Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-12

Jack Eyerhardt, the Southern light weight,
u In Chicago. looking for n match with
Frank Garrard or some other light weight
Lawrence Farrell. the puglllat convicted
OF highway robbery at Denver, has boccn
sentenced to the Colorado penltontlary for
two years
Stanton Abbott knocked Billy Duke out in
the eighth round at the opening OF tho
seaside ampitheator Of tho Eureka Athletic
club OF Baltimore.
In an interslsw. regarllus filFa'mmons
champion J'n cqrbett .s,Bi "FitzsiDmDnn
statos that YmS SllvIn was ms nrst
choice for ref.' 81 II he aid -, he lies
Johnson and Lundln. tho Swedish strong
men. have issued n challenge for 500 10
meet any OF the strong men OF tho world
slngly or In teams, In series Of heavy
weight contests
Raymond MORE, the game young hacker
~ Jack Ever iafht, gu "a a challenge
In which ne agtass 10 Jack ihs ptIia.Jn
champion fo- t1iGO asalns, O. "a, Gaen,
known TO nstlo ihri, IS f5Iig 9fpst
tn, i;anssn lava icssn- .'.I IN drop
Waterloo. prefcrring a four TO i've club
organization Each club promised to de-
posit With President Lotus 500 In cash.
TO be forfeited N II doeB not stay the sea.
son. Ames Of Waterloo will Join the DO
buqucs.
Ollie Board has signed Milwaukee con
tract. and will Join the Brewers at once.
hard hitting short stop In favor OF MIlwnu-
kee. and PRECEDENT Killoler went TO Louis
VILE last week and completed the deal by
signing Beard.
known throughout the country. died al
North Baltimore IN 1asti' so ,'rcufnstaDftf.
The Pi.tsburg alih has nm Atty iosured
new pitcher. John / ircman, a ioft hrndei
iwirier and altar pitcher OF tho v.,.iria
league. He Is . brother Of Frank Fcie.
man Of the cinelnnati team
Pitcher Scott stratton has been released
by Chicago, and he may join Cominshey's
tulutu ttrnttuu In tho lar
hitting pitchers in the business, and II Ia
said that Comnskey wants him 10 play frat
bnse, which means that Tony Muiiane Will
be asked TO earn his Halary for the rest Of
the season In tho box
There Ia howl among many owners
for more short distance racca. Tho milo
races fail 10 fill. petition may be shortly
presented to the Jockey club, asking that
body 10 allow more than one sprint race a
day at brighton Beach. brighton will prn5-
ably adopt the old System OF charging
way In which tho Wholesale scratching .o-'
ticed on Friday and Saturday can be pre-
Es"iea s.S Msn aS sS esy d Sa1 s
indications the meeting at tho Spa will
be one Of the most brilliant In the history Of
the association.
Now that Fltzaimmons has been declared
mot guilty" interest naturally oentera In
the big tight. and what the mon are doing
In preparation corbctt waa seen by a re-
porter Yesterday. You can ssy one thing
well as do now. haven't commenced
my hard work yet, and shall not until about
SIX weeks before the night. I am very glad
Fttzsinimons was acquitted. az do not think
IL right 70 hold man responsible for an
accident OF that Kind. Take, for example,
IN the coming hght. II I should be 90 nnfor-
tnnate - 70 Kill him. no one would be
more sorry than l. DO feel certain Of
the RESULT | van never more no In my
life In the frst place I never considered
FltzslmmonH In my class, and the only way
he can convince me that he Ia, Il by whip
but shan probably train down 10 about It's
pounds or even lower. ! want 10 be as
near Fitzsimmons' weight 40 possible. |
train hare until two weeks before the hfht.
and then 70 TO Galveston. whuro have en-
gagged covple Of cottages near the Beach
hotel."