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W ATEItBtJIlY EVENING SATURDAY, MAY 14. 1901.
THP POPTIMfi
jiE DIAMOND.
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iii. 1WU ' '
RIVALS CLASH
Springfield Defeats Viewers
for the First Time Wor
cester Has a Picnic With
Meriden Notes.
Holyoke, May 14. Springfield v-aot
fflad shock yesterday when Rube
Yickera waa blown off the verch he
clambered onto iu his first turn
wgalnst the Ponies. Score 11 to I.
In giving Vickers the first lump of
adness ever rolled up by Springtielii
ktrugglers, the Poniea were spurred
vtlong by the Holyoke moluuge of
merry misplay making. Circus litera
ture might put It down as a gorgeous
ly stupendous aliow of the possibili
ties of it championship collection oC
phere-haudling stars. But the blunt
er . bleacher description would be in
one word suggestive ot the dump.
Even if mournful Vickers wus. volley
ed witli 11 vips, the seven slobbery
shows of handling the ball that Mere
init forth by Holyoke were bigger
helpers In the run-total bloating pro
cess. After having a three run lead, the
J'oiiies got into the" muck when the
:hauips chased the tying ruus home
iu the fifth. This, gave the hopeful
Holyoke inspectors of progress a
chance to figure that another gam
- was about to begin with neither team
having the top place at the go-off. Hut
Kpringfleld stumbled iinto some swats
:it once and a string of the most gi
gantic of the local blunders. This
mess made the run trail much betrack
ri bv l'onv hoofs, four stragglers get
ting 'to the tablet. After this, the
crowd watched on , and made com
ments upon the amount of sorony that
was being plied up on the defenselss
. Ilube. ,., ' , - '
There was activity' in the early in
nings. Umpire McLnculan was suffer
ing from almost complete loss of vi
sion. His lamps glimmered fearfully
and the .flickering gave him oportunl
" ties to entertain with some guessing
efforts., Mr McLachlan is no Yaukeo
at this game.
There were points in the work of
the-charnploifs that were good enough
-to be snown Hgain. tieiue miu.
played the third base with as richly
effective methods as anyone could in
troduce. His bunt-choking endeavors
were brought 'on', with the showiest of
speed and every effort counted. Bert
whistle fielded beaivtirully, Fitzpat-rk-k
got two of the six safeties that
were wrung away from Bowler, ltube
Vickers. with a home run - lift over
right field fence in the ninth after tW6
were out and no one wast on the sack
I circuit, got a little injection of cour
acre reviver.
(Jeorgft.. Hemming was leader in the
brutal assault on Rube. Uijcle George
i-ame up live times, sacrificed ouce and
on each other occasion jabbed the ball
to safety spots. One of the slashes
netted an extra base and butfor the
.fielding of Bertwblstle, another base
' might have been gained on another of
.' the biffs. One muff of a, thrown ball
tne oreacii uemg mtrouuceu: Dy, jacK
Hannifin, a Holyoke boy, was the lone
break of, the Ponies. Hannifin was
full of speed in all sections of the pla
Connor's catching was backed up by
gome splendid base running. lu the
ifeneral display of baseball, the Ponies
surpassed the efforts put forth in the
opening game here to an incalculable
, extent.. .The score: t
' Springfield. ' V'r
' A.B. R. B.II P.O. A. E.
Tansey, 3b 4 1 O 0 3 0
Connor, e . . . ; .5 2 1 GOO
Flanagan, If .;5 0 11,00
Hemming, lb ..4 1 4 11 1 0
Connors, 2b ...4 0 0 4 1 0
O'Connor, if ...5 2 3 10 0
Cassidy, cf ....5 1 110 0
Hannifan, ss. . .4 3 .1 2 ;t 1
Bowlerr p ....:2 1 0 1 4 0
SS It 11 27 12
' .Holyoke. , i ' .
McAndrews, ss 4 1 M 1 . 1 3
Kltzpatrick, 2b 3 12 1 2 1
Batch, 3b .....3 11 3 4 .0
Hlater, lb T.4 1 1 11 1 0
Hertwhlstle, cf 3 0 0 3 ' 0 0
Spovlng, rf ....4 0 1 ,1 1 2
l.andy, If 4 0 0 1 0 1
Schincel, C....4 0 0 r 2 0
Vickers, p ....,4 11, 1 2 0
- 83 N 5 6 27 13 7
Spriugfitld- ,.,.1 3 00 04 0 2 111
Holyoke ... ....1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 15
Sacrifice hits, Fitzpatrlck, i Tansey,
Hemming Connors, Hannifan; two
base hits, Fitzpatrick, Batch, Slater,
Hemming, O'Connor, Hannifan; home
run, Vickers; stolen bases, O'Connor,
Hannifan; bases on balls, off Bowler,
4; struckk out, by Bowler 2, by, Vick
ers 4; passed ball, Schincel; balk,
Vickers; time, 1:55; attendance, 1,000;
umpire McLachl&n. i
s At Hartford.- ;
Hartford, May 14. Manager Tracy
tave Ramsey who was obtained from
Jersey City, a trial yesterday after
noon and New London hit htm safely
fourteen times. A, new catcher-was
also tried and he lasted seven innings.
Then -the crowd yelled for King, who
is on the bench most of the time, and
In deferenco to the wishes of the fans
King was put in the game. S
Ramsey pitched under discouraging
conditions, as the other pitchers have.
While Manager Tracy , is on a trip to
buy pitchers he would have more suc
cess in winning games if he had some
players who conld hit the ball Instead
,f having strikes called on them. In
the fourth inning yesterday Long split
the plate three times for Cross and the
youngster did not offer at any of the
nice ones. Ramsey 'fielded his position
finely and with good support and a hit
ting team back of him he wonld prob
ably win his share of the games.
There is not a roan on the local team
who can be depended upon to hit the
ball and the outlook is discouraging
for the owner and manager. Mr Tracy
ays be will get the right men If It H
possible and he expects to land som
to-day. Yesterday's game was In
many pespeets a repetition of the oth
tvs here this season. The Ilartfords
showed but little life and many fans
think they ought to be called the
Parkerites, because they have so little
to say, on the coach line and in the
game. The score: U.H.E
N. Loudon 0011105 2 0 10 14 7
Hartford .0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 04 8 7
Batteries Long and Armbruster;
Kainsey, Tracy and King: ., umpire,
Durnbaugn ; attendance, S50., , '
At Bridgeport. ;
Bridgeport, May 14. Bridgeport
jumped into a tie with Holyoke for sec
ond phice in the race In the Connecticut
league yesterday afternoon, when she
trimmed the homeless "pick-up" aggre
gation from New Haven to the tune of
0 to 2. The Bines did not have a day
off. They played their -usual game, al
though a trifle -weak at the bat They
failed to connect with little Nichols's
delivery. . The Bridgeport put ip one
of the strong games they are capable
of, and outplayed the visitors in the
iufleld, were snappier in base running,
pounded the ball harder, and, in a
word, played faster ball from start to
finish. .The feature of the game was
the stick work of the Orators. . They
Jzed np that Is. the four at the head
of the hatting list did the delivery of
Hannifan and hanged him for keeps
and runs. Foster lined the ball for
two doubles and a single, thus fatten
ing up his batting average comfortably.
The score:
'' It H E
Bridgeport .10 1 2'10 0 1 -ti ll 2
New Haven 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 4 4
BatteriesNichols and Beaumont;
Hannifan and .Tope; timplre, Shannon;
attendance. 400.
At Merlden. (
Merideu. May 1 4. -Worcester, the In
fant of the league, snuffed Meriden'a
.candle at Hanover park Friday after
noon early in the game, and the local
players staggered through the rest of
the contest Jn the hypnotic darkness
which emanated from the Tighe Tec
rors. A Eleven to four was the score
which the blackboard In center field
showed at the close of the ninth in
ning, but of the terrific slugging by
both tfanis and the fast fielding which
cropped out at Intervals the score told
nothing. The Worcester team bat as
though they loved nothing better than
the crack of the ball and the swish
of the long grass in the far. rear. Fri
day tht?y tripped to the plate as merrily
as to a picnic and almost Invariably
the ball with a dull, sickening thud,
rapidly changed its course and sailed
away over the heads of the fielders.
Eighteen lilts, including a thre-bnse
drfve, and four two-baggers, was the
total that the blue coated collection of
stars that shine in the Kittridge firma
ment rang up off the Meriden pitchers'
delivery. The score:
- r : , n.ii.E.
Merlden .12 0 r 0 0 O 2 0 0 4 Vt
Worcester .0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 011 18.1
Batteries Rogers, Kohler and - Bun
yan: Robertson and Connolly; umpire,
Kennedy; attendance, 500.
CONN LEAGUE STANDING,
v..'. -. V. J j.
Worcester . . . ..... . . . .0 1
Holyoke , .............. .7 4
Bridgeport ............ 7 4
New Haven .....7 5
Springfield ? 5 5-
Meriden ......4 S
New London 4 8
Hartfordi .............1 0
P.O.
.000
'.63
.036
.583
.500
.333
.333
.100
GAMES TO-DAY;
. Hartford at Meriden, Worcester - at
New London, New Hasten at Bridge
port, Holyoke at Springfield.
NATIONAL. LEAGUE.
At- Pittsburg
Brooklyn..., 0 0 0 0ft 0 0 2 3
Pittaburg...... 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bftttorfea Pool and Bergon; Miller and
Cariach. .
TABLE OF PERCENTAGES.
. Club. , Wi , L. P.C.
New York.... 35 B; .760
Cincinnati 17 8 .S0
Chicaro ll .550
Brooklyn 12 10 . .545
St. Louis 10 11 .478
Pittsburg- 8 14 .364
Boston ........... 8 . 14 .364
Philadalphhi. , 6 15 .m
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Nsw York
Cleveland.... 0 1 3 0 8 0 0 0 06
New York.; 012 10002 17
Batteries Moore and Berate: Powell and
McOuire.
At Washing-ton
St. Louis.. 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 02
Washington.... 000000101 13
Batteries Glade and Sug-den; Dunkle
and Kittridge. -
At Boston '
Detroit 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 01
Boston.......:..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Batteries MuUsn and Wood; DIneen and
Criger.
At PhiJadelpbifc
Chioo 000 001020 3
Philadelphia 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02
Batteries Owen and Sullivan; Plank
and Powws.
TABLE OF PERCENTAGES.
Club., w W. L. P.C.
Boston. ..'..... .........A.... 17 5 .772
Philadelphia .f.. ...... 12 5 .600
New York 11 .860
Chicago. 12 jt .542
-CleyeUuid 10 10 .600
StXouis... ....9 11- .450
Detroit 8, 14.- .364
Washington , i v 17 . .15
HUDSON RIVER LEAGUE.;
At Hudson Hndsonl, Patersou 6.
At Newburgb-r-Poughkeepsie 10,
Newburgh 7. '-
At Kingston Saugerlties 10, Kings
ton 9.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
At Sioux City Sioux City" 7, Des
Moines 5. v
At Omaha Omaha 6, Denver 2. ,
At St Joseph St Joseph,, Colorado
Springs 2.
1 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
At Milwaukee Milwaukee 5, Co
lumbus 2. '
At Kansas City Loif svllle 8, Kan
sas City 3.
NEW TORK. STATE LEAGUE.
At Albany Albany 4, llion 1.
At Troy Utica 9, Troy 1.
At Schenectady Schenectady 5,
Syracuse 7.
At Johnstown Blnghamton - 2, 'A
J. & G., 6.
NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE.
At Concord Concord 7, Manchesler
4.
At Haverhill Haverhill 13. Law
rence 2.
At New Bedford New Bedford 4,
Fall River 0.
At Nashua Nashua 2, Lowell 0.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
At Jereey Olry Jersey City 7. To
ronto a.
At Baltimore Baltimore 8, Roch
ester 1. '
MF.W.
; COLLEGE GAMES.
At Medford, Mass Tufts 10, Dart
mouth 3. J .
At Watervllle, Me Colby 0, Uni
reraity of Maine 0.
At Burlington, Vt University of
Vermont 11, Colgate 2.
At Provldenoe Providence 10, I u
dependenta (Brown universi tj) 1. '
At Fordham Fordham 7, Washing
ton and Jefferaon 1..
At New York Columbia 0, Syra
cuse university 4. '
At Knoxyllle University of Nash
ville 4, University. of Tennessee O.
y COLLEGE GAMES TO-DAY.
All the teams of the colleges known
as the "Big' Four" are down for hard
games. To-day Harvard rackets Penn
sylvania at Philadelphia, Princeton
will play Cornell on the former's team
grounds a rid . Yale will tackle the West
Point cadets on the bluff overookimx
the Hudson. Fordham college will
have the Syracuse university nine as
opponents, while New York university
w ill play . Trinity nt Hartford. Co
lumbia ; will ; play. Georgetown find
Dartmout will face the Brown uni
versity team at Providence. Other
games scheduled Include contests be
tween Bucknell and Dickinson, on the
diamond of the former team.-Wesley
an at Williams, Washington and Jet'
fersou ts Lafayette, Rutgers nt Ur
sinus and Colgate at Union. .
HOFFMAN'S GREAT BATTING.
Dan Hoffman gave u fine exhibition
of bis slugging abilities In the game
with the Philadelphia Athletlcd
against 1 ' the v. Clilcago Americans
Thursdfiy Not to be outdoue by Murr
phy, whose record on the preceding
day was nothiuir short of phenomenal,
the Tortington tlKy came to the front
with four sale drives, two of them
being home runs, both drives within
tn0 grounds. Dan also had four put
outs to. his credit.
vSUNSHINE SO BRIGHTLY.
The Young .Sunshines would like to
arrange a game of ball with auvnine
in. the city whose players are under
14 years of age. The lineup Is :is fol
lows: John Burns, c; C. O'Brien, p;
C. Brown. Jb; W. Bowers, 2b: L.-Merit
le, 3b; J. Flanagan ss; M. Chipman,
If; H. Morson. cf : A. llovesot, rf.
Anyone desiring a game please drop a
postal card or call on Manager Flana
gan. rl ? Summit street or on Captain
O'Brien, 42 Poplar avenue. ,
Charley Clancy won a game for Hol
yoke against New Haven Thursday.
Therii is no pitcher In the league that
New Iondouers would rather see have
success than Clancy. Charley is W
of the few ball players who is always
willing to work and never trtos to shirk
any task that is banded up to hirnl
New Loudon Day. .
Manager O'Neil: "Jim, I under
stand that the Holyoke people say
that if Bridgeport wins another ganm
from them they'll disband their team."
Manager O'Rourke: "I tell you what
is is, Mr O'Neil. If we don't win more
games from Holyoke than they do
from us I'll disband my team and get
out of baseball.' Springfield Repub
lican. ; -
Joe Connor-played It on Schincel.
When a short jassed ball gave Connor
a chance to move 'up a base, he went
to third and got up steam on the 'way,
swinging for the home plate so quickly
that Schincel couldn't get the ball in
time to retire him. It was a play re
quiring speed and base ball brains,
both of which Connor has. Springfield
Fniou. ' "
head . .; -.; . -'..
Tom Bannon is no longer captain of
the New London team. Catcher Arm
bruster is now the Whalers' captain.
It is said that Bannon did not want
the captaincy and the change was
made yesterday. It may be so that
Bannon is pleased with the change,
but the didn't act like himself yester
day. He was a dead rabbet, and not
the live scrapper of other days, .Torn
ought not to play first anyway. He
isn't built for it and while be may
play some good games he will play
more "poor ones. New London has a
fine team with a, good first baseman.
Meriden Journal. ,
In the line of the "deadly parallel,"
read this from the Bridgeport Stand
ard: "If Bridgeport plays the game
as it should be played, New Haven
ought to be well started on the road
to ruin after the two games here Fri
day and Saturday. Da naber's crowd
has no license to trim anyone,, not
even the umpire." Then cast your eye
over this one, printed two paragraphs
below the above: "Dauaher's New
Havens will play two games In succes
sion at Newfleld park Fridayand Sat
urday. The team from the Elm City
is playing good ball' .lust at present,
and the fans will undoubtedly witness
a brace of fast contests." New' Ha
ven Register,
DUPLICATE WHIST
; WON BY WHIST CLUB
The Waterbury whist club played a
return match of duplicate whist with
Piscatorial association last night in
the latter's room. There were ten
teams on each side. Six $f the whist
club and four of .the 'Piscatorial asso
ciation teams won. The whist club
won by a total of 100 to 90.
Table . .. P. A. W. W. Club.
No. 1. Neth Webb
' 17 7 '
.;. ' Tate Grater
No. 2. Weible Alleu ,
15 ' r. '
Wilson Spell man
No. 3. Egan Dudley
..." D ' 10 -
Phippeuny Palmer
No. 4. Trott O'Neill
16 ' 9
Crane Jones
No. 5. Brown Fitzatrick
9 7 ...
Beach Strube
No.' 0. Filley Mendelssohn
.."' x 6 . 7.
Llne x Wester velt -No.
7. Larkin . Somers
S 10
Fischer Penniman
No. 8. ' Martin Boughton
' :. s - 14'
Heater Cook
No. 9. Cook Mack .
" ,-" '6 - 13 '.
Tubbs Desmond
No. 30. Sloan McKeever
' G - 13
NettJeton Piatt
I
Total
CO
00
WRESTLIMG.
MORE CONTESTS
FOR THIS CITY.
New Club Called Empire
Athletic Club to Give a
SmoKer Four Wrestling
Battles Arranged Notes
Ajnew club has been formed In Wa-"
terbury under the name of the Empire
Athletic club, ' whose members are
mostly residents of the west end. It.
will start off a- wrestling tournament
by giving a. smoker in Congress hall
on Friday evening, May J7, and aev-:
era I good contests have been arranged.,
as follows: . ' . .(
Young Brennan of Waterbiiry will
fgee Charles Lawsou ' of Naugatiick ut
115 pounds for a side bet. , In casn
Lawson doeB not appear Henry Conrad
of Oakville will take Uis pln.tr. This
will !be a contest.that will draw ..out,
the first enthusiasm of j.he evening. ,
Frank Babcock, who hag been issu-.
ang challenges to all the wrestlors' In
the state, win raako his lirst public ap
pearance. He .is down to wrestle.
Dan Pickett of the WashLugtou Hill.
Athletic club and it Pickett does not
cave to face him Mosie Leclaire of the
Grove Athletic club Of Thomaston
will meet the Waterville lad. This will,
be a good opportunity to get alln0 on
what Babcock is capable of doing. f i
Miehawl Hnnnan of 'the Wutertown
Athletic club will tackle W. Shields,:
the '.wrestling athlete of. Holy Cros
college. Here are two wrestlers new
to the sporting public of this' city, but
they are recognized as good ones
wherever they have wrestled.
The Anal contest of the evening
will ibriug together , Jesse Foley of.
this city and Frank Hugo.of the New
ark, N J., Athletic club. This match
will be to a liuish for a side bet. The
bouts will start promptly at 8:30 and,
refreshments wl I le served free dur
ing the contests.
BICYCLING.
NOVEL RACE ARRANGED
FOR THE FAST SPRINTERS
. Oue of the most novel bicycle con
tests Introduced in recent years 'will
be tried it the Vailsburg board track,
Newark. f ' 1 1 is called the -''unknown
distance race" and Champion Kramer
and' about two-score of .fast profes
sional riders have Accepted the condi
tions and will start in the unique
event. The riders will he sent awny
flying' on a race of unknown length.
After the first lap is completed the
referee will draw from a package of.
sealed pnvflnp?s a slip, on which .will,
be written th number of miles and
laps. the rider must go Ixil'ore the
struggle is at an end. r Ijj order to
add uncertainty to tlie uffaliv tho ref
eree maintains ubsolute secrecy, and it
is not until the riders have crossed
the tape for the beginning of the. last
lap that he tires a pistol shot to an
nounce the time foiv the long sprint
for home to begin. Every second of
the race I productive of doubt and
anxiety, by the rider, while the specta
tor has the spectacle further . en
hanced by the desperate, speed fights
of the contestants to reach the tape
first and corral the purse prize which
is offered to the leader of every lap.
Two other professional races, one a
five-mile handicap, are also on the
card, and nearly one hundred riders
will contest In th three events sched
uled for the amateurs.
Frank K ram eh heads a list of near
ly forty professional riders who will
conipete In some of the six events on
the card. -
RIDERS GHT CONCESONIS.
Newark. N. J May 14. Manager
Fred Volght of th Vailsburg track
has arranged matters with the profes
sional bicycle riders and all will com
pete iu Sunday's4 races , for ftiOO is
purses. There will be no further
tmuble, as. the "strikers" secured all
that was asked for. - , .
COACH MUHPHY HURT.
Breaks AnKle Bon While Sliding to
- ; JFiftt Bas. :):":;;
While sliding to first base in coach
ing the Yale team yesterday afternoon
Dr - William H. Murpny, the Yale
conch, and brother or Miko Murphv,
fractured his left ankle, Ho was able
to .set about on crutches last night but
will be unable to go to West Point
with the Yale team when it plays the
BOldiera to-day. Fortunately for ev
erybody, Red Donahue arrived In
town last night fresh from his vic
tories as pitcher for the Cleveland??.
Red volunteered to take the boys to
West Point and Chaperone them. Red,,
alias Frank Donahue, coached the
Yale men in pitching a year ago last
winter and is well known-to lit em'.
Ho i pitching the game of his life
for Cleveland this season.
DATE NOW FIXED FOR-
SCHAEFER-CURE MATCH
Paris, May 14. It has been finally
decided that the Schaefer-Cure lulliard
match will take place during the week
of May 30-June 4, at Nouveau Cirque
sirhIl Still Lends Chaa flyern.
CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, Pa.'. May
14 The twelfth round of the interna
tional chess masters' tournament has
been played .here, and at the "conclu
sion Marshall maintained his lead over
the other contestants by virtue of his
victory ,over Delmar. Janowskl won
his game against Pillsbury, and Lasker
also won, beating Teichmann.
- Frrlt Finished Lat.
CHICAGO, May 14. Not i single fa
vorite won at Worth. Four outsiders
and two second choices divided first
rtoney. The featuro event, a mile
handicap, went to Action, neglected In
the betting at 8 to 1. Banter, the heav
ily backed favorite finished absolutely
last. ' ' ;.y . ,
RAcln taHer Blcrtvlo LI h1.
OH ARLE3STON, S. C, May lJ-Ar-rangementa-
were completed here to
give horse races under electric light at
the old exposition grounds track. The
racing will start on June U and con
tinue during the entire summer.
THE PUGILISTS.
1EADY FOE :
THE BATTLE
Hid McCoy and JacH O'Brien
Will Face Each Other To-Night-Joe
Tipman Badly
Punished Fight News.
McCoy is called the "Fox" of the
rlujy because of his resourcefulness.
He con hit lik a heavyweight, pos
sesses mil the tricks, 'and Is scheming
from start to liuish how to conquer his
rival. He has no fixed plan of light
ing; he just goes at it instinetivey
aud never lets an opening escape him.
But Whether he is the McCoy of five
years -ago 'remains to be seen. - ; '
In Mn recent pefrformanc-os In the
ring he has not shown much form. He
beat Placke, yie "Holland Giant."
wlthxt.'ase. Placke was a colossal fail
ure from the start, . and this iscrap
should not count. McCoy taught
O'Brien a lot About lighting. .They were
very friendly and very intimute at oue
liiue. . .;. - .
Then McCoy showed O'Brien a lot
of ti'lcks. O'Brien improved on them
and 'may 'convince the Kid of this fact
tonight. ,Ji;aci expects 10 knock tne
other out before the limit. But the
sports who are going to see the en
counter, and. there will be hundreds of
Lheni from Now York alone, figure on
the bout going the limit. v
As no decisions arc permitted in
Philadelphia, the spectators will h,ive
to judge for tht?mselvesi who had the
better of the fray, in case there Is no
knockout. ,
""O'Brien Is known as one of the fast
est iniddleweigbts in the. ring, to-day.
He is n fighter, first, last and all the
time.. During the last five years he
has climbed the ladder of fame so
rapidly that the sporting world, espe
cially tlrose who follow the . fistic
game, ig amazed. He has never shirked
a battle, and success has been invari
ably his reward. In England O'Brien
.whipped the best In and out of his
class. When he came back to Amer
ica he repeated his triumphs. He
knows every point about fighting
worth knowing, is gritty. .'and fast. -
M'GOVERN AND IIANLON.
Terry McG overn's ma na ger, ' Sa m
Harris, has received an offer of u lib
eral purse of percentage of the gate re
ceipts from Morris Levy, matchmaker
of' the Hayes Valley club, San Fran-1
Cisco, ' for a 20-round bout between
McGovern and Eddie Hanlon. Levy
proposed that the match take place in
.July. ' , - ;..'
Harris up to date has not answered
the message, 'and it is 'doubtful if he
ever will, as he has other plans for
McGovern., He says that-McGovern
will not tight anyone -else for the pres
ent except Jimmy Britt or Young Cor
bett. If McGovern refuses to take
on Hanlon, L,evj will try and arrange
ft scrap between Hanlon and Martin
Canole. Canole recently gave Britt
rattling fight on the coast and is very
popular there.
SULLIVAN WHIPS TI P.MAN.
Baltimore, May 14. Joe Tipman of
this city was defeated by. Kid Sulli
van of ' Washington last night before
the Eureka A. C.
; The contest went the limit of fifteen
f rounds, but it was Sullivan's: fight
fim start to finish. Only Tlpman's
stamina and ; recuperative powers
saved him from being knocked out.- He
was floored six times, taking the count
as many times. . 1
Sullivan did the forcing throughout,
and landed on Tipmau's jaw almost at
will. Tipman did but little fighting,
using a left-hand jab which partly
closed Sullivan's left eye nd brought
the claret from his nom. '
Johnny Eckhart of New York refer
eed. . ' ;i 1
BOUTS THURSDAY NIGHT.
Several interesting battles were de
cidfnl Tlnirsday night. The best con
test was the One between Tommy Sul
livan of Lawrence, Mass. nud Gus
Ashley of Fall River. They met at.
Lawrence, before the West JCn,i A, C.
The mill was for twelve -rounds.- but
when the finUl round bad forty sec
onds to go Sullivan secured a knock
out .with right-hand swing on the
jaw, Up to the time this blow was
delivered it was nip and tuck between
thft pair. Ashley in the first five
rounds led ofteu and reached Sullivan
with blows in the stomach. ';
"Black Mississippi" nd the 1 'Buf
falo Sunflower" had -a hard tussle for
six rouuds before the Broadway A. C,
Philadelphia. The fight was a lierco
slugging betv from the start, and
when the '.con test was finished ho
Sunflower looked very much withered.
The Sunflower was in bad straits in
part of the final round. He rVeeived
two jabs 'on the jaw which made him
groggy, but when the Sunflower fought
back he more than . hold his own.
There was 110 decision.
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Dolly Spanker at MorrU FavrU.
NEW YORK, May 14. There was a
large . attendance at Morris park, the
weather and track conditions were ex
cellent, and 'some good running was
witnessed. The feature of the card,
the New Rochelle handicap, seven and
a- half furlongs, resulted in a good
contest. Dolly Spanker, the favorite,'
won by a short head from Lux Casta,
who was five lengths in front of Sava
ble, ' The Drake-Gates combination bet
heavily on Savable, forcing his price
down from 2a to 1 to 2 to 1. The time
of the race, 1:S3&; is withinNhalf a
second of the' track record. Hamburg
Belle, who won the Futurity last year,
has broken down after working a very
fast trial at Sheepsnead Bay,
' Injnnrtion a.t Elm Bids.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May- l4.-ln-junctlon
beat Glassful, a probibith
favorite, in a handicap race at' a mile
and a sixteenth at Elm Rridge In mas
terful style. .There -were but three
in the field.' Smnbo never had, a
chance. During the first three-quarters
Injunction and Glassful ran like
a team. At the head of the stretch In
junction's head showed in front, and
he gradually drew away, winning easi
ls. In the second race BRrney Drey
Tdss, a 12 to 1 shot, galloped under
the wire first.
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SPORTS AND
ATHLETICS
A prominent baseball t "fan," who
spent some time in Hot Springs before
the opening of the
season daring the
sojourn there of Cy
Young, Billy DI
neen, Lou Criger,
and Buck Freeman,
of the Boston
:.rlf Americans, makes
PJ the astonishing as
v nVV sArtlnn that this
year Cy Young will
spring a new style
of delivery upon the
batsmen . of the
Young-.
American league. Some years ago it was
announced that Young was about ready
for retirement. Hehas been usingbis fast
ball so much that there waa a general im
pression that he bad about worked him
self out. . The following season the big
twirler from Ohio made his appearance
on the diamond with a new slow ball
that allowed him to give his speedy de
livery a rest, and he continued to pitch
winning ball. Last year . Young- per
formed better on the rubber than ever
before in his career. All the while, how
ever, he was studying some new method
by which he might remain in the game
a few years longer, and he confesses that
he has solved the problem, and this year
will see something added to his stock in
trade that will make him.quite as valua
ble to the Bostons as he was last .season.
Arthur Devlin; playing third base for
fV. flionta anil'nrhn is rpffarriprt US thl
find of the season on his showing to date,
has played in each of the ten games Mc
Graw's team has been in this season. In
that time he has been to bat 40 times,
scored ten runs, made 13 base hits, stolen
two bases, and batted out a double and
a home tun, for a total of 17 bases. Dev
lin played with the Newark team of the
Eastern league last season- and was
known to fans in that city as "Stone
wall" Devlin. lie learned the game
while attending college at Georgetown,
and was a member of the championship
team of which Harry White, of the White
So,Jwasthe star twirler,
"My crouch has had much to do
with my prize-ring . success," said
James Britt, who
recently defeated
young Corbett fr
the -featherweight
championship ' cf
the world, in an in
terview the other
day. '"It is natural
for me and is the
only way I can fight.
I can't fight stand
ing up, as the others
James Britt. do and uo one catv
imitate my position. If a boxing in
structor were to attempt to teach hia
ju?iis tiie. cj:qucA Jti.ew.oyid .tiiriLout a
a Mian ,-rir .jy
The Effect
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lot of poor fighters.-" "Jeffries is the only:
champion who ever used the crouch, andk
hexmlv usp it under certain cortditiors
and then occasionally. , TfrryMcGovernj
crouches forward, but my position istha
only one that gives length of reach anH
affords protection. I carry the fight ta
my opponent from the crouch. I thicK
I the only fighter who can lead froraf
this, position; This was what bothered
Corbett. . I waa on top of him all thai
time, and he always backed away from m
mixup." ' ;
"A lot of people think the crouclsl
is a defense thought out to protect a
short-reach man or a man unable to
stand punishment round the belt lice,"
was suggested.
"That wasn't it with me," he replied.
"It struck me as a natural defense whea
I was'a kid, and why Isn't it th9 right
thing? Show me where they can get you
You have your sides protected, and th
gloves ca'n easily cover the chin and!
neck. It is a long way to your body, and!
an opponent is forced to batter the top o
your hard skull and that hurts his hands.j
If a man can hit out of the crouch as I
j can. why Isn't it the thing?" '
"Don't It cramp a roan's lungs an3
narrow them up so that he is weakened'
from the exertibn in a long fight?"
"Well, if you had seen me go the limit
with Corbett and be much stronger than:
he was at the end you wouldn't think it
shut oft the wind any. The crouch iss
taken the same way a man bends over to
a desk, from the hips. Thearms ar
brought in so that it seems to crowd!
them. My method of righting is just th
same as when. I began as an amateur in.
the Olympic Athletic club, and, by tha
way, I am the only' boxer who has even
been retained as a member of this club!
after becoming a professional. Of cours
I have developed a great deal, but I never,
took a lesson In my life. I have studied!
the whole matter out by myself. I pro-!
pose to do something-that no champion
has ever done before. Before I fight any)
-one else I will give Young Corbett an op
portunity to win back the championship,
and I will tell you why. To me Mr. Cor
bett looks t he easiest of them all. I don'tJ
know why he came back here and raised!
such a howl, he certainly didn't need tot
do it to get a second fight."
A team of athletes will be brought
from Ireland to compete in theOlympianJ
gameB at the St. Louis exposition. They$
will make the trip under the auspices o
the Greater New York Trish Athletic'
club. Among the men expected to com
pose the team are Dennis Horgan. shot
putter, with a record of 48 feet 2 inches;
who won the championship at Manhat
tan field in 1900, with a put of 46 fcetl!i
Inches; Peter O'Connor, Irish broad?
jump record holder, who cleared 24 feet
11 inches from a board take-off, an&
the Leahy brothers, also Jumpers; Dn-j
nls Murray, who defeated Arthur Duffyj
in a handicap sprint on hia tour, the
present 100 and 220 yard Irish champion -J
J. J. Daly, cross-country champion, and;
,T. J. Holloway, a pole vaulter ani all-;
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