Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-10-12
SPORTING EVENTS.

McKeever Of Philadelphia at the Lenox
Athletic club, New York, last week in a
tWenty-iVe-rOund bout at 142 pounds.
and, although McKeever stayed the full
route, the bout was one-sided and all In
Smiths favor. McKeever was heralded
as the most dangerous proposition which
Smith had ever tackled, but his showing
was a great disappointment, as he was
at no time capable of making an impress
sion upon the mysterious boxer, who
knocked him off his feet in the twenty
third and twenty-ffth round.
1T would not be fair to press Jim Cor
bett, said Billy Delaney, Jeffries' train
er-manager, in San Francisco, because
it would look as if he waited until he was
hurt before rushing in with offers for a
match" This seemed to be the general
impression at the conference between
Harry, Corbett, representing his brother.
and the club managers, after it was
learned that lin Corbett was laid I'D By
the kick of Kid Mccoy. 1t was decided
to wait, and then to receive sealed bids
from the clubs for the Jeffries-C orbett
contest. IF both clubs-for only the Ma
tional and Olympic will bid-make the
same offer Billy D~elaney's suggestion is
to toss up a coin TO see who gets the
fight. The offer will be for a twenty
round go in November.
Springfeld's 2:11 pace established a
worlds record for the fastest 10-heat race
ever paced The ten heats We're paced in
an average of 2:l4.I5, the time being all
the more remarkable because of the heavy
condition of the track. The great nine
heat battle in the 2:I4 class at Buffalo,
n. Y, in 1894, and which was won by
10 lie, the chestnut gelding now in the
Gfetna farm stable, established a worlds
record Tor the fastest average for that
many heats, the average being 2:15.O3.
Kitty r., the 4-year-old flLy by Kermiss,
won the state fair race, pacing the fifth
and. sixth heats in 2:10A, and the tenth
III - -Four Of the heats were in PIP
or BETTER. and seven were below 2:15.
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Those six games between Boston and
baltimore, three in each city, will draw
the largest crowds of the season, and,
should the championship remain unde-
clded- until the last game at Baltimore.
100000 would be q small estimate to
make OF the attendance at these games,
or in money about $4,000. A snug sum
for the magnates-
Manager Fisher of the Wisconsin uni
versltX eleven Is, making big preparations
for the game with BeIoit on the 22d
OF this month. He states that the game
will determine whether or not there will
be more contests of the kind between big
colleges in milwaukee, If the attendance
IS large, them there Will be q chance to
bring some of the Eastern college teams
mere. Special trains viii be run from
Beloit and Madison and other points in
the state. MuwaukeeanS are expected to
get out and hustle and do all in their
power to make the affair a success. AL
vim hietzSeh IS pushing the thing here.
George HI. Hosmer. the famous profess
sIonaL s%eulIer, who has made Boston his
home for many years, has gone to New
YORK to enter new fields of labor. Hos
mer will probably associate himself with
Jack Maggie, the amateur Oarsman. Hos
mer, 1t Will be remembered, was the sec
ono best ScuUer IN America some years
ago., when Han[an was in his prime, and
was the only one to keep the great To-
ronto sculler at his best in order to win.
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john Root is not altogether to blame for
the postponement of the fight between
himself and Billy Stiff. According to his
manager, Frank Lewis. Root had q bone
in his nose splintered in q bout with Tom
Sharkey while in the East and will nave
to go to a hospital in a few days for re-
pairs.
kid" Mccoy and Peter Maher have
been matched to fight twenty-five rounds
before the Greater New York Athletic
club at Coney island December 5. The
men met yesterday and signed articles.
They agreed to fight for a percentage of
gate receipts, the club guaranteeing the
winner at least $4,000.
All the details of the twenty-five round
go between Johnny Layack and Fred
Green which will take place in Saudusky
on October "a ave been arranged. The
Sandusky Athletic club posted its forfeit
to guarantee that the contest can be
brought off, and both the fighters have
posted their appearance f~orfeits. Lavack
and Kid Broad will work together, as the
latter has been matched to meet Frank
Patterson of Brooklyn, before the Great
er New York Athletic club on October 10.
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The sale of Jack Taylor, the star pitch-
er of the Browns, is reported to Cincin-
natl. In exchange Muckenfuss is to Sc
cure a good sum, and also Still Bill''
Hill. The negotiations for the transfer
and sale have not been completed, but
they are under way, and it is said will be
finished within a few days.