Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-03
| new FACES
In Kirkwood' S Team.
Game With Cuyahoga
Falls Team Saturday.
CIothiers Won From Dry
Goods Players.
Art Simms Will Train With
Whitaker.
Rubin Working With Corbett-LocaI
Sporting News.

The Kirkwoods and Cuyahoga Falls
teams will play on the Buchtcl college
grounds Saturday afternoon. The
game will be called at $3.50 o'clock.
There will be several new men in the
Kirkwood team. Cuyahoga Falls has
won a majority of the games it has
played. Thursday it defeated the
Mogadore club at Silver lake grounds.
Price or Brewster will be in the box
for the Kirkwoods. Cassidy, who
played with the north Ends during the
early part of the season, will be on
first base for the Akron nine. He is q
good fielder and a hard hitter.
1t is the intention Of the Kirkwood
club to strengthen the team by getting
the best men in Akron. Games will
be played every Saturday and on La
Dor Day.
WILL. TRAIN TOGETHER.
Art Simms and Johnny Whitaker
will train together for their contests at
the Grand Opera house, August 10.
This should result in much benefit to
both. They are clever and when
working together they go at it as
though they were in a finish fight.
FITI'S SPARRING PARTNER.
Fitzsiinmons is letting no grass grow
under his feet at his home at Bergen
Beach He has perfect gyinna-
sium fitted up where he has every
thing that could be of benefit to him
while training. and as he is taking no
chances ON getting into condition he
keeps grinding away steadily. Ac-
cording to Lanky Bob the fact that he
is doing his work at his own home
and surrounded by his family is enough
to prove that nothing necessary is
lacking. and that when he enters the
ring he will be in shape to finish Ruh-
Lin. inside or 1ten rounds. see
Rob Armstrong. Shalkey,s sold spar
ring partner, is helping Fitzslmmons
in the spaITing hne and Leo Pardello
the Italian champion wrestler, works
daily with the eX-champfon.
WILL RECORDS BE LOWERED?
Whether the signs of early summer
really mean full crop in the fail is
something that can only be determined
by awaiting developments. Since lS92
the followers of harness racing have
waited and watched for the coming
of a trotting stallion who would set
n new record for his sex and gait.
Several prospective champions nave
come and gone since that time and the
. :O51I by Directum has been undisturb
cd. Ralph Wilkes reached 2:O6t4 Ill
1904 and in 1899 Bingen trotted to
record of 2:O6H. All other aspirants
fell by the wayside after having, at
one time or another, during the year.
shown enough to at least create the
hope that a new champion was IN
sight. This year again the early sea-
sons promise has budded, says the
Horseman. The impressive manner III
which Cresceus tr0tted the necessary
two winning heats at Cleveland July
%. in 2:0Tla, 2:0634, puts him, for the
at least, clearly on the patti to
the worlds record. Whether he will
fail when called upon remains to be
seen. From 2:06h to 2:05, which lat
ter point must he touched to gain the
is no short step. Yet Crcsccus
may be able to make ii. He has rivals
who may take the honors which he
seems about to grasp Grattan Boy,
lot vet keyed up for miles to his limit,
md Dare Devil, who Is said to be able
% trot in 2:06, to say nothing of Peter
he Great, Arion, Gayton and Tommy
Briton, all would appear to have a
chance. But If all fail their work
Turing the entire season will be watch |
ID with the lieenest interest not only
because of the great races they are
certain TO trot, for when chnmpion-
,hips are about TO be shifted everybody |
S on edge until the probability be-
'omes reality or passes into the ar
hives of the might have been. In
contrast 10 the situation among the
'tallions it Is, for once at least, pc |
.uliar fact that no trotting mare at
his time prominent has shown the
'oi'm which has kept the sex in the
cad for so many years. The 2:03aI |
If .AllX has stood since the fall of 1894 |
Glance over the list of mares in train
ng- and 1t will soon be seen that no
'eally great one is trotting toward the |
championship. The Abbot, a gelding,
md the more prominent stations ap-
near TO have the right of way. Yet |
much doubt II any one Of
hem will be liable TO set new worlds |
'ecord for trotters this year. AT that,
things have happened.
OPINIONS DIFFER.
An unusual development of the Cor
Dett- Mccoy fight Is already in evil
ience, and to those who are not direct
Y interested 1t is amusing The fact |
hat Corbett will train with Ruhlin
Is the sports say, puts Gus's chances
lgainst Fitzsimmons In their forthcom
ng battle on the blow card. The Cor
,eit followers are sure c'that tic Akron
Slant will beat the Lanky Antipodean
while the Mccoy camp has pinned |