Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-13
White Could Not Stand
Against Terry.
Knocked Down and Out In
Third Round.
Poor Dixon Has Gone Back ocal
Sporting News.


The police and mailcarriers pla yed
an alleged game of base ball on the
Buchtel college grounds Tuesday af-
ternoon. The contest was Que of en-
durancc.
The mailcarriers having had more
experience in fast footwork. won out,
pers TO- For few innings it looked
as though the police might stay TO the
limit but the effort was too much for
them. In the third inning they began
to show. signs of weakening. They
had Travelled about as far AS the city
ordinances allow. Duffy was all in and
he wanted to quit. Some evil minded
youngster suggested that they send for
the automobile TO carry them around
the bases. This taunt had It's effect
For amoment ii stirred them to activ-
ity Their tired bodies would not stand
long for the hard work which they
were doing and they soon began TO give
evidence of going to sleep again. At
the end of the fifth inning the post
office men had piled up so many scores
that the peelers refused to play any
longer, and the game was stopped.
Duffy, the great, was In the box for
the police. During the three innings
that he pitched he succeeded in paint
ing the ribs of several postal employees
dark blue tint. He could throw the
ball everywhere hut over the plate.
Instead of using the home base as "A
target he aimed the sphere at the
heads and bodies of the batters aud
he was successful I'm landing every
time. He was relieved by Welch, who
could put them over hut who could not
keep the maicarrcrs from hitting.
Miller. n substitute carrier. twirlcd for
the r. q. Had the police been able to
run bases they might have won as they
hit the bali all over the lot
The teams batted as follows:
Postoffice Chapman, 1b; Miller, SIS;
Kittingcr, cf, Cummlns. rf; Roth, G.;
sours, 3b, Liurc, ID; Miller. p; Jones,
left field.
Police Russell, g; Duffy, p and III;
Wilson, So; Welch, 10 and p; France,
X 3b; G. Wilson 2b; Mcconnell, IT, Ma.
honey. Of; GreenIese, ri.
4 STOOD DIXON OFF
Chicago, MS, June i3.-(Sp'.) Geo,
Dixon and Kenny fapecr fought fast
rix rounds to a draw at lnttersall' $
last night. Yanger sIrpr-sec even mis-
mos, ardent admirers by his excellent
showing. as up 10 six months ago he
was comparative novice ir the ring
He was rather nervous during the first
round, and Dixon had u shade the best
X of II. After that, however, Yanger
4 gained confidence, aud in the second
round made an even break of It. Yam
ger had the best of the third round,
on's body. The last three rounds were
even. first one gaining the advantage
and then the other. Paddy Carroll
refereed the contest. and pleased the
1000 spectators by declaring it II
draw. Tom O'Rourke ana Harry
Forbes looked after Dixon, aud Tom
my Ryan and ole Oeson took care of
Yanger.
The betting favored Dixon TO win,
but there was little posted.
u RYAN's GOOD SHOWING.
While Oscar Gardner, the erstwbie
champion of his class, won his contest
from Billy Ryan at the Business MEMS
Gymnasium in Cleveland last night
II was only because he happened to
land couple of hard punches in the
eightentb round and thereby pulled his