Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 11, 1878, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY., AUGUST 1j; SPORTING THE TURF. z 4 MEETING 1N OCTOBEZ. ident—S. K. Dow. e President—3. J. Mealll ‘ sgretary—Dr. N. Rowe. Sutant Seercary—William M. Bogle. Drectors—S. K. Dow, 3. J. Medill, Abner Dr. N. Rowe, Clinton Snowden, Georze ;!(Alor;s\rnn‘.’, H. W. Farrar, Alvin Hurlburt, Jewert Wileox. H. G. Puiling, J. 1. McAvoy, James . Dole, Robert J. Smith. ve Committee—H. W. Parrar, Abner Taslor, B G- Pulling, J. I. McAvoy, Jewett m;:‘; gre the officers of the Chicago Jockey and Trotting Clab, and it is to them that the attic looks for a reviving in this city of the fn- qerest fn turf sports which fell away with the e er of McKeever on the old cinder track. 1t pas always been argued in these columns ¢ ot a0 cligibly-lozated and well-conducted e track in Chicago could not fail of success, snd untll the contrary is proven that assertion Just bold good. The various things that pped Dester Park have been stated e enough, and need not be alluded to here, qsthat track 15 dead and buried. The new couree, which a couple of enterprisine business- men have constructed on the West Side, 4 ot equaled, in point of matural sdrantazes of location, and extent, and beauty dm‘jiug's, brany in the country. In about 1vo weeks ever_rthiug_w_nnecled with it will harereecived the finishing touches of the va- riots SrtisaVs, and then its control will be hand- elorertothe eeutlemen whose nawes head this ‘nlx\‘dh&entbc baoilding of the.track was bezun 1here was talk of giving a trotting meeting in t, but althougzh the buildings might have Jeepcompleted in time for this there would ave been. trouvle in securing just the class of Jorses that are wanted to take part g the meeting. What Chicago s Jter 18 the best, and nothing else satisfv it._ The great Eastern stables of an, Green, Mace, Murphy, aud others, with {ber brilliant srray of fivers, must ~ be secured Iomsugarate the new track, Col. J. W. Couley, who takes a lively interest in the matter, return- o trom sn Eastern trip yesterday, and last ek, at the Rochiester meefing, interviewed all e ieading driversand _owners, aod_learned ot they would be only too glad to come here qingneir horses and compete for the liberal that will be offered. But nearly all of e areat present bound by engagements until tae close of September, and consequently {he Chicaeo meeting will be given during the second week i October. That it will be s grana foess,1f the weather is fair. there cau be no doabr. The prosramine as arranged is ar at- tractive one, pearly all the purses being for Hores of the faster classes, and, by its arrang wept, all the animals that made low records’in tise Central Curcuiit wilt be brought tovether in different classes. As the matter now stands, Chigazo will have four days of first-class eport, and achance to wituess the performances of B moted animals as Rarus, Luia, Hopeful, Proteioe, Mattie, Dame Trot, Dick Swiveller,, ele. «il I3 QUEER DOINGS AT FREEPOKT. For the past two or three seasous there have ‘been compinints {rom horsemen tbat the track 1t Freepart, in this State, was not run exactly on the square, but althouzh there have been rumor and gossip enough about the maiter, no one of the intercsted parties has had perve envaeh to do more than enter a vigorous pro- 1est agoinst the wanner in which affairs at Tay- Jor Park were couducted. A Chicazo man has 1aken the matter fn hand, however, and before e is throneh withit the Freeport manipulators ‘may discover that when they attempted 1o play their little wame on a resident of tls town they woke up the wrong party._On the fourth day of the recent meet- ing at Freeport. waich bezan July 31, there was 2 parse of S300 oftered, free to all, and the en- triee were Munroe Chiet, owned by A. W. Lona- ley, Esqu of this city, and driven by PeterJohn- som; Mazo-Manie, the Milwaukee horse; and the Michizan mare Lady Tarpin. In the brief teleraphic accounts of the race received in this dty, it was simply stated tist at the close of the third beat Monroe Chief was aistanced for foul driving. = Understandivg that there were some interest- Iog facts connected with the case, 8 TRIBONE man undertook to buut them: up &nd met with the 1most gratifring suoc- ws. It seems that the first iwo heats oftherace were won easily by Mounroe Chief, ILady Turpin being second, and Mazo-Manie miqz_ every time in the homestretch. In the ird beat Lady Turpin got away with the lead, md at the half-mile pole was three leuwths in adrance of Monroe Chicf, who led Mazo-Manic alepzih. At the three-quarter pole the Chief Lad collaréd Turpin, and after a wood racedawn tee stretch, beat her home a leugth. Every- boly suposed that the race was over, 4s it was erident that the Chicago horse bad won_three bests. When Eugene Rood, who was driving lgaManie, came back to the stand to weirh, he said - to the judzes: “Johuson drove me foul on the backsiretch.” Yonotice was taken of the remurk by Longley or Jobusop, especialiy as the juages did not aliupon the latter for his statement of the Ladts, s they shouid bave done in case ibe cmplaint of Rood was ziven any eonsideration. The horees in the 2:45 race weré then culled up ad trotted a bieat, after which it was aunounced that Lady Turpin had won the third beat in tie free-for-all, Monroe Chiel being Cistauced G account of foul driving. When the uews of the extraordinary decision reached Mr. Longley, Le at ~once went to the juees” and asked them why Jobnson’s ode of the story had not been heard. To his Warner, the Secretary of the track, replied that the horse bad Dot been: distanced on the testimony of Rood at all, but uoon tbat of the the patro] juderes. Opeof these, Mr. Paskarg, continued Warner, had stated to the judzes that Jobuson had * driven 1wo positions all the way 2ronnd; and Warner furtber volunteered 1he ioformation that the judges in the stand ‘were unable 1o se~ the condition of affairs at the wanmt- Where the foul was alleged to bave taken . Before this conversation with the judees, or father with Warner, for that individual seems fo bave done most of the_talking, Mr. Longley had seen bothof the patrol judees, and they had assured Lim that they saw nothing wrong, and had 5o reported 10 the judwes of the @ay. Wten he- mentioned this fact to Warner, the latter eaid that they had undoubtedly told him (Lonzler) €0 in order to avoid any unpleasant leeling, but they certainly reported a foul to 1he judees. Longley and Jobnson then talked the matter orer, and finally concluded to see Messrs. Kvle and Pickard, ghe patrol judees, again. Th Y¥asdone, and both the gentlemen said they d seen nothing wrong .in the heat in which the Chief was distanced. They were willing to inzke aflidavits 1o this eflect, and accordingly a ustice was sousht out, before whom the two Den swore the following: % Slate of Iitinois, Stephenson County. s+.: S. 0. fickard, of lawful age, being firet duly sworn upon h-ulm does depose and ay: that he was, by the eepors Driving-Park Aesoclation, appointed & gglml Jedee, and was on duiy as such on Ang. 2, ik, on the occasion of the free<for-asl ruce on | #iddsr: that he was tanding near the contheast Yoot the tzack at Taylor Parks that he carefully T e the proceedings from hispoint of vlew in v g heat of said free-for-alf” race; ” thut be s onl driving on the part’of the driver of onroe Chief in said beut. “l::‘x:.\. Kyle, being ulso sworn upon his oath, Somibathe was etationed as patrol judze on the sy tam of the track in said heat, and that he 0 foul driving on the part of the ariver of m ezid beat. S. 0. Picranp, A. KyLE Schacrided an@ is thi; aayol Au_:“nn_‘. g\:olréx_r gm before me, this third . T, GREE: Justice of the Peace. m"l’hse affidavits place Warnerinavery deleate L aenviable position. Ther cive the lie di- T8 16°his statement to Longley that the patrol Zes reported foul driving by the driver of o0roe Chicf. Just how Warner will extricats eugelf remains to be seen. But there 1s otber m\'ifl,encuh:z Warner will be obliged to sur- b A voung man vamed Potter, son of editor of the Freeport Bufietin, was i1 the IR2eS' stand duriug the race in question, and tates positively that the patral judges .did fi”""“ oy foul driving, but, . qn, tie ey, said that everyibing was - all |t "Col. Couley, Budd - Doble, . M onudl Morgan, and other orvemen wuo. were present, denounced itne dirtancing of Monroe Chicf 8s dx aulfio#aml u‘““m‘d 0 _give their evidence Yn'the mistter I Turg. POz £0 do 0. Even the owner/ol’ Lady Mrpin, who' was directly benefited by the de- :g“fl,’a\t Zavp bis"mare the rave, said it was :%-'une atd a fraud, i d&”.\' 1his extruordioary and sy ted decision was given, THE TRIBPNE can-' ot state, bift there is talk of, pool-box manipu- lh-.m’ m:‘;gm,njs opeuly charged thav afier sty Wairder liad some ool tickels'on'the oo agBinzt”. Monroe Chiel cashed. ~ At all €3S the mitter will Le—aken before rthe ey Of Appeals, and ftis to be hoped that pady. ;fll }'em;ln:e it thorouphly. and act with Bl Fredn! the meantime, horscmen will Sght Andnow thay Taz TRmoSE has taken this in band; It “provosés to expose some ‘universally con- deviltry in the matter of D! ng time, a practice that has long been lphe clu'ssnl a:J(e than one track, otherwise respectable. it s generally very difficult to prove a matter of this kiud, siuce botly the fterested partics, the horse owner or driver, and the Jjudgres, ‘are equally anxious to hide the secrct in their breasts. But a case has at last been secured in which, to usea policeman’s expression, the Free- part judges appear to be “dead to rights.”? On the same day that the Monroe Chief outrage was verpetrated, Johnson, the driver of that lhorse, was driving the etallion Envos iuthe 2:3S race. This borse won the rst heat, as timed by watches in the hands of £everal responsivle and capable men, in 1. none of them making it siower than 2:26. AL ter the heat was_over Johnsoun drove to the stabie, and had just got the horse uuhitched whex a patrol judee rode up at furious speed and hurriedly tovk Johnson into o stall, where :,‘;fc following iuteresting conversation took 1] Judge—“What time do you want for this heat 7 . “All right,” soid the judge, and away he d?‘sncm (Jhw'time was Imnjg out: Euvoy afterwards trotted another he: 2 was hung out 2:28, o fu 22k, sl o But ,l.lns isnot the only instance in which, it is alleged, the time was fived 10 sult owners. Ac- cordiug to relisoble men who were there, the fol- lowing cases also occurred : _In the 3:29 race Foxie V. trotted in 2:24, as timed by a dozen watches, but 2:3 went on the board. In this race Peter Johuson held a watch on Amboy, who was second, and that horss made the mile in 2:25. In the 2:37 race, Mignon trotted in 2:28Y, and ft was announced as 2:3). Joseohine, who won this race, took a heat in 2:2), but 2:31 were the firures hung out. » In the 2:2) race, Amboy trotted one heat in 2:29, and the immaculate Warner afterwards said that the driver of the horse came iuto the stand after the heat and said that, s his horse was golug into the stud, he would like 3 tast record, ““and therefore,” enid Warner, * we e him a little the advantage.” This *little? us three seconds, the time anvounced being All these facts have come to TaE TrinUNE from reliable parties. In reenrd to the sup- pression of time on Envoy, there seems to be no room for doubt. The penalty for this kind of work is expulsion from the National Association, and when Mr. Loneley’s lawyer is arguing the Monroe Chief case before the Board of Appeals he should also vresent thatof Envoy, and secure the expulsion of the judges who were in with it. 1OW 2:14 WAS BEATEN. & Last Sunday Tz TRIBENE eave the particulars of Rarus’ sreat heat in the special trial of speed at the Cleveland meeting, and also announced that at Buffalo the previous day he had trotted asecond heat in 2:13%. The best description of the performauce that has come to this office is that in the Buffalo Courier of a week azo to- day. It is as follows. Withont leaving the tra the borse again came down and got the word, but broke almost immediately. and was turned’ before reaching the draw-gate, brouszht buck. and blanketed for a coaple of minutes. Now came the hour of victory. Again Haras came llying down, this time a8 steady as clock-work, the word was riven, and with the runner a1 his girths be flew along. Every foot-full was eaeerly waiched, uot a mistake did he make, and when the quarier-pole wus passed the watches marked 331 seconde, a 2:14 gait, and on the slowest quarter of the track. The straight work of tne back-stretch was now before bim, where his mighty etride could have its perfect work, and along this he flew at a terrible pace, reaching the balf in 1:05%. or 2:113% gait, and trotting the eecond quarter in 321 seconds, a 2:09 zait. ‘The speed was slackened very little on the third-quarter, the gallant trotter never making o ekip or faltering, and when the timers noted 1:351 at_the three-quarter pole, the esclamatlon, **He'll do it,” was heard all over the track. Now the geconds become precions, the horse was tiring, as* Splan could feel, and 5 the wire was approachicd he gentiy touched him with his whip, hind quarters. Two minutes was atchey, and ho was_near)y at the aud be was within 100 feet 2, and he 1y only fifty feet here, and click go acores of watches as Be £weeps under the wire, and the in- dex hands point to the hereafter momorable fg- ures, 2:134. Eversbody knewthe horse had done it, but the shouting did uot begin’ until the board was bung out from the judges' stand. Then the cheeriug was tremendous, tue quarter-stretch was alive with people waving their hats and hurruhing, the crowds in tne grand stands rose -up in a_body, the ladies clapped their gloved and jeweled hanas and waved their bandkerchiefs, and” the men hal- Tooed themselves hoarse. _ Directly Splan appeared in the judges’ stand. and received an ovation, and was presented with a basket of lovely flowers. THE ROCHESTER MEETING. Last year Rochester was the onlv polnt in the Central Circuit whose meeting was a progounced sueress, . The railroad strikes prevested a larre attendance at Uleveland; the Pool bill . killed ‘the interest at Buffalo: but Kochester came out in a blaze of glory, and gave a meeting of un- exampled britliancy. This year, bowerer, things were different. Cleveland and Buffalo bag all the success they could wish for, the average time at each beiny better than 2:22, ficurcs never before reaciied at a trotting meet- this other protracted races they hnd been obliged to con- test during the previous two weeks, and it was hardly to be expeeted that they would appear at their best. In addition to” this the track, which when right is one of the fastest in the country, was about two secouds slow. All these causes combined azainst fast time or brilliant performances, and consequently there are none torecord. On the first day, Charley Green’s mare Dame Trot, who won &6 handily at the otheir points in the Circuit. was beaten easily by Wildair., This horse was very successful at the small Enastern meetings carlv in the season, and won races so easily that he was pretty well ad- tised as o watch-breaker by the time he reached the Central Circuit. At Cleveland and Buffalo he was raunk and unsteads, and, al- though showing great speed in places, was un- gble to win ‘a beat from Green’s black mare. Since passing into Splan’s hands Wildair seems to have improved, and won his race at Roches- ter in straight beats, the time being 2:2414, 2:22 2:243¢. + Lady Hoog. the snimal that created euch a censation in Califoraia two years ago by trotting trial miles in wou- derfutly fast time, she being then know as “The Stark Mare,” was entered in this roce but did not start. Nelther did the Canuck trotter, St. Patric] record for several vears. Proteine. the wonder- ful daughter of Blackwood, captured the 2:22 race ou the same day, Dick Swiveller taking the tirst heat and reducine his record to 2:20%. On WVednesday the 2:23 horses had a hot battle, the Western mares, Croxie and Lucille, being the chicl contestants. It was evidently arranged for Croxie to Win the race, but the fourth heat was suchja **dizzy ' one that the judges put Johuny Murpby behiud Lucille, and he piloted her to victory in the two succeeding heats. In the 2:24 race, Edwin Forrest repeated his victo- ries at Cleveland aud Buffalo, winning the first, second, und fourth heats. Dick Moore taking the third in slow time. Indianapolis captured the purse for 2:30 horscs ou tue third day, but the time was slow, the best heat being 2:95%. Hoveful won the free-for-all, Great Eastern and Cozette being the ooly ones to start asaiust him. ‘The fastest mile was 2:20. Friday’s races were prolonged unes. In the 2:26 elass Steve Maxwell took two heats in 2:27, 2:241¢; after which Jersey Boy captured a couple in " 2:25%(, 2:9634, and *yesterday morning, to which <ime the race was postponed, he took the deciding leat ju 2:353%¢. The 2:20 race on Friday was a Tong onc. _ John H. took the_first heat, Banquo the second, May Queen the third, and Adelaide the fourth. A~ postponement until yesterday morning was then had, when Powers, who bad been taking things easy, came along in graud style, eud won thefifth, sixth, and seventhheats §0'2:3], 2:99, 2:241¢ —the first being the fastest heat of the race, and reducing his record 2 quar- ter of a second. The table of winners is as fol- lows: 8 |8 2 Name. Sire, | i 110994 SHOLIAT E . Cnklin's Abd'lab 2174 213K 81,500 Li¥olunter 1,00 © iack 1,00 oo Chestoug Hill. Dame: % s Yiotmas one 535 Nolbntcer Matds one &9l Whole number of heats trotied. Fastest heax (by Haras) Elowest hiest (by Lud!anapol ROCHESTER. o 'a . ROCHESTER, N. Y., Aug. 10.—The unfinished races bezan at 10 o'clock, a free gate bringing un immense. crowd. In the 2:25 race, tbe filth and lsst heat waswon by Jersey Boy, Steve Mazwell taking second money, Bonesetter third, Wolford Z fourth. Time, 232512, 1o the 2:20 racetbe fifth heat was won by who has been trying to wet a Circuit | McClelian * aod - Suiliy: Philip, Powers; the -rest as follows: King ., May Banquo, Richard, Lew Scott, John Queen, Adelaide. Time, 2:32. ‘The sixth heat was won_by Powers, Adelaide second, John H. third, Banguo fourth, May Qucen, who came first, distanced for foul driv- ing. Time, 2:22, The seventh heat and purse was won by Pow- ers, Adelaide second, Jonn H. third, Banquo fourth. Time, 2:24. Rarus trotted a third heat, making . tne first quarter in 84; half, 1:00; three-quarters. 1:435¢5 wile, 2:173¢; losing the puraes, a5 he had to av- erage 2:18. He would have done it, but broke on the home-streteh. = - Sanatoea. N. Y., Ang. 10.—The steeple-chase ‘was won by Problem, Trouble second, Deadhead third. " Time, 4:32%¢. RATOGA. g SarATOGA, N. Y., Ang. 10.—The track is in fair condition to-day. The first race, for the Kentucky stakes, three-quarters of _a mile, was won by Uncas, Harold second, Ialer third. Time, 1:2034. The secoud race, Summer handicap, for all ases, wile and three-quarters, was_won by Loulavier, Bushwhacker second, Virginius third. ‘Thne, 8:14. Susquehanna was scratehed. The free handicap, one and_an efehth miles, was won by Bonunie Wood, Belmont’s filly see- oud, Uattic F. third. = Time, 2:025, PRACK TALK, The dam of Proteine is also the dam of Belle Brasticld. John Splan drove Hopeful in the free-for-all race at Buifalo. Monroe Chief trots fu the stallion race at Mendota this week. Calmar, one of the phenomenal horses of 1877, is in ordinary at Cleveland., He bas lost his speed. & White-faced Jim, an English pony, 1414 hands y"”l’(‘ ‘reee tly trotted two miles atAlexandra ark in Mr. John D. Morders, the breeder of>Clark Chicf, s becowme fusane, and been sent to 3 Kentueky asylum. Alleveur, 3 vears, by Gilroy, has been pur- ehased by Michael Murphy, aud’ will be trained {or burdie-racing. The London Sportsman of July 27 aunounces the safearrival of the thoroughbred American fcmuugs shipped per steamer Wisconsin not long ago. E There will be a series of trotting. races at the Paris Exposition, Sept.7, when $12,500 in purses will be offered. Spotted Colt expects to win his share of the events. Mr. Charles M. Cottrill, Secretaryof the Milwaukee Driving Park, was in this city yester- day. He oredicts the most complete success 10 tue new Chicago track. Nominations for the three classic cventsin England next year closed recently, and foot up as follows: Epsotn Derby, 265 subseribers;. The Oaks, 2015 and the St. Leger, 266. Spotted Colt, record 2:25%¢, was shipped to France Jast Thursday, fn charge of bis trainer, Joln H. Bishop. . Ile is entercd in some kind of a race at the Paris Exposition. I About 800 people visited the new track yes- terday. Everything is progressing favorably, and 4s soon as some of the stables are complet- ed, Budd Doble will send his horses there. The Minueapolis Association will transport {free of charge frem Chicazo or Mitwaukee all horses which cnter at its meeting. This is an inducement to lorsemen to take part in the Milwaukee meeting, to be held Aue. 27 to 80, ‘Willtam Lakeland’s stable of runners. consist- ing of Little Reb, Mary R., and Adventure, has been shipped to Kentucky, where they will remain until the fall meetings are over, when o journey to New Orleans will be taken. Lysauder Boy, who has been doing such zood trotting in the2:22 class through the Central Circuit, is a dark chestout zelding by Lysauder, a son of Hambletonian., He is owned by Matloy & Pendergast, of Syracuse, N. Y., and driven by Jack Feek, the man who brought out Great Eastern. It scems that in the eizhth heat of the 2:28 race at the bulfalo meeting, in which the only starters were Croxic and Lucille, the forner winniog in 2:19%, Croxie lost 3 boot and shoc at the three-quarter pole. John Murphy, who drove her, stated to the judges that he was pf- fered §2,500 to drop the heat'to Lucilte. Mr. H. T, Helm’s work on *“American Road- sters and Trotting Stallions " has already been attended to in these columns. It has siace beon issued from the press of-Rand, MeNally & Co., and forms a volume of over 500 pages, plentifully interspersed with cuts of America’s noted trot~ ting stallions. It i3 a work that everyone inter- ested in borses sbould have. ©J. W. H."—Address 51, L. Clark, Jr., Louis- yille, Ky., for the rules of the Louisville 3sso- ciation, and Carles Wheatley, Esqg., Fordham, N. for the Saratoga. rujes. The rules al each place are different, and both are for run- ning horses only. The rules of the National Trotting Association may be had by addressing T. J. Vuil, Secretary, Harttord, Conn. The stallion Indianapolis, that is trotting through the central cireuit, is said to be the rankest kind of @ quitter on the homestreten. 1n the fourth heat of hiz race at Bulfalo he was beaten by C. W. Waolley in 2:22%, but although this may seem, and is, fast for a fourth Leat, the last quarter was trotted at only a 2:30 elip, and it was in this quarter that Woolley overhauled aud beat the favorite. A writer in the Cleveland Leader has figured up the summaries of the trottinr meetings at that place for the past eight years, and gives the following as the average time at each- meet- ing. 1t ehows conclusively the advanve- ment io speed of the American trotter: 1871 1872 1878 181 3 ‘The American horses made but a sorry show at the late July meeting at Newmarket. On the 9th, In the 2-vear-old stakes, half & mile, the Duke of Hamilton's Glen Jorsn, by Imp. Glen- clg, out of Ulrica, by Lexington, 117 pounds, and Mr. M. H. Sanford’s Requital, 122 pounds, were both entered and ran, but faiied to get lace. On the 10th, Jir. Sanford’s Miss Ward, years old. by Baywood, out of Ear Ring, by Ringgold. was entered and ran for the July cup, three-quarter mile, 109 pounds up, but failed to get a place. Smine dav in the Beaufort stakes, handicap, one mile, Mr. Sanford’s Start, 4 years old, by imp. Glenelg, out of Stamps, by Lexing- ton, 118 pounds up, ran unolaved. On'the 11th, same gentleman’s Brown Prince, 4 years old, by Lexington, out of imp. Brittania IV., 111 pounds up, ran unplaced in the July handicap, three- uarter mile. Start also run unplaced, same ay, in tbe summer handican, two miles, 12{ pounds up. On the 12th Mr. Sanford’s Requital ran unplaced for the Stetchworth stakes, for 2- year-olds, five furlongs 183 yards, with 127 Dounds up. BASE-BALL. BOSTON—CHICAGO. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. Bosroxy, Aug. 10.—It s such a common affair for the Boston Club to promenade over the prostrate forms of the clubs which take the trouble to fall down in their path that it seems hardly worth while to point out that to-day’s gome was like most others played on these grounds. What will impress the reader of the score the most, next to the Bostons being able to win the ball, is the number of men left on bases by Chicazo batsmen, In the line of plays which will be talked over come first in order the pitching done by Larkin, after that O’Rourke’s. work, and a particularly ood stop by Start of one of the most dapgerons-looking throws Capt. Ferguson had o chance to make. Joe put the runner out by a left-handed catch, and he aid it purposely. O’Rourke was left on first, earning it in the first inning. Hankinson threw badly to Start in the fifth nning, the result being that Joe and the ball got under the runoer, who brought up at third on the play, and an out to ceutre field Iet him o, In cvery other inning except the final one the Chicagos played the full game, so far as pitch- ing and fielding is concerned, and not s man of the other side got to a base. There was but one foning in which the Whites appeared to realize the proper use to be made of a bat-stick. Suilivan drove a safe one to.Manning, Har- bidge was sccond out to O'Rourke, and Start and Anson batted the new man home.” Then a bad piteh and Ferzuson’s base on called ‘balls filled “the ‘bases. Hankiusén’ tried Uis best towards winning the game. The catch off the bit’ by O'Rourkeyras an extraordinary one, and unquestionably cut off two,runs at the least.. In every.inning but the fourth, ninth, tenth, and eleventn the Whites were on’the bases by batting. Two weie left in the first, inoing, | Anson on second and Harbidge on third. “In- the seventh inning Fercuson fafled them, and were ‘of more harm than good to Hagkinson snd . Larkin.in the. cighth inning. ¥ =F i3 Tte ninth foning saw the game 4 tie, and the tenth likewise. Morriil’s safe hit in the eleventh inning completed the Boston’s batting score. When he got started for second Harbitge sent pat. 3 | ' Saronpay—*Chicago ye. Providence, at’ Provi- [ to have takenin the New ¥ork Clipper office. 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES, “THié “eollision bétween therunner and McClellan sound up in a tumble for the latter. The ball went past Anson and Movrill made his run. Théré was.a good at- tendauce, but the weather Wwas unfavorable. 8coiiz. A\E|B 7 Wright. s. 5. 4{ 0| 0] Iy Leonard, 1. 4! 0l o 0 4 of 1f 1 3 ;1 0; 0 g Falof of ? 4 1l 1 1 3l ool 3 Snyder, 4/ of 1] 1 Tota .36] 2| g 7 Harbidge, c. 5| 0 o1 Start, 1 5 0 o 0 Ancon, 439 o 0 Ferguson, 4! 0} 0 1lankingon, 3 4 0 21} 1 Cassldy, r. * 5 0 1 Larkin. . 5 0 30 McCielfan, 500 5,0 Sullivun, 1. 4 5 1! 1] o0 Total........ 3 1] 917isn'nal 3 Innings— 78010 11 Boston. 0000 i-=2 000 0 v1 1, 2 times; Chicago, ankinson, Perzuson. ‘hicago, 12, Wild throw: inson, larbidge. Wild pitcb. Passed ball Balls called—On: Strikes called —Off Bond. 38; Larkin, 34, Struck out—IHankinson, Larki, McClellun. s‘l)fllullle plays—Soiton and Morrill, Cassidy and are. Time—Two hours and twenty-Ave minutes. Umpire—Daniels. OTIER GAMES. Ciycisyary, Q., Aug. 10.—Cincinnati, 9; Mil- waukce, 03 six inuivgs, Provinesce, R. I, Aug. 10.~Todianapolis, 6; Providence, 5. ‘Maxcuester, N. H., Aug. 10.—Lowelis, 3; Manchesters, 2. LEAGUE ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. Special Dispatch to The Trivuns. PROVIDENCE, K. L., Aug. 10.—The National League Professional Ball Clubs held o special meeting nere last cveuinz and to-day. The business done is fully siated inthe tollowing address issued to the public and players to-dny, over the sigoature of President Hulbert, of Clicago: : : Puovipzycs, R. 1., Aug. 10, 1878.—The Na- tional League' of Professional Base-Bull Clubs having met as above dated, at & time when it is vossidle to accurately estimite the Snancial and otherresnlts of the season of 1874, offers the fof Jowing * as the conclusions as to the present season and _its recommendations for the future. The. League believes that its efforts to present the distinchively national game of the country as un exhivition in the best bossible manner, and under the most stringent regulations, have been approciated and approved. and that all lovers of pure and manly sport will concede that its eforts have been directed towards the elevation of the game. It is parc of the ex- perience of the League clubs for the season of 1578 that the dullness in business and depression have & far affected their receipts that a gencral loss is already assured. AL the ssme tune, it is opparcnt that under tne present system this loss must atl fall uvon the associations from which the players receive all the money carned and much more, The League declines to continue businese on this principie, and tak this time to amnounce to players that for 1879 the aguregnte sla- s paid by each club must not excecd asum whicn e experience of this year has shown can be earn- ed. [t hus not, however, after discussion, seemed wise at this time to attompt to restrict any associa- tion us (0 what it shull pay auy or &1l of tne menin its employ, , In the line of reduction of expenses within prob- able income tie League hes, at the imceting above dated, eatered into an agreement which binds its members to make the coutract season of 1870 six months, and no longer, to-wit.: From April 1to Sept. 30, both mclusive. It i8 expected that by thus giving the player fally balf the year for the pursuit of any trade or business which be may have he will be enabted to devote the other balf to play at fees cost to the cluos than when, as in the past, he received his entire sapport from' them. By tue terms of the agreement last named the clubs have bound themselves not to pay money ad- vances during the winier season, they believing tuat this practice has in the past ‘enconrazed idle- nees and discouraged some players from follawing such business or trade as they wrere fitted for. A uniform styie of contract bas been approved. 1t has been announced to the Lesgue that cerrain clubs desirs membershipa . it. It is therefore proper to say that the clubs now bolding member~ ship will expect from applicaits compliance with the agreements sbove noted a3a condition prece- gent to admssion. g By order of the Leagne, 3 W. £, Huusent, President. This dismisses the idea 'of grading salaries and other nonsense of that kind which has been adyocated. NOLAN TO BE BOUNCED. It is likely that ** The Only Nolan® will be expelled frow the Indianapolis Club and from the League. He has been acting strangely of late, and Thursday nignt refused duty on the round that his brother was dead in Paterson, N. J., and he wanted to go-to the funeral: It appears, from the best evidence at hand, that no brother was dead or ill, and if that be prosed, Nolan will be expelled for refusing duty on false pretenses. Healy, of Providence, pitched for Indianapolis here to-day and made a fine Qdisplay. He has been engazed by President Pettit'to i1l Nolan's place. THE LEAGUE CIIAMPIONSIIP, g The position of the coutestants was not ‘chaneed by the past week’s games. Chicago is Btill second, but Boston has a more command- ing lead than at any time curing the season. Providence is looming up, and will push Cincin- nati close for third place. Thelatter Club seems to be “all tore up,” losing three or_four games to non-League clubs last week. Following is the record up to last evening: crems. Fis sls Gameslost.. KESUME OF THE WEER. Following is a brief statement of the results of the Srinm‘pnl games played last week. Those marked with a star were League games: 3 5—Chicago, 3; Utica, 1. 5—Cincinnati, 95 Roghes 5—Springileld (Mas: Buflufo, +; Milwaukee, 3. Peoria Reds, 1:2; Davenport, 5. Cincinnati, 2; Star, 1. eoria Jtede, 3: Dubugue, 1 Providence, 5: Indianapolis, 0. ornell, 4; Sprinafield (Mass.), 4. 7—Buffalo, 7 Cincinnati, 1. Forest City (Rockford), 1. r, 1. gflms! City, 1 ‘ng. 7—Peona Reds, 6 Aug. 7—Milwankee,'2: National, Aug. 8—*Boston, xufio. 1. Aug, 8—*Providence, 8; Indianapolis, 8. ‘Aug. §—Bufalo. 5; Cincinnati, 2. . §—Peorta Reds, 8; Forest City, 4. . S—Hornell, 5; Springtield. 3. e, 11: National, 3. Provideuce, 127 Indianapolis. 6, 9—sProvidence, 5. 9—*B . 9 ~Forest City, 2. 10—*Boston, 2; Chicagn, 1. ‘Aug. 10—*Cincinnaui. 9: Milwankee, 0, Aug. 10—*Indianapolis, 6, Providence, 5. THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMPL The standing of the ten clubs remaiving in the race is a2 follows, up 10 last evening: Club Won. . Lost. Played. Stars.. 24 8 32 Buffaios 23 Tecumsehs . 23 Utlaas . .. 19 Rochesters . 19 Hornells 17 Lowells. 18 Manchesters. 14 Worcesters 9 Springfields. [ GAMES TO COME. Following is a list of the more prominent games aunounced for this week. The League games are designated by a star: oNDAT—*Cincinnati vs. Miliwaukee. at Cincin- TCEsDAT—*Chicago ve. Providence, at Provi- dence: *Indianapotis v5. Boston, at Boston; *Cin- cinnaui ve. Milwaukee, at Cincinnati; Springfield vy, Utica, at Ctica. £ WEDNEspAT—Springfield vs. Albany, at Alvany; *Cancinnati vs. Milwaukee, at Cincinnati. ; TaunsbaT—+Chieago vs. Providence, at Provi- dence; *Indianapolis vs. Boston, ut Boston; *Cin- cihnati vé. Milwaukee, at Cincimuati; Worcester va. Buffalo, at Buflalo. Fripay—rCincinnati va. Milwaukee, at Cincin- dence; #indisnapolis ve. Bosten, at Boston; Low- €l vs. Springfeld, at Springfeld. NEW YORK PROSPECTS. On his way from Rochester to Providence Mr. Pettit, Presidént of the Indianapolis Cluo, seems It is well known tiat Mr. Pettit -ezpects.to lo- cate in New York next season (or before it com- mences), and also that he has a strong desire to march with a more successful team than the one hé has hud this season. Amonz the other premises which o to make up an understanding ol the questionis the one that Mr. Pettit has about lost faith in the absolute and supreme ability of Nolsaas & pitcher. It took s lonz get that out him, but it is now out (or pretty pearly), and. Mr. Cettit. belicves that Nolan is”_no better than anybody else when put into s tight place.aid opnosed by a.lot of hard- headed, earnest batters, who put their collective aud compared expericnce against his personal skill. This doesn’t touch on 'the question of honesty - at @il Well, then, suppose Mr. Pettit in New = York: what. he to do! Why he set eye (so the savs) on_MeCormick, p.; Flint, ¢.; Start, Quest, 3 b.; Hazue, 3 b.; G. Wrizht, s.s.; York, I f.; Remsen,'e.” f.; Shaffer, r. .5 with Clapp and Bradley as chaoges in pitching and catching. “But,” as a rivat manager said ton TRIBUNE reporter last week, “what will | be doing all this while? Most of thew he can have, but where will I be asleep while he s picking up Start, Remsen, Shaffer, Clapp, and Quest? And, farther, one W, A. Hulbert is now in the East, and it isn’t Jikely that he will be asleep to the interests of Chicagros the record doesn’t siow that he is likely to- be. But beyond the question of a team for New York comes that of 4 around; the proposai now is to use Fleetwood Park. Thisisnota bad place—when you get toir. Buttoga from down town onemust tuke the elevated railroad to Forty-sccond street, then the steam-cars for ten minutes, and then walk a good bit, Will that do? 1 peo- ple o that distance? Those are_the questions, and it seems a5 if the success of 2 New Yark nine depended on answering them satisfactofily rather than on the make-up of a nine. THE MILLER MATTER, To the Editor of The Tribune. S7. Pavr, Min . 8.—The card in last Sunday’s TRIBUNE does me n wrong in rezard to my leaviug the Davenport Base-Ball Club. In the first place 1 gave them over a week’s no- tice. Also. our manager, while in Burlington, wrote to the Directors, telling them tnat I was going to quit when I got back to Davenport. The reason I quit was that they broke their cantract with me, just as they did with Rock- well, Morrig, and "Glaspell, only I gave them one week’s notice, aud the Directors of the Club oniy gave them a minute’s notice, after engaging them for a season @f five months. Was that right? The reason I bad for leaving the Club was thatin the beginning of the sea- son they said they could only pay the in and out flelders” so much aud no more. I sigced with them just the sameas the rest, and I did my duty faitnfully, and worked hard for the inter- est”of the Club, until less than 1 month aro, when they let those players o without waiting to sce if they could get- anything to do. 'They engugea other players i their stead, and gave them big saiaries, 50 you see theyv broke their con- tract right there. I'told them L wanted asmuch as they got, and wanted to be releused; but they would not give it to me, and then I asked for my refease, and tofd them I would #o any- how if they did not give it to me, which I did. In regard to me being in debt to them, 1 con- fess that I do owe the Club $11. Bat they do ot say how mucn they are indebted to the other members of the “Club. These are facts which T can prove, and in conclusion I would say that if Mr. Green, the head man of the Club, will publish the letter I wrote him the day 1 left Davenport, the public can then judge who was in the right. Respectfully, Joseem W. MiLLer ; GENERAL NOTES. Force will probably play in Washington nest season. The Manchesters were said to have disbanded, but a later dispateh says the Club will piay the scason out. & On the recent trip of the New Bedfords, Gore made cizht three-base hits and four home rans in twelve games. Girls like base-ball plavers for lovers beeause they are so acenstomed to the wals:-high busi- ness.—Hackensack: Liepubliean. Companies B and C, of the First Regiment, played Fridav atternoon at White Stocking Park. B was successful by a score of 16 to 15. The fizht for the [nternational championship has narrowed down among the Stars, Buffalos, and Tecumsehs, with des in favor of the Ntars. The Ciipper jumps 6 the wrouz side of the fence, 1s usunl, and aqvocatus uniform salaries,—~ a thing which s ot only impracticablo but aiso oolish. Yesterday’s eame betweee the Cincinuati and Milwaukes Clubs was the tirst of iifteen con- secutive zames to be played by the tormer Club on thelr own grounds. E There will be 2 game of base-ball at Wiite- Stocking Lark next Saturday, the 17th, between the Grocers and_Board-of-Trade men, for the ‘enetit of Habnemaun Hospital. The Onkland and Lake View nines played yes- terday on the Chicaro University erounds, and the Lake Views were defcated—an unusual thing for them—by a scare of G to 2. Mr. 8. Wangersheim, centre-fielder - and change cateher of the Clipper B. B. Ciub, of this city, bas got his release, and will play the balanceof the scason with the Crooks. Hartford has a Chinese base-ball ¢lub. Chin, the third baseman, does all "the talking, and Mr. Slaug Yune, the pitcher, sends. "em in hot- ter than auy *Melican mau in the profession. A correspondent suzzests the following team for nexu vear: Brown, e.: Larkin, p.; Start, 1b.; Burdock, 2 b.; Suton, 8b.; Ferzuso, s.5.3 O'Rourke, c. £.; Pike, I. f.; Cassidy, r. . The Chicazo Club plaved a part of Jast Mon- day’s game at Utica in the rain. ana the players were thoroughly wet through. As a conse- quence, Remsen was taken with chiits at Boston and was laid up. It is understood that fn_ return for Barnes’ suit to recover 51,000 salary, which _he claims is still duc him on his contract of 1876 with the Chicago Ball Ciub, that organization will_soon commence an action ugainsi Barues for 31,000 for damage dour: the Club by Lis failure to play. Capt. Clapp, of the Indianapolts Ciub, denies the €incinnati Enquirer's story relative to_ the burchase of pool-tickets by 3 member of bis team. He makes outa good case, ana dares the Euquirer 10 vroduce the proof. Cincinuatd will never get over the defeats sustaied at the hands of Hoosiers. * Proud Pike. How He Whacked Tt to Whoop- La William,” is the way the Cincionati Euquirer speaks ot the batting ol Pikein tue Providence- Ciucinnati game, he making four clean hits, a_ three-haser, off Will Wiate, and played sccond base admirably for the Provi- dence, taring Sweasy’s place. It is stated, with apparent reason, that Clapp aud Bradley have struck hands and Sworn to zo together next seasou. It seems sure that Brad has recovered the skill which he scemed to bave lost when he was in Chicago, and that he is playing a strong game 2gain. And if this be true, we shall see the old-heads back again— probably fu St. Louis. ‘The rumors concerning 1879 come thick and fast. [t is stated on what secms good authority that Cleveland, Buffalo, Lowell, New York, Washinzton, and St. Louis will apoly for adinis- sion to the League, and, per conotrs, that there isn't much chance for Indianapolis and Milwau- kee to take another vear. There is not one chance in ten that the League will take in more clubs than will make its number eieht. Suv- Dose, then, that the eight were Chicawo, Cin- cinnati, St. Louis, and Cleveland in the West, and Boston, Providence, New York, and Buf- falo in the East. how would that suit{ The terms East and West here used are only com- parative, end based ou the fact that the best schedule can only be made where there are an cqual namber of clubs in each division. In the Clipperlatest at hand there appears a statement of the average record of the six League clubs in battinzand fielding for three months ended with July. Naturally enough (seeing that the table sppears inthe Ulipper) the Chicagos are vut down as_the poorest bat- ting team’ in the Leazue. Every well-posted man io the game would naturatly laugh ac this, the more so that the figures given the Chicazos for a club average (.239) are less than any man's record in the team, bar one. The real truth of the matter is that the Chicago Club's sverage up to the end of July was .804 instead of .25). The Clipper adds, “1f it was * batting which wins,” where would the Boston and Chicazo nines have been at the end of Julv#" ‘Thc an- sweris casy. The Chicagos would have been at the the top. Ask us a harder one. The Clipper had the following advice to zive the Leazue managers, who met in Providence Friday, relative fo salaries of players and the Liriug of men before the seajon was. finished : In the firat place, the League must long €re this have arrived at the conclosion that they had been ~* paying very dear for their whistle.” Even at the best of times the. present remuneration for the services of professional ball-player would be ont of all proportion tothe value of the work done,and in “these -thard times * this- is specially the case. Their work—or play, ratner—is really no work at sil, comparatively bpeaking, aud yet cuer have becn paid ealaries which men of education and tal- ent fail fo et even in the_higher class of businces occupntions. A professional player's gervices are only available from ay fo November at most. and yeu some men have been paid as highas 35,00 for: wix: months "of serviee, while the lowest ealary has - exceeded $600 for -the eame penod. As the times go-mow, the hardest- orked plaser of a. professionsi nine—ine pitcher—should deem himself farlunate ifihe can commund & ealafy of $1,200, for his six months' gervice, and we commend to the League the adop- tion of ‘this figure as the highest valary for the best osition “of ‘z pirofesslorial club team, _leaving 1,000 for the catcher, $900. ), and $700 for the'base positions; from:third " to 'first, $600 for short-fleld work, and €500 for outficlders, with 2 special premium, pasabte yearly, for such men as perform their dutics to the entire satisfaction and rofit of the club the season through, Rememher $1.200 2 se2son 11 §200 3 month, z0d $30 weak for the best service of a ball-player 200y To M D e & Facoiager can Five their playces by thei ability—according 1o fleld; Sverage—in their home positions, batting averae todecido when felding iy equal, . pitchens and catchery rankinz as first, basewen and infielders as secoud, and outflelaers as third. Evexy club, 100, should be bound to abide by the Leagne salary- rule. and, above ail, there should be no engage- ments made until the close of the season. Another thing is the doing-awpy with any payments in ad- vance of work done. Anytlang else is opposed to common brsiness principles. Boston Merald, Aug. 8: The Cincinnati Eu- quirer of Suturday related with particularity a story t the release of Hallinan [rom the Cicagos, alleaing that said release was dated back by collusinn between Messrs. Lutbert and Peutit, Presidents of the Chicazo and Indisnapo; Iis Clubs, and assertim that a gentlewan from Cincinuati overheard the plan discussed by the gentlemen named “at a hotel dinver-tablel” A revorter yesterday met President [ulbert, and referred "t the publication, upon which Mr. Hulbert snid: I do not particulariy eare to dis- cuss the matter, but I have no objection to_say- fnze thie [ have not, Tor at least three mdnths, at a hutel dinner-table, or any otner dinner- le, with Mr. Pettit, und have not caten a meal with him in that time. ~ Further, the re- lease or termination of coutract with Hallinan July 25, und of this there is plenty of ifit were ueeded. 10 the Enquirer to producg the aflidavit of the gen- tleman who overheard e alleged conversation at the dinner-table, it will first have to fabricate thie man, and thew, when it bas bullt him, it will have to induce him to commit perjury.” The New York Mercury wants a return to the old style of pitching, and enfurces its argument. with the following * poetry "'z Let up on the scientific, 2 Give ns more of pluy ternfic, Which of sport will be protifie, Quit the men the pases hugging, Give us some old-fashioned wiugging. Pitch the ball straight-arwed and suff, Let the batsman bat it—diff! Let one hit another foller, - Give the folks a chance to holler. Kecp the pitcner pilching true, Give the outfield work 10 do; Give the bas hoo, Aud raise a o hutlabulioo. Pitch and strike aud run and jump, And mbke the busy basemen hump. Keep the felders cutting cavers Catching fouly and lung sky-scrapers, Fops und fiys and lichtning grounders, Red-hot liners. crackimg hounders. Bat the ball and give 1t fits, Strike for two and three base hita, And now and then add 1o the fu Iy patting for a clean home ru And to make the sport in Lang the bal) outside the fence. On this science take 1 tumble And people will no Junger gramble, Let up on the scientitic And give us more of play terrifc. “That 13 the kind of hair-in we nre! QUESTIONS ANSWERED. R. AxD M.—Cummings pitched for the Philadel- phia Club in 1874, A W. W.. MuskEcoN—The first three games to e played in Clicazo this month are those with the Bosion Club— Aug. 27, 29, and 31, ., LERoY, MixN.—**Is not a ball which strikea The butter while in his position @ dead ball, whether the catcher catches the bail or notr™ Anaicer—Yes. P. J. M.—If the Davenports have beaten the Peoria Reds, gi0 score of the wame has been teles graphed to this city, The latter Ciub bas beaten the former three times, L.—**Please decide the followiug: Is MeClel- Tan, of the Chicagos, a right or left handed bat- ter?” Angwer—ioth. I sometimes bats left- lianded and sometimes right. ‘he scores of June 15— Cnic: )—Chicago, 9; Bos- | A. W. K, Erxuagr, Ixp.—The number of unies plused between the Cincinnati and Chicazy Ciubs is ix. Cucimnati winning them all, The Boston and Chicazo Clubs have played nine games, Chicazo winning four and I »ston tive. Max, CAuRoLLTON, TLL,—** Who fs the fastest base-runner in the Leagué, and what ts the quick- est time made from buse 1o pase, f there s any record" Ansicer—Murnan ie said to be the fastest. thunsh no recordis at hand. Ed Cathbert ran all the bases at St. Louts, in 1875, in 1:3% seconds. v. H.;MiseRat Porst, —**Who has in the League icams?™ dence. had the best aver- ugeup to May 25, but ic is Hl;cl% the next sum- ming-up will show some oue cl=¢ as the leader, sham at the topat the close ne fhrurer places U of July. J. E. D., Orrawa, Ite.—¢* What kind of a showinz wonld the following tcam make for toe champlonship next +_Kelly, c.: Larkin, p.; lallinuy, s, &3 Sullivan, 1°b, + eGeury, & b, Foley. 1 Hinex, ' c. O'Rourke.r. [." Angiwer—There are several weal points in it, and A much better one can be got to- gether—on puper. F. A. V.. Locsront, ILi.—*¥(1) Can a hasc- ranner take more than one base on = wild pitch? 2) Can au umpire, after catling two balls, amd then one strike on_the batter, send bim to sirik _round with the - wazched alrendy calted two balls. ¥. 0. C;—**(1, Who 18 Munning, the (he first_Chicago-Peoria gamey (2) base-Lits und errors were made in_the to 0) gamer (3) Whycannot Anson catch for the Chicazos? (4) Wonld not Fisier, of Vil make 2 200d second-oascman for Chica swers—(1) Munning is ti Jins, of thivelix. {2 No score o the zame wis An sent_bere. has had 1 sore hand thiy season whic ented him from zomme belind the bat. (4) an sier D ment on any one who has played taat position tn the Chicagos 5o far this seasou, F. & W., DEXVER, Cor.—**(1) How are hat- ting averazes compuied, —do you divide base-hits or futal buscs by times ut hat?” (2) Does ¥ in your scorex und 1 0 in other pauers mean times reuched first base or sinvle hase hits? (3) How are fota boses computed: I8 it the number of buse: on personal ) lioiv do you comput s’ ay (5) How do you make teldi siwer—(1) Take the whole number of vlayer has made and divide them by regate of his timexat but; the result will be n pereentage (usually carried 10 three tigures) which gzives his theoretical patumg ability. (2) ¥ in TR TRINGNE scores ipdicates the number of times a player has reached trst buse inu eme. Tiris column declines to discuss what any symbofe in any other DAPCE 103y OF Ty DOL mean. (h A batter gets one total buse for # one-base hit, two Totul bases for a Lwo-baee hit, three total bases tor & three-base hit, and_four total bases for a home- “The agrrezate of hese perforumnces mude by him vive his total bases on hits, The Leazue had another plaa in 1577, but a few lazy scorer, incompetent repurtere. and unfit managers sue- Coodetl in driving 1t out. . () The tect of n piteh- er's ubility is the number of clean hits made off him in a it number of chiances or times at bat: therefore, sum up all the hits made off him and divide by the az srremte of the times atbat of the men who mude those hits: the resulting percentage will show his d_together the tutal of hiy put- efiicienc: E outs, ussists, and_errors, and you have Lis fotal chant de hie total number of errors by his total namber of chances, and yon have the per- centage of errore. Suotzact that from 1,000 (if you have carried the other to three pluces) and you have the percentage of chances accepted, which forms In® fielding record. To explain: Stacts record up to last week was 387 put-outs, § aseists, and 24 errore. The sum of thewe (3i8) was his namber of chances. Divide 3 by 518 and the result (.044) sliows his percentage of ercors. Sub- trect that from 1,000 and the rematuder (.U30) ows his record. AQUATIC. RECEPTION OF THE VICTORIOUS COLUMBIANS IN NEW YORK. ¢ NEW York, Aug. 10.—The steamer bearing the victorious Columbia Colleze crew was sighted carly this morning, aud svon after- wards reached quarantine. The Health Officer waited lung for the expected Reception Com- mittee of the Columbia alambi, but as they were not making an appearance he steamed to the vessel with the members of the press, and there ¢ave to the Henley victors their welcome. After the Health-Officer bad pussed the vessel she steamed for her dock. Just off Governor's island the steamer chartered by the alumai approached, those on board shouting the well- kuown Culumbia ery. The crew were trans- ferred to the little excursion-steamer amid the cheers of their fellow-passengers, and procezded to the city, where zhuf- were vociferously wel- comed by waiting Columbia men, the band meanwhile playing the vational and college airs. On the dock an open.carriage with two horses was In wailing to convey the crew to Delmoni- co's. The horses were quickly takep out, and ropes were attached to the carriage which were seized by a large party of Columbia students, Two others, Bovd and Simpson, took bold of the carriage pole as steersmen. Goodwin aod Ridabock took the rear seat in the barouche aud Edson and Eldridee sat opposite. The oars with which the crew achieved victory at,Henley were also placed in the carriage, with- the “blades pointit upward, one of them belng decorated With an evergreen wreath. A procession was then formed, beaded by seveoty of the First Regiment Band and collegians carrving the Co- Tumbfa ffar. Then folioved the carriage drawn by two long Hues ‘of enthusiastic younz men, most of whom displayed the - Columbia, white and bluo in badges, bandkerchiefs or hat-baads, The Reception Committee walsed close bebind the carriage, and then came 2 body of studeuts and others, marching four abreast. Before the procession left the pier, Ald, Big- lin greeted the members of the crew on_behait of the Buand of Aldermen, and tendered their congratulations, _ Caot.. Goodwin arranzed to confer with hinfnext Monday in rezand th 4 re- teption ut the 1Latl. When the provessi started the-oflicers and workmen on the dock Zave bicarly cheers, which were responded Lo by the Columbia bovs, - - i¢ line of march lav throneh West® strect, Canal, Broadway, Fifth avenue to Delmonico’s, Urowds of spectators were attructed along tho i msxl_e. and the appearance of the vietorious Crew WS cverywhere preeted with enthusasm. Tt i3 said by an exedange i 2 ¥ an exchangc it R cascis setthel at st o0 o B Keonebee- The regatta of the National Associ R . & ciation of Amateur Oursinen takes place 4t Sewar, 3 A 20 A . place at Newark, N. ‘The Davenport (Ia.) Boat Club I its orzenization with an active nfinfi'flflfi'i‘} forty and & fund of over $600 to start off with. The Halifax Rowing Association have iss a challenge fu behalf of Warren Smith, to ::;‘ oue in America, except Hanlan and Courtner, to row a three-mile race ou Bedtord Basin for - aside. P I £5,000 will canse the raco between Hanlon © and Courtuey to be rowed over the Laching course, the Lachine Boating Ciub_are prepared to offer it. Both oarsmen are said tobe satisfied With the water at that point. The amatenr seullers® race, which is to come of at Sitver Lake, Mass., Aug. 15, will have amonir its contestants, it is thought, George W. Lee, who rowed in the Henley rezatta, Rober: Larmou, nud other well-kuown oarsmen. It is :l:lfiam that Courtuey will take part in the re- ‘There are said to be seventeen entries for the regulta at Barrie, Out., which tukes place Mon- day mud Tuesduy. Amovg the well-known ;:‘I:_g;du hvunr l&:ms:«f! )"nlllfin, Wallace and oss, Plaist lornis, C ery T Esck, and Lucher, o Coulten Ten Courtney received a fftter trom Trickett, the Australiau oarsman, a short thne since, in which the latter doubts that he can ever come to America to yow u race, He offers to row Court- ney on the Paramatta River, and muarantees that, win or luse the main stukes, the Uniun Sorings man shall receive n money testimonial trom Australians which will more than com- pensate for making the race o Waters ai the antipodes. . I conversation with Courtneg a short tim: since, the Unjun Springs oarsifan intorim, Bostun Jlera’d rveporter’ that he had ful ¢ de- termined not 1o row Haolan at Toronto as’ late in the season as Octover. “Frieuds i Canada biad informed him that Ontario water at Torou- to was wholly unfis for shell races ss- late as it Was proposed to row the race for the champion- ship of Awmerica. With remani to their respect- ive abilities us oarsmen, Courtney elaimed that the Haulun people hud secured an old paper boat formerly rowed in by bfm, and in that wav obtaine! their idea of the rig siuce scquired by Hanlan. *He slides as 1 do,” said Courtney; “his style is the same; he bas iy rig; aud, everything else beinz equal, I ougiit to beas strong and enduring as the Torunto maw is." Courtney meuns business; savs if Hanlan TOW 88 fust u- his followers craim he can, he can beat n'n_m»dy. but **doesn’t belicve it, all the same.” BILLIARDS. CARONS. Joc Dion has gone on a visit to his relatives in Montreal. Cyrille Dion was beaten by Wahlstrom in-the fifteen-ball pool mateh plaved in New York last Wednesday. Schaefer and Slosson are both in the city at vresent. Sexton Is spending the forfeit money at Long Branch, A correspondent of Tne TRIBUNE at Stevens Point, Wis., is intormed that Scaseler made an average of (53¢ i a three-bail mume at the St Louis Tournament last spring. PEDESTRIANISH. FOOT NOTES. Sir John Astley announces that 0’Learv must accept Jon Hughes' chailengd to walk for the six-days champlonship of the world, or forieit the belt and title. William Gale, of Cardill, Wales, before per- manently reuriog from the cinder path, says he would like to try couclusions with E. P. Westou ’Leary in a 1,000-mile mateh for £300 or L,000 4 side, the contest to take place wsuny suftable building or ground in Londen, within four months from Suming articles, Stould this cnallenge not be accepted, Gale will aceept £1,000 to AZW0 that he walks 1,000 miles in twenty-one days. TOE TRIGGER. RANDON SHOTS. Capt. Bogzardus, having been successful in his matehes in Kusfana, is about to return bome. There will be no international contest at Creedmoor this season, the British rifle tcams having evidently bad cnough of it. ‘There will be a_shooting tournament at Dex- ——— WHY THE SUNFLOWER WAS BANISHED, Within a garden's bounds, bewide 3 wall, o lttle sunouty appearcd above the eard Snouk ol their baoy-) 3, and drank t And then cesun a consciousness of Jife— A seuse of intividual entity- And, howinz down its Eea *+01'I'hon that didst youct ¢ tae power to be, Hetp that | conseerate myself to ‘Ihes! ++For the great boon of living in this world— Of l:avimgg prt with things that breatne and know— Taw s thankful, that, thouh litte worih, My daily prayer shall be, that I may grow o be a blessing u some humble wav, “hat shall declare | have not lived in vain— r rome Weary mortal on his way, the faintae heart forget its pain, i muze hopefully his cross ugain,” The other kmiled 1n scorn, und this he spoke: =*\While you are dreamini in humifity. Tl etreteh and grow ahove the muedeu-wall, And all mankind shall kuow snid honor me. F'tl stare upon the sun until be winks— T'li clothe myself in zoid. brisiit ay his o My leaves shall spread and grow to gunt size, . Ald far and wide shall specd my grest ren wn., Wiule you, poor thing, will live unsecn, a one.” Each went to work ag it had planned to co. One took no thought for self, of dress cr fame, But gave it life i fragrance on the atr. To blows the world-sick travelers that came. 11 filled with grief. no gaudy blossom muck. d. With carcless contrast, the deep gioom witn i, Hut subtle sympathy it perfume wrousnt, "'nat took away, vet chided not. the sin, Aud left submission where the pain had becu. The other's every thonght turned to jteelf— How it *hould be admired nnd prased by men. 1t strove withall 1ts power and strenwih to ; row And peer above the garden-wall, and then Tt blossomied full, and waved 10 leaves, and eaid: “+I'm ready for your aomaze: bend the knee ! 1 will not fook guon thesc Ittte fluwero: “Ihe suu ia 2l tne blussumn that 1 see Worthy the name of brotherhiovd with me.** ‘The guardian spirit of the flowers came duwa, Soft s the dew that made the garden wet, And placed 5 crown of fame utot: the b O one, 2ud named her Lady Miznoneile. "fhen to the other £aid: +*1 banish thee Go, stand beside some stack or baru, Sanflower shall be thy name fac mockery, ‘And, for thine idle boaxta just penance. Thine eyes upon the sun are fasteuen heace!™ Cuteavo. IMiLLiz C. Foxtcor. S g He Wanted to Swear OfF. Concinmatt Enguirer, A boy about as tall as the table walked fnto tSquire Schwab's otlice vesterday with 2 busi- ness air about him. The little Touster’s eves were bloodshot. 1118 nusetip hiossomed like the beautiful cactus. There was asadoessabout his face which is commou to men of bovze, Todeed, the young one bore all the evidences of drunkard about hi " “1x the Squiro In?" ke interrogated. «“Tnat’s the Magistrate, indicated the Clerk, pointing to the Court. who was leaniog back va his oench, with his legs cruseed and one foot resting on the sccond round. , Younz America watked straight up foto the majestic presence of justice. USce liere, cully,” he sald, banging Schwab on the shonlder, which brouht the latter down Lang from his Jeaninz position. & ‘“Htrllo, Babe! What's up?” “I've busincas for you, oid boy, and don’t you forzet jt."” “Whas_can [ do for you, sonny? s your mother sigk12! “My mulh&'xhe T—! I'm the sick cove, mindvou. re tog fresh for the weather.” % What d’ye 3, then: " 1 want to Sweagef't-, . . “Swear off—from-%ball You.wanf’to be weaned, nay bet” .- Lo o “I waut to swear.off ‘rom drinkiog. It docesn’t agree with me.” v, , * Drinking! Dnnkiog whati” . Booze.” 2 “Well, I'll be d—d1” i) oy [The Court foreot its dizuity in its astonish- ment.} 1 .Affer some parley it was 'n;}:;zred that the el infant drunked really to_reform. Squire Schwab thought, however, that the child was of too tender ears to understand the weapiuz of an oath, and &id not sdminister it Aud such fs life 1n o larze ciev ! &