Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-08
General Sporting Notes.

THE big battle tonight.
QUITE a number of rittsburgers are away to see
the Goddard and Maher battle.
CHICAGO is to at last get rid of the Orange Grove
stable. Stover will ship it to New Orleans for the
winter meeting.
ANOTHER meeting of the Pittsburg Association
Football Club will be held at Tann'S Hotel next
Saturday evening.
THE directors of the local ball club are satisfied
with the team for the past season and extremely
hopeful for next season.
BOB REAKES has Joined the Buffalo Athletic club,
He has been challenged by Adam Miller at l4O
pounds GrRco-Roman style.
A. G. SPALDING & Bros. have offered a hand
ship of the New England League of Roller Polo
clubs.
THE second half of the California Leagues
season has drawn to a close and Los Angeles has
captured the championship in the second season
and San Jose in the first.
IF anybody is around sticking pins into good
team pretty near the ton Of the rst siS peIt sea @
son both at the start and finish.
&. STEVENSON. champion scuIler OF New Zea-
make 8 deposit for q race on the Thames with Bu-
bear for $500 side, to take place in April.
THE New York club viii not suffer much by the
increased distance which the pitcher win have to
deliver the ball. Rusie and Crane cannon ball
twrlers and could pitch the ball from center field
THE Coney Island Athletic Club has declared of
the match between ''Con'' Riordon and ''Bili''
sisvin, like Ring. fears the Californian. Judge
Newton has substituted a bout between Billy,
Boston, for the Riordon-slavin ''gO.''
HARRY DIDDLEBocK says: place the pitcher,s
box IS feet from the home plate and 1t is more than
likely that the increase in batting would be ali tn nj
could be desired. Five additional feet would be
take the speediest of the League wirers some time
TO regain their present effectiveness
A BAREFACEn attempt was made to buy Burge
out in his recent fight In San Francisco He was
offered e. 600 in gold coin. BurEe refused the offer
A day two later the brtbe increased to
g. 000 but Burge replied that he had square rec
near the end Of his pugilistc career.
ALL of the trotters in the Gordon Glen stable
owned bv the late Cleveland millionaire W L Cor
don, will be sold at the TattersaIl- Fassig sale in
G, Lady G, King Leo. Kenyon C. Lady Hawarth
and Cungstone IL. GUY was bought in bv the
owner at sale four years ago for s5f, 600. Gordon
ord at the Queen City Driving Park.
ARTHUR LUMLEY received a letter yesterday
from ''Billyf Dacey. who is in San Francisco
training John N.Y. Van Heest for his tight with
'Sol'' Smith, TO take place before the California
Athletic Club on the 18th instant in which he saws
the little Western LAD Is in splendid shape. Dacey
also states that IL Van Heest defeats Smith he viii
match him to fight Dixon to finish at lis pounds
against johnny Griffin at 40 pounds Van
Heest has fought 46 battles and has never been de-
feated.
THE prospects Of a good rowing crew at the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania next year are, TO say the
least encouraging. A large number OF the old men
have returned to college again this year, and will
ever represented the Red and Blue on the water.
Plans are already under way for the erection of a
rowing tank, which is to be built Immediately in
the west end Of the dining hail. south of College
begin Immediately after the Christmas holiuays AZ
Trainer George Woodruff, who will again have
present and then have It broken in upon by the in
tervention Of the Christmas holidays.