The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-05-22

Halma is the favorite in the Laton;a
Derby.
The track at Latonia is said to he in
fine condition.
Marshall was not in it with the Irish
cyclone 1t was only one short round,
Joe Wolcotts left hand is swelling IN
ike poisoned pup. He cut it against
the teeth or darky in ST. Louis.
Uncle Anson Of the Chicago's and
BUCK Ewing of the Cincinnati's are
Doth old timers, and they use the
heaviest bats of any of the league
players.
The umpire who wore the mask in
the income tax match was run off the
neId. The 50" paid no attention to his
decisions, and won the game bv a
score Of to 4.
The western teams have just knock
ed the conceit out of the eastern teams
on this western trip. Pride goeth be-
befre a fall" is applicable to the east
ern teams this season.
Bicycle dealers and manufacturers
have frowned upon the old idea of Civ
ing bicycles as prizes for race meets,
and there will be fewer wheels given as
prizes this year than ever before.
Charlie Miller, right fielder for the
Clncinnatis, is considered the best
thrower of any fielder in the league.
He makes long and accurate throws
to home plate, which kills off many
scores.
Ten victories out of the last twelve
games have given the Cincinnati Reds
a tremendous boost in the champion
ship race. They are now right after
the Pirates, with the Beaneaters a
very close third.
The Pirates and Giants had scrapping
matches instead of baseball at Pitts
burg. Doyle, of the Giants, would have
made valuable acquisition TO Ii Hung
Chang's army. ''Scrappy' Joyce is not
in it with Doyle as a fighter
George Dixon, the champion feather
weight pugiliSt of the world, was arrest
ed in New York recently for using pro-
fame and indecent language at the
Grand Central depot. He made a mis-
take in inviting theblue coat to fight.
He soon found himselflodged in the sta
ton house.
The wheel is becoming more popular
every day with the Cinnamon on the
Pacific coast, and many good racers
have been found among them. The
riders race clothed in bright colored
silks and never fail to bring forth round
after round Of laughter by their earn
est efforts TO win a race.
1t will be an unfortunate affair for
Uncle Anson if the Colts should happen
TO fall many places in the column of
percentages, as it said he has bet
everything on his Colts winning the flag
Thus far they have shown nothing
that will warrant any one in picking
them out as pennant winners.
Patchen Wilkes Maid is going good
and strong, her fastest mile this season
has been 2:251%- The Maid carries "a
ounces on each front foot and some of
the boys say she is bound TO stop a
little with all that weight, but they
are advised not to stand a tap on the
field against her, in a long drawn out
race, or they may walk home.
Last Tuesday, Chandler and his as
Messrs. Malsby and Parry.
the collar. Kate Caffrey, Charley
Boggs and Fairywood worked four
heats in 2:30, 2:29A, 2:29 and 2:2S. step
ping the last quarter in each heat in
:55 and the last eighth in 16 seconds.
Tom Lee, Burly Boy and Happy, Jr.,
paced four heats, all better than 40,
last quarters in 33 and 81. The Rebel
Medium horse. Happy. Jr., is consid-
cred a better prospect than Barondale
was last year. 1t is thought that he
ran shade 2:15 right now. Dock Du-
laney (0 PAGER. and Stella Woodline
~ trOtter. worked a couple of miles in
2:40, stepping eighths in II seconds and
quarters in :35.
Football has never been a very gentle
game, to judge from what Master
Stubbes says about ii in his "Anatomie
Of Abuses" published in 1888. For as
football playing" says he, |
Il protest unto you it may rather be
called a friendly kinde of fight than a /
play or recreation; a bloody and murth- |
aring practice than a sport or pastime. !
For dooth not every one lye in waight |
'Or his adversarie, seeking to over |
-hrow, him and to pickle him on his nose |
hough ii be on hard stones. so that by |
his meaneS, sometimes their neckS are !
broken, sometimes their backs some
lines their legs. sometimes their armes; |
sometimes one part thrust out of joynt. |
sometimes another: sometimes the |
noses gush out with blood, sometimes |
heir eyes start out
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