St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-24
WHAT OF A BALL TEAM :?
INK OF A 81 PAUL AcGRECi ZION
STILL INDUCED IN.
JOHN s. BARNES is HOPEFUL


st. PauPs Opportunity in the Ball
Line Believed to Be at Hand
Tommy White Wants u Match
La Blanche's Defeat and Its
LessOn-The Sporting Field
Reviewed.
The past week the lovers Of sports
have had numDer of rare events, and
still others are on the carpet for the
near future. The question which is still
most agitating the minds of a good
many is, what is st. Paul going to do
about base ball team for the new
Western association? John S. Barnes
Is in receipt of letters from various base
ball managers asserting their intention
to back teams for various cities in the
association. One letter is from John r.
Brush, owner OF the Cincinnati base
ball club of the national league. He
says lie will back team in the proposed
! new Western league to represent In
diahapoliS. Another letter is from
James Manning, the well-known second
baseman and base ball manager. He is
now in Kansas City making arrange
mentS to back a team for that city in
the association. He is TO take majority
of the stock in the Kansas City club.
There is no doubt" says Barnes,
''bnt that in October we shall organize,
not one of the best, but the best minor
association ever known i'll this country.
We shall organize our clubs out OF ma
terial equal to the best in the National
league. Many of the best players the
country has ever had will be with US. l
do not see how st. Paul can afford to
stay out of the ass Jciation. If she does,
it will be great mistake"
The representatives of the cities to
be in the league will meet in Minneap-
oils Oct. Is.
IL
Barnes has received letter from
Tommy White, of Chicago. the well
known featherweight champion. asking
if arrangements cannot be made for
match between himself and Tommy
Hogan or Johnny Van Hest. He is
very anxious to get on a twenty-round
contest with one or other Of these.
~
The defeat of George La Blanche by
Shadow Maber at the Minneapolis ati-
leJic tournament Thursday evening, is
one of the great surprises of the year in
pugilISIic circles; in fact, it is the great
est surprise. ii will be looked upon as
another evidence that prize fighter is
only good for d limited number of years.
However, it is quite likely that La
Blanche'S defeat is due to his folly or
habits more than to natural breaking
away of his system. He has grown TOO
gluttopous III habits, and relying 100
much upon his past achievements. can
not be Induced to get himself in proper
condition. He must have weighed close
TO $50 pounds, while Maber was down
to the pink of condition.
Sullivan, Jack Dempsey and every
price nghter who has gone down in SO
early years as these, owe their retire
ment from the ring altogether to giving
way TO their appetiteS and to diSSipa-
ton. There seems to be no good reason
why prize fighter should not last i'll
good form to middle life, If he attends
carefully to his habits.
Pugiiism is progressing, and the style
OF the present, called the new school, is
somewhat different from that of a few
years ago. But there is no reason why
La Blanche and the heroes Of five years
ago should not progress with the i'm
proyementS. Undoubtedly they would.
were they not lost in dissipation.
Dick Moore, Maber, FitZsimmons and
COrbett have demonstrated that the new
system Is greatly superior to the old. 1t
is The most scientific of all the systems
ever in use. These men have demon
strated that brute force is unavaiiihg i'll
the presence of the man who remains
cool, husbands his strength, and puts in
his blows only when they can be effect
i've. The Minneapolis tournament was
one Of the best exhibitions of science.as
against brute force ever seen III the
Northwest. Pugiiists of the pure rush
ing order must take back sea from
now on.
The Phoenix Athletic club has decided
to reduce its rates for the gymnasium
and bath privileges from SIS a year to
Si2, or 81 a month. This is done on ac-
count OF the Stringency of the times.
The new rate will go into effect Monday
evening.
Thomas Foley said last evening that
Sampson and Glow have agreed 10 play
over their handicap baik line game, i'll
which Sampson has 1.2O0 points TO
make to 1000 for Glow. The time FOR
the game will be announced soon. This
! decision will be very satisfactory infOr-
mation TO billiard circles Of the city.
Mr. Foley has received 4 letter from
W. A. bingham, who after his engage
ment in the last tournament at FOley'S
| billiard hall, went TO his home at St.
| Adams. Vt, to visit relatives. The let
! ter tells of a remarkable game of bill
! lard played 10y Bingham with an old
! friend who has always lived in that
| staid country tOwn Of Vermont. Ihc
| letter in relation to the game reads as
| follows:
| II came across young man vino has
| always lived III this town, and who has
! never played for cent. lie plays with
| q cue as large as a broom handle, on a
| table that hasn't seen a new cloth for
| ten years and with balls which have
! been turned to 2"5. We started to play
! straight rail-, and | swear he ran them
/ up the long rail and oue-half across the
! short one, making us points. Next dav
we tried game Of baik line, and he ran
| FROM the scratch 81. [ punctured them
for dozen, and he put another run in
! tor So. / am trying to have him so home
| with me TO st. Paul, aud if he goes |
| will match him against Sampson"
! r.
Three pretty good practice games of
! bowling were played at Foley's alleys
| by clubs which are preparing for the
bow ling contest of a mouth or so hence.
The score of the SUBMITS was as fol-
| lows:
Van Kuren. 1Peltier. ............. $50
| Murphy l43 Muggley ............I7 9
! hastings III Jarshishek.. 100
! Winquist.. II. Henke....... $500. 136
Scnater. -145 Siaus. 164
! The score of the LafayetteS was as
! follows:
| pelter. $500. $500. 1861 huhlmann ........ t04
f; Miller. 1881 Good .......... ia
| DeiGuo. ..-.........1 l4 Adams. ............ 173
! Turgrinson...... lat Finehout. -. 10
I The score of the West Sides was as
! follows:
Finch .-........ 141 iFales. 1l5
| Ii. Martin..... ...ls5 Hickman ,........ 100