The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-13
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
League and Association Magnates
Talk Of Ending the War.
THE YAlE-HARVARD GAME,
The Makeup of the Two Great Teams
AnaIyzed-Jack FaIvey Consents to Meet
Austin Gibbons-why Does Madden De-
cline DoIan's Offer?-The Pryn-Purceli
Race Tomorrow.

ana we may expect some sensational de-
velopments before they adjourn. Charles
A. Prince of the Boston Association club
was in New York yesterday in consulta-
tion with President Soden of the Boston
League club. 1t appears that during the
session of the League on Wednesday the
matter of a twelve-club League was
spoken of informally and as Mr.. Prince
was the originator Of the scheme the sug-
gestion was made by Mr. Soden that he
see If Mr.. Prince could be brought TO New
York to talk the matter over AT the
conference, besides Messrs. Prince and
Soden, were Messre. Brush Of Cincinnati,
Byrne of Brooklyn, Robson Of Cleveland,
Spalding of New York and Rogers of
Philadelphia.
Mr.. Prince gave his views regarding a
12-club circuit, which he thought would
be a success and stop the baseball fight.
lie said that there was no doubt but he
and the Boston League club could come
to terms in that city.
Can it be that the fight is to be called
of There is one stumbling block in the
way of peace. Mr.. Prince may be in favor
of IL, but 81 Of the 100 shares of stock of
the Boston Association club are held by
President Zach Phelps of the American
Association, and as he and the rest of that
organization are not in favor of going
over TO the League, il is probable that Mr..
Prince may find some difficulty in selling
out to the League, even If he should agree
on terms with that body.
Present indications point toward a
great game when the Harvard and Yale
teams meet at Springfield week from to-
morrow. Despite the gloomy rumors
that come from New Haven, Yale is not
depressed. McClung has got a team
whose strength, experience, alertness and
perienced players like Heffelfnger, Nor
rison and McClung, not to men
tion Stlllman, Bliss and Barbour,
are likely to keep Harvard's expert
ments who play opposite them. guessing
during the game. With Mackie. Waters
and Corbett eligible to play, Harvard's
team has been strengthened immensely.
In Jack Corbett Harvard has the greatest
half-back in the country. Richmond Fear
ing's splendid sprinting powers will serve
him, and, If he gets to going once, nobody
can catch him. Dan Shea will be missed
His knee has not knit sufficiently to allow
his playing. Bangs is a good man, but
he lacks the strength of Shea. Mackie
as he showed by his work in the
Freshman team last year. Capt. Trafford
will play full-back, and everybody knows
what he can do in that position. In Halo
well and Gage Harvard has two good
players. To sum up, Harvard has team
of no ordinary calibre. Individually it
compares favorably with Yale, and though
it lacks the system and signals of the
New HBven team ii makes up in strength.
Ii will be a great game, and the winners
will know that they have been playing
football.
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Jack Falvey has signified his willing
ness TO meet Austin Gibbons in fifteen
round glove contest for scientific points
before the Rhode Island Athletic Club,
and nothing now remains but for the two
men TO sign articles. Falvey has been
considering the proposition for several
days and yesterday gave his answer. He
sent the following dispatch to the News
from Newport
SPORTING EDITOR NEWS
Have accepted X. |. Athletic Clubs offer to
box Austin Gibbons JACK FALvEY.
Gibbons was notified of Falveys accept
ance yesterday and may be heard from
before the week closes. At present moth
ing stands i'm the way of these two expon-
ents of the manly art coming together
and it is the hope of the fraternity that no
stumbling block will be put i'm the way of
a match between them. Both have now
said 'yes," and patrons of boxing here
abouts should see some pretty boxing.
THE house warming of the Providence
Cycling Club occurs on Nov. %, at : u. M
Refreshments will be served during the
evening and mnsic will be furnished by a
full orchestra and by the Vendetta Club
All wheelmen in the State are cordially
invited.
At 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon Fred
Pryor and Lawrence Purcelle will toe the
scratch at Narragansett Park. At the
crack of the pistol they will 90 flying
down the track and the first man to breast
the tape will be the proud possessor of the
500 stake money and the gate receipts.
The poor loser gets nothing, The major
ity of the money is back Of Pryor, but
Purcelle has many staunch followers, and
they will show their strength at the track
TO morrow If they think their man is
right.
Jim Dolan is at loss to account for
Billy Madden's action in regard To the
matter of bringing Peter Maher here to
Madden said he would like To show his
man to a Rhode Island audience, and
when Dolan accepted the proposition then
Madden said no" he would mot allow
Maher to meet anybody who had been/
feated" That was Madden's declaration
Nnen lNaHeI llIHL dTIlNtu III IniS ",
but how near has he clung to iti He
hasn't met a first class man yet. The
only men he has put on the mittens
with being Davis, Jim DAILY, and
Jack Fallon, all third or fourth
rate men, who have been beaten.
But when il comes TO Dolan, Madden says
he will not let his man meet anybody
who has been defeated. In what respect
does Dolan differ from Davis, DAILY and
Falloni In one point in particular, in
that he has never been defeated. Dolan
fought draw with Jack Ashton, de
feated Jimmy Doherty of Boston, and beat
Jim Glynn of Brooklyn but the referee
called il n draw lie has never been de
feated, and Madden should find some other
subterfuge than this behind which 20
shield Maher. IL was the same way with
Madden when he was here with big Joe
McAuliffe lie was offered good sum 20
let the Mission Boy" meet Dolan for four
rounds, but refused. III Madden really
believes Maher TO he the man he would
have other people think he is, he can win a
good bit OF money by bringing his protege
here and letting him go against Dolan.
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