Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-01


hardt takes place at New Orleans May
81
Caruthers has been released by Gin
Cinnau and "Jud' Smith will be played
in right field.
Pfeffer is greatly depressed over the
poor showing the Colonies are making.
He is playing in his old time form,
best of them, but when hits would
count they can't get them.
Louisville is charged with 100 errors
per game; Brooklyn, 2<43; Philadelphia,
2.57; New York, 2.63; St Louis, 2.67;
Pittsburg, 2.S6; Cleveland, 80; Gin
cinnati, 3; Boston, 800; Chicago, 3.24;;
Baltimore, 3.63
The prize list i'll the Pullman shows
considerable falling off in value, Twelve
| bicycles have been secured. and these,
along with other merchandise, will
bring the total value OF the prizes to
a figure considerably below So. 500.
! George Dawson viii not be matched
with Johnny Reagan, as the latter, it
has been fougd, is far 100 heavy for
the Australian, Billy Madden is trying
! to get Gu a go: between Horace Leeds,
5fle Philadelphia ex-amateur, and
/ Dawson.
Johnny Murphy, the jockey, has
watched Clifford IN all his races, and
/ he thinks She son Of BrambIe-Duchess
will be Il great factor in She American
derby
! by the defeat of Nonad by Joe
Kelly the Dwyer-Croker combination
lost barrel of money, says q dispatch
/ from New York.
The average hits per game made by
the league clubs is: Philadelphia, IL;
Cleveland, 11.66; Washington, IL SO;
Baltimore, 11.O6; New York, 1888; st.
Louis, 1907; Boston, 9,69; Brooklyn
929; Cincinnati, 918; Pittsburg, S.8G;
Chicago, 7.53; aEHl Louisville. 1.
< Richard Croker is an attentive Oh
server of the races and has little to say
! His knowledge of racing is more gen
eraE than one W0uEd expect, He. has
one peculiaritE-he does not want his
horses 80 draw the rail. Other owners
no. He gives his Jockeys orders to ride
eut in the track, to avoid pocketiHg
/ r.
/ cut down. He. accepts his reverses
with good grace, and wins now a@l
then SsS if it were Il matter of course
! He is just as mTleh Of a sphinx as
1t1ichasei Dwyery, who can lose $1O,DeO
with q smile.
! WITH regard to- the conflicting repOrrs
recently published about Jack Demp-
&eY'S eDga gemenbs. Johnny Fckhardf
the official referee of the Coney Island
athletic club, has, made the following
statement. ''All this talk about DENIM
sGy signing to fight at other clubs pre-
Wi0uS to his go with Billy Smith
at the Coney Island athletic clubroomss
Is the Teriest bosh. Both men will Ger
!
ALREADY signed the articles of ..gree-
ment and Dempsey has accepted the
terms offered By the club"
| In & letter 10 Richard K. Fox ''CF3zlF-
! ley" lIitcheM writes as follows II
am busy looking after the interests of
'Jin' Hall, who IS to fight Frank F.
SIavfn in the. National cub. Hail is
training carefully, and he stands q first
class chance to defeat Slavin. Should
Hall win he viii return to America
with me III August and I shall secure
him backing Co again fight FTtzsi1n-
El0nS. z have not heard anything
about Ccrbett, who, I understand, is
n the far west, and [ trust the match
will not fall through. You can rest as
sured I shah leave no stone unturned
to bring off a meeting between him and
myself, for I feel certain 1 stand a
first-csaSS chance of winning
Billy Morgan, the ex-National League
catcher and clever handbal player, is
now on the staff of umpires of the
| Frank Ives, the American champion
billiardist, Who is matched to play
John Roberts, the English champion,
1900 points at the English game, has
begun his practice in London AS it
was his first game in England, his work
was eagerly watched by the critics,
and the general verdict was that his
play was very unsteady. He played
with IA inch balls and the pockets
were 3 IA inches wide, the same as
Will De used in the match This is
supposed to be a happy medium be
tween the English and American game
but the odds are all in favor of the
Englishman. Despite the cratic work
Ives showed some wonderful play at
times, but his game and stroke We're
purely American. The match will take
place during Derby week commencing
| tomorrow.
Franklin g. Appley, an old-time scull-
er and prize winner of the Pawtucket
Boat club, has received the aluminium
shell which he ordered last winter.
The shell weighs but % pounds all
rugged. It's measurement is as follows:
81 feet s inches over all, 5S-inch spread
between the rowlocks; depth, II inch
es; width, 10 81 inches. At each end
of the shell is a water-6ght compart-
ment and there is also one under