The evening times., 1895-12-03
GENERAL spoRrING GOSSIP.
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GEN
The affidavit made by John T. Brush re-
garding the DOyle-Gleason dispute Is as 1oi-
lows.
state of Indiana County OF Marion, S.:
PERSONALLY appeared before the under
signed notary puoiic iii ana ior the county
oi Marion ami state of Indiana, j I. Brush,
who, being duly cautioned and sworn, de-
poses and says that ON Wednesday, No
veinDer l3, 1888, in the corridor oI the
Firth Avenue Hotel, opposite the office,
and in the presence. oi Mr. Andrew Freedman,
president oil the New YORK Baseball CiuD,
and witnesses, the prop,Istiuu TO trade
boyle Inr a Cincinnati payer and Il money
consideration being under consideration,
/ asked Mr.. r rcsSiulan IL lie would give tne
until morning IT, decide the matter, at
which time / would give him decisive
answer. Mr.. Freedman inquired IL j de-
sired To consider mat matter seriously.
replied that ! most assurcdly dad; that II
informed him tnat / had the trade under
consideration, and wouii ike 10 have MN
give me until the Ioliuwipg uiorning in
which to canvass the subject. He rrpned:
All right. I'll give you until morning,
but ] want your aDsIeras early asp'esibie
in the morning.
II told hm that would let him know be-
fore the lcasue convened i'll the morning.
This conversation occurred about o'clock,
AFTER the adjournment OF the league meeting
"Wednesday evening. About two tours lalcr
had IA conference with Capt. Ewing OF the
Cincinnati sciub, and We agreed to accept
MIR. freedinan's proposition. and about 10
o'clock the same evening. November Is,
] S95. went to Nr. Freedman and In formed
him that i would accept his proposition 10
exchange the Cincinnati player which he
wanted and cash for bls pIayer-Doyle.
Mr. Freedman replied tia; was TOO late;
that he had disposed OF Doyle. Imaini aimed
that WIS not too late; that had IL ntilmorn-
ing To exercise my option. He replied that
had All opportu nifty ana was Too late.
claimed that unless be had violated his
word was not too late, but that IL he had
been false tO his promise i might be too
late. He replied thai be had given me no op-
ton and was under no obligation; 4 ,.u
subscribed and sworn to before me. no.
tary I,u bic ia ami for saId county and State,
this Goth day OF November. 1895.
Notary Public"
Buck" Ewing and Ashley Lloyd, the
treasurer, also make ailluaVlts. In which
they swear they heard Freedman agree 10
give MIR. BrJsn an option on Doyle till
Thursday muriIinS. Tue aiIldavi,shav all
been forwarded TO ''Nick" Young, and the
matter Will be ventilated at the spring meet
Ing or the league
George Woodruff, the Pennsylvania coach,
said TO the players after Thursdays game:
You did noI pay a game today which was
try, bat GO ieei that you could dercat auy
eicveu p1tted against yoa. l 10 not think
more chance of winning against you than
did Cornell. You were not quite sure OF
yodr own strength, but We're We to play
either Yaie or Princeton tomorrow 1 feel
sure that you would have Du more trouble
with them than Cornell gave U.s."
sIch l.l.k ~ tn;,t is thc heisutu OF absurd
ity, and the Quakers shoaio get out o1 the
habit OF maklng empty boasts. 1t would BE-
out of the question 1or any team to beat
Yale or Princeton 46 tn z. The trouble
with Penn -seems TO have been that She
pla yed Ike a whirlwipd against weak teams
aud weakened against strong ones.
The ma ioriiy OF football critics agree
that Yale has the strongest team in the
country this year. II is true gCOuly pOr-
tioD OF Yale's strength is stored In Capt.
Tliurne, but nevertheless it's III the New
Haven family II scores count for any
tniDg, ana tiI-y sometimes do, la!e ilns
a clear title for the championship, for
Yale defeated Princeton by ten points.
while Pennsylvania defeated Harvard, who
who WAS Uadly defeated by Princeton, by
but three points or, to DE More explicit:
Yale beat Princeton by ten points; Prince
ton beat Harvard 10y eight Bo,nts-that is,
Yale is eighteen points btter tiIan Harvard,
while FcDDsyiraIIIai is but three points better
ti.au iIarNari. or, suDlraCiing, iaIe is III
teen points better than Pennsylvania.
Following close on tnc y. Y. a. c. S resig
nation rromthe A. Al. and the withdrawal
of the Boston, PROVIDENCE, Portland and
Newton clubs, Which are now busy cOtli-
the news that the athletic clubs of Pitts
burg nave thrown the "A. A. u. over their
shoulder. A meeting OF the latter has just
Deen held To org aniZe new governing body
in Pittsburg amateur athletics. 1t was a
continuation OF Il smaller Injecting held a
week carrier and growing out oil the action
Of the A. A. U. IN suspending everybody
connected with the national tournAi9elt
held under tue management OF the North
Side Athletic Club.
Physical Director Sims of the Athletic
Department OF the Pennsylvania branch
OF the Y. NJ. c. A. has presented the follow
ing flourishing report OF the month s work
before the athletic meeting of the branch:
boys classes ~; average attendance, ~;
.rage attendance, 20; total 224. Mems
special class, which was started with three
men, average attendance, 10; total, 1876.
~; total, SS. Individual exercising for 20
days, average, 20 1926. There have been
1,4l7 exercises given during the month,
and II examinations.