The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-21
ANAc NEWS.
IN THE REALM OF SPORT
AT THE ATHLETIC PARK
They WIN Gross Bats With Q Picked
Nine From the Football Eeveu-
Bicycles Greater Favorites Than
observation-disclosures.

Next Sunday there will be . game of
ball between the Anaconda team and a
club made up from the football eleven.
The game will be played at the Athletic
park. and will be called at 2:3o o'clock.
No admission will be charged and ev-
erybody ought to get out and see how
the 1898 model of Anaconda baseball
works.
The new uniforms for the club have
been ordered and are expected to ar
rive in about . week. The new suits
are to be the highest grade. and will
be blue In color. with white trimmings.
a white cap and white stockings. The
uniforms will probably have their first
outing at the time the club goes West
on its Spokane and Missoula trip.
The bicycle season has begun in earn
est and the wheel is more Of a favorite
IN Anaconda than in any previous year
II the sales reported by dealers are any
criterion. One dealer reports that his
entire first order vas sold within five
days after its arrival in the city and
other dealers a equally as favorable
reports. While many of the purchases
have been made by old riders yet 1t Is
estimated that fully SO per cent. will be
ridden by beginners, a large percentage
being women Now that the streets are
in good riding condition there is hardly
a back street which after dark is not
utilized as a training ground. The
roads outside of the city are not yet in
ffrst-class condition. yet a number Of
ambitious wheelmen nave aiken spins
several miles out m back. II the
present weather conditions continue II
is expected that the country roads will
ho in ArQt.r1oca ohon0 SnotAo 90 xuvo
weeks.
Bob Fitzsimmons. finding that his
peace-at.any-price tactics have rele-
beens, greatly to h detriment of his
vaudeville show receipts, now threat
ems to take on Kid Mccoy, provided he
defeats Rubin when they meet. Rob-
ert Is fast finding out that a bird lat
can sing n won't carol is not worth
his keeping in the opinion of the Amer.
lean public. Common sense should
have taught him this long ago. Unless
ne gets a match with some good man
and wins a fight before mex fall he
will not be wort shucks even as a
cheap variety star next season. 1t is
believed that he will fight-but not with
Jim Corbett. That way danger lies
though IL they were matched again the
betting public would make Robert a s.
to-4 favorite.
Corbett, who is now on the Pacific
coast, comes to the front with a rat
Ting good advertisement in h shape
of he announcement that the power
that Is IN Tammany hall il thinking
seriously Of running hin for congress
in a Harlem district. Only one cham
pion pugilist ever attained the honor of
a seat n the American congress. He
John Morrissey, and he vas i'm
PEELED to seek it by the example Of
John Gully. who was the only English
champion who ever occupied q seat in
parliament. Morrissey wasn't a success
as a congressman, nor was Gully as a
parliamentarian. Both voted as their
party whips dictated, mt a day labor
er could do as much II given the nance
John L. Sullivan in his prime had his
eye on a seat in congress, but, popular
as he was, no one but himself and a
few Of his retainers ever considered
his aspirations seriously. Corbett's
candidacy is an inspiration of his clev-
err manager, Billy Brady, who Is as
quick as a lightning flash to seize or
any suggestion that will boom any Of
his enterprises.
Peter Maher thinks he would have no
whatever in landing on Mr..
Mccoy, and he is very anxious to get a
chance to demonstrate the truth Of his
theory. Il admit" said he. not long
since. that a good left-hand jabber,
can keep away IrOm an dntdBOnlSt,
has him at his mercy almost, but sup
pose a jabber meets a hard hitter who
Is just as clever as he is and as quick
on his feet. Every n admits that
O'Donnell Is as lev a sparrer
as there is in the country, but / DOM
find any difficulty in hitting him. Fftz-
simmons is considered a pretty capable
fellow with his hands. When I fought
him the first time 1 knew very little
the game, and ne jabbed me out
Of 1t. / had no difficulty whatever in
in hitting him. n IL 1 hadn't
been foolish enough to think that he
would keep his word about not hitting
the breakaways, and a I not so
implicitly obeyed Siler's warning on the
subject. there would have been another
result to that contest. Now, / saw Nc
Coy when. he had his picnic with Cree
don. n I feel sure that IL / had been
In Dams place Mr.. Mccoy would not |
ave lasted 10 round ] say plenty of
openings that Creedon overlooked or
was too slow on his feet to avail himself
Of. At all events I am ready and will
Ing to take Mr.. Mccoy on at any mo-
and undertake to convince hin in
the most forcible way that he has no
rightful claim on the American cham
pionship."
Woodward's Pavilion. the place in
San Francisco where all the principal |
glove contests take place. has q hoo
doc" corner, Just as the famous old
Olympic club Of New Orleans used to
With the light eQuitably dis
tributed, one corner Of the ring IL no
better than the other. 1t 10 q coinci-
ience worthy of note. however. that
my a who occupied the northwest