The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-01-24
RATHER sPORTlsH.
A Little on the Diamond, the Ring and
the Field,

RCuteliffe played ne games last
season,
aandusky Ia crying for her $40 team
OF 1855,
Charlie Bennett has signed with BOs'
ton, He geta about $3.50
AnsOna debut occurred ut Rockford,
Ill., May 0, 1871, making his nineteenth
season,
Duncan q, Ross issued q sweeping
challenge 10 the world 10 fence with
foila for any amount j, Allen Lowe
Of Boston has called him and posted
money, Now Ross IN silent
Jimmy Hale Of Philadelphia, the
Philadelphia lightweight OF promise
aud meagef performance, challenges
any man IN America 10 fight 10 u finish
with skin gloves and NJ iaa pounds for
$500 ~ $1,000 a side,
Manager Phillips says that II such q
thing aA indianapolis dropping out Of
the league were 70 happen, ~, Paul or
Minneapolis could easily be secured NJ
once,
Guerrero, tho pedestrian, passed
through Pitt6buIg yesterday on route
TO Frisco 10 take part Ia the race
there, lie wants 10 run Prlddy, Moore
or MoClelland any distance they desire,
President Won der Abe has contract
cd with the Missouri Amateur Athletic
Club for the latter clubs ball team 10
open the season with the Browns, Sat
urday aud Sunday, March 20 aud "a,
The Sporting News says Tho Toledo
club will have the champion batter and
base runner OF last seasons southern
league In her team this year, Werden
led the southern League base runners
aud Sneed the battOra, Both have
signed with Charlie Morton.
The Herald says General Paine has
sold the Volunteer 10 u member Of the
S|oawankaka Corlnthian yacht club.
The DeaMoinea team Of last year
wore navy blue uniforms with white
stockings and trimmings, the same 40
the TOl6dOa. II IN quito probable the
TOledoa viii wear the same this year,
The World says that NJ West Point
on Thursday evening last Cadets Lang
horne and Barroll fought five rounds
with bare knuokles, according 10 Lon
| don prize ring rules, the honOra being
| about evenly divided, both being pretty
well digngured. The allair'grew out OF
Il dispute concerning the assignment Of
the cOlOred cadet Young 10 u seat nj the
mess table presided over by Barroll,
Although Indianapolis 10 not In the
National Baseball Tongue to-day, II IN
not improbable that she will DO again
before the close Of the week, The sur
render Of tho franchise Is regarded as q
mistake, and there are several men
ready with the requisite capital TO take
the club upon the same terms that II
was given 10 the stock company which
has Just failed, and II they do not secure
che franchise u new association will DO
formed. II 10 believed that II will DO u
good investment,
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 22,-The fight be.
tween Patsy Cardi0, OF this city, and
Jim Fell, the champion heavy. weight
| OF Michigan, took place this evening In
tho presence OF an audience
OF nj least 1000. by tho articles OF
agreement the contest was 20 bo ID
rounds, Marquis Of Q|ueensbury rules,
for $3.50 a side and 70 and % per cent
of the gate receipts. Small gloves were
used. Fell entered the ring weighing
100 pounds. Cardiff weighed 1870
pounds, and Prof John Donaldson and
Pat MCCartlin were behind him. Both
mon were In excellent condition when
they entered the ring.
Fell pushed the lighting from the be.
ginning, though In tho first two rounds
neither man had any particular adyant.
age, Cardiff, however, claimed first
| blood. Az the end Of the fifteenth
round the referee decided the fight In
favor Of Cardiff.