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Show A WONDERFUL BATSMAN. James It. Cnrtls, . BrlBht Star of the Western Association. James H, Curtis, one of the bright particular particu-lar stnrg of the Western association, was born at Coldwater, Mich., twenty-six years ago. He is 5 ft. 8 in. tall and weighs 157 pounds. He began his professional career JAMK3 D. CURTIS. In 1887 with the Leavenworth (Kan.) club. Then followed engagements with the following fol-lowing clubs in the order named: Hosk-. Ings, Birmingham, Ala., Kansas City, Mo., and St. Joseph, Mo. About the middle mid-dle of last season the Denver club paid a high figure to the St. Joe management for his. release, and he finished the season with the Mountaineers. This year he Is again in the ranks of the Denver nine. Curtis, though a first class man In all departments de-partments of the game, has earned his great reputation with the "stick." He is a batsman of the first water, and a sure run getter. The indications at the present time point to the likelihood of his being at the head of the list among the batting talent of the Western association when the season of 1890 draws to a close, ilis batting during the last three seasons has been of a uniformly high order, as the following fol-lowing figures show: In 1887 his average was .390; In iSS3, .841; In 1889, .2U3, and this year he is on top with the excellent average of .870. Ho is also well up among the center fielders with .804. He Won tbe SI 0,000 Flower City Stakes. One of the very promisins trotters the present season has rapidly brought to the front is Kcno F. He began the season with no blare of trumpets, and as his previous pre-vious time had only been 3:40 his owner, Peter Olinger, of Dubuque, la., even was amazed at the manner in which Keno F. pared down his record. In June, at Dubuque, Du-buque, he won the 2:37 class in straight heats, his best time being 2:38. At Cedar Rapids he knocked off three-quarters of a second more, and at Minueapolis, in July, he swept everything before him by developing devel-oping a 2:21 gait. A week later he defeated Jessie Gaines at Hamline by harder work and came away with a still lower record of 2:19. KEKO P. 8:17. At Rochester Keno P. met a field of crack horses Including Simmocolon, Leopard Rose, Pixlcy and Suisun for the 110,000 Flower City stakes, and trotted the hoodie Into the pockets of H. L. and F. D. Stout. At Washington Park, during the northwestern north-western breeders' meeting, Keno F. lowered low-ered his record to 2:17, but at Independence he had to lower his colors to Mary Marshall, Mar-shall, the crack 5-year-old. Keward. A reward of the best suit of clothes in our store will be given to the person finding our horse. . Description viz: Bay, about 8 years old, right front and lett hind foot white, whito star in face, high hip. about l hands high, weight about 1050 pounds. Economy Clothing House, Desky Bros , Prop. 124 W. Second South. |