Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-20
General Sporting Notes.

SCHAEFER accepts Slosson IS challenge to Dlay a
three-nights' match at billiards
THERE are now strong hopes of battle between
. Fred johnson, and George Dixon
HALLER the local ball PLAYER saws he Is not a
member of the Allegheny amateur team.
STEVE FARRELL. the pedestrian, sails for Eng
land to-day to meet some of the British flyers.
MIKE BoDEN wants to fight Jim Hall TO finish.
Mike certainly ought to be easy enough for Hall.
SOME Cincinnati cranks want Partisan Bob Ca
ruthers assoed for the Reds collection of twirIers
THE Indications are that there will he lots of
shooting contests in and about Pitsburg this year.
1T is foolish TO blame fakirs for getting all the
money they can. Those who pay the money are to
blame.
THE fact that Slavin and Mitchell are ''work-
ing the country does not make Corbett's fakes
any better.
JIM HALL states that as he cannot get on a match
with Corbett he will fight any man in the world
Slavin preferred. Hall is evidently going to join
show.
mons will beat AIaher in ten rounds. The Colonel
will be at the ringsde as large as life with all his
jewels on.
CHARLEY JONES, the old ball PLAYER and ex-
from Secretary Williams TO umpire in the Western
League. He may accept it.
FITzsIMMoSs, says that sullivan's declaration
that Maher would whip Bob in less than Is rounds
due to feeling Sullivan's part because Fitz-
simmons whipped Dempsey.
LANNoN says: 1T was understood my boxing
with Corbett was to be friendly set-to. Had I
been in training the result might have been differ
ent. Inow want to fight Corbett to a inish.''
WILLIAM CAFFREY. of Lawrence. Mass, who
has twice won the amateur Sculling championship
is confident of winning the diamond scus at tile
coming Henley regatta In England. Exchange. So
was Mr.. Protta.
THE challenge issued by Teemer and Hosmer for
double scull race. for the championship of rhe
world has been accepted by Edward Hanlan and
William o. COnnor. The race is expected to come
off at Point of Pines Mass, next June.
A FEW weeks ago a bookmaker bet a prominent
horse owner 500 even that the winner of the
Brooklyn handicap would carry less than 10
pounds. The horse owner took Longstreet, Tenny
Kingston. Raceand and Eon against the field
IT is said that Tommy Kev the Harlem
Spider. - has an attack of the grip, and has been
obliged to let up in severe training for his match
with Bill Plimmer. Jack Quinn. the Scotch cham
pon light weight, has left him and taken charge of
Jimmy Lynch.
THE Omaha Bee is enthusiastic over the baseball
prospects for Omaha, and says that the ''Lambs''
will open the with the Cleveland League
team. Manager Rowe having already closed dates,
The new grounds will be close to the heart of the
city. although on the Council Bluffs side of the
river.
FRANK SELEE is credited with the assertion that
he hoped that 1t wss true that the Cincinnati club
would exchange Morgan Murphy for a pitcher,
for in that case he would be glad to accommodate
them. Cincinnati would b foolish to exchange
Morgan Murphy for any pitcher in the Boston out
fit save Jack Stivetts and the Bean Eaters are not
likely to listen to any such proposition even If it
should be maue.-TtneS-Stdr.