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FOREST AND STREAM. 



There was a fair wind, and plenty of it both ways. The 

 Idler weet off at a grand pace, increasing her lead at every 

 moment. The Ariel soon passed the Madcap, but could 

 not overhaul Mr. Colgate's schooner. The Addie also 

 passed the Madcap, and the four named turned the buoy in 

 that order, followed by the Christine and Alert. On the 

 run back to the stakeboat the Alert passed the Christine, 

 and they rounded in the following order; Idler, 1:32:10; 

 Addie V., 1:55:45; Madcap, 2:11:20; Alert, 2:18:55; Chris- 

 tine, 2:19.33. The Ariel did not turn, but continued on 

 up the harbor. On the second round the only change was 

 in the positions of the Christine and Alert, which had been 

 reversed, but the Alert's allowance made her first on cor- 

 rected time, the other winners being the Idler and Addie Y. 



An Aquatic Novelty. — A correspondent sends us the 

 following description of a new iron steam yacht: — 



"In this clay of limited mail trains and fast horses it is 

 pleasing to observe that those interested in yachting are 

 likewise inspired by the cry, excelsior. The lovers of ac- 

 quatics now claim our attention, and the last addition to 

 the steam yacht fleet must be described, as she is remarka- 

 ble in more points than one. The Continental is a new 

 iron steam yacht, fifty feet long, built by Holmes, Shaw, 

 Brown & Co., Bordentown, N. J., and delivered in Phila- 

 delphia last Saturday to the members of a new steam yacht 

 club organized by certain gentlemen in that city. The 

 Continental has performed a feat never before accom- 

 plished, for she has run when loaded with a day's fuel and 

 a party of gentlemen on board her, the extraordinary 

 speed for a small yacht of 16 miles in 57f minutes, being 

 the average of two runs as follows: — First run, eight miles 

 against tide, 31 minutes, 15.48 miles per hour; second run, 

 eight miles with tide, 26f minutes, 17.94; average speed, 

 16.71. This record is sustained running and not a furious 

 effort for the distance of one mile and no power to breathe 

 at the finish. The Continental can run a mile in, three 

 minutes, being at the rate of twenty miles an hour, but 

 this is not her boast ; her novelty and renown is derived 

 from the fact that she can run when loaded at the sustained 

 high rate of speed of between sixteen and seventeen miles 

 per hour . She is handsomely fitted with a hard wood cabin, 

 and has points of excellence and elegance about her pleas- 

 ing to the yachting man. One great novelty in her build, 

 is that her propeller is at the extreme of her length, being 

 abaft the rudder, and is lowered so that half its diameter 

 revolves below the vessel's keel and is consequently al- 

 ways in solid water. The screw is protected by a deep 

 skeleton shoe projected below it so that in case of getting 

 in shoal water no harm can happen the propeller. The 

 seats in the cabin arranged to form berths, so that a party of 

 gentlemen can live in comfort while on a gunning or fish- 

 ing excursion. In fact she is designed for sportsmen, and 

 with her great speed is the craft a sporting man is proud 

 to own, for it is claimed for her that she is the fastest 

 yacht in the United States." 



The Argonauta Rowing Association's Fall regatta 

 •was held on the Kill Von Kull on Saturday afternoon. 

 The weather was not such as would be considered first 

 class for rowing, but the spirited oarsmen of the Argon- 

 auta were not to be baulked of their fun, and four races 

 were rowed, although the single-scull race was, owing to 

 the roughness of the water, necessarily abandoned. The 

 pair-oared race was first called, and responded to by 

 Messrs. W. T. Taylor and J. F. Ward, composing one crew, 

 and M. A. Phillips and E. Smith, another. The course 

 was from the Latourette House dock, three fourths of a 

 mile and return. Taylor and Ward were ahead at the 

 stake boat, made a close turn, and won. 



The next race was for four-oared gigs, in which the fol- 

 l©wing crews contended: White — L. D. Hyatt, bow; E. 

 A. S. Man, S. B. Trask; S. S. Zabriskie, stroke; H. Meigs, 

 Jr., coxswain. Red— A. P. Vreedenburg, bow; E. R. 

 Craft, J. A. Lodwick; R. H. Jackson, stroke; E. Smith, 

 coxswain. After one false start, owing to Zabriskie break- 

 ing his oar, they got off even, each boat leading alternately 

 until the stakeboat was reached, when the Red took the 

 lead and kept it to the finish, winning by a length. 



The heavy and light weights next contended in four- 

 oared shells, the crews being composed as follows: Heavy 

 —Frank L. Gunther, bow; E. R. Craft, M. G. Cavalli; 

 William Gwynne, stroke. Light— James McNider, bow; 

 F. E. Ballard, E. R. Peck; G. E. Man, stroke. The light 

 weights proved too heavy for their opponents, and won by 

 a steamboat's length. 



The last event was the senior four-oared shell race, the 

 following crews appearing: While— Ed. Smith, bow; J. 

 F. Ward, K W. Frank; Walter Man, stroke. Red— W. 

 T. Taylor, bow; John A. Walker, B. Stephenson-; M. A. 

 Phillips, stroke. The reds had rather the best of the race 

 to the stake boat, but the whites found better water and 

 passed them. The matter was settled, however, by Phil- 

 lips breaking his oar, allowing the other crew to win as 

 they pleased. Man's crew offering to row the race over 

 again, the offer was accepted, but with the same result. 

 The regatta was very successful, and the many lady friends 

 Of the members present appeared to enjoy the racing im- 

 mensely. 



—The regatta of the Saugerties Rowing Club came off 

 on the Esopus Creek on the 2d inst. The barge race be- 

 tween the Trinity crew, of Madalin, and the Saugerties 

 crew, one mile with turn, resulted in the defeat of the 

 Trinity crew after a very close and exciting contest. Time- 

 Trinity, 8:35; Saugerties, 8:34. 



The four-oared shell race, two miles with turn, be- 

 tween Saugerties and East Kingston crews, resulted in the 

 victory for the former by four boat lengths. Time— Sau- 

 gerties 14:10; East Kingston, 14:25. The 'judges at the 

 homestake were R. MacCarthy and Mr. Rathbone, of 

 Trinity Institute, and at the upper stake, Mr. Moles and 

 Charles M. Streeter, of the East Kingston Association. 

 Jerry Day, formerly stroke of the Yale crew, and now 

 stroke of the Catskill crew, acted as referee. 



Denmarsh and Pedgrift.— A single scull race between 

 Frank Denmarsh, of Pittsburg, and John Pedgrift, of Chi- 

 cago, for $250 a side, three miles— a mile and a half and 

 repeat— was rowed at Pittsburg on the 30th mst. Den- 

 marsh gave Pedgrift thirty yards start and choice of water. 

 At the word "go" both got away in good style, Denmarsh 

 gaining rapidlv. When they had pulled about 400 yards 

 they fouled, but continued over the course, Denmarsh still 

 in the lead, which he maintained until the close, coming in 

 four lengths ahead. Time— 19m. 38Js. Pedgrift claimed 

 the race on a foul, but the referee decided it a draw, which 

 caused general dissatisfaction on both sides. The betting 

 was $2 to $1 on Denmarsh, and large sums were staked on 



the result. A large crowd was present. The time is said 

 to be the best on lecord. 



Professional Single Scull Race at Watkins.— A 

 match single scull race between Ellis Ward, of Geneva, 

 (one of the noted Ward Brothers, and formerly of Corn- 

 wall, in this State,) and Frank Kilsby, of Philadelphia, 

 (late of England,) will come off on the Seneca Lake re- 

 gatta course, at Watkins, for $500 a side, to-daj r . These 

 noted oarsmen are both hard at work on the course, w^ell 

 matched, and a closely contested and highly interesting 

 and exciting race is anticipated. 



—The Paris crew, of St. John, New Brunswick, recently 

 issued a challenge offering to row any four-oared crew in 

 the world a four-oared shell race over a three or a six mile 

 course for $2,500 a side, offering £100 expenses, the race to 

 take place on the Kennebacasis River or on Bedford Basin, 

 Halifax, Nova Scotia. In reply to this challenge Richard 

 Blakey, of Newcastle, England, accepts the challenge and 

 agrees to select four men and two substitutes to row the 

 Paris crew for £500, and will give £100 expenses to row on 

 the Tyne or take £150 expenses to row at Halifax. The 

 English crew will probably be Boyd, Sadler, Lumsden, and 

 Hepplewhite. The Paris crew is unchanged — Fulton, Price, 

 Hutton, and Ross. As the backers of the English cham- 

 pion four have accepted the Paris crew's offer, the race 

 will be arranged at amearly day. 



'afioml ffapimes. 



CRICKET — AMERICAN VS. ENGLISH, TWELVE A SIDE. 



This match, played on the St. George's ground, Hobo- 

 ken, Saturday last, for the benefit of Georges Giles and 

 Wm. Brewster, professionals of the St. George's and Staten 

 Island Cricket Clubs, , attracted a large number of specta- 

 tors, the players being selected from the several clubs of 

 New York and vicinity. The weather and ground were all 

 that could be desired.' The Americans went first to the 

 bat, being represented by Messrs. Soutter and Jenkins to 

 the bowling of Brewster and Marsh. The ground was 

 lively and the bowling good, but 19 runs were scored before 

 Jenkins, who had been hitting freely and well for 13 runs 

 was caught off by Giles. Satterthwaite filled the vacancy, 

 and playing carefully would doubtless have made a better 

 record had he not been most unfortunately run out. Sout- 

 ter remained till he had contributed 30 well put together. 

 Stevens played very well for 15 and White for 9 (not out,) 

 and the American innings closed for 8.6. It is noteworthy 

 that Jones obtained three wickets in three successive balls. 

 After lunch the Englishmen went in, but- the bowling of 

 Messrs. Sprague and Soutter was so straight, and the field- 

 ing and catching of the Americans so faultless, that they 

 (the English) retired in close and quick order for only 22 

 runs, (Giles alone being able to defend his wicket,) thus 

 leaving the Americans victors by (54 runs. The wicket 

 keeping of Westfeldt was also a splendid exhibition of good 

 cricket. There being still an hour of daylight left the 

 English had to "follow on," and obtained 37 runs with the 

 loss of three wdekets befoze time was called. Before time 

 was called, however, Soutter had taken Giles' wicket with 

 a ball that caused the professional to remark that no man 

 could stand against that bowling. Thus ended this most 

 interesting match in favor of the Americans. We hope to 

 see it played every year. Appended is the score. — 



FIRST INNINGS — AMERICANS. 



Soutter (St, George's) c. Gilbert, b. Giles 30 



Jtnkins (Manhattan) c. Gilbert, b. Brewster 13 



Satterthwaite (St. George's) run out , 3 



Hosford (Manhattan) c . Brewster , b . Jones 1 



Cashman (St. George's) c. Bance, b. Gilbert 2 



Westfeldt (St. George's) 1. b. w., b. Jones 4 



Stevens (Staten Island) b. Jones 15 



Irving (Staten Island) c. Brewster, b. Jones 1 



M. Eyre (Staten Island) b. Jones 



Sprague (Prospect Park) b. Jones , 



"Van Nest (St. Ueorge's) b. Jones 



White (Prospect Park) not out 9 



Byes, 3; leg byes, Z; no balls, 3 — 8 



Total 86 



RUNS AT TUB FALL OF EACH WICKET. 



1st. 2d. 3d. 4th. 5th. 6th. 7th. 8th. 9th. LOth. 11th. 

 19 24 30 46 60 62 69 69 69 69 86 



ENGLISHMEN. 



Second Tunings. 

 c. Westfeldt, b. Cashman 5 



c. Westfeldt, b. Hosford 2 



not out 1 



b. Soutter 8 



not out 15 



Mr si Innings. 



Bancc (St. George's) b. Sprague.. 2 



Gilbert (Manhattan) c. Satter- 

 thwaite, b. Soutter 4 



Roberts (Staten Island) c. Sprague 

 b. Soutter 



Brewster, Prof., (Staten Island) c. 

 Satterthwaite, b. Soutter 



Moeran (St. George's) st. West- 

 feldt, b . Sprague 



Giles (Prof. St. George's) not out 7 



Marsh (St. George's) run out — 4 



Peters (Prospect Park) b, Spr'ge. 



Jones (St. George's) b. Sprague.. 



Luske (Ntateh Island) St. West- 

 feldt, b. Sprague 



Sleigh (St. George's) c. Sprague, 

 b. Soutter. 



Dodge (Prospect Park) runout.. 3 

 Byes 2 Byes, 3; leg byes, 1; wides, 2 — 6 



Total ... } 22 Total 37 



RUNS AT THE PALL OP EACH WICKET. 



1st. 2d. 3d. 4th. 5th. 6th. 7th. 8th. 9th. 10th. 11th. 

 2-4 6 6 10 16 16 16 18 19 22 



BASE-BALL — THE PROFESSIONAL ARENA. 



— A word of advice to professional players will not be 

 out of place at present, considering that the majority have 

 become so inflated with the idea that their services will be 

 in such immense demand next season that there is no get- 

 ting them to listen to offers of reasonable salaries. There 

 are in training for next season's professional play over a 

 hundred first class players now in the amateur fraternity — 

 that is, not in any club belonging to the professional asso- 

 ciation. The majority of these are intelligent, educated 

 young fellows, who may be relied on for faithful service as 

 far as their ability admits. This material must eventually 

 take the place of the class of professionals who, in the 

 Winter are the frequenters of gambling houses and broth- 

 els, and whose companionship and habits of life will not 

 bear a moment's investigation as far as a reputable record 

 is concerned. Many professionals have been engaged by 

 clubs this season, in the eagerness of managers to secure 

 what they have thought to be first class material, who really 

 are not worthy a position in any reputable club — fellows 

 who for some seasons past have been under the ban of 

 justly suspected participation in what is technically termed 

 "crooked" work. Then, too, others have been engaged 

 who, though not on the suspected list exactly, are known 

 to associate with such characters, as to preclude their be- 

 ing rated as thoroughly reliable men. In addition^ there 



is a class of professionals who lack the one great essei r 

 of a really successful professional player — the mental S^ 

 ity to play the game up to the best mark of what is knrwl 

 as "keadwork" play. Now, all these inefficient ffienvS 

 ultimately be weeded from the best stock company org 

 zations, and when they are, then will come an opportunit 1 ' 

 for the honorable, educated class who are now in a rnf , y 

 sure placed in the background. _ Then will come the los&S 

 fat places and high salaries, which the grasping unreliable 

 are now seeking with such effrontery. A thousand doUaS 

 for the season's service of seven months is a really hand 

 some remuneration for any ordinary professional position 

 and double that amount should not be paid to any projW 

 sional in the fraternity, unless to one of rare ability autf 

 marked intelligence and integrity of character. 



The Hartford Times very properly says :— ( 'The "WW 



igc eat eh. 



ers, short stops, pitchers, second basemen, and out fielders 

 will be thrown overboard next year who now think thev 

 have sure places secured. The record of players is beinfi 

 watched more carefully by managers than hitherto. Those 

 fellows who have been so ready to sign to two or three 

 clubs are slated for dismissal. In fact, reliable men are the 

 stock now in demand. Managers now ask the question 

 'If this fellow is so ready to leave this or that club ami 

 break his word to them, or show an ungrateful return for 

 kindness extended to him, why will he not do the same to 

 us?' This is logic, and it tells. Club managers iu search 

 of so-called amateur players should examine well into char- 

 acter, antecedents, etc., and not take him simply because 

 he handles a ball in splendid style in this or that position, 

 Amateur nines are now in the field^composcd of the veriest 

 roughs of the metropolis, fellows whom it would nut be 

 safe to leave your coat or shoes with. Their language ami 

 companionship exposes them. As a general thing they can 

 play ball finely, but their characters— 'on! no, wc never 

 mention 'em.' " 



— The record of championship games up to October 5l.lt 

 not counting forfeited games, or the games of clubs which 

 cannot play their quotas, is as follows:— 



Club. 



cq 4 



Boston 



Athletic 



St. Louis.... 

 Hartford.... 

 Philadelphia 

 Chicago 



6 



P^ ID 



a 

 o 



2\ II 



0, 2| 



'i\ 



21 II 



6 7 



5J l| 

 ■ I 4! 



i^muu£i> ~ jl 



Mutual 3 



51 0110 



7 6| 6 



51 81 (J 



4 I 8 



-I oh 



2 j 2 

 si's .. 



Games Lost | 6 1 15 (^3 1 3-2 ! 28 j 27 1 3;-l 



40 



27 

 21 

 20 



154 



— The record of championship contests and exhibition 

 games for October, thus far, is as follows: — 



Oct. 1— Chicago vs. St. Louis, at Chicago 12 to 9 



Oct. 1— Mutual vs. Athletic, at Philadelphia 4 to 2 



Oct. 2 — Boston vs. Hartford, at Boston 3 to 2 



Oct. 2— Athletic vs. Mutual, at Philadelphia 14 to 



• Oct. 2— Chicago vs. St. Louis, at Chicago 13 to 9 



Oct. 4— Mutual vs. Boston, (exhibition) at Troy, 12 in.. 6 to 3 

 Oct. 4— Athletic vs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia 19 to 10 



— The games in September, since our last issue, were us 

 f ollow r s : — 



Sep. 27 — Mutual vs. New Haven, at Brooklyn 4 to 2^ 



Sep. 27— St. Louis vs. Philadelphia, at St. Louis (9 in) 5 to 5 



Sep. 28— New Haven vs. Mutual, at Brooklyn 8 to 6 



Sep. 28— Philadelphia vs. St. Louis, at St. Louis 3 to 2 



Sep. 29 -Philadelphia vs. St. Louis, at St. Louis 9 to 5 



Sep. 29— Boston vs. Hartford, at Boston (exhibition) 4 to 1 



THE AMATEUR ARENA. 



— A fine game of base ball (amateurs) was played at 

 Princeton on Saturday, October 2d, between the Princeton 

 College nine and the Germantowns, of Philadelphia. 

 Mann's pitching, for Princeton, proved to be too good for 

 their opponents. Van Rensselaer and Sharp, of the Gfer- 

 mantowns, fielded finely. Following is the score by in- 

 nings:— 



1st 2d 3d 4th 5tli 6th 7th 8th 9th 



Princeton 1 3 10 0-5 



Gearnantown 2 1 0-8 



Umpire, Mr. Dunning, of Princeton. Time of game, 

 one hour and three quarters. 



—The Stars, of Syracuse went to Rochester on Saturday, 

 Oct. 2, and defeated the Rochesters by the following score: 



STARS . 



R.lEr.O.A.B.I 



Ferrer, 2d b :.l 4 5 



McLean, s.s 1 1 



Mvers, 1st b 2 14 



White. 3d b I 1 1 4 



McGrtiu, c. f 



Ruilerty, r. f .0 3 



McCormick, p 1 3 



Robinson, 1. f 2 



Hotaling, c 13 



ROCHESTER. 

 R, 



1 Taylor, c. f 1 



2 Lester, 1. f 



Wamsley, s. s 



it. Calder. 1st b 



1 J. Cadler, c 



0Ball,p 1 



1 Murray, 3d b 



Snyder, r. f 



Kimball, 2d b..'. 



iBJ'.O.A.E. 



110 



3 



4 3 



12 



13 1 



1 5 I 



a 5 o 3 

 oil 



4 3 



Total 5 3 27 13 5 Total 2 4 2713 11 



"Stars 4 10 0-5 



Rochester 1 1-2 



Passed balls— J. Oalder, 3; Hotaling, 0. First bass by error s-Sta", 

 8; Rochester, 4. Left on base— Stars, 3; Rochester 5. 



Time of game— 1 hour and 45 minutes. Umpire— C. Najdor, of lii'V" 

 ton, Canada. 



— A. Chicago paper gives what maybe regarded as ine 

 official team of the Chicago club for 187G, as fallows: '•■&» 

 the negotiations excepting, perhaps, the signing of the P&" 

 pers, having been completed, the announcement is ma& 

 that the following persons will compose next year's ^nine- 

 James White, Boston; Alfred 

 MeVey, Boston; Ross Ban 

 Athletic, Philadelphia; John ire icrs, wuuuagu, u^ f 

 Chicago; Robert Addy, Philadelphia; Jones, of KeoKuw 

 Bielaski, of Chicago, and Andrus, of Jackson, Midn^ 

 The last two named will go in as substitutes." 



—We have made it a point with a view to the ^nnc* 

 ment of amateur players, to compare our record or g a 

 played to such contests as are marked by figures s ^°\ J 

 excellent fielding displays. This event is_ readied i»* 

 ever nine runs are scored by the winning side in a nv& • 

 Below will be found the record of the best played gaw 

 in which amateur nines took part on one side or ou 

 during August, in which the winning club did not ex ■ 

 a score of nine runs. It will be seen that the number is iws- 

 in excess of that of the same character of ^ ntests /^ } w; 

 previous munth or season in the history of amateur K^ 

 ing, the result proving conclusively how well the new . 



