The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-06
GENERAL SPORTING GOSSIP.

GENERAL SPORTING GOSSIP.
Dick Moore and Abe Ullman will meet
Mt Philadelphia tonight
Mike Sears and Johnny Glynn will
meet i'm New York tonight.
Tommy White and Billy Whistler will
meet at Albany, March II.
Dan Creedon and Charley Strong have
been signed to meet at New York, March
! ID.
Johnny Lavack and unknown, probably
Mlly Murphy Of Australia, will meet at
New York, March 20
Harry Bethune, the well known profess
| sional sprinter, is negotiating for "a
match with Donner, the English crack.
| Walter Brodie's brother Alex has signed
with the Savannah team. Pop" Tate.
once with the Bostons, will play with the
same team. Brodie will play third base
| and Tate first.
Frank Slavin, the Australian, who is
| now in this country, has left his family
| in England in such destitute circum-
stances that subscription has been
started in London in their behalf.
Spike Sullivan and Mike Leonard
will meet at the Broadway athletic club
March II. Leonard will he the hardest
game that Sullivan has run aginst since
he has been boxing in New York.
Fred Morris, "the Cyclone, " was tried
out at the National club, London, the
other night with Dido Plumb for an op-
ponent. In the third round me hit Plumb
below the belt and the bout was stopped
Fred Johnson, the ex-champion feather
weight OF England, who was beaten by
George Dixon at Concy Island was de-
featcd i'm IL rounds by Ben Jordan at
the National club, London, the other
night.
Manager John Irwin announces the
signing of Dan Burke of Whitman as
catcher for the new Taunton club. He has
signed, also, Butman OF Thomaston last
season. The Torontos will play in Taun-
ton April %.
Solly Smith and Oscar Gardner. the |
"Omaha Kid have been matched TO |
box at the Broadway club, March 13 |
Gardner got decision over Smith a few |
years ago but Smith knows "A whole lot |
more about the game now than he did |
then.
President Byrne says that the Brooklyn |
club will establish admission rates of %.
80, 80 and 20 cents i'm spite of reports that |
the 30 cent tariff would not bo allowed. |
He says the league constitution permits a |
club to charge any prices, 80 long as the
lowest is % cents and the visiting clubs |
receive 90 per cent. of the gate receipts.
One Of the amusing features of the
National Assembly of the l.. A. w. was
the yell originated by the delegates from
Illinois and Missouri over the defeat of |
Chief Consul kostomlatsky for treasurer
Of the league. Ii ran as follows: "Chew
tobacco, chew tobacco, spit spit spit,
kostomlatsky, Oscaloosa, nit, nit nit"
Oscaloosa Is the town I'm Iowa in which
the chief consul resides.
The players who have already agreed TO
sign with New Bedford are as follows:
Murphy and Nelson; pitchers,
Day, Herr and Mcpherson; first base,
righe second base, McDcrmott: third
base, Ryan; shortstop, Rousscy left field
ID Rourke; centre field, Maxwell. The
last named player is from Chester Pa.
and is well recommended. lie was i'm the
same club with wicgand, who has been
signed by Manager Murphy to play
second In place of Canavan, who goes to
Brooklyn.
John Roberts, the English billiard
champion, has just madc known i'm
England his willingness 90 play match
,t pool i'm London with Alfred D'Oro.
he America pool champion Roberts
his willingness to deposit $500
orfcit % hind tho match and have the
takes $3.50 The Harvard varsity crew
owed in u barge yesterday afternoon for
he first time this year New oars were |
Iscd. which arrived from England YES.
crylay morning. y. " WriRhtington. 'g5. |
ias joined the crew. lie has been rowing
n the tank for -omc time under Captain
!" 1dr'ch's coachlpr