Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-01
Sporting Notes.

MCCLUNG. Yale's half hack. is considered the
best ground gamer in the country to-day.
THE Sporting Times has appeared in a new
dress and twice its original size 1t is now one OF
the leading sporting papers in the country.
Brother Caylor deserves success.
GREAT many of the antipodeans believe that
Mike Dooley can whip Fitzsimmons or Dempsey.
DOoley has been fighting in The heavyweight class
but he can get below the middeweight standard.
HARVARD will have most of their old players
back next year. The following men are likely TO
Gran Crainston, Award. Hallowefi. Harding. Tt Froth.
ingham. Burgess, Lake, Corbett, Sherwin and b.
Trafford.
JAKE KILRAIN and George Godfrey will box o5
rounds for a S3. eOU purse and private wager OF
sI.ucO side The purse has been offered by the
Puritan Athletic Club. and the contest will be
within the next two months. ~.
GEORGE GODFREY told a spectator of his fight
with Smith. Tuesday night, that he would gladly
fight Jake kiirain ii any responsible club would
offer the proper purse. George says he wouldn' It
bet cent of stake money, but ii any of his ad-
mtrers cared to make the side bet of s. 500 asked
for by kilrain, he'd do all in his power win the
money for them.
JOHN MCCoY's PAGER Little Brown jug, 2:1l&.
recently purchased in Boston, has been seized by
the customs authorities at st. Johns n. B., for
undervauation. 1t appears when Mccoy took the
horse through he said he bought ii for 500. 1t
was afterward discovered that at sale at Boston
the horse brought $50 The matter has been re-
ferred TO Ottawa.
DISPATCH from San Jose, CAL, yesterday
says: Charles Marvin left Palo Alto, yesterday
with Sunol with the intention of taking her East
to deliver her to her purchaser, Robert Bonner.
When lie arrived at San Jose he received tele-
gram from Sir. Bonner saying TO keep the flly in
California this winter, and he accordingly re-
turned with her TO Palo Alto.''
BILL MURPHY is having a hard time trying to
get another match with his cOnqueror, young
Griffo. Murphy has repeatedly challenged him
to fight FOR any amount but Griffo has taken no
notice OF the challenges. Murphy has become so
worked up that he now offers to give Critic sl21 If
he does not stop him in eight rounds. The Aus
fTa1ian (luh fry1nD o a fphf n
them for 81, 500 purse.
IMPoRTED st. Blaise the great son of Hermit
and Fusee. heads the list of winning sires for the
season Of 1850, up 10 October Is. 1wenty-seven of
his sons and daughters were seen on the American
turf tins season. They started 244 times. earned
a brackets. were 81 times second. and 81 times
third. Their total winnings figure up sI6s co., of
which amount Potomac. winner of the third
Futurity, furnishes the greatest sum.
GODFREY comedies that Ed Smith is a pretty
good man. ''lf he had followed up his advant-
age after he caught me the first time with that La
Blanche pivot said the Boston pugilist TO Polo
Jim ana number 3f sporting men who stood
near the Vanderbilt Hotel bar. after the fight Il
don't know but he would have taken first money:
him stand up before him for Il round or :wo.''
DISPATCH from Buffalo says: The Eric County
Athletic Club. at a meeting to-day. decided to re-
new their glove contests and John W. Gerlach.
the Secretary of the club. was directed to engage
George Dixon and Cal McCarthy. and pTo5abv p6s 6T
one for George Godfrey and Jake kirain. Jack
Hanlev, of Erie Pa. the we'll known light
weight. has been secured by the club : cham
pion, and John W. Gerlach offers TO match him
against any leS-pound man in America for 81, 900
side and purse offered by the club.
JOHN l.. SULLIVAN is reported 10 have sent $500
to help boom Joe Coburn's benefit. The big iel-
low has always been regarded one of the most
generous OF men. and always ready 10 help any
one that asked his assistance. Despite this fact,
however. there were few in the audience that be-
lit.Ved the announcement when Pat Sheedy read
it aloud last night. 1t smacked too much of the
time-honorcd fake gold watch presentation, now
almost obsolete. The watch WAS generally bor-
rowed for the occasion. and had to be promptly
returned after the performance 1t not infre-
quently occurred that the nowery presentation
speech was interrupted with sueh irrelevant re-
marks as Look at de rope tied to de watch.'' Ii
Sullivan had been approached he would have un-
oubtedlv behaved iiberally. he ALWAYS does
but no one present last night believed in the $500
cift,-NetC York Sun.