Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-08-30
SPORTING NOTES.

In the one mile open international
race at Indianapolis Thursday Arthur
Augustus Zimmerman lowered the
worlds record for scratch competitive
event, going the distance in 2:12$c.
The previous record, 2:15 2-5, was made
by George f. Taylor at Springfield,
Mass, last September Walter Sanger,
however, holds the worlds record for a
mile in competition, having made it in
2:09 4-5.
President O'Malley, of the Columbian
Athletic Club, is looking around for
good 122-pound man to meet Dial Hawk
ms, the Pacific Coast feather weight.
What is the matter with giving Dick
Fails, of Milwaukee, a chance? Fails
has a standing challenge with the Police
Gazette to meet any feather-Weight in
the country for a reasonable purse and
a side wager. Fails is clever and also
a hard hitter and has the reputation of
being one of the best two-handed
fighters in the country.
| George johnson, the English feather
weight, will sail for America with Jack
McAuliffe, George Mcdonald, his man
ager, and Charlie Mitchell, on Septem-
| Der Is. Johnson comes to this country
to fulfill his engreement to fight John
| ny Griffin in the arena at the Columbian
| Club in October. Johnson comes with
the reputation Of being one Of the cley-
crest feather-weights in Great Britain.
The contest will be an important one,
especially to Griffin as his future as a
prize-fghter depends upon the result
of the battle.
Jack Dempsey is in Chicago and is
very indignant over the story sent out
from Racine that he had been at that
place intoxicated and had f1imfammed
a woman out Of $50.
! The management Of the recent inter-
national bicycle races at Chicago are in
dignant at the action of w. A. Rhodes
and George F. Taylor, who returned
the prizes they won at the tournament.
| Rhodes was given a watch said to be
worth S75 and diamond, ruby and
sapphire ring which the management
claim they paid like sum for. Both
of these prizes were returned by
| Rhodes, who said that the watch was
worth only about 81, as it had no
| jewels, and that the ring was not a dia-
mOnd, as had been advertised, but q
! combination OF cheap stones not worth
in all $50. Mr.. Taylor returned fly
| back watch with his compliments, say
ing in his opinion that bit of jewelry
could be bought for SD instead Of $40 as
the management urged was its price.
The managers claim the prizes were
worth every cent they were advertised
to be worth. The management Of the
Milwaukee international tourney have
had no prizes returned DIS yet.
1t is probable that Billy Plimmer, the
| English bantam, and George Dixon, the
! champion feather-Weig will meet in
finish contest. Tom O'Rourke, the
hacker of Dixon, has posted a forfeit of
81 900 to bind the match.
The proposed fight between SHADOW"
| Maber and Danny Needham did not
take place at St. Paul Thursday ow
| ing to the interference Of the police.
Mayor Wright has ordered the police to
suppress all boxing exhibitions at the
Phoenix Athletic Club.
! Tom Eek has taken Anton Johnson
brother of John S. Johnson, under his
protecting wing and expects to spring
him on the public next year as a world
beaten. Eek has advised Anton to do
no more riding this season. The young
man certainly has the making of a fast
rider and may yet show his heels to his
| brother.
William Rhodes is reported to be in
condition now to go against some of the
| American records. Eek has been put
ting him through thorough course of
| training and has great confidence in the
| Chicago hercules to smash the two and
five mile records.
young" Critic, the Australian feath-
er-weight champion, who is scheduled
to meet George Lavigne before the Co
lumbar Club on September 4, is train
ing hard at Riverside, about twenty miles
west of Chicago. He is working under
the experienced eye of Teddy Alex
ander, who successfully trained George
Dawson for all his battles. Alexander
is assisted by Jim Barron, the Australi-
an Welter-weight Critic is looking fine
and claims to be feeling better than he
ever did in his life. He is within few
pounds Of weight and will have no diff
Guilty to get to 122 pounds, which is the
weight the agreement calls for. The
club officials have built wall ten feet
high around the building, and have en-
gagged 100 deputy sheriffs to see that no
South Chicago toughs get near the
place.
The Sporting Life: 1.-THE success of
the Baltimore Club with young PLAYERS
has attracted the attention of managers
all over the country. Manager Hanlon
began unloading his veterans year ago,
and by judicious selections replaced
them with vigorous, ambitious young
sters who have their greatest fame be
fore them. The playing of that team
has attracted attention and admiration
| everywhere they went, whether they
won or lost"
In running in on hunted balls and
throwing them to first Jimmy McGarr is
without a superior in his position. His
ability to make the play so we'll seems to
be in the fact that he picks the ball up
and throws it with the same motion.
Nearly all third basemen are obliged to
steady themselves after grasping the
! ball before they throw it.
Henry Baker, Of Chicago, has been
matched to box ten rounds with Pat
McHugh, of Fond du Lac. Baker
agrees to stop McHugh in the stipulated
number Of rounds or forfeit the match
The contest will be for 5000 side and
will take place at Fond du Lac in about
two weeks. The men will weigh in at
ITO pounds. Baker is the man who
recently knocked out Frank May before
the Columbian Club in six rounds.
A report has been sent out from Buff