Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-04
Sporting Notes.

PIG LEG-Robert Bonner, the owner of Maud
| 5, is not dead.
If the capitalists go ahead the players may kick
] but they must follow.
! MANAGER HANLoN is quoted as being emphat-
| fcally opposed to consolidation.
| JOHN KELLY, the baseball celebrity, said to-
night that he would back Cal Mccarthy for 81, 600
| against George Dixon.
! EsTHE East End Gymnasium football team will
play the Washin gton y eferson team on Saturday
! on the lattcr's grounds.
TIE 1lve-mie road race of the Harrisburg
Wheel Club which was run on Saturday was won
! by W. =. POfenberSer in 81 .0l.
| FX-UNPIRE KELLY is furnishing the money for
Jimmy hGnnard; the -. Paul Kid in the Iatter's
! PRINCETcN's rusher. Warren has had his knee
/ knocked out of joint. The pcris of war are just
hit in advance of the perls Of football--but it's
! exciting.
road saturday near Reading in hour. minutes,
70 seconds. beating the previous best record by
three and one-half minutes.
THE Chicago Athletic Association, with . 900
members, has been organized and grand club
house Will be erected down town. Ii will be
social as well as athletic affair.
GUY WILKES now has four s-year-ods with
records of better than 80 They are sable Wilkes
2:l8: Regal Wilkes. 2:i9, and Lillian Wilkes,
2:l's. all trotters, and the great young PAGER
Rupee, 2:l6>n.
PREPARATIONS are already under way by the L.
A. W. officials to arrange tor big racing circuit
next season, beginning in May and continuing
until October. The idea is favorably received by
the racing men.
IN accepting the, League pennant President
fare has had Il depressing effect on the game bur
am in position t" say almost positively that next
year the old order of things will be restored and
| only one representative club will play in Brook
| lyn."
THE gloves which TO be used BY George Cod
Trey and Ed Smith in their contest at the Puritan
Athletic Club one from Tuesday, will be
shipped from Boston Tomorrow. They are
modelled after the style of the California Athletic
Club gloves and weigh tritie over four ounces
each.
TO-DAY the following bicycle clubs will hold
lers. Harlem Wheelmen, Gotham Wheelmen
Riverside Wheemen, Manhattan Bicycle Club
Atlanta Nheelmen, Union County ROadsters
Hudson County Wheelmen, and Palisade Wheel.
men.
A DISPATCH from New Orleans saws: Articles
OF agreement for hre-ounce glove contest on
November % before the Audubon Club in this
city. have been signed by Tommy Warren OF
California and Tommy Miller. OF Indiana, ieath-
Irweights, at lis pounds, give or take two pounds
The fight will be for purse Of 81 OOO $50 TO the
winner and $3.50 to the loser.
Ir appears that in the recent Upham- Pitzlir
| fight, which took place At Galveston, both men
were so completely exhausted that they could
punishment, won by standing over Upham who
had fallen. until the ten seconds were called
when he fell into the arms of his seconds. The
men will meet again shortly.
FORTUNE has smiled Jack McAuIiffe during
the past week. and he has accumulated greenbacks
enough 10 make fair sized bank roll.'' He will
sail for Europe in two weeks with PIN Dwyer
Meanwhile lie will make books at the Elizabeth
race track during the meeting, which commences
tomorrow. with his old partner James Dayy
under the firm name of McAulife & Co.
I'd SMITH the Denver boxer, who is to spar
the Fall River boat last night. He was accom-
panied by William Muldoon. Jake Kilrain and
coming match in Rhode Island. Smith trained at
Muldoon' farm at Belfast. n. l.. for two weeks
he has been running 20 miles day around the
Ridgewood Reservoir.