Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 26, 1877, Page 7

THE CHICAGO "TRIBUNE SUNDAY. AUGUST 20, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGE THE FIELD AND. TURF. Closs of _"the Saries BetWe«;,n the Chicago and St. Louis Clubs. Chicago Wins Eight Out of the k Fwelve Games, and Feels Happy. Probability that Boston Will Again Wave the Pennant. Lonisville's Giants No Good in the Cities of Boston and Brooklyn. Johnny recers Follows MeVey’s Example, arid Contracts to Play in St. Louis in 1878. Review of the Recent Great Trot- ting Mectings at the - ‘East. A Large Variety of Turf Notes for Lovers of Horse-~ flesh. BASE-BALL. CIICAGO DEPEATED AT ST. LOUIS. Special Dispatch to The Tribune Sv. Lowis, Aug. 25.—The Chicago-St. Louis rame to-day was characterized by the beaviest kind of batting on both sides, Dorgan, ‘Hines, Clapp, Spalding, and Peters leading. 1t wasa very exciting contest up to the seventh inning, whenavery wild throw by Hines let in two runs, and gave St. Louis a lead which was re-’ taived to the end. Blong started in to pitch, Lut Niciols relieved him in the second inning alter Peters, Hines, and Spalding bad made safe hits. ols proved quite effective, Ap- s striking out tiwice. The play of the visitors, in the field was loose, passed balls resulting from wild pitching causing McVey and Anson to change glaces in the sixth inning. Pcters played a per- fect gameat short, but Spalding; Glenn, and Eden committed the costly errors which lost the game. The St. Louislans gave a sorry exhibi- tionof outSelding, all but Dorgan, ut the in- fieiders did better, Croft’s display at first being thé best seen Lere this season. Peters to-day sigued a contract to play with the St. Louis Club in 167S. THE S5CORE- T|R[BIBP{A|E 5 2l 4 4 ol ol 0 2| 2 5 9 of 1 gl 2 11l 5 2| 2 313 1| 0 Yorce. &, 6. 3| 8 21 270 0.0 Eattin, 2 b. 5.1 2/ 3 3 81 Tlonz, p. and c. . 232 8111 Nichols, e f. and 5| 0f 0, 0 Of 4 3 Lee, L 1. EE] 2Io o 1 Total 45]12118 24, 27| 16| 8 il Eden, 1. f. 5| of of of 2f of 2 Meer, ¢ . 13 oo o 313 pson,'3 b, 30 12 121 Peters, 6. 8 3 2 2 8 3 50 ‘Hives, 1. 3 3 3 7 10 0 Spalding, 2b. 4 2t 3| 3 2 2! 3! Ezzler, ¢.1 5 1l 22 3l 00 Bradley, 5 1f of of o & 4 Glenn,” 1 b. 1 o 1) 1ju1) o 2 |30 8! 1414 BLXS SCORED. . ... 1234506788 - 30111022212 401010028 -Hines, +—Tetere, Passed balls—McVey, 3: Anson, 1; Clapp, 0. Runs carned—St. Louis. 3; Chicago, 3. Time of gawe—T1wo houra. Tmpire—ir. Charlee Boles. CHICAGO-ST. LOUIS SERIBS. TYesterday’s game in St. Louis having closed the championspip series of twelve games be- tween Chicago snd 8t. Louis, Tne TRIBUNE presents below ita review of the serics, made up from the official scorcs mainly. The list of games played is is follows: Date and place. May 17—Ai Chicago.. May 19—At ChicaZ May 22—AtSt. Moy 24—AtSt. Loni: June 26—At Chicago, June 25—At Chicaze July 2—At 5t. Lo :uly 22 Clapp, 1. Clapp, Terott, Battin, Chicago. St.Louis. £ 3—At St. Louis. .. . t Chiczgo. 15— At Chicazo Aup. 24— At St Aug. 25— At 5. Louis! 5 Bl onnbusoFiorae Chimfo +wins 8 and St. Lonls 4. = The following table gives the comparative performances of the two clubs as wholes, the fizares given comprising the total of the items for the entire series: '{ou) Avernge 10 3 game. Total errors gnndh Average to 2 game..... The table next following gives the records of the players in theitems of batting and ron-get- ting: TR s|5|5!s5315 |88 g|= F3531 8 = Bl 3]3%8 s a8 < | E]2 1855 s Chicago. NSRS HE I f2 b 1,088 H To| 19| 58| 14 1.17 a2l "3 1{ 0750 3l g 3| 1.00 12| 18 1| o9l 121 19 8| 0.6 12| 13 ‘.s! fl.ag 12 1 2 1 3| 0.1 1 4 2| 0.50 3l 2 0} 0.00 12| §| 9| 0.75 8 4f 2l 0.33 4| 2 4} 3.00 1| of of 0.00 1 2 5 0] 0.00 ) 16 5 0. 12| 16 10! )12 3 12 13 4 8 3 1| l4 g 2 1 2 3| 1 4 St. Louis ought to be by this time well satis- fied as o the superiority of Chicagoln bage-ball. 101875 each club won five games: in 1576, St Louis won six and_Chicago four; and this year Chicago gefs cight and St. Louis four. This makes the showing for three years: Chicago, 173 St. Louis, 15. BOSTON. V5. LOUISVILLE. Speciat Dispatch to The Tribune. 2 BosTox, Aug. 25 —At tho closeof the seventh i];n!ug of the rame between the Louisville :_nd ston elabs to-day there appeared not to bes zhost of a chance for the B«?swn: to win; they had made but four safe hits and hit lots of Dalls direct to fielders, and their opponents ha been tnaking extraordinary displays in the field. Tue home club had fielded poorly enough 10 give their opponents two rums on {four sing! ~Lase-hits, two in the fourth and two in toe seventh; four Louisvilles. bad been given Lases on called balls, and everytbing appe: 1o be goior wrong, ends first. _ Some slogzing Lits by Wrielt aud O’Rourke earned. & run in the eizhth funing, and “saved 3 whitewash, but, with two on bases, Craver closed the inniog by adoubleplay off White's hot liner into his hands. Devlin zave O'Rourke bis base io the Dinth, snd White drove him to second 0u 2 hot oue which bounced off Devlin's foot. O'Rourke got canglt off second by Soyder to Gerbardt, _Duthe made third on Hazue's muff of the tbrow from Gerhardt, White reaching second. Bl Bawopmeomenes! | valuable services; ole | s = ineflectual - attompt Lathem . inade ‘sn 0 ich Wi i d A ot - Mslisctul . withmnt | cokslp, Of branchss, WhiEh "h“mmm' well-timed grounder, and Morrill enabled White to score the winming run bv along fly to:Hald: The game was full of hurrahall the way through, some_brilliaut flelding being dona by” Lathawm, = Gerhardt, Brown, and. <Morrill, O'Rourke, White,” Bod, and’ Gerhardt led at . the stick, Twenty-five bundred, people were present in the fuce of 2 raia. until 1 o’clock and :| one of the most unpromising afternoons of the | season.. The tollowing is gy AT TRE_ 8CORE! 4 B[R | S|P [A}B R 3 o 1l o o 0 a1l 2ol of 0 8 1f2l's o o 4| oo 2 1f1 3 ol.1 of 84 4] of ol 2| 1t o 410/ -0}-1]70: O 3 ‘0 110] 2} 2 EEELTE 4| of ol12] ol o a0 191 2 4 1 1p1f of 0 4023l -0 of 10l 1 4'% 2| 3] 50 Snyder, c.. R Crowloy, c. of o} 0 [0l 6 56789, 000 1223 00100-2 LITTLE ONES. ° Special Disvatch to The Tribune. ! MILWAUKEE, Aug. 25.—~Thé Milwaukees bea the Alleghenys to-day Ina fine contest. Score Stod. he” home club pounded Galvin for twenty-one bases, while the Alleghenys got but nine off Weaver. s 383888882 waukect el - Alleghenys. 10001 2 g— H Errore—Milwankees, 3; Alleghen Earned runs—Milwaunkees: 45 Al henys, 1 Alleghénys, 12, ne. C1L, Aug. base-ball played tiere to-day by the Mutuals, of Chicago, and Blue Sacks, of this place, Was won b_v\ghn Igucr. Score, Sto 9. NEW YORK, Aug. 25.—The game between the Cincinnats asd Hartford Clabe wad stopped after the second inning by rain. Bartford; 33 Cincinoati, 0. e 1 ; THE CHAMPIONSHIP, On the homd-stretchi—or at least on the thira turn—the Louisvilles seem to be losing thielr wind, and their big lead i falling-off:: Another’ week of good: play by the Bostuns and Hart- fords will give the Hag to the former—and you can’t get a tear ora burrak out .of Chicazo, however it gocs. The .standing now Is as fol~ lows, the only change over Just week being that the Hartfords have dlimbed up oyer the heid of St. Louis into third place; we don’t seg.as much talk abont * Pass the Pennant This Wuy? as we uscd to in the'St. Louis papers: ool b, For the firs e in several weeks it makes a difference whether Cincinpati games are to e counted or mot. If they shonid be, Boston would rise over Louisville essily. Following is the showing: 2y boondbeudider ST S——— TN EE ERRE R 55.51:§;§x§ SiEislSg g3 GHipms FIEE S S & 38 28 194 Games lost..........} 17} Foliowing ic tho rocapriulation: Won. Lost. Flawed. 8 17 45 18 45 20 4 20 43 2: 43 83 42 THIS WEE! GAMES. ‘ The Chicago Club will arrive from- 8t. Louis this morninZ and will leave for their Eastern trip to-night. The foll programme for their montl’s play has been alresdy given in these The games for this week will be as columus. follows: Monday—Tecumsehs at London, Ont. At Buifalo. 5 ‘Tuesday—A 3 Weanesday—At Rochester. Thursday—Syracuse Stars at Ithaca, Frida; tars atr Syracuse. Saturdsy—Stars at Syracuse. The Cincinnati Club’s programme for this week is: I Monday—Philadelphise Tuesuay—Hartforcs. Wednesday —Ieetona Thursday—Bo3tons. . Friday—Lowell. : Satorday—Boston. . The Louisville Club is due to_play in Boston Titesday and in Brooklyn Thursday and Satar- ANOTHER BATCR OF RUMORS: Last Sunday’s collection of rumors . were 50 sucvessful in exposing the character of the nows put forward by some of the papers, that it is proper to coudense some of the fiyers for this week us follows: . The Globe-Democrat hears -that Hotaling is wanted in Louisville; that McCormick will piteh for Cincituati; that McKinnon will join & League nine; that the Stars have lost money 7| right along, and that it is likely that they will difbasd. 4 The St. Louls I{efuw:an ‘believes that Eden bas sigmed ** couditignally ? with the Chicagos for 1378, i 5 " Four papers claim for Sullivan, of the Buck- eyes: That-he will play in Columbus, fn Pitts- burg, i Indianapolis, and v Cincionati. Man- ager Coates, ot Pittsburg, wanis to bet a suit of clothes that he will get him. AMeautime Sulli- vag watches the biddine. : The Globe-Demueras hus obtained “fact » from «religble sources? to show that the Chicazos will disband at the end of this season. -Most all next season, it witl be a second-rate affair.” To which some other kind friend ndds: “If they gret a sccond-cldss team it will be an ad- vantage over this yewrs, whichis only fifth class.” Well, after all, gentlemen, you cannot tell what we arc golug {0 do; can'you? ‘The Enguirer hears that Anson is golng to ‘miznage o team In Chicago, but disbelieves it. ‘The Boston Heraid hears that Hartford is to have Harhidge, Higkam, Start, Sweasy, Carey,. and Remsen. Thie'St. Louls Republican thinks that “Emis- sarles of a Quaker City club are abroad looking for players for 1878, ‘The fereury has this remarkable bit: * Dug Allisun, who was supposed to bé engaged along with Start tor the Ruchiesters next season, has signed with the Hartfords. Cause, ${00 more per yéar.” - i g A Philadelphin paper adds: “ Deony Mack is certainly lookéd for fu this ciy nestseason to mianage. We wiil bet our sithy Jucre on auy nine thiat Mack directs.”” The MRpcury thiuks McVey ungrateful be- cause, after signisg with Ciocinnati, he ¢ per- suaded that nine to take that poor plaver, the usual wait about \Waitt. 5 The same paper says that Delmire, of Phila- n‘ivcl)phlx. s received overtures from Jauesville, o bt Philadelphia hears that Bradley and Somecr- villo have signed with the Tecnwscls for 1878, “Tine St. Louis fiepullican is of optnion that w1t is not cortain thal Indisuapolis will try a protessiunal club anotler year.” Tho Courierslournal is responsibic for this: st A new professional club is sbout to be organ-, ized in Brouklyn, to be run as.a co-operative nine, aud to be kuowe as the Atlantic Club, of Brooklyn. . Matthews, Hicks,, Treacy, and Zet- (ein, of yld Mutusl fame, are amoug the play- ers who will take part.” e @ The Glubs-Democrat says that Galvin, Delan, Nelson, and Willinmson bave been engaged by the Alleghenys;. and yet the mpuager says that the club bas ade vnly onw contract. 2 JUNNESOTA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. peetal Correspondence of The Tribu: ST, Pave, Aug. 34.—This week has witnessed the dereat, of the Red Caps by the co-operative Minneapotis Browns in tiree Zames out of four playa., 1t is really astonishing wiat a stimu- Iating cffect the vo-operative systew bas ou tie play o nine, - Here .are these Browns who have alrendy this ecason been wiped out of ex- istence as -an assoclation by the successive de- feats admimstered tu them by the Reds, now o avound, and, with the question of bread and butter hinging on each gume, wallop the Dithertoirresistible Reds ctean out of theirspiked shoes. Oue thiug to: cousider is, thi ex- change of pitchers which _was. eflected when the Browns disbanded has not resulted iavorably to the Rede. Bohn, late of tns Browns, had only played 4wo games with the Kods, when he met with the usnal Red-Cap luck, inhavingone of his fincers dis- Joested, which has compelled his retirement for atime. 3leanwhile, Salisbury, late of tie Reds. Seoms possessed of all bis ofd-time vigor; his arm 15 no lunger Jame, and he pitches Wwith an effectivencss thav_would have secured him a position with the Reds for all time to come had Le displased it in Lis play with them. The State chunpionsnip games vlayed thus far pace Minneapolls in tue van, Winona sec- ond, and $t. Paul a bad third, thus: Clubs. Won. . Lost. Played. Hinneapoli 2 [] 2 Winona . b3 x 2 st. Panl o 3 4 oy have the mighty fallen! REp-Car. SEMI-PROPESSIONALISMS. of the Lowells, Stoughton; chanze catc) has joined the Rhode Il The Lowells lead 1u the 2 Tugnind cham- pionship, haviog won twenty-four games and Jost only Ave- ., . The Athletics have tried thirty-six men in thoir tean: since April last, includiug four pitéh- ers and ten catchers. . 5 The Mercury épeiks of Allison, of the Red Caps, snd Carry, of the Clippers, as playing an excellent game Wwith these Wisconsin clugs. “The ludianuu&lis' Sentinel says’ confidently that the - Star-fhdianapolie-Allégheny tourna- ment will positively commence Scpt. 10 at Pittsburg. THe Syractse Stars bave engaged Mike Dorgan’s younger brother, who- is safd to be up 10 the grade of skill usually in the familyin bail-playing. ; g The Syracuse Courier eays that - Macullar, of the Auburns, has signed with the Stars for 1878, andndds: **1f he husa superior in short-fieid we have never seen him.” Purroy seems at last to have settled down into the conviction that he is our of the Roches- ters. He was releascd and hired over agam several times before Tuy sure thing could be had. on his status. * . McGlynn, who was with the Syracuse Stars at one tine, and this vear with the Athletics, has day, They will undoubtedly play. only one .of the latter days, as_they live only one game due to the Hartfords. The St. Louis will work along East aiter the mianner of the Chicagos, playing semi-protes- sionals. The Indianapolis Club, now on their second Eastern trip, will_play as follows this week: Mondsy au ffuesfli‘?', Syracuse Stars: Wednes- day and Toufsday, Brooklyn; TFriday; Paterson; Saturday, Dinghamton Crickets. DO HIGL PRICES PAT ! It is ‘about time that o few words concerning high salaries were said from the only practical point of view, that of experience. Asa matter of opinion, no one can doubt that bell-playérs are paid too much; but solong as that remains a imatter of opinion only there will be no relief, S0d associations will keep on burstiag up al around because L!xeyrgny ‘players more than the been playing with“the New Ycrk Enterprise, and nas now joined the Buffalo Club, with Roseman, alsG of Brooklyn. v Magoer, formerly of the 8t. Louls Reds, has had a serious time this i'eln Starting with the Bucleyes and graduating into the Rochesters and Tecumsehs, he has worked around iuto the St. Paul Club, or was there at last accounts. In reply to President Hulbert’s assértion that be did not try to’ Lire. a couple of Janesville players, &5 o correspondént charged, thé counter- Etatement is_made thiut Mr. Spalding made the overtures. This is not true, and when A. G. Spalding says s0, as he docs in this case, his word is better than all the cowardly anonymous correspoudents fo the State of Wisconsin, Elmira has a new base-ball club, composed 23 folluws: Pratt, ¢.; Smith, p.; Luughlin, 5. s.5 Partridge, 1 b.; R. Tonipiivs, 2 b.; Treman, public pay them, e expenses of * clubs out- side of salary-list—that is, their traveling ex- penses, ground Tent: advertising, aod eqaip- Inent—do ot vary very greatly, at least not so Tiely as the money paid to players; snd, curionsly enough, the salaries paid “do not, as they should; bear & Dropér ratio to. dervices rendered. 11 there be any excuse for enormous Ealaries, it is in the rendering of speeially that is, the highest-pficed nino skoald be the most effective, ‘or it has no Dbusiuess to be the highest priced. Bat what are the factsi Plainly thevare that a new generation of ball-plavers have arrived on the Scene. gnd that they are not”only tlayiog Setuaily better ball than the bigh-priced cluos, but they are playing it -1or living, reasouabie, fair salaries, which enable the associations that cmploy them tozet through the season without o debt No better itiustration of this can, be found than the Allezheny Club, of Pittsbute, which je unquestionably as stropg as any clup it hias met—that is, it averages as well,and it certainly plays a sharp, fine game. During th season thus iar it has won one. from. Louisville and Jost nope: wan one {rom St. Louis and Jost. none; won three rron:d (Jhi‘1 vmt n‘nd k:'sb o::; won one from Hertford and lost twosi won lrgm Boston and lost three. The total of all pames with League clubs is, tberefore, seven B om and six lost, & better record than that madt Dby the averaze of ‘Leacue clubs themselves, all things considercd: This Allegheny: Club_has also won two ind lost one game with Indian: apolis; won twoand lost four with the Stars; won two and lost ome With the Tecumsehs. This is a Food deal better record than the "Chi- cagos have made. The Club is * composed’ of ten men—Gglvin, Dolav, * man, Folmer, Williamson, Nelson, Creamer, McKelrr, vHol- bert, and Ryan. They are all but wwo.young ¢haps, uiterly unknown to the average friend- of. the professional game, and yet they have Shown this vear that they could beat the veter- ans more than balf of the time. Now, on the theory that 8 club should be_ paid for what it Qocs, and that tue better club shouid e paid ‘mare than the poorer, the ten menpamed shouid get high salaries. The facts are that two of the B Set £1,200 mach, three get $300 each, and the other five $700 each, malaug the cetire sala- -list §8,300. Thisought to dispel the long-cher- ihed illusion that it Is necessary to pay big sal- aries to get good players. There is no associa- tion in the League (except, it may be, one) that does mot pay as much'to four men as the Alle- ghenys do to ten; aud yet tu latter et 25 good gervice, or better. as food_play, or better, and 2s much gentlemanly conduct, as the others. The. sooner people bezin to understand that, $21.750 (the sum paid by u single Leagwe clab for salaries aloneLm‘ll not mecrsearify get any better men than &5,800. the sogner will "the na- tional game get down tothe. only honest basis, Dbt of paying for itself. This subject has o 8 b.; Murray, Richaruson, c. Stauch-. | field. r. 1.5 with Cavauagh, formerly of the St. Louis, reserve man. - Laugllic was short stop of the Princetou nme. Pratt caugbt for Aw- herst, this, year,. against Yale and Harvard. Smith pitcheu for the Princeton nive,’ and Yre- man was third base of the Ithacas. The Indianapolis papers and people annonnce {he foliowing team for 1878: Nolan, p.; Flint, ¢.; Sulliven 1 5.5 Quest, 2 b.; Williamson, 3 b.; 5. &1 Hornung, i-4.; Warner, ¢ £.; Me Kelvy, r. 2 It-Is not fair:o_announce’ this team, begduse some of the men have not signed or promised. - Williadison told the writer thut hehad not signed, and there is the best of rea- son for eaying that Sidlivan will not sign,at present-at Jeast. ‘The Indianapolis team ex- pects to play in the, League. 1t is the wisest thing the]vl could do. ~ Triere is, however, Do e: cuse forthis premature gush from the Sentinel: & The Indianapolis Club for 183 will undoubt-- edly be the strovgest in the country, and the League veunant will surely wave iu this city next year.” . . ALL 8ORTS. * . 5 By Hartford’s .recent victorles 8t.” Louls is now left alone with Chicazo to contend for the tail place, *Rah for the tail, anynow.—St. Zouis Jtepubtican. - One of the remarkable games of - the. season was last Monday’s between the Knockers and Hitters at the Twenty-second strcet grounds. It was chiefly remarkable because 110 evrors ‘were made., . . An exchrange says: ““Moses was the first ball- Yh}'er, bécause he pitched in the wilderness.” Vasn't his mother 4 kind of a *! tosser "’ bersel ‘when'she “ pitched ** Mosed into the bulfushes: —Frchangis. ; The ‘Boston Hera/d’s judement is: “‘The Chicagos are plaving 2 far better game than at the tirsg of ‘the season, and it would not be sur- prising if_on the bomestretch they made a close Face fot the third, and even second position.’? How comeson the 3cManus-Dévinney trouble? Both men are tryiog to get up a reputation for the tith, and are trying to lind some one who remembers hearlng these gentlemen in some of their truthful moments. Our opinion of the ‘matter is, they each did what the other claims. —Philadiphic Kepabiic. . I The Louisville Club * dismisses” the McMa- pus-Devioney matter by refusing to bring chargesaganst McManus, on the ground that it hias done 1t Whole duty.in callivg him araseal, without making any aitempt to prove 4t or to Punish bim if the chnr%e were true. ‘This is : gbout what was to have been expected, and ft proves, a3 nearlyas anything can, that the whole eviuney charges were a “tissue of “lies set up - to - cover ~the - thievery which - Le Swith, off the Chicago’s hands.” Then follows | | Ansom, and Burmes, - which starts to come over the platc axt had. been doiug for the " Louisville Club. With Devinuey they have won two-thirds of their games, and with other umpires n much less proportion. But that is' not maiuly the question: it Is whetlior the . Louisyilla Club bas 10t proved itsell a malicious slanderer in' ch.r%- b joe & crime =nd thea failing to prosetute it? seems S0 DoW. . ) Friday's Enquirer says that * Cummings has left the Cincinmatis. Whether- he left volun- tarily or was urged toit by the Directors is not stated. No one who hadapridein the game will mourn this logs (%) from thé Club. True, the Club s now without a_pitchar, for, though Booth is doing well in the positien, he never made auy protensions to being'a pitchor.” The Brooklyn Eugle says: “The Chicaga’ Club has not ‘enzazed s man yet.. It is nof worthy tbat playgrs, with a ‘singular lack of, pridence, grab at the offer of Ligh salarics without = moment's thousht inregard to the financial ability of the clib offeriug bigh prices to pay them. ~ Better be conteht with $1,000 a season from a reliable club than serve at the Offer of $2,000 from irrespousible organizations or managers.” The Now York TForld says that the St. Louls Club has failed in -its- mission for 1877, They were organized more to defeat Chicago than to win the pennant. Last year they missed the coveted Lropliy, bat they had the consolation of \inowing that they had thrashed Chicago sound- Iy. This year's.record of their games with Chi- cago, however, shows the latter to bo victors in eigh out of the twelys games they have plaved together. » ‘Fhere’s nothing 1ike doing the thing up fn an’ esthetic 'way! The Providence ball-zrounds head their advertisements of gawes with these exiracts: ol b iz Now-lot's have a atch. —Tuwél/th Vight. Aore like to run the base. —Cymbeline. ‘Who kmows that Harry Wriglit mightn’t find a cateh-word in Emerson, or Lowell, or Holmes! 1t he could prove that theformer approved the game Le could make po end-of tin. i The 5—1 %nml:hgt,néen the Louisvilles and Taitfords'calls out the first gush of the season | from the-Brooklyn Zagle, whith: explains the vesult by saying that the Louisvilles were thoroughly rattled, which is shown by their making only four hits off Larkin in the game. - The Louisville chaps rather gave themselves away in that_game by wildly clamoring for » decision just like the one they entered a sol- smn protest against on the same grounds last une. 3 5 Last séason at this time there had been forty- two new contracts iade for this season, and b Xovbgher sixty-three contractshad been signed. This, %hen compared withrthe three lonesome contrdcts on the season’s record, shows that the players are for ihe most part without, uny pros- pect of geiting a chance t0 earn any base-ball money next season. No offers are being mage, as it i8 evident that either the League will glve Uip tne ghost on account of its heavy losses, or else its elubs will enzagé cheaper players, and leul\;u Lt.he high-priced old-timers out in the cold. As is usual in cases of the kind, the Courier- Journal sings out loodly,but in & vaguc and indefinite way, that THE TRIBONE bas made “a false charge.” Let us seeif it is possible to pin -this Thing down; THE TRIBUNE asserted that the Louisville Club violated the rules in thet, when 4t 'bad only one umpire, it refused tae visitivg club_the rirht to draw from three names, 28 provided by Jaw, and that this was done with the corrupt purpose of having Devin- ooy umpire in deflance of faw, Can you deny that you told Mr. Spalding that he would have to take Deviuney anyway for the first two games De played? : The Globe: Democrat, comienting on the last Allegheny-St. Lonis game, points out ttic weak- ness of the team in brown by calling attention 10 the *dead weighu in the batting line ™ which Force, Battin, and’ Blong have been to the Clab. By the way, now come to think of it, maybe the absence of Remsen may be explained by Iooking at his score. It will be remembered thatthe papers of St. Louis fell'npon his neck and wept all over i in the "early part of tlie season on account of his batting, "and then shortly after- ivards b went East? On lookim at his batting record it appears that he @iduw’t hit the ballin the elx zames preceding his going away, and in the twenty-five games which e played he made only twenty hits. "He hit Bradley thiree times iu ong game, und then never toucked a ball in four successive games off the same pitcher. Can it be that this is why he went East? . QUESTIONS ANSWERED. . A. M.—What isthe use specniatingovernines when part of the men have signed? ltisa waste of paper. V.iN—*What Is the largest ecore made against the Chicagos this year?' inswer—18, made by the Bostons May 12; aud again July 18, J. 1. writes to say that this column is mistiken in suyTog that Hutfeld, plajed with the Cincinnatl B S a08, e was capeliou nr2o08, and Leon- ard played . 1. in 1809, Auch obligod to Mr. 1. for the correction. F. 3L —** Whatjé o League club, a semi-profes- slonal, 1nd an amateur?” _Answer—A Leaguo clnb is one holding 2 membership fn the League; & semi-professional club is one which las paid pluyers; an amateur club 13 one which pays no players, and takes no gate-money. R. 8. L.—**(1) Wha: players have Milwaukee and Tanesville exgased for next year? (2) Where will Foley play: (3) Whose batting averaze Ie ighest ihie year? (4) Qs Ryan cogaged? (3) Whose g average. is best—McSorley's or Cuthbera?” Ansiwer—(1) Milwaukee has Bepnest, Weaver, Kedmond, Andrus, Creamer, and. Holbert, Haven't heata of any _en- gazément for Janesville, (2) He Will very likely Stuy in Cincinnatt, (3) It{s vers close between MeVey and Cassidy, with Mack a shede ahead. 4) Don't know. (6) Don't kéep averages of non- League players. ? i Milwaukee—*¢Pleasé sy where the following plavers will play nezt year: Gienn, Lifnes, Peters of Chicazo; Dalrymple an Morgan, of Milwaukee: Williamson, Creamer, Tiolbert, and Eyan, of tne Allcgheny; Foley .and Meyerle, of Ciacionatl.” Answer—apurt from Toolish ‘rumots, the only certainty in the whole party is that Creamer ond Lofbert huve signed with Milwaukee. Foley will be pretty sure {o stay in Cincinnati. Concerntag the remalnder there are 2bout three ramord per an, bat a3 yet absolutely 1o certainty ubout them. E.=t(l) Whete and when did the White Stoc] ings of Chicago win a 2ame by ecore of 151 to 97 Teit the biggest score on record:" Ansirer— {1) The game wos played in Memphis; Teun., May 13, 1570, and the opponents of the Chlcazos were the Bluff Citys. Inmings— The score was as followa: 23 4 5 8 14 0 135 o 7 8 0 3% 18 23157 0 010 00— 1 F.R. K., Macomb—'‘What is curve pitching? How many curves can Bradiey, Bond, or Nolan itcht There Lius becn cousigerabie dispute here agout the curve, some contending that it 18 imoos- sivle for a_piicher to carve o ull cxcept by the laws of arwvity.” dnswer—a curve ball s one e it. or starts away from it ifs_comse. and comes over varieties are ubout half curves away from and then changes the plate. The 5 dozen n numbery such 48 a long slow curve out or in; o short, quick snooing ball out and In, efc. ‘Any man not 3 professor 1s justiled In saying that 1his cannot be done—until B¢ segs It. It cannot be esplained except upon the theory of **the dgift,” & form nsed by engineers in diacussin, projeciles. What it mears would tako up too much space to ex- plam here. The fast remaing that the carve ls in common mse by unlcttered pitchers who never heard of **the drift,” ; e THE TURF. : THE CIRGUIT SUMMARIZED. The table of winning horsts'during the cirenit composed of the meetlugs at Cleveland, Buffald, Rochester, and Utica, which will be found at the close of this article, gives i 4 condensed bt intelligent form the results of four’ weeks”. | trotting by the best horses in tlie country. At the head of the list, both in regard to money. won aud fast time, stands that incomparable borse, Rarus. At the beginning of the seusou, when Tue TRIBUNE said thet with good health this horse would prove himself to be indisputa~ bly the best in the land, several publications took up the cudgels on behalf of Goldsmith Maid, Lutu, Bodtne, Hopeful, and others. They were all going to beat Rarus before the Eastern circuit closed, according to, these publications, but . alresdy the areuit is more . than. haif completed, and they bave not even won & heat from tho great representative ot the Ab- dallab blood. He has defeated everything that has started against him with ease, and will con- tinue to do 50 until started®in a race when mot in condition, or some ' horse appears that- can beat 2:14;- Tt fs nccessary to speak of his per- formandes iv the circuit just closed. He won ‘the 2:19 race at each place in straight heats, and at Buffalo also captured 8 made-up free-for-all. He bas lowered his recort from 2:19}{ to 2:16, and is how in as fine-shape as ever. i Next comes that stinch and speedy, mare, Lucille Golddust, with a total winning of- S$6700, being -mext to Rarus in this particular, as she®.is 'also in regard to 1:5t time, having ;cit down her” record from 2:193¢ to 2:16%, apd forced, Rarus under the wire in 3:16 to beat her. At Buffalo, Buthester, dnd Utica she trotted in two races, the free-for- all and 2:19, winning the former race at Roches- ter and Utica, trotting sccond to Rarus fn it at Buffalo, and {n the 2:19 race at each place won gecond mouey. . Fanme, the chestout stallion’ by’ Mambrino Piloz; hes proven - himself a wonderful little horse, having won the four races in which he was epgaged With the yreatest. ease, and . placed 34,009 in purses to his credit. Scot- land, the horse that won Lwo,_heats fn the 2:2 race at the Dexter Park meotlug, being. defeat-: ed by the Chieago horse Mounroe Clief, has alzo veen a £ood horse iw'the Eastern circuit, having captured “the 2:27 race st Cleveland and Utica, and got a piece of the purse at other places. Alden Goldsmiith’s three sons of Volunteer, FPowers, Alley, and Driver, have done him zood seryice during the four meetings, their aggre- mate winglngs being $4,800. Other good horses inthe N5t are Slow-G, Jennie Holton, White Stockings, King Phillip, Sheridan, and Mid- “’:ghl:'dmostf Eerfo_mmuccs, éluguther with those of all the otlier winners, will be fou following table: v Sl ihithe ] Xame. Sirs. §3 : o Tarn IConk1's Abdal's) o E Bandu Biduco! Lady Pritchard;a. 32, Banner. Jennie Halwo..iP'acing_ Blood. Mazomante. urcs. orse. Littlo Gyps Fowen B Humblegalaa Fisher's Patchn 31 Clay, Jr. THE POUGHKEEPSIE WINNERS. o The Poughkeepsie meeting, which was the first in the circuit composed of Poughkeepsie, Hartford, and Fleetwood Park, came very being o fiat failure. The cotries were slim, averazing only.five to a race, and what would lhave becn the most interesting race on the pro- gramme—that for 2:20_horscs—failed to il The free-for-all was very ‘fanny,” the favor- ite, Lucille Golddust, being distanced in the second heat, Hopeful and Nettle making a five- lieat race of it, presumably to et more money in. the pool:box. The list of winners is as fol- lows,—tbe 3:45 race.on the second day Dot be- ing included, since it was a made-up atfair to take the vlace of the 2:20 trot, and not worth, mentioning: Name. “uon Junoty, Sire. Nfi-Desporad'm'Boimont .....o.! ilopetat Godfry's Patel) Jichard Bive Hall amb. jan'l Lambert. PITTSDURG RACES. To the Western Associated Press. PITTSBURG, Pa., Aug. 25.—The fourth day of the suamer meecting at Friendship Park was 1ot a success. There wers three raees down for to-day, but only two started, oud neitner was tinisbed. The first was a trot, free-for-all, purse $1,000, tho starters being Mazomanie, Lew Scott, Little ypsy, Elsie Good, Bella, and,; Bello Brassfield. ” Mazomgnic was a strong fa- orite. Foar heats were trotted, as follows: 4 Afazomiane. CEX LT CETTR =T Ia. Belle Drassfield. Time—2; { Before the fifth_heat was started several per- sons who had pools on Gypsy, Elsie, and Scott Gemanded nuw drivers, A crowd gathered on tas track, and, atter the judges had. appointed new drivers, insisted that the race was 2old in favor of Mazomanie, and that the horses should ot start unless pools were declared off. It Deingr impossible to ¢lear the track, tho raves were postponed until Monday. Four heats of a specit rco_ for §200 between Orange Billy and Frank Miller were also trotted, Miller taking: two heats and Orange Billy two. Time, 2 183, 2:89, ) 2:33. - The kickerd wonld not let this race proceed. . EARLVILLE BAGES. ecial Dispalch & The ne. E_\mmfi:.', 1)L, Aug. 25.—The races at Earl Park closed to-day with the free-for-all purse of 1,000. It was neitber fast nor exciting; there ‘were heats irotted in the three mioute and 2:48 class nearly os fust, viz.:" in the former one In 9:813, and in the latter two in 2:90, while the suminory in the great event of the meeting will soow for itself: - Cozette. . 1 :1, 1’ ok $i4 Marlon. 443 » 014 3 e 5. ‘ fThe entire mvetidg was successful and or- derly. Mr. Charles Smith otticiated g3 starting judge, and was hizhly complimented for the admirable mauner in which he discnarged his duties, as wellas for hls ‘promutness in detect- ing aud suppressing any attempt at fraud. T 77 _SABATOGA RACES. SaARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. 25.—The first race for o purse of $:00, one mile, a3 won by Courler; Stater of Merey, second; Mary, third. Time, "The second race, 8 frec handleap, for 8-year-, olds, purse $500. one mile and a half, was won by Lady?Salyers in 2t 35¢; Bushwhatker sce- ‘ohd; B)mdnmnm.e third. . The third race, for a puise of $2%0, one mile ‘and-a quarter, wag _wou by Bombast; Rhada- manthus second; Madge third. Time, 2:1034. “The closing race of to-day snd of the regu- lar meeting was a free bandicap steeple-chase, purse, 700, Trouble was the winuer, com-, ing it in 5:58%; Waller second: Moonstone third. N BECORDS OF COLTS. /. . Ther is o quiet but very exteusive movement on the part, of breeders to create friends for a Seliero. yhich, to say the least, will benefit only the breeders themiseives, and miaht possibly act to the great disadvautage snd loss of other owners of trotting-horses. For some time past r3 have qnétly argaed that the records’ obtained by’ trotters up to the age of b years ‘snonld not act as a bar in contests with older horses. The first paper to promulgate this idea. ond defeud it, fs the Caifornia Spiritor the Zimes, a journal from which tter things might Fave been expecled. fn wiving itsreasons forad- vocating the proposed rule, the Spiritargues that many of the nien who have {nvested large sums in breeding-farma_ have lost money; and, from this statement, which it expects everghody to admit as true, argucs that anything ich “will in any maoner tend to make matters casier for the breeder will bo of immense beefit to race- tracks allover the country, and will give those who attend races more sport, for their mopey than they have hitherto beex recéiving. ‘Jast how all thisis to be brought about isnot stated nor attempted to be, the Jrriter of the article either knowing that it would be sheer Tnonsense to uudertake such a tasis, or assuming that eversbody can see what is apparently 50 lnin to him. It is probable that the latter is ot the case, but that no attempt to elucidate the startling proposition was made simply be- cause it would prove to be_ a task somewhat similar to that fn which a party named Sisyphus §5 allezed to be engaged in the infernal rezions. 1t Is a1l very easy and fine to talk about.the ‘woes of breeders, but there has, fn the presenta- tion of their side of the case, been too much Etraining of facts and misrej cesentation to sult the other classes on whom the turf is dependent for support. The breeders and their organs sre always howling dismally about thelr poverty- stricken and generaily down-trodden condition, when 1o fact they are in better shape to-day than almost any class of men in the country. The breeders are always endeavoring to make people believe thag they sapport the turf, when f fact they do nothing of thie kind; on the con- trary, thie turf supports them. ‘They raise trot- ting forses and sell the same to gentlemen who use them for road or track purposes, a8 their aucy or the capabilities - of the animals may Qictate. Thatis exactly the. extent to which breeders #support™ the turf. Of course, they enter their hurses in colt races, but, a8 every- body well knows, the object of thisis to,adver- ‘the result of soy love se thelr stock, aud not E{’fc}' gc:\r theL' turf or the public. Tn view $hese facts, witlch are almost too well known to ‘| theors. ‘But Mr. Ex A, Buck; o form: ‘lo, aud now efitor of the Spiri of the Zimes has scl nced repetition here, the claim of these men that :lll records cobtalned by borses: up fo the u.".': 0f 5 years shall not bea In contests with older borses is mercly sn evidence of colossal cheek, and not I}y any méans worthy of serious cousideration. [i is very easy to fliustrate how tlielr proposed rule would work if_carried out. ‘Take thgcase of Gov. Sprague. This stallion at 4 years of. age could trot in 2:20 or better, axd ras a reliable, level-headed horse. Had the proposed rule about whick the cheeky breedérs are now making so much fuss been in force two yéar'ago, Morrill Higbfe could have trotted Gov. Sprague during the scason of 1875, won a large sum of money, compelled contending horses to lower their récords . immensely, and at_the be- ginning of the season of 13576 started out afresh to trot Id three-minute and 2:40 races, because, forsooth, his horse was but 5 years old, and all records obtained by him during 1875, while in | his L-year-old_ form, had been wiped out by 1mieans of the rule for the beucfit of breeders. It is not pecessary to further pursue branch of the subjéct, as the nonsense_of the breeders’ scheme is apparent to all.. Indeed, the Spiril, in advoeatinz the passage of the proposed ruie by the Convention of California norsemnen, did not endeavor to advapce any substautiai reasons-in its support, confining it~ sell exclusively to fine talk, which means noth- ing. It said that colt races were the most cn- joyuable'of uny,—astatement which nine horse- nicu and lovers of turl -sport out of every ten will promptly contradiet,—aud then Ings in the Epsom Derby to sabstantiate this clalm, asif the populdrity of &fiumm running horses in Eneland had anytbiog whatever ta do with trotting colt rdces in America. The fact Is 4 overy ohie knows, that the thorodizhbred horse displays its greatest speed at from 2 to 4 years of age, while the areatest exhibitions of Lrotting hdve invariably been given by horses 10 years old and over,—Goldsmith Maid, Dexter, Flora Temple, Lucy, Ladv Thorne, Bodine, Slow Go, Cozette, and others, being conspicuous examples, . Cousequertly the com= parison of running horses with trotters is mani- | festly unfair, and”would hardly be resorted to nless a maw was rearkadly hardup for some- © ing With - which to 'suppart o nonseosical Tue Tuisuse wants the brecders to ‘have a fair show in ull matters pertaining to the :tarf, but’ their scheme 1if relatfon fo trotting- ‘| colt records is so manifestly unfair to all but themselves that it must die early and easily. THE KEASON OF BUFFALO'S FAILURE. “There kias been a widespread beiief for the past two weeks that - the failure of 'the recent mecting at Biiffalo was diie mainl§ fo the ab- enee from the track of pool-selling, the officers of the Association, the Buffalo papers, and the hozsemen present all asrecing on tilis point. resident of Buffa- discovered that the bill groln ting pool-selling bad Niothing whatever to real cause being toe fact that Buffalo {ailed to co-operate withh Mr. Buck in the establishment of the Exvelsior Racing Circuit, a schéme avo- cated by the Spimt last spring. Its absordity ‘wos shown up by Tng TRIDUSE and other pa- pers, the patural cuoscquence being that the Excelsior died before it was born, causing Mr. Buck much grief .and- chogrin. His paper viciously attacked the management of . the Kuf- falg track ijor its failure to help alonz the¢ Excelsior, and even went so far us to indulge_in several ponderous quotations from the dead languages, which were hurled at Messrs. Hamlin, Jewctt, et al., m the most viz- vrous and unsparing manner. The nou-suécess of the recent meetimg has given the Spirit another chance to tatk, which it bus rizhteously imoroved. The last nuuber of the paper con- tains an article in which the oniortunate Buila- loniaus are kicked from pillar to post without mercy. The most borrible thing with which they are tharged is *lostug their wrin.”” The statement t the prebensiic powers of the cstimable gentlemen who run the track are becoming scriously impaired, is repeated severl tunes in the course of the arficle in order that there may not be the shghtest doubt about it, and the mauazement 15 also charzed witn “supiness,” ** prophetic croakings,’ and several other terrible things, from which tlio public had supposed 1t to be”eutirely free. The fact is, lowever, that the Sirit, in epdeavoring $o lind a redson for the failurc of the mecting otber than the absence of the pool-box, has said some vers foolish and uupleasant things, which in the fughire it Moy bave occasion Lo Fegreb. TRE ST. LOUIS TRACK. Sotne time ago this paper announced that cer- tain resideuts of St. Louis who took an intercst in turf sports Lad organized a Jockey Ciub, and procured smtable grounds on which to lay out a mile track. When the project was first put un- der way considerable énergy was manifested by those having it in charge, and it was confldently asserted that the track would bs completed in {ime for fall mceiing this season..This part of the progrunme has been abandoed, howey- er, and the St. Louis papers now aunounca that the vark will not b formaliy opened uantil next wen b I cxpocted i Rl Clndbitile magnitude will be offered to cause the attend- ance of- u fine class of horses. Asall the trot- ting on this track thus for has been done in the nawspapers, it might be well for the managers, who comprise sonie of the best, citizens in St. “Louis, to indulge in & hittie calm reflection. 1n the first zx-.mc, they should remember that although St. Louig is o rcspbcmbl{r large city, it has for several years been entirely divorced from turf sports, and also bear in mind that The construction of & rood trick and the offer- ing of suitable parses i nct dll that is neces- safy to ipsare success. The mapagement of trojting-tracks, like every other eaferprise in Sebich capital Is invested, is a matter of business, anad the St. Louis gentlemen who have the nesw enterprise in band will find that 1€ will requlre the vlosest aticition to prevent the sfock- Liolders’ money from being §o securely invested that its ultiutate recovery will become 4 watter of great doubt. If thic St. Louis track wisbes to euccced it must co-operate With the rival associations in Michigan and st Chicago. - As matters now stand, it will be difficalt forlt to finda week on which to girea meetlng that il be a success, <ven if assigted by its nefgh- boks, and, If It sttemots togo 1t "alone, astrous results are certaln to follow. The Michigan reuit geoerally commences about Jane 1 and lzsts untfl July 4 Therels then an interval of 1wo wecks before the meet- ing at Dexter Park, which is lield from July 17 to 20, inclusive, begins, and 14 is this gap that St. fouis must partially fil, for onthe week following the meeting in’ this city comes that at Clevciand, followed ou suceessive weeks by Buffalo, Reehester, Utica, PougBkcepsie, Spring- ficld, Hartford, and Flectwood Park. Of course all the guod horses ju the conutry are engaged in this’ Eastern circuif, and by the time It is ended there would be no use in”St. Louis hold- ing 2 mecting, as all of the Eastern horscs that took part iu the Michigan drcuit would decline to come West at that scason of the year. Itis evident that a successfal meetlog could not be Theld at St. Louis previous to the Michizan cr- cuit, as the latter commences at a5 early a date 23 is praticable, and before that time the horses are in no condition to trot. LADY GRANT. There 1s a very amiable, but avparently nuis- ernided, perspn i Otscgo County, New York, named Trask, who clalms to have 3 ware whose track performances eclipse anything heretafore dreamed of, even by the most” enthasisstic ad- mirers of trotting horseflesh. 'This party some time ago wrotc 2 letter to a Philadelphia paper recouating the alleged wonderful performauces of his mare. The lettet was published, with fome comments of & sdreastic natare appended. They were perased by the’ proprietor of the {ronderful animal, which is called Lady - Grant, 2nd he straighway constructed another epistle 1o tho paper. - In this he relterates his former itatement regarding the uiare’s wonderfal uge:d, and extends a cordinl fuvitation to all doubting Thomases to come to his place and see for them- elves. He says that about aear ago be bitched LadyGrant to a track-wagom, and she performed $owell that he concluded to try her on the track. The first trial she trotted z mile in 2:17, tbe next in 2:16, and about three weeks Iater was given 2 mile and repeat in 2:14, 2:08! This extraordinary person then goes on to assert that not long neo begave this phenomenal beast a half-mile tral in 1:03. 3 *“Fhe Philadeiphia pafler towhich this yarn was ‘éommunicated Tu{ natarally concludes that Mr. Trask is eithet trying to guy the public, or that the track on which this wonderful speed was exnibited is short. The Tacter conclusion is probably correct. 1Itis abont ten to one that the track {s » half-mile oue, and that Mr. Trask mistook it for a mile. His half-mile trial in- 1:03 would then amonnt to & mile in4:12 ona fall-mite track, which would be a very good clip for the average country trotter. > TRACK TALK. The Rochester Association realzed proflt from its late meeting. 3 Smuggler is dead Jame, and may not trot again this season; o le horse, Comee, thit has That game little horse, Comee, trotted gee Theats in 3:20 this season, Wwears no boots of any description.. j den Goldsmith’s trotter, Powers, record U:él]’ , is pamed. after L. J. Powers, - President. 1 the Springtield, Mass., track. , Chiquits, Bill Bass, and Lucifer, the Western runnec{'s t‘fih took part in the recend Saratoga inecting, have been #hipped to Kansas City. i Redman, the well-known race-horse, has been Jetired from the turf and will bereafter be used for saddle purposes by his owner, | Larry- Hart, of New Orleans. ~ ey L y John Bplan has taken charge of the stabla.re- éently driven by Charley Brown, consisting -of Ay B., Colinau, aud West Liberty. The sulky Steaehed to the latter horse was smashed while Gcoring in the beat Zor the-2:27 race st Utley 4nd Splap thrown to the ground. He was'ruu over by Seotland, bok ‘mot_seriously injured. Planter, formerly driven by John, s now befag handled by Fred Haizht. wbo érove Frod Hooper two seasons avtu. Littléflimmy Rarns is still trained by Splan, Inthe2:19race at Ttica some fast quarters were shown. Great Eastern reeled off one at a 2:13 galt the . first heat, and, in the sccond, Rarus and Lucilla Golddust repeated the per- formance. .. The ‘chestout gelding Thomson, in Charley iGrecn’s stable, has thrown outa splint and beea withdrawn from his engagements. He (xs nanred after Green’s partuer o the ownership of Lu- cille Golddust. i Peter Johnson is taking thices easy at Dexter Park, with Monroe Chicf apd Capt. Buouell, waiting for the fall circait. He has added to’ bis string the gray mare Mary Gy, owned by Doughty & Casstoman, of this cléy. Lieat. Ismzieoff, whohas tha Russian trott@s - in charge, bas. decided ta bave tho black mare Beija handled by Jobn Splan. John weuld look well in 1 droschky, with 2 policcmanl’s cap, such as Russian drivers wear, on his kead. y The Racine County Falr, whieh will be held at Buflington, Wis., Sept. 5, 6, aud 7, will_be at- ed by quitc s delegation from Chicazo, The yearline stallion Ten” Eyck, formerly own- ed in this city, will enter thc nrize ring for com- etition in the roadster class.” He is by Mene- - aus, and is considered very promising. THE RIFLE. ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH TEAM IN NEW YORK, Special Dispateh to The Tridune. Z NEw Yomg, Ang. 25.—The British Rifie’ team arrived to-day on the City of Richmond. . A large party of gentlemen on board the N. K, - Hopkins met the team down the .bay. The: Briti¢h party were Invited on board the steamer ! at quarantine, where an address of welcome was 0 with the failure, the | 2o | Judge Fullerton isin the i delivered Judee Stanton. Sir Henry Hal- ford, Captain of the British team, responded as follows: - 4 - GENTLEXEY 0P THE Coxurrren: The mission whigh we hive came upoa has for the lsst thive , yédrs been fooked forward 1o with plesstre by me. ‘ou are well nware that citcumstances last year * prevented us from caming bere. We on onr Visit shali do all in our power to wrest the trophy : from America and carry it to .the other side. I do mot ey we will do so, . but we will try to. Gentlemen, the team we ' brlug with us fsnot x bad one, but we know that on this side the tcam is not a baid one. 1t will bex * close and well-fought contest, and we may win. * i behalf of e Bri team I beg to offer you sincere thanks. 5 s v ‘The party, including eighteen persons, is al ‘the Garden City Hounse. + BRITISH VISITORS TO CHICAGO. The following copies of Ictters show what progress has been madé in ‘getting the British . Rifle Team to visit Chicazo while in this country: NATI0SAL RIFLE AssocratioN, No. 12 PaLn ., MxLt Esst, Loxoos, S. W., dug. L—J. I Roderts, Esy., Secrefary Dearborn Riffe Clud, Chicaqo, U, 8.—Sin: 1 lost no time in transmit. ting to Sir enry Ialord, as Captain of the British Ritle Team, the letter which _you did me the honot of addressinz mo on the 13th af Junelast and: which I received as we_were on the point of re- ‘moving from London to Wimbledon. [ beg to in- close n lettor frqm Sir Henry Halford to you, and .which I woula have sent sooner, bad it not beex that, in the process of packing my papsrs for re- moval into camp, it was accidentally mislaid, Pray accept my gpolozies for the delay in answer- ingyour very kind letter. In the nameof the Council of the National Rifle Assoéiation and of the members of the-British team, I beg to tender to you aud the members of the Dearborn Ride Clat of Chieazo our gincere flanks for your fiattering invitation to Chicago, and we beg to be allowed to express a hope that we muy soon have the pleasarg of ziving you a hearty welcome at Wimbledon. I haye the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, Exuxp 5. Jons MiLpyar, Sec’y U. R. A. Wistow, Lmcrstzr, July 4, 1877.—J W. Roberts; Ksq.: On behalf of the British tesm I beg ot heartily to thank the members of the Dear- born Rille Club for their kind invitation to thelr meeting shortly after the match at Cregdmoor. We much regret that, 49a_team, it will b&1mpos- sible for us to take part in any matches bat for the one for the Centennial_Trophy, os some of our men will nog be able to stay in the States. It will, however, give much glemm to those whoars able to remain to visit Chicngo and take part in matches that may be open to them. Il\ludy inten to avail myself of your kind invitatiog, and to take the opportunity "of makinz the acquaintance of your Western riflemen. Belfeve me to remain yours vers faithfally, H. Sr. J. FORD. In connection with the above the Dearborn Rifle Club wish {t_stated that "they -wilt hold thei fall meeting during the third week in Chi= cago; the exact date cannot be stated until tha ‘British aud other riflemen are tommunict with. . There .will be long-range matches for ropresentative , State teams, an far club or as~ sociation_teams of fou ot ety il Tall team. GEeight. There will alsobe a match for they bighest individnal score at long-range. followeds by matehes at the short and mid-ranges for tar-, fiet. military, and sporting rides.. The Mitwan— e Clubhave signitied their Intention to join 0 and co-operata with this Club in its endeavor to bring out Western skill and to baves success- ful meeting. 5o ¥ GRAND ARMY RIFLE CLUBS, A new movement in rific-shooting has been inaugurated, by the formation of Georze H.' Thomas Post of the Grand Army of the Re- © public in thiscity intoa rife club, with fall list of officers, ‘The movement is a proper one ‘and should be followed by other posts: AQUATIC. ! THE GENEVA LAKE REGATTA A PAILURE. Bpecial Dispateh to Ths Tridune: GeNEva Lake, Wis,, Aug. 25.—The absencé - of wind to-day made a failure for the ragatta. The -Agamemnon and Dauntleas started, but * atd not complete the conrse. The Nettie, owned by J. S. Ruinsey, ailed the course, thirty miles, in 4 hours 20 seconds, with time allowance of 3 minutes and 45 seconds, defosting the Whisper, owned' by N. K. Fairbank, by 1 minute and 29 séconds. The Geneva, the champlon boat, formerly owned by Gen. Duczt, was twenty minutes be- Dbind the Whisper. According to the rales, the timé being ove# four Liours, the race was declar- edoff. - The contest for the Sheridan prize will occur again next Saturday. There was little or no excitement throughout the day. : The Geneva was 80) t night to Capt: Dun- lap and otbers, of C 0, for $400, although. £hia hias a good rocord. Tho owners clum shel was water-logged today, and also met with two! accidents by Wwhich her. rizring was ed. . - THESARATOGA SINGLE-SCULL RACS. . SAEATOGA, N. Y., Aug: 25.—William Cartise. of Chicago, referee at the International ngm:fi- Philadelphis, has been appointed referee for th sngle-scull race between Courtney, Riley, and {1:231«:‘!, to come off next Tuesday on Saratogmt ce. 5 f OTHER SPORTS. 3 SCOTTISH GAMES. The Tilinois St. Andrew’s Society announcey that they will give a scries of Seottish games:, and races at Dexter Park, Scpt. 8. The events will be quoiting, putting the stone, boys’ foot- ‘Tace, throwing the heavy hammer, also the’ light~ ‘hammer, 100 yards foot-race, running high leap, * vaulting with pole, danciogin costame, 440 yard foot-race, sack-race, wheelburrow-race, ete. —————— ! BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS. i To the Buitor of The Tril . Cm&ago, Aug. 25.—I am onc of s crowd. We- are not laborers who live by the sweat of our- brows. We would doso if we could, but un— fortunately, in the language of the parable, . “yye cannot dlg and to beg we are ashamed.””"- What resource bas a man whose credit at hia. boardine-honse s exhausted, ‘who has or thinks- he has worn out the patience of his frignds whd: have heretofore sssisted him, who bas spent more than he can well afford in ndv;fihmg in columns, and applied for e g offer- zfl" there fo‘fiomu rll,x?mwe ym:ug there auy choice betwaen' sulcido or surrendering to the nearest police station as a vag, with all that {s - fmplied in either case onthe necessary publiciy? I belleve that T am one of many baltiog between. two conctusions. I remafn yours truly, . . DzAD BROKE IN ALL BUT OTER. —————— TO ISABEL. Soft brown eves bend full npon me, Dark with feeling half expressed, Shadowed o'er by silken las! Mnul‘ne eyes dm{peu—-mwn eyes beste Coral lips. the rose-hue vying, . " Shutting pearls from liberty? % Thonst 1d found the roses dying, Whore were sweotness left forme. Daiaty lips, that mock my praises, Archiy SUEt o repel o me, T e, laughtng, ac mY paie jse dark eves with the sun'ight, | 3 Cafi':::eb‘;huy ‘with the Fay# of noon; Lush those rosy lips till twilight, Macking till the day is gone. 311 o dreamy the visiop haunts me— s‘l‘}‘mnze—gold tresdes, stately head, Tander eyés, but lips 80 scornful— VAIr their Jangnage ne'er be read? R