St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-13
Small Talk.

The Fourth of July regatta committee
chosen by the Minnesota Boat club, is now at
work perfect1ng plans for the regatta, which
takes place from the boat club grounds on
July 5, at 10 q. m. The committee consists of
Cass Gilbert, DR.. Talbot Jones, w. S. GETTY.
F. Skipwith and e. S. Wood, and they are pre-
pairing an attractive program for this occa-
sion. Invitations will be by card and not
general newspaper notice, as heretofore.
Charley Mitchell fought at 15s pounds. He
has fought in the lightweight class, but of
course has grown. He is now only % years
DID, and in three years more, with proper
care, he will weigh in condition at least l65
Or It's pounds. He is model in form and
quick as racer, and as vigorous as kicking
mule, and, moreover, he is as cunning as he
is quick aud vigorous.
Next Thursday evening an obstacle SWIM
ming race will take place at the Minneapolis
Natatorium and Swimming school. The OBJ
stacles will include the climbing of q rope.
going through barrel, climbing over q log,
swimming over rope, etc. The prize will
be a ten-swim ticket, and enteries can be
made after Monday.
1t is supposed that Manager Whitcomb of
the Minneapolis team, has abandoned the
idea of short stop playing. While he does,
now and then, brilliant fielding, he IS prone to
grievous errors. He does terrific batting,
however, and may some day crop out as q
great player.
Ou.
Wis. He denies that Cardiff knocked him
down, and says he is confident he can best the
latter. He says, should Cardiff desire another
meeting he can arrange for one by writing to
Charles E. Davies, 176 South Clark street,
Chicago.
Base ball teams, representing the National
German-American bank and the Merchants
National bank, played at the West Seventh
street grounds yesterday, with the result of
80 for the former and 20 for the latter, in
eight innings.
A game of ball on the old West Seventh
street grounds yesterday, between mines fro m
the Northern Pacific general offices and the
H. NJ. Smyth Printing company, resulted in
a victory for the latter by score of IL to 10.
John Donaldson and Ed Moulton of Mime
apolis have organized combination consist
ing of Jack Caldwell, J. w. Curtiss, P. J. Nc
Namara, Charles Koeuig and several variety
people, who leave for Pierre, OAK, to-day.
The base ball mines OF Foot, So hulze g. Co.
and J. B. Tarbox & Co. played game yester-
day which resulted in the defeat Of the ]. B.
Tarbox & Co. team 81 to II.
This afternoon in Leip's park at White Bear
the White Stockings of st. Paul and Dayton's
Bluff Union team will play game Of ball.
The game will be called at $3.50.
The ball game yesterday afternoon between
the Gordon s. Ferguson and C. Gotham g. Co.
teams resulted in score Of II to in favor
of the former.
The st. Paul team has played twenty games,
winning nine and losing eleven, and scoring
175 runs to 1877 by the opposition.
st. Paul will play in Duluth on Thursday
and Friday, at home on Saturday and in
Minneapolis on Sunday.
The smallest total score yet made in the
Northwestern league to O-was that at Eau
Claire yesterday.
Minneapolis will play In Milwaukee to-day
and Duluth in Oshkosh tomorrow.
st. Paul has scored three of the four shut
outs of the season.