Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-07
SPORTING.

old, was sold on the I'd for 50, OOU.
Crowley, late of the Athletics, of st.
Louis, has been secured to play in Bos-
ton in 1884 They pay him 81, 900 and
advance him $3.50.
DATE JOHNSON and Captain John
Reeves are matched to play 800 points
up, cushion carrom, for 81, 900 side, at
New York. In a couple of weeks.
Tony MUL1ANE, pitcher for the st.
Louis club, played twenty-seven games
In the out-field last season with but a
single error, his average being 973.
HosMRR will probably go TO Califor-
MIA during the winter, as Boston ad
mirer has offered to back him In a series
of races with the scullers of the slope.
j. S. PRINCE, the American champion,
and John Keen, the English professional
champion, have signed articles for a
ffteen-mile bicycle race at Washington,
November 10Th.
The six days bicycle race at Chicago
closed on the 9th ult., and was won by
Prince, who made 989 miles. Morgan
made S83 miles, Woodside S65, Shock
855 and Dowse $50 miles.
RADBoURNE and Corcoran have not
yet put their names to papers. Their
demands are regarded as too modest
by the Chicago and Providence clubs.
They only ask for 81 900 each.
In foot race at Portland, Oregon,
III. r. Kittleman, of Michigan, easily
defeated w. E. Martin in a hundred
yard contest; time, 81 seconds. About
$4,000 changed hands on the result.
THE cutter Guinevere, of the Toronto
and Oswego Yacht Club, made her last
outside cruise of the season to Port
Credit on the 28th. During the season
she has made eighteen cruises, aggre-
eating 1920 miles.
GREAT EASTERN, record 2:18 in the
sulky, and 2:15 IN saddle, has been sold
by Charlie Green to II. F. Fox, of
Baldwins, Queens County, n. z. for
$1,000, and the trotters Little Jasper
and Middletown Chief.
RowR1L, the English pedestrian arrived
by steamer in New York on the 28th
He has already been challenged by Fitz-
gerald, now an alderman, VINO won the
last six day foot race. 1t is said No
remac, HAZEL and other famous walkers
will enter the proposed contest.
TIE ST. Louis Globe-Democrat says
that there is serious talk of base ball
association designed to cut into the
League and American Associations.
Gross, Mcclellan, Purcell, Manning,
Muuane, Deasley, Mccormick, Daily,
York, Bennett and Flint are named as
players,
The arbitration committee of the Ma
tional League, American Association
NOw+hx~oo{a1uV1 rs PoC1 Do1l
Associations met at New York on the
9th. It was suggested that amend
ments TO several rules and bylaws be
made, which will be acted upon at the
next meeting of the associations.
GEORGE M. HENDEE, of Springfield
accepts the challenge of A. Il. Robinson,
the English amateur, for a ten-mile BIZ
cycle race, fo1 the amateur champion
ship of the United States. The race
will occur on the Ord prox. at Hampden
Park, Springfield. The prize will be a
$500 gold medal presented by the local
club.
GEORGE SIossoN returned to New
York from Chicago on the 26th and on
the following day called upon Mr.. II.
". CoIIender, the donor of the cushion
carom emblem, and resigned the GUS
tody of that emblem and'the champion
ship which he won from Sexton in their
match at Chicago. Slosson's reason for
this stepis his great dislike for the game
of cushion c8rom and his firm belief
that it is a game of physical endurance
and chance and not one of skill.
Ar the New York horse sale J. d.
Haggit, of California, paid 81, OPS for a
bay FLY by Mortimer; III. D. McCowen,
81, $50 for chestnut FLY by Mortimer;
M. NJ. Mcnamara, 81, 225 for a bay colt
by Mortimer, foaled in March last, and
Miss Primrose sold AppIeby and John
son for 81, 900. Five horses which were
prize winners at the show were disposed
of, four of them being the our-in-hand
of Mr.. Hugo Fritsch. The leaders,
Tally-Ho, a gray geIding and Gay Lad,
a chestnut, were sold for 1915, and the
wheelers, Thunder and Blakos, t--both
cbestnuts, brought SO more. One of
Mr.. w. p. Douglass brown gelding
dog cart horses was sold for 300.
AN interesting contest occurred at
Providence on the LIST between 81. B.
Winship and running mate, Hiram