The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-07
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
The Idea Of a l2-CIub Baseball
League Has Been Abandoned.
THE HANLAN-McLEAN RACE.
slsvin and Mitchell Coming to America
Again to Make sullivan Come to Time
or Quit-The woodward-zimmerma
Pool Match-The Infantry Tournament.

The plan to settle the baseball difficulty
12 clubs, appears to have fallen through.
II was never a promising scheme. The
elements were too discordant 20 hope for
a permanent amalgamation, even IL the
National League hoped for such con-
summation, which Is doubtful. II one
major organization and an undisputed
territory is all that the game can stand,
it is best for the welfare Of the latter that
the old fight be continued, and on the
same lines, until the much mooted law OF
the survival of the fittest has chance to
get in its work and the weaker goes to the
wall.
Again are the rowers accused Of "fak-
ing" and down goes the professional
sculling another notch in the eyes Of the
public. This time the alleged fakirs are
Hanlan and Mclean who rowed on Oak
land Creek, Cal, yesterday afternoon for
$500 a side. Mclean having 100 yards
was not over 80 to the minute, but Hanlan
gained rapidly, and At the turn Mclean
was only two lengths ahead. But after
rounding the stake Hanlan stopped pull
ing, apparently to wipe the perspiration
from his brow, and allowed Mclean to
gain so yards.
1.-The pull home was q procession, Nc
Lean winning by 50 yards. Time-23m.
AS The large crowd hooted the rowers,
claiming the race was fake"
The time was when to think that Han
Ian would fake n race was as far beyond
the conception of the general public as TO
argue that the sun rises in the west.
II. Ia.
come to that pass where the professional
sculler, like the foot race, finds that
there's more money in throwing the race
than winning it,"
In another ten days we shall have Sla-
vim and Mitchell with us again--that Is, IL
the cable can be relied upon. They start
on the Brittanic next Wednesday. They
are short of the wherewithal which makes
il easy to get along In this life. and are
coming here after more American dollars;
but IL they are to be believed they are
coming here to make matches with Sulli-
has already agreed to meet his fellow
but this does not satisfy sla-
win, who says that on his arrival here
he will make Sullivan toe the mark or
quit. His vaporings will have very little
weight with the public on this side OF the
Atlantic. If he was in other company
tention to him, but as it Is they realize
that the pair are coming to make money,
and all their challenges will be simply for
the advertising there is in 1t. IL Slavin
really means business there is a forfeit or
s., 500 at the New York Herald Office de-
posted by Sullivan's hackers, which the
Australian can cover.
Mitchell says he would like to meet
Corbett for ten rounds, knowing full well
that the only condition on which the big
California would meet him would be in
finish contest.
The match in the pool tournament be-
tween Woodward and Zimmerman at the
st. George on Saturday night brought to-
gether the largest crowd that has wit
messed anv one game since the tourna-
ment opened. IL was nip and tuck from
start: to finish and when it was all over
Woodward had won by the narrow mar
gin of two games.
Tonight the game will be between Zim-
norman and Stewart, Crocker and Stone.
The athletic tournament of the +. l.. l.
at Infantry Hall on Wednesday will be
call out everybody who takes any interest
whatever in sport. IL will be their first
event of the kind which the infantry has
ever held, but in all probability It will
not be the last il it is the success which il
promises to be. The contests will be
among members Of the infantry exclu-
sively, and as there are some very good
athletes in the regiment the several events
on the card will be hotly contested. The
+. l.. has always been popular, and this
event promises to make 1t still more so.
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