The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-02
ODDS AND ENDS OF SPORT

Lations, who used to play on the Wor-
cester polo team when this city had the
craze a number of years ago, thinks he is
better rusher than the redoubtable Jud
Smith. So strongly is he Impressed with
this belief that he has boldly issued a
challenge to meet the aforesaid Smith in
a contest in rushing from the cages for
the ball ON the spot. If the challenge is
accepted there will be 5000 involved in the
outcome.
Peter Maher and Stockings" Conroy
are going to make another attempt to
spar each other 1t will be remembered
that the two were down to meet last
Thursday evening in a Connecticut city,
but owing to the disappearance of the
man with the money shortly before the
place. The two are now booked to appear
at the Hartford Coliseum week from
next Wednesday evening.
Ben Holiday has been given top weight
in the two big handicaps of the coming
season--the Brooklyn and the suburban.
In the Brooklyn handicap, to be run on
May q, Ben Holiday must carry 127
pounds, three, pounds more than any other
horse. In the suburban, which comes
three weeks later, Holiday will go to the
post with 129 pounds on his back Tillo,
last years winner, comes second with 49,
That the University of Toronto is TAX
ing an active interest In base ball this
season is due almost entirely to the fact
that Toronto has been in the Eastern
League, where many of the present VAR
sity pl. ers obtained their first knowl-
edge of now the game was played This
spring the Canadians will play a number
of New England colleges and may appear
at Holy Cross before the season Is over.
1t looks as though the Weld Boat Clubs
crew at Harvard would have plenty of
rowing ahead of it this. season. An
nouncemenat j, is made that the clTb will be
tan regattas, and that races with the
Durham Club of Yale, a similar organiza-
ton, and the high school crew of this city
are also pending.
! 1t has been long time since challenges
and rumors of challenges have been flying
TP be latest So th a bst II 6s Ro nS STd
ed by his defeat by Sharkey, has come
out with challenge to meet Fitzsim-
mons, the man who promised Mccoy first
chance IL he ever returned to the ring.
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! Parson Davies, himself pugilist of the
old school, announces that he has made
all arrangements for a six-round 90 be-
tween Tom sharkey and Jim Corbett on
March 7th. Sharkey must be adding to
his pile Of gold very rapidly. So far this
week he has appeared in two exhibitions
that won for him good money.
The officers of Rigby lark feel sore that
they were dropped from the grand circuit
Just none ne Of Their repre-
meeting in Detroit last week. They are
now praying that Providence will drop
from the circuit. which doesn't seem
probable, so that the kite track may en-
terrain the campaigners during the third
week in September-the date originally
assigned to Providence.
The annual sportsmen's show In Madj-
son Square Garden will be held this year
on the week beginning March @ The
s show VIII continue for two weeks and
more interesting and imposing exhibition
than ever before. In the centre of the
garden there will be a miniature game
Tow. ''' ~" WIN al
4 President Barrow Of the Atlantic Base
Ball League announces that Wilkesbarre
has Joined the Atlantic League peffine,
the franchise held last wear by the Hart
ford Club. This completes the Atlantic
League circuit, which will consist of Lam
caster, Allentown, Reading, Scranton
Wilkesbarre Newark, Paterson and Rich
mond.
Chris Won Der Ahe's attorneys yester-
day filed an intervening petition in the
case OF the Mississippi Valley Trust Com
Pa n VS.; the sportsmans Park Park and Club:
to the club during 1898 by him, be de-
clared a lien against the Sportsman's
Park and Club property, to be Considered
before the claims Of the Mississippi VAL
ley Trust Company.
Janowsh was pitted against d. G.
Manhattan Chess Club last night Baird
adopted the Russian defense, but the
Partisan again gave beautiful ilIustra-
ton of aggressive tactics and after 20
moves Baird had to resign.