Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-18
Sporting Notes.

jim MUrR1E says young snarrott will be retained
another season.
ONE thing is certain, Pittsburg needs a better
second baseman than Sam Wise.
A RACE between Priddy and McClelland on a
fine day ought to be great event.
JIMMY CALVIN, the game old sport, is right in
line again. His knee is almost well.
IF there is fine weather to-day the football
fun.
CALIFoRNIA-George Smith has no public record
for the distance you name. 1t is safe to say he is
'even time at least.
sticks ort vet for the p. l.. and none other. John
is real Oliver Cromwell warrior.
CHRIS VoS DER AHE says one result of the
amalgamatton scheme will be that about 30 ball
players will be thrown out of employment.
IT il stated that MANAGER Hanlon has been trv-
ing to several OF the Buffalo z. l.. players
We need better men, excepting one or two.
DIRECToR O'NEILL states that Mr.. Converse
has written him to the effect that the National
League in Pittsburg must have frst-class team.
GUY and Clingstone are in training at Inde-
pendence, s Ia; "a and viii be sent to lower their
snow flies.
jim CoRBETr, the California pugilist, has
adopted new device for hardening his hands
He has made couple of iron balls about the size
of billiard balls and is learning to juggle them.
The Boston Triumvirs have lines out for three
big stars. They are weak at second base. and
they want new outfelder and a third base
man that can bat. Bassett may be the second
baseman.
X. Z. HUNTINGTON. tennis player may never
cefved in the cross country hunt week before last
are more severe than at first supposed. He was
unable to play in the intercollegiate tourna-
ment last week.
DOYLE, the star catcher OF the Columbus club
has signed contract with the Cleveland Players
by the Columbus people with surprise, as they
were certain that he would remain there another
year. The contract was signed late Wednesday
night.
A BOSTON Brotherhood man comes out with a
statement that Buck Ewing has not been sincere
League, and claims that Buck has been working
heart and soul TO get John B. Day into new club
national game at heart all the time.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN was interviewed at Chicago
on Wednesday, and he pronounced the story sent
out from New York TO the effect that he would
challenge the winner of the slavln-Jackson fight
fake pure and simple He said: r.I'll fight
See? i am a fighter no more. have higher
aspirations. No one in New York or anywhere
else has right to talk fight for me. won't fight
this OUT
The Duke of Portland thinks that he owes
something to his great luck on the turf, and is
building some almshouses at his chief estate,
Welbeck, to commemorate the victories of his
racers. An inscription on the principal building
reads: .'These houses were erected BY the sixth
Duke of Portland, at the request of his wife, for
the successes of his race horses Ayrshire Two
Thousand Guineas and Derby, Donovan (Derby
and St. Leger). Memoir (Oaks and st. Leger),
Semolina and Others -
NEARLY all good football players have acquired
their knowledge of the game at college, but one
notable exception to the rule was Juan A. Smith,
who played with the Crescents Two years ago. He
was tower of strength to the Crescents, and
good alI-around athlete. How he happened to
take up the game was thus: Gong to Brooklyn as
a stranger, when not more than boy, he visited
Prospect Park one day. and; passing the parade
ground, saw the first football matcn of his life,
between the Pelytechnics and Prospects. After
watching them awhile he asked if they would al
low him to play, and the Prospects being short a
man, they gladly welcomed him. Taxing off his
coat and vest he started in and in less than two
minutes had the ball in his possession, and was
making for the opposite goal with his head down.
Suddenly his career was cut short his head COM
ing in contact with the pit of opponents stom-
ach. Both went down in a heap, the latter swear
ing vengeance as soon as he found breath enough
Smith made il all right however, by saying that
he thought that was the game. During the rest of
the match he played with such pluck and vigor
that he was asked TO join the team, which he did.
He afterward Joined the Crescents, where he
usually played halfback and became one of the
strongest players ever seen in this vicinity. He is
now engaged In manipulating corner lots in Mis-
soula, Oak.