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trained to such a degree of perfection that they reaped the 
rewards of their labors, and have a record to show of which 
Princeton may well be proud. Since the opening of the 
season the Princeton,nine have played nine games with 
amateur clubs and four with professionals, of which it 
has won nine, as follows:— 

May 5.—Princeton vs. Chelsea, Brooklyn...........2....6000 eee 12to 1 
May 21,—Princeton vs. Yale College... ...... 0 caus sees ee cece eees 10to 9 
May 22.—Princeton vs. Harvard College.........2..-0...-s2eeees 3to 1 
May 24.—Princeton vs. Resolute (professional)........+....-++.++ 6Bto 2 
June 7.—Princeton vs. Lafayette College....... ....-.-- mand ase 26 to 11 
Sep. 27.—Princeton vs. Irvington, N.d... ....eeee ee cece e eee sito 7 
Oct. 1.—Princeton vs. Chelsea, Brooklyn, (11 innings)............ 15 to 14 
Octs16.— Princeton VsiPONCOD so. ies ene sl hdpe cela tiene ecee wees 47 to 3 
Oct. 18.—Princeton vs, Yale Colleges... 2. cs. jcc cece cece cee to 4 
Defeats, four, as follows: 
May 10.—Princeton vs. Yale College.............0- 0. e cece eee ees 210-9 
June 12,—Princeton vs. Athletic (professional),.............+++-- 6 to 22 
Oct. 14.—Princeton vs. Atlantic (professional)............-.5+-.5- 8 to 16 
Noy. 7.—Princeton vs. Athletic (professional), 5 innings......... Oto 5 
11 to 52 
Total runs, Princeton, 179; Opponents. 104. 
Base hits, Princeton, 181; Opponents, 114. 
Among this list, it will be noticed, are four intercolle- 
viate games for the college championship, of which Prince- 
ton has achieved three victories, that over Harvard being 
the finest amateur game on record. Time and space will 
not admit of a critical description of all the games played, 
yet the last is deserving of a somewhat lengthy description, 
as showing the improvement of the Princeton nine since 
last spring, when they met the Athletics and suffered a 
most disastrous defeat. 
Friday, November 7, was the occasion of the second 
meeting of the Princeton and Athletic clubs in the base 
ball arena. The weather was very dubious, the clouds be- 
ing dark and lowering. At twelve M. the game commenced 
with the Princeton boys at the bat, who} failed to score a 
run. The professionals began by their first man retiring at 
first, when, by the good batting of Anson, and the poor 
playing of the centre fielder and short stop, they placed 
four runs to their credit, The next iuning was a repetition 
of the first as regards totals, though G. Mann, by a fine two 
base fair foul hit, and Williamson, by a poor throw of An- 
son, got bases. The Athletics yielded ‘the ‘‘ash” in one, 
two, three order, Woods making a fine one hand pick up 
in this inning. The third mning passed with still no runs 
for Princeton, as also the visitors were compelled to retire 
with equal success, though two men had reached bases, 
Jacobus catching a line ball and making a double play after 
one hand was out. In this inning, through error, the 
Prineetons succeeded in getting the bags filled, with no 
men out, when by poor batting and a fine display of field- 
ing not a man succeeded in crossing the plate. The Ath- 
letics were again served with a whitewash, making the 
total 4 to 0 in their favor. 
Rain began to fallat this stage of the game, but play 
was continued until the close of the inning, which was a 
repetition of former blanks for Princeton, while the “blue 
stockings” added one more run to their score. Thus, with 
the totals at 5 to 0 in favor of the Athletics, the game was 
called. 
It is t6 be regretted that play was interrupted, as it bid 
fair to bea good game. Though the college boys were 
somewhat out of trim from want of practice, they need 
not be ashamed of their exhibition of playing, and we pre- 
dict for them an untarnished record next spring in their 
intercollegiate games. The following is the score:— 
















PRINCETON. ATHLETIC. 
PLAYERS. is av ts A. PLAYERS. | R. \1z.|P.0 A. 
peaches ce odes hOik 01 L5.0 [McGeary ¢,.0..1/..: 010] 6) 1 
Woods 8. 8.....:... | ONL La Battin, bee i. 1 | 0;};2)4 
VanDeventer, r. f...| 0| 0] 0] 0 jAnson, 3b........... pn et 
Bruyere, 1 b......... 01) O16) | On tisler, Wb. ss. CBS AE a UK 
Patowec. Pic. eee: 10) 0| 1] 0 |Fisher, 1. f.. lilolilo 
G. Mann,3b, ..... | 0} 1 | 21 |Sutton, s.s... 10/0/0)|2 
Williamson, |. f..... 01/0 | 1] 0 \Seusendeifer, c. f....)0/0)0)0 
Jacobus, 2 b......... 0} 0) B| Li )Reach, .r. Pf... . 62.6. {0/0/0]0 
M. Mann, p.......:. 01.0}0:| 3.|McMullin, p......... Lip dt Ott 
Paid |B) is oe (0s) OO) 
Pokal. waka @ See Gola MotMee use lata de | 5 | 4 |15 18 
INNINGS. 
CLUBS. 1/2/3)4)]5/6 | 7 | 8 | 9 jrorazs 
Princeton.......- ieee ste Moro ro To 9} 0 olo| o 
PGHOM Gay a CRIT tees 4}ol{olojr{ojololo| 5 
Umpire, Crawford, °74, of Princeton College Club. 
Time of Game, one hour. ae. 
First base by errors, Princeton, 5; Athletic. 6. 
liuns earned, Princeton, 0; Athletic, 0. 
CHAMPION. 
~The Columbia and Rutgers colleges played a match 
-game of foot ball on Saturday, November 16th, ou the 
grounds of the St. George’s Cricket Club at Hoboken. Co- 
jumbia won the game. The following are the names of the 
twenties: —Columbia—King (captain), Cornell, Adams, Hur- 
ry, Walbridge, Bach’, Radford, Leonowen, Kent, Weeks, 
George, Simmonds, Root, Lindley, McMain, Morewood, 
Field, Smith, Rhodes, and. Price. Rutgers—Lydecker 
(captain), Hendrickson, Fischer, Van Aken, Walser, Mar- 
tyne, Wyckoff, Ross, Kamble, Anderson, Lyall, Davis, 
Price, Fuller, P. Vansant, Watson, Vreeland, Stotts, Hawx- 
hurst, and H. Fuller. The judges were Mr. Faston for 
‘Rutgers, and Marshall for Columbia. Referee, Mr. John- 
son, 
—A foot race for $1,000 aside and the championship of 
America, between John Allison, of Connecticut, and Henry 
Crandail, of Niles, Michigan, was run at Washington Park, 
Providence, on November 14th, and won by five inches by 
Allison. Distance, 125 yards; time, fifteen seconds. 
—The Chicago Billiard Tournament is progressing, and 
meets with success. On November 14th Ubassy beat Sny- 
der, the score standing 400 to 321. The winner’s average 
was 5 60-68. His highest rut was 57. 
In this day’s playing John Bessunger defeated Peter Sny- 

_forty-third inning he made 27; 


der in 71 innings, scoring 400 to Snyder’s 331; winner’s avy- 
erage 0 45-71. Largest runs—Bessunger, 4) and 44; Sny- 
der, 40 and 86. In the second game, between Garnier and 
Slosson, Garnier won the lead. The game was closely con- 
tested and interesting thronghout, first one and then the 
other leading, and each doing considerable safety business 
toward the close. Garnier finally won in his forty-fourth 
inning, scoring 400 to Slosson’s 390; winner's average, 9 
1-11; Slossons, 9 3-43. Largest runs—Garnier, 42, 50, and 
77; Slosson, 44, 37, and 40. 
The first game at night was between Ubassy and Joseph 
Dion, and attracted the attention of a large audience. In 
stringing for the lead Ubassy won, and started off with a 
run of 3, Dion following with 12. In the ninth inning 
Ubassy ran 56, and in the next 30, turning his first hundred, 
Dion making only single counts. Ubassy turned his second 
string in the twenty-second inning, his score standing 221 
to Dion’s 67. In the thirty-second inning Ubassy, with a 
run of 59, turned into the homestretch, and in the forty- 
sixth inning, with a run of 26, won the game. Dion, who 
turned into his first hundred only in the twenty-ninth in- 
ning, picked up toward the last, his score standing at the 
close 230. Ubassy’s average was 8 16-23. 
On November 15th the first game was between Garnier 
and Snyder, and was easily won by the former in thirty-six 
innings, the score standing 400 to 108. Winner's average, 
114. Largest runs—Garnier, 82, 45, and 58. Snyder only 
made three double numbers, 19 being the largest. 
The second game was between Slosson and Bessunger, 
and was close throughout, Slosson winning by 400 to 351; 
winner's average, 6 26-29. 
—On November 17th the first game was between George 
Slosson and Peter Snyder. Slosson won by a score of 400 
to 108. The second game was between Cyrilie Dion and 
Maurice Daly. Daly won 450 to Dion’s 250. Daly’s largest 
scores—32, 39, 34, 62, 94. Daly’s avérage was 11 15-35, and 
Dion’s 71-7. The first game in the evening was between 
Garnier and Joseph Dion. In the thirty-seventh inning, 
with the score standing Garnier 329 andeDion 168, the latter 
got the balls together, and, by careful nursing, made 124 
points, the second best run of the tournament. In the 
7; but Garnier followed with 
32, and ran the game out, Dion being 344. The winning 
average was 8 24-47th; Dion’s average, 7 15-47ths. The 
largest runs were—Garnier,'82, 50 and 48; Dion, 124. 
—The Athletic Association of the Stevens’ Institute of 
Technology of Hoboken, at a meeting held Nov. 12, elected 
the following officers:—President, $. D. Graydon, ’75; Re- 
cording Secretary, H. A. Beckmeyer, 76; Corresponding 
Secretary, J. M. Wallis, °76; Treasurer, H. Duane, 76; 
Captain of the Foot Ball 20, J. E. Denton, ’75; Captain of 
the Base Ball 10, W. F. Zimmerman, ’76. The Directors of 
the Association are as follows:—Denton, °75; Vail, 76; 
Kingsland, 76; Zimmerman, ’76; Richards, 777. 
—The Foot Ball 20 of the Athletic Association of Stevens’ 
Institute on Saturday last played a match game on the 
fields at Hoboken with a 20 from the College of the City of 
New York, which resulted in a victory to the Stevens’ nen 
who scored three out of the five games. Time, one hour 
and ten minutes, from 2:30, P. M. rs tes ae Oe 
¢ td 
Che Magazines. 
BE aT esa 
Tue First GRENADIER OF FRANCE.—The colonel of the 
46th of the line (French) has re-established an old tradition 
in his regiment. On June 27th, on the heights of Ober- 
haussen, Lotour d’ Auvergne, first Grenadier of France, was 
killed by the lance of an Uhlan, and died with his face to 
the foe. His loss was deeply deplored by the army, and all 
the soldiers subscribed a day’s pay to purchase a silver urn, 
in which was placed the heart of their deceased comrade. 
For a long time this urn was carried at the head of the com- 
pany by asergeant who answered, ‘‘Dead on the field of 
honor,” when the name of Latour d’Auvergne was called 
at muster. This old custom has now beenrenewed. Latour 
d’Auvergne belonged to the house of Bouillon, as did 
Turenne; he joined the army in 1767, fought against the 
English, and first distinguished himself at the siege of Port 
Mahon. He accepted the revolution, and fought as a cap- 
tain in the army of the Alps, and he afterwards commanded 
the ‘Infernal column,” composed of 8,000 Grenadiers. In 
the year 93 he was nearly being dragged before a revolu- 
tionary committee and executed as a noble, but his soldiers 
saved him from the scaffold. He embarked on board a 
Breton vessel, was captured by the English, and sent to the 
hulks. On returning to France he was offered a pension 
and took to study. While thus engaged he learned that the 
only son of an old friend had been taken by the conscrip- 
tion, and he insisted on replacing him; he joined the army 
of the Rhine, commanded by Massena, and though fitty- 
three years of age, distinguished himself nearly every day. 
Bonaparte wished to make him a general of division, but he 
refused to accept any grade, and hence the title conferred 
upon him by Carnot, of First Grenadier of the Republic. 
Bonaparte added a sword of honor. It was with great diffi- 
culty that the veteran could be persuaded to accept these 
distinctions, and Napoleon declared that, had he been king 
of France, he would have made Latour d’Auvergne a mar- 
shal. A week afterwards he fell. The urn containing his 
heart was at a later date deposited in the Pantheon, but it 
was withdrawn during the restoration, and afterwards be- 
came a cause of litigation between two branches of the family 
—for it was worth 60,000 francs! 


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CarnigcR PicEONS FoR War ComMuUNICcATIONS.—The 
Allgemeine Militazettung, at the close of a series of articles 
on the use of pigeons as letter-carriers and the importance 
of their use in modern warfare, calls attention to the fact 
that the events of the Franco-Prussian war have demon- 
strated that even large and well armed fortifications may 
find themselves cut off from all communication with the 
outside world. Metz and Paris were examples of this, and 
the absolute want of communication, which prevented a 


concurrence of action, or agreement as to the operations to 
be made, is to be regarded as the main reason for the final 
‘apitulation of the Rhine army. Had they been acquainted 
with the value of the carrier pigeons before the war, our 
cotemporary argues, and established a mail route between 
these two important fortresses, the communication between 
them would haye remained unbroken, and the issue of the 
whole campaign perhaps less unfavorable for the French. 
In view of the important services rendered by the “winged 
letter-carriers, even in their imperfect organization, during 
the siege of Paris, the French government, at the sugges- 
tion of General Ragou, has determined to establish pigeon 
stations in most of the French forts. In the Jardin @’Accli- 
matation at Paris several thousand trained pigeons are 
housed, the brcod of which will be distributed among the 
various forts as soon as possible. The recognition of the- 
importance of the use of pigeons as letter-carriers is not 
confined to France. Germany has established a central 
depot at Berlin, under the direction of Dr. Bodinus, and 
post-stations at Cologne, Metz, and Strasburg. Should 
satisfactory results follow here, pigeon stations will be es- 
tablished at all the Prussian forts.—Army and Navy Jowi- 
nal. 


aAuswers To Carrespondents. 
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[We shail endeavor in this department to impart and hope to receive 
such information as may be of service to amateur and professional sports- 
men. We will cheerfully answer all reasonable questions that fall within 
the scope of this paper, designating localities for good hunting, fish- 
ing, and trapping, and giving advice and instructions as to outfits, im 
plements, routes, distances, seasons, expenses, remedies, traits, species® 
governing rules, ete. All branches of the sportsman’s craft wil receive 
attention. Anonymous communications not noticed. | 
San eee 
M. N.—See our third and seventh numbers. 
jects. 
H. N.—Gatlin gun entirely beyond our range of subjects. 
Schuyler, Hartley & Graham, New York, 
Meapow Lark, Washington, D. C.—We are making up some prizes 
for our friends. See this week’s issue. 
Tos. S. Steere, Hartford, Connecticut.—No practical sportsman 
doubts the ability of a good gunsmith to make a hard shooting breech 
loader out of a pair of fine quality muzzle loading barrels. 
X. X.—1. Charges of breech loaders may arise from over sensitive car- 
tridges. 2, Never heard of a similar case, 3. From your own account 
we regret to say your carelessness was manifest. : 
InpicENnous, Buffalo.—Your experiences are novel. On the Pampas 
and the banks of La Plata, some foreign European plants, notably the 
thistle, have almost overpowered indigenous vegetation. 
M. L. Jr., Mobile.—An excellent mounting to secure shells to a block. 
is to make one of starch, gum and whitening, mixed into a paste with 
alum water. 2. See answers to correspondents of this day. 
Duncan, Lexington, Ky.—Red head shooting on the Chesapeuke, 
and onthe bay side of Capes Henry and Charles, will not warrant any 
one taking the journey until the month of December. 
W. Lioyp Jerrries, 34 Devonshire street, Boston. The Vixen sailed 
over a regular conrse for a prize, distance 28 miles, in 3 h, 19 min. 04 sec. 
The Alert and the other yachts sailed over a regular course for prizes. 
D. P. K. Lorrye, Amherst, Mass.—The price of the beagles would be 
$35 in New York. Will answer more fully in our next issue; by that 
time we shall have received a letter from our London agent. 
W. H. S:, Washington, D. C.—Canvas backs are very plentiful on the 
Susquehanna near Havre de Grace.’ Place no confidence in market gun- 
ners; goto a respectable hotel and acquaint the landlord with your 
wantr, 
J.D. U., Maysville, California.—Dr. Wallace, of Colchester, England, 
is the best English authority on silk worms. He wrote a prize essay on 
this subject, received by the Entomological society. 2. There is an oak 
fecding silk worm, called Bombyx Yama Mai. 
Two Boys, Forty-third street.—Small paper boxes, such as are made 
for jewellers answer very well for shells; they must be square. For very 
small and delicate shells small glass tubes can be used. Sheets of tale, 
neatly cnt, may be used instead of glass. 
G., Baltimore. In the time of Linneus the brown rat was unknown in 
Sweden. Its advent then dates from about 100 years ago. Something 
very curious about the rat is that though he will devour every other 
smaller anunal he leaves the mouse untouched. Would be glad to hear 
from you. 
A ScHOOLMASTER.—Most English schools have a professional to give 
instructions in cricket. Very often the masters themselves are adepts. 
Would take great pleasure in recommending a competent person to you 
in the spring. Feel most gratefully the compliments you pay us. We 
write for schools. 
Cc. F. F., Sheritf’s oflice, Montgomery county.—The best work on 
training dogs, &c., isthe “Shot Gun and Sporting Rifle,” by ‘‘Stone- 
henge.’? You can procure it at Routledge’s, 56 Walker street, N.Y. 
Price about $2. 
F. A. Brown, Boston, Mass.—Yon ask, will a fox climb a tree? A 
fox cannot climb a tree, unless he can run up the butt, say not more than 
five feet, and so get on the first limb. If the first branch be ten teet from 
the ground he could not get there even if hard pushed by hounds. The 
sole and claws of the fox have no power of clongation or great retraction. 
BE. A. Wurrrne, Central City, Col. Ter.—1. From $50 to $75 you can 
get the gun you mention, of the very best quality. 2. Messrs 

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Address 
Smith & 
Squires, 523 Broadway, are respectable and reliable dealers. 3. A $45 
breech loader isnot as good as a first-class muzzle loader. At equal 
prices the breech loader is far preferable and more serviceable. 
This week we have received an unusual amount of questions but with- 
out signatures to them. Some of the questions asked are leading ones, 
which we should only be too happy to haye replied to, but under our 
positive rule, unless all correspondence to us is duly authenticated with 
signature and address, it shall hereafter go into the waste basket. 
W. W. S., Brooklyn. —No. 59 West Thirty-first street, and 211 Wooster 
street, New York, are the very best places. But go yourself for the first 
time with your horses. Principle a sound one; Neyer allow a smith to 
burn the horse’s hoof to fit the shoe instead of working up the shoe to 
fit the hoof. It is wise in anticipation of a coming frost for our readers 
to have their horses’ shoes pointed and caulked in time. 
SETTER AND PornrER, Fall River, Mass.—We. cannot warrant or guat- 
antee dogs; but this we will be happy to do-for any of our friends: place 
you in communication with our London agent, H. Herbert, the breeder 
and raiser of the celebrated stock dog Tartar, who will purchase the set- 
ters at different kennels. His opportunities and judgmentare of the very 
best. 
WaATER-TIGHT:—Out of many recipes recommended, we think this 
one perhaps the best: Ina pint of best. winter-strained lard oil, dis- 
solve a piece of parafline the size of a hickory nut, aiding the solution 
with a gentle heat, say 100 or 140 degs. F. The readiest way to get pure 
paraftine is to take a piece of paraftine candle, Rub. this solution on 
your boots about once a month; they can be blackened in the meantime. 
If the oil should make the leather too stiff, decrease the proportion of 
paraftine, and vice versd, Another composition for leather is: Melt 
together 1 Ib. tallow, } ounce neatsfoot oil, 1 oz. of rosin, 4 ounce lamp- 
black, a ‘table-spoonful of linseed oil. Should be rubbed in repeatedly 
the boots or other articles to be warmed: lt is said to be perfectly 
water-proof and not injarious to the leather. 



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