The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31
TALK AMONG THE SPORTS
Dan Stuart Is Ready With HIS
Numerous Big Attractions.
FITz Is A SLIGHT FAVORITE
Pittsburgers VIII Back Maher and
Are Try ling to Force Him q Havethe
Call in the BettiIg-Marsilall Re-
garded rs Very Clever Fighter.
Everhurdt Expected to Hest Leeds.

As the eventfu time approaches the
patrons of the ring al ever the country
are planning for the big assemble at
Ell Paso. The plans for the carnival Of
fistic sport projected 10y ban Stuart have
been completed, aud everything is now in
readiness Tor what promises 10 20 down
upon the pages OF pug!iisuc history Us
the greatest event OF the kind ever pre-
NOTED.
Stuart has laid his plans SO ca refully that
it is difficult TO see where Il hitch can Oc-
| cur, and II he brings off his great show
he must be put down i'll future as the strong
est bucker OF the opposition" the ring
has had OF is likely to have, and IL is alto
gether bullheadnesS.
In fact, the chief move, seeming TO point
To his ultimate success in his latest en-
deavor, is his strategy IN keeping the ac-
| tual point of meeting from all. With SUI
preme confidence, backed by posted money,
he has bid ring followers from every
| where meet him at a certain day in Ell
Paso. whence they Will depart quickly to
the meeting ground. Assurances have been
| given that there will be no interference,
and that the tights will be pulled off ON the.
| dates specified.
| There is bGsness-like ring in every
| hting that has been done. The signing
| OF the principals in the big fight was ac-
! complished without any sensational accom-
paniments, themoney was put up as agreed.
AT the time appointed for subsequent pro-
| ceedings everybody was gu hand and pre-
pared 10 do business.
| The referee has been selected, a man
mutually agreeable TO the principals, in
whom the public also has confidence; IA
! final stakeholder has been chosen. and
| Stuart has assured the principals that
| on the day agreed upon he will place in his
| oil, r,all
! far the program has been carried out with
| out break. and there is no rea son for be-
| lievng that stuart will not fulfill all his
| obligations.
Reports from the betting centers spca K
| OF lively speculation on the fistic events
| Betting on the fights is quite lively in FL
Paso. III the principal event Fitzsimmons
| is a slight ravorite
| A bet of 81 100 t. 81 ,OCO on Fitzsim-
! mons was made the other day. 1t is under
! stood that there viii ha big money in
FL PaSo from Pittsburg to back Maher
! about the LIST Of February. IL is even
money IN Everhardt and Leeds. and small
odds are offered on Dixon and Walcott.
Should Mahcr win. however. his party
Will 90 broke on Marshall. and there will
be plenty OF Texas money To play Bright
Eyes. though Waicott is the favoritc. In
! the Barry-Murphy fight things are about
even. The best man that Barry ha met is
Casper Leon. whom he twice defeated.
At the same time. the form shown by
Barry points to the conclusion that he is
tor-nOtcher. Murphy has the credit of
n twenty-lve-round draw battle with Billy
plrnmer in SS4. a very crcditahic achieve
Inent. Ii remains TO be seen if Murphy has
retained his form.
On the whole. the contest should b. IL
remarkably interesting one. with the re-
suit Il problem. All these battles will
axe place IN the daytime, starting about
noon.
A great many close observers of the
policy Of the ST. Louis Baseball Club seem
70 think that the recent actions of Pitcher
Breitenstein are the result of a secret I'M
iers'andlng with him and President Won der
-Ahe. by virtue OF which the ina gnate may
dispose OF the player for cash without
bringing down on his head the eXecrations
OF the St Louis people.
They cite the stcreotyped excuse given
by the local club owner when he released
Gleason. Brodic, Hawiey PETIT, and Ely
II was: What could we do? He wouldn't
play in ST. Louis. We just had TO let
HIM 60 Won der Abe emphatlcaly asscr-
Yates that he has no intention OF parting
with Breiienslcin.
He refuses to ADM, that he even knows
hat Breitenstein has made arrangements
which VIII make him. in a mea sure. indie
pendent Of the ST. Louis cIub.-Philadcl-
phIa Inquirer.
Henry Chadwick. the sage of Sag Harbor
is a thorough advocate of ball tosscrs train
ing al all times. In recent letter, Papa
Chadwick says:
Here is a reminder of the late veteran.
Harry Wright the king of professional
baseball managers. who has never had an
equal in the position. 1t is an article /
wrote in 1856 on the value OF training in
batting:
While visiting Philadelphia in the spring
of 1885, l dropped in a I the Recreation
grounds in the morning to see Harry Wright.
and | found the veteran busy in training his
players to bat. His rule was to have the
practice pitcher send twelve balls to each
batsman. and train his sight to swift de-
livery.
Carrying out plan like this to the point
of the adoption of the regular systematic
set of training rules. batsnen would soon
reach the high position toward perfection
in strategic play at the bat that pitchers
have reached i'll pitching and infielders in
fielding
Suppose team We're to meet on its club
field every morning for proper training ut
the bat. in which every batsman would Ia Ike
his position to face the delivery of regu-
lar practice pitcher. who would send him
lar DallS over the D1Se IlrSt with the IN
curve. then with the outcurve. followed nv
so many upshoots and downshoOts. and SO
many balls marked by change of pace in de-
livery: and that each batsman practising
against such diversified fire from the bat
terry. should be credited with every base
hit made under the training. and that all
base hits he makes in his practice to be
credited to him until a certain aggregate
had been reached emitting him To a re-
ward.
Does any one suppose that under such |
a training system the batting of the train |
ed team would not be improved 100 per |
cent before the regular championship sea |
son had commenced"'' |
Il notice that Hanlon has got his players |
into little hit of this training at the bat |
in the preliminary half teams practice he :
fore the game begins. But / know of no |
regular batting practice. such as Harry |
Wright adopted. having been tried by any |
since the late veterans time"
In view of his performances of late Han
dler is again beating about the bush for
second trial with Kid Lavigne.
He thinks he was not in the very best |
fettle at the meeting before the Empire |
Club. and that in another show he would |
have n handful of trumps In pla wing for
the lightweight honors. concerning which
close followers of ring events will. how
ever. be somewhat inclined to differ with
him.
Nevertheless. he has seemed To surpass
himself OF late. Perhaps he may be plen-