Chicago; Wednesday,’ Milwaukee at Milwaukee; Satur- day, St. Louis at St. Louis. -The Chicago rames for this week will be: Monéary, Lonusvilies at Louisville: T jay and Thursday; Cincinnatis at Chicavo; Satunlay, Louisvities qt Chicago. It was hoped that a change could be made in the Louisville sehed- ule to accommodate a differeut and better notion, but it appears that all duys necessary to complet: the scheme are taken. A letter from an officer of the Taitianapolis }+Club, daied Friday, gives the fotlowing as the route-and dates for their Northern trip: Aug. 4and6, Milwaukee; Aug. %, Winona; Aug. 8, 9, and I1, St, Paul; Aus. 10,’Minneapolis; Av: 18, Milwaukte; Aug. 1fand_ 15, Chicazo; Aug. 16, Logansport; “Aug. 37 and 18,’ Alle. ghenys in Indianapolis. The letter adds that the Club is seriously broken sp by the lameness of Nolan and the tilness of Houtz and Warner. Alater telegram from Inds olis says that the Club intends to put off its trip for a week. THE CHAMPIONSHIP, The Louisville Club by three victories last week’ put itself on what seems a winning lead for the pennant—or would if {t were not for the dangers of the coming Eustern trip. Followiny, fs tie table, without the Cincinnati 81n0T “IS i crtzs. st anqaenoy [enon sang ‘The state of the play with all six clubs in is ns follows: 20 #3 2 Es § cupEs, FY . ca Louisvil Bl St. Louis. 4 Boston. 5} Hartford. 4 Chicazo 4 Cincinnati. ‘Games lo: ‘The recapitulation is: Clubs. Louieville. St. Lonis: Boston. Bartford Chicago Cincinnat LEAGUE-ALLIANCE CHAMPIONSHIP. Some time ago.an enthusiustic reader asked for a table showing the standing of the Clubs in the League Alliance. At that time Tue Trin- UNE reporter promptly onfessed that he hadn't the figures at hand to make the table of. And now comes. the kind-hearted Secretary of the Indianapolis Clu, Mr. Charles G. Yobn, and furnishes the table from figures woich he has kept. Let him consider bimself properly thanked. Below is the table coyerlug all games played up to last ulebt: ‘ghodouDipuy 5 2 a = @ ee 220000 21-0 100 yooon0 +600 000 i. 0 clo 0 05 1.0 100.100 00 1 600 25., 10006 ooo cua oorcoa 010 8 2-1 2 ; THE GAMB IN MINNESOT\. Specici Correspondence of The Tribune. St. Pach, Aug. 2.—Siuce my Iasi tue Reds. hare suffered two defeats at the hands of the Manchesters, the scores being 5 to 0 and 9 to 5. Early in the second (;—0) zame, Miller, second baseman of the Reds. was disapted by peing run into by baserunner. The ‘injuries sustamed prevented him from retainiug his position ‘in that game..and from playing in the next. To | his absence. may be attribuied the. loss of. the last game, the second being clearly won on the merits of Suigg, pitcber for the. Manchestera, the Reds.only getting one single... They did much. better’ in. the last. game, getting nine. siugles off Snigz and Barnard, and would hare won the game with Miller on second. Minne- apolls lost two games to the “Manchesters by scores of T to 4 and 3 tol. Ciipns Bee for by “the “Er! locs not prove the truth of the proverb, | it has oven strengths . One Weel ‘because! were yesterday defeated" by’) “the “Minne. anolis” ‘Browns, 6:.to 0 .)Tp-day-. the: Clippers played: the Red Caps, resulting ina vietury for tne C i ers by a score of Sto L. AY yory unpleasant episode ovearréd -here, grow- ing out of the. visit of the Manchesters,'which wili thoroughly test the virtue of the Leacae Alliance. Oscar Walker, late of the Memphis~ Reds, and, later still of the St, Paul Rea Capa, | openly and grossly. violated. bis contract by joining the Manchestera in direct opposition -to | the’ wishes of. the. Red-Cap _ managers, who positively -refused to release him.-‘ The cireum- | ca connected With the case are briefly | Immediately on. the disbanding of the Memphis Reas, thy Red Gaps opened telegraphic correspondence with Mr. Walker, which eticitcd | the tact that he was at liberty. “He was then asked to name his terms. This he did, and. was replied .to that nis terms were accepted, and that his ticket :would-be tel- egraphed bim. This was done, and. In due time’ he presented himself in St. Paul. - Shértly after this contract by s guing the vague uotice,’ which was forwarded to Mr. N. E. Young, Seeretary of the National League, No evidence of dissatisfaction was visible. until alter the advent of the Manchesters, when ‘he . commenced talking about getting tris release; presumably at tne instance of. Mr. Clark, snan- | ager of the Manchesters. Wien formal applica | tion was made for it, it was refused; neverthe- less, in the dace of ‘all this, and with Manager’ Clark’s full cognizance of the facts, Mr: Walker- leit on the train with the Manchesters, and:was presented ou the Milwaukec ground as a player in the Manchester nine. Itis 95 agerayated a case of revolving” as ever cursed the season of 1876, and it ig to be hoped that the machinery | of the Alliance will effectugily impair the cul- prit’s useiulness for 1877. ED Cap. MILWADKEE ITEWR . To the Lattor of ‘The Tribune, Mitwavser, Aug. L—Tuuitive. may inter- est some of your readers to know .something: concerning the Milwaukee Ball. Club, I take the | liberty.ot sending you a few facts regarding their progress. In the first uf .the season the, Club was Without a rezulur pitcher, but was. ex- | perimenting with indifferent materisl with but. poor.success: This fact, aided by.Joose playing ofthe other members, resulted. in the lose of 10 games out of 19 played, the Club winniue S, and playing one draw game, and making a total of 123 runs against 100 for their opponents, Nego- tiatiuus were then entered into with B. Weaver, pitcher of the Athlctics of ‘Philadelphia, which terminated in the engagement of that. player: The ‘addition ‘of Weaver aud several: ‘other materially strengthened the Club, and cessfully brought out what strength it “hed. 4 ‘The club bas valy lost 4 games ‘out of 16 played | since the accessions. The following tabie will, however, better show what the Club ‘has done Games.» -Per cent. LL. a) since its reorganization: Total. ..eeres soe Runs. Base hits. F Two-duse bi 8 ‘Three-pase hits. + ‘Yotul bases ou clean hits. aus EPTOrS .ccaunes- 200s The team now played is as follows: Bennett, c.; Weaver, p.; Mills, 1b.; MacDonald, 2 Morgun, 3b; Redmoud, s.s.; Dalrymple, 1 Turner, c.f. Andrus, r. 1. ee THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORD, ~ ‘To the Editor of The Trib IsDIaNavo.is, Au. 4. fut, prugramme for the Indianapolis Clab titis week called-for-five League games, all tive of which have been played. The two games with the Bostous resulted in the defeat of the home club on Monday—t to 0; and on Tuesday in a tie—t to 4. On Wedues- day the Blues went to Cincinnati and: captured their club. by a-scoro of 8 to &.. On Thursday. the twelve-inning game with.St, Louis was a tie 3 to 3. . "The Indianapolis Club played In Jityetghteen ames.- Of these it won ten, lost four, and bad four tica. The Club has reseived threo series of goose-ergs during the month,—two.from Bos-, ton atone from Chicao,—and given tive,— one each to Louisville, Milwaukee, and the Syra- cuse Stars, and two to the Manchesters. ‘The Jast Clipper publishes an alleged record of the games plaved by the Blues.with the Stars. As it appears out of the question for this paper to be accurate concerning Western clubs, permit me to give the true record: . Date. dnd. Star, ar 5 April 25, 3 0 ‘April 37 o. June 13 -t dune 18 6 June 18 0 duly 17. 0 duly 24. 7 duty 5 ‘Total. ai SiayedsegeleseddOl 0 By the above it will be seen that we have beaten them. five games out of nine, four of which were whitewashes and one a tie. ‘Add to the above the gamesplayed with the Anleghe: Alle, 21 yr And we have a total of twelve games played with these clubs, with the following result: Won five, lost four, and three ties, with forty- five runs against thirty-six. GoosE-Ecu. THE WESTERN CHAMPIONSHIP, ‘The past week has added eight rames to the list for the We: Mahip, tnd tae re- | le a, lead, pushing is ou H Chicaze . eel S Indianapolis. 7 i St. 1 23 cmmeii 6 83 of wou games to games ith Indianapolis, as shown by diauapolis, 03; Lonisvilte, 53; Chu- 0, .56; St. Louis, 43; Cincinnati, .30. SEMI-PROFESSIONALI Asa Brainerd is pitching for the, Alaskas, of West Brighton, Staten Island. + Mathews and Fleet bave been released from the Buckeyes, and have gone back to New York. ‘The Springticld (0) Clb have engaged John- son, late of the Fall Rivers, to help out Mitehell at odd times, : Milwaukee is talting time by the frontlock” by engaging for next year Mills, Bennett, An- Grus, and Weaver. Bennett is a good one. -And now they say that the Allecthenys want Shetzline, the ‘long-lesed second-baseman of the Athletivs. Seems to take a heap of men to Keep that Clud full. ‘ ‘The new Logansport base-ball grounds cover about six acre nd lave an amphitheatre hold- ing from 500 to $00 people. ‘They overlook aud afford a fine view of the city. A Philadelphia paper notes that the final dis- bandmeut of the Philudelpnias took place July 23. They have been so lony in a balf-dead state that the burial excited no notice. . The rumor that the Maple Leaf team, of. Guelph, Canada, was to disband, has bdeeni squelched by tite action of the stockholders in voting to carry the. Club through the year aushow. The Buffalo Express announces that nine pro- fessionals have been secured for a tenn in its city, but dues not give the names... Quite likely they may be'some of the busted Eries and ex- iled Rochesters. It is rather a singular thing that the ladianap- olis Club hes uot been able to beat Chicago more than twice out of six games, while it nas beaten Loufsville four out of five, St. Louis Lhiree) out of four, and Cincinnati three out of uur. Py Several cities have been anxious to havea tournament of the Star-Indiauapohs-AHegheny Cluos take place within their limits, and the Jatest and cheekiest claimant {5 Philadelphia, Waich has starved two clubs todeath this season already, and wiuts to gct a show at three more. _A note froma gentleman in: Winona, Miun., exults over the success of the home nine since ed by the Erie additions. The game with the Manchesters, where the Winona team hit Snigg for thirteen first ‘bases and twenty-one totals, was a good sign: Utica, N. ¥., is expecting.to have a profes- sional team fur next seaaun. The stock of the fon ig fixed at 3,000," of which the larzest part bas been taken. A levy of 23 per. cent of the full amount will be made in Feb- ruary, and the other calls will follow in. April and May. © The gentlemen who are at -present interest- edin the Athletic Club have stood by it nobly for years. They have not hesitated when the Club was in want to draw on their private re- sources, and when tbe. old orgunization was gusping in death, at theclose of the sexson of 1876, they came forward nobly and gave us the present honest’ and reliable players.”"—Phila- tiem. And then they nobly told the players to whom they o:ved soine thousands or: dollars that they could whistle for their money. They have continued this.**noble "conduct all Words uséd fa diet? ete... The of the Chicago Cl the “Nolin” paper” even: grateful, but says, thst ers ig an alinstoy jo cour grapes in the etter.” . Now, 5 yy re tok thes i i f le P| thepeople, and nz your club anc in assert that we couldn’t getieit we wanted it? Don’t, "Mr fodisnas” partes, be more of 2 bloody fool ‘than you can elp. fy deh ; ; public about thé «infamous con- | ‘next week, when. 4 is foot the President : 8 this rumur, cht tut - “BOMR.OF MOS? sons, - The motto of tiie Louisville Club: There's | a Devinner-ty that shapes our ends.” wh . couriainest yrill coamibore at ON. Y., to-morrow, and $500 will be ; Prizes. Paid clubs will all be barred. “Half a dozen paragraphs are to the effect that. Larkin'is'to'be retired from the ford team, and his place filled by Rule. “Reason not given’” Chaplain White had a perfect burrsh on his Western trip. His latest acnieverment vas.the: longest ‘hit ever’ made’ on the grounds?“ in’ {ndianapolig the last ‘game but one. ar ‘The Onwards, who claim the junior champion- ship of the city, yesterday defeated the Enele- wood Red Sox by a score of 21011. The win- | ners made sixteen hits and fourteen runs in the third inning. : oa 1 The season of rumors about the engagements ‘of men for next year having “begun, it is said in St. Louis that'Harry Wright wants Blong. It St. Louis should expel him, it would be only his third tine. - ° “The Courier-Journal figures .out that .tho'| batting and ‘ficlding strength of-the-five. League clubs and the Cincinnatis is in the following | order:. Louisville, Hartford, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, ‘The application made by Bechtel tothe League to be purged of his expulsion by the Lowls- villes has resulted fn a failure to whitewash. ‘The Board refused’ to rescind the: sentence. Bechtel'says that he will bring the matter be- fore the League meeting in December. A paragraph is dodging about through the | papers avd: conveying the information that.a mau tamed Wright killed another named King | ina ball-game at {Fair Haven, Otsego County, N.Y." The back of the story tan ve broken by noting the fact that there is no such town... Snyder and Devlin each get a salary of 32,000- ayear from the St. Louis Club,—just $500 a year more than any base-ball player is worth, ¢0 evlin says.—Courier-Journa!. But they haven't rattled any of {t around’ fn thelr pockets yet, baye they? ‘Next year is a long time away. Somebody asked the Providence Sunday Dis- pus to print a table showing the standing of eazue clubs, but it flatly refused on the plea that it was impossible to get at the true records of ‘the clubs. Nobody will-ever know sbott those records until szow flies, you can assure yourselves. The Droadnaughts and Acmes played their third game for the Chicagd ameteur champion- ship yesterday afternoon on the grounds corner of Indiana aud Oakley streets. The result was a wactory for the Dreadnaughts by a score of 13 toll. Hays, catcher for the Acmes, was struck in the mouth in the sixthinning and had three of his teeth broken. Spalding seems to have fonnd, after several yeurs’ trial, his proper position—secoud base. in the comparatively few: gaines which he has played, he has made the best record of any player in the position, His marvelous quick- ness with the cye and hand make up for his un- promising build, it haying always been eunsid- Cred--that a spare, spry, small man-made the best player fer the place. The 7-0 game io Louisville does not appéar: 80 brilliant when it is shown that the winners, took five runs after two men were out by an awlully wild throw of NcGeary’s. To judge trom the newspaper reports, it must have been, one of those unexplainable misplays tue like of which they court-martialed him for last season. “The Directors ‘wish it understood thst every metber uf this year’s team can get a re-enguge- ment next season.” —Glude-Democrat. Walter Spalding, who bas to bear the heat and burden of the questioning when A. G. is away. wishes to be promptly and accurately in- formed why itis that wheu the Whites lose a | me from 300 to 500 people come into his store and-demand to be iniormed “ What's the mat- ter with tue boys now!? and when the cla! wins he never sces anybody by any chance who wants to know what the matier is. Explana- tions of these remarkable phenomena may be sent to.118 Randolph street. The New York T¥orid has collated the folowing statistics of what ft calls extraordinary gaines: Games of 10 inninzs..29 Games of 18 innings.. 1 Games of 11 iunings..12 Games of 18 joninis.. 1 Gates of 12 Innings..11:Games of 19 fnniugs.. 1 Games of 13 mninge. james of 24 innings... 1 Games of 34 innings. . poe Gantes of 15 tunings... 2] Total .. +1285, Of games won by s score of 1 to 0 no Iess than twexty-seven are recorded, four being marked by extra innings; while five other games have been marked by scores of 1 to 1. ; ‘The Cincinnati Fiaquiver complains of one of the Directors of its home club, and says: “The point raised is this: No Director or Manager hasa right to rebuke his men in public, al- though convinced that they are wrong. Second- ly, No Director has a right to enter the ball- field during a game. It 1s done at no other place but in Cineiunati., The question arises now: ‘Is Addy Captuin of the nine? If he'ts ‘not, then how many Captains has it, and which of the Board of Directors are the Captains? ‘There were three of them. on the field one day a week ago at the same time.” Ben Douglass, formerly Sccretarsy of the Hartford Base-Ball Club, is engaged in obtain- ing stock subscriptions to thé amount of $5,003, to-be used in forming a corporatién and secur- ing a first-class club for Hartford next season. ‘hie project has received liberal encouragement, and such gentlemen a3 Frank Brown, C. E. Porkina, Me. Bunce, -3.-R. MeNary, and ‘others have taken stock. Jt is proposed to engage York, Higham, Caroy, aud several others whoze names have been long identified with the Hart- fords, but_ if is stated thut Ferguson is not wanted: In many respects it will be the old club under.anew management. Morgan “G. Buckely, the present manager of the Hartford, . will not, it is reported, have any connection with the new corporation in an official capacity, although his counsel..and advice could not fail to be beuelicial, and will no doubt be frequent- ly asked. The Hartford’s ball grounds will probably be leased bythe new corporation.— boston Herald. It seems unatterably foolish for any Western paper to claim the champlonsliip for this sec- tion. ‘ The'main question has not’ been consid- ered at all; people refuse to remember that the three Western clubs who are contesting for the pennant will shortly go Eust. and ‘play Harry Wright and Ferzuson on their own grounds four games each. Does sny sane man believe that they are to be allowed to win any considerable propurtion of those games?. Not at all. Look at the rdcord: The three clubs played thirteen games East a few weeks ago, aad St. Louis won one- and: Louisville two—or an segregate ot three ont-of thirteen. ‘The robbery: in -some cases Was as Outrageous a3 any ever shown ‘in §t; Louis, aud the Boston papers openly con- fessod that Harry Wright’s ampire stole games and delivered them over as he would any other piece of loot. Boston.is not inthe best of tem- er over berclub’s treatment in St. Louis and Louisville, anc if a dose isn’t fixed up for those clubs, way, then Harry Wright don’t know the ropes, and who cau you get to believe that! The lead which-the Western clubs (saying as Ilt- tle as possible about Chicago) have won can hardly carry them over eigit games each in Bos- ton and Brooklyn. °° QUESTIONS ANSWERED. Cc. and C.—*'M bets B that Anzon is a better thrower -than McVey; who wins?" - Ansicer—The relative merits of players, except by the record, are not estimated by this colume. Losen—*‘ Where is Remsen; why don’t he play with St, Louis; why wasa't he in Louisville with thom this weel Answr—The St. Louis papers any be is attending **a sick relative” in Brooklyn, and H.—‘*Don't you think this team could wine the dhanolonauior Powers, c.; Goldsinith, 7 McVey, 1b.; Peters, 2b. 3 Anson, 3 b. 5H finan, 8. 6. ; Leonard, 1.°f.; Hall, c.f; and_E: gler. r-f. 7". Answer—No: it contains onlyQfour Sood batters, and is weak in three fielding” posl- tons. : aie Sontu—(Q):'*Which game on record (profes- sional or, ecmi-professional) nas the greatest per- Ceutaze of runs? (2) Who was the pitcher of the Chicago Club in 18722" Answer--(1) No man ‘cau know from your question what you mean} per- centage of rung to what? (2) ‘There was no’ Cai- cago Clad in 1372, Fe BR. B.D, Wankesha—'+ Where. did. Harbidge come from and when did. he join the Hartford Clabt” .Answer—He joined the Hortfords from Hurrlébarg, Pa., in 1875—was vicked ap by Fer- gason while playing there. Whether he was raised in Penasylvania or whether be came from New York the writer does not kiiow. - A., Brookville, Ind.—(1) ++ What wes the result of thie Chicago- Loganseort game lavt Monday? (2) Was Dick Hisham exer expelled from the Hartford Clab? °(3) What player of ‘the ‘Chictgoa has “the highest batting average this year?" “Answer—{1) Nothing was télecraphed to any of the papers here, but 2 ramor placed tho score -at Chicago, 23} Logans, 1: .(3) He was not; ho was honorably. re- lenged.” (8) McVey... |. z S:, Cedar Rapids—(1) A bets -B that in a certain through season 60 far, and have not paid ». player up. All their men who could get away have done so to escirie starvation. India a 5 bl they get roaring -an Chieazo is tryidg ‘tee are! wWeitte | abe ne ioe E[ paged” betteen sevui-profersionala, game of ball the winning nine will make-s score of 2 to 1, orbetter; the score was 3 to 0; who wins? (2). What is the shortést recorded time ‘for :a game, of ball” Answer) A wins: 3 to0isa mach better soora than 2t6.1. (2) Cannot answer this; ia no. ‘such’ récord, but - unquestion- have _ been of whom _ shortest nite fair to accuse, us of steal 4 : ‘3nd @ man on secund; ‘The score was-4 to 2 irfayor of the St.’ Loniy, ai tha thme is given ax one hour and Ave minutes. ‘When a striker takes Mla bese‘ scree deduct neh time from at?” -Ansocr—He si Rot DUEIE in atalls for Instance, i'm placer gute to the plate five tnaes.in a came; is put out,or makes: Hirt base.on a hit or am-errar, twice, and takes bia j ; i-then the. aeorer. should k him as only twice at bat.” Jngt simpl: ¢ ‘basegon balls from that part of the recoege > G HA ="" Please decide this: two banits out! nu the striker made a tiro-base, Bit, gud, in teyinz to get to this he wasn ase -at the same time thal the runner from’ second . touched the home-piate; shold the rua count?” Answer—No; not according to your showing: he must have touched the -hame-plate clearly before the thied hand was out or. the run. docs not eount. 22d-"'Tf not too mach trouble, will you ‘please’ give me the number of base hits made” im tke lest leu Leagme sames -Uinéluding both Cineinaati, games). by McVey, “Anson, Peters, Hines, and: Glenn; a-friend aud:self have some smail.-bets on. its" . Anewer—MeVey, 19: Anyon, 12; Peters, 153. Hines, 103 Glenn, 10,” ‘These are from summaries {elegraphed to ‘Vive. Tiiose. and you could. a0 q rent results. by. taking’ paper's scores.” Na ERE AY: alle M. E, G.. Indianapolis—*a bets it th Bostons will beat the titan ane bibs ae sae tain day; the.two ‘clibs play eight Innings and” leave olf, the seore'being 4 to 4; who.wina, If auy~ body?" “Ansirer—The bet in the case you speak of isadraw. "The zame to waieh you evidently refer- was drawn 4 consent.-“Ifthe Indianspolis Club-- had claimed the game “under the rules. and the umpire had. given it to them, the bet wauld. have followed his decision. C, W.—'!Who would be called the champtons to- dey (July 29).{f no more gaines were to be played; - Luuisvilic has won Sfteen and lost ten, while St. Louts has won sixteen gni_lost twelve; which i3. the hest record?" Avswer—Under League rules, tue clab which ivins most games, revardless of what It has'lost, takes the fag, ' The conmon- sense way of looking at your question is, however, ~ that Louiville has won 60 percent of all games played (at the time the question was written) waile ‘Sti Louis hay won only.o7 per cent. The League would award acconliug to the iret plan, though the real test of ment would .be the sec. ond. : Bostox—‘* Boston, July 26.—In your baso-ball column last Sunday you {informed one of your cor- Teapondents that a ‘*ball which tauckes.the bats- man after he has struck itis dzad™ (the quotation isa free one) under Sec..8.0f Rule IV; It seema” to metebe an ertoncous deciviva, in thata Jue Dall ceases to be **a bajl.delivered to. the bat,” £0 , faras thit rule is conceraut, a8 -soon as it has been struck. “Does nut Sec. ILof Rule V better suit the case? If Tam uot mach mistaken, the word “s*player,” . wherever used, . in. that ot. any other rule, is intendad to mean . batynue .as "well. as - elder.” Auswer—The point is well wien, though it weeny at least doubtiul whether the common anderstand- ingof the word ** player’ would be that given abore. ‘The regult of the interpretation mven above wonld be to iemore the fact of the ball’s having hit the striker at all and judze it from where Itstopped or was ticldud.. This ts-fair envugh, bet we sball here 10 educate our Weatern umpires aver on the -| point é ‘THE. TURF. THT MEETING AT BUFFALO: © ~*~ - which closed “last Friday cannot be sald t have been a success. In fect,.it came near be- ing a failure... Heretofore “Old. Buff’. bas- been the favorite: place in the Eastern circuit, but this year the ancient glory seems to have entirely departed. The crowds’ were smaller than for years,.and although the various eyents | Were well contested, there: seemed to be a lack. of enthusiasm among those who attended. The- Buflalo pzpers attribute the lack of attendance atid interest entirely to the absence of pool-séll-" ing, and, aa they.are in a position to judge, Tas. Trinunr takes - their. statements as worthy of befief. In former seasons there has always been something sensational in the trotting line:at the’ Buflwo meeting, and it was only last year that Goldsmith. Maid astonished the world by trot- ting. the fastest. three consecutive heats on recora over Baffato track. ‘This year there was nothing startliig, and the general opinion | seems to be that it was only the old-time.| reputation of the track that saved the meeting from complete failure... With regard to the resalts, they will be found embodied in the table of wiuniug horses which concludes this | article. It will be noticed that Rarus heads the ist with $3.Q00 to his credit. This is owning to | the fact that be, won both the 2:19 and free-for- ail races, Johv Splan having been induced to, start him ip the jatter by the managers. of the. track. Judge Fullerton having .peen drawn. on account ol lameness, Lucille Golddust, who stands next to Xarus, with 31,500, also trotted. in the same r: as thut horse, and captured second money ineuch. She is a better mare this -sesson “than ever before, and before the season closes will have won a good lot of money for her owners. Another feature of the miveting was the failure of the hiehly-bred mare, Dame Trot, to win any part of ‘the 2:27 purse, fn which sbe was entered. This mare 1s atull sister of Prospero, being by Messenger Duroc, out of Green Mountain Maid, by Har- ris’ Hambletouian. This strain of blood is Inghly faucied in New York, but its representa- tives, Prospero and Dame Trot, have thus far been unsuccessful when placed 'in races. where stamina ag well as speed Was needed to win. ‘The iollowing fzures reyarding the Buffalo nieeting will be of interest to thoae who like to huye matters down fue Number of heats trotted. Fastest beat, y Slowest heat ‘he table showing the winning horses, the records obtained by them, etc., is as follow: Rares .. ‘Consiin's Abdallah $3 Lacille Rolddust White Stockings Unknown mes’ Bogus. (Blue Bull... Versailles Giri.('S. A.D Mazomanie Scotland (G. Mount'n Banner} Blumb'rg's Basbaw| Hambletonian..... .; Wood's Hamolet'n| !Relinont. 200} None hing heat of tue class of yesterday was won easily by (Richard. In the sixth neat, Friday Banquo camu in insfde of the 150 yard flug-and outside of the 100 yard flag and was de- clared distauced. under tue rule. The owner entered a protest to be carried to the Coprt of Appeals. i gi CENTRAL PARK MATINEE. ‘The managers of the Central Park track were gratified yesterday by the preseuce at. their trotting matinee of a large audience’ of |Chi- eago’s most fashionable people. There were four races on the prozramme,—for horses of the three-minute, two-forty, and free-for-all, and a double team race. The iree-for-all was especial- lv interestlug, a fine field of horses, including Fravk Davis, Sam hirkirood,- St. Georse, Whalebone, and Bay Rattler taking part. Every race was Well contested,..und gave satisfaction tothe audience. The summaries are as follows: Central Duivixne Park, Cuicaao, ‘Aug. 4.— Trotting; free-for-all; best three in five; in har- ness: Cnarles Schwartz's b.g. Frdak Davies5 3 1 3 1 B. Mersereau'sb. z. Sam Rirkwood..1°1 2.4 2 F.-D.. Yaw's b, s. Bay Rattler... 2-571 5 S. We y 43 2ar we 5 4 5 de. H in. z 3 5 4 Sane, Daz— Trotting in ; in harmess: . HG. Goodrich's Gleawooi, 212 Thomas Evers’ Quaker Gir 133 J. W: Ford'a Poway: e908 22 oS Tine 245; 2243 Save Dar—Three minnte clsas;" best’ two In threes in harness: J. O, Sones Lady mes = » Willi: 8” Minnie D. P, Biases Pred Brie)... Cox's Kentucky Baile. Baine’s Printer's Iu! Tune—2 343355 wens Sime Dar—Doable team race; best three in'five” FRE reroaid’s Hull and Palmer, ......1°2 1-1 L Waizeii's Sallie K. and Frank G 12-2 5 Pime—2s4l5 22355 2249; . a. 2. &# PBOPITLESS -JOB.: viel Probably no class of .men. have a better opin- Lion, of: thi ves drivers of. trotting horses, especially those who have met with suc- cess... Some of the worst cases of big-head ever kuown have -oveurred.:anong this class, dat of. ‘|-tate years ottiere. has 4 erg. ehas. not been -so:much of thi shown, a5 the “high rollers” of the professiot ire beginning to discover that their absence fro:e_.- a meeting does not insure its absolute and tota*® failure. The tirst notabletastance of aprominen: driver assuming a warlike’attitnae In: tegard te a-particular track wus -in 1873, whea Bodé Doble and the Association at Rochester fell ont and Budd announced his intention‘of steering” clear of thst track in the future.. -The cause a the trouble was the free-for-ail race ut the Rochester ineeting, which. was trotted Aug. 14. 1875. In this race were Goldsmith Matd, Lula. American Girl; and Nettie started. The Maid won the first hear in 2:153¢, Lula trotting the next. three in 2:163¢, 315335... 3210, thus‘ achieving the doudle glory .. of dcfeating the Maid, and troating the fastest three - consecutive heats “on record. up t¢ that.time. Doble elaiined that the judges had treated him unfairly, and, as above ‘stated, de -clared that lie would trot yo more horses’ o¥es ‘the track. Consequently ‘his eutrics were not received last year, although his stable trotted a: every Other point in the Soptilaterst. Tae ab -sence of his horses was commented upon by press and public, and while ‘some criticised hit conduct, others applauded him for -aticking wy |. for whathe believed to be right when. it wat certain that he was losing money by so doing. Had bis “-horses been{ Satered, liowerer, it :highly protabie that the Maid would bave again suffered defeat in the free-for-all, as Smuggier Was 3 great horse that day, winniag the race in straight heats, the time’ being 2:158{, 2:15, ° 2:194{; and it is: the: opinion of experience: horsemen who were present that this time woutd have been bettered had there been a horse'in the race able to:put the stallion to bis But this year all is changed. Early: in'-the season Doble endeavored te. make arrange- Ments with : the tracks composing the Grand, Central. circuit, to. give exhibitions of speed with the laid, but: the - only one - that; responded favorably to his. pruposition was Roghester,.and ut. ita meeting. lone will the Maid.be shown. Dable, in speaking of the mat- ter, says that the Rochester Association elected anew President, and that be is therefore wit!- ing to trot bis horses there. “Still; horsemen. laugh slyly-aud insinuate ‘that Bud would have: gone anyway. : : ; “The only prominent sorehead this year is Dan * Mace. “He, in company with Frink ‘Van Ness - and Rand, the driver of Alten, were expelled last season by the Buffalo Assoviation tor alleged foul driving during the -2:83 race, which was ! wou by Tuorndale, and the circumstances of - which are familiar to the readers of- this paper. Inorderto wreak a fearful vengeance.on Buf-~ fato® the ancient Daniel did not enter. his horses : in the meeting there, which. took place last - Weg. Ils absence does not appear to have af-. fected the success of the meeting in the slizht- est degree, antl. by ext year Dao will probably : conclude that the efforts of one driver to break: upa meeting are apt to result in much the same, Manner as did the fight botween the traditional duit and a locomptiye. - ‘i ‘THE FALL CIRCUTT. * “Tus TewoNe two weeks 2zu aunounced that ° a@fall trotting circuit, Io which ‘Chicago’ wontd. take an active part, Would probably be formed, and now it fs able to give some further. thers “in regard to’ the matter. © The etreult will consist of Chicago,’ Miltyaukee, Sactuaw, and “protra- bly Grand Rapids. During the past week’ Secretary Boyle; of Dexter Park, has been corresponding with the managers’ of the avore tracks, and they have all siynitied their wilting- ness to fom in the. movement. The meeting at Dexter Park: will take place on Sept: 11, 15 13, and 14, and. daring these days $6,000 or over . will. be. given in purses... Bach of the other tracks with. give about thosame amount, and the prozramme at all the: points in the cirenit » will bethe game, the entries all closing on the sane day. ‘There cm hardly be a donbt that this circuit will be.a decided success, as among the notial Bore cat are pamast gortain to aa ‘tin it are Smugzler, lopel ite: red, . Slow Go, iazsmanie, and . perhaps. - a : Bodine. 5 <p yg, DEXTER PARE MATINEE. : . Next Saturday afternoon there will be a trot- - ting matinee at Dexter Park.” In pest years” these ovcasfons have been the “means of bring- ing out ‘some gf the largest’ auiliences’ of the’? seasun. There will’ be a number.of ‘races next © Saturday, all of wittch will be for gentlemen’s * roadstersonly. Col. Mansur has made ments wita some of Chicago’s best. known ‘cith ~ zens ‘to take part.in ‘the matince with thelr’, horses, and of the “entira success of the there'can scarecly be adoubt. ~ SARATOGA “RACES. Sabo Saratoga, N.Y., Aug. 4.—Rhadamanthi the big favorite in the mile-dasb, got the third place; Virginins, “which sold” lowest. fn’ the pools, the first; ahd Bombast second." The race for maiden Et beet olds, five farlones, ‘Was won by Pique, ers? filly second, War Dance thi aL eta ‘The two-mile-and-a-quarter race was won by Whisper,. Tom Ochiltree sevond, Athleen thi Time. 4:02. Ochiltree. sold away up-in -the ° pools, {Whisper fa the feld. . ~ celie ‘The mile-and-a-half.dash was won on sae Shylock second, Fairplay third: - 16, ; . A DISGRACEVUL APPAR. = ‘The Cleveland papers are at last-waking up to. - the face that the Irce-for-all ‘race at the revent ’ meeting at that place was a very snide and sus-- picious affair. The Plaindealer says of its : ‘The free-for-all race was an unfortunate close of ~ an otherwise. glorious. mesting. Everybody was ‘ disgusted with i, and even the judges were a0 dis-.. sanisfed with the heats that they elther did pot time the quarters or were go “ashamed of the time that they would not give -the record to the:report~’ Lula's driver on the-first scoring whipped her * until sho was ogly and obstinate, and on the acar~ ° ing for each teat Mace seemed to bresk Fullerton : parporely to make him aot badly. Nettie trotted - beautifully, but the time made in what ouyht to have been tae fastest of all the trots waa nausrat- ing. Better time was made ln every other class, ~ even the 2:34 entries, than the first heat of these cvledrated animals. Everybody knew that they could do far better, and that is whut caused the universal. feeling ‘of diszust.. Fullerton abould have, oren distanced. in the laat heat. Pcople are suck of suet bippodroming, Let ue have no more of tt. TRACK TALK. Thére were forty-one heats trotted at the Cleveland meeting. the fastest mile being 2:18 and tne slowest The averave time per mile be 23 48-82; being somewhat faster than in At the Buffalo meeting overybody was ex- cluded from the reporters’ stand except work~ ing reporters. Tbe same rule was enlorced at the recent Dexter Park meeting, and worked ad- mirably. Pek eicrt The. Indianapolis People-has discovered -ay- . other wonderful Maier the animal being -Jimn ° Miller, a horse that recently trotted upon a half mile track in 2:28. . Somehow or other the Peo- ple's world-beaters do all thelr fast trotting in the newspapers. ‘ ‘The stallion Almont Rattler, recently ene chased in Kentucky by George Bryant, of Clin- tor, Ia., for $3.00), ran away last week Sunday, while betug driven by bis owner to a top buggy. Mr. Bryant was thrown from the vehicle, but not seriously Injured. Mrs. Bryant and child, who remiafued fx the buggy, were also unin- jared, the horse veing stopped before runaiug fur. 3 The last day of the recent meeting at Mystic Park. Boston, was characterized ‘ by an attempt on the part of the driver of the mare Lady Rus- sclito “throw”? the 2:38 race. Russell won the first heat in 2:3034, and lost the next two In 2:36, 2:34. Jim Dustin was then put behind | the mare, and took the next two heats and race in 2:33, 2:35, Dan Jenkins, driver of Russell, was fiued $100 by the judees, and narrowly es OTHER sPOoRTS. THE GAMB OP RACKETS has- developed some leading players at O’Mal- ley's court, on the corner of Franklin street aud Chicago avenue. Frank Feron, Thomas Cullen, William . Skerritt, Thomas O’Mal- ly, and Hugh -Harrity bave played several fine mes during “the week. Harrity and Skerrin played, Ferron and Q’Mal- ley on 21 aces for three games, and Harrity aid. Skerrin- won. the best ‘two out of | three. On hand-ball negotiations are pending for 3 match-betwoen Callen and Feron and Har rity and Carmody, which may take place. Tues- day Skerritt aud Cullen played Mackey and . Seymour. The tirst game stood 21 to 20 in favor of Mackey and Seymour, and the second 21 to 13 fa favor of Skerritt and Cullen. “On the Sin aioe Mackey got beaten, and the game e THE RIFLE. : New Yors, Aug. 4.—fbe long-range match for the Saurpe prize of $250 in guid, open to all members of the National Assocation, was shot at Creedmore to-day, and was faterasting, as it covered all the ranges shot over in the cotapetl- tions for places on tho International team, The shooting was, on the whole, very oor. The wind ‘was “very treacherons. Maj. Fulton made the top score, which was only 192, out ofa possible 225 points. Allen soi Blydeuberzh made 137, and Rathbone was near the bottom of the list, with the score of 165. The other scores, were: W.H. Jackson, 1935 William Narrows, 187; Wallace Gun, 186; L. Weber, 154;.¥. Canfield, Jr., 180; F. Hxde, 172; G. L. Morse, 169; J.P, waters, 103; H. Fisher, ___, \PBDESTRIANISM. : Jobn Ennis'says that he-has $50 deposited. with the Chicago Fidd a3 s forfeit fora match with O'Leary, for 10¢-miles)’ walk tor. $1,000; also that he has deposited the same sum with the Clipper for the same kind of a: match with any-man in-Americs. He wants ‘to’ know why. O'Leary den’t respond. é t | i i i i j i | i i i i H