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

General sporting NOteSs
THE League magnates to-day.
ST. PAUL is already making arrangements for
team next season.
NEW YORK State League is one Of the possibil-
tiles for next season.
ENGL1sHMEN refuse to accept windle's record OF
2:15 for a mile on bicycle.
BILLY ALvoRp now says that Pfeffer may give
him q chance to play third base.
CONSTANT READER-The Cincinnati team fin
ished ahead of the Pittsburg team.
THERE will be foot race of 100 yards Saturday at
Recreation Park between John 7. Glessner anu
John Culbert for 500 side.
MADISON, WIS.,. is to have a kite track of the
most approved order. 1t will be the first in the
State. Ten such tfacks are now in existence.
Ma sod
made to see their mistake when 1t is too late.
TIE New York Herald says that John B. Day has
The paper also says that Jack is too sensible to
violate such document.
THE race announced to take place at Homewood
Park Yesterday between Howard NJ and ,,d,,y Tay
against time and his best effort was 2:264.
W. L. HAMERsLEY yesterday sold his colt, In,
ss Tes to-
81 500. Inferno has won four purse racesout OF l3
starts this year.
In yesterdays article in this paper regarding a
silver cup for local football teams the name of Mr.
Brainard was by mistake used instead of the name
of Mr.. Wells, of the East End Gyms.
CALVIN. SwartwoOd and Jim Mcknight lett on
their hunting trip. Calvin had no gum but had
he will fell his game. He wants to keep his arm in
form.
MANY of the fastest trotters and PAGERS are much
smaller than people suppose. Nancy Hanks is l5
hands IL inches high and weighed last week $40
pounds. Jay-Eye-See weighed 80 pounds when in
training and is scant 10 hands high and used to
weigh 760 pounds.
1T is said that Horace Brown, the American
trainer, will return from Europe this winter and
will campaign his stable that has been invinctbe
there through the grand circuit next year. Among
them will be BOsque Bonita, 2:lS. the champion OF
Europe, MOllie Wilkes, Cash and Misty Morning.
JACK BOYLE much as told Cincinnati news
paper man that he would play with Cincinnati
next season. Said Jack: 'Comiskey told me not
over two months ago. could have signed with
the Cleveland League team. but have been wait
ing ever since to hear from Comiskey.h
JACOB RUPERT, the brewer, is increasing his
racing string at Gravesend. He is said to have
paid John pwyer SI5 600 for the 2-year flly Dash
ing Belle, by Hi Ban, out of RefractiOn. The flly
began racing at Guttenburg on January |, and had
ming six races. She has earned a rest, and may do
well in her 3-year-old form.
Tom BURNS, in reminiscent mood the other
day, told this story of once famous Chicago bat
terry soon likely to be united i'll death; Flint and
COrcoran had funny signals for changes of curves.
We did not tumble to It for a long time ourselves.
for Corcoran was an extremely cautious fellow.
He invariably carried mammoth chew of tobacco
in his mouth, and when he chewed he lifted 1t
about with movement that resembled the actions
Of an elephant begging peanuts of a crowd of chill
dren Flint noticed this peculiarity and one day
he suggested to Larry that he make his curve sig
mails by shifting the chew. II worked to CHARM
and many old timer was fooled.h