Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-12-06

steve o'ponnell: the Australian pnsilist;
the new Manhattan Athletic club
A dispatch from London says that 1em
smith and Dan Cresduu have been matched
az catch weights Tor a g o." pnrse before
the National sporting club, January 81
Articles have been signed.
The Abilene football team will 40 to To-
bska t9-motrow TO play the Topeka eleven;
have IN their line W, A. Matteson, former
ly Of the state university team.
The Louisville club. will not part with IS
New YORK club has outGid ali others with
cash offers. There is chance however.
that Quihelder Holmes may 20 70 New
Moore and Purtell ana it is likely that
arrangements will he completed to bring
them together in private sometime within
the next week, limited number of spec
tators Will bo allowed to witness the fight.
Buck Weaver has left san Francisco FOR
the Milwaukee club TO sign the capable
Lincoln catcher. kid" Speer. Speer claims
that Lincoln cannot hold or transfer MIN
to Cedar Rapids owing TO arrearase OF sal
Heinrich Hortsmann. the around.the.
world cyclist, arrived at Cincinnati at D.
at Hamilton by Frank Fay, John Schmidt
and other Cincinnati wheclmen and es.
corted 10 their city, where he remains all
next week.
Manager Waiter wIlmot, Of the Mime
apolis club has sigped Arthur Ban one
CITY league. and man with experience
in professional ranks in the Virginia State
league also. Ban is % years old. and said
to be a fast man and a good batter.
Fred Barnes, the crack pitcher of the
champion Lincoln team of the Western
Ass3ciation, is member of the University
tracted notice as a pitcher on the university
team. He is q young fellow Of excellent
habits and will probably be seen in faster
a d q h f1EN son
Secretary Hopper, Of the IatonIa Jockey
club yesterday announced seventeen
stakes to close January 10. Eleven Will
be decided AT the spring meeting of 1896;
three at the fall meeting and three at the
spring meeting Of 1891 In addition. there
will be. the Derby. oaks and Himyar
which closed last January.
There was a reorganization OF the ST.
Joseph ball club yesterday. Many of the
Old stockholders retired and others took
president and secretary and France Bauer
treasurer. The following players have been
signed: John Slagel, Charles Parker, Frank
Haller, Tom Valley, Leo Messmer
The new club house of the Kansas City
Cyclists at Fifteenth and Charlotte streets
will be formally opened this evening with
a reception and entertainment. for which a
varied programme has been arranged. The
cyclists have issued large number OF in.
their new and handsome quarters.
:. 6. Y. Griswold. sporting editor OF the
omaha Bee, was eXonerated yesterday at
ia tlSNlDutI nl tpllplltltN IN lHt Ardln ol
Arthur Robbins who died there year ago,
after engaging in prize fight with James
Lindsay, in which GrisWOld was referee.
The jury declared him in no wise respOusi-
BILE for the fatal termination Of the affair.
Samuel Karpf, representing the Linden
Grave bowling, team, OF BROOKLYN, which
VIII leave In March for tour Of Western
cities has written to Kansas City asking
that game or series OF games be arranged
for this city A. a strong picked team
could be selected here II IS likely that the
match Will be arranged If terms can be
agreed upon.
Manager Irwin and business Manager
Watkins, Of the New York baseball club
viii start South Saturday TO look up
spring training quarters for the Giants
President Freedman Is very partial 10 Jack
Suuylle, but wants the best for his players
ana Messrs. Irwin ana Watkins viii in
Spect the facilities of several Southern
cities before making a decision.
John Skeen, who has been busily en-,
gagged for the past few days preparing the
Madison Qll) race track for the postponed
opening next Saturday, received a Telegram
yesterday from Louis Celia, who control,
the track, ordering him to quit work at
once and do nothing until further orders
II has been asCertained that the track viii
not be opened at all at least under Cella's
management.
+. j. Titus. who was suspended by the L.
A. W, has decided 10 take his ease before
the national assembly meeting for adjust,
We stopped in s.. Louis for one entire
week, during which time We heard nOthing
of our impending trouble. We were In
Kansas city just one day, when We We're
notified by Roberts of our suspension,
Roberts has worked entirely on hearsay
really said nothing that would implIcate
u.s.