Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-10
Sporting Notes.
Schmitt and Baker hitch very well.

jim FELL wants to fight any heavyweight in
the country. Poor Fell.
JEM CARNEY again offers to fight Jack Nc
AulIffe for S. 900 side and allow him $3.50 ex-
penses to fight in England.
PRESIDENT DAY positively refuses to allow
his club to play against Players League team.
Ewing is also opposed to the contest.
Manager Hanlon, in reply to Dunlap's state
ment says that Dunlap has only himself to
blame Tor any difficulty he may have gotten
into.
THE carpenters employed on the Chicago
Players club grounds are on a strike and caus-
ing great delay in the completion of the
stand.
]. T. DAILY. owner of Jack the Ripper. has
covered the forfeit of the owners of the fight
ing dog John L. Sullivan. The parties will
meet on Tuesday evening at o'clock to put up
the entire stake of $500 side.
GILMORE, the ex-Washington pitcher, is
working on the Washington new grounds as
carpenter. He would like to play ball this
year. and it is understood that he is making the
home management 1attering offers for con-
tract.
PARsoN DAVIES, Frank Stevenson, VIM. E.
Harding and Others known to pugilistic fame
have organized what they call the Puritan
Athletic Club, after the style of the California
Club. where prize fights of the Carroll-Mc-
Auliffe, Dempsey-LaBlanche pattern are held.
Tom O'RoURKE, the hacker of Geo. Dixon,
the colored feather-weight champion, has ac-
cepted the offer of the Pelican Club, of London,
for fight to a finish between his charge and
Nunc Wallace. the feather weight champion of
England. The Pelicans will put upNa purse of
81 500 for the contest and will allow Dixon $500
for expenses.
ALL the players of the New York (P. L)
club with the exception of Bill Brown, report
ed for duty at the grounds yesterday. but owing
to rain they were unable to do any practice.
The men expect to do an immense amount of
hard practice from now on to the opening of
the championship season, as they want to be in
prime condition Tor that event.
JAcKDEMPsEY writes to friend in NewYork
that when he arrives there he will challenge
"Toff" Wall to fight him for $500 side in this
country before an athletic club for purse, and
that he will personally allow Wall $3.50 to de-
fray his expenses. 1t is likely that Dempsey
will accept the offer of the Puritan Club of ST.
500 purse money to fight the Epglishman.
OF the eight leading batsmen of the League
last season six remain with the old organiza-
ton, namely Glasscock, Anson, Tiernan,
Thompson, Mexican and Wilmot. while two
Brouthers and Carroll-go with the Brother
zation in fielding in their respective positions,
Bennett, Anson, Dunlap, Benny, Glasscock,
and Wilmot remain. while Radbourn, Fogarty
and Radford are with the Brotherhood.
THE glove contest between Pete Mccoy, the
clever mddle-weight and Johnny Reagan, of
New York. which has been fixed to take place
at the Puritan Athletic Club, Long Island
City, on April II, will have to be postponed on
account of an injury to Reagan's left hand that
he received on Saturday at his training quar-
ters in Passaic, N. j. Billy Read, who is the
hacker of Reagan said last night that under no
circumstances could or would he allow the con-
test to take place on the 18th. 1t seems that
Reagan his return to his training quarters,
after a spin of ten miles. started in to punch
the bag, and while doing so he in some way let
his left hand hit the air hole of the bag, which
is surrounded by steel. 1t will take quite a lit
tie time for the injured hand to become strong
enough for him to use in fight. Warren Lewis,
hacker of Mccoy, has been notified, and when
he and Read have meeting to-day a postpone
ment of the affair will probably be decided
upon.