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$ntioml ffn^iimes, 



Secretaries and fHmtt of AtlilMc. lime-Ball, (picket and other 

 outdoor dim ", ions not later than Monday 



in tach, week. _ 



—The Metropolitan orlcket clubs have done aoibiug of 

 note during Hip fine weather of September and October. 

 In fuel there appears to lmve bean no lire in them during 

 the latter purl of the season. The Prospect Park club will 

 play a match among themselves at the Park on election 

 ilay, and the cricketer? will also gather in force on that day 

 at the St. George grounds, if the weather he flue. 



—The Knickerbocker club have not, yet played their an- 

 nual came of cricket with the Manhattan-. They ought to 

 finish up with a one-innings game of cricket in the morn- 

 ing and a game of base base in the afternoon, and 

 Tuesday— election day— would be a grand day for the 

 .-.port. 



—The following is the list of championship games 

 played since the 18ili instant , up to which our last record 

 wrastteledte- 



■' i ire 



... r. to ? 





18 tD 11 





8 W l! 





in to « 





(to 3 





. li to l 





5 to 1 





» to 3 





(1 to 2 



Phllndoiphia 



5 io 2 



Philadelphia 



5 to 8 



adelpnia 



11 to r 



,l;Kn 



5 to 



klvn 



8 to G 



Philadelphia.... 



13 to 3 





.. .11 to :» 





IS to 1 





11 to 8 





. . , , 7, to 3 





latotf 



hi f. nd 



: 5-2 



Oct, i-.u-Atl.ini.ic vs. Boston 



naiilM-rJj-Bo"l , "'u\». 1 Atlantlo] 

 li, -,, . r28 Boston ?s II retfon 



8otobei 14— Jtomon vs. Hartfoi 

 otobet it -Mitotic vs. Ptaiiade 

 October 2ii— Ku-i.m vs. Phllad. 

 OotoW ■y.-Alhlelic v.. Hartta 



—The professional championship season closes on Oct. 

 31st, after which date exhibition games, under the leu men 

 anil leu innings rule, will he in order. From ihe appended 

 ■ games won and lost up to October iu'th, inclusive, 

 ii will be seen that the Bostons stand first,— winning the 

 pennant— the Mutual* second and Ihe Athletics third. The 

 table is as follows: — 



Club. 



Boston 



Mutuals. . .. 



Athletic 



Philadelphia. . 



Chicago 



Atlantic 



Hartford 



(fame* lost . 



— An exhibition match, under the ten men and ten inn- 

 ings rule was pluved on the Union Grounds, Brooklyn, 

 Octo&erSith, between the Mutuals and Atlantics, which 

 resulted in the success of the Mutuals in a ten innings 

 •.Mine, played in an hour and three-quarters, with a score 

 of 7 to 1 ' West, of the Chelseas, played right short for 

 i he Atlantics and made a splendid double play, Geer, of the 

 l',vA»ius, assisting the Mutuals. The Atlantics earned 

 the only run earned in the game. 



—On October 31st a match is to be played in Philadelp- 

 hia, New York vs. Philadelphia, in which Hicks, Cum- 

 n.ings, Muruau, Graver, Sutton, Haldsworth, York, Eggler 

 itndGeriney. will play tor New York, and McGeary, Mo- 

 Bride, Mack, Fisher, Anson, Pulmer, Battue, McMullen 

 iind Beehtel, will represent Philadelphia. Eggler and Hall 

 will he two of the Alhietie's out-fielders in 1875, so the 

 Athletic will not he all Philadelphiaus, as it ought to he, 



—The Athletics closed play with the Philadelphias in 

 the championship arena on October 84th, when they de- 

 feated them Ify a score of 7 to 3. Last season the Phila- 

 delphia nine "won the first seven games of the series of 

 nine, lost the eighth and won the. ninth, thereby winning 

 eight out of niue. This year the Athletics reversed this 

 order by winning the first eight games.closiug the ninth and 

 winning the tenth. 



—The Bostons gave the Philadelphias a very bad whip- 

 ping at Boston, on Oct, 19, by a score of 15 to 3. They 

 played again Tuesday, and on Wednesday, went to 

 Hartford. " On Thursday and Friday they played thetr 

 hist games with the Atlautics and Mutuals in Brooklyn. 



— The Staten Island club play the Eastous at Easton, 

 October 31st, the Bridgeport club at Bridgeport, November 

 Bd, the Reliance at Brooklyn, November 7th, and the Con- 

 fidence at New Rochelle, November 10th. 



—The last championship match of the Philadelphia club 

 this ssason will be their game with the Atlantics, October 

 29th, in Brooklyn. The same night the Atlantics go West 

 to play in Chicago and St. Louis. 



— The Chicago team for 1875 is announced to be Snyder, 

 Zettler, Glenn," Peters, Burdack, Captain, Force, York, 

 Hastings, Stearns, Hines and Dealen. Strong except in 

 pitching and catching- 



—The Troy and Resolute clubs of Fall river had a close 

 game together Oct. 17, the score being 7 to G,'a decision 

 of the. umpires preventing the full game being played, and 

 so neither side won. 



— The Boston elub is the only one on the professional 

 auena this season which has not lost games with every 

 other club, the Hartfords not having won a game from the 

 Reds. 



—On Oct, 26, the Siaten Island niue defeated the New 

 York Fly Aways at the Union grounds, by a score of 13 to 

 7, thereby winning the series of best two out of three. 



—The Fly Aways of New York visited Princeton Oct. 

 22, and they came home minus the ball they went to get, 

 the Princetons defeating them by 11) to 3. 



—On Oct. 21, Meadville, Pa. was the scene, of a finely 

 contested game between the Mutual and Oil City clubs, the 

 forine* winning by 5 to 4 only, 



—A pretty game was played at Prospect Park, October 

 20th, between, the Mystic "and Frontier clubs, the former 

 winning by 7 to 6 only. 



—The Reliance club, of Brooklyn, whipped the Stai.eu 

 Islanders, October 23d, by 10 to 5, at the Capitoliue 

 Grounds. 



—The Nassaus and Staten Island clubs had a close con- 

 test October 24th, nt the Island, the score being 7 to 7, tie 

 game. 



— The Athletics and Hartfords had a close game together 

 on Oct. 20, at Hartford, the former winning by a to 2 

 only . 



— On October 34th the Chelseas won their second victory 

 over the Concords, at the Capitoliue Grounds, by 9 to 5. 



— The Waverly club defeated a strong field nine at 

 IlobokcLi, October 23d, by the small score of 7 to 0. 



— The Athletics play the Bostons in Boston October 28, 

 and the two clubs play'in Worcester on the 39th, 



— On October 19lh the Fly Aways defeated the Olympics 

 of Mauhattanville, at Melrose, by 9 to 7. 



—The last foot, ball match at Dartmouth College, between 

 the Seniors and Sophomores on one side and the Juniors 

 and Freshmen on the other, resulted in a victory for the 

 Juniors aud Freshmen, they beating five out of the six 

 games. The contest was the most exciting that has hap- 

 pened for a longtime. 



—In a division foot ball trial last, Tuesday at Hanover, 

 W 11 , the Seniors and Sophomores were victorious in four 

 out of live games played. The score, including the result 

 ol Friday's game, stands seven to five in favor of the 

 Juniors and Freshmen. Freshman Darling had a rib 

 broken in the rush. 



—The foot ball match between the officers of the Halifax 

 garrison and H. M. S. "Bellerophon," was played last week 

 on the Common, and ended in ft victory for the garrison by 

 a goal and one touchdown, to nothing. Collaring was in- 

 dulged in a little too much. 



— The Rutgers College foot ball club defeated the Col- 

 umbia College team', of New York, last Saturday, by a 

 total of ti games to 1. The contests came off 'at New 

 Brunswick, N. J. 



—The Harvard College Foct Ball eleven, after a close 

 conies' with the McGill College, eleven at Montreal, 

 Oct. 33, defeated the Canadians and bore off the inter- 

 national honors. 



—The lacrosse match, at London, Canada, on the 21st 

 ult., for the championship of the city and the Walker 

 challenge cup, was very stubbornly contested by the Lou- 

 don and Victoria clubs. There was a large attendance of 

 spectators, and an unusual interest was manifested in the 

 result. The Victorias won the first game in less than ten 

 minutes. London took Cue following in 5, 35 and 40 min- 

 utes, respectively, thereby winning the cup. 



— A wrestling match will take place in Sacramento, Cali- 

 fornia, November 1st, between Thomas Harris and Michael 

 Whalen (alias Corduroy), for $1,000. Four hundred dol- 

 lars is already up, another deposit will be made on the 17th, 

 and the balance on the 21th inst. 



—The annual athletic games of the University College, 

 of Toronto, Canada, were held on the 20th. The exercises 

 embraced running, walking, jumping, kicking loot ball, 

 throwing the hammer, &.C. The prizes competed for were 

 both handsome and valuable. 



—One hundred miles walking match for the champion- 

 ship of America will commence in Bangor, Maine, next 

 Friday evening between Charles S. Gushing, a Massachu- 

 setts pedestrian, and Avery of Bangor. 



— Mr. George F. Averj', the pedestrian, walked fifty 

 miles in niue hours and sixteen minutes, at Bangor, Me., 

 recently. 



— The amateur billiard tournament at the three ball 

 French game was commenced at Samuell's Billiard House, 

 Brooklyn, on Oct. 26, on which occasion the tourney was 

 opened hy Messrs. Vanderwerken and Griffiths; who with 

 Messrs. Clark, Dorlon, Ferris, Buckhart, Reiss, Kavanah, 

 Knight, Piket, Latorre and Pfanukuchen will compose the 

 contestants. The games will he 300 points up. The prizes 

 consist, first, an elegant gold mounted cane and $50 cash; 

 second, $50, cash; third, $25 cash. The tourney will 

 commence at 9 P- M., oh Monday, Oct. 26. 



—Mr. Griffiths defeated Mr. Vauderwerken by 200 to 



176, and Mr. Kavauagh defeated Mr. Reiss by 200 to 182. 

 The tourney games will be played at Samuell's Billiard 

 House every afternoon at 3 o'clock, and evening at 7, for 

 the next three weeks- 



Princeton, October 23rd, 1874, 

 Editok of Forest and Stream :— Baseball, of late, has 

 received more attention from the college generally, than 

 any other out-door sport. The class nine of '77 has paid 

 a visit to Now Brunswick aad Easton, respectively, and 

 met with success at both places. At N. B. they achieved 

 a victory over the Rutgers college nine by the score of 17 

 to 10. The next game was played here between Ihe '77 

 nine of Lafayette college aud the same class nine of this 

 institution. "Again, the Sophs were victorious by the score 

 of 9 to 8, the liner caught by the Lafayette short stop, 

 AuamsOh, with his left hand, being the most brilliant 

 play of the game. The next game was played at Easton, 

 between the same nine, aud resulted as before, in favor of 

 Princeton, by the score of 11 to 10. 



Since their defeat by the Staten Islanders, the University 

 nine have endeavored to redeem themselves, and, in a great 

 measure, have been successful. The second game of the 

 season was played here on Saturday, the 17th inst., with 

 the Trenton nine. Though laboring under a great disad- 

 vantage, there being four substitutes on the niue, the 

 University gained an easy victory, the score being 12 to 5 

 in their favor. 



One of the best games ever played here took place on 

 Thursday, the 22nd inst., between ihe Fly Aways of New- 

 York, and the University nine. During the first half of 

 the fifth inning, Princeton made two runs, which were the 

 first made up to this period in the game. At the close of 

 the 8lh inning, the score was 10 to 0, in favor of Princeton; 

 and, if it had not been for a bad throw on the part of 

 Loughlin, our short stop, this would probably have been 

 the score of the entire game. As it was, however, the 

 Fly Aways managed to secure three runs during the last 

 inning, thus saving 1 themselves from a Chicago. The 

 game, altogether, was truly a magnificent one, and the best 

 one witnessed here for some time. The Fly Aways ate to 

 be commended for possessing so fine a catcher, as well as 

 such excellent first and second base-men. Jacober and 

 Woode on the Princeton nine, acquitted themselves in 



quite a distinguished manner, as usual; the hot liner 

 caught by the former being especially praiseworthy- 



The Philadelphias favored us with a visit this (Friday 

 afternoon. The Philadelphia nine won the game by the 

 score of 12 to 3. One of the most remarkable features of 

 the game was exhibited by Ma..n, pitcher of the University 

 nine. He succeeded in batting Cummings easily, making 

 two second base and two first base hits in four successive 

 innings. Th$ only earned run in ihe game was secured by 

 tin' Princeton nine. The great number of errors which 

 occurred in the first part of the game, and, in fact, through- 

 out (lie whole nine innings, on the Princeton side, were 

 due to the absence of our valuable short stop, Loughlin, 

 which caused a disastrous change among the players. 



The Fly Aways have- agreed to return here next week, 

 and it is thought that our old opponents, the Chelseas, 

 whom we have beaten twice, will also favor us with their 

 presence within a few days, QuiDVIS. 



^Lnswctis §£0 (fj/pqeagondentg. 



Anas.— Good duck shooting can be enjoyed at Amityvillc, Oyster 

 Bay, or Shinnecock Boy. 



LEJt.— Yon can find an abundance of black and grey squirrels now ia 

 the vicinity of Love! ton, Pa. 



Lepus.— Good rabbit shooting can be found in Monmouth county, New 

 Jersey. Take the boat, to Keyport, thence go to Matawan by wagon. 



11., Montreal.— Is it true that the rattlesnake or moccasin cannot strike 

 above the knee? Please answer to initial through correspondent's col- 



Ana 



No. 



TI. G., Third avenue— Please inform me through this week's issue if it 

 is allowed to shoot quail in Kings, Queens and Suffolk counties, N. Y. ? 

 Alls. Yet. 



0. F. s., Chicago.— What is good for sprains or inflammation? Ans. 

 Spirits of turpentine, 1 oz.; liquor of ammonia, 1 oz.; mustard, 3 oz.; 

 mix well and rub in bard. 



M. T, T., City-— Ton gave a recipe recently for extirpating vermin 

 fr.HiuloL's. Is I line any other recipe more simple, but equally effective? 

 Ans. Carbolic soap is said to be very effective. Make into a suds and 

 uae freely. 



P. P. S.— Do you think it « ould pay to introduce the Remington and 

 Sharp rides into the Dominion? They do nut seem to be known much 

 hen- only by a few marksmen. I ask this question confidentially? Ans. 

 We believe so 



,1. B. C, Hartford, -t'lin you inform a subscriber where he cau purchase 

 a deer head with antlers, all complete, ready to hang up, or even not pre 

 pared? Ans. At the office of J. Wallace, 19 North William street, New- 

 York, or of most any taxidermist. 



L. L. A., Mansfield. Pa.— Will you, or some correspondent, tell me 

 through your journal the best breed of dog for hunting partridge or 

 pheasant; one that will tree them and bark at the tree? Ans. The best. 

 dog we evi-r bad I'm- Dial purpose was a small wiry terrier, trained for 



E. J., Omaha.— Have you an imported breech loader you could recom- 

 mend? Ans, Yes. We have a breech loader, 10 bore, 33 inch barrels, 

 central fire, under lever uction, bar locks; has been but little used, of the 

 finest workmanship, made by William Powell of Liverpool, price $200; 

 would C03t to import $m. 



A. F. &Co.— A friend of mine aud myself haye been in the habit or 

 spending election day in fishing at the Central R. B. Co.'s "Long 

 Bridge," Newark Bay. 1 was informed the other day by one who pre- 

 tended to know, that we would not be allowed to fish there this year on 

 account of the stocking of the Hackeusack with new fish. Is this true ? 

 Ans. Fistuug for black bass and salmon trout is prohibited in Hacken- 

 s-nck River, but there is no law to prevent your catching striped bass or 

 estuary fish. 



C. E. C„ Mtnrkirk Furnace, Md.— Please say what would be consid- 

 ered good penetration at forty yards (measured) with No. 7 shot, nsiug 

 the paper enclosed for a 10 bore gun? Ans. To answer Ibis properly is 

 somewhat difficult, as we have no precedence, for a guide. The manufac- 

 turers use thin, soft and equalized paper, and from forty to sixty folios 

 is considered good penetration at thirty yards. The penetration also va- 

 ries much with the quantity of powder and shot used: so we would state 

 thai with the usual charge penetrating twenty-five folios of the paper 

 sent at forty yards would be good work. 



.1 S. R., Philadelphia.— In a recent issue. In an article headed "Brass 

 and Paper Shells," in which Joseph T. A. asks for information in re- 

 gard to the safest kind of brass shells, in reply to him yon say : "We 

 have sent our correspondent samples of the brass shell" li. e. the safest). 

 Now this may be very well for J. T. A., but I am sure that many others 

 beside myself are much interes ted in this question, and you would con- 

 fer a favor by giving us the benefit of your opinion on this subject. I 

 know the principles of the editor of the Fouest and Stream too well to 

 think that pecuniary loss in the way of advertising, Ac. would deter 

 him from giving his true opinions in regard to so important a qnestion, 

 where a mistake might occasion loss of limb or life. I carry my shells 

 (whichl use in a 12 bore, double barrel Kemington) heads down, in a 

 heft, and have never had an accident happen with them, but still. I want- 

 to use the, best and safest? Ans. The shell referred to can be obtained 

 of Fowler & Co., 800 Broadway. It is considered safest because it is not 

 burnished. 



Rifleman. City. -Considering your paper the best authority on rifle 

 topics, I would ask you to pnbllsh what the other papers have omitted 

 in the report of the recent International rifle .natch, viz: the quantity of 

 powder used, the name of the manufacturer, the number or size of gTafn, 

 weight of rifle, calibre of rifle, &C. This will be very interesting to your 

 readers? Ans. In the International Bennett matches all the rifles used 

 weighed about !0 lbs. each, and were of 41 calibre. The Higby rifles are 

 33 inches long, the Metfords, 33, the Sharps, 32 or 31, theEetningtons. 

 31 The Rigbys and Metfords are muzzle loaders, and 90 grains of Cur- 

 tis & Harvey's No. 6 powder is the usual charge The Sharps use from 

 90 to 95 grains of the American Powder Company's powder, and the Rem- 

 ingtons from about 90 to 95 grains of Hazard's F.G. The bullets of the. 

 latter are hardened, aud weigh from 4S0 to 550 grains. 



J. M. T., City.—!. In croquet, if three balls aro in a line with each 

 other and tvith a playing ball, and the playing ball wishes to roquet the 

 middle ball, can the obstructing ball be removed by the hand till the 

 stroke fs made, if immediately replaced? 2d. Is there such a thing as a 

 "froze" ball, or ir a Dull bits another ball aud "freezes" to it, (i. e. does 

 not separate from it) cau a person have the privilege of two strokes or 

 only one? Ans. These two questions are fa'r samples of the inquiries 

 that are constantly being addressed to editors and authors of croquet 

 manuals. The first seems too senseless to reqa ire an answer. A croquet 

 manual might as well lie increased indefinitely with rnles forblding the 

 removal of rings and posts. Hie digging of holes, or building of obstrnct- 

 ing mounds, the holding of a mallet in the path of a player, or innnmer 

 able other outlandish practices, all of which are naturally supposed to 

 be forbidden, unless allowed by some definite rule. 2. The second 

 question Is definitely answered in section 1. rule 5, Croquet Manual: 

 •If, on commencing a tour of play the playing ball is in contact with an- 

 other ball, the player has the same privileges or his stroke and subse- 

 quent play, exactly as he would have had if the balls had been separated 

 one-half inch or more." The case here provided for is Ihe only one in 

 which the qnestion can possibly arise, because if a playing ball hits an- 

 other and freezes to it, the rules for a playing ball fully decide its rights. 

 Such questions as the above are continued evidences of the carelessness 

 with which players study the rules of the game. 



