The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-19
Big Purses for Trotters Offered by a
Grand Rapids Man.
PROF. WALKERS EXHIBITION.
McGunnigIe Signs Arthur whitney for
Pittsburg-Doings on the Football Field
Prof. Davis will Fence Before the
Rhode Island Athletic Club Tonight.

made this year that it is but natural 10
believe that there will be a continuation
of the ecord-smashing next season, and
many questions in dispute at present as
to the superiority Of certain flyers Will
have TO be settled.
Don j. Leathers, president Of the Grand
| Rapids Trotting Association, will ofier
| SlOO,OOO for great week of races at the
meeting of the Michigsn Horse Breeders
in Grand Rapids, the last week in Au-
| gust, 1892. 1t was Mr. Leathers who Of
| fered $4,000 for the Allerton Nelson match
race, at that time the largest purse offered
for trotting horse race. He now comes
| out with s5O,0OO purse for race for the
trotted by Palo Alto, Stamboul, Allerton,
| Nelson, Axtell, Del March and Pat
| Downing. Mr.. Leathers also offers S25,-
600 for a race for Arion, 2:l0a Monbars,
| 2:1S; Ralph Wilkes, 2:1s, and Bermuda
| Boy, the great 2-year-olds of 1891. The
other races will be contested for stakes
and purses agRregating $4,000.
The Harvard eleven played iSs last prac-
| tice game yesterday aft ternoon before q
large crowd of enthusiastic students and
| many reporters. Neither Dexter nor Vail
| played, both being laid up with lame
| legs. The team lined up as follows: Hal
| lowell, right end; Newell. right tackle;
Mackie. right guard; Bangs, centre; High
lands, left guard; Waters, left tackle; En-
mons, left end; Gage, ,quarterback; Cor
bett and Lake, half backs; Trafford, full
back. This is the team, with the possible
exception of left guard, where Dexter will
probably play, that will meet Yale Satur-
day.
1t is claimed by many people who have
seen Harvard foot ball teams play for
years past, that the team this year Is the
strongest that ever wore the crimson. IL
has been said that the team was weak and
the Harvard boys did not contradict the
story. IL Yale beheves it, woe be unto
her. On the other haid, Yale is playing
n little of the possum, and all in all, II
seems to be a bluff" all around, each
trying TO make the other believe that their
team is of"
Manager McGunnigle of the Pittsburg
league club signed Arthur Whitney yes
terday To play third base next season, and
in doing so he ns.de big strike. While
only an average batter, Whitney is one of
the finest fielders at third base in the coun-
try. He lives in Lowell. For several sea-
sons he covered third bag for the New
York club, in both the National and Play
ers leagues, and the past season he was
with the Cincinnati association team up
to its disbandment.
On the football field yesterday the Bos-
ton Athletic Association beat the New
York Athletic Association - to U. The
Il. "A. A. did not have the easy time that
some thought they would. They had a
trifle the best of it in weight in the rush
game. The defensive work was not so
good, and nearly all the gains made by
New York were through the line.
Probably the last foot ball game of the
season at Tufts was played yesterday be-
tween the second eleven and the Medford
C.l. lN..lea e... o
The best work for Tufts was done by
Craig, johnson and Ricketts,.
The Fall Rivers did about as they liked
with the Allen Academy boys of West
Newton yesterday. They were minus three
of its strongest men, but the visitors were
prevented from scoring. The score was
40 to o.
Prof. Walkers sparring exhibition in
Temperance Hall, Central Falls, last
night furnished rattling sport for the de-
votees of the game ana was a disappoint-
ment in only one particular +: The boys
had expected to see Barney Hubbard, the
Boston featherweight put Montreal" "
out and he didn't, but he administered
such drubbing to the Valley Falls man
that although he managed TO keep on his
feet, he was badly defeated man and "A
complete Knockout would not have in
jured his reputation one whit. He was
willing TO quit in the last round but the
Kisses of the crowd put enough new life
into him To make him stay the time out.
There was "A crowd numbering between
800 and 400 in the hail when the exhibi-
ton opened at $50 o'clock. Ernest HUI
mold was master OF ceremonies and intro
duced for the first "Ro" Joe Eaton of
Olneyvile and Eddie Kelly of philadel-
phia For three rounds they mixed il up
lively enough to suit the audience and re-
ceived a hearty ovation when the wind-up
~ lay
Eddie Boyle, chicken weights, who ehter-
tanned the crowd for few minutes with "A
very clever exchange of compliments.
Then came Matthew Flaherty and Jim
Driscoll, both of Boston. They were big,
strapping fellows, stifty on their feet, but
il they knew much of the art of give and
take they kept il in reserve last night for
their set-to was the tamest Of the evening.
Gus Ilunold, the famous club swinger,
added little variety TO the program by
his clever act, and the frequent rounds of
hearty applause which burst from the
audience during his turn, showed that
boxing was not the only thing that inter
ested them. Fred Pierce and George Fay
put the mittens on for three rounds and
gave one of the best goes of the evening.
Fay was too heavy for his opponent, but
the latter made n very good showing
against him. A tch-as-catch-can wrest-
ling match between Fred Davis and Jones
was announced. Davis won the first fall
and Jones the next, and the match was
called draw.
Then came the wind-up, the event of
evening, between John Portlock alias
Montreal" and Barney Hubbard. IL
was for four rounds. In the first round
Montreal" started in To rush matters,
as is his custom, but Barney stopped that
in quick order and for the balance of the
set-to Montreal" forgot what his hands
were for and simply tried TO avoid pun
ishment by clnching. Hubbard kept
landing on the right spot with stif upper
cuts and notwithstanding "Montreal's"
hugging had him going two or three
times, but the latter saved himself on
each occasion by dropping to the floor or
clinching. At the end of the contest
Monte" was defeated in every sense of
the word but was still on his feet.
In addition to the contest between Sulli-
van and Conley at the Rhode Island Ath-
letic Club tonight Prof Felix Is. Davis
will appear in "A foil contest with friend.
end there will also be one or two club
swinging turns, besides wrestling match.
It will be an athletic entertainment i'm
every sense of the word There will prob