Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-08
General Sporting Notes.

MARK BALDWIN is in Cincinnati.
LA BLANCHE and Greggians are matched to fight
December II.
IT is stated that Van Zandt will sign New York
club contract.
THERE is an important letter at this ONCE for W.
Simpson, the boxing teacher.
&c. McCLELLAND wants TO run any man in
America from to Is miles in rink.
C..s.-Harry Hutchens has the record for 800
yards. He ran the distance in 30 seconds.
AND there may be many important changes in
the local club before the year is finished.
JOHN LONG, Of McKeesport. is willing to take
three yards start in 100 yards from Ed Beck for
$500 side.
Tim Hurst should be mixed up with professional
sprinters.
JOHN LocKLIN. the well-known. has returned
from Chicago, where he has been making books on
the races.
GEORGE SMITHS hacker states that he, Smith.
ran his trial on q bad track in SlH seconds on
Wednesday.
THE East End Gym football team win meet the
famous Altoonas. one of The strongest teams in
Western Pennsylvania. next Saturday.
"A Anew days ago Manager McG Gunnigle stated that
Pat Power, now manager of the New York team,
was one of the best managers in the world.
THE East End Gymnastic Club will give its first
monthly athletic entertainment of the season '91-
'92. consisting of boxing. wrestling and class
exercises shortly.
J. D. t.: We decline to publish any statement
about Yesterdays affair. The least said about it
true, but we cannot make them public.
d. A. STEVENS is one of the most promising
young amateur ball players IN Western Pennsyl-
vania. Minor leagues should keep their eye on
him, as he is good pitcher and a good infelder.
PRINCE told Boston reporter that he would
agree to join the League circuit providing the Asso-
citation clubs in Chicago and Philadelphia were
also taken in It's very doubtful if the League
will open its arms to the Mcdonald aggregation.
D.. 2. ILLS, the brilliant goal for the Home
stead football team, will sail on the 18th of the
present month for his native heath, ''bonnie''
Scotland. He will returnAn time to participate in
some of the games to be played In the second series
Of League games.
JACK O'BRIEN, the middle-weight will agree to
the proposition of George LIE Blanche and allow
him EGO for expenses, and deposit that amount
with Richard X. Fox. The National Club has also
decided to put up purse of EI0o-E350 to the win
ner and ESQ to the loser, the fight to take place
December q.
WHEN Amos Rusie left New York City he prom
fsed the directors that he would give them a fair
chance to sign him at reasonable salary before
coming to an agreement with any other club.
Shortly before he signed with Mike McDonald's
club in Chicago Rusie wrote to a director of the
local club offering TO sign here for s. 800 The d.
rectors did not think that figure came under the
IN regard to the offer of the National Club of
London, to put up a purse of f4Oo for an interna-
tional prize fight between Dick Burge, Of New
castle-on-Tyne, the lightweight champion of Eng
land, and Austin Gibbons, of Paterson. N. j., the
following was received at the Police Gazette Office
yesterday: "Austin Gibbons will accept the offer
made by the National Club of London, and 90 to
England to fight the lightweight champion, Dick
Burge, If the National Club will allow Austin ELS
tor expenses. If this offer will suit the National
Fox: and Austin and myself win at once leave for
England. JIM GIBBONS.n