Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-02-01
SPORTING NOTES.

Kid" I.avigne, of Saginaw, Mich,
has been matched to spar ten rounds
with Young Gritfo at Chicago on Feb
ruary 10. The men will weigh in at l22
pounds, give or take two pounds.
the Boston Club has signed Catcher
John Ryan, of HayerhilI Ryan played
last season with Springfield, and is con-
sldered one of the finest minor league
catchers in the profession. He stands
five feet ten inches in height and weighs
l7o pounds. The new man is a good
batsman and 4 fine thrower to bases
The Brooklyn Base Ball Club has ac-
cepted the terms Of Dave Foutz, who
will manage and captain the team. He
will receive 300 Tor the season, with
the proviso that he will get very sub
stantial bonus in case the team finishes
in third place or better The better the
position at the finish the better the
| bonus.
"Mysterious Billy" Smith, the welter-
weight, says now that be will soon so to
San Francisco and endeavor to force
Jack McAuiiffe into a limited round
contest. AL. OBrien, the promising
Maine boxer, is still anxious to meet
Smith, but the Metropole Clubs offer of
purse of s. 500 was too small for the
Boston man. Smith evidently is iii
need of little more of Ryan's treat
ment.
President Robson, of the Cleveland
Base Ball Club, has made the an
nouncement that he will retain posses
sion of the club and that it will continue
to represent Cleveland in the National
League.
1t is probable that President n +.
Young, of the National League, will SO
draft the playing schedule that the sea-
son will open about April -.
Speaking of the Corbett-Mitchell
fight Bob Fitzsimmons, the champion
middle weight pugilist, said "The re-
suit was exactly what | expected, al
though looked for a mnch longer con-
test. The Englishman is undoubtedly
very clever fellow, but he is not and
never was in Corbett's class. Corbett,
in my opinion, could have defeated
Sullivan Just as easily as he beat
Mitchell, but he only played with the
big fellow, while he went at Mitchell
like a tiger" EitZsimmons says he is
anxious to arrange q limited round con-
| test or finish fight with Corbett.
Lord Dunraven intends to add at
least 1000 square feet to the Nalkyries
stretch of canvas before the opening of
the yachting season. The Nalkyries
designer acknowledged after the cup
contest that the boat could quite as well
! have borne tfat much canvas.
"Denver' Smith has challenged Peter
! Jackson to fight for any amount, the
contest to take place after the colored
mans meeting with Corbett
Charley Mitchell says he will never
enter prize ring again. He reached
New York yesterday with his wife, and
while there met Champion jim Corbett.
The party went to Delmonico's, where
few bottles of champagne were
cracked Mitchell gave Corbett a toast
in which he wished the champion sue
cess in his battle with Peter Jackson.
Jack Curry, driver of AliX, the fast
Wisconsin trottlng mare, states that
he will probably locate at Davenport,
Ia. Curry will have the following string
on the circuit this year: Alix, 2:07i (;
Serene, 2:l4i; Bullmont, PIG; Pactolus,
2:l23i, and DAISY, 2:25. Curry predicts
that AllN will be the worlds champion
before another winter. She is as sound
as dollar.
Charlie Slusher, the Louisville, Ky,
lightweight, is anxious to arrange a
match with Jack McAuiti'e or Austin
Gibbons.
Walter WiImot, the well-known pro-
fessional base ball player, won the
billiard tourney at St. Iaul. lie aver
aged 4 in game of POO points.
Efforts are being made to arrange an
international billiard tournament with
Schaefer, Ives and Slosson on one side
ard Nignaux, Plot and GARNER repre-
senting Europe.
The Detroit Club claims to have
signed Pitcher Cobb and Catcher Lob
man. Cobb has been awarded to the
Wolverines, but Lehman is under con-
tract to play with Milwaukee.
Gil Hatfield, the veteran base ball
player, has been signed by the Toledo
Club as general utility man.
Arthur Zimmerman will not go to
Europe next season to compete i'll any
of the foreign championship races.
Judge Hosmer, at Detroit, has or
dered the steam yacht Sultana sold to
satisfy the claims of a number Of cred
itors, amounting in all to the snug sum
of S., 1918. The Sultana was built by
the Davis Boat and Oar Company for
George S. Davis.
A new lite-boat for the use of the life
saving crew at Thunder Bay Island,
Lake Huron, has been received at that
point from Chicago, where it had been
on exhibition at the Worlds Fair dur
ing the summer
The Owen fleet of Detroit, consisting
of the steamers John Owen and j.
Emery Owen and schooners Elizabeth
A. Nicholson and Michigan, are offered