Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-30
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"One Of the queerest games on record
TOOK place III Dayton, September Il, be-
tween the Grand Rapids and Dayton
teams, says member of one of the In
terState league teams to Columbus re-
porter. 1T was full of accidents to the
players Harper and Cote were in the
points for TOrreyson's aggregation with
Bates and Latimer officiating for the
Vets. Harper had the Daytons guessing
and would likely have won his game, bat
he objected too strenuously to one of UNI
plre keefeS decisions in the second in
ming, that that official removed him from
the game, Carson going III the box He
lasted one inning and had to retire with
y spl.t Eager, Lindsay taking his place
The latter had hardly taken his position
when a line drive hit him on the knee
cap and bounded off to the bleachers. Cote
was the next unfortunate receiving the
full effect of pitched ball on his cranium
Someone soaked Tacks Latimer in the
neck with Il bat and Donahue got spiked.
went to left field, Red Herbert switching
from left to the box The hero Of San
Antonio did well in that position. but
Lindsay capped the climax in the next in
ming by falling in dead faint at the
plate after making q line drive. He had
twisted his ankle in the outfeld and after
hitting the ball was unable to run it out.
Wayne went to right field and Bradley
to left and the game went on. After sew
eral minor accidents the DaytOns finally
won the game by a score of to 3 and
the crowd left fully satisfied that they had
gotten their moneys worth. 1t was the
most disastrous game in the number Of
accidents that ever happened.
''It looks to me as if Frank Hough was
engaged in a labor of love that will be
lost said Tom Brown of Washington
recently to q reporter For the past
four years Frank has been advocating
a return to the two eight-club leagues,
and this winter he is stronger than ever
in the arguments he advances in favor
of split in the tWelYe-club organization.
But if Frank will pause and ponder he
will see that it is legally impossible to
sever that ten-year compact, which has
three more years to run. Even at the
end of the ten-year agreement the twelve
club owners will have a task before them
in outlining new organization, providing
of course. they decide not to renew the
agreement. It's easy to name sixteen
cities. but can each of those sixteen be
satisfied with the organization Of which
they would become members? And
would these two eight-club organizations
be obliged to father as many losers as
the twelve-club league? 1t will take two
or three years of tinkering, figuring, cal
culating and all-around scheming to pre-
pare for the reorganization that will takt,
place at the end of the ten-year Ggrec-
ment. and the most conservative IF tr2
major league magnates are even begin
ming now to make arrangements for any
emergency that may arise in the fall Of
1901. when the tenth annual meeting of
the twelve-club league is held
John Dougherty, one of Starkey's sec
onds. Thursday afternoon d.? de this state
ment: Il wageret $1,000 ~ Ten Shar-
key to win. The money was Sharkey's,
money. but the referee decided that he
can't have it. This is not right | have
it on reliable authority that Kelly had
wagered $4,000 on Corbett to win. Did
he try to save his money! Now, [ also
understand that Kelly won $3.50 on Dix
on, who won from Dave Sullivan in pre-
cisely the same way. Kelly took that
money If he did. what right has he to
say that Sharkey bettors are not entitled
to their money?
''Sharkey had Corbett whipped to an
absolute certainty. In the eighth round
Corbett was splitting blood and at the
end of the eighth round Sharkey wills
pcred to me: Why, this fellow Corbett
can't hit as hard as Dixon
after the fight Corbett said in his
dressing ROOM Well boys. it was Il
pretty hard mixUp in that round There
are no newspaper men mere now, and so
am safe in saying that [ did better than
Rubin. anyhow.
''Corbett acknowledged that he was
dazed in the ninth round-so badly dazed
that when he was sent to the corner he
thought he had won on a foul.
Another question: Why did not Kelly
give the Mitchell-Corbett fight to Mitchell
on a foul? Honest John he may be, but
fail to understand how he cam make
his explanations so that they will agree.
Sharkey is of the opinion that Corbett is
a foul fighter and he stands ready to
beat him at any time
DOugherty made the statement that the
men did not box for purse of $4,000,
as the club announced, but for so per
cent. of tho gross receipts-75 of which
went to the winner and % to the loser.
He also said that the receipts would
probably exceed $1,000.
las a fighter" concluded Dougherty,
"Corbett is as dead as a doornail.''
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