"WW _,M.afl~.~5‘<§n. y". .va - ,I 3,; 49..» .. up." .‘ ' I manta»: In, a. v . < n» .7 v. 7—1 , .,;..> ' ,...~._‘ «7-.., E,_ .. '. 1' l l ‘. 1 l t . ,. l r. HOME. to be.”——l)iamoud [)uat. ’Tis home where the heart is, wherever that be, In city, in desert, on mountain, in dell; Not the grandeur, the number, the objects we see, But that which We love is the magical spell. ‘Tis this gives the cottage a charm and a grace Which the glare Of a palace but rarely has known: It is this, only this, and not station or lace, our own. Like the dove on the waters, a rest-place to find, In vain for enjoyment o‘er nations to roam; Home only can yield real 10 to the mind, ——Pen and Plow. 0ur Prizelgumamem. “'3 have, We think, now sufiicientlyexplained to our readers the mode of entering our tour- nament, which they did not at first seem to un- derstand. The consequence of this has been that our entries are now coniin in very rapidly and increase in number ever ay. In order to accommodate t use of our readers who live far away, and may not have under- stood Our conditions in time, we have deter- mined to EXTEND THE TIME for makin entries, to give all our readers a fair chance, w ile the prizes will be awarded in classes to each month, as will be hereafter ex- plained. Therefore we say to you that have entered, induce all your friends to enter too, so that you may raise the value of your own prizes. If you can induce ten of your friends to make entry, you will have ten times as much chance of a prize yourself. Read the conditions carefully, and explain to your friends as below \VllAT TO ENTER FOR. Entries may be made for the following: Walking, heel—and-toe, one, two, and five miles. Specify distance entered for on “con- test” line of blank in this per. Running, 100. 200 and yards. Specify as above. “Go-as-you-ploase,” five, ten and twenty miles. Specif as above. Standing amps, high, or broad, or both. Specify as above. Running Jumps, high, or broad, or both. Specify as above. Rowing, single and double sculls and pair cars in working boats (ordinary boats). E NTBIES. Entries must be made on the blank form in THE YOUNG NEw YORKER, and neatly cut out, not torn. If the party desires to enter for more 1 than one contest he must send a separate a ppli- cation for each, on a separate sheet. The others can be written in the same form on note—paper. HOW TO ENTER. Take a pair of scissors and cut out the form found within marked “ Entry." Cut neatly along the black lines. Fill up the blanks as follows: On the date line, write place and date in full, for example, " Erie, Pa., April 27th, 1879." Be particular not to omit the State. “ Opposite “ Name,” give name in full, for ex- ample, “ Charles B. Smith,” not using initials, as ‘ C. B. Smith." Op site “Address,” give the town, county and State. with street number, if any, or P. O. Box, if any. Opposite "Age," give years and months in figures, as: “ 14 years, 5 months.” Opposite “ Hignt," give hight in stockings. Opposite “ “'eight," give weight in walking or running costume, suchas undershirt, trowsers or drawers, and shoes, not in coat and vest. Op site “Contest,” specify the kind of con- test Or which entry is made, only one kind on each entry. DO not number your application. We do that ourselves. Inclose your entry or entries in an envelope addressed HE YOUNG NEW YORKER, (Prize Department,) 98 William St. New York city. DIRECTIONS FOR RECORDS. The prizes in our tournament will be awarded on the records of the performances made by parties entering. They must be made in the following manner: Every contest in walking or running must be conducted in the sight of at least three witnesses, one o whom is to act as scorerand starter and anot tar as time-keeper, the third as judge and referee. In jumping contests, the time— ee r shall measure the distance covered. In rowmg contests. the same witnesses are necemary. There may be more witnesses, but these three are necessary, and all must sign the records and swear to the afiidavit annexe . The record of a walking or running contest will be in the following form, in neat and legible writing: YOUNG NEw YORKER PRIZE TOURNAMENT. The f0110wing is a faithful and correct record Of the time made by the contestants in a mile (or yards) contest in (running, walk- ing, or gO-as-you-please), held at—— . County of ————-, State Of——— on the—day of———, 18—. Name. Age. Entry No. Miles. Laps. Hrs. .lllns. Secs. . Rw'eree. . Time-keeper. —————. Scorer. On the same sheet will be the following: (Sig-tied by)— _ AFFIDAVIT. State of —, County Of (or town or village) of —, ss.: Personally applcared before me — , ant —, City . named above, and being duly sworn, declared that the above cer- tificate is true in every respect; that they were present at the measuring of the track on which such contest was held, and know that the same _ measures feet, and that— la of said track are equal to a mile: that thcl measurement was made on the inside border of ' the track and not elsewhere. And they further say that they know the contestants to be the persons represented and Of the ages represented, and that each executed the distance named in ‘ the time given. — —, Rcfcrec. ————-——, Ttmr-krrpm'. , Scorcr. Sworn to lIcfm‘c me. i this day of ——_, 1Q_, ,’ Notary Public: (Or. .Izlsticr of the Peace.) The above allidnvit may be sworn to before any pcrson competent to administer oaths. but can be dispensed with if the rccordcr is the odi- tor of a rcputtblc local paper principal. vice— principal or assistant male tom-her in a public school. a clcrgymnn or public officer. In such casc the following can be used: 1 ' Our home is not where we are, but where we wish . record to be correct, the track measuring —— I 5 laps to a mile, the number of laps and the time ' .‘b' 'or‘ tl'rec rd 1 ' Which gives being to pleasure, wh ch makes It I 9mg C we 3 0 0d and t le “ hele come“ CERTIFICATE. I as the case may be.) and that I know —, —— and -——, named in the above record as referee, timekeeper and scorer to be honest and irreproachable in character; that I witnessed the contest recorded and know the square and fair in every respect. Signature, Ofiiciulpositton, In cases of jumping and rowing contests the And there where the bear is there only is home. 3 above forms can be altered to Sun the emer' gency. TRACKS. \Vhere the Iarties cannot secure a )ropcrly measured trac ' the contests can he )Ilf'll c on the high-road, bctn'ccn mile-stonesolficially plat-ed there, or on streets in cities where distances are ofiicially laid down. Alhletitw Rules. FOR the use Of judges, scorers and time-keep— ers we print that portion of the rules of the New 3 ork Athletic Club which concern our Tourna- ment, and all contests will be carefully conduct- ed under them: EXTRACT. 3. Starting. -—-When the starter receives a sig- nal from the judges at the finish that every- thing is in readiness he shall direct the competi- tors to get on their marks. Any competitor starting before the signal shall be put back one yard, for the second offense two yards, and for the third shall be disqualified. He shall be held to have started when any portion of his body touches the rround in front Of his mark. Sta- tions count mm the inside. 4. .Keeping Propm' Course—In all races on a straight track, each competitor shall keep his own position on the course from start to finish. 5. Change of Course—In all races on other than a straight track, a competitor may change toward the inside whenever he is two steps ahead of the man whose path he crosses. I ll. Foulin .——Anycompctitor shall be disqual- Ified for wi fully jostling, running across, or in any way impeding another. 7. Finish—A thread shall be stretched news the track at the finish, four feet above the ground. It shall not be held by the 'udgcs. but be fastened to the finish posts on eit er side, so that it may always be at right angles to the course and paral el to the ground. The finish line is not this thread, but the line on the ground ‘ drawn across the track from post to ost, and the thread is intended merely to assist t 1e judges in their decision. The men shall be placed in the order in which they cross the finish line. 8. “hiking—The judge shall caution for any unfair walking. and the third caution shall dis- 1 quality the Offender. On the last lap an unfair walker shall be disqualified without previous caution. 10. J umping.-—No weights or artificial aid Will be_allowed in any jumping contest except by speCIal agreement or announcement. When weights are allowed there shall be no restriction as to size, shape. or material. 11. Running H igh J u m 7.—The hight of the bar at starting and at eac successive elevation, shall be determined by a majority of the uali- fled competitors. In case of a tie the re eree shall decide. Three tries allowed at each hight. Each com titor shall make one attempt in the order of his name on the procranime: then those that have failed, if any. shall have a second trial in regular order, and those failing on this trial shall then take their final trial. Displacing the bar, and nothing else, counts as a " .’ A competitor may omit his trials at any hig t, but if he fails at the next hight he shall not be al— lowed to go back and try the hight which be omitted. 1-1. Standing High Jum ).—Thc competitors may stand as they please, ut must jump from the first spring. The hight Of the bar at starting and at each successive elevation, shall be de- 1 , ——, do declare on honor that I am ? the (editor, principal, clergyman or otherwise, I Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 0 0 0 0 4 4—10 ,Syracuse . . . . . . . . . . . . _ ..001030100—5 AT CINCINNATI, 0 Cincinnati... '2 0 0 0 3 0 3 0—10 roy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..000000001—1 AT CHICAGO, ILL. 2 0 0 [For record of May 3d see 4th page.) Springfield vs. Yale. THE Springfield: beat those very unfortunate Yale boys, April 30th, in pretty 00d style. The Yales have been very unlucky t is season, but made a gallant fight, as the score shows: YALE. R.lB.P0.A.E. SPRINGFIELD. B.lB.PO.A.E. Hutchison,s.s.0 1 1 l 1 Cassidy,r. f 0 0 0 1 1 Parker, 3b .. 1 2 1 3 0 Goldsmith, 1b.0 0 6 0 0 Lamb, . . . . .. 0 0 5 0 l’lkc,c.f.....0 1 2 01 Walden, 2b...() 1 1 1 0 Ferguson,s.s.0 1 0 l 0 Hopkins, 1b., 0 1 8 t) 0 Smith, 3b.....1 0 0 1 0 Camp,l.f .. 0 1 1 0 0 Crane, 2b. .01 4 2 0 Clark, c.f... 0 0 3 1 0 O‘I.eary,c.f..0 0 1 0 0 Ives,c . . . . . ..0 0 5 ‘2 4 Powers,c ....1 2 7 5 2 Ripley, r. f....0 0 1 0 0 Corcoran,p 0 0 1 4 0 Totals .. .1 62113 5 Totals..... 2 52114 5 SCORE nY INNINGs. Yale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..0001000—1 Springfield 0 1 0 0 010—21 First base by errors—Yale, 1; Sprin eld, 1. Struck-out—Yalc, 4:, S ringfield, 3. Doube play-— Yale. 1, Clark and'ves. Passed balls—Ives, 1; Powers, 2. Time of Game—1h. 40m. George J. Hiller. Cricket. THE Merion Cricket Club played on April 26th, at Ardmore. Pennsylvania, a twenty-two team, and won in one inning. Score, 86 to 81. ON April 26th, in Philadel hia, a game of cricket was played between t e Belmont Jun- iors, and a picked team, which was won by the Juniors scoring 171 to their opponents 80, in one inning. THE fiist cricket match Of the season, at Oak- dale Park, Philadel hia, was contested on April :36th, between the irard Cricket Club and the “'akcficld Club, and resulted in favor of the lat- ter club by a small score. and a hard-earned victory. Score, 62 to AT the annual meeting.r of the Cricketers’ As- sociation of the Unittd States, recently held in Philadelphia. the following nominations for officers for the ensuing year were made: Pre- i sident, A. A. Outerbridge, of Philadelphia C. termined by a majority of the qualified compe- . titors. Three tries allowed at each hight. titor shall make one attempt in the order of In case of a tie the referee shall decide. 1 Each com- ! have failed. if any, shall have a second trial in “ regular order, and those failing on this trial shall then take their final trial. Displacing the bar, and nothing else, counts as a “try.” A competitor may omit his trials at any hight. but if he fail at the next hight he shall not be allowed to go back and try the hight which he omitted. 15. Running Broad Jump—The competitors ' shall have unlimited run. but must take off he- hind the scratch. Stepping any part of the foot over the scratch in an attempt shall be “no jump,” but shall count as a “ try.” Each com- petitor allowed three trials. and the best three men have three more trials each. Each com- ‘ petitor shall be credited with the best Of all his 1 jumps. The measurement shall be from the scratch line in front of the 'umper‘s feet to the nearest break of the ground of his person. The same rules govern running hop, step and jump. and all similar games. 16. Standing Broad Jump—Competitors must jum from the first spring. Stepping any art of t 9 foot over the scratch in an attempt s all be “no jump," but shall count as a "try." Each competitor allowed three trials. and the best three men have three more trials each. Each competitor shall be credited with the best of all his jumps. from the scratch line in front of the jum made by any part ‘ C.; First Vice-President, J. T. Soutter, St. (leor e C. 0; Second Vice-President J. Harry Lee, Baltimore C. C. 2 Corresponding ,retary, W. H. Castle, Germantown C. 0.; Secretary and Treasurer, John P. Green, Belmont C. C. MR. J. T. SOUTTER, Vice—President of the Cricketeis‘ Association of the United States, re- ceived telegrams from the Lord Harris cricket team, asking that the match announced for Ma 6th and 7th be postponed until May 7th an 8th. An answer was sent saying that the desired change will be made. The En lishmen expect to reach this city from San rancisco about May 6th. A committee has been ap— pointed by the various clubs of this city and vicinitv to arran for a proper reception of Lord Harris and associates who have been very successful in Australia. t is stated that the team selected from the American clubs to meet the English eleven is as follows: J. T. Soutter, captain, P. G. Cross, E. H. Moeran, Charles 1V. Bance, J. Ridgeway Moore, J. P. Conon, Mr. Spra e, of the St. George’s Club; A. H. Harvey, o the Staten Island Club; and Charles, Robert, Daniel, and George Newhall. The English team includes Lord Harris, cap- tain, A. M. Hornby, A. J. Webb, A. P. Lucas, L. Hone, C. A. Absalom, S. S. Schultz, and V. RO a]. The remaining laces in the eleven wil be filled by well- 'nown professionals, lV.N.P '. dF.d'kN-; .. among them 0w” a" re farm or .‘ T 9 Essex made one run, Steams hitting for ; leyan. Roller Skating. ON May 5th, a six da '9' match on roller skates commenced between alvcr and Mayer, at the Skating Rink in Philadelphia. JOHN H. MARTEL skated a mile in 5m. and 10s., at the \Vorcester Skatin Rink, on Plymp- ton’s Parlor Skates, Monday pril 28th. Notes. BRADLEY has been appointed captain of the . , Troy Citys. Is name on the programme: then those who v AT “'orcester, Mass, April 25th, the Heroes defeated the Atlantics by 20 to 14. THE Heroes defeated the Light Foots by a score of 15 to 6, at Worcester, April 28th. Umpire~ . l Pitcher, M. E. Sakolski; catcher, J. Mandel- berg; lst base, E. Semon; % base, S Gom- recht; 3d base, P. Leviy; short-stop, Joe. M. galabes; center-fielder, . C. \Veinreich; left-fielder, IV. Galster. All of the members are between the ages of twelve and fifteen. THE Americas B. B. C. (juniors) defeated the Athletic Club at Philadelphia, April 20th. sconE: Americus . . . . . . . . ..00000000014—-5 Athletic...... ...0 o 0 o 0 0. o 0 o 1 2—3 Umpire Mr. T. T. Sparks. Tune of game, 1 hour and 50 minutes. The Utica B. B. C. defeated the Athletic at ‘ Philadelphia, April 29th. econ: Athletic..................010 0 0 2 0 0 0—3 Utica . 1 5 0 010 0 0 0-77 Earned runs—Utica ‘2. Umpire, James Devlin. Time Of game, 2 hours, 5 minutes. At Philadelphia, Ma scored its first victory; or this season, defeating ‘ t e the Philadelphia by followmg SCORE: Athletics . . . . . . . .. 0 4 2 2 l 0 0 2—13 Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . ..0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3—7 Umpire, Mr. T. COnnell. THE noteworthy base—ball games Of May lst, exclusive of the League, were as follows: At S n'ang‘field. Mass, Sgrin elds, 7; Worcesters,5. At ington, D. ‘., Citys, 8. . At Princeton, N. J., Manchesters, 6; Princeton University. 0. At South 01311159. N. J.. Stevens Institute, 17; Alerts, Of Seaton all, 3. THE Resolute B. B. C. of “'orcester, Mass, formerly the Bradleys, have organized with the followin players: A. H. Clapp. 0.: James Churchil, .; E. S. Douglass, 1st b.; Joseph Mocray, 2d .;John E. Lancaster, 3d b.: Irvin E. Bigelow, s. s. ; Nathan Goodnow, c. f.: IV. . Sorell, l. f.: Henr Wellington, 1‘. f.: M. M. Barrett, sub.: A. . Ball, manager, E. S. Dou- glass, sec. and treas. THE Bronner B. B. C. is one of the stron t amateur nines in Buffalo. The gentlemen a ter whom they are named have resented them with ten very neat uniforms. ed two games thus far, and were victorious In both. One on Saturday, A ril 26th, was with the Spaldings, who were t e champions last year. Score 6 to The other was with the Comets. Score 23 to5. They will play as fol- lows: P. Downey, 0.; E. Roth. r. f.: J. Kraus, 1 .; J. Bayer, l. f.; F. Kurtzworth. s. 8.: E. ’oung, c. f.: F. Schlaeter, lst b.: C. Persons, 2d b.: O. Frankenstein, 3d b.: IV. Roth, tenth man. A CORRESPONDENT writes: The first Lea e game of the season was played at the Bufia O’s ounds, on Ma ' lst, between the Buffalos and Brostons. The ay was an unpleasant one for ball playing, being very cold, but in spite of this a lar e crowd was in attendance. Clapp. the Buff o catcher, seemed to be particular un- fortunate, 4 errors out of the 7 made in credited to him. The Bostons hit Galvin for al Levin : right-fielder, ‘ lst, the Athletic Club 5 400 ationals, 10; Capital 3 hey have play- ' While our correspondent is evidently honest in sending us this account, it is evident that there is a mistake in some pl or else Maiden has some walkers more wonder heard of. We notice that an untried amateur, Thomas F. POWeIl, is credited with a mile walked in 6m. 458. There is only one man in America so far who has come up to this time on a measured track, and thatis Harry Arm- strong. If all these Malden walkers had been at into Gilmore’s Garden, their time would ave mounted considerably. And this leads us to make the remark that in our rural walkin matches, the measuring Of tracks is of the big - est importance. There are undoubtedly many first-class men hidden away in the country, who only need an opportunityka do good work in public, but they are not ' ely to get a chance to show what they can do in the metropolis if ‘5 their records in the country are not absolutely ' reliable. The exam le of Cara na, credited in the country with 52 miles, an on] able to do on a good track under close watc ing, makes country records matters to be scrutinized very closely. We therefore fit all our corres- pondents in future to be a lutely certain of the length of the track, number of laps walk- ed and time made, when such time a roaches that of the best on record. \Ve ask t 15 in jus- tice to all. An Ambitious Youth. Ma. WILLIAM BABHAM, of West Point, New SEE-fork, sends us a challenge to the following e ect: “ CHALLENGE. "To ALL WHO]! IT MAY CONCERN: I, William Bar- ham or better known to the sporting fraternity as the Yankee Pet,‘ do hereby challenge Andrew I. Brechbill. of Highland Falls, N. Y., or E ne IV. Hall. the amateur li ht—weigbt boxer of hewburg N. Y.. to compete n th me In an unbiased trial 0 skill with the boxing~gloves for the amateur light- weight championship of the United States, Marquis of Queensbury rules to govern, time one hour. and a urse Of $50. The match to take place at Highland g ails, N. Y., two weeks after s‘igning articles. “1 ILLmI BARBAI, “ “'est Point, N. Y." We print this letter, but only to show our onngaifaders how foolish such challenges are. r. ham is probably a very ambitious, but equally green youn man, of uncertain size and weight, who wants be a champion and make money at boxing. If he really Is ambitions to , do this, he should come to New York city; and j: apply to Mr. Harry Hill, who will give im a c ance, any evening, to spar against profession- Z a] boxers Of hisown size. If these do not take the fight out of Mr. Barham in about one week. we are very much mistaken. Instead of this, Mr. Barham challenges two amateurs—whom he thinks he can beat—to box with him for $50. The winner to be called ‘ “ amateur light—weight champion Of the United States." \Ve are sorry to tell Mr. Barham that this will not do. If he boxes for fifty dollars or fifty cents. he immediately becomes a profes- . sional. and cannot box any more with ama- the I were worth, securing 13 hits, while the ‘ Bu alos were com letel demoralized by Bond’s ; style of curving. BPPO home club would beat the first game. l r i I ONLY two games were played at Buffalo last I week, on Monday and Wednesday, between the Buffalos and Essex. \Valker, the new first-base 5 man, played for the first time on Monday, and imade a reputation for batting , driving a three-baser into the e at once, by ( score was l3to 0in favor of the Buflalos. In , , the “'ednesdav ame,McGoni 1e pitched, Crow- I leg caught and 'bby played rst for the Essex. ft-fleld. The . 1 three bases and a passed ball brou ht him in. . Score 12 to 1. This week we have e Bosto and some fine playing may be expected. ' LARRY HAYES, a well-known base—ball player of Rochester, N. Y.. has gone to Daven rt, Iowa, to catch for the club of that city, be ong- ing tothe Northern League. He began his pro- fessional career with the old Rochesters, going afterward to the Livingstons of Geneseo. t year he played for several months with the Live . Oaks, of Lynn, Mass, and finished out the sea- ‘ son with the Haymakers of Troy. Hayes is a THE Young Stars defeated the Eagles by a 3 itiore Of 15 to 16, April 29th, at ll orcester. ', , . ass. AT Holyoke Mass, April 30th, the score Of the championsln game was: Holyoke club, 8: ' i. “'orcester club, ON the lst Of May the Jasper Base Ball Club of Harlem were defeated by a picked nine, score standing five to four. THE Springfields defeated the New Bedford : nine, May 2d, by a score of 7 to 3, and the Man- . chesters beat the Baltimores by 14 to 11. THE Howard Base-ball Club challenges the . hall on the first floor of the main Park, Globe, Gayety or Boston Theater Nines to 1 play them. J. H. Sheehan is captain of the nine. A PICKED nine Of the Baltimore City Colle , splendid stop),aafraid of nothing. a fair thrower and a good tter; and when e ns, ' travels, as some of the western fielders will soon , learn: his record with the Iowa champions will , be a good one. . 7;, Foolish Fun. at! onians are greatly dis- ( . inted at the result, it being hoped that the ( gger 1661 l i teurs. If he wants to be a real li ht-weight xing champion for money, he w 1 have to fight Arthur Chambers, John Clark, “'illiam Edwards Mike Coburn and a host of others not weight. If he is ready to do this, can be accommodated, but we would strong- ly] advise him to drop all aspyirationa to be called t e champion boxer of the nited States at any weight. A man has to fight hard to take that ' position, and when it is Obtained the holder is hitsaballiti ' 1 tion shows that our friends ' for the Tournament. ' page- only a prize-fighter after all. Trouble in Camp. THE following letter will be read with inter- “ NEw YORK, April 30m. 1979. "To THE EDITOR OF THE YOI'NO NEW YORRER: “ We, the messengprs of 145 Broadway, wish to in- form you that J. S eehan of 12! Front street, has refused towalk us as we are nothing but messengers. He knows better than to walk us messengers as one of his own boys has beaten him in a match. The reason he (J. S.) challenged William Drummond to walk is because he knew he was not Oing toacccpt any challen ehe might send him. car in mind. Mr. Editor, t at William Drummond knows nothing about this challen e. Any one of us messengers would have been appy to have him accept our challenge. and then we would have given him a showing up. “(Signedl J. B. Sum. 44. "M. D. Scum-1:11.51, “C. ESP, Jr., 22." Taken in connection with the other letters about the Sheehan challen c. this communica- ad better all enter See our rules on Fourth Talk is chea , but facts never lie, if the record is honest. t us seewho is the best » walker of all these telegraph boys. and after 3’ that we will have a special match of newsboys - against telegraph boys. ON April 25th there was some trouble between the freshman and sophomore classes of the Free , Academy, 23d street and Lexington avenue. 1 , It was during the noon recess that some of the students commenced to sing college sfi‘ngs, in 'It‘fie m mg. e ‘ freshmen were made enthusiastic b ' the music, ‘ matched the Huntingtons of same city, t e ; match resulting in a victory for the Hunting- ) tons. with a score of 28 to 8. I THE Girard College nine, of Philadel hia. The measurement shall be , r‘s 1 feet to the nearest break of the ground ma e by 3 “ a game of base-ball with the Stars. J r., at Sixth any art of his person. The same rules govern stan ing three jumps. standing hop. step and jump, and all similar games. The League Games. THE League Opened fire on Thursday. May lst, in the following style: AT BUFFALO. N. v. Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..1 0 0 0 0 '1 2 0—5 Buffalo..,.. . . . . . . . .. 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 0—0 AT CHICAGO. ILL. Chicago. . . . . . . . . . .. 0 0 1 0 0 1 (l 2 0—4 Syracuse......... 01 0 01 1—3 AT (-INcINNATI, o. ‘Cincinnati 0 3 0 ‘2 0 0 0 0—~7 Troy . . . . . . , . .. 1 0 0 00100—3 AT CLEVELAND. 0. Providence . . . . . . . . .. '2 5 1 1 3 0 3 0—15 Cleveland . 0 0 3 1 ll 0 0 0 0—4 The Bostons take the honors for first day. while the Buffalonians deserve and have no doubt received a leather medal from their townsmcn for their mortifying (lcfcat. How— ever, the season is only just opened. The record of May 2d was as follows: AT m'Fl-‘ALO, N. v. Buffalo .. , o (l 2 0 0 l) '3 o 0—1 Boston,. 1 t) (l (l [l (l 0 fl 0-? AT CLEVELAND. 0. Providence . . , . . 1 n I) n O l) 3 '2 14 7 Clcvcland . . . . . . . . . . .. l) u (l 0 0 ('1 L’ 2 ‘2 0— t'» played a game of ball with the Philade hia Club on April 26th, which was won by the P ila- delphia Club. Score, 17 to 7. ON April Both, the J. McGurk, J r., nine played and Clearfield streets, Philadelphia, which re- sulted in favor of the former by a score of . ‘32 to 15. AT IVOrcester Mass, A ril 28th. the High School Jtmior Class B. B. . defeated the First 5 Year B. B. C. on the Starliglit grounds by a score of 42 to 3:2. The Juniors defeated. THE Germantown nine have reorganized for the season of 1879 with the following players: “'ells. c.: Carrigan. p.; Krickbaum. 1st b.: ave not yet been ‘ Spiegel, 72d b. : Lip incott. 3d b.: Carrigan. s. s.: Durborongh, l. f.: ell, r. f.: Geo. Spiegel. sub. THE Alert and Delaware amateur clubs play- and the air was filled with cries o “ 82.” sophomores answered with “81.” The ‘ In the con- ; fusion that followed it was hard to tell which j class settled down to work first. “ 81 ” instant— ; 1v gained an advanta e and drove “ 8:2” to the ' xin n avenue en of the buildin . Neit er partv used their fists muc , or seem- 1 ed to get ‘at all an . They were stru lin for the reputation? th gg g from an feeling of animosity. At last the “tide of ttle” turned in favor of the fresh- men, and, ’mid deafening cries Of “82,” they eir classes more than I l medal. ' ' drove the sophomores fairly back. After this, ‘ "’ 8:2 ” met with another repulse. The struggle was evenly contested and it ‘ would not be easy to pronounce the victor. The - the melee. bell, summoning all to their class-rooms, ef- fectually put an end to this scene. One poor fel- low was knocked down and trampled on during Not much of this sort of thing 00- ‘ ‘ curs in this college, however, and it Is to be I ' ed the first game Of the season at the East Side ' grounds. Buffalo on Saturday. April "203th, The game was very c ose and interesting. the result ' being a tie. after eleven innings had been play- ed. The score was 4 to 4. BENNETT, the catcher of the “'orccsters. has a lame shoulder and is unable to play. Sullivan of last year‘s Lowells, formerly Of the Gulf- tons. now at Holly Cross College, is the man looked to as the coming catcher of “'cavcr's pitching. Every effort will be made to secure 1111. THE Alert Baseball Club, of Germantown. has reorganized for the year 1871! under the management of A. J. Birchull. The club in- cludes the following players: lll‘nke. Livezev. Hephart. C. Birchall. Morlcy. Smedlcy, Buz— zard, Ruch. Cupitt and Haincs. All challenges should be addressed J. N. Drnkc. Secretary. 2.44‘.’ Germantown avenue, Philadelphia. ‘ TnE Pioneer B. B. C.. of Baltimore, has just ’ 503m. 455. hoped that the authorities will put a stop to what little there is. There is no particular fun in it, and there is much to be ashamed of. Reliable Records. A CORRESPONDENT sends us the following news Of wonderful walkin from Malden, Mass. He sa 8: “ At Marston H , Malden, . ril Slst. Miss 'innie Leroy attempted to walk Eve miles in 57 minutes, and accomplished her feat in amateurs, which was Won by Thos. F. Powell, Walking Challenges. THE following letters explain themselves, but require some notice at our hands. The first says: " Iwould like the addresses of the young gentle- men livingin South Brooklyn who intend to enter the tournament, as I am going to offer a belt repre- senting the amateur championship of South Brook- lyn. Only amateurs allowed to contest: must be unxdcier 19 years Old. Address by letter lno postal ca 3): ” . G. W. BLOW, “ 37 South St.. N. Y. City. “ Entry numbers 2and 65." The same gentleman says in another letter of April 29th: “ I see in your issue of today that J. A. Sheehan has challenged W. Drummond to walk ten miles for the championship (of what i) ‘ and if he likes a silver 'ow: “1. Frank BlOw. do hereb ' challenge the above gentlemen to race me 20 mi es. O~as~you-please, or If they wish, 25 or 30 miles, for a It or medal. "I remain, yours truly. "FRANK G. W. Bnow. (“Coal “) “37 South St.. N. Y. City. " Entry numbers 2 and 65." A third letter, April 30th, says: “ I, the undersi ed, do hereb ' challenge any boy in the employ of t e Domestic ele Sh Company. exeept James A. Sheehan and J. . avenport. to walk me 10 miles. go-as-youylease. for the cham- pionship or a silver medal. “ alk to Come 06 within 4 weeks. “JOHN J. CONNOLLT. 122 Front street.“ \Ve desire to say a few words about the above ; letters, because the writers evidently labor under a misconception of what our Prize Tour- There was also a one-mile walk for ‘ 1' n 6m. 453. Joseph Muldoon and Harry Stanior ‘ walked in 7m. 25s. each. The prize was a dia- mond pin and a na kin ring. “ At Town Hall, verett, Mass, Friday, April 33th, there was a rand walking tournament. The evening’s exhi ition began with a 3-mile walk for boys, which was won by James Steven- son in 29111. 255. The second was a 5-mile walk for young men, which was “on by Herbert Mann in 50m. 10s. The third. a 3-mile ‘go- as-you-please’ for an amethyist ring. was won by Joseph Rvan in 21111. 33$. The fourth was a 5-mile walk for a silver medal, which was won by Joseph Muldau in 44m. 40s.; his first mile in 8m. 10s.: second. 7m. 43s. : third, 9m. 305. : fourth. been organized, with the following lneInbeI‘s; . 1()m.; fifth, 9m. 15s.—E. A. D.’ nament is to be. It is not necessary for any one, except ourselves. to know the addremes of the persons entering, neither is it necessary for them to begin thelr contest at once. Any of them can begin who choose. They can race with each other, and keep a careful record: but they are not restricted to that record fora prize, for we know that American boys continue to improve all the time. and we want to give them all the chance they can ask for. Secondly, we think that any boy “ ho enters for our tournament will have all the exercise he wants, without challenging any one to race for anything else, and twenty miles is the very furthest; that we would encourage any boy to race. going as he pleases. Anything beyond that would be an injury to a boy who has not attained his full growth. Therefore, we recommend Messrs. Shcehan, ' Drummond. Connolly and Blow, to keep their 1 than any yet