The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-20
SPORTING GOSSIP.

Nichols promises 10 he Boston's winning
pitchc..
New Workers think young Rusie a better
pitcher Than Clarkson.
Cincinnati is the only club in the league
which has made any money so far.
C~orcoran, Pittsburg's short stop, is one
Of the best throwers In the profession.
Cleveland cranks are not stuck on Dele
hanty's nfiel play. They say lie is too
slow.
IL is said that Dick Roche has been
"Dave" Johnson's financial hacker until
recently.
The league will certainly :adopt the
doublc-umpire system before the end OF
the present season.
w. l.. Scott has sold TO NJ. 4. Downing
the Oliver colt and CutaIong, to w. &.
DAILY, Scashorc, by Wandercr.
John Huggins has offered $1,000 for the
2-year-old Lord Harry, who six months
NJ cost only S22o rs a ycarli.!g.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says the aver
| q ball crank pays more attention To the
attendance nowadays than to the score.
In ten games the New York League team
has made ~ base hits II 30 errors. The
Brotherhood team has made 80 hits and
As errors.
The historical parallel is plain. Robes
pierre the man and Robcspierre the horse
were both disappointed in the height of
their fame.
No short-stop in the Brotherhood. not
even excepting John Ward, is playing "a
better game nj short-fleld than Shindle OF
the Philadelphias.
The best stables at Overland park left
there during the past week for Pueblo To
he present ut the spring meeting which
begins Wednesday.
Charley Mitchell and Frank Slavin are
~wrangling over the conditions of their
f1.OOO match. Each wants To n his
own way In the matter.
Pete Browning has learned To sing
Little Annie Rooney" and "Down Went
McGinty." Pete and Arlie Latham will
go the stage next winter i'm n scrio-comic
turn.
Pyle. the 6-foot-linch pitcher whom An
son CAV "A trial two seasons ago, is bac
mington DELI club of the Atlantic asso-
citation.
The uncertainty Of Sullivan's case is
causing the California club directors con-
siderable apprehension. Several directors
havc already expressed doubts of securing
Sullivan at the proper time.
Fred Carroll says: "Kcep your eye on
the Chicago brotherhood club. They
think the pennant is already mortgaged
w .sfsh ~ "hN " tAH''
humiliating tumble in this race"
There Is considerable speculation rcla-
tive to the Australian fighters coming by
the next steamer. Jim Hall, middle
weight; Young Critic, light-wcight, and
Larry Foley, a~ntipodcan sport, are among
the party.
What a race the Kansas City derby will
be with Riley, R~obespierrc, Red Light,
Wrestler, Pilgrim, English Lady, Morse,
jed Milton aud Others of the good mes
entered in IL. Riley, ltobcspierrc and
Pilgrim are SURF starters.
Scoggan Bros. won the Introductory
race of the Louisville meeting last spring
with the ~2.yearSold Swiftcr, with Hollis up.
At Louisville they also won the first race
with Grandpa, also u 2-ycar-old. with the
same hoy In the d
The left-handcd twirlcr. Dupec Shaw,
who is at present living in Charlestown,
Mass, has received AN offer to pitch for
the Brooklyn Brotherhood team. He will
not accept until he is satisfied that his
arm il strong enough Ia tand the strain
throughout the season.
There is a strong feeling in San Fran
cisco In favor Of matching McAulifrc with
Jackson again. This change Of base may
bc from private information reccived
from the East. Interest in pugilistic mat
tiers Is waning. and a big match Is needed
To revive fistic sluggishncss.
nafiusofne Andy Mlllcr. one al the
a~uctioneers in harrington a Co.'s pool
room in Denver. sold the largest single
pool, horse against horse, ever sold In
the state OF Colorado, namely, Badge to
to beat Sir Dixon Ia the Brooklyn handi-
cap. each horse selling for sl,50O. making
"a 5000 card.
The Louisville COurief-JOnrpdi says:
THE statement made in a morning papcr
yesterday that Spokane has pleuro-pne-
monia Is utterly untrue. Spokane, ac-
cording to Noah Armstrong, his owner,
was never sick "A day In his life. and was
never in better condition than he was
yesterday and the day before"
Captain Arson says IL the National
lead would only nod its head, lac would
challenge the Players club in Chicago to
play n series Of seven or eleven games,
the entire receipts of the same to he given
To charitable institutions. He would also
make a side bet that the representatives
OF the old Chicago club would win.
Toledo is surprising the American asso-
citation people by its rccen brace-up and
fine ball playing. When the season
opened the general opinion was that To-
ledo was a weakling and would stand
little chance with the other association
clubs, but m the light Of recent events
that opinion has changed decidedly.
Scotty Fox, the well-known New York
lightweight, whom folks have begun tn
believe was through with ring contests,
has just ISSUED a challenge To meet any
man in the world. with or without gloves,
for $50 to Sl,00O a side. lie made such n