Show 1 Sporting gossip ossip The feature of ot the past week weak in th the Western We t rn baseball league has bas been the rapid advance of f the Denver club which has kas passed pa its rivals from Cob Colo Colorado rado Springs and also alao pushed ahead of the Des Moines bunch Kansas KAnBas City has the championship and St StPaul StPaul StPaul I Paul and St Joe In the tho th r rca al battle for second place place e Minneapolis apolis and Omaha are tied for the next position position tion There are twentysix men in the Na National National league with ith batting averages of I SOO or over as follows Burkett I Heidrick Delahanty 36 Keeler R lEr I Hartsell Wagner Green j Crawford yan Tan St Louis 3 Beckley Flick Ui Kelly Daly Brooklyn Dement Demont Douglass Sli Jacklitsch Beau Beaumont Beaumont mont Davis Das PIttsburg Da Davis Davis Davie vis vie New York Farrell Wal Wab Wallace Wallace lace Selbach 30 Harley 3 I Hickman I I got a line on OR Wee Willie WHile Prout and his home runs said a baseball enthusiast ho has haa returned from Washington C H While Jn jp Washing Washington Wa hing ton I went to the ball park to see the game same between the home team t and the I Norwood Tourists In the last inning Prout hit a liner to center field that I looked like a sure out Schroeder of the visitors went after the ball ban and was about to nab it ft when a farmer in a buggy drove across the field and the ball dropped in the bed of the wagon The tOtal rural gentleman drove on as though nothing had bad happened while Prout circled the bases es a was as cred credited credited credited with a home run Then the far j payers ers of the th old count A not stir sur surpass pass paM Americans but in ChIng or putt g t thy rv r a at t w It p v Travis Travisi riet i d all au hf he KI h ii 1 J iS Eng England England England I land r bi IT md AT ri si dEfeated by byth y th amat ur h nn i Of nf f rP t Brit Bitt Britain am ain Australian Jim Ryan and Morgan o Williams are matched at Victor Cole Colo Coleto to fight twenty rounds the men to weigh h i F Ii r pUl IM TG Ic 1 11 f ht t will occur ur Un r I about b bet i t 1 i 10 In speaking of Frank Fra Ernes pro proposed proposed proposed posed visit to Den Denver DenEr er Kid Parker says that Ed McBride of or Buffalo who at attends attend attends tends tend to a R great deal of Ernes bust busi business bustness ness promised him that if Erne ever came to Denver Demer he would give him the first chance at him So if the rumor is true that Erne is headed for Denver it may be that the Kid instead of Q will be beh his opponent Kid McCoys wife has sued for abe lue toe divorce and has bas also al o begun a II suit for damages for an assault II by her husband i I Jim Jeffries has written to big Bob Armstrong at Denver requesting him te to come to Frisco at once The col cot colored colored ored giant will wilt leave Denver nver shortly for tor the coast roast to help the champion prepare pre prepare prepare pare for tor his contest with Gus Ruhlin Armstrong was wag one of Jeffs Jears trainers when the latter was working at the Price Hill Hili house hou e in this city for his has contest with Ruhlin at hall ball Il Since leaving leav this city Arm Armstrong Armstrong Armstrong strong has h been at t Denver Colo Cob where he trained Young Corbett for several several battles batties Poor George Dixon the chocolate colored champion who made a 8 fortune for Tom is to now n w on the outs mer pulled up his horse threw the ball Into the diamond and left the park amid the cheers of hundreds of the Washington Footers Harry the speedy twirler of the tb Utah league will probably probably probably ably return to Cheyenne Chey ne from North Platte next v a eek and finish out the season taking part in the thes seven ven games yet to be played Word has been received by the West Vest Western Vestern ern era league baseball U magnates ma from rom President Young Youg of f the National league that the National protection of ot players in the minor leagues will be withdrawn Sept 30 From certain indications which have boye teen en given Out ut by bythe the Na National magnates eS during the past few months t h as een ex en expected expected A pal this event a 8 movement move t ng ail jI of the minot mino Jei und one urbanization has been b en talked of and a meeting me Ung for tor this purpose will be called within a afew afew afew few weeks The withdrawal of the Na National National National protection naturally means that the Nadel ende vor st end of this season eaN lb take any of the West Western Western ern em and other minor league I ue players which it may desire for r f its o own own n use without paying the draft dra price There have been games gaines g won and lost in the National NaUen 1 league this year yearby yearby by one run For r Or the most part the teams have about an equal number of ot I defeats and victories es Brook Brooklyn Brooklyn lyn yn is the only team m ki the league in IJ which the balance has not n t been main maintained tamed So far Brooklyn has won elgh eighteen eIghteen teen games by one run runa and lost l st only ten No other team te m has haslI figured in so o many close scores corea Dud Risley is now playing pl first base e for Spokane ne Bid has baa be bet i signed sin to manage Cincinnati again next ext season SeasoR This is from the Denver Republican Re n Roy Evans the crack cr ck pitcher sf ef f the San Francisco team has deserted that thai tha that team t Mar Manager Ma L Harris thinks that Evans is 18 on l his way to Kansas City as 8 it was kij k own wn the pitcher list had re received calved offers from GeQrge Gefrge Te iJu He HeIs HeIs Is 18 probably wanted for r as asit asit asIt it is 18 difficult to guess Jie s ivl t would do with another auther pl this year Smoke up Roy is doing veay ve vewell well in the Utah league at t present Redmond for formerly manager manager of the th Park is captain of the North I Platte team I A series of Association football f games es will be played at the Pan Am American exposition for the championship of or America It is 18 the intention to have two series a Canadian n series and a est an American series to be played on the athletic field at the Stadium Cum Sept 2 3 S 4 and 5 As many gantes ganies es as may maJ be found advisable will be between the winning Canadian and the winning whinIng American teams The University of Colorado o and the Denver A C have arranged arm gad a game for Thanksgiving Thanks day Columbia j university has hIIS agreed on George Geo Sanford as coach for fot another season Sanford is the e t maa who lisa has Brought Di l f football to its present high plane at Columbia Preliminary pr practice c tice tie at Columbia will begin Sept 9 The worst wont trouble tOubie at t Columbia this year will be a it depleted treasury trea i The University of Pennsylvania has printed the rules for the coaching of I the football tm next f falL Call L The grad Jr graduate graduate I system will win be he used entirely and andi I i George Woodruff will again have I charge of the Ule work Six assistant coachers have been selected with oUt eth ethers I ers era to be named Utter It Ties The six are areT areT j T T Hare C H R Shoff K H Thayer W Rosengarten Ro and S Goodman Unless these mon men with the th exception of Hare prove to be better coachers than they Y were players Penn Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania I sylvania will have nothing noU ng to brag of ofin OfIn ofIn in the way w y of instruction ins B Walter Waiter J S Travis golf golt champion l J the United States who has returned from front England En Dd and will I defend his title at Atlantic City next I month expresses the opinion that H R RI golf team from this country to England or 01 Scotland would be beaten beten on the I links on the other side On the other hand band he be says the Britons or Scots would be beaten should they ever come here On the long game same he says the with his old manager and In n conse comae consequence consequence quence is suffering no little inconvenience inconvenIence lence took the first opportunity opportunity opportunity to get even with Dixon by at attaching attaching taching his part p rt of the purse in the fight tight at t Denver Dixon had a Chicago man looking after his interests ts at Denver and as had no finger in the pie he sued Dixon for an old debt and the will have to fight a battle b in court to try tr and save the bit of cola coin he received for taking a terrible punching from Young Corbett Negotiations are pending for a box bog boxing bo lug lag contest between Jack Wade and Young Corbett before the Butte Ath Athletic Athletic Athletic letic club At Providence John L Sullivan talked t for awhile while a concerning his pIan Tm rm going to Cuba he said fit if Ben Leavitt and I come me to terms The I idea is to form a company of athletes to give exhibition bouts in boxing wrestling and the like If It Leavitt ac accepts accepts my figure Im with him for ten weeks in Mexico Havana Ha v na and other pI places cea down there Dan D n Dwyer Dyer will be my sparring partner If U the deal deAI goes through all allright allrIght allright right He was wa with me years ago Af At Atter After Arter ter this show I wilt will have a vaudeville company of my own and do a mono monologue monologue logue Questioned Question as to the saloon woon business Jon Jun answered No more for mine all off oft and the tb stage will do now Klondike That lets me out It was a wise wllie guy who thought that up Perhaps Im look looking looking looking ing for a frost fro t I I I I j Joe after atter an absence from the ring of nearly a year has S mafle rn tte up his mind to don the mitts again The noted California heavyweight has placed his affairs aft in the hands of Tommy West W t of Louisville who is ready to back Ch against any of the bIg men West Wes has also Kid Cooney of ot Cincinnati under his wing He says that Cooney is eager ea to face either eith r Dave Dve Sullivan Young Corbett or any other oth r featherweight The last big popular event of the racing season on will be the richest ri t oa u a well the Futurity to be mn run at Sheepshead Bay and nd will be worth between h tween and fi Q j the ihu H Hirner k Great torsos have raced for the Fa Fu and great at horses have ba ve won ft it J tr knott I and Salvator it out in 10 the opening year of the evert t v z t when wh it was W to the winner Po Alo Mo lo io o Domino Or Cr Orn l lR n R and Bey Boy are some somo of the illustrious name associated with the Ute F limning Yet strangely stang 1 enough some of the best horses of these the classic years year we e not noc eligible for tor vent a the most JO 1 1 of ot irs tse bf ing hi H Up iO o 0 1392 1 the distance of tie the race Wis w u MS sl when the route was made mad cv r the Futurity Bourse tur e with the tte frish the judges stand 1 This his Is Ig the last year y it will be run aver nver tte tre F e short six and andwil wil iT he lie at least Tere Ter 1 every very indication that t t this y year Ar s 0 Fu field will be a large larg cne cre crea r rIed a IK 4 a on breeding no stronger lot of o ever was shown Thwarted waited iii hi h her intention to race hosts hoes ho ts n the tbt colors of the late lat Fierre Mrs Lillian Barnes Barne APen lint his determined to dispose of all til the Ie racing stock willed to her by the d dd d l lm m Mrs Allien AllieD will b bogli gb sell eel selling lug bag elI n the thoroughbred yearlings not no noa nota ai a RancO about in turn num number her ber r Cresceus and The Abbott will ill meet at attia tia er Oak ok park Hartford S sept p 4 ll Jie calls for tor a three iu ace with t r i purse to te tie 1 A lanai i fel thE a t from rom Lexington are to t He I he hent tn nt fl nat hat thEre then is to be bt a fall ot oL thirty oy at the Old Oid Kentucky 1 1 a seia s iii oi courSe CO which eh has haIJ boon bean n cl c tj el for tor itly three years L The body of or Frank Ives the famous ramon billiard player will win be exhumed and andI brought b from fro m Mexico M ex Ie 0 to Br Hr I where it will wUl be interred 0 in iD Greenwood |