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not cuttjng loose his. best brand of stuff, it being too early for a, regular big league arm to show its best puz zlement. ' Young Austin Walsh, a W. I. leag uer,, is rapidly cementing himself a place in, the Chicago outfield. Austin was never heard from before these two games, but he has surely batted himself to the fore, at leas.t Jot the present. His contribution yesterday was a. pair of singles. Johnny Farrell, the local boy,, is putting up a strong fight for second base. His fielding is up to )iie mark, .and .he isrmaking-a name as a batjer,. clouting a double and single yester day. , The Feds arA reported to have, sought an allianae. ,with, the Atlantic League, in order vp Jfaye. a farm for any men no.t found uR.to'the stand- 'ard required, They were turned down. In the. American Bowling Congress meet.at .Buffalo, Ghlpagqans.areleadr, ingj'n.all events, Howard Majors .are, tfirst in the five-man, with. 281. Schmidt and Williams, head the. dou bles, with 1,239, and E Hess is top man in the singles, with 642. -o .. NAT GOODWIN WAS A SECOND IN CORBETT'S FAMOUS "BARGE BATTLE" ' BY EDDIE GRANEY I Here's a secret that .many surprise many a staid matron who as a mati nee worshipper of Nat Goodwin, the. actor, went .away disappointed rrom the old Baldwin Theater in San Fran cisco 25 years ago when it was an nounced that her idoJL. was "sick" ,and could not appear. It is interwoven with one of the most ferocious ring battles I have ever witnessed a ?J.0,000 grudge fight between Joe Choynski and Jim Corbett, now lamous as the "Barge Battle of 1889," in .which Goodwin acted as second. What a shock it would have been tohis fair admirers to have known that Nat was choosing the resound ing smack of fists upon bloody faces to, the gloved plaudits of the lorg nette wielders when he telephoned the .theater, saying: "Give" 'em back their nipney, I'm sick." , x But I didn't blame him. That was the fight of a lifetime. ... - With Goodwin, Jack Dempsey and I were, in Choynski's corner, while Tom Williams, the race track man, Porter Ashe, prominent' attorney, . and Billy Delaney seconded Corbett. ' The California Club -of San Fran cisco had offered them $10,000 to stage the fight there, but Choynski Eddie Craney. and Corbett Wanted , to get at .each other with axes, to beat each other to a pulp, and. a restricted club fight did not appeal , to them,, even with a $10,000'cbnsideration Knowing the character of the.figlt promised, men were offering $250 for a seat on the barge .that .carried the battlers up to Suisun bay." Perhaps 100 finally managed to get on, al though originally there were to be but 10 tpa side. Before that limited audience I saw Choynski take a frightful licking and