Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-10-15
SPORTING.
The Coming Lansing-MOore Con-
test-GosSip of the
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success.
The Orphans ought to make bid fol
the pennant next year.
The Louisville Club will begin the sea.
son of 1899 with eighteen players.
New Workers take little stock in the
story that Annie Rusie will figure in a
mid-winter deal.
Frank Selee is talking of locating the
champions at Durham, N. c., as training
quarters for next springs work.
The St. Louis Browns were done good
and brown, losing over three-fourths OF
the games of the season. Von-der-Ahe-
Boom-de-a.
Poor old Cincinnati! When once they
got on the toboggan they never stopped.
1t is limited that President Harry Pulliam
hired somebody to grease it.
They've already condensed Schrecken-
COSTS name. 1t was a trifle too large to
get OH the score cards, and now he is
simply Schreck on the Cleveland batting
lists.
The Hogan ezenah match has been
transferred to the Kentucky Athletic
Climb, on account of an engagement be-
tween the clubs to only pull off match
every fifteen days from one and another.
"Young Critic" has been given uutil
tomorrow in which to leave Chicago.
The pugilist promised Justice Martin
that he would endeavor to raise sufficient
money with which to leave town by that
time.
Tom Brown threatens to make a case
against Monsieur Lajoie because the Cas-
con hurled a chunk of volcanic versica-
ton at Tom. If Monsieur had made his
little speech in French Tom would have
no case.
Tommy Dowd is anxious for a change
of scenery, as the Mound City is too
sporty and lurid for Tommy. If Dowd
would quit attempting to lower the tide
of distilleries he would fit into several
teams in the major League.
Robert Fitzsimmons, the pugilist, has
begun suit in Now York against Col.
Jim Breslin, proprietor of the Gilsey
House, to recover $4,000 damages, by
being refused meal in the restaurant
of the hotel and requested to leave the
place on last Friday.
kid" Lavigne will leave New York
soon. prepared to box Tommy Tracey
October 81 in the coast metropolis. Ira
cey wanted to make the weight l42
pounds, but to that Lavigne would not
agree. Lavignes proposition was for
Tracey to weigh 1877 and he would go
into the ring at 1873 pounds. 1t is likely
Lavigne will secure another go with Joe
Walcott before he returns East.
, There is a great deal of interest in the
coming contest between Oscar Gardner
and George Dixon. They will make a
fine encounter, but it is natural to expect
that the cleverness of Dixon will be too
much for Gardner. Dixon can hit just
as hard as Gardner can, and the probable
tiles are that he will hit very much often
er. When Dixon is hitting clean, it does
not require many of his blows to knock a
little man out, and this leads many sport
ing people to think that if all goes we'll,
Dixon will be the winner when they
meet. Gardner is worthy of success, for
he is one of the hardest workers i'll the
business and he is also fine little man to
deal with.
James J. Corbett and Thomas ]. Shar-
key, the sailor fighter, were matched
Tuesday night in New York to contest
for twenty rounds in the arena of the
Lenox Club. The contest is to be for
twenty rounds, and is to occur on the
night of November %. The men are
to each post 900 with Honest" John
Kelly as stakeholder, the Lenox Club to
do the same, as guarantee of good faith.
They are to fight for purse of 100000
OF this sum IS per cent. is to the winner
and 25 per cent. to the loser. There is
no hitting in clinches, even with one arm
free; the men are to break clean, each to
step back several PAGES without any eff
fort at striking after clinch and in the
breakaway. Each will be permitted to
wear bandages of some soft material, and
each is permitted to have his gloves made
to fit his hand, but each must exhibit his
gloves to the other on the day before the
fight
Tom Lansing thinks he will whip Dick
Moore in their fight next Monday night
In an interview he said he thought he
would be able to dispose of Moore before
the expiration of the twenty-fifth round.
Lansing works earnestly every day; takes
long runs, skips the rope, punches the
bag and boxes with his sparring partner,
Jack Dolan. "Mickie" Norton, of Gin
cinnati, will come down to night and act
as Lansing's chief adviser and second.
Tom will enter the ring weighing proba-
bly, 1853 pounds, while Moore will weigh
in the neighborhood of 1855. Both men
will be in fine condition. Moore is finish
ing his training at West Baden and will
arrive here tomorrow with Freddie Hogan,
his trainer. The preliminary will be be-
tween Gus Bezenah and Mack. They are
training hard near Cincinnati, and
good curtain-raiser is looked for. This
will be ten-round affair. George Siler,