Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-12-08

one point and the same for safety.
This would be much fairer and improve
the game greatly. What is the difference.
whether a player kicks q goal from the
field by punting or does it after making
a touchdown? It is practically a punt
when the player has man to place the
ball almost III front of the goal posts.
Make the above changes and you Will
find fewer injured players and also a
game that will be more interesting. OPEN
play is the life Of the game and better
| exercise for the men,
Canadian sporting circles are agitated
by the proposal Of James Wray Of Austria
liza to row Jake Gaudaur, the worlds
champion, in England for the champion
ship, Wray having sent $3.50 to the Lon
don Sportsman to make his challenge
good That paper says its cup, for which
Wray. wishes to row, carries with it the,
worlds sculling championship, and that
it Gaudaur does not reply to the Austria
lian's challenge to row on the Tyne the.
latter intends to apply for the cup. Cana
dams say the Sportsman assumes too,
| much when it declares that the worlds
championship goes with the cup The.
English championship, by common con-
sent, does go with the trophy, but neither
Wray nor the Sportsman can lay down
any such absurd condition as that man
who challenges Gaudaur can stipulate'
that the champion must go over to Eng
land and row on the Tyne or forft his
title. Wray was in America for several
months this year. He did not ask for a
race with Gaudaur, but specifically stated
that he would row any other man. His
present attitude appears to be founded on
the belief that Gaudaur will not go to-
England, consequently the challenge is a
safe one. But it does not give the slight
est claim to Wray to the worlds cham
piOnship. AS to the English title, eau
daur will make known his position when
Wray's challenge is forwarded to him.
Down in Boston the sports are still
laughing over story on Arthur Irwin,
the baseball man. He became quite inter
ested in the big Yale-Harvard football
game of a few weeks ago and got among
a Yale push in one of the hotels and
backed his judgment on Harvard 5000
worth that Yale wouldn't even score. Re
Election and talk Of his friends scared
him so that he looked for a chance to
hedge. He found the chance later and
bet that Harvard wouldn't score and then
figured out that he couldn't lose. The
score, O to O, netted him a neat little sum,
and he thinks football the only game.
Billy Stiff and Tom Ryan have agreed
TO fight again. This time it will be with
out the possibility of police interference
fighters can test their relative abilities
without doubt as to superiority. George
Corcoran, the manager of Ryan, met
Stifts manager yesterday and decided on
the preliminary arrangements. The fight
will take place in Buffalo early IN Janu-
airy. It will be twenty rounds long. The
men will be compelled to train down to
15S pounds. They will weigh in at 6
o'clock the evening of the encounter.
The amount of the purse has yet to be
settled. but it will probably be $500
or $4,000.
The Newark Baseball club of the At
lantic league has changed hands and
George G. Oeacon) Ellis, who was the
sole owner of the club, will now return
to his home in Grand Rapids, Mich,
where he has other business interests in
view. The purchaser and future sole
owner is Thomas P. Burns, known in the
profession as "Goodeye." He bought the
club outright from Ellis. and hereafter
will be known as the playing owner,
manager and captain. The consideration,
which was large, is private. The sale
included the contract and reserve right
of all the players of last seasons team,
also those of several Western league men
whom Ellis had signed since the close of
the season.