The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-22
SPORTING GOSSIP.

he looks III goou conuitioh.
c. w. Williams of Independence. Iowa,
sold John Newman OF Elgin, III, ,he d
year-old Ballast, sired by Onward, dam
Miss Redman by Bourbon Wilkes. It's
expected that the colt will beat $50 this
season.
Jimmy Carroll, the champion light
weight, is out in a card challenging DEM
Carney, champion English lightweight,
to meet him 10 a finish IN the .aniornla
shin of the world. He agrees TO allow
Carney $500 for expenses in coming to tins
country.
The Bloomington Fair association has
fixed the date Of its July meeting at July
TO 4. and offers 5000 in purses. The AS
ISOLATION has been admitted to the Illinois
trotting circuit In company with Spring.
field. Decatur, and Peoria. One thousand
dollars is offered in the 2:5O class and SUD
each i'm the .. 3 and 4-year-old classes.
c. +. Gibson. well known on the coast,
wants To run any man in America lao
Yards for S2,tD n side. start to he by mu-
iual consent. Gibson has never been de-
feated at the distance. n has shown
trials of $50 yards in IA 3-5 seconds, which
is considered very fast. Johnson says he
will run Gibson his own distance and will
sign articles in April.
Al Monmouth park, where Haggin's
horses are, Fircnzi is reported as never
looking better. Salvador has filled out
considerably and is now a grand looking
horse. and il not too heavily weighted will
capture some of the big handicaps before
the year is out. Fitzjames, who was such
a good one as u ~two-ycar-old, u Dig n
strong, but has bad feet.
The seeds sown in Australia by the
Spalding round-the-world tourists have
aiken root aud are growing nicely. The
Australian papers have a reguiar base
I.alI ..AI.tntn daily Si<-eluh lanutI1 Inns
been organized. The scores Of the games
so far played run all the way from % to 80
runs. The Australian writers bemoan
the inability of their men to learn the
twists and curves of the American pitchers.
Lave Cross was practically under con-
tract to the Athletic club when signed by
the Philadelphia brotherhood club. Lave
had accepted the Athletic clubs terms by
telegraph before he signed with the broth
prllood. This Is u contract according To
base ball law. and as lave does not care
to take chances oil the black list il would
not create much surprise TO see him return
to Manager Sharsig.
A fight 10 a finish is being arranged to
come of near Oshkosh within the next
month between George Finney OF that
city and Johnny McGill. formerly of Min
neapolis, but now of Milwaukee,. They
are f~eathcrweights and the stakes will be
$50 To 500 a side. The contest will be
DTiNltes tNttDt 10 ~ lev iTttuus VI tue
principals owing to Governor Hoard's
decided stan against exhibitions of the
kind.
News comes from California that John
Swanton, the b~illiard-player, died lear
Los Angeles. about three weeks ago, of
consumption. Swanton succeeded Jacob
Schaefer as ~roomkeeper i'm Peter Marron's
and Tommy Flynn's old billiard-room in
Park row. New York. lie came TO Chic-
ago with Sexton in the big tourney several
years ago and located here for some time.
John was known as "A square sport i'm this
vicinity. and his friends here were num-
bered by legions.
G. NJ. Dcgarmendia, of the best
known breeders i'm the East, has issued "a
challenge To California horsemen to bring
their best horses against his Matador.
Dcgarmendia's address Is Fredericksburg,
Md. He says: "Matador IL "A ~trotter, and
am willing to show him against any OF
the Californians. We eastern breeders
cannot as "A rule grow horses for the first
two or three years the way they can ON
the Pacific slope. but ultimately we get
more stamina and bottom"
The World has dispatches from all the
great wintcring stables for crack racers in
the country, in which the condition Of the
various horses is noted, and the leading
ones. almost without exception, are said
TO he in iirst-ratc condition. Gorge is said
To he In perfect condition., u sure To
win the Brooklyn handicap. She has
~hroadened out some and taken up some
superiiuous ilesli. which will cave her
when training begins, but beyond this she
Is "A picture of robust health.
l.. Booth. an Eastern sporting man, at
present in san Francisco. is anxious To
match the WHINE of the Choynski-Wilson
contest with Jack Davis Of Omaha. The
latter is a young heavyweight, weighing
ls5 pounds in condition.. and Is said 10 bc
n wonder with his hands. He Is NJ pres
ent the boxing instructor of the Gate City
Athletic club, and las already signified
his willingness to meet any man within
10 pounds Of his weight in America. The
proposition was made To the Occidental
club.
Jockey Anthony Hamilton, the famous
mi~ddlc-wcight rider, was at Clifton Mol-
day. Hamilton has been several weeks
with some relatives at ~. Louis and looks
IA good fcttle. says the Sporting World.
He said that he expects to report for duty
To Trainer Rowe at Babylon. l.. l., about
the last week in this month or the first of
next and that he will be able To ride IA
pound or 1--WE lighter this season than last.
With the material in the Belmont stablc
to handle Hamilton has n good emporium
ity this year. IL he sticks To his business.
Last August AT Denver the Professional
Athletic association gave "A 135-yard handi
cap which was "A complete success, the
nrst -FOUR men III the mai heat being with
in a span of one yard, the winner gaining
the verdict by six inches. Over 400
persons were in attendance. london.
l0L yards start. won In - seconds. There
is no reason why "A handicap properly
managed should not he "a success in this
city. Sheffield, England, is "A city of 2OO.-
900 inhabitants. and is the s~printing CEN
ter Of the universe.
The once famous pitcher. Lady +"
Baldwin. is now living neat Hastings,
Mich, the home of Soulc, who is now on
trial with the rowns Soule says Bald
win is well thought OF AT his native place,
and that he il prospecting as a farmer. He
occasionally entcrtains SOM Of his old
time baseball companions AT his country
home. Charley Bennett, the Boston league
catcher, especially being "A frequent visit
or to the "lady's" home, ~ o think
Baldwin takes much stock i'm the brother-
hood movement said Soule. He is
very ol~d-fashioned and doesn't bclicvc in
changes. ] have AN idea that he helped