The Anaconda standard., 1890-04-12
ANACONDA STANDARD: MORNING APRIL a. 1900

Grand Rapids. The club 10 named for
him and he is its president. Mr.. Weston
has already spent about $4,000 on base
ball In his town.
Judging from the wav In which the Yale
| college team did up the Athletics OF the
American association Saturday, II will
take q great team to beat them for the
college pennant.
Jockey Donohue, who spent last Sunday
in ST. Louis, says II is doubtful II he will
ride any races the coming season. He is
well enough fixed financially not to need
TO ride for living.
Gus Schmelz has quick-moving team
that should start out a winner at the jump,
like last years Cleveland club, whether IL
can keep II up when the midseason pres
sure Is on or not.-kansas City Star.
Cal McCarthy's hacker declares that
George Dixon is only looking for newspa-
per notoriety, and says that Cal will fight
him TO q finish within four months,
Queensberry rules, for 5000 side. Big
talk that.
The Philadelphia Press says the fact
that Mark Baldwin sought q quarrel with
Anson at the Hot Springs indicates that
the Chicago Up. L. twirler would fight n
man over 50 years of age IL necessary TO
carry his point.
Starter J. +. Caldwell is suffering from
q severe cold, and, acting upon the advice
Of many friends, will take rest of week
or ten days. He will hold the flag at
Elizabeth, which meeting begins on the
18th instant, but before that time will
have visited one or two southern cities
where he has business, and hopes TO re-
turn in good health.
II Jack McAuliffe is anxious for more
fighting he can be accommodated without
going further than the Hub for GUS
f<s. Hl,<. n.x1lo IA
Mahoney and John L. Sullivan are anx-
ious that Paddy Kerrigan be given q
chance against the Brooklyn man, and
stand ready to back Kerrigan for $500
side, the men TO fight at 133 pounds, give
or take two pounds.
The Western Association Of Amateur
Athletes has appointed a committee TO
draft q programme for the all-round indi-
vidual championship, which will take
place early in the summer. Among the
Chicago people who will probably COM
pete are George Riddell of the Wanderers,
w. 5. Farrant OF the Unions and Ed.
Smith. The programme will include
about ten events and the man who scores
the most points will win the champion
ship.
The Athletic club OF Philadelphia re-
TO the issuing Of rain checks for the COM |
ing season. Rain checks will now be |
issued on all days which look doubtful, |
and will be given out at the time of pur- |
chasing tickets. II II should rain on that |
day then the checks will be good for any
game, but IL il does not rain the checks
are worthless. Each series OF checks will
be numbered.
There is a general fear on the part of
horsemen that this month will witness the
downfall Of the horse market with its in
Hated prices. About 1900 horses will be
sold at Lexington, and doomed prices
will have to succumb. One cause of the
poor demands the decline of road driv.
ing. In nearly all OF the large cities il has
dropped of nearly one-half, the reason
being the encrcaching of private resi-
iences on the good drives, the paving of
streets and laying OF street car tracks.
From the spring of 1879 until Tuesday
Df this week, says the Horseman, Gold
smith Maid was the fastest developed
lrotter that ever produced foal, and the
Golddust filly the repre-
OF the fastest combined trotting
'ecoris, the average record united i'm this
miss being 2:15H. April I,
lowever, Trinket divided the honors with
he Maid by fealing bay filly by Stam-
,oul, the 2:14 of her dam and 2:12Z OF her
lire making the average Of the records
lnited in her 2:13L.