Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-02-01
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
II have gone out of the baseball BUSH
ness for good" said Joe Corbett at FRS
co the other night, ''and mint of money
! would not induce me to play again.
never intended to follow ball playing.
anyway. There is generally one finish
for a sporting man, and there are other
soon play in Chicago as elsewhere. if I
cared to play at all. / asked Manager
Hanlon for just 500 more salary than
he could give, year ago. SO that is
what ended my connection with the Bal
tlmOreS. Mr.. H6nIon and the Chicag 90
clubs managers have said nothing to me
about engagements, however. AS 1 said,
it is not worth their while, for l have
quit pitching. | went into the game be-
cause l liked it and had played for years
at college. l have quit writing baseball
news now and take little or no interest
in the game. [ wouldn't cross the street
to see one; there are other things of
more Importance, and my hands are full
all the time. haven't seen a baseball
game since last fall"
Tom O'Rourke, manager for Starkey
and matchmaker of the Lenox club, has
issued an ultimatum to FitzsimnOnS He
cate a battle-ground, in lieu of which
Arch Dictator O'Rourke declares the
bout must be fought at his own Lenox
A. &. He says: Il have come to the
conclusion not to waste any more time ar
guing with Fitzsimmons. If he really
wants to fight Sharkey here is his last
chance. If titZsimmOns, inside of two
weeks, can find reputable club in
which the bout can take place Sharkey
Will meet him III a twenty fve-rOund
bout, the winner to take all. If Fitzsim-
mons cannot locate battle-ground the
LenoX ~. G. will offer $50, 900 in cash
for the bout The club will also guaran-
tee to pay $4,000 to Fitzsimmons. win
or lose [ personally will wager Fitz-
simmons or Julian, or both, $4,000 or
more that Sharkey will win. I will also
wager $1,000 or $500 with Fitzsimmons
or Julian or both, that the fight does
not last ten rounds. The only condition
l will name is this: FitzsimmOns must
post $1,000 in cash as a guarantee that
he will fight on the level and not fake,
the referee, whoever he may be, or the
newspapers to Judge"
Martin Julian, Bob FitZsimmons' man
ager, arrived in New York yesterday to
look over the pugilistic situation and find
out. If possible, the prospects for q match
with Sharkey. Julian insists that Fitz-
simmons is sincere in his desire to enter
the ring again, and believes that within
few months the champion will have
added another victory to his record Ju-
liam said that Jeffries' challenge would re-
ceive due consideration when the proper
time comes, and that if Sharkey did not
post his money before the two weeks ex-
pired he would Immediately sign articles
for match with the Californian.
The boxing bout between Peter Maher
and Stockings" Conroy, which was to
have taken place before the Palace Ath-
letic club at Bridgeport, was not pulled
off. Al. Woods disappeared with the box
office receipts before their turn to APP
pear, and they refused to box without
some assurance of receiving their money.
The first game of basketball of the
State Military league series at Appleton
was won by the Fond du Lac soldiers by
a score of 81 to 20. The game was
rough and one Appleton man was retired
on account of an injury.
The National league baseball magnates
have practically come to an agreement
on the circuit for next season, says the
Chicago Herald. All hope has been
abandoned of pairing the circuit down
to eight clubs, and the schedule which
will be proposed at the meeting in New
York February % will provide for ten
cluDS. Lie pIOSIdllIlc IucluucS lue
abandonment of Cleveland and Balti-
more. The Spiders will go to st. Louis
and the Western league club at Column
bus will be transferred to Cleveland. 4
conirmatory report came from the Ohio
city yesterday, and with it the aSsur-
ance that Frank De Haas Robson will
take his team to the bailiwick of Won
der Abe. Mr.. Robison's threat that he
must have an interest in any baseball
club which is located in Cleveland is
not regarded seriously by the Western
league magnates, and no hitch is expect
ed to arise when the actual transfer
IS to be made.
President Johnson of the Western
league admitted yesterday that he had
done nothing in regard to fixing up the
schedule, at the same time intimating
that he was waiting for the final dispo-
sitiOn Of the Cleveland Nationa! league
franchise. President Killilea Of the Mil
Waukee ball club was in the city yes