Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-08-04
-Western League Record.

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Pitcher Blackburn has been allowed to
go back to Texas.
Gus weighing has been pitching good
ball in Dallas, Tex.
Jim Sullivan has been ordered to join
the Bostons at Washington.
Pitcher Orth of the Phillies may not
have any fooling curves but he has speed
to throw to the winds.
Orth, Corbett, Mercer and StivettS arc
the best batting pitchers in the league.
Rusie and Meekin are also well up IN
this respect.
Umpire Lynch has not resigned, as re-
ported. He has been granted a leave
of absence on account of an attack of
rheumatism.
pitchers who cannot give base on balls
without it blossoms into a run for the op-
posing team.
Kansas City has a new second base
man named Rathermel. Parson Nicnol-
son will leave the team.
Tom LOTUS telegraphed Manager Man
ming that he wanted to buy Brownie
Foreman, but received word that he WAS
not for sale.
Menefee is quite a pitcher, besides
being a fine all round player. He won
his game from Detroit with ease.
kid" Beyis was last night given his
notice of release. He has been thor
oughly tried out, and Manager Manning
has come to the conclusion that he does
not fill the bill. With Pardee, Foreman,
Abbey and Menefee the team is pretty
well off for pitchers, and if the other
players will do their part the team stculd
soon be out of last place.
The Buffalo Express says that Leewe
has taken a terrible slump in his batting
The Express has another guess. Leewe
has been batting at Il 300 clip the past
three weeks and besides his hitting has
been most timely
Jimmy McAleer. the Cleveland fielder.
states that he will not play ball this year.
but that he may get in the game again
next season. He was u star and would
make a valuable man for the Spiders
now.
The claim of DR.. Paul Neuman of Chi
cagO that he can outSwim George Whit
taker of this city has induced the latter
to again take to the water if Neuman
can be induced to make a match for a
reasonable sum. Whitaker says that he
will meet Neuman for any amount and
at any distance. The Chicago man can
come up now with his coin or back
down.
Pittsburg has released Third Baseman
Denny Lyons.
Boston has offered Louisville $4,000 for
the release of Pitcher Frazer
WadSWOrth is finding out that few
Western league bats have holes in them.
Walter Wilmot must be going to play in
St Paul, for President Ban Johnson in
his latest bulletin gives the following:
st. Paul, signed, Walter Wilmot'
That settles the matter
The bulletin also says that Forman of
Kansas City, who was released some time
ago. is claimed by Columbus, and that
Burnett of Detroit is suspended.
L. I. Gayle, umpire, is removed and
Al. II. Warner appointed in his place.
"Tacks" Parrott of ST. Paul will join
the Millers before they leave on their
next trip East.
Domino, the famous race horse, died
at the farm of James r. Keene. at Lex
ington, Ky, of meningitis. He was
taken i'll yesterday and six veterinaries
in 1891 and won about 100000 in stakes
and purses.
The fact that Billy Brady and Dan
Stuart are to be rivals in the fstic carni-
val arranged to take place next fall at
Reno and Carson City, New, has created
a good deal of talk. Stuart and Brady
have all along been regarded as friends
and the announcement that they are 10
go it alone now bears much significance
Stuart, besides pulling off the contests,
will also have it stipulated that he is 10
retain the picture privilege" 1t is said
that Bob Fitzsimmons will figure in the
tournament; that is, he will be one of The
participants. Gus Rubin, Billy Mad
den's new heavyweight, wants to fight
Fitz, and it is likely that the champion
will take him on for fifteen or twenty
rounds for tidy sum, which Stuart, it
is said, will hang up. Rubin may want
to have the affair to a finish. If it is
made worth the while, Fitz will not OBJ
Jcct.
SockaleXis was presented with wood
en- Indian by his friends at Cleveland
The effigy is about three feet high
William Larned defeated Harry Ma.
honey III the tennis tourney at Boston.
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Harry McCue and Hugh Fitzsimmons
fought a ten-round draw at New York.
Spike Sullivan defeated Jimmy White
OF Chicago in two rounds at Troy, n Y.
Racing men in some sections of the
country, where the L. A W. officials
rarely visit, have opportunities presented
to them to violate the racing regulations
with impunity. A fragrant case has been
discovered in Pennsylvania. Handicap
per Myler of Pittsburg says that a rider
named III. Sterrett of Titusville, Pa, has
been racing for two years under assumed
names, during which time he has won
many prizes and still never progressed be-
yond the novice class. The credit for the
discovery of this mans operations is by
no means due to the officers of the T.. A.
W. 1t apears that the rider himself gave
the snap away. Last week a bicycle firm
IN Pennsylvania received a communion
ton from Sterrett, asking for low fig
ure on racing wheel, and claiming con
slderation from the fact that he had been
successful in beating the racing game and
getting the best of the unsIspecting L. A.
w. officials. Sterrett's method was to en-
ter novice race under an assumed name,
capture the event, and then assume an.
other name for the next event. His let
ter to the bicycle firm was promptly sent
To the T. A w off