The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-16
LATE SPORTING NEWS.
Croker's Eau de Gallo Wins the English
Crawford Plate Handicap.

Crawford Plate Handicap.
NEWMARKET Eng, April I6-The
Newmarket Craven meeting of 1895
opened today with brilliant weather. but
small attendance.
Messrs- Richard Croker and Michael
L. Dryer saw their horses exercise this
morning and were early upon the scene.
The American horses were entered for
a double trial plate of 200 sovereigns,
for 2-year-olds; for the Crawford plate
handicap of 25 sovereigns each; for B.
year-oids and upward and for the APP
premiership plate of ID soVereigns, g.
year-old and upward
Mr. Cookers Eau de GaIlie, formerly
Utica, won the Crawford plate. Ten
horses ran. Later in the day Messrs.
Croker and Dryer decided to scratch all
their entries but Eau de Gallie in the
events so be decided today.
The property of Sir j. Blundell Maple
was second, and Erin, years old, the
property of Captain Mitchell, was third.
The starting price was s to l against
Eau de Gailie, to against Estare and
8 to against Erin.
Willie Simms was on Eau De Gallie
and made the running throughout The
boy rode in mastery style and won with
comparative ease.
Al the drop of the flag Simms was first
away and was never headed. Erin, the
favorite, ran almost even with the Ameri-
can horse and the latter seemed to
tire bit coming up the hill
and towards the finish it looked danger
Gus for the son of Iroquois, but Simms
applied the whip just in time.
Eau de Gallie res onded, fairly jumps
ing ahead and captured the prize.
"BIG BILL BEHIND THE BAE"
Story of How FIT. Scott Boy Rose to
Prominence in the Base Ball World
VIII Hassaner is a Kansas boy who is
coming 10 the front in the base ball
world He began his career in the va
cant lots of Fit Scott, and now he is
regular man on the Senators" as the
Washington National league team is
called.
A recent issue of the sporting News"
FBig Bill Behind the Bat" describing
the manner in which Hassamer came
into prominence az a crack ball player:
1T seems he stumbled against the
Washington club when they were play
ing in Charleston. Their catchers were
all knocked out and he proposed to
catch the game for them. His PROPOSE
ton was accepted, as they had to have
another man or postpone the game. but
the matter was regarded as quite a joke
by the members of the two clubs. The
speediest pitcher the Senators had was
in the box, but Big Bill surprised them
all, playing the game without single
error or a passed ball. Hassamer is a
hard and sure batter, and plays right
field as successfully as behind the bat"
Kansas Sporting Notes.
Guy McFadden will leave Topeka this
xvQoL< RI bQ haSnG hin of tho
Joliet, Ill, team.
H. T. Mote has offered box of cigars
to the winner of the JOURNAL Capital
game next Friday.
1t has about been decided to play the
JOURNAL Capital ball game at Athletic
park. instead of the fair grounds.
1t is announced that Turk Burk,
Kansas City saloon keeper, will manage
the Atchison base ball team this year.
The athletic club now has four pool ia
bles, two Of them free to members, and
three billiard tables, one of them free
Something must be wrong at Kansas
City. Her pugilists, Kid Gardner Jack
Larney and Paddy PurteIl have stopped
talking.
The Indians of the Haskell institute
defeated the students of the state uni
versity at ball Saturday at Lawrence by
the score to 6.
One of the handsomest and best
known dogs in the city, "Nep,"
belonging to one of the city
teachers, Miss Fulcher, died of poi
son Sunday night A veterinary surgeon
was sent for and every means taken to
save him, but to no purpose. The dog
was not out of the ighborhood, and as
neither the owner nor the dog are con-
scious of an enemy in the vicinity. the
poisoning must have been accidental.
The shooting tournament between
Leavenworth and Frankfort yesterday
resulted in Leavenworth losing the state
cup The weather was bad Five men
took part for each club. They first shot
at thirty singles each and Frankfort
came out two ahead. They next shot at
ten pairs each, when Leavenworth came
out two ahead and made tie with each
marksman averaging 170 birds out of a
possible $50. The tie was shot off with
fifteen singles and five pairs each, when
Frankfort won a score of 80 to 80 for
Leavenworth.
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