Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-06-02

HARVARD AND YALE WILL COME
IF THE BRITONS DO.
Match Probable Between Gardaur
And Stansbury-Ives Getting in
Readiness for His Great Contest
Sanger to Ride Against English Cy-
clists
The fight between Bowen and Ever
lardt takes place at New Orleans May
81
Caruthers has been released by Gin
:innati and "Jud' Smith will be played
II right field.
Pfeffer is greatly depressed over the
Door showing the Colonies are making.
He is playing in his old time form,
md in the field his men are up to the
best of them, but when hits would
count they can't get them.
Louisville is charged with 1.90 errors
per game; Brooklyn, p 43;; Philadelphia,
257; New York, 263; st. Louis. 267:
Pittsburg, 2.S6; Cleveland, 80; Gin
Gil lati, 3; Boston, 800; Chicago, 3.24
1863.
The prize list in the Pullman shows
falling off in value. Twelve
bicycles have been secured, and these
along with other merchandise, will
bring the total value of the prizes tC
a figure considerably below $500.
George Dawson will not be matched
with Johnny Reagan, as the latter, il
has been found, is far too heavy foi
the Australian. Billy Madden is trying
to get on 4 go between Horace Leeds
the Philadelphia ex-amateur, ant
Dawson.
oollllllS -hul pllS luC JoShSS, Iltlf
watched Clifford in all his races, an(
he thinks the son of Bramble-Duches.
will be Il great factor in the American
derby.
by the defeat of Nomad by 10,
Kelly the DwyerCroker combination
lost a barrel Of money" says a dispatcl
from New York.
The average hits per game made b.
the league clubs is: Philadelphia, -
Cleveland, 1.G6; Washington, n.63
Baltimore, LOG; New York, 1868; ST
Louis, 1907; Boston, 969; Brooklyn
929; Cincinnati, 8 IS; Pittsburg, $50
Chicago, 7.53; and Louisville, I.
Richard Croker is an attentive oil
server of the races and has little to say
His knowledge of racing is more gel
eral than one would expect. He ha
one peculiarity-he does not want hi
horses 20 draw the rail. Other owner
do. He gives his jockeys orders to rid
out in the track, to avoid pOcketin
and to escape the possibility of bein
cut down. He accepts his reverse
with good grace, and wins now an
then as if it were Il matter of course
He is just as much of sphinx Il
Michael Dwyer, who can lose $1,000
with Il smile.
With regard to the conflicting report
recently published about Jack DEM
sey's engagements Johnny Eckhard
the official referee Of the Coney Islam
athletic club, has made the folloWin
statement All this talk about DEM
sey signing to fight at other clubs pr
vious to his go with Billy Smit
at the Coney Island athletic clubroon
is the veliest bosh. Both men will ce
tainly meet on July a. Smith h.
already signed the articles of gre
ment and Dempsey has accepted tt
terms offered by the club
| In letter to Richard X. Fox CHA
| ley Mitchell writes as follows:
am busy looking after the interests {
! Jim Hall, who is to fight Frank
| Slavin in the, National club. Hall
training carefully, and he stands hrs
class chance to defeat Slavin. Shoul
Hall win he will return to Ameri(
with me in August and / shall secu
him backing to again fight FitZsi4
mons I have not heard anythi1
about Corbett, who, / understand,
in the far west, and I trust the mate
will not fall through. You can rest a
sured I shall leave no stone unturnt
to bring off a meeting between him al
myself, for I feel certain l stand
first-class chance of winning.
Billy Morgan, the ex-National Leag1
catcher and clever handball player,
now on the staff Of umpires of Il
Brooklyn Amateur association.
Frank Ives, the American champi'
billiarlist, who is matched to pl;
John Roberts, the English champiO
1900 points at the English game, b
begun his practice in London. AS
was his first game in England, his wo
was eagerly watched by the critic
and the general verdict was that /
play was very unsteady. He play
with . IA inch balls and the poke
We're IA inches wide, the same
will be used in the match. This
supposed to be a happy medium /
tween the English and American gan
but the odds are all in favor of t
Englishman. Despite the cratic wo
Ives showed some wonderful play