The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-09-24
SKILL AND MUSCLE.

According 20 the handicappers ihe,ho''
Of doing things i'm the amateur races al
Narragansett Park this week II would
seem that 10 was not Just the proper thlns
for runners 10 20 looking for prizes ~ any
of the big athletic clubs meets: lhere u
little In their system of handicapplng 10
encourage runner. This Is especially
true in the case of Martin ANA Smlth, Dolh
of the MetropOle club. Martln went on 70
New York last Saturday and Win q start
of ten yards won the 220 yard dash ana
first prize. When he came 70 start IN the
races at Narragansett Park ON Iuesday,
inetead Of having "a few yards start rs ne
expected, he found himself the scratch
man, and again yesterday IN both events
he was the scratch man, from iiNe To m.
teen yards behind men whom he would
have 10 hustle TO beat even. Then again
smith, who won the 100 yards handicap on
Tuesday. his first public appearance was
set back TO the scratch I'm both the 10 ana
the 800 yard dashes in the two events IN
which they entered they were the olly
scratch men. II was a funny coincidence
that the Metropole club men can get no
better than the scratch. Martin ana wei
10 get two second prizes
was talking with an old driver at
Narragansett Park yesterday afternoon
about horses. The nine starters had made
ten or n dozen futile attempts 10 score ana
performance when he remarked: tell
You they will eventually have 10 start a
horse in race Just as they do man
from the scratch IL does away with all
this tiresome scoring. It has been tried
successfully in South America and
Europe and | think the sooner IL Is
adopted in this country the better IL will
be for racing. IL will DO away with so
much waiting, which is the great point
against trOttingn The speaker Is an old
timer on the race track and has driven
some OF the fastest ones 20 victory. What
do you think of his suggestiony
"Young Mitchell" is the American
middleweight champion. He won the
title by defeating Reddy" Gallagher at
the Occidental Club, san Francisco, last
night, in thirteen rounds. Mitchell
weighed 153 and Gallagher 1872. Jack
Dempsey was in Mitshell's corner and
Jimmy Carroll was in " Reddy's.n The
contest was for n purse OF 5000. IL was
give and take frOm the start and honors in
the first eleven rounds were about even,
but in the twelfth Mitchell put il onto him
hard. and when Gallagher went TO his cor
ner he was very weak. He responded 20
the call for the thirteenth, but was weak.
He got in a couple of straight jabs, how
ever, but Mitchell swung his right and
landed. Gallagher went down and was
counted out Had Gallagher won Demp-
sey would have re-entered the ring and
challenged him, but as IL Is the ex-cham-
pion will probably stay on the shelf for
while at least. as he does not care 10 put
on the gloves with his bosom friend
Mitchell This was Gallagher's second
defeat, his former conqueror being Charley
Mitchell. He has won many contests, all
in very short order the largest being six
rounds with "One-eyed" Jimmy Con
nelly. Mitchell has never been defeated
and has II record of eighteen victories in
the featherweight, lightweight and mid
draws with Boland and Jim Hall. The
draw with the Marine" was declared no
fight, as the latter " faxed"
Before midnight we will in all proba-
bility know which is the better man,
Jimmy Scully Of Woonsocket or John \.
Sullivan of California. They meet at the
Rhode Island Athletic Club tonight, and
may DE depended on to give the best con-
test seen in this State in many day. IL
will be TO a finish, and both men have
trained hard for the event They will
step into the ring in the finest of condi-
tion. They weighed in at noon to-day and
both came within the limit-l42 pounds.
If the match is of short duration the sports
lbOh lOI DiulN W W III. II f0uJllNttll itili
stay ten rounds, well, you can't tell / be
lieve il will be Scully's best showing, as
he knows perfectly well that everything
depends on him this time. Sullivan is
hard nut 20 crack, and nobody can tell
what he may be able TO do with the WOon-
socket boy, despite the latters advantage
in height and reach.
This is the season of the year when the
baseball magnates are hustling for players
for next year. There are, as is TO he eX-
pected any number of the "swelled head
sort, who imagine a club can't get along
without them, and that they are about
twice as much rs the manager rates them.
Silver King of the Pittsburgs is one of
this kind He has been offered $500 for
next year but refuses TO sign short of
$3.50.
The well-known turf authority, Ben G..
Bruce, died of apOpleXy at Lexington, Ky,
last night, aged 63 years. He was, without
doubt, the best posted horseman in Amer
lea. He owned one Of the most extensive
turf libraries. His English racing calen-
dars dated back TO l1ag in unbroken order.