The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-05
SPORTING GOSSIP.

The New York club will nave two OF the
four leading batsmen of the league this
scason-Glasscock and Herman.
Charles Green, the English champion,
is at Iron Mountain, Mich, where he will
wrestle Tom King a mixed match between
now and April II.
Dan HONG, n good portion Of whose
string are now at the Jersey tracks. will
take in n part of the western circuit, COM
mencing probably at 81. Louis.
The indianapolis SIN takes n stand in
support of Brush. II SAYS he could not
help leaving u league, and is, therefore,
not To be blamed because indianapolis
will nave no team this season.
They are making a book i'm Schaefer's
room on the coming tournament. The
odds are rs follows: Three To I each
each DAILY and Cation, and % To l Heiser.
"Chappie" Moran, who met defeat at the
hands of Tommy Kelly, the "Harlem Spi-
der" for bantam-weight championship
some time co., has departed for England,
where he will spend his time for some six
months to come with his folks.
"Small men are no longer in favor with
the boxing clubs" writes "a friend from
San Francisco. ~ think Australian MUIR
ply and Tommy Warren are the last little
pair you will see put together here. They
have given no end of trouble"
Manager Sharshig of the Athletic club,
a y that he has n scheme on foot which
il carried ont will enable him to nave from
10 TO 81 days instead of only - days i'm
which his club will not have conflicting
games with the league and brotherhood
clubs.
Foreman pitched forty-four games for
Baltimore last season and won twenty
four of the number. Duryea pitched forty
Il D.. fH....,at. aD1 x.A.. sItr.sx. kft.1
lane lost ten out of twenty-four. Niau
won twenty-threc out of forty-two. Such
a quartet Of pitchers should enable tho
Cincinnatis to occupy "A good position III
the race this season.
II Mari comes up To the expectations
Hicks Carpenter would make "a valuable
man for the Philadelphia league team
The New lorks cannot use him, as DEM,
and Sickle will cover that bag, but tho
Phillics are weak at that point. In fac
Chicago, Brooklyn and New York are tho
only league clubs well provided in thai
position.
John Is. Day states that there is not ono
word of truth in the story that John L
Brush owns al interest M the New iorl
club. He has disposed of his players out
right. He retains his franchise In thu
! league and that Is all. II Is evident tina
Mr.. Brush Is trying To let himself dow
easy with the people of indianapolis.
Patsy Cardiff, the Peoria giant, passed
through Chicago Tuesday, IN route Il
Boston To fight George Godfrey, the ex
colored champion of Boston. Cardiff
looks exceedingly well, and will try am,
give the colored man a great fight. ="
don't say said Cardiff, 'that ! can whiJ
him. but you can depend on il that vii
try and do my best To Ito so."
Says the Pittsburg Dispatch: "Tim'
and time again we have been told tina
black-listed players would never he takeI
bach by the brotherhood; indeed, the yer.
fact of the existence OF a blacklist at al
would indicate that desertcrs were dom
for. But subsequent events proved tina
this blacklist was one of the most VERT
able frauds that has ever been foiste'
upon the base ball public. II has proven
beyond n doubt that those who conceive'
and issued il to the world have an ide1
that the patrons of the national game ar
nothing more or less than children VIII
can be hoodwinked at n stage Of tn
proceedings. Why, IL Is now plain I
every one Of us that u boast OF honor !
the shape OF the blacklist was an impos
ton OF the rankest kind"