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WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT. FRIDAY, MAY 13. 1904.
9
THE
SP0R
THE DIAMOND.
GREAT CONTEST
IN ALL LEAGUES
HolyoKe Trims the Hew Havens-
Springfield Down
ed by Bridgeport Meri
den and Worcester Won.
Holyoke, May 13. Evangelist Clan
cy 'had the. revival service in charge
yesterday, and the Fitzpatrick flock
hauled anxious watchers of the chauips
back to happiness. Score, 6 to 2.
For the second time this week New
Haven was -used as the chief figure in
hope, raising. .After watching the de
lightful dabbles Into the section of
base, ball that is beyond the reach of
commonplace winning teams, it would
not bo hard for anyone with good
health and an unbleary eye to see an
otbier pennant flopping .over Massachu
setts soil. Worcester is in this state,
too, we believe, but that doesn't mean
ahythinsr . Baseballlcally, Holj-oke
imakes the blackest and biggest spat-
er on the map, and if Mr Fitzpatrick
can dish out .some base ball like that
hown yesterday, It will take something
better than bluster and raw ability to
stop the champa. (
A quiet survey of the things amassed
in yesterday's affair would serve to
put the evidence that counts into the
possession of the narrowest , student.
Ilolyoke injected fire sacrifice hits and
as many stolen bases into the army of
efforts mustered in behalf of victory;
Top-story base ball is what helps any
team along the route to happiness, and
the Holyoke men shipped via the Joy
line, under Captain Fitzpatrick, for the
j Phil Corcoran, who used to tm in
Springfield a decade ago, at a time
when even worse spars than have got
the Pony brand upon them now, were
tpastured there, was kept in the slab
bing storehouse for yesterday's' game.
Corcoran, who has been a Bridgeport
vonder-worker, , was ready to help
lalong his. new associates, but after Hol
yoke has slowed its scientific side, Cor
coran was willing to put the champs
down as most deserving reachers for
another banner. The score: -: ' -Holyoke.
A.B, It. IB. r.O, A. E.
Mc Andrews, ss 5 1
4 0 3 2
1 v G 3 0
0 2 1. 0
2 (5 1 0
14 0 0
0 1.1 0
1 3 11
1 5 3 0
1 0 2 0
11 27 15. 3
Fitzpatrick, 2b 4
Batch, 3b .....4
Slater, lb .....4
1
i
-1
1
0
1
0
Bertwblstle, cf .8
Sporlng, rf
Landy, If .
Shincel, c ",
Clancy, p ,
Vi.
'. ...3
31 '
New Haven
i
A.B. R. IB. P.O. Al El
Connell, rt ...4 0 1
Hay ward, 3b . .2 1 1
Bannon, ss .'. .3 1 1
Fitzmaurice, cf 31 . 00
Golden, If 4 0 0
Tope, ''... 3 0 0
Doran, lb .....3 0 2
Anderson, 2b . .3 0 2
Corcoran, p ...4 0 0
0
1
ami
2
1
o
12
0
2
4
1
0
3
0
0 3
20 2 , 7 24 16 3
ITolvoke 0002013O H
New Haven ....0 0 0 002 0 0 02
Sacrifice hits, Landy, FitzpaSrick,
Clancy, Hayward, Jope; two, base hit,
Slater; three base hits, Bertwblstle;
home run, Bannon; stolen bases, Fitz
patrick 2, McAndrews, Slater, Shincel;
double plays. McAndrews, Fitzpatrick
and Slater. Landy and Shincel; bases
on balls, off Clancy 4, off Corcoran 3;
struck out. by Clancy 4, by Corcoran
1; hit by pitched balls, Doran. Hay
ward; time, 1:35; attendance 750; um
pire Durnbaugh. ,
i . - t .
At Springfield. ;
Springfield. Mass, May 13. Is there
ever a time when a batter steps to the
plate and attempts to bunt that some
one in the crowd does not Indulge in
advice?
And yet sacrifice hitting is one of
the prettiest and most scientific fea
tures of the national game. Yesterday
Bridgeport played a. distinctly bunt
ing game and defeated. Springfield "in
10 innings by the score of 6 to 5.
In the ninth came enthusiasm in
bunches, for Hannifin hit for a triple,
Tansey was hit by ia pitched ball and
Flanagan leaned up against the ball
for a double. Hemming was not
equal, to bringing home Flanagan with
the winning run and so the se&re was;
tied. . Tansey's run in this Inning
wag made when Gene took two bases
on Joe Connor's out. Yale tried to cut
Gene off at third and threw high and
Gene scooted home.
In the 10th Colllgnon singled and
was sacrificed to second. He went to
third on Clark's out Yale then hit to
Ed Connor. Ed started, f orward to try
for the ball in the air, but hiCd to
take it on the bound. The bound was
close and sharp, and Ed fumbled, al
lowing Colli gnon to cross the plate.
In the last of this inning Ed Con
nors caught the ball on his crazy-bone
and walked to first. lie was sacrificed
to second, and went to third on an out,
' but Hannlfan could not bring him
home, and the game was lost The
core:, , , . i . . -
Bridgeport. '
A.B. R. II
P.O.
1
19
J"
5
1
0
3 ,
0
A; E.
01 o
Clark, rf
Yale, lb ... ,
Ladd, cf . .. .
Foster, ss . . .
Beaumont, c
Downey, 2b
Odell, 3b ...
Colllgnon, If
Newman, p .
.6 3 3
..0
, . .5
. . .5
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...4
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0
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43
13 30 16 3
Springfield
R. It. P.O. A. B.
2 113 1
0 1 1. 0
1 3 3 0 0
0 1 32 0 0
O 1 3 3 1
0 1 2 0 0
1 1 2 0 0
11 1 1 1
0 0 1 5 0
.... '.(
'
5 10 30 13 3
Tansey, &b .... .3
Oonnor, e a
Flanagan, If ...5
Hemming, lb ..5
Connors, 2b ....4
O'Connor, rf ...4
Cassidy, cf .... .4
Hannifin, ss . .',5
Hess, p 4
0
TING
Bridgeport ... !3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16
Springfield ...1 00 0 0 0 1 1 2 05
Sacrifice Jiits, Cassldy, O'Connor,
Downey, Newman; stolen bases, Tan
sey, Connor, Do.wney 2; two-base bits,
Flanagan, Clark, Ladd; three-base hits,
Flanagan, Hannifin; first base on balls,
by Hess'2, by Newman 1; left on bases,
Springfield it, Bridgeport 11; struck
out, by Hess 5, by Newman 4; batter
hit, Tansey, Connor; time, lh 40m;
umpire, McLachlan; attendance, 600.
. . , ; ,, ' , : y ...
At Hartford.
"Hartford, May 13. McLean, who
was troublesome last season when he
was with Norwich, was in the box for
Worcester and he did not have much
trouble fooling the Hartford batsmen.
He had a good deal of speed and
fanned seven. Parkins was hit hard
only in the eighth inning" and his sup
port was discouraging. Cross made
the most sensational stop of the day
and Osteon made some clever plays on
the Worcester side.
x There was a mixup in . the seventh
inning that delayed the game a few
minutes. Rogers started off by get
ting first on ' an error by Cross, Par
kins caught him napping and he was
put out. Aecorsini hit to Nagel and
the latter threw poorly to first. In
trying to reach the ball Rochford Veer
ed to the north and' the base runner
went into him full tilt When thadUBt
had settled Aecorsini was rolling over
on the bag and Rochford was on his
knees. The Worcester, catcher quick
ly recovered and was cheered for his
pluck in continuing: Rochford was
stunned momentarily .The score:
. R.H.E.
Worcester ..0 0200103 06 8 1
Hartford ...0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 6 5
Batteries McLean and Xccorsini;
Parkinson and Thackera; umpire,
Kennedy; attendance, 400.
At' Meriden. N
Meriden, May 13. With two out in
the last half, of the tenth Inning three
successive hits , gave Meriden a hard
fought contest with New London, 4
to 3. The game was replete with sen
sational fielding. . Meriden " having
three vbrilllant double, plays. The- home
team was .greatly strengthened by
Harirngton, who played a fast game
at third, made three timely hits and
coached the players generally., The
score.- : "R.II.E.
Meriden 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14
New London .0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3
Batteries Hodge and , -Theisen;
Paige and Armbruster; umpire, Shan
non; attendance, 600. 1
CONN LEAGUE STANDING:
: ' ' - W. L. P.C.
Worcester , . ... . ...... .8 1 .., .880,
Holyoke .7 1 3 " .700
New Haven ,J ...7 4 ' , .636
Bridgeport 6 4 .600
Springfield ...4 5 ' .444
Meriden 4 7 .364
New. Lo ndon ......... .3 , 8 , .273
Hartford - ......... . . . . , 1 . 8 ; 111
' GAMES' TO-DAY.
New London at Hartford, Worcester
at Meriden, Springfield at Holyoke,
Bridgeport at New' Haven.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Cincinnati-
New York 0040201007
Cincinnati ...4 0 0 J 2 3-1 1 18
Btterle Mathtweon and Warnsr;
Harper and Schli. .
At Plttaburs
Brooklyn, 0 0 00000 000
Pittsburg- 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Batteries Cronin and Bcrgren; Phlllippl
and Phelpa. . , ,
At St. LouU-
Boaton 1 0 00000001
St. Loula..... ..... 3 00 0 2 0 0 0 2
Batterlta Willis and MOran; Taylor and
Grady. ..... f
At Chicago-- .
Philadelphia...... fl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
Chicago.. 2 0 Q'O 0 2 0 0 4
Batteries Dugffleby and Roth; Brown
and Kling.
TABLE OF PERCENTAGES.
Club. ; W. I j. P.C.
New Tork 15 6 .750
Cincinnati ; n S .680
Chicago H .660
Brooklyn 11 10 .624
St. Louia 10 11 .476
Pittabursr. ........ , . 8 13 .Ml
Boston 8 14 .364
Philadelphia .6 16 .250
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
i At New -Tork
Cleveland..... 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 07
Nw Tork 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
Batteries Donohue nd Bemls; Cneabro
and McGulre. v i ,
At Waahington ' - ' ,
St. Louis . 0 0 0 0 6 0 ft 2 0 8
IV'aehinarton 101200800 7
Batter! Budhoff and Sueden; Mauon
and Klttridse.
At Boaton
petroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
Boston.... 11210300 8
Battaries Donovan and Buelow; Tanne
hlil and Farrell.
At Philadelphia
Chicaa o 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Philadelphia.... : 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 1
Batteriea White and Sullivan; Henley
and Powera. , . . ;
TABLE OF PERCENTAGES.
Club. W. L. P.C.
Boston 16 .76S
Philadelphia.... , 12 7 .HS2
New "ork 11 8 .579
Cleveland lo M9
Chicago..'.".... 12 11 .622
St. Louit 9 10 .474
Detroit 8 18 .381
Washington. 2 17 .106
NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE. v
At Lowell J jo well 2, Concord 1.
At. New Bedford Lawrence G,vNew
Bedford 1.
At Fall Biver Haverhill 9, Fall
River 5.
At Nashua Nashua 8, Manchester 3.
EASTERN LEAGUE. '
At Baltimore Baltimore 8, Roches
ter. 4. '
At Trovidence Montreal 7, Provi
dence 3.
At Jersey City Toronto 2, Jersey
City 7. '
At Newark Buffalo 3, Newark 2.
HUDSON RIVER LEAGUE.
At Kingston Kingston 7; Hudson 4.
At Saugerties Newburg 2, Sauger
ties 1.
At Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie 3,
Paterson 2.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
At Kansas City Kansas City 6,
Louisville 2.
. At St. Paid St Paul 8, Toledo 7.
1 At Minneapolis Indianapolis 4, Min
neapolis 2. ' ...
NEW YORK STATE LEAGUE.
At Schenectady Binghamton u,
Schenectady .1. -
At Gloversville Syracuse 7, A. J. &
G. 4. V
. At Albany Utica 1, Albany 0.
At Troy Troy 10, Ilion 0.
WESTERN LEAGUE. -
1 At Sioux City Des Moines 6, Sioux
I City 5 (fifteen innings).
NEW
COLLEGE GAMES.
At Hartford. .
Hartford, May 13. The Yale uni
versity nine defeated the Trinity base,
ball team yesterday on Trinity field
10 to 4. Bowman pitched excellent
ball for Yale except in the third in
ning, when he. struck two men, hand
led a bunt poorly and made two wild
throws. Grange not only" pitched a
brilliant game, but made two of the
three hits for Trinity.
In the first Inning a scratch hit, a
single afid a home run scored tbrfc
runs for Yale, In the fourth the first
Trinity man tip was bit, the second
bunted and reached first, the third
man was hit by a pitched ball, and the
bases were full. Townsend was up to
the occasion and scored the first two
men by a pretty single and both he
and Morgan scored on Bowman's wild
throw to first. Yale had a rally in the
fourth and sent four men across the
rubber. Yale scored three more run
during the game. The playing of
O'Brien at short was a feature. The
score: - R.H.E.
Yale ...,.3 04 2 0 0 1 0 10 11 5
Trinity . .0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Q 0 4 34
Batteries Bowman and Winslow;
Grange and Dravo; umpire Kelley.
: . ' At Worcester. " , ;
Worcester, Mass, May 13. Holy
Cross easily defeated Bowdoin yester
day. Tom Noonan, brother of the
Holy Cross catcher and captain pitch
ed his first game and held Bowdoin
down to . four hits. Holy Cross hit
Oakes hard at times. Bowdoin made
several costly errors, while Holy Cross
played an. almost perfect fielding
game. The score: R.H.E.
Holy C'ss 10 1 1 3 2 0 2 10 11 1
Bowdoin .00O0100O 0 146
Batteries T. Noonan and P. Noon
au; Oakes and Stone. v
At Auburn, Me Bates 5, University
of Maine 2.
At Burlington, Vt University of
eVrmont 8, Colgate 1.
NOW YOUR TALKING.
Barney Dreyfas Is Howling AUud
for Pitchers at Last. v
Barney Dreyfuss is howling aloud
for pitchers at last. From Pittsburg
comes the story that the owner of the
Pittsburg club has $25,000 to pay for a
pair- of good ones. But it is stated
that tho little president is willing to
give $25,000. for Christy Matthewson
alone, New York's great twirler. . Bar
ney probably knew that even that sum
could' not tempt McGraw to part with
the big fellow, and just made the offer
to show , sincerity in trying to put the
Pirates on a championship basis.
Dreyfuss, though, is apparently wor
ried about the result of the National
league Tace. He wants some pitchers,
and wants them badly, and he names
those he would like to get. They are
Frank Halm of Cincinnati, Bernhard
of Cleveland Mullin' of Detroit, Young
of Boston, McGinnity of New York, or
Cheh of St Paul. For nnv turn of thf
pair Barney says he will split the $25,.
000 be would give for Matthewson.
Joe Corbett has been unlucky in his
pitching. ; Iu his last two games his
team bas been beaten, although fewer
hits were made off him than off the
opposing pitcher.
Mathewson has had varying success
against Sj; Louis. The year he made
his reputation in the National league
St Louis was the team that stopped
his string of victories. Once he shut
St Louis out without a hit, and Wed
nesday he was knocked out of the box.
DREYFUSS SCOFFS AT IT.
"Talk about Pittsburg having a
poor team this year," said Duffy; "It
is the same champion team this year
that it was last. I think it can beat
almost, any. team in the country, and I
many games this year. It is my (Opin
ion that It is playing possum and will
win its fourth pennant this year." The
opinion. Is not given mucn credence,
and Barney Dreyfuss says that it was
so absurd that it was not worth a re
ply. Tliose who know a thing or two
about. baseball say that there is not
only no logical motive for such' an ac
tion, but that It 'Would', be" impossible
of execution on account of the larae
number: of players that would, have to, '
be taken into the deal.' " :
, OWENS SAYS NO.".' vS. '
lied Owens ds still" among the miss
ing (ard is likely to be for some timei
Munager O'Neill received , .two tele
grams from him yesterday in which.
OAvens ' said he Would not report but
would play independent ball. Last
night a telegram came from R. J.
Gilks, manager of the Shreveport
team, which read: "Have notified Ow
ens to report to you. He says
will rlay Independent ball first."
SELECT YOUR GIGS.
This is Friday, the 13lh!
Oh! would you look at the scores:
Giants 7, the other fellers ........ .13
New York 0, the other fellers ...... 7
Brooklyn 0, the other fellers . ....10
'.,..."'.."''.: '.,''..' ;' y: ' 2)26
" "'. - 13
Manager Hanlon and Virgil Garvin
have had a quarrel, and as a result the
tall pitcher has been sent home.
McGinnity, Kellum, Harper, Wicker,
Corrldon, Dunleavy and Thatcher are
the National league : pitchers who
have not lost a game.
Since Mr Taylor's advent. Dough
erty, Freeman, Lacha nee and Dlneen
have signed 1904 contracts. They re
fused to sign with Mr Killilea.
Ames, the New York National pitch
er, who has had a lame arm. Is want
ed by McGraw, and Gus Guerrero, the
rubber, has come home from St Louis
to get Ames into shape as quickly as
posltle.
A Brooklyn enthusiast has suggest
ed to. President Pulliam that the name
of each plaster be strapped , on his
back. About ' as feasible as Stanley
Roblson's notion that pitchers be an
nounced the night before they work.
While Washington Is a weak organ
ization, it, must not be forgotten that
the absence of Pitcher Orth has han
dicapped the club seriously. It now
looks as if Orth would b,e unable to
play for sdme time. s
. Grady, once a New Yorker, has a
batting average of .438 for the St
Louis Cardinals; Zearfoss, once a New
Yorker, an average of .500, for the
same team, and Howell, once a New
Yorker, an average of. .400 with the St
Louis Browns.
Griffith will have to sign a utility
man for each position at the. rate his
hospital list is v growing. However,
Conroy was in uniform yesterday and
may be able to resume play shortly.
Thoney is active at third, but he. is not
a. Conroy.
Day's visit to Manchester Saturday
cost him $30. He owed that amount to
the Manchester association when he
jumped the team three years ago, and
John Smith told him he would have to
settle or have trouble. So Doe fixed
the thing up on account. Mirror.
In the game at Springfield" Wednes
day Umpire Kennedy had Hayward,
the New Haven player, removed from
the game because he refused to re
move a glove from his hip pocket. In
yesterday's game in Hartford several
of the athletes carried gloves on their
hips, but Kennedy did not take any
notice of them.
The best race for a starter in any
of the leagues 4a in the Southern,
where only 183 points divide the eight
clube. There Are some . t orrner , Con
necticut league, players down that
Way. Birmingham has Duffy, who
was with New Haven, and Matthews,
who Was with Watertrury, while Lus
key, also with sWaterbury, is playing
on the Atlanta, team.
There Is a difference between ; the
situation In Hartford and in Spring
field: While it it known and admitted
here that the Hartford team is a poor
one, the Springfield people cherish the"
delusion that they have a good one.
It was a very short time ago that Don
ovan was heralded as the best short
stop in the league; now he in relegated
to . the rear. There was also a good
deal of talk about what the team was
going to do When Ed Connors joined
the aggregation. He joined yesterday
and his error lost the game. -Hartford
Courant .
The New York A mericans partook
of their first whitewash yesterday,
and Cleveland was the source of it;
but there was a tougher happening
than that in store for Manager Grif
fith.: In the eighth inning Lajoie,
who had a collision ; with Keeler the
day before , spiked Elberfield .while
sliding into second .base. The little
toe of Elberfield's right foot was split
open. Misfortunes never come singly.
Conroy. Uhglaub, Wolfe and Elberfield
have ajl ben hurt on the field lately.
The local Americans have had more
hard luck than any other team' this
season, and have ' done exceedingly
well to make such a good showirf? un
der the circumstances. .
with the 'Amateurs
City League Held an Important Meet
ing Last Night Next Gams.
The City Amateur league held a
meeting last night and transacted con
siderable business. There ywere ru
mors of protests being entered . be
cause of the St Joseph and Washing
ton hill game last Sunday, when the
umpire stopped the game at five min-'
utes to four. The . rules call for the
teams, to play until 4 o'clock sharp and
then if the teams are iri the middle of
an Inning nd . there is a chance for
the lower team to get even or win out
the game must he continued until that
inning is over. It being the first game
the umpire who was new to the rules,
decided that It was impossible to play
out a full inning before 4 o'clock and
therefore called the game. ' There
were no protests entered, however, i'.i
Bernard F. Burke resigned as um
pire of the league and William T.
Keaveney, the old second ba seman of
the Waterbury state league team was
appointed and he will umpire the two.
ball games pn the lower diamond on
Riverside park on Sunday,
There will be three games played
Sunday. The firjt one will take place
at 2 o'clock on the lower diamond be
tween the Brooklyns and and the Mer
rlmacs and the second one at 4 o'clock
between the Washington Hills and the
North Ends. The third game will be
played at 3 o'clock on the upper dia
mond between the ,St Josephs and the
Pastimes.'
Manager James Thompson of the
North Ends has resigned in order to
devote his time to the Consolidated
team of which he is one or the mana
gers. President Mareau of the North
End club will put a s'trong team in
the .field, however, tq compete against
the -other toarasl t ": "
- Tt all " probability-, the - City league
will arrange some Saturday games in!
order to complete the schedule, and to
that effect a committee is' now at
work looking over the field. , !
GOOD GAME TO-MORROW.
The Consolidated baseball team of
ihls city will open the baseball, season
here to-morrow on . the Waterbury
Driving park grounds and the compet
itor of the team will be the local Y.
M. C. A. team. There Is much secrecy
on the part of. the management of the
two teams relative to the make up of
the teams. The manager of the Y. M.
C. A. refuses to divulge who the mem
bers of the team will be 'while on the
other hand the Consolidated team de
cline to name their players unless the
Y. M. C. A. do likewise. The Consoli
dated team want this game badly be
cause it will give them some prestige
to start off the season with. The Y.
M. C. A. , team say they will knock all
thoughts of prestige out of the minds
of the managers of. the Consolidated
team before they are through with
them. The game will be called at
3:30. (
WATERBURY IIIGn GAME.
The Waterbury High school baseball
team will cross bats with-the strong
Danbury High school team at the Ath
letic field to-morrow afternoon at 3:30.
As this is the first home game for the
local team there should be a large at
tendance. A large number of tickets
has already been sold. The local
team 1s playing a first class game and
as the eam from the hattingi town Is
a fast one an interesting game may be
expected.
GOLDEN, EAGLES CHALLENGE.
The Golden Eagles would like to
play any team In the city whose play
ers are under 14 years of age. Their
lineup is as follows: A. Anderson, c
J. Houlihan, p: F. Galipeau. lb: G. Mc
Lane., 2b; H. Teller, 3b; S,: Size, ss;
J. MlnicuccI, If; J. -Mlnicucci, rf; H.
Matter, cf. v....... , ,.
THE PUGILISTS,
B0XESS STILL
DOING BUSINESS
Kid Goodwin Wins His Bat
tle in Grand Style Twin
Sullivan and Hugo Fight
a Fierce Draw Notes.
St Lo-uis, May 13. Kid Goodwin and
JackMcClelIand fought ten rounds to
a draw here last night before a well
filled house. Both lads showed up very
cleverly and were in fine condition.
Goodwin's cleveruess was very much In
evidence, and for the ten rounds ht
kept the hard-hitting McClelland from
lauding the knockout punch all were
looking for. It was thought, if the
bout went the limit, Goodwin would
get .the decision, but McClelland hin
BcJt showed up well In this particular
line, and in the seventh round opened
up Goodwin'B eye with a wallop. After
this kept repeatedly tapping the
sore optic, and it bothered the Kid
iuite a bit. In the ninth round things
looked blue for McClelland, but he
managed to pull through and even up
toward the last. The decision was well
received, as things were as even as the
boys were In weight, c
' fttz Not dead.
Within the next few days the pro
posed bout between Jack Root and Bob
Fitzsimmons will in all probability be
arranged. Last Week a club in Chi
cago offered a purse of $5,000 for a six
round bout between Root and the Cpr
nishman. Root accepted, but nothing
was heard from Fltz relative to the
offer until yesterday. Tne ex-champion,
who is in Boston playing a week's
engagement, said that he would fight
Root In Chicago for the 'amount, but
could not understand" why he was not
notified officially about the purse. He
said if the club shows him any cour
tesy by doing this he might consider
the battle. 'He added, however, that
he. could, not think of fighting this
month, as he would like to have plenty
of time to do some training. Fltz has
his eyes on meeting the winner of the
O'Brien-McCoy boit, which Is to be
held at Philadelphia 1 nxf. Karmvlnv
i 'Jiight. "These two fellows say that
rney are middle weights," observed
Larky Bob. "Well, if so they are just
the fellows I would like to have it oat
with. Tommy Ryan says he is the
middleweight champion He as no
mare right to lay claim to this title
than the man In the moon. I am the
middleweigut champion, and they will
have to whip me first before they can
Say that they own it." .
TWIN SULLIVAN DRAWS.
V The sports of Indianapolis were
treated to., a fine exhibition of the man
ly art by Hugo Kelly of Chicago and
Jack Sullivan of Boston on Wednesday
night. . The men met before the Audi
torium club and fought ten fast rounds,
the outcome being a draw. There was
not a round that the pair did not mix
it up or come together. Despite this
there was not a knockdown, nor much
blood spilled... jSulllvn had to be cau
tioned severaf Bines'" for using his el
bow, but this violation of the rule was
accidental and the referee overlooked
.it. . ,
CANOLE AND. GANS.
-I If Martin Canole is siiccessful iu de
feating Battling Nelson of Chicago on
.May 20, befere the San Francisco A.
C, when theyt, clash for twenty rounds,
;he will be given a chance to meet Joe
Gans during the month of July; Sev
eral of the clubs have been after Gans
and Britt, but., the, coast champion's
coming east has put Canole In line for
the light. :
A -
CAN THE REFEREE FIGHT?
Jimmy Burke and Billy Griflin went
ten rounds before the Eco club of Law
rence, Mass, Wednesday night. De
cision was a draw.' After the maiu
event was over Joe Griflin, a brother of
Billy Griffin, one Of - the principals in
the main event, entered into a discus
sion with Referee Hennessey; and the
referee smashed Griffiu iu, the face,
knocking him to the floor. Grilfln
fought back and soon the club house
was in pandemonium. This was the
best fightof the night. '
IIERRERA BEATS LONG.
Butt, .Mont, May 13. Aurelio Her
rera got the decision over Louis Long
in a twenty-round fight before the
Montana v Athletic club.: it : was the
first fight permitted' in the.,city since
an order against fighting was issued by
Mayor Mulling ten months ago, and
2,500 people packed the Broadway the
ater. Herrera was the favorite, and a
loiiof money was losfon his failure to
knock Long out. The fight was tame
for six rounds, but after, that it was a
good go, Herrera being th aggressor.
He landed as often as he wished, and
never missed a blow, but seemed to
have no steam. This evens up matters
between the two fighters, as.Long-wou
from Herrera six months ago. .
OSCAR GARDNER AGAIN,
Oscar Gardneiywho has been aching
to get back In the ring, has finally got
on a match, and the once game little
fighter is duo to be seen in the squared
circle before another month has gone
by. Hatch Smith, the Omaha feather,
will be Oscar's opponent. They will
battle fifteen rounds.
SHRU,BB'S GEEAT RUtf.
He Covers Five Miles in World's
Record Time of 24 Minutes.
London, May 13. At Stamford
Bridge yesterday, in the five-mile nm,
Shrubb beat the record time, making
it In 24 minutes. The 'best previous
time was 24 minutes 40 seconds, made
by J. .White. : ,
The performance by Shrubb yester
day is probably the best of his many
long distance records. He is an ama
teur, while the time which he so easily
disposed of was made by a profession
al, Jack White,' the "Gateshead Clip
per," as far back as May 11 1803.
White was in this country in 1895,
looking after the London A. C. inter
national team.
The best previous amateur, record
for five miles was 24 minutes 53 3-5
seconds, by Sidney Thomas, who has
competed here. The American record
is 25 minutes 23 3-5 seconds. Shrubb
sustained a sS of 4 minutes 48 sec
onds for each 3 tie five miles.
The effect produced by
a good appearance is far
reaching!
AUTOMOBILES , i ,
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BICYCLING.
MCHHACING -AC10SSP0MD.
Iver Lawson Brings . Home
Thousands of Dollar He
Will Try to Beat Kramer
Over Here Notes. ;
, Iver Lrawson, the speedy member' of
the Columbia team, after seven months
in Australia, arrived in New York yes
terday, $10,000 to the good on the trip,
lie. is now training at Vailsburg with
a view of supplanting Kramer as the
champion this year. Last season the
pair were tied for hoiiors until the last
meet of Jhe Grand Circuit. , '
"It is air true about the big crowds
and the bi.? money iu Australia," said
Lawson "At one meeting there were
29.000 people in attendance, and the
gate receipts were over $14,000. There
are twenty-five ' tracks in operatiou.
The only grass track is at Melbounie.
The Sydney oval is a third-mile cement
affair.' While in Australia I succeeded
in lowering Kramer's half-mile ' record
of 54 4-5 seconds by covering the dis
tance in 54 1-5 seconds." i
While iu the antipodes with McFar
1 and, Major Taylor, Stevens and Down
ing, Lawson added materially to his
bank account,, bringing home over $10;
000. Of this sum about $4,000 was won
in actual raceg, while the remainder
was for appearance at the various
tracks. McFarland did almost as well,
while Major Taylor has a guarantee
of $10,000 for the season.
WALTlIOUlt WINS ABROAD:
Paris, May 13. Bobby Walthour, tlie
American pace-foljowing champion, de
feated Dangla, the Italian champion,
in tt mntiA mop vesterdav. ' The race
was a two in three heats affair, and
the Yankee won xne nrst aim t:ouu
heats easily, taking the match.
UNION OP RIDERS.
A union of the racing bicyclists who
ride f ot purses each Sunday at Vails
burg has been formed and a demand
has been made "by the uuion for bigger
Arrinflsrei. Voter of the Vails-
burg track refuses to accede to the de
mand.
Jed Newkirk is president of the new
association and Frank Kramer is treas
urer Eddie Root is secretary.
Twenty of the prominent profession
al riders are memberj?. They want
purses aggregating $800 each Sunday
and fay they will strike If they do not
get them. ; - ;
Betting on the pennant in Pittsbur
does not favor the home team. One
sporting man is willing to wager
$4,000 that Pittsburg does not win the
pennant, and $1,000 that the New
York Giants beat the champions out in
the league race.
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reached us. The value for $12
was so great we haye closed
several lots. As we cannot
replace a yard of the goods we
are obliged to cut Into higher
priced suits to back up our
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WRESTLING.
Professor miciiael
'his MATCH
SJTmnfr.Kn Va fnv 11 Tif. I
Dwyer defeated Burlingame of Baltl f
jsvore ma wnaiuug mavtu i. vum
lottesville university last isight, usina
the strangle lock hold, the method fey,
which the Baltimorean triuw.pked over
him on the same stage one week ago. ;
Frabk AV Gotch. who claims to b'
the champion wi'estler of I America,
has returned to his home in Huin-I
boldt, Iowa, hale and hearty, after an
absence of nearly eight months Jn tb
west. . During this time he won"th
championship of America from Toruf
Jenkins, defeated all the best wrestler
the west?, could produce, , won several
thonsand .dollars as a net profit, whila
Actually getting about ., $20,000 from ;
bets and gate receipts, sjxd won. th ,
hearts of all that sectiori: Gotch will j
remain in Ilumlwldt three or fouflj
. weeks for a complete 'rest. Later ha j
will go east and meet all comers, . but I
as he ha$ defeated the best, wrestler j
the east can produce Jenkins it will)
be more of an exhibition .affair. After .
doing the east he leaves for England, 1
tx negotiate a match between himself
and George irackQiischmidt, the great
Russian wrestler, champion of tlia
world. Gotch. hopes tq meet him 'at
St Louis during the world's fair.
RACING.
FASTEST HALF MILE
s PACED THIS SEASON. ;
lxjngton; May 33. The fastesl
half-mile ever trptted or paced thH
early in thQ scaoii in Kentuckv waj
reeled oif by Elastic Pointer, 2:0Gc, a I
the Breeders' association track Wcd
nesday. The pacer, driven by Johif
Ilussey, went the four furlonss ii?
A :0O0V going the second quarter in 23
seconds SJiowmg such sensationrU
speed so early iu the year has causel (
local horsemen to mark Elastic Pointed '
a new caudtdato in the field for pacing
championship honors. , '
TOM SHARKEY, DRIVBR.
Among the horsdmeu who' will drivs
injjhe Speedway parade to-morrow will
be Tom Sharkey, the orstwhlle cham
pion of Ireland. . Sharkey is a lover of
trotting horses and pacers, arid spends
much of his time on the Harlem Speed-.
way and Brooklyn' Drivew.aj . Shar-i
key's favorite pacer Is Dewey II., i
which-' he -purchased last year for $2.-
400. Ji th many brushes recently on
the Speedway Tom and Dewey II. en-,
tered, and to-day he sports, two first1
and three second prizes.
On his. return to Pittsburg from
New York last Wednesday,. Dreyfus
pro?5tly denied that he was looking
for ?l"l:ers.