The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-21
SPORTING NOTES.

President Brush will not contest his
claim to the services of Outffe,der Top
sy Hartsel, who finished last season with
the Reds.
Nashville has claimed Tom Parrott, the
veteran player, who is spending the win
ter in Cincinnati.
Art simms has. accepted the offer of
the Erie Pa) Athletic club, and has
signed articles for a twenty-round go
with Joe Leonard. of Buffalo. They will
meet Nov. 90 for so per cent of the gross
receipts. The principals agree to weigh
lS3 pounds at o'clock the afternoon OF
the contest.
Great interest is manifested in DAYTON,
Bowers contest. which the Ohio Sporting
club has carded for next Friday night
Bezenah is training in Cincinnati and
Bowers is fitting himself in DAYTON 1t
is announced that the winner will be
matched with Danny Daugherty.
John W. Bailey. Gen Samuel Carnes
Thomas B. Caldwell Arthur Gibson.
Jules Poster, G. S. Eberhardt and Rob-
ert A. Speed. of Memphis, have filed an
Application for a charter TO incorpOr1 te
the Mississippi Valley Athletic club Thu
iirst and specific purpose of the newly
phis two of the foremost heavyweight
pugilists of the country for contest To
this end q representative of the club will
leave within a few days for New York to
open negotiations
Chauncey Fisher arrived in Muneie.
Ind. Friday night from Chicago. for
which team, in the American Association
last season. Chauncey SAYS he is under
contract to Comiskey for next year. and
thinks that, with the strong team on the
reserve list, together with new men,
Chicago will win the pennant in the or
ganZation again. Fisher has been en-
gagged to play rush on one of the cra ok
polo teams of this city during the win
ter.
Hans Wagner. champion batsman of
the National league, and the stalwart all
round man of the PittSburg club met
with an accident Saturday which came
close to ending his usefulness as a ball
player He was hunting in the vicinity
Of Carnegie. While passing through a
thlcket ne came III contact with a branch
and thorn was thrust into his right
eye. His cry of pain attracted the at
tenuon Of his companions. who rushed to
his side. The thorn, which was ifnbedded
deep III the flesh directly beneath the eye,
was withdra wn, and WAGNER was led to
his home. lie now has MS damaged op-
tic swathed in bandages.
The Red Wing basket ball team which
last winter won fame by defeating every
team with which it PLAYED. thus laying
claim to the championship of the North
west, renTganized Under the name of For
esters, being members of the order Of
that name.
Chicago White Stockings, has great re-
gard for Cincinnati talent, and is not
allowing the grass to grow under him, IS
evidenced from the manner in which ne
IS endeaVoring to corner the local era ok
Dd!I toSSerS, says the Cincinnati En-
ouIrer. Comiskey yesterday accepted the
terms of Charlie Werner who pitched
phenomenal ball for Max FleiSchmann' s
Mountain Athletic club during The past
season. Werner has all the earmarks of
a crackeriack. Under the tuition OF a
veteran like Comiskey he should develop
into one Of the best Sab artists now out
side of the National League. The shrewl
chicago manager also has his lines set
Tor big George Nye. who covered first
Tor the Mountain Athletic club There
IS no denying the fact that Nve is a ball
player from the ground up, ripe enough
Tor any of the American League teams
aside from being rafting good batter
Nye is a splendid fielder and perfectly at
home at either first or behind the hat
One of the features of Nve's work While
a member of the M. A. c. was his quick
heady work. Neither Comiskey nor anv
other manager will make mistake IN
securing the services of the big fellow
Jimmy Barry, the Chicago boxer. who
Tor a long time held the 105-pound cham
p1onship of the world, talks of returning
10 the ring. Barry quit the roped arena
to become jockey about two years ago.
but was not success as a rider of
thoroughbreeds. Barry says that his re-
tiTement was caused by stomach trouble
but he thinks no has been entirely cured
and wants to try his hand again at the
game of give and take. Paddy Carroll
has promised Barry to get him on with
Tommy Feltz. of Brooklyn, in Chicago,
some time next month.
J. e. Haggin's great horse Salvador
mas Deen removed to the breeding farm
at Elmdorf, KY. where he is expected to
take the place of the great sire Candel-
mas who died there recently
Benny Yanger. the ''Tipton Slasher,"
has been secured by the Badger Athletic
club; of Milwaukee, to meet Kid Herrick
of BROOKLYN in a six round bout at 124
pounds Nov 80, when the next boxing
tournament of the club will be held, and
the matchmaker is now negotiating with
Terry McGovern for a match some time
in January. The Yanger-H errick match
is one of the most important the club
of satisfactory. preliminaries will be Sc
cured this week.