Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-05

" are, quite liberal. Horses are coming IN
every day Three stables arrived today;
The racing will probably continue till April
and 1t promises to be unusually good.
Live sporting Notes.
There are seventy-seven trotters In the
g:l2 list.
Vassar is counted sure 2:oi horse II
/ nothing happens to him.
| cal Mccarthy will meet Joe Craig in n
ten round bout in Jersey City February Is.
! At hustling and general activity John
/ $. johnson is the champion athlete OF the
world
| Australian scullers, have taken to BIZ
! cycling.
| January 81 was the last day that the Ma
/ tonal League could draft from the minor
| leagues.
Jake Kirain and Peter Maher will meet
March %.
Bnly Murphy of Brooklyn, Is the latest
candidate for the position of official referee
| of the i. a. W.
The proposed bout between solly Smith
| and Johnny, the Kentucky rosebud, has
! been declared off.
George la Blanche The Marine" Is out
with challenge TO tight any middle
weight in the world.
owen Zeislcr ana Jack Hanley have been
matched to fight ten rounds In PhladeI-
phla on Friday, February s
Joe Butler, of Philadelphia, who whipped
Frank Craig, the coffee cooler. is anxious
TO 20 abroad ana Isnt MN dEdin.
Susie c.. 9:lli4 has record of sXtyfour
starts ana In every one of them she has
succeeded in getting part of the money.
Charley Marvin's record of loS horses
beating 2:3D and twenty-siX in 2:20, lnClud-
ing Arlon, sunol and Palo Alto, is great
one.
Chairman Raymond says that all wheel
men seeking reinstatement must file their
applications with him not later than Feb
ruary 10.
Walter Brodie's brother, Alex, who has
played on the Petersburg, Va, team for
several seasons, is to play in Johnstown,
n. y. next season.
Frank Ernc, of Buffalo. and Jerry Mar
shall have been matched to night ,o.iS SIX
club, New York February r.
c. H. Nelson has great hopes for Edna,
2:2i She Is by Dictator chief out of the
dam of Nelson She goes at the pace ana
can fly az that gait
Sons and daughters Of the dead Election
eer won S2l,l72 In purses in America this
were the biggest winners.
II is said that the mother Of Frank G.
Lena, the missing world girdler, Will re-
ceiye $4,000 Insurance when the fact OF her
sons death is established.
champion cyclist of France and Pontecchi.
the fastest racing man IN Italy VIII take
place in Paris February 10.
Waller. the long distance rider, Is now
training for an attempt to lower the out
door twenty-four hour record. lie al
ready holds the indoor record.
Tommy" Ryan, the we!terweight pugil-
list is in Bridgeport visiting friends. He
expects to start with "Parson" Davies for
England very soon TO fight "Dick' Burge.
Slavin has gone 10 pot in London since
his defeat by Jim Hall. He Is impecunious
and what Is worse still, badly wrecked
physically. If this is true, the cooler may
do him.
young" Hecnan and Jimmy Kaveucy. OF
Boston, Mass, have been matched to fight
ten rounds at ~ pounds before the Farra-
gut Athletic Club of Boston, on Thursday.
February II.
Hughey O'Neu, the New York feather
weight boxer, wants to hgh; limited
round or finish contest with Marty McCue.
O'Neul offers to bet McCue 500 that he
can beat him.
"Bamey" Aaron has been selected TO
referee the tght between Joe" WalGott,
the colored welterweght and Mysterious
Billy" Smith scheduled to take place in
Boston on March J.
Ten of the 5000 stakes offered By c. ".
Williams, Of Galesburg, H., have filed, be-
Ing those for yearlinss, 2-year-oids' 40.
800 and 2.lO classes, trotting, ana 2-year-
oIds, $50, 2:2O, 2:l6 and 2l0 classes, pacing.
A fight TO a finish has been arranged to
take place IN private during the month Of
February between Eddie Connell of New
Jersey, and Dlcky Connors. The fight will
be for purse of $500 and two-ounce gloves
Will be used.
Pitcher Fersou of last years Lewiston
team has l signed with the Indianapolis
Shnnred GnP Gs for sbeaRan t Of the WI" Fan w" Rivers
The latter has received a contract from
Lewiston, which he will probably keep for
reference, while he goes 10 Springfield
Fred Pfeffer has receded from his posi-
tion OF bravadO, and Is now placed in the
light Of supplicant for reinstatement by
league circuit have pettioned TO this effect,
and II Is more than probable that the par
don Will be granted at the February meet
ing.
with the championship season beginning
April is, the Boston games with Provi-
dence and with Yale Will be knocked in
ra eSa To- ay VII IN New RYmfs Yor Is ouf
full II Harvard viii play in New, York mt
al on account Of most of the earlier dates
being already filled.
for place in the varsity crew of the
University of Pennsylvania; Hancock,
Peterson, Sears, Darrash, Folwell, Jack,
Hickson, Lyon, Rauck, Sinclair, Oglesby,
Kelsey Russell, Patterson, Benton, sham
berg, Hunter Tismer, Mcconnell, Herr
and Mears.
During the season OF 1894 the get of Dl-
rector 2lI thirteen in number, won ST.
lso OF which amount over one-halfi or $ll,-
500 was Won by MS greatest son, Directum,
2;05h. one of the get OF Wilkes Boy
2,2il2 the S-year-old mare Nellie A., won
$4,000 OF the SilsS credited TO that sire by
sixteen performers,
sam FitzpatrIck manager and backer, of
attempt to match his man against George
been assured by two well known sports
men of ENGLAND that if Johnson agrees to
fight Lavigne they Will see that nice |
purse Is hung up tor contest
There is some doubt about the pitching
rules being changed this year after all
Chairman Hanlon. of the rules committee,
is said TO have expressed his opposition TO
IL, and Hart Is reported TO take the same |
ground. SUCH authorizes as AnsOn and |
Captain Nash, TO say nothing about N Il.
Young ana Harry Wright are also on rec
ord as belns opposed to any change at
present.
Every one Is Interested In MIR. Salisbury's |
futures. ana here is pointer from the |
man himseli = have six little Directs at |
fleasahtoli TWO 2-year-olds two yearlings |
and two weanllnss. which / think will be |
the fastest half dozen ever handled. It's |
pretty bold stateInent hut Il think they