Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-07-04
SPORTING NOTES.

The following riders have, been declared
George Thatcher, New Haven; l.. J.
Berle, Boston; r. G.. Cutter, Boston; Gus
Steele, Chicago: Con Baker, Cliff Baker,
Columbus; f. r. Eddy, Columbus; A. Z.
Clapp, Washington; r. G. Johnson and
r. Z. GOetz, Cleveland.
Prof hasten and Claire Knode of Bos-
ton have been matched to wrestle at Min
neapOliS.
McAuliffe to fight for the lightweight
championship of the world and $4,000 a
side.
w Fl. Wells, the well-known class B
bicyclist has been suspended by the l.. A
w. racing board for ten days for foul
riding on the track at Plainfield, n. J.
Fred Pfeffer will undoubtedly play with
Chicago before another week has passed.
Arson is arranging a deal whereby he
expects to again secure the great second
baSeman.
Pitcher Person is doing good work in
the New England league. Person played
with Milwaukee in 1891.
Klobedanz of the Fall River club is said
to be one of the best all-around players in
the New England league.
Peter Jackson, the colored heavy
weight champion of England and Aus
Corbetts anxiety to meet him in a finish
contest IF Corbett only means half
what he says or is reported to have said
he will have very little trouble in getting
on n second meeting with me, can as
sure you. My friends are all aware that
[ have been doing everything that it is
possible for me to do with the aim of
drawing the American champion into the
ring again." So far as the location of the
| fight is concerned, Jackson states that
any place will suit him except Florida,
where fair play will not be guaranteed
q colOred man. Jackson will leave on
Sunday for England, where he hopes to
meet COrbett and have a final under
standing as to time and place for a meet
ing that is to decide the heavyweight
! championship of the world
Fred Pfeffer, the Louisville second base
man, has decided to leave the Colonies
and return to Chicago.
| Catcher Buckley, who was released by
st. Louis, has been signed by Philadel-
phia.
Oarsman John D. Ryan of Toronto has
been cleared of charges of professional
! ism, and will start in the race for the
diamond sculls in the Henley regatta.
The Southern league has practically
cut to four cities-Atlanta, New Orleans,
Nashville and Memphis The Western
| and National league managers are scram-
bling for the cream of the Southern league
players.
Kremlin has shown an eighth in 0. 14A.
| better than q 200 gait. Bither expects
to be able to fit him to reduce his present
record of 2:07%
Minneapolis has signed Mcfarland, one
of the pitchers of the Charleston club.
The Waukesha road race entry list will
contain 165 names this year. The entries
| closed last night. While the list is not
as large as last season, the riders entered
are all well-knOwn road racers and will
| make a grand struggle for supremacy.
The handicaps will be arranged within a
! few days.
The 1OO-yard national sweepstakes race
Worlds fair will be run this year in Den
yer August 10. The entries include
Thomas G.. Morris of Santa Ana, Cal,
who holds the American championship;
Stephen L. Farrell of Connecticut, who
won the Sheffield handicap last Easter;
England; Z. Donovan of Massachusetts;
T. A. Pulley of Iowa; John Mack and j.
/ Doyle of Massachusetts: A S. Hender-
son of San Francisco; w. 81. Couple of
Nebraska; A. G. Rollins of Missouri, and
Julius Engleman of Pittsburg
Young Watkins has been given five
days notice of his release by the Grand
! Rapids club.
The Appleton road race for July 4 has
been arranged. Martin Rotier, editor of
! the Pneumatic, will do the handicapping,
Mr.. PATTI, the official handicapped, haV-
ing his hands full with other handicaps.
Detroit has signed Third Baseman Ray
mond and Catcher Jantzen. Raymond is
2 first-class fielder, but is weak at the
bat. "Lanky" Jantzen is all right at
times. He is not reliable at the bat
A report comes from Baltimore that
the New York club has offered the sum of
$4,000 for the release of Pitcher Breiten-
stein. 1t is safe to say that the st. Louis
magnate would snap up an offer of half
| that amount.
| The Philadelphia team is in crippled
condition, four or five of it's men being i'll
or incapacitated from playing by injuries
The Boston management is trying to
secure the services of Pitcher White of
! Brown university.
The Auditorium club of New Orleans
has offered a purse of $4,000 for a
fight between Jim Corbett and Bob Fitz-