The evening world., 1894-02-27
BASEBALL TO THE 'FRONT.'.
From Now On Active Interest Will
Be Taken in the Game.
Smith willing to Meet Fitzslmmons-
Other Gossip.

From now until rcx, FAN n, ecb,u vin
take first place among srorts a pnsitinn
to which II f. entitled Tho spri,r m,,t.
ing Of the National Io,v,r MARKS th,
I'm. fat, , brpinriu~ W ,r,,v. ir,,,,s,
I'm tic rouc Th, ~n,yn,tes soen ,o n,
siurcrr il, t,cir ho,i,r, ,h,, ,h,s wu, Il.
nm unur,,Ilv coed y,,r for h,s.h,u
II,rd Times Il, mo-, rr,c, ,rnr,s much
,udcrl tho ro,,o,,ro ,h,, hoo hoo, ot,o,
,b,,, az i,,, ,.,,iI r,I,,nt. ,,,, ,ma,,,
49,, ,,,r,n hu,"n.', -. ,'
are ihN'"r h"ncft'i hH tn" present condi-
ton Of affairs, This may I've accounted
for by the fact that sporting events,
especially baseball, are cheap amuse-
menta as well rs enjoyable. At least,
that's the way the mavnnt.s argue.
-, ~, '"' 49,
better this season then Il, has been for
Cleveland. p%ittsburg. Brooklyn and rhil-
,' ""' ~
"d'iphla look to ID" pretty evenly
matched, with Baltimore, Cincinnati and
Chicago close I'm Tho adopt,o, ~ rule.
,an,I',Irn ~, Ln n,,,. .,,h ,ns
pehaIiSlng the hunt' doing away with the
trapped ball and declaring n striker out
If n han touches hin, shoula nil ouicke,
md ,mnro,a ,ha
"Denyer" Ed Smith who ever since
- ,' @
ne u'lcht'n JOE toudard mas got the inea
into his head that he Is n worl1-beatcr
ana has been annoying all the heavy
weights. expresses his Willingness to lght
Fitzsimmons. He saws he VIII moo,
me-. cn .,n coo .n.
80" ~ T'V''"V u sue 'nn 'ne "'st purse
obtainablc." The best purse o~btalnable
these DAYS would hardly he A very large
cr, 10 ,ndoa, - n,,.. an,i, ho ,a,n
80 ' - '"'' '"'' W '''''"-
ae Teo, await, r,,,., uo.a,a, ,o.. -,
ms own value would probably, not agree
WIN those or n club. Judging from
me following remark Mr.. "Denver'
rn nn rs n ,rIIn ne'tor man ,nnat @i me
ins"t,nR rCh"vnski 'is co,cornod NE,
wovlJJ' he ,o nI hrM, rs thnroTn"n. mat
ton Of my supprIority over him in The
ring" Wv
r,i,n
in'ngs are IN good shape now for 2
'ner 70 "'Cine VIM Is the slngie-scuil
GaIidamIr." nhs', renn. Tus "nt"u 70 row;
Hmericn is Nv ho,i a ,' iegi nmntnp,"m OF
mcnt, New Iaaland has n man nsrnoj
Sullivan who riyns rr"rnise Of hainr n
c~rack-a-jack, while british rowing %rriiics
believe their new asnIr9nt FOR tao ot
hanors, Harding, is the fastest scmiiar
they ever saw Win s,rb q n,,art q, ",
celebrities to select from sone enter.
ought 10 make a lot or money.
FL pasb. Tex. still homes IN securo tho
Corhett-Jackson affair. The Committee
charge, Is said to be in a position to
guarantee that no Interference of any
kind will take place. Its offer Of n
$4,000 purse was refused last night by
nnIaininr the Man az no ,ntort ",M ~
restlit viii he racnn si5eraI !, rs III az
that the feht can tnIte nlacs tbero a. go
no ono no moIested e,thar heforo ~ SSnr
In addition to lowering the ten m mile
SIX ting record 10 Sim. II 1-os, at Mon
trcal Yesterday, John :. johnson did the
hat itnr'st III f"s., mn:cn y as. petter
snn p ~ ,e.oru hnIu py fauI-
~ Ionsi5t s'" n,"t ms Siea. ZIP
sional record ~ Wv '''
SECRETARIES Lamont and Herbert have
isCltei 10 pronIplt ioolnal, contests IN
PAW rTbor nsida ~ an
@~'' $50 ''N 49,