Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-28
Y estern League Record.

SprlnterS are greatly Interested in the
outcome of the series; of match races
between e. G.. Bredin, the English cham
pion and Charles II. Fitzpatrick, the
champion half-mile runner of America.
The race will probably take place in
London, August 9.
A decisive meeting between these two
men has been frequently proposed, and
now that q match seems assured the
eyes of the athletic world viii be TO-
cussed on the event. All America was
on the qui vive two years ago, when 1T
was intimated that Bredin would captain
ly met the New York a. c.. combina-
ton in the memorable international
match at Manhattan Field. Bredin did
not come over, and what might have
been the greatest race of the century fell
through. The noted Englishman, then
an amateur, had 4 record of l minute
% seconds for the half mile, made under
somewhat favorable conditions. Nilpat-
rick, then the star of Union college and
the New York a. c., had Il formidable
list of intercollegiate and national honors
to his credit, and was thought fully capa-
BILE of doing up the Britisher. Even
with Bredin out, the half-miie run at
the international meet was a sensation
from start to finish. Fitzpatrick not only
polished off President Koran, Cambridge
university A. A., the second best man
England could produce, but won his race
i'll L minute IS % seconds. beating all
worlds records, amateur and profess
SOnal.
Fitzpatrick went over to England some
months ago with the avowed intention Of
running Bredin. He has had some diff
ficulty in getting acclimated, but seems
to have struck his gait recently, and up
in Scotland, where he has been doing
most of his running, the critics swear
by him. He has q decided advantage n
years, as he is possibly ten years younger
than his rival. Bredin, however, seems
to improve with age, and his more recent
races have been among his best. He IS
joint holder of the worlds amateur rec
ord Of 1872 seconds for q quarter Of a
mile and holder Of the British record OF
1 minute II % seconds for 600 yards.
lie has been champion OF England time
and again at both the quarter and half
mile runs, and is rated as 4 phenomenon.
Fitzpatrick has had no peer III this cOun-
try for years, with the possible exception
Of Evan HOLSTER of Harvard. XII
has the worst end of the coming aTgu-
ment as regards experience and speed.
judged by q comparison of the mems
records, but he has doubtless made prog
ress in both respects in professional
ably reached his limit. The race, with
both athletes fit, should be a red-letter
event.
'Buck" Ebright, the man who first
brought "kid" Speer into prominence,
has been visiting with the little catcher
for the past week Ebright took the
management of the Peoria team Tor a
time. but he found that he was over
weight and could not play the bag at
the half mile mark SO he just left and
came on to Milwaukee to train under the
Fl. ID Ono.
and Ebright will either so Oh the stage
as 4 song ard dance team or try and Sc
cure control Of enc of the skatirgrinks
in this city.
Mccain, the big Toronto first base
man, is attracting attention by his heavy
batting.
The Bostons are receiving compliments
all over the circuit for their clean, scieu-
tific playing and gentlemanly behavior
both on and off the field. The Bostons,
by the way, have not protested an UNI
pire this season.
Delehanty, Long, Collins and Lajoie
lead the league in long hits. Delehanty
has made % two-baggers, II threeb bag
gers and ) home runs; Long, % doubles;
Collins, ID doubles and II triples, La
joie, 10 doubles, II triples and 6 home
runs.
Dan Lynch has written to Jack Dough-
erty, manager of Tommy West and
kid Mcfarland, that if he can ar
range it he will offer a good-sized purse
for a twenty-round meeting between Nc
Partland and Eddie Connolly at 1873
pounds. Lynch is doing the match-mak-
ing for Connolly. Dougherty is undecided
what to do, as he is anxious to bring
about an encounter between Layigne and
Mcfarland.
Roach, who was given a trial in the
Western league early in the season, has
developed into quite a pitcher and has
been doing excellent work for Peoria.
He let the hard-hitting Des Moines team
down with three hits.
Charley Newman, the old Milwaukee
fielder, has drifted to the Western asso-
citation and is now playing with Rock
ford. He is batting as hard as ever. If
Newman could field ground balls he
would be a good man for the Western
league.