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

Borchers, ex-pitcher of the Chicagos, Is
still with the Oaklands Of California.
Schacfer gives lessons in masse shots
TO Nicolini.-NeW York World. Jake
| should try his hand ON single cushions
| with Slosson.
On the witness stand John b. Day swore
that G~lasscock's salary with the New
York National league club H. S,O oC
pretty stiff figure for 'Slippery Jack"
James II. Herald, Of Denver, and thar
lie Mitchell, Of COLORADO Springs, weller
weights, are matched to meet within
thirty days for n purse OF $uo, nj some
| point i'm Colorado. Gloves will he used.
The Philadelphia Ledger indignantly
denies the statement that the Phiiadei.
phia players are a lot OF lushcrs, mat
| win was served to them by the directors
Mt the dinner given i'm their honor pciore
they left for the south.
The hacker Of Pat Farrell says that he
will back him against Reddy gallagher
for a purse offered by any club and bc,
s 1000 on the outside, or will back Farrell
against any middle-weight In the world
under h same conditions.
The black mare Queen, by Mambrino
Boy, dam Fanny Lawton, the properly OF
T. 4. Curtis, dropped a fllly by Axtcll at
Independence, Ia, yesterday. h Is
the first and only product by the greatest
young stalliOn III eNistcHces
President Fulda of the California Atl-
letic club says that a S2O,OO purse VIII ne
Forthcoming when Sullivan is in n posi-
ton to fight jackson. With this point
settled, we may expect the two gladiators
10 meet in August or September.
II is stated by an authority that 20 per
cent. of the trotting and thoroughbred
brood mares i'm Kentucky are barren or
have slipped their foals this season. The
loss is not only large, but will cause a
shortage Of yearlings next spring.
Get.ein has signed a contract to play
with the Boston league this summer. lie
makes the third pitcher, Strengthening
the team in its only doubtful point, and
no one else will be engaged. The tri-
umvirs already claim the championship.
Early next week Billy Madden, who was
here some years Y with Mitchell, VIII
arrive from the coast with the two Nc
Abilities, the big fellow OF San Francisco,
and the recent opponent of Jimmy Gar.
roll, who belongs O in the weiter-weight
class.
President Stern will gloat over The cap
ture of Duryea and Foreman, u thinks
he is square with the Players league.
Perhaps, Brer Stern, but there is no tell
ing what the future may bring fortn.
These two players may yet cost dear, as
may your jump into the league.-Sporf'ng
Life.
President Young says the attendance at
the opening games of the season will be
watched closely and will indicate a great
deal. He thinks the league will gain and
the brotherhood lose as the season pro-
crosses. The brotherhood players, he
thinks, have reached the maximum, and
give no promise of Improvement, while
the majority Of the league have records to
make and will make them.
The New York Sporting World alleges
that a syndicate of hackers has c
formed for the urpose of having n Sc
lccted horse entered i'm the selling races
at such weights that he cannot lose. The
plan of the combination is TO have the
selling price so low that he will be hanui-
capped so lightly as to he far superior to
his competitors. IL the horse is bid up
the pool can easily stand the increase in
price out of the winnings made. Wonder
ment, n recent winner mt 10 TO ! against,
is said To be one of the racers thus "handi-
capped"