The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15

moons. Green got the decision but he
was terribly punished. Hedmark Is one
of those rushing whirl-wind sort of fight
ers and there was never a breathing spell
in the six rounds except in the short
minute rests between.
The other bouts are as follows AL Eel
lows VS.. Packie Ryan, 1u5 pounds; George
James VS.. Mike BARLEY, 11G pounds;
Walter Burgo, Boston, VS.. Jimmy MUIR
ray, Cincinnati, 1S5 pounds; Walter Nolan
VS.. Lew Mansfield, 145 pounds.
This Is an average card such as has
been of the regular weekly order I'm the
Fort Dearborn Athletic club shows at
the Star theater for over a year and ex-
plains why they have been a great sue
cess.
BASEBALL SEASON AT HAND.
The baseball season is about ready to
open, the new American league being
first in the field. The schedule given out
today shows that Milwaukee will open
here with Chicago Thursday.
The new league with the larger cities
should have very successful year In
the old Western league circuit the total
population was 1,925O00. about that of
Chicago alone. The new circuit gives
over 100000
Manager Lotus, of the National League
Chicago club. will carry eight pitchers for
probably seven for the entire season. He
has three good third-b -basemen IN Bradley.
Wolverton and Mccormick. and New
York and Philadelphia have made bids
for two of them. Neither of the trio will
be sold nor traded until their ability Is
demonstrated.
In exhibition games fourteen Of the
twenty-five men under contract have
batted about 300, which gives the fans
the impression that the team will be in
the first division a good part Of the
season.
GOOD SEASON OF RACING.
Chicago is to get a grand season ot
racing and already more horses have
reached Lakeside track than can be ac-
commodated with the number of horses
III training that will come here for the
spring meeting, which opens May TO-
John Condor has returned from Europe
and the talk of trouble between the pool
room men and the tracks has all sim
mered down until nothing but peace is
left in the pan All the horsemen are
anxious to come here and Secretary
Nathanson VIII have his hands full In
accepting the best offered.
'I shouldn't wonder If the Imp would
race out here this summer said Mr..
NatnanSon. Il got a letter from her
owner recently. He says she's a wonder
and will run rings round them all by
Suburban time. Now If she bears the
heavy weight down there, 12S or more.
for a few tines, and loses, It's a cinch
they will bring her out here and stay
until fall. If she happens to win there
will be the added weight to carry, so
what's the use of burdening her?"
Sofala, the Pacific coast two-year-old,
will come here, and Advance Guard, who
ran a mile and a furlong in 1:52A with
110 pounds up. is also entered in state
events here. The fractions In the race
were: IL, "a. :36, :48, 100, 1:13, LIS. 1:391l,
1:52A, which shows remarkably even
pace for the distance.
BIG FIGHTS AT MILWAUKEE,
Milwaukee Is the latest city to cut into
the fistic game-an indication, by the way
of what may be expected in really live
cities when the proper people are at the
helm. Mayor Rose cinched the vote of the
sportsmen when he declared that if he
was elected the town should be ''wide
open," and it is certain that the Cream
City will be real live city for the next
year. There is hope that the epidemic
may spread towards the Northwest
I remember. some years ago. Of hear
ing my good old friend William Pitt Muir
ray say one Monday morning to a num-
Der of nice people that unless the cfti-
Zens of st. Paul. and particularly the
Chamber of Commerce, do something to
keep st. Paul at the front, this city will
be left far in the rear by our great rival
Chicago"
st. Paul used to be one of the best sport
ing towns in America. and by that mean
that it's people would pay well for legiu-
mate sport. We would even smile in the
good. old days at the shrewdness Of John
Stone Barnes, who broke the 100-yard rec
ord running down hill: at the clever trick
Of Slim jim" Ahern, who beat the best
snow shoe runners of the st. George club
by putting on skis and hitching up with
big gray dog, whose color would not show
against thet snow In race TO st. Anthony
Park, and baseball in those days was a
popular form of amusement.
If mistake not, Mayor Smith was one
of the largest stockholders in the base
ball park over on the West side, and 1t
was through his personal effort that base
ball was given such an impetus In the
old Northwestern leagues. I dare say
that 'the only mayor Is quite as fond
of the game today as he was years ago,
when he used to be the backStop for the
old champion nine
Sports are fostered by the personal in
terest given by men who love athletics
purely for the pleasure which they secure
in participation. And II will usually be
found that the true sportsman Is the one
least given TO dissipation or excesseS Of
any sort, and I do not need better Illus
tration of this fact than In the governor
and mayor of New York state and city, or
Gov. Tanner and Mayor Harrison, of this
state and city, all of whom are interested
In athletics.
C w Ryder