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SPORTING. — I he Boston team is now com- | —Next season if a League j Everybody will be glad to hear that p ete for 1584, with the largest com-J gets disabled any one of the nine Maud S. is not all broken up yet, Latest notes on sporting events. plement ever under engagement, i can take his place and whang the and that the report that she is in any FARRA & LEWIS ! What the world of recreation are Hackett was the fifteenth man to 1 ball in for an inning or two, and wise permanently disabled very much sign, and, though Lucas had an then give place to some else ; that is, needs verification, 817 MARKET ST. doing. agent here with a contract already provided the, club has a catcher who BASE BALL made out, the consideration being can stand the racket. MISCELLANEOUS. Paddy Ryan and Wm. Sherriff $2,500, $400 down, “Mert” wisely —Manning of the Bostons is ATHLETIC. appear in a sparring bout for the first clerking in a store at Fall River. concluded to remain here, and Lucas time in public at the Natatorium, will have to look elsewhere for Fast Running.—A one-hnndred RESTAURANT FOR LADIES AND GF.N —Radford released by Boston has Chicago, 111., to-night preparatory catcher. There has been very little and-fifty yards fool-race for five TLEMEN ! signed with the Providence. hundred dollars took place at Coon- to starting on a tour, under Charley —The Bostons and Metropolitans trouble in signing the men, "as the Davies’ management. and players were intelligent amble, Atisiralia. October 5th, be­ are to play a series of games in tween John Greenway and Patrick Wallace Ross Iasi week received MEALS AT ALL HOURS ! April. enough to be reasonable and respect a iablegram notifying him that he the wishes of one another. The Slattery. It was run from a standing —The Union League Club, in start, H. L Cor!is, the bicyclist, had been matched to row George Boston, is not making much pro­ team is as follows : Hines, Hackett, Bubear on the Thames, and he will Gunning and Barrett, catchers ; firing the pistol, and the time of the gress. winner, who finished four yards leave for England 111 a few days. ■ —Tie American Association in " hitney and Buffiuton, ; The first of a series of three Morrell, Burdock and Sutton on the ahead, was returned as 15s. ICE CREAM & ICES doing what they have, refusing to Christmastide at Pastime Park. billiard matches between Edward recognize the Union Le .gue, and in bases ; Wise, short stop ; Hornung, McLaughlin of Philadelphia and J. Ann is and Crowley in -he outfield. —Hoyle & Acton, proprietors of increasing their membership, will Pastime, Philadelphia, offers prizes Randolph Heiser of New York was ALL THE YEAR die in less than two years. Substitutes, Moriarity and Manning. played in the former city on Wed­ Moriarity can pitch and play in the of $150, $25, $15 and $10 for a 130- —The Providence nine will report yard foot-handicap, to be run there nesday evening, and resulted in a Confectionery, Cakes & Fruit. for practice in RichVnond, Va .April in and out field as required, while victory for McLaughlin by a score Manning is an excellent infielder as on Christmas-afterncon. Entries (fee i. Games have been arranged : In $1 each) can be made up to Dec. of 1,000 to 134. McLaughlin made Richmond, April 3, 4, 5 ; Washing­ well as an outfielder, The nine has 805 points in the last run, the third been strengthened in every respect, 17th, at the usual places. On New ton, 7, 8, 9 ; Baltimore, 10, 11, 12. Year s-day there will be a 440 yards best on record, Vignaux, the french­ —The Metropolitans are in a tbont twenty five applications for foot-handicap and a 200-yards dog man having made 1,531 und George We call attention So’pho White Su. quandry about their new grounds. places on the reserved nine have F. Slosson 1,103, both in Paris in been received, and more are coming. handicap, for each of which $75 are gar Candy—the purest and best candy made, ) The place selected being covered offered, entries closing Dec. 241h. 1880. with rubbish, and requiring a large —In Louisville, Ky , a first-class The Jersey City Heights G. C. colored team has been orgainzed. No acceptance for any event. w MAN’S CANDIES! amount of filling in. —A grand match at the fine Odd announce a series of competitions at —-The Detioits have released — The American Association met at clay-pigions to take place on their the Grand Hotel in Cincinnati, Country game of handball will be ALWAYS ON H and. Trott, their change-catcher of the on played at Sweeny’s Murray Hill grounds, at Martin, N. J., on Christ- past two seasons. They have en­ Wednesday, delegations from all the mas-day. The chief events will be Association clubs, and also from Handball and Racket Court, 159 gaged two new catchers to assist East Thirty-fifth street, this city, on the shoots for two valuable medals Bennett, viz , Walker of Ionia, Washington, Toledo, Brooklyn, In­ presented by the Ligowsky Company, dianapolis and Richmond, being Thursday, December 13. It will be Mich., and Wood of Hamilton, Ont. a double-handed contest, in which one representing the championship OUR BUNS and RUSK —Some of the Inter-State or present. The formal award of the of New Jersey and the other the championship flag was made to the Alderman Phil Casey and ex-Alder­ Union League Clubs can secure a man Jim Dunn of Brooklyn will be championship of New York Harbor, ARK CONSIDERED VERY FINE. TRY Athletic club, the others ranking THEM AND BE CONVINCED. good second basemart by addressing as piled against Wm. Courtney and and to be governed by the following William Higgins of this city. Hig­ follows : St. Louis, second ; Cin­ conditions : l'o be shot for by teams cinnati, third ; Metropolitan, fourth; Frank Reynolds, and the ball will gins played about 12 games with last begin to move at two o'clock P. M. of five men from organized clubs, years Quicksteps and has a first class Eclipse, fifth ; Columbus, Sixth ; each contestant to shoot at ten sin­ Allegheny, seventh ; Baltimore, The following changes were made POUND, SPONGE. LADY AND fielding and batting record. in the Inter-collegiate foot ball rules gles and five pairs, at 18 and 15 yards ANGEL CAKE! SPANISH BUNS, CIN­ —All reports to the contrary, not­ eighth. Frank Gardner, formerly respectively oz. of shot and loth NAMON BUNS AND BISCUIT. of the Merritt, and John Milligan, 7 as amended to read, in the seventh withstanding, Larry Corcoran of the line, as follows; ‘ The opponents 10 bore guns. Chicago League Club, has left that of the Anthracite, who were black­ There is considerable chat all over Weddings, Parties and Families listed, were reinstated. The Wash­ may line up anywhere excepting a club and signed with the Union Club space of ten feet.” It was decided the country about runs made on the supplied. of that city. He writes a long letter ington, Brooklyn, Indianapolis and rail in billiards. Some of the chat­ Toledo clubs were then admitted to that it is impossible for a player to to this week’s New York Clipper, ters do not seem to clearly under­ TELEPHONE, the Association, and applications be “off-side" in his own goal. explaining his action and claiming Rule 11 being a vacancy, rules 12 to stand what they are talking about. in it, that he was treated unfairly by from Evansville, Ind., Dayton and Thus they speak about ihe 690 Portsmouth, O., Rochester, N. Y., 17 were changed in their positions the League Club. That his demand so as to fill the vacancy. Rule 1 7 Schaefer made against Slosson in for a salary of $2,500 was not unjust, and Lancaster, Pa., were refused. was amended so as to add the words : Chicago, in 1879. That is the third LEGG & WEST, ' that 'other players'iivthe chib were The following officers were elected ; “A player can be oil side, but twice best run in a game of record-, but it receiving larger sums than that, and H. D. Me Knight, of Pittsburgh ; during a game." Rule 18 was chang­ was not strictly and professionally a 718 Market Street, - were not any better players. Vice President, Lewis Simmons, ed to read as follows : “There shall run on the rail. Schaefer lost the WILMINGTON, -4V 4» —Wednesday next December 18th, of Philadelphia ; Secretary, W. C. be two judges and a referee in every rail two or three times during it. Wykofif, of Columbus. The clubs Losing it is a peculiarity of his. If at 11 A. M., at the Bingham House, match ; and the referee shall be an Delaware. Philadelphia, the first annual meet­ designated to constitute a Board of Alumnus." In rule 19 the change in three or four shots he succeeds in y The Best Directors were: Brooklyn, St. Louis, bringing the balls together again, he ing of the Union Association will be made leaves the rule as follows : 4- held. Much will corne of this meet­ Baltimore, Athletic, Toledo, and “The referee shall take time out for will make a good-sized run ; if not, WINES, LIQUORS, ing, which may result in the question Louisville. There was some opposi­ unnecessary delay. He shall decide he will soon quit. Vignaux’s 1,531 tion to that portion of the amended in Paris was ail rail, and so was x>V of the future prosperity of the associa­ all disputed points, and shall dis­ l\ and tion. All the Clubs are well backed constitution, which prohibited any qualify any player violating rule 17, Slosson’s 1.103 up to the eleventh Q and are dealing blows at the arbi­ American Association from playing and also for intentionally delaying hundredth shot, wherein he froze by trary and grasping League and with a Union League club in any the game after the offending player a ball settling back in a masse hole. Clioic st Brands of Cigars in the City. American Association, borne of the city where an Association or National has been thrice warned. In all points Vignaux never froze, as he took Shylocks in these two would not League Club already exists. not covered by the rules the decis­ ample time. His run was made dur­ hesitate to reserve every man in —There is a possibility of there ion of the referee shall be filial.” ing three nights. It took him about J tlieir nines at $t2oo if they knew it being a Union Association Club at The rule govering the scomg of two hours and a half altogether, * would not raise a storm about them. Milwaukee. points—27—was amended as follows: rilosson’s was made in 54 minutes, —Gross is very likely to sign with p —John Morrill started in for the Goal scored from a touch-down 6 pts ; and he played so fast that the marker’s the Chicago Union Association Club Goal scored from a field-kick, 5 pts ; tongue was almost hanging out of LEHIGH & SCHUYLKILL Bostons as catcher ; he has covered and catch for Larry Cocoran. since then with remarkable success Touch-down scored failingagoal 4pts his mouth,so parched had he become pitcher, first, second and third bases, — lias released Alex­ Safety touch down by opponents 2 pts in trying to shout out the counts as short-stop and all the fields. He ander McKinnon from the reserve In case of tie in other points, it fast as the American made them. A OF THE BEST QUALITY. has been captain, manager, and is list of the Philadelphia Club. shall require at least two safety-toucli- Chicago paper, referring to the run now first-assistant on the field. It is —Hilsey and Milligan are likely downs to decide a match. of 719, recently made by Catton, hard to say what he will cover next, to be called upon to do a good share Rule 35 now reads : Charging is sta.es that “it is well-known that and his rivals are confidently smiling, of the battery work for the Athletic lawful for opponents if a punter ad­ Schaefer made 1,700 in a practice since they expect that his ambition is next season. vances beyond his lines, or in case game in a ware-room in this city.” LIME. SAND, WOOD, fixed upon the umpire’s position. —Cahill, Harry Wrigh’s Texas of a place-kick immediately the ball This is nearly 600 pulled on. Neither player, is spoken of in a very high Schaefer nor anyone else has ever 'll And still John’s reputation is not at is put in play by touching the ground. ’ -AT- its height. He has yet to attempt terms by the Northern players who Rule 38 now reads : No player shall run 1,600 at thtee ball caroms in to cut a ball, to steal from second have seen him on the diamond. He lay hands upon or interfere with an practice or at any other kind of play. without touching third base, or to is an infielder. opponent unless he has the ball. The run that Schaefer made in the ware-room referred to, was a trifle run into a fielder to prevent him —Thomas Gillen, the catcher of HORSES. VOSBELL Si SOLOMON, from making a double-play. over 1,000. It was in the Spring of last season’s Houston Club, of Thur- All disputes relating to Horses will 1878, and the making of it led to —The Union League of Ball-play­ low, has signed to play next season be settled in May next at the meet­ his being matched to play Seton at ers probably cannot do better than with Tom Pratt’s Keystone Club. ing of the National Association. straight-rail in the following July FOOT OF SHIPLEY ST. to enter the convention of the Union Hoschie, a pitcher from an amateur —At the West where Maud S,is hiber­ and August. This was the match in Association and become part and nine up the State, has also signed. nating statement by someone in the which Shaefer’s backers paid forfeit parcel of that organization, which Other players already engaged are : I East that she would never again be of $1,000. alone appears to have any chance of a Weaver, Geer, Keinzel, Luff, Hoov­ able to trot so fast as 2 : 14 is treated - ADVERTISERS- successful existence. They prepared to er. Meyerle, Patterson, McCormick with supreme contempt. Cincinnati Small-headed diamond pins, pearl, who consult their own interest, do battle with the reserve-rule at the and Malone, Mr Pratt is in commun­ sends word that her legs are all right, gold, and silver pins, are thrusl and who wish to reach a Large outset, and have kept boldly to their ication with several other players, that she is in perfect health, and that about in the 1 ces of jabots and frills Reading Class, should adver­ colors ever since The Union League, including a firstclass catcher, a good next season she will be faster and j on dressy corsages, tise in the on the other hand, proposed to ob­ piclier (the later a Cincinnati player), better than ever. But perhaps her A Pretty Hand Screen—A serve all the old association rules a good general player in York State, trainer is a trifle too sanguine when | pretty hand screen is made by cov- -Society TSTews!- For their reward they received the and a promisinp Eastern battery. he thinks that, with a proper mate, 1 ering a palm leaf fan with shirred cold shoulder, and now lind them­ McGeary will also probably sign she can next season trot with double | satin and setting a tiny nest, with a Our circulation is rapidly' in­ selves shut out from all prospects of with him. His new ground, at Broad harness well inside of two minutes brooding bird upon one side, with creasing and our subscription success, except that of coalition with and Moore streets, is already nearly “It depends greatly on the mate," ! an irregular disposition of loops of list gained over too additional the anti-reserve-rule people. leveled off, and the work of inclos­ names the past week. j| was Bair’s reservation, and most satin ribon half surrounding it. A —Hyland, of the August flower ing it with a fence will be begun people will agree with hi in. If the j small wooden standard to hold the * Club : Waitt, of the Quickstep Club ; on Monday. mate happens to be a thirty-ton lu- , screen when not in the hand will Our Rates are as Low as Anv Parker, of the Trenton and Easton —The Philadelphia Club will play comotive, there is not much doubt make it a decorative article for Paper in the City. Clubs, and Harris, of the Altoona fifty-six games in Philadelphia next | that the mare, if her hair and hoofs bracket and table or useful to stand Club, have all signed to play in Lan­ season—eight with each of the other | hold together, will be pulled along between a reader and the glare of I IGiveUsACall 4 caster, Pa., next season. eleven Association clubs. considerably inside of two minutes.1 an evening lamp.