The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-18
SPORTING GOSSIP.

Every league and association player
| now with the Players league IL on the
blacklist. The order went In force April 1.
Billy Dacey will now nave to wait until
next month II he wants to fight Billy
Myer. The latter has more engagements
fulfill.
Detroit has the making Of n star catcher
in Wells, who was signed the other day.
There IL some talk OF signing young CAL
vim, the Missouri catcher, whom Won der
Abe released.
The great Derby winner, Rowdy Rod,
the son Of the famous English setter,
RO~deriRo-Juno A., has been purchased by
the Elmwood kennels of Fort Wayne,
Ind, for $500.
The Denver heavyweight, Edward
last week, will probably take the place OF
kilrain in the Muldoon combination. He
is In st. Louis at present.
Manitowoc, Wis.,, claims the champion
sardinc eater. His record Is ten quarter
boxes. straightaway. He was offered 81
to finish another quarter box, but weak
ened, and offered to eat bananas.
The celebrated Australian ~race-horse
Chicago, winner of the Melbourne cup,
has landed safely In England from the
antipodes. Chicago will be the companion
OF Ringmaster, at Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Ed Smith when asked why he did not
train for his match with Mike Cleary at
Hot Springs, Ark, answered that he +" did
not need any training, as he could rot do
any bleeding in the country barring the
big 'un. SeeH
Frank Moor's hacker writes to the Illus
trdted Ns,rs that he will back Moor
contest or a finish fight with small gloves,
q side TO put up 500, and the winner
to take two-thirds of the gate receipts.
Billy Madden took his propensity to lie
with him When he vent to the Pacific
coast. "There have been many days
when McAuliife has cleared as much Ms
$4,000 OH the race track" he told Billy
cisco.
The Johnny Files and Fiddler Neary
fight has been declared OFT for want of
enthusiasm, as the management did not
see any great prospect OF getting over S15
or $40 In the house. People are getting
tired OF ancient history n back-number
pugilism.
There was : much excitement over
SO many people wanted to see the
McAuliife and Carroll fight that the Cali
fornia Athletic club directors decided not
TO issue any invitations whatever, and i'm
consequence no deadheads were allowed
to witness the contest.
California friends of lack Dempsey
claim that the middle-weight champion
old them that he would never fight a fin
ish battle again, and that he hasn't a cen
that he a call his own. Dempsey says
that hereafter he will travel with some
combination OF the road.
The turf patrons of Memphis are simply
wild on Riley and will take any kind OF a
bet on him Ii is an open secret that he
is being specially prepared for the Ken
lucky Derby and Tom Kiley has been en-
gagged to ride him. 1t is likely that he
will start at Memphis ut all.
"Patsy Kerrigan is the only man, says
John l.. Sullivan, "that ear whip Jack
McAulifre." And Mac returns the COM
pliment with the following: II shall
bring Big Joe McAuliife east with me, as
l think he is the man to e%xtinguish John
l.. Sullivan's championship light. as in
my opinion he can defeat the big fellow
easily.
The Puritan Athletic club has decided
tended for: 1850 for Jack Dempsey and
Toff Wall, and allow Wall $3.50 for ex-
penses to this%c country: $1,000 for George
Dixon and Cal. Mccarthy, and $1,000 for
Mike Cushing n Austin Gibbons, says
the New York sun. Both the last named
pugilists have written to the secretary Of
the club that they accept h offer.
The match between Billy Murray, of
New York, and Jack Lynch, of Phila-
delphia, has been declared of by the Erie
Athletic club of Buffalo. The club wanted
Lynch To post a forfeit with the club as a
guarantee of his appearance In the ring,
but this Lynch would not do, and so the
match was declared Off. Murray now Of
fers To meet any ITO pound man In the
world II any club will give a purse.
The erratic Ike O'Neil Weir writes Pres
islanf Jacksnn ~ tho 1eci.lantal thas hn
will he in San Francisco looking for "a
match with ony one in his class in a few
days. Weir "hopes to spend n pleasant
summer at Jackson's place Mt Inansilito,
he remarks, 'as he owes jackson several
hundred dollars for training expenses i'm
his battle with Murphy. the Australian"
The Occidental president thinks weir's
nerve is simply superb. Weir also wants
a big purse put mp.