The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
BASE BALL SITUATION
THE BROTHERHOOD CoSfBlNn ]
FLOURIsHING.
Il May Provo q Boomerang---Ths SnlySU
slavin Mili---A Draw acknowledgements
News of Other SORTS.

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Il May Provo q Boomerang.--Tho 9mlt3
Slavin Mill-.-A Draw Declared--.Spertan
News of Other Sorts.
There has been no important change
the base ball situation of recent
There has been q number Of addiki&
desertions from the brotherhood,
promise of aiany more IN the near kq4&Ht
aud q general Frightening up Of
tional leagues prospects and that IL
ali. The brotherhood is still shiily.sHlaly-a
ing, and aside from the election OF ofaeer1
and the adoption Of q constitution aud BY.
laws, has accomplished absolutely nothings2
hood contracts with about the same respect
with which they gaze upon q piece Of Ltauk$
paper. When they see proper to go%
over to the old league they do soSS
without consulting anybody, and then
after o brotherhood scribbler or two has
cried "traitor," affairs assume their normal
placidity and that is all there is Of It. The
writer still adheres to the opinion that il ID
doubtful whether q single game is ever
played under the auspices OF the new out.
ht. All their blow aud bluster is likely to
end in the same material. On the other
hand, the National league is as active as .
darkey in u melon patch. They have am
nounced their plan Of action in unmistak-
able terms, aud mean business from the 20.
They not only intend to give the Wards aud
the Pfeffers aud the Ewings an allopathic
dose of the law, but mean to invade their
ranks aud sign every man who is willing to
forsake the wreckers' craft, and no man
should hesitate to leave a sinking ship. The
b~rotherhood's principal peril. however, lies
i'll the law, u SO impressed With this fact
hQa n Onnh MANY nf ita Warnponf C1nnnNAarn
become, that they are holding of on one
pretext aud another from putting their
money into the scheme. So far the legion
of capitalists crying to put their stuff Into
the vitalization of the players project have
kept o big log chain attached to
their siinoleons aud invested nothing but
wind. However, the time is rapidly forth.
coming when tho root Of all evil must
make Itself manifest, and the wind
of tho moguls Of the old league. 1t will
require something u little more substan.
tial than atmosphere to build grand Stands
and fences and prepare ball grounds and
got out advertising, and 1t is this harrow-
ing truth which is lettering the hordcs. of
,noneyed men who nave been s~oanxious to
do all this when bluff and buster answered
the purpose. 1t is dollars to doughnuts
that Ward, Keefe, Ewing. Kelly, Pfefter
NLN tuG MAOlC SuuS WISH tueluoGlSc6 Well
out of the scrapc. So far it has been their
III. ney that was expended in working up
the revolt, and from their recent conom-
ical action it Looks as if they were getting
II tritle weary. The National league mag
mates, however, arc becoming more aud
more aggressive. The law committees
report of the result of their conference
with their regular attorney, in conjunction
with other eminent counsel from Now
\ N.Nry, r,1 IlNeto,, 10, 1,rl "a ~.@ct --t.I.-
ating effect upon them, and it is gwen out
they arc certain OF a favorable judicial de-
cision. If this eventuatcs what n sorry
plight the baseball stars will find them
selves in. The league will have all its
teams completed; aud it is quite sure will
play them for the ensuing season Us they
are 10 matter what tlanspires. But a few
more weeks will tell the story.
smith-S!ayin.
Tho fight between Jem Smith,
of England, and Frank Slayin, the
Australian champion, took place
in Belgium, about three miles from
Eruges. Owing to outrageous conduct on
decided n draw Mt the conclusion of the
fourteenth round, by tho referee, who re-
fused to remain on the ground.
from the start, hitting Smith sew.
oral times i'll the chest and head. In
the first two rounds the men fell together,
and when slavin rose he was bleeding from
the mouth, and first blood was claimed and
allowed for Smith. In tho third
round Smith got i'll a couple oil blows, but
was knocked down by Slavin. The fourth
and fifth rounds were marked by hard
fighting. In the seventh Smith fought
Slavin to the ropes, where Smiths friends
kicked Slavin several times. In the eighth
ound Slavin again knocked Smith down
and in the ninth round a mob surrounded
the ring and
In the eleventh Smith was again knocked
down. In the thirteenth round Smiths
friends again struck Slayin,. but
their man was onco more
knocked down. At this point
Slavin appealed to the referee for proteo-
ton and was greeted by Kisses and derision
by Smiths friends, who cried Police, and
bolted from the grounds Slavin re-.
NAMED i'll the ring and Smith, who had
run away with his friends, finally returned.
The referee then announce lit impossible
TO secure fair treatment for Slavin and de.
cided the fight n draw. Slavin was full Of
fight to the finish and eager TO meet his ad-
vcrsary.
During the entire progress Of the fight
the ring was surrounded with roughs- armed
with knuckle clusters aud sticks, who tried
to reach Slavin over the ropes, and the
Australian was struck several times.