The evening times., 1895-12-02
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MILL
New Workers. Think That the ''Sagi-
nav Kid" Has Undertaken Too
Much of Il JOb-Peter Maher win
Take In New York-Higii Jumper
Sweeney After Ryan.

mad its equal in ;his vicinity. Each boxer
has Inet and defeated tine best men in and
out OF their respective classes.
! Now IL has resolved uscif into the qucs-
tion as 10 which of the pair is The ma ster
of the situation. A great deal OF credit
should be given Lavigpe for tackiing Wal
| cott, for thelatter MISUNDERSTANDING scar
ali the light weights, welter-weights and
middle weights as We'll, from meeting MN.
Wacott hus been lying about idle for some
| time. Why? Because Ills manager could
not induce any one to meet him.
The general impression prevailing In the
metropolis is that tlt AID has taken
on Il bigger contract than he can handle.
This may be the case, bat ir Walcott gets
down to hclimit of 33 pounds he viii have
Ia keep On the go to dispose OF inc Saginaw
man. Lavlgne is not anybody's cincn, oy
ANY means, and IL Is very doubtful Ir the
black man can light at the light weight
limit and Ire good and strong.
| O'Rourke might try TO get him in q little
| over tine prescribed weigh, bat he VIII nave
10 b. about early to get ahead or Sam FitZ-
patrick. The latter knaw5 Il ti.ing or two
| himself, and Will not allow his man TO 20
up against The boy Iroiu TIE bcston. al i,t'
ls not al the stipulated weight. While the
| KID" has Il laru job cut out Tor hin, he has
| shown himself to be a pretty good man IN
an emergency, and If you can get the odds
| your way, Will be worth having bet down.
The new champion will strike New York
some day this week and will then have 4
| chance TO tell Macon Mccormick. Howard
Hackett, Johnny Eckbardt and the rest of
| the push how he ln,cnus 10 win his right to
| the lItie which the long -wlnucd scrapper
| from the West SO kindiy bestowed upon
him.
| Peter is to box Hall every afternoon and
| night at the Lyceuur Thcater. Maher is on
] his good behavior, ana tnriniXcd ate friends.
| who formerly found IN him a boon com
| panion, VIII find him rather dull company
| now.
Peter has seen the error OF his ways, and
keeps in splendid physical shape by taking
Al tfInr sle
! Improved very much in tue Iast year ana is
| siiIu 10 have ueveiopcd marvellous Quickncss
| in using mis- hands.
He H. also more shifty on his feet, and
| where forucriy ne would take Il hard punch.
! In orier 10 give one. he now dOdges and
| waits for Il chance to land himself All this
cuuirs iroin cAi,crIe!lcc. Mauer is ceriaiuIy
! III line for the championship, ana he would
! make an ideal champion, for never since
! suIlIvan's downfall las there been man
closer to the hearts OF Amcricansports than
the piucky irisn champion.
A weIl-snown RACING man recently re-
| ceiyed word hat the twelve yea r-oid horse
| Artillery, 10y Muskei, dam Ouida, by Yai-
| teDdcn, a hair brother to Carbine, who was
| purchased last summer by the Duke of
Portland, is shortly 10 be sent to this
! country.
Arrniery is owned by Mr.. W. T. Par
good race horse, though not III the same
| class as Carbine. He will he shipped TO
san Francisco and sold there at auction.
| tralia from England.
II was Thought at the time by the
shrewd Briiishers that he was of little
or no account, but he proved TO be the
sire Of SO many great winners that there
has since been u demand both in England
and this country for the Musket blood.
Musket 6 sons, about three years ago. AK
ION, now dead, and Miss Maxim. both high
class filiies, were the first OF his get to
race here. Maxim got cast in stall last
xrh
he died. Artillery. II he arrives safely will
be- the only MusAcr stallion in America.
What would undoubte,iIy be the athletic
event Of the decade would be n meeting
between NJ. +. Sweeney, holder uf the
worlds high jump record, q feet 5-s
inches. and j +. Ryan, who holds the Euro
pean record of feet 1-2 inches. 1t Is
well known that such meeting Is Swee-
ney's ambition, and, although he is too
modest Ia anticipate a victory, he feels
confident that the winner would have
TO jump higher than mortal man ever got
before without aid.
Sweeney, who does most of bis trainiug
indoors, has to use great discretion to pre-
vent the accumulation or stiffcning of mus
Gle, and he feels that another season of
ali-Iround gymnastics Will interfere with
his jumping powers. There is reason to he
lievc that he has refused a highly remunera-
tive position IN gymnastics in order to in
sure, ii possible, q decisive cumpetitiDn
with Ryan. The latter is regarded as in
yincible on the other side, and in recent
years he has never met Jumper capable
OF extending him. The same applies to
Sweeney in this country, and should this
marvellous pair ever meet 1t is safe tn as
sumo that the high-IuInp standard win
reach n limit which few years ago
would have been regarded as impossible.
At the present writing the Pittsbnrg
baseball club has no less than :hirty-nne
players, aud Manager Mack has not been
heard from for several days. lie may have
snaed sS hew 0rs "d do tine qaie jst tIi
talent is not quite plain.
1t has been runOred that the intention
is to take franchise in one of the minor
leagues and use this as Il Sort uf training
school, but when questioned on this point
President Kerr declines 10 make any p-,si-
tive statements The plan has been tried
Cincinnati and Indianapolis clubs. who
has made money out OF both teams
II might not be bad idea for the Pitts
burg club to place a team in the proposed
Central League. 1t could be run at a
small cost, and the management t,uld al
va ways s have n number Of Young PLAYERS to
of the league club The central circuit has
not been completed, and President Kerr
asking. Last year the Pittsburg club paid
out nn small amount of cash for young play
ers who were stars In the very nIin,,r
leagues, and some uf them have panned out
quite satisfactorily. This being the case.
the owners of the club could save money,
perhaps make a little. by .opductng their
own training school.
For several years it has been the custom |
70 some of the best American riders to spend |
the summer season riding on European |
tracks and scoOping In foreign gold, but |
next year, according to rnnioEs from Paris |
this will be reversed, and PrOtin, the fastest |
in all Europe, and probably other |
we'll known riders with him, will make the |
trip to this country for the same purpose.
Protin, 1t Is said, has written to two Amer
lean firms, asking to be allowed to ride Ineir
cOnsideration-and one West
ern firm has made an offer. 1t is not prob
able that Banker will leave America next
season, SO the prospects for a fast pro-
fessiOnal colony are bright. While johnson
may go abroad to race Michael, the Welsh
man, Sanger, Tyler, Berlo, Starbuck and
The thousand and one other riders for cash
will remain to make things Interesting.
here and elsewhere.
ping is not better supported In this coun-
ry, as II is one OF the most enjoyable
and healthful exercises. In England many
football players, cyclists, sprinters, and
run, which keeps them in condition
through the winter, SO that when they
start hard training In the spring they are
I'd measure prepared for 1t.
:, THOSE athletes who rest entirely from
aeginning Of the next always find the
,irst few weeks of training very irksome |
md severe. Many English clubs offer
special prizes for the first footballer, cy-
Hub with the largest muster. Another
pleasant feature in connection with the
port is the smoking concerts which un.
lally follow the runs and are generally
,ers who still like TO identify themselves
With their favorite tastime.