Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-19

| of the best teams in the country. l am sure
| that the officials of the local club are doing
| everything possible to have good team and Il
| popularize the game here Unfortunately the
| weather mas been very much against outdoor
| sports recently but the local players have Still
been hard at work Notwithstanding that fact
| l am informed that efforts are being made tc
| have the team of the University of Pennsyl
vania play here. trust and think we all hope
| that these efforts will be successful. AS have
| just said. nothing will do the game more good
| here than the appearance of a well-knowr
| team. II the team in question cannot De Sc
| cured. by all means there ought to be good
one secured for Thanksgiving Day. There are
numerous good teams in the State and Ger
tainly one of them can be engaged to come
here. If the day is fine they will have big
crowd to greet them and am inclined to be.
lleve they will have some terriers on the held
to tackle them
OWENS Record.
There has, indeed, been a very great kick
against the lG0-yard record claimed for Mr..
Owen yesterday week at Washington, and II
some people have their wav the Detroit sprinter
will not go on record as running the 100 yards
in 9 AS seconds. During the week there has
been quite a lively controversy on the matter.
the most strenuous obiectors being l. E. Myers,
whom we all know and who more than once
tried to make 100-yard record but failed. IL
is natural for Myers to object to the record.
and he has certainly tried his best to have it
discarded. He claims that Owen beat the pis-
tol and that at 10 yards he was yard or more
ahead of Carey. who is known TO be remark
ably fast man in the first 10, 20 or 30 yards.
This is the strongest argument that Myers
can produce against the validity OF the record.
because he was standing only ten yards from
the mark. On the other hand owen claims
that he did not pass Carey until they had run
rs yards. Mr.. Jansen supports Owen in this
and the pistol firer has MADE an affidavit to the
effect that Owen did not start before the pistol
was fired. Regarding the contention OF Myers
that there are times when one man will re-
spond to the pistol report considerably quicker
than at other times and when that exceptional
starting form is present very often numerous
onlookers think the runner has gotten OF
before the pistol. I have noticed that on
more than one occasion. However. l
think Owens record will go, and if
it does not there are two records at
present acknowledged by some people to be
correct which should be wiped out at once.
The conditions under which Owen ran his race
were in all respects less suspicious than the
conditions under which the alleged records of
Johnson and Bethune were made; the 40 Sec
ondS credited to johnson is of such very
questionable character that it ought not to be
credited for day. Kettlemap started John
son that day and l have more than once re-
lated Kettleman's statement to me on the mat
ter. According to him and others who
were 'in the know" the affair was
neat little scheme to obtain about
$50. OF course Owens claim will have to go
through severer test of examination than did
the claims of johnson and Bethune and if
Owens is credited, have no hesitation in say
ing that the vast majority Of sporting people
will deem 1t the most reliable, while others will
claim it is the only correct l00-yard record of
94-5. If Owens record goes 1t will be great
honor to him, as it will not only stamp him as
the speedIest amateur sprinter we have ever
had, but equal and probably speedier than any
professional Amateur records are extremely
interesting, particularly the records for 100
yards, and 1t may at this juncture be interest
ing to give few of them. In 1878 W. c. Will
mer won the America championship, running
100 yards in 10 seconds This time
has never been beaten by an amateur until the
claim of Owen was made. In 1881 Myers ran
the distance in 1OA seconds and in 1888 A.
Waldron did the same. In England, it is
singular to note. that for five years in success
sion the winner of the amateur championship
ran the 100 yards in 10 is seconds. w. P.
Phillips did it thrice in succession and ]. NJ.
Cowie twice. Wharton in 1856 ran the distance
in ever time and repeated his performance in
1887. The amateurs have certainly held their
own for some time past
About the Pueilists.
The "exponents of the manly art" have been
exceedingly quiet during the week, but there
are indications that two or three prominent en-
counters may take place before the winter is
over. Various rumors are current to the effect
that battle between Jack McAuliffe and Billy
Myer has been arranged. Nothing definite on
the matter however, has come to the surface.
But it seems to me that the two will get to-
gether again because of the good Inducements
offered by the so-called athletic clubs of New
Orleans. There is no reason why they
should not face each other again for
nothing because of the manner in
which they gulled the public when they last
met If they are to fight and if they want TO
fight when they meet each other in the ring the
contest may be a good one. They are boths
good men at their weight, but 1 really cannot
see how Myer has an even chance of defeating
McAuliffe if both men are in good condition. 1
have already made the claim that Myer is not
the Cyclone" that the sporting men of
Streator thought he was. may be wrong, but
certainly Myer has yet to show wherein his real
cyclonic powers lle But should a contest be
arranged between Myer and McAuliffe fail to
see how the latter can be gotten into irst-class
trim. He had difficulty to even get near light
weight standard when he fought Carroll and
we all know that his life since then has not
been devoted to keeping down his weight. He
is, however in my estimation so much superior
to Myer when in first-class condition that ne
can afford to be little of" But in this there
is always great danger, because Itis danger
out Of condition, even though he is going to
face his inferior. 1t is somewhat strange,
however, that Myer should be so anxious to
fight McAulIffe when Bowen and Carroll are
doing nothing No doubt Myer desires to steer
clear of Carroll, but he, Myer, has yet to get
''even" with Bowen. The latter defeated
Myer and Carroll defeated Bowen. McAuliffe
defeated Carroll, and still Myer is more
Dempsey and Fitzsimmons.
Negotiations between Jack Dempsey and
Fitzsimmons are still going or, although reports
have it that they have agreed to fight for a
purse of $4,000. Fitzsimmons has, 1 think,
signed the articles of the New Orleans Club
offering the money, but there is no definite
proof that Dempsey has appended his sigma
ture TO them. There has certainly been more
talk regarding battle between these men than
between any other two men for long time
Certainly Dempsey has never been as long IN
coming to terms with any man as he has been
with Fltzsimmons, and apparently Dempsey is
no nearer coming to terms now than he ever
was. 1 do not blame him for delay,
and in fact l would not blame
Fitzsimmons he will meet the biggest man he
has ever faced in y ring, because Fitzsmmons'
l54 pounds are made up of almost nothing else
but bone and sinew He is powerful fellow
and 1t will require a very strong blow to knock
him down. In reality had Fltzsimmons been
an American it is almost certain that he would
have been fighting among the heavy weights.
Still he can scale at middle-weight and that
terms 1t is to be hoped that they will stop their
talking. But there is another danger menacing
a battle between them, viz: the police authori-
ties. Were Dempsey and Fitzsimmons matched
everybody In the country in any way interested
in pugilism and sports would be talking about
the event. This would certainly force the po-
lice authorities to take notice of it, and the
probability nowadays is that an important bat
tie will not be allowed. Before finishing my
about the pugilists, may mention
that George Dixon, the colored feather-weight,
who had q burlesque with Wallace, the English
man, and johnny Murphy will fight Thursday
night Both are In active training, and If MUIR
ply cannot stand good deal of punishment,
be 10 likely to be defeated. PRINGLK.
MOTHERS, do not be without shiloh's Cure in
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