Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-10
live Sporting Notes.

Washington has signed twenty-seven
players.
Anson's freaks will timber up at Calves
ton. Tex.
John Rodegap has shipped his string to
Nashville,
The Philles will report at Hampton. Va.
on March 81
Washington club will start the season
with at least three Catchers.
Tom Kinslow is doing jury duty at Wash
ington, D. c., and Pittsburg wants to TRY"
him.
Tim Murnane says that Tom Bannon,
Manager Davis new outf1elder. Is sec
ond Jack Doyle.
President Kerr. of the Pittsburg Club,
supplants Frank DeHaas Robson upon the
rules committee.
Ad Gumbert, who has signed with the
Brooklyn club. will not be asked to play
ball on Sundays.
Fred Prefer has closed with the Prince
ton college team and Will enter upon his
coaching duties March 10.
Young Griffo is beginning TO sober up,
and, as he Is broke, he talks about taking
on Joe Walcott In four round go.
r. Y. Holloway has a string of about a
dozen. including Faraday, Pocahontas and
a few 2-year-olds, the latter all promising
lockers.
Starter CassIday has, been accused of tin-
Ing Jockeys too severely at Alexandria ISL
and: His own work with the flag has been
subject to much criticism.
Robert Gentle: l. A. W, chief ,, cSnsui on 2t
has 5000 cyclists, and Of that number only
400 are members of the league.
IT was made known in London yesteIr;;
gHy y 'Ha 3 e 6o r M29qo for 3CFH6 G6 Su9 0oG wgGa
and Joe Choyuski to fight for next May.
j. II. Madden hopes to take big string
East this season If the outlook warrants It.
fame, is after Pimlico for running meet
The proposed match between Jerry. Sui
Ivan and Jerry Marshall has fallen
through owing to the failure OF the for
mer's hacker to post the money for Sui
llvan.
Jockey Cassin. the little fellow who rides
as Tommy Griffin orders, can get himself
suspended and rcinstated more times than
any other rider He might well be expelled
from the turf,
Windsor, Canada. Will hold n tritting
meeting July to l., and has decided upon
a list Of purses from 500 to 81 200 each. In
the list viii be purses for 3-year-old trot-
ters and PAGERS.
From the opening Of the regular Western
racing season, ut title Rock, Ark, on April
to June 30, period OF about sevcnty-siX
days, there will be distributed over N,2OO,OOo
In stakes and purses,
Gus Weyhing is coaching the University
Of Pennsylvania pitchers and thinks that
Gelhert the great football player, will be
baseball star, He has excellent speed,
splendid curves and good control.
Jerry Chorn rode the winner I'm the Har-
lem cup race last year, md saturday he pi-
long-distauce stake, Chorn has had his
share of cup race distance honors,
on January I, 1893, the League Of Ameri-
JanuaTy Jan @ s me @smbeTs ani ON
January / 1895, only 25, ,Ss3 members. This
shows loss Of 1854 members In three
years.
George Davis persists in the statement
that Rusle, AIeekln ana Farrell will come
Into the fold without making trouble. but
cannot produce anything substantial 10
lieve the contrary.
Potsdam is a 3-year-old maiden In the
Swigert stable that is expected 70 capture
the Kentucky Derby, He Is black colt
standing fully sixteen hands He is rather
light Of bone, Int Is a lengthy, nicely bal
Is by Portland, out of Anna Fief ana CON
sequently Il little more than half brother
TO fremont Portland also being Virgil,
In all probability there will not be any
racing at Narragansett park, Providence
r. l., this spring. The legislature of that
state, after Governor Browns message OF
selling. Under the old law. which now goes
into effect, there is no possible show for
pool selling or bookmaking. Without bet
ting II would he impossible TO conduct
meeting at Narragansett park, so 1t is not
likely one will be given.
Baltimore wants 10 get rid OF Pitcher
kid" Gleason. Last year the club paid a
good sum Of money To st. Louis for his re-
lease; but Gleason did not do the work
which was expected Of him. and fell into
,iis'aeoI sfG ~ ~ esIdPaue IN ocloner, Han
lon oiiered 10 trade him TO the Cincinnatis
with a bonus for Pitcher Dwyer. Cincin-
natl refused the offer. But Ewing has Of
fered another player 10 Hanlon for Glea-
son, presumably Chamberlain, and Gleason
may yet become Cncinnatiaa.
II. ID. Fulford, of Utica, and j. A. II. Ell
lott, OF Kansas city. have arranged TO
shoot three matches at 100 birds each ON
FEBRUARY 49, 2o and q, at Marion. n. j.
Each match Will be for 500 a side. These
men met two years ago In series OF 1--WE
matches at 100 birds In which Fulford
came out on top. winning four of them
Elliott has improved wonderfully since
then, however, and II IS just as likely that
he will turn the tables on his opponent.
Those who know the ability of both the
competitors anticipate a close contest.
The well known Western performer. Wild
wood. by Wiididle. out Of Fedora w. is
dead. This is the horse that was tipped to