The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-01-29
SPORTING EVENTS.

at Oshkosh by George NJ. Paine to East
ern parties for $500.
Gray Dan, the Oshkosh PAGER, has been
purchased by II. NJ. Younglove of Wan
tona.
The Lake View Ball association of Pc
oria elected officers for the season Of 1898.
The club lost $391O last year.
The Eureka Athletic club pulled off a
series Of unintcrcsting fights at Baltimore
last night, the star bout being between
Gus Ruhlin of Akron. O.. and Wolf Ben
dorff of England. Ruhln had it all his
own way and the police stopped the bout
al the end of the second round.
w 7. Ijams of Terre Haute has sold
praytell. 9:i1li TIE famous son of AXtell.
to Charles Dcckcll of Cleveland, O., the
consideration being S5To.
Manager Allen, whu is one of the schcd-
ule committee. of the Western league. has
made some calculations on the possibilities
Of a schedule for the year. He has CON
sidere.l Des Moines rs the probable city
that will be chosen as the eighth city of
the league In this event Milwaukee will
be one of the Eastern cubs, and Mr.. AL
len has made a schedule which would
prove Il popular one from the indianapolis
point Of view, although the indianapolis
club would have the greatest mileage.
The scheduled meeting Of the National
Baseball league. to be held in st. Louis
next month. will bring together the prln-
cipai sporting writers of the country, and
.Spcciaily those Of the twelve cities III
which league clubs are located. There is
said to bc on foot 4 movement to secure
their cooperation in ignoring in their re-
sErctive newspapers all pIgiliSts except
when the latter decide to fight and have
made arrangements to do 50. 1t Is the
purpose of TINS movement to have the
writer's, who are mostly sporting editors,
Influence the management Of their reSpec-
tive papers toward this end.
The Philadelphia Baseball club has de
cidcd to train its players at Cape May.
This is additional proof that league clubs
are gradually turning from the old cas-
tom Of sending their teams South. The
Rostons are thinking Of going to Atlantic
City, too. The New Gorks have arranged
To 70 to Lakewood. The Bropk!yuS may
there, while the Washingtous will. as USU-
al. remain on trer own stamping ground.
Thr BaltimoreS will 20 to ThomaSyillc.
tia. as they have always been believers
in Southern practice work. The Clncin-
natiS will 20 to Texas. aS Ewing has
thawing out III the early spring. The
Chicagos will probably % somewhere
South, while the PittSburgs and Glove
lands expect 10 train at Hot Springs. st.
Louis and Louisville will probably remain
near home.
Manager Allen has signed Pitcher
Charles Kneppcr. and he Will be tried
with the indianapolis club Knepper has
nd lie list
two years and worked with the club last
spring.
Billy Nash in the summer of 1896 re
ceiycd !; tip on Geicr. who. with LaiOic
was playing with the Fan River CMasS.I
team. Gclcr was picked out by many
New EngIandcrs aS the most promising
to New England to look the little fellow
over, and rs soon rs he arrived ut FAN
River spotted Lajoi".
Atlanta Of the Southern league has con
tributcd three pitching recruits to the Ma
tional league. These are cunitf of Wash
ington. Stewart of Louisville and Cole
man of 81. Louis.
Tom Burns of the Springfeds began
his professional baseball career aS far
back rs 1879 when h" was member of
the Albany team. He went to Chicago
IN 1871 and remained there until 1890
when he accepted an offer from Pitts
burg. His movements since then are too
fresh to need rchcarsing at this time.
Evan Lewis is again trying tu break in
10 the wrestling business. although he has
practically been ont of it for the past
three years. Since his match with Farm
cr Burns 1T Chicago the Wisconsin
h.ts i.t.., I-,,.,r !. i
Year he went to England and met one of
the best WrcStlcra there, Clayton. whom
he defeated III hard contest. III" re
turned here and cndcayord Ia get on
match with some of the good ones but
rs yet nothing has turned M There has
been 50 much taking in this line that peo-
pie are tired OF giving up their "on for
such exhibitions and it will require some
good bouts to bring the sport into faYcr
again. Lewis has been offered a purse to
meet Jack kln@ before the Racine Ath-
lctc association and he has accepted. hut
King is holding off. thinking that he may
get larger purse. There is no doubt that
Lewis can throw any man in the country
today ut catch-aS-catch-can style and not
half try. Burns would be afraid to meet
him III Il match for his own money, Evan
Is taking his course of training at his
farm in Rdgeway. WIS. There are sev-
Crai good men IN this s:ato. among them
and Fred Bccll of Marshhell Schott is
matched with Herman Schmitt OF ST.
Paul for 4 side wager Of $500 and the
contest Will take place next month. 1t
seems that this match iS on the square
as the men have deposited their money
and ar" not looking for angels rs il
usually the ease.
Tom o'Ronrkr says hc viii match
{ Il III |
NNnr ~ lis pounds, lie claims Iavignc
said hr could make that weight 1t is
not likely that LayI@nc will attempt /"
Ect down that fine a. II would certain
y max" him weak 10 enter the ring.
Jimmy Michael. now wiutcring At
Hammond. lni.. with his manager and
trainer. david e. Shafer, announced late
yesterday afternoon that the trip t. his
Old homr in Wales had been abandoned
Tor the reason that he expected to 90 into
training IN five or SiN weeks for Il series
ot races. which VIII be arranged some
time next month Shafcr SAYS Michael is
open 10 all comerS ut any middle distance
the winner to take the entire rccciot<
and he Will wager from S1HN II >lo.uor
ON linn.
Peter Nahcr put Yauk Kinney to ~ircr
IN one round nj Philadelphia last night
hdHtT iudtt' 4 nloEktN OF tllF man some
of the EaStcruprS tried to boom rs com
ing champion. Probably Kinney will now
hc able II eat aud 10 less >trutting about
n" country n the pride Of the BpWcry.
II IS announced that Jacob Gaudaur.
champion professional SrUlrr of the
world. i willing Ia accept Il challenge
thrown ont L.. james Wray of Australia
to row him match for the worlds cham
plau~hip, provided the struggle takes
place ON the Thames. that the stake j.
S2'so 4 side, t'audaur allowed 5000 for
expenses.
After ~ix years Of exile from the turf
Inhunir Erauuou, ore Of the notorious
Rranuon brothers Of Polk Radgct fame.
WAS yesterday reiu>tatcd 10 the full rights
and privileges of the track
eung Grltfo. the Australian boxer. i
again matched IL meet Mcdonnell The
men Will meet II the hi- huildiug Of the
Olympic club. san Francisco. Fcbru-