The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-30


Says About the Recent Trades.
Creedon Wonders How il Happens
ed-.EngIish Golf Players Coming.
Sir Walter one of the gamest and
| hOnestest horses that ever earned
! brackets, was retired to the stud Tues
! day after a campaign on the running
turf which has few parallels. He will
be an eight-year-old on Jan. 1. so that
he leaves racing record behind him
! extending over five years, and yet when
he left Morris Park Tuesday he was
without scar or bemsh. He was
shipped to Kentucky, and his destina
| tion is said to be the Elmendorf stock
farm. This is now the property of ].
/ B. Haggin, who bred Sir Walter, and
| who also owns his sire, Midlothian, so
! that the Oneck Stables pet should feel
! at home. The horse has not been sold,
! and may be pulled out at some future
date for another coup.
Sir Walter was foaled in 1890 at Hag-
! gins stock farm, California. He is a
! bay horse, with white points, by imp.
! MidlOthian-La Scala. He was pur-
! chased as a yearing by the Oneck
! Stable, and proved a bread winner al
| most from the first time he faced the
| flag as a -year-old His first nota-
| BILE win was in the Seaside Stakes at
| the Gravesend spring meeting He
then went right along the line with
! few breaks winning the Great Amer-
can, the Great Eclipse. the Atlantic,
and the Seabright stakes.
AS a three-year- Sir Walter won
| the Stockton and Lorillard stakes, and
a year later he was a prominent factor
in many of the big events, running
second in the All-Aged Special. and
| winning the Long Island Handicap.
| The popular little son of Midlothian
came out full of running for the cam
paign of 95, and finished third in the
Brooklyn Handicap, third in the Man
| haitian, third in the First Special, sec
ond in the Omnium, second in the Long
Island, and third in the Sheepshead
Bay Handicap, with lump of weight
up every time. He also won the Park
way Handicap in that year.
AS a six-year-old Sir Walter reached
! the climax of his fame by winning the
! Brooklyn Handicap from high-class
| field. He also ran third in the Metro
! politan. His performances last season
showed that he still retained his stake
form. He scored over all comers in
big events at Saratoga and the Met
ropolitan tracks and toward the end
of the season was among the very best
! handicap horses in training.
Manager Hanlon of the ex-champion
! Baltimores is the first to make arrange
ments for Southern trip next spring."
/
his players to either Thomasville or
Macon, Ga, leaving home on March 10.
| Hanlon is quite well satisfied over his
recent deal in trading Doyle, Reitz.
and Amole to Washington in exchange
| for De Montreville, McJames. and Nc
| Gam. In speaking of it the noted
manager said:
Il believe that the Baltimores have
| been strengthened by this move. Nc
! Gam will be big surprise. When he
was playing on Arthur Irwins Toronto
team l watched his record from day to
day, and then | wrote to Irwin for his
opinion of the man. Irwin recommend
! ed him so highly that / was satisfied
| to include him in the deal. Irwin SAYS
McGann is the fastest big man he has
ever seen, and that he is a terrific
| iillcl, NAY lllS an dDlllty TO WnlD the
ball into either left or right field as the
occasion may call for. AS Irwin is one
of the best judges of players in the
country, | feel sure of McGann'S sue
cess. De MOntreVille at second base
will strengthen us in batting, base run
ming, and even fielding, for while he
VIII make more errors than Reitz he
will cover more ground and will prove
faster in double plays.
''As for McJames | believe he will be
of great assistance to us. We have a
pretty clever pitching corps in Corbett,
Hoffer, Nops, McJames. Pond Hughes.
and kitsOn. Hughes is also a clever
| all-around player, and is quite a hit
ter. Robinson, Clarke and Bowerman
Will again do the catching, and Jen-
nings and MCGraW will cover their old
places at short and third respectfully
With Kelley, Stencil and Keeler in the
outtield, and O'Brien as extra man, |
think the orioles will be able to give an
excellent account of themselves
"Hanlon does not say much about
Jack Doyle, except that he is a first
class player, He appears to be salts
fed not to have Jack on his team an
other year"