The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-18

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key; St Louis. 2 to 1; Pittsburg, L
/ to 5; Philadelphia, 10 to 3; Brooklyn, Is
/ to 3; Boston, so to 1; New York, 250 to
L. Charity forbade the placing of odds
: on Cincinnati or Chicago The fore
/ going is superb and magnificent IL
| lustration of dope.
+ Sleepy Simmons, who played here
I with the LagOons, may be given a trial
I in the pitching line with Denver.
Deegan, New York's new pitcher, is
deaf mute.
President n. z. Young of the Nation
! al league, has sent out a statement TO
/ the heads of all minor leagues saying
/ that the board of directors had decided
/ to dc away with protection after this
! season, Sept. 80, so this breaks up the
much-abuSed national agreement. il
/ will give the league the same show for
/ the minor league stars as the American
/ league enjoys.
It is claimed that Cresceus' time of
/ 2:02H reported to have been made on
! the Columbus track is false Many
well known horsemen who held atches
: on the horse catching it in 2:03. and q
! protest may be entered by prominent
hOrsemen.
/ The following schedule will show how
I trotting records have dropped since
4 1880:
! ISSO-Maud S. .2:lOA Hanks ........2:05ft
/ lSSl-MaUd S....2:10l4 lS92-Nancy
lsS4-Jay Eye ls92-Nancy
/ ISS4-Maud S. 2:093. lS94~Aiix .......2:O8zl
/ 'SS5-Maud So :OSI6 I90O-The Abbot. 2:03E
/ !S9l-Sunol .2:oS14 l90o-The Abbot 2:0314
/ l892-Nancy i901-Cresceus .-2:0ZS4
] Hanks -.......2 :07l4l901-Cresceus .-2:o34
I lS94-AliX .....--2.04
Gus Rubin is working his way vest
ward by the vaudeville route, and IS
/ snarling at big apathetic Jim Jeftrles
) between acts. Just as soon as Gus
! gets through with his fOotlignt wTest-
/ ling matches and his bag punching
/ turns to slow music he will strike bee
! line for San Francisco, and rom the
latest information from the AFFECTED
district it is fairly safe to pcophesy
! that a match between Jeffries and
Rubin viii be announced within TWEEN
ty-fOUr hours after the time they set
together. Tom Sharkey has taken to
sea bathing and has been at the vaTf.
Gus Atlantic resorts. sporting stunning
creations in the way Of costumes. Be
tween plunges in the surf Tom likes TO
lOll on the warm sands and tell his
listeners how easy it is to like Jeffries.
Jim COrbett is abroad. presumably
/ fulfilling his threat of sparring before
the crowned heads OF the world.
Dan Creedon is on earth again and
says he would like to get on match
with Peter Maher or Marvin Hart. Stay
dead. Dan.
Perry Hale, the star full back Of
last years champion Yale eleven, is
suffering from a rupture Of the stOrn-
ach, resulting from a strain to the mus
cles of his stomach sustained in a game
last fall A delicate operation VII be
necessary.
The new foul strike rule has helped
me. and I like it." says Herman Long.
Before used to pull the ball, but now
hit straight at it 10 drive it through
the infield.''
kid" GIeason's work with the stick,
in hitting twenty-four consecutive
games. has not been beaten in the Ma
tional or American leagues this year,
except by Lajoie, who hit safely in
twenty eight straight Anderson has
hit safely in sixteen straight games for
thirty-two hits. with forty-four totals.
Players in the Southern league who
are likely to be tried out in the big
leagues next summer are Taylor and
Durrett. Chattanooga; Wiseman and
Kennedy. Nashville; Abbott, Stafford,
DannehOwer and From, New Orleans;
RhOades, Memphis; Crozier, Popp and
Lynch, Little Rock.
Mark Baldwin. the once famous
pitcher. twirled in an amateur game
last week at McKeespOrt, Pa. He went
well until the ninth, when his sIants
were rudeiy Jared and the opposing
team chased ten runs and a victory
over the pan. Baldwin is a full-hedged
NJ. D. now. and has built I'D quite a
practice.
Captain Clarke of the Senators is
counting a continuance of the ill-luck
that is following Washington" says the
Washington Post. He is wearing g
heavy gold ring with a large opal set
ting. The ring adorned the finger of q
Chinaman killed il a recent upset in
Pekin. The finger on which the ring
was worn was carried in the pocket of
an American sOIdieV for several days.
Finally the ring was drawn of. It fell
into the hands of Mr. Won Vyoenheiua.
a brother-in-Iaw Of Clarke, who was one
of the American sharpshoOters in
China.
Nap L.ajoie continues to lead the
American league DatSmen, being the
only one in the 400 class. "BucHy' Free
man Of Boston comes next. with 900. fol-
lowed by Seybold Of PhiladelDhia, Ell
berfeld. Detroit. and Collins Of FostOn.
George BIaloney who played first base
for Park city this year, is now full
fiedged cop on the Denver police force
IF he cracks out as many heads as he
did base hits, nobody in Denver need be
fearful.
Indica lions are that "Scrappy Biz
Joyce will be dug NJ from the tall tim
Der in st. Louis and placed at the head
of the New York team. Fred Hoey. who
IS looking after the Giants interests
while Freedman is in Europe, has great
faith in the ex-manager. and, after set
Ting a little matter Of back salary,
Joyce may take up the reins again.
Denver Republican: Morrow. who was
recently imported from Salt Lake City
was tried behind the bat yesterday and
did fairly we'll He worked hard and
earnestly. and made some very pretty
catches o. flies. His work with the
stick does not help his average greatly
although he hit the ball every time.