The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-09-21
TURF, DIAMOND AND RING.

This is what the Omaha cranks are
shouting about: Their club has only
neen shut out once this year. 1t stands
hrst IN fielding, batting and base-run-
nlng. More indiyidull players leading
their respective positions than any 9th .
er team. Has won the pennant with
only two pitchers, Clark and Nichols.
Has not signed any players since the
opening of the season. Has played
more errorless games than any other
team. only team which has played
four successive games without an error.
The Des Moines-the Association tail
ender-defeated the Cedar Rapids
Club of amateurs ou the 10th by a score of
II to y. This is better than Milwaukee
did in the game with Ashland.
The Davenport, Iowa, club has dis
banded.
Denver has made hit in base ball
and Manager Rowe is looking about for
talent with view to carrying the West
ern Association pennant back to the
Rockies next season.
The Western Association base ball
season will close September 30.
Secretary Morton has notified the
clubs composing the Western Associa-
ton to report their reserve lists to him
not later than October ! The entire
Milwaukee team has been reserved.
This has been a season of spurts and
setbacks for all the clubs, and, OF course,
the pitchers have had to take the good
or i'll fortune that has attended their re-
spective clubs. Never was there q sea-
son before when it was SO hard to pick
the winning combination, or there were
so many games won after they were ap-
parently lost.
Proctor Knott will race no more this
season.
Twenty yearlings by Spendthrift were
sold at: New York, on the 10Th, for $751;
250, or an average of $8l2.50 each.
Diamond, 2:243, by Happy Medium,
dams breeding unknown, is said to be
able to 90 below 2:20.
Gene Smith. 2:l5I, is looked upon by
some horsemen as the best horse out
this season.
OF seven stations with marks of 2:I5
or better. four of them were sired by
horses with records OF 2:24 or better.
According to a Kentucky writer on
racing matters, the total value of the
stakes and purses run on the American
turf was $2,6l6, $3.50. OF this 81, I53,-
1887 1855 won by those which ran sec
2S5.45. The biggest winner was Proctor
Knott, who captured $69,7l5 in stakes
and purses, while the lowest amount
won by a single horse was s., which Joe
Hooker took into camp. Horses of un-
known pedlgrees won $l4,699, while OF
the other money won was captured by
the get of ASP sires, the five leaders OF
which were Glenelg. with $3.50, 746. 80 TO
his credit; Long elbow, with Sl2l ,03l 81
won by his get. while the sons and
daughters Of Billet, Luke Blackburn
and Enquirer captured respectively
3l20,903, $l0G, ,367, and $S0,0S6.S7.
Jem Smith, the English pugilist. has
| agreed to fight Slavin. the Australian
champion, for 5000. Smith will also
box Pete jackson, the coored pugilist,
ten rounds for $500.
Steve Brodie jumped from the back
| OF tight-rOpe walker on a cable, into
| the artificial lake at Beyerle's Park
Cleveland, on the 18th, distance of 100
! feet. Five thousand spectators were
| present.
Joe Darby, the champion jumper o.
| the world, has been doing some great
| jumping in England lately. He
jumped against the fourjumps record
53lt, 4in., lately made by II. NJ. John
| son, of America, and accomplished soft
Pin. The champion then jumped
against ten-iumps record, which stands
at 120ft. 3n., when he completely
smashed this record by doing the ex.
| traordinary distance OF l37it. lin, beat
| ing the record by lit. Ain.
Several changes in the football rules,
suggested at the last meeting of the adj
visory committee OF the Intercolle-
giate Association, have been adopted
by committee consisting Of the cap
tains of the Harvard, Yale and Prince
ton College teams. The most important
are that both umpire and referee
shall use whistles to indicate cessation
of play, or fouls and downs, and that
for the offenses of thTotlng, tripping OF
intentional tacking below the knees
the opponents shall receive 25 yards Oh
free kick at their option. The penal
ty was formerly the disqualification oI
the offender.
Following is the standing OF the clubs
in the four principal associations to
SantpTp her Il.