Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-11
OPENING
Game of the Season.
Akron High Will Play
Western Reserve.
Fitz Training For Contest
With Rubin.
FaIor will Try Conclusions
With Star Player.
Wolcott Knocked Moore 0ut-Local
Sporting News.

The base ball season will be opened
in this city one week from Saturday,
when the Akron High school team will
play the club from Western Reserve
Academy.
The A. H. s. players are training
at the College grounds. Practice
games are played every Tuesday and
Thursday. The team will try conclu
slons with the nine from the Buchtel
preparatory school Thursday after,
noon. No admission will be charged
to this contest. The schedule of the
A. II. S. team has been completed.
ATHLETIC ENTERTAINMENT.
An excellent program has been pre-
pared for the athletic exhibition at the
South End Athletic club rooms Friday
night. No knockouts will be allowed,
as the club encourages only clean sci
entlfic contests. The program follows:
w. Leonard VS.. j. Harvey, rounds.
Mathews VS.. Christine, 4 rounds.
Colley VS.. Phelps, 4 rounds.
Fenton VS.. Smith, rounds.
| Watts VS.. Detrick, 6 rounds.
j. Palmer of Akron VS.. Eddie Fore
man of Canton, 10 rounds.
Wrestling-Block and Dewitt, 40
pounds.
The winner of the Palmer Foreman
go will be matched to box 20 rounds
with Joe Mayfield Of Cleveland April
Both at the opera house.
STOFFT LEADS.
Champion IL. p. Stotft defeated Met
Hard Tuesday night at the Howard st.
billiard hall, by the score of 126 to
81. The total score stands: Stoift, 251
Hard, 155.
Stoff made one run of 80 balls and
four runs OF 10 balls each. Early
in the game the score was 40 to 1 in
his favor.
SECOND GAME.
The Police and SUBMITS will bowl
the second Of series of games on the
Howard st. alleys tonight, The Sum
mits won the first game.
WALCoTT WINS.
Joe Walcott, the "Barbadoes Won
der" knocked out Dick Moore, of st
Paul, In four rounds before the Eu
reka Athletic club in Baltimore Tues
day night. Moore had been doing the
greater part of the leading during the
bout, and was very clever mt blocking
the colored mans vicious lunges. Al
he turned to escape from his own cor
ner in the fourth round left swinl
on the jaw sent him down and out
Moore had to he assisted to his dress
ing room, and several minutes elapsed
before he fully recovered his faculties
FlTZSIMMONS IN TRAINING.
Bob Fitzsimmons started in talnn!
7. Tuesday for his bout with Gus Ruhlil
: at Westchester A. @. on June .. IL
, ran several miles in Central Park an,
then went to Il gymnasium, where h
was rubbed down. An hours worl
at bag punching finished his first day
4 training. He viii 80 to Bergen Beac
Wednesday.
. TEMPERs CONDITION.
Temper, the champion wagon trot
ter, never looked better tnan she doe
> at present, says the Cleveland Leader
Her owner, Mr.. GUNNER, has not ye
" returned from Europe, but he has al
IL ranged for the proper care of his wol
}. derful mare.
= CHlCAGO'S LINE UP.
D The Chicago American League team
n with which Frank Motz is to play thi
. season, will line up as follows;
\ Charles Comiskey, manager.
Sullivan, C. Hartman, So.
n Buckley, C. Padden. 2b. :
, Wilson. c. Geier, IS.
- Isbell, p. Hoy, |. (.
c Denzel, p. Brodie, C. (.
lg Fisher, p. Mcfarland. +. f..
Patterson, p. Lally, sub.
Katoll, p. Martin, sub.
Gettig, p. Burke sub.
Hin, p. shugart, sub.
- Motz, 1b.