268 



IIFOREST AND STREAM. 



The rnn of the 'Western Club -of Keokuk for 1874 was 

 Myers, c.; Golden, p. ; Jones.lb;', Miller, 2b.; Goldey, 

 3 b.; Sallman, ss. ; Baker ]. f. ; Lapnnm, c. f. ; Riley, r. f.; 

 willi O'Brien as sub. Know-dell is to be their new catcher, 

 Brainard Iheir pitcher, and Gill their new short stop. Tlic 

 Westerns played :)i games in 1874 of which they lost hul 

 9, and five of these, with professional nines. Their best 

 were the Following : 



Wcntcrii vs. Natiimnl, at St. bonis t, to 1 



mi vs. TowuCily, lit Town City h to S 



W.-l'Tii vs. Empire, :ll lii-oknk. B to 3 



v cstdrnva, Union, at St.. Louis 7 to -i 



■•' 11 in Empires, al St.. Louis 7 to li 



— .V Northwestern pedestrian of Portland, Oregon, will 

 attempt next May the feat of walking from San Francisco 

 in New Vork in 100 days for $10,000. 



— A waiting match, fair heel and toe, came off at Deer- 

 loot, Park last Thursday between Joseph Lceky and John 

 Meagher, oT Brooklyn. The victory fell to the former iu 

 11 .Mi.. 



'■■-i'.n walked one hundred miles at the Newark 

 Bink in 21 hours, 30 minutes and ,'S seconds. The best 

 lime iccomplislied was the scTentli mile, which he made 

 in 11 minutes, 28 secouds, and the longest, was the eighty- 

 fourth, which was made in 10 minutes," 29 seconds. After 

 finishing his task he retired amidst the braying of a brass 

 band. 



— Professor .ludd, well known in athletic circles, had the 

 grounds on which lie proposes to walk live hundred miles 

 in six days and a half measured last Wednesday. Mr. 

 Smith, lately Surveyor, measured the track in the presence 

 of several representative- of the press and members of the 

 New Yoik Athletic Society. The Professor has been very 

 regular in his training, taking special care oE his feet, in 

 order to prepare them for the arduous ordeal they will have 

 to undergo. 



— The messengers or the American District Telegraph 

 Company, after being reviewed last Thursday, went to 

 Mwlli I'aik to indulge in athletic exercises. The prizes 

 were vacations of from one day to one week, with pay, 

 and in some eases silver medals were also awarded. The 

 first prize in the tirst. foot raee was won by John Horan, 

 of the Thirty-first Distriet. The first prize in the sack 

 ratcc, which afforded a great deal of merriment to the 

 boys; was woo by Weiss, iTo. 282. 



— One of the best contested wrestling matches that was 

 ever held in this country came otf at San Francisco Novem- 

 ber 14, between Professor .Miller, an Australian wrestler, 

 and Monsieur Bauer, a celebrated French athlete. The 

 ii 'ill wasfpr$400 a side and the championship of the 

 Pacific coast. After the most desperate struggle, in which 

 the Frenchman showed unusual science, Miller won the 

 first fall, but the second and third fell to his adversary, 

 who exhibited extraordinary qualities. The third was 

 decided net to be a positive throw, but as the Gallic hero 

 had injured his groin, his opponent, gallantry refused to 

 force him to an issue, so a new match for $1,000 was made 

 and that is to come oil at an early day. 



— Daniel O'Leary failed in an attempt to walk fifty miles 

 in 8 hours and 40 minutes, for a bet of $100, at the West 

 Side Rink. Chicago, IU., November 14. lie, however, 

 covered forty eight, and one-third miles in I he sitpulatcd 

 time, which is extraordinarily good walking, and the bed 

 for the distance ever accomplished in this country. 



The Metropolitan Chess Tourneys— There are three 

 chess tournaments now iu progress iu the metropolis, and 

 the result is quite a re-awakening of interest In the game, 

 so much SO indeed that the daily papers have deemed it of 

 sufficient importance to give special attention to the subject 

 in their news columns, a sure indication that the matter is 

 nf more than ordinary interest. The principal series of 

 contests are played at the Cafe International, No. 294 

 Bowery, the headquarters of chessplayers in New York. 

 In this" lourney there are nearly forty contestants, and the 

 number of games to be played is therefore large. The 

 principal players are Messrs. Debnar, Mason, Alberoni, 

 Dr. Harnett, Pcrin, Dill, McCutcheon and Murray. Thus 

 far Mr. Alberoni leads iu the number of won games, Mr. 

 Mason being second, and Mr. Debnar being third. The 

 record of those who have won more than they have lost is 

 as follows : 



Players. Games Played. Won. Lort. 



Anwroni 41 aa u 



Mhmiii -, 37 31 li 



Ilelmur 35 2« 7 



l'crnu 32 80 B 



Dell 35 S« 3 



Mci'iilcneori 33 32 11 



Peck 34 2i 13 



Limbeck 37 21 16 



Dr. Burnett : 20 80 It 



Murray 32 v.! 18 



UWiel , 24 15 'J 



Barnes 25 15 10 



The second series of contests was those in progress al 

 the Cafe Cosmopolitan, No. 1 Second avenue, under the 

 auspices of the Down-Town Chess Club. In this the re- 

 curd of I he players who have thus far won more games 

 than they have lost is as follows : 



Games Played. Tion. Lod. Drawn. 



8 6 2 1 



Ifoseubaum • 8 2 1 



8 5 3 



Greenbetiger 5 1 l o 



Kmalbach 5 4 1 



3 3 



Tipmari 7 3 4 1 



Dalze 2 2 



Btockder - 2 2 



I'm - 2 2 2 1 



Next comes the regular annual tourney of the Brooklyn 

 Chess Club which is being held in the chess parlors of the 

 club in the Mercantile Library building. In this we put 

 the record of the most successful of the contestants stand- 

 ing as follows : 



Ptauers. Games Played. Won. Lost. Drawn. 



Dr. Burnett 8 7 11 



Sspence 8 7 10 



Horner 5 5 



KfwelU. 13 4 8 1 



rtiiiip 1 3 n i 



IViriu 4 3 I il 



Robinson 4 3 1 " o 



Thuvr 4 ii 1 (I 



Peck 4 3 10 



The other players have lost more games than they have 

 won; 



M? §otte$e8. 



— Yale expects to have its new boat house finished and 



ready for Occupancy next Spring. The foundation piles 



Have been driven and an: now ivmly fur the supcrslriietiirc, 



n on this work has been long delayed because of a 



controversy as to the ownership of the site. 



Yale has spent $360,000 for new buildings in the acade- 

 mic and about $150,000 in the S. S. S. Department, ex- 

 clusive of the $115,000 or $123,000 to be expended on the 

 new chapel. 



— In the last contest, between the Cambridge students 

 the Sophomores beat the Juniors at loot ball, in three 

 games out or live. The games were played according to 

 the Boston rules. 



YALE COLLEGE. 



Editor Fouest and Stream:— 



In the coming Intercollegiate con 

 is jooii I- Bran ph'e, 5 ale is not to 



the subject or sending delegates If 

 nary to this contest, was broached 

 or no favor, chums! no excitenu 



,,-'kn wli dgr'd literary abiliU , wuo 



Novemuki; 30th, 1S7-1. 



Hit 



our honor With credit t 

 Mater, did not favor the p 

 cause to regret our action, 

 to produce a high literary 

 highest success, still we'a 

 as it were. Various vagu 

 and defamatc 

 is that we a 

 slanderers pa 

 willing, it it 

 we have been termed. 



On Tuesday last our Tim: 

 and it. was a grand success. J 

 occasions peculiar to Yale, 

 forward to with the utmost i 

 customs, formerly in vogue h< 

 still one, "the pleas, mtest o 

 Jubilee night the whole Uni< 

 id 



in Oratory, which 



•p resell led.' WJlen 



meeting, prelimi- 



it met with little 



Men among us of 



uld have maintained 



mselves and to their Alma 



Bt At this date we have no 



1 while wishing that the effort 



are may be crowned with the 



intent. to be "out in tliecold," 



mors have been circulated, 



I, the purport of ail of which 



.1 to enter such a contest. AYo let our 



■tidied and untainted, and are ready and 



.ry, to be dubbed conservatives, as 



Jubile 



t plai 



nt 



oked 



■at de: 



■Id 

 re, have been abolished, but 

 them all," is left us. On 

 arsity is brought together, 

 i witticisms are indulged in, 

 of pleasure and genuine good 

 ' it of an election of a Pn 



and tallest s 

 with other; 

 heads of til 



• Fresh! 

 selected, 



nppe 



Tit 



•Tv 



deposited on tin 

 merely nominal, and the mosi 

 announced— the more witty tli 

 '75 man, was next, and it was 

 and local hits. The farce of ' 

 followed by the minstrel enter! 

 Club, were well received. The 

 came next, and consisted of a poem, 

 allusion to our place hi the Saratoga 1 

 ously applauded. The concluding 

 "Mctamora or the last of the Polly- W 

 or no account iu itself, but the actor;, 

 terest was aroused and it was fi 



class— the shortest 

 and they, in company 

 passed along over the 

 at last they are safely 



, by a 



Ce 



,dt 



nl by the Yale Glee 

 sors report, which 

 vas fair— the happy 

 cgatta being raptur- 

 ig piece was entitled, 

 VVogS." It is of little 

 >rs did so well that iu- 

 ralily received. Those 

 ho were fortunate enough to reside hereabouts left for 

 home on Wednesday morning, as a recess was given them 

 until Sunday with visions of home, turkey and mince pies 

 before them. Taken as a whole, this year's Jubilee was 

 fully equal to its predecessors, and much praise is due 

 to the committee who had the matter in charge. I will con- 

 clude this letter by giving you a full record of the Yale 

 University Base Ball Club— the champion nine of all the 

 colleges— I'm- last year, as it is worth}' of record; — 



Ai„: 



June 13- Vale v 

 Jnne 30— Yale v 

 June 2!I--Yiili- v 

 Jane 30— Talc V 

 July 1— Yale vs. 

 .lulv 3— Yale vs. 

 July 4 Yule vs. 

 July 45— Yale va 

 July 7— Yale ra 



Hartford. . 



s iiurvufd at tsuratogu.. 



..IB to 



. . 8 (o (1 



. . t 10 15 



.. li lo 7 



. 1 to 23 

 .,11 lo 8 



. . 4 to 



. . 7 to 4 



132 134 

 Summary— Yale, 61, opponents, 130; score in professional games, 51; 

 opponents, 130; Amateur games, 43; opponents. 16; college games, 33; 

 opponents, 8. Total— 132 to 154. 



AVEKAOES. 





Pu-'ii inn ': 



in'- lust hits 



aire out 



Bt'd out s'tdOutltiin 



Hotcbkiss.... 



... It P 



If Sli 73 



.277 21 



4 1.41 ,83 S9 13 



Avery ... 



... 1> 



17 7r ji 



.873 11 



52 .65 3.06 41 18 



... O 



:s s> a 



.■:<•■! BT 



so a ;■-■ •-• . i r 53 9 





... SilP. 



IS 76 in 



.B5j I.'. 



8 61 51 16 



Ncvln 



. . . 3d li 



17 85 81 



.347 Z? 



.:■ 2.33 50 19 





... SS 



18 , , 1 



.34V i. 



5S 33 S 38 55 15 



Foster 



... L F 



17 08 18 



.385 15 



8 .88 .45 43 15 



Smith 



.... i: V 



IB 60 16 





4 1.62 .25 68 12 



Day 



... IstB* 



3 15 3 



.300 15 



6 5.00 2.00 7 6 





. . . l.-t B 



14 61 9 





1 11.14 .07 43 8 



Bigelow 



. .. Ct 



24 •-' 



•079 64 



2 10.66 .33 21 2 



Totals 





187 14 170 



J.S3 477 



271 4.55 1.57 477 132 



Six innings i 



vcre played 



*C. F. tR. F. and 1st B. 

















j§illi;trtls. 





The Losg Island Amateur Champtohshh?.— Th6 



amateur tournament, which recently terminated in Brooklyn 

 with the success of Mr. Knight as the champion player of 

 the Island at the French game, has had a sequel which has 

 opened up the much discussed question as to what consti- 

 tutes a professional player in the billiard fraternity. The 

 Bowing and Base Ball National Associations decide that no 

 members of their respective brotherhood can be regarded as 

 amateurs who in any way make their living by the pursuit 

 of the sport, of which they arc exponents. 'But there is 

 no National Association ol" Billiard Players in existence, 

 and the question is, who is going to decide as to the quali- 



fications of an amateur billiard player. The position in this 

 amateur tourney case is one which will be likely to lead to 

 a movement to organize a National Association of billiard 

 players. Such an institution is wanted very much, if only 

 to revise the rules of play, and give to the fraternity what, 

 they do not now possess," viz. .- an established code (if rules 

 likely to govern the billiard world of America. The first 

 step— the principal difficulty always — is to adopt means to 

 get together a thoroughly representative delegation. To 

 do this, there is wanted not only billiard manufacturers, 

 but both professional and amateur players. One difficulty 

 will be to lind men who combicc in an association of the 

 kind to serve the best interests of the game at large, aside 

 from allowing their own special interests to govern them 

 exclusively. 



— Budolphc is very sanguine about the result of his 

 match with Gamier, and, in order to be sure of doing his 

 best, practices daily for live or six hours. It is understood 

 that Yiguau will challenge the winner. 



— M. Adrian Tsar, the French champion hand billiard 

 player, recently scored 1,480 in nineteen minutes, while 

 playing a match a the Victoria Hotel, Weymouth, England. 



— Vignau beat f'bassv in Boston last week, the score be- 

 ing 500 to -100. 



— On Tuesday evening a few members of the Tccumseh 

 Snow-Shoe Club crossed the Mountain. Considering the 

 small quantity of snow the shoeing was very good, on the 

 other side of the Pines. We believe they are the first 

 snow-shoers that hare crossed this season. Last year the 

 Montreal Club was the first to cross, on the 12th November. 

 The Tccumseh meet next Tuesday. This being the first 

 regular tramp, a good turn out, is expected. On Saturday 

 following the club tramp to Ladhine.— Gazette. 



— About four weeks ago Messrs. Isaac and George Eng- 

 lish, of Omemer, started down Pigeon River to trap musk- 

 rats. They returned about three days ago with over 900 

 skins. Had the weather remained open' for another four 

 weeks they would have doubled that number. 



— The snow-shoeing clubs are preparing for the Winter 

 campaign. The Secretary of the Montreal Club reports the 

 receipts of last year to be" $1,070 S9 and the disbursements 

 $1,000 11. 



—While Mr. John McKay and his son, of Mt. Dalhousie, 

 were out hunting they discovered a monster, which they at 

 first mistook for a panther, but when the animal faced 

 them, standing upon its hind legs, it presented to their as- 

 tonished gaze,~features strongly resembling the human. It 

 is described by the men, who were too seared to lire at it, 

 as very large and terrible. 



— A novelty in lacrosse playing is to enjoy the cxhilira- 

 ting amusement by night; the' necessary illumination being 

 furnished by torches. 



—Two Brantford men recently walked from their native 

 town to Hamilton and back, fifty-three miles, If hrs. 15 

 mins. 



—The Directors of the Provisional Board of the Toronto 

 Curling Club have elected Mr. McGaw President and 

 Mr. David Walker Secretary of the club. The new rink 

 on Adelaide street, Toronto, is now ready for flooding, and 

 will be fit for use as soon as the frost supplies a sufficient 

 depth of ice. 



JJeit/ ^ublicittiaiis. 



r>'/i!iea/inns 'cut. lo (hit. office, 

 the scope of the papir. ir/P / 

 :.■ oki ■ Ha n i at our Editor 



mug upon xni.j,, : h :i:a( come icllhin 



v :./:.-..}. p i/il. ....'if./.. 77,r !v. tpl in HP 



,',,'.,',■,: ,:■':' 7,: pp 'h \'f pP IJ Opl/'OU'I 'fllfpll 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



PliOGUESSIYF. PeTTIC 



; cullcc 



"Be 



- - dedicated to Mrs. 



li to dedicate to this author 

 lie writer ef Hie volume un- 

 tie compliment by a sense of 

 obleiil, we arc at present nil 

 :nown penchant for returning 



ideration was moved ro : 

 c;allantry, or by a desire to solve a 

 able to decide, but judging from bi 



favors, we should presume that the arst motive had no small weight in 

 inducing him to undertake his present literary labor. But on glancing 

 at the pages we also detect that the purpose of the author U la nil ,s 1 

 sensible reforms for women, and to do this lie presents contrasts which 

 attract attention immediately by their truthfulness and appropriateness. 

 The style is trenchant, easy, and possesses that gossippy flavor so pleas- 

 ing in works of this character. We cannot enter into the details of the 

 story, so we would advise our readers to peruse it? pages themselves and 

 enjoy its descriptions of the mysteries of domestic life. 

 Diseases ok Sheep. With familiar explanations, essays, 

 &-c. By Uenry Clok, V. S. Philadelphia: Claston, Kemsen & Haffet- 

 linger. 



This work will be found of much value to the Western farmer, as its 

 ample pages contain a fall description of all the diseases incident to this 

 valuable animal; a lull and accurate diagnosis and treatment of disease 

 in its incipience, progress, and general character. To the wool grower 

 this work will be found invaluable, as the common sickness of the flock, 

 whenflrst noticed, wilt enable the careful shepherd to separate the ill 

 from the well, and have perfect control of them. This book, carefully 

 studied, even by non-professional sheep raisers, will save the lives of 

 many sheep. Help yourself, when possible, and employ a veterinarian in 

 eases you-cannot. 



Hints to Anglers and Miseries of Fishing. With nu- 

 merous humorous engravings. Philadelphia: Claxton, Kemsen <fc 

 Haffelflnger. 



Although these rnasims and notes on the ways of flsh and flshing men 

 are professedly by a "bungler," there will be found within the pages of 

 this little vade m«i»«.much truth, in which "no bungling'' will be found. 

 Every cross, morose, mercurial son of the rod should take it with him 

 when ho goes fishing for big trout. If ho has bagged his ten pounds he 

 can let it remain in his pocket and go homo with his speckled bellies. If 

 he has had bad lack, let him take out the little joker, and read abont the 

 miseries of fishing, and patch his broken lines, stop swearing, and como 

 again to-morrow. There is much philosophy in the work, and it is worth 

 the price, which is only fifty cents. 



— Last Friday a drove of 1,000 turkeys passed through 

 Barre, Yt. They were driven as .so many sheep would be. 

 When nightfall came they would, by general consent, all 

 leave the road and take to the fences, for they could get 

 them no further. 



