St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-19

has had considerable experience, stated
to a GLOBE reporter yesterday that he
considered McDonOugh one of the COM
ing young men of the Northwest. This
match will likely be one of the March
meeting events.
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Then Jackson. the Detroit Cyclone,
is anxious to retrieve laurelS lost last
Thursday evening to the superior PROV
ess of Dick Moore He will doubtless
find lesser light who is willing to COM
bat him for points, and young Fitzpat-
rick. who made such an admirable
showing with Nook Richards at the last
meeting. He is clever, quick and effect
i've. He would prove a big card beyond
question. In addition to the local ath-
letes available, Manager Barnes contem-
plates bringing on a scientific contest
with some of the better class of Eastern
eXpOnentS of the art, and possibly he
will make the experiment at the next
Soiree.
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The match live pigeon shoot between
Wilmot and Holt has brought up legal
phase that is an innovation in trap
shooting. The match is for S100 side,
and the date set for the event is WASH
ington'S birthday anniversary, Feb. %.
As soon as the match was given pub
licity in these columns, the secretary
for the prevention of cruelty began to
canvass the subject. 1t tranSpireS that
the society arrived at the conclusion
that the shoot would be species OF
cruelty that comes within the pale Of
the functions of the society. They hold
that it will be wontoniy shooting birds,
and the upshot of the investigation was
to serve notice upon the principals to
the match that in the event they go on
with their intentions, they will be ar
rested under the provisions of the stat
uteS. Consequently the match may be
declared Off.
IT,
This course on the part of the society
for the prevention of cruelty is not in
dorsed by the sportsmen of the city.
They deny that it is an instance OF wan
ton slaughter of the birds. Pigeons are
used as food, and it is no uncommon
thing to shoot them more than 1t is
Snipe, grouse, ducks and other game.
Therefore, it is maintained by many
who are thoroughly conyersant with the
spirit and letter of the law that the pro-
posed match will not necessarily be
construed by any court as an infract!on
of The statutes. Hence, the shoot may
occur if for nothing more than to test
the operation Of the law, and the in
depreciation that the courts will put
upon it,
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Peter Schumacher. the WelterWeight
catch-aS-c S-catch-can, who has won fame
on the Pacific coast, is a new arrival i'll
st. Paul. He recently came from Buff
falo, for the reason that st. Paul has a
good reputation there for encouraging
legitimate sports. Schumacher went
over to Minneapolis the other night, and
witnessed the Powers and Mohler con-
test, and he has decided to issue novel
challenge. He will post $500 that he
can throw jimmy Murphy, Powers,
Mohler and Herman Smith the same
evening. All these athletes have to 90
is to contribute 500 each to the pool If
they wish to call him, and should any
one OF the number win fall they win
the stakes. Surely Schumacher is TAX
ing big chances for little Jimmy Muir
ply is about the only living wrestler
who ever defeated Jimmy Faulkner, the
catch-as-catch-can wonder, and he won
handily. Schumacher's weight is 14S
pounds.
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