| Show tar T q YV pa phoud of H s boy eddie hanlon a father was an inter ested spectator at the ringside of the hanlon corbett fight and was disgust ed with the decision he rode home in the hack with his boy and when they arrived at the house he began to tell them all about it at the han ion house were about twenty girls from neighboring houses awaiting fd die s arrival with large cream ream cakes and hot coffee they all wanted to look at C ite when he came in but the latter wanted to be alone with his blue feeling papa hanlon hit tor for the parlor when he got inside and stepped to the center ot of the room what do you think of me boy no nowa wa said the proud old man the man put tirry mcgivern out in two rounds t get me boy down in twenty oh ob he s a lucky mon men to still have th honor of bein champeon cham peen after this toight iddie iddle kin mn beat them all that big britt and the bunch of thim but I 1 wont won t let him foight again f fer er a year it he does get in an lick him I 1 hov the bist bly in the a I 1 aether be he fists up fer awhile hell he 11 git in and just shaw the people that he kin hin beat corbett me givern and anything on two digs for trotters by giving 5 purses tor for best two in three heat races the empire city y trotting club ot of new york la Is crt p practically a ethically eti cally offering 50 in purses figured from the old plan statistics show that money won under the old three and five system is only secured after a number of heats that makes the empire plan only halt half the et e tort fort anothy good point about the stakes for the yonkers track is the fact that horses which are being saved up for the 5 and 20 races can be readily started in the short events without lessening let leL their chances in larger stakes the 2 09 class trotting is certain to bo be a pop ular race this year and of course the 2 12 class is the class for which the greatest amount of 0 money is offered on the circuit the empire stake was a popular event last year and from the number of pacers eligi ble to the 2 10 class pacing the bronx stakes should receive plenty of attention As the empire meeting precedes the brighton and the hart ford meets both of which have 3 year old futurities the idea of a 2 25 class trotting tor for 3 year olds with a 2 purse is a good one jones given a reception D A jones the milwaukee bowler who won the individual bowling cham chani pion ships at indianapolis with a total of in three games was given a re caption by local bowlers when he re turned home mayor rose of milwaukee has re 40 1 4 D A JOW JOWS S a miniature parlor boN bowling ling out fit as the booby prize at the national tournament i new yorks new grounds it has been practically settled that the new york american league grounds will be located at jerome av denue and one hundred and sixty fourth street in the bronx the grounds are on uie the east bank of the harlem rivel j across from the polo grounds and nearly twice the size of the new york polo grounds erin s handball champ on corn com ng timothy the champion handball player of ireland will ar rive here it is announced by the end of the month he ile is coming with the intention of 0 playing a match with egan of jersey city an I 1 oliver drew of brooklyn some time ago phil casey of new aorl said he would back drew to the amount of 1000 tor for an international match against the match to consist of thir ty games fifteen to be placed here and fifteen to be played in ireland is a native of corl and Is spoken of as a powerful exponent of the ancient pastime cy swa rn m s plans cy swaim will not play leaggo ball bal I 1 this year but will cast his lot in independent circles and put in his time at urbana 0 swaim wants nants to with wheeling in the central league and wheeling is just as acx tous lous to secure his services but he is on the reserve list of flandreau Flau dreau in k the north dakota league will A smith of knoxville tenn is signing players for wheeling and writes that he has bagged another good man in catcher owen shannon who played with the davenport la nine ot of the three I 1 league in 1901 and 1900 he has also signed william dahl quist pitcher who played in the tha southern league terre haute tri bune how roach got his name bew baseball followers who have heard of koach roach just chosen J coach of the baseball team of the i varsity of michigan know how he a was given the nickname about j ten years ago jack keary just then organizing the agdens in chicago fay saw the pitcher and engaged him tor for pa his team made up of irish talent the young pitcher said his name was rudolph auffenberg this wouldn t do so jimmy 0 rourke suggested roach the lad ad was mas tall and thin so he was dubbed skeleton the combination gave gane the fans roach after twirling on various prairie league teams he was signed by george may for the spaldings dings he ile has played with mobile in the south ern league des moines in fn the western and last year was with butte in the pacific where he intends going this season about june 1 hand cap for pitchers the redeeming feature of the joint rules committee meeting was an amendment of the balk rule at the suggestion of mr air dreyfus by which pitchers are prohibited from stepping back of th the e pitchers plate when dei dea livering vering ll the ball this move on the part of the pitchers was a bone of contention all of last season between pitchers and umpires the rule will handicap those pitchers who are in irm the habit of stepping back of the rub her ber to get a swing we suppose this is in the nature of a slight atonement tor for the infliction of the foul strike rule sporting life may drop portland and seattle two new baseball teams have been organized to enter the pacific northwest league one Is s at san francisco and one at los angeles the prop positions ions have been financed the thew grounds secured and application made to enter the league aiho the backers are Is kept secrete secret but b ut it Is asserted the two teams will b be e admitted unless the pacific coast league lea gue drops portland and seattle there is a bare possibility that another team or two in california maybe admitted but this la is not probable mcgovern jordan bout off the proposed battle between terry mcgourn Mc McGoN Goern ern and ben jordan the eng ung lish featherweight arranged to be fought before the national sporting club of london derby night has been declared off by sam harris he asked that the contest be postponed two weel s but the national sporting club clubs s officials would not agree to the postponement and cabled that mcgovern would have to fight jordan on derby night or the match would be canceled harris lost no time in cabling back that the match was off two polo teams may come over it looks just now as it not one but two english polo teams may cross oe the atlantic next summer to give battle to the experts of lakewood the myopia and other crack teams I 1 about new york boston and new port tor I 1 or some time the three well known ts buckmaster Duck master raw lanson and freake have been seriously considering the idea ot of going over it if they could get a fourth man to join them and it Is learned that the nici alls ails brothers and one ot of the millers may make up another team J young may write baseball history mr air N E young for many years president ot of the national league con templates writing a history of baseball no man in the world is more competent to perform that work nork than r mr young by reason ot of his close off j cial connection with the game from t the ti time me it first developed as the dominant professional p sport until this very daa da covering a period of more than three decades by all means let mr air young write such a needed bistor |
