Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-12-01
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Frank HOuseman of the st. Louis ball
team will leave shortly for England.
Baird will probably be elected to the
captaincy Of the Princeton team for next
season.
There are 157 days between April Is
and October Is, not counting Sundays.
The non-Sunday playing teams will have
hard time working in the 152 cham
plonship games they will be called on to
play by next seasons schedule. A few
rainy days will play hob with their plans.
George Shock, who goes to ST. Louis
in exchange for "Bill' Mailman. has
been with the Brooklyn club since 1898.
he is one of the veterans of the league
| and will be 36 years of age in January
next. He has played with the Washing
| ton, Baltimore and Philadelphia clubs
since he became league player.
The Detroit team will report for duty
about the end of March. The preliminary
fifty miles below Louisville. President
Vanderbeck, while in Cincinnati,
preached the idea of taking two teams
to California next winter to Manager
Frank Bancroft of Cincinnati. Banny
was favorably impressed with the idea.
Fuss Piper, a young Southern league
| third baseman, has accepted terms from
Manager Graves, and his contract will
probably be promulgated some time this
week. Piper goes to Detroit well recon-
mended as fielder and stick artist
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| Billy Madden says of his new star:
| 'Gus Ruhlan is working hard for his
| fight with Tut Ryan on December 1 at
| New Orleans He stands feet 2 inches
| n nd of Irbe
over 100 pounds. [ do not hesitate to
say that he will surprise many people
who have not seen him spar in a year or
| so with his present knowledge of the
! points Of the manly art
A telegram from Montreal states that
| the Canadian government has decided to
retaliate on the United States for the
customs rule which prohibits Canadian
Wheelmen bringing their bicycles to that
country, for more than three days, with
out paying duty This is no recent ruling
on the part Of Uncle Sans officials, but
! the Dominion officials have just decided
to do something and in that something is
seen the hand of the Canadian Wheel
mems association. Heretofore the Ameri-
| can riders, on presentation of their Ger
tifcate of membership in the L. A. w,
have been permitted to tour the province
ninety days, and then could get a renewal
on request. Under the new ruling
Americans will not be permitted to take
their bicycles into Canada free of duty,
not even when the rider is youched for
by the G. W. A.
When the baseball season closed Gus
! Dundon, in company with kid Nome
macher, Joe Cantillon, 'Peck" Sharp,
| Sullivan and Baer, all of the Dubuque
team, embarked on a shanty-boat and
| started down the Mississippi river. All
| went well and the ball-tossers have been
having the best sort of a time, living on
game and fish and enjoying the healthy
outdoor life. a longing for home crept
| into the minds OF several of the crew, re-
marks the State Journal, and Friday, at
Hannibal, Mo-, Dundon and ''Peck''
Sharp decided to return to their homes.
| They parted with their companions on
the, most friendly terms and took the first
| trains homeWard, Sharp going to Bona
parte, Ia. Gus is shorn of the fringe
Which adorned his chin when the boat
was in Burlington, and he looks hearty
and acts as though life on the river
regards to friends, and says he will stick
! TO the craft until she sinks or another
DaseAaH season opens, as nothing suits
MN better than to spend the winter
months in such royal style
Jack Hanely, now of Buffalo. but late
OF Philadelphia, is scheduled to fight
twenty rounds with Mike Leonard aft
Rochester December /.
Eddie Bald is in Buffalo and will he
there for week at least, then he will 90
10 new york to rake part in the Madison
square races; that Isl. he will give exhibit
ton rides there; ct! is not true that he
VIII remain III tll& metropolis all the win
ter. lie says that he will certainly 90 to
Europe, but he is by no means sure of the
date, and will not give it out until he is
on the gang plank of the vessel. He
states that the reason that he did not
cross the ocean, as announced, was that
he had to go South to keep private engage
ments that he had made-not merely to
take part in the grand circuit extension.
Bald knows little of what he will do
next year. He does not know whether or
not the manufacturers Will out rae racing
teams on the track. He says it all de-
ponds on how the chainless wheel proves
as speed-maker. If it is a success.
then teams will be employed. His con-
tract with the Barnes people does not
expire until March 1, 1898.
The action of the National Cyclists
union OF England in adopting rules re-
strlct1ng. its riders from taking part in
competition or paced record rides on the
road has aroused widespread dissatisfac-
ton among the English road racing ele-
ment. There is talk of secession and the
organization of rival cycling associa-
ton. Within the last three months the
authorities of that country have strictly
enforced the laws against fast riding and
racing on the highways, with the result
that large number of riders have been
apprehended for violating the ordinances.
These circumstances have raised a great
clamor against racing bicycles on the
road, which is directly responsible for
the action of the n. G. U. There is talk
of the wheelmen petitioning the union to
again take up the consideration of the
subject, with the object of having some
modification made to the new rule.
President G. A. Orr Of the Canadian
Wheelmen's association is in New York,
and will hold consultation with Presi-
dent Potter Of the L. A. w. The object
OF his visit is to consult with the league