Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-11-06
THE SPORTING WORLD.
Gross Receipts of the Worlds Champion
ship Base Ball Games.

Gross Receipts of the Worlds Champion
ship Base Ball Games.
They say that the baptismal name of
Sunday, of the Toledos, is August Wach-
er.
The statement is made unofficially
that the Chicago official scorer is Mrs.
A. G. Arson.
Brooklyn's glaring weak spot lay be-
hind the bat. Some of their catchers
could not stop a load OF hay.
A new college base ball league is to
be organized, to be composed OF Column
lila, Lafayette, Brown and Pennsylvania
Universities.
There are only five men who have
played in the fourteen seasons of the
National League, viz, A. G. Arson,
James O'Rourke, James White, Paul
Hines and John Morrill,.
Bastian, the old second baseman of
the Philadelphia club, has been signed
by the Baltimores.
The Cleveland club had made all ar
rangements to secure Knight, the heavy
Outhelder of the London team, when
the Brotherhood scheme was sprung,
and negotiations for the player ceased.
Ed. Williamson, the big shortstop of
the Chicago club, was not 90 shamefully
abused this summer as many people
supposed. It was said that he was cut
off without any pay. The truth is that
he IVES under half pay all season, for
each month Spalding sent Williamson's
sister. in Cleveland, goodly check.
The Michigan league met at Lansing
the other day and awarded the pennant
who claimed it. Manistee was admitted
to the league. The Greenville club sent
word that it could not be counted in the
league next season. The directors meet
again January Is to fix the salary limit.
The gross receipts OF the worlds
championship series were $2t,,O67. The
expenses were $7,902.S6. The profits
were ST., 164.15, which was equally di-
vided among the two clubs. The New
York players received one-half of New
York's share, each man getting $3.50. IL.
Coupled with the $3.50 each player re-
ceived from the Broadway Theater ben
eft, it will be seen that the life OF a
champion ballplayer has it's own ad-
vantages.
The Marine laughs at Dempsey's Of
fers for match.
Bill Goode and ToH Wall are both
claiming the English middle weight
championship.
Z. j. Pitzlin writes from Carlinville,
H., that he will soon go West and meet
any man of his class in California.
George w. Lee and Wallace Ross, who
accompanied O'Connor to England, have
returned to this country, and are now
Ill New York.
Jack Fallon has challenged Tom WALL
the English pugillst, to a fight with
gloves for el0O to e20O.
The city clerk OF Montreal has tele-
graphed Jake Kilrain, who had asked if
he would be permitted to give a spar
ring exhibition in that city, that there
is a bylaw against, it and that any per-
sons violating its provisions are liable to
n fine and imprisonment.
Dominick Barnes, the lightweight,
has issued a challenge to George Phalen
to fight any number of rounds for from
5000 to $500 side. Barnes will post q
forfeit that he can knock his man out in
ten rounds.
George Littlewood, the English pedes-
TRAN, now offers to back Dan. Herty, the
American, against Charles Rowell, or
any other man in the world, for go-as-
you-please race OF 142 hours.
K. w. Thomas, who trained the Santa
Anita string in 1923, is to open public
training stable at Lexington this winter.
Thomas is one of the best trainers in
the country, and can get more out of q
cripple than any man we know of.
Budd Doble now controls the greatest
string of racers ever controlled by one
man. They include, besides Axtell.
Johnston, the king of harness per-
formers; Jack, record 2:l5, the
years champion; Ed. Amman, 2:l64, the
busiest little PAGER on earth; Oliver K.
record 2:164. the champion of his years,
aad lddY That B sand sa reoodd o1 1S
s., record 2:l53.