Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-09-05
HENRY CAMP
Was Elected Manager
Kirkwoods Will be Re-
presented on Gridiron.
Meeting to Arrange For
the Benefit.
Game With Webster, Camp &
Lane Saturday.
Mccoy Accused Of Quittin g-Local
Sporting News.

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Sporting News.
Kirkwood will be represented on the
gridiron by first class foot ball team.
Action taken by the Board Of Directors
Tuesday night insures this.
Henry Camp, manager Of the Akron
team, of 1s99 was elected manager Of
the Kirkwoods. The athletic commit
tee was authorized to purchase uni
forms and make all necessary arrange
ments for the season. If possible the
Buchtel college athletic field will be
leased for the season. Manager Camp
will at once arrange schedule of
games.
1t ds proposed to begin practice as
soon as some suitable place can be Sc
cured. There Is an abundance of ma
terial I'm the club. A number Of the
hast nlavers in the city are members.
The candidates for positions are as fol-
lows.
yoxon, guard; Harpham, tackle;
Eyes, center; Kauth, end; Smith, Car
ter and Lake, half backs; Firestone,
full back; Barnhardt, quarter; Chap
man, guard; Moss, end. Other candi-
dates for the line are Koplin, Miller,
and Moran. A number Of the best
players return to school this fall. They
are. Rowland, Brewster, Price and
Laub
WELDON BENEFIT.
There will be special meeting of all
local admirers of Harry Weldon, the
stricken sporting editor of the Cincin-
natl ENQUIRER, at the North End ath-
letlc club Thursday evening at 1880 o.
clock. 1t is proposed to arrange
benefit for him to take place in this
city early in October. All parties in
terested in the affair, are requested to
attend the meeting Thursday evening.
TWO MORE GAMES.
The Kirkwood baseball team will
play two more games before the season
closes. Next Saturday It will cross
bats with the Webster, Camp & Lane
club and one week later with the Stan
dards. Both games will be played on
the college grounds. Brewster will
pitch for the Kirkwoods Saturday.
sULLY SAYS 1T WAS CROOKED.
Ex-Champion Heavyweight Pugilist
John L. Sullivan umpired two games
of baseball, one In Norfolk, and one
in Portsmouth. Va, yesterday. sulli-
van got half the gate receipts, which
were quite large. Sullivan, in an inter
view, expressed the belief that the re-
cent Corbett- Mccoy fight was a crook
ed one as he knew Mccoy could have
put up better fight had he tried.
''Prize fighting is practically dead"
said Sullivan. New ork was the only
place where the fighters could make the
coin, and now that boxing IL prohibit
ed in that state, II is unlikely that any
big matches win be made in the near
future. Fitzsmmons, | believe, will
never again tight Jeffrles. He got
scare coming TO him, for "Jen" is too
Young and powerful for Bob.
Sullivan is disappointed at his recent
benefit at New York, and thought tho
receipts should have been much larger
than they were The former champion
was to have umpired a ball game in
Richmond, but Jeffries received such a
frosty reception there that Sullivan
Cancelled the date.
ACCUSED THE KID.
kid" Mccoy, the pugilist, and
Honest John Kelly. one of the most
popular sporting men in New York, al.
most came to blows last night in the
Delavan Hotel over remary Kelly
hurled at the fighter He accused Me
Coy Of laying down in his recent fight
With corbett. Mccoy went into the