El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-16

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I the end of the 10th round. They
never fought again.
In speaking of the fight. the old-time
lightweight said: The fight was sc
fast for fifty rounds that we wore out
two referees. Many people went home
and ate their suppers and then came
back for the finish. Up to the fiftieth
round | was in perfect condition. but
then | broke both of my hands and al
though | was advised to stop, | kept AT
il until Andy made Il proposition to
stop and call it a draw. Say, may be
you think ! was not glad to hear him
say it. All | could do for the last
sixty rounds was to keep out of his
way. and only once in while l would
| land a love tap on him and then get
away before he could get to me.
| Bowen was at his best at that time
and was considered the crack light
weight of the country. The ring in
which we fought was not padded, but
instead they had river sand for a floor
and it was pounded down until it was
| as hard as stone. | used a pair of
light shoes in the fight. and when it
was over the sand had worn away the
soles and my feet were so badly burned
| that l could hardly stand up. 1t was
three weeks before l could dress my
self The pugilists of today could
hardly stand such long distance pace
| to last twenty-five rounds and that is
their limit In my opinion that ac-
counts for the numerous fakes"
Mr. Burke left on the limited last
night for San Francisco. where he has
theatrical company.
The magnateS of the Texas Baseball
league are holding a meeting today in
Waco. when they will elect permanent
officers and complete IN organization
of the state league. 1t is said that the
Texas league will have better players
this year than ever before. on account
of the failure of the American Associ-
alton to land. Ell Paso was talked of
for a time as one of the cities to be
represented. but the other cities OBJ
jected on account of the long distance
from the next place. 1t would take
all they made to pay the railroad fore
to and from Ell Paso. they claimed. and
they would have no chance of making
any money.
The Sporting News publishes the fol-
lowing list of players who are rather
signed or expected to sign with the
American and National League teams
for the coming season. While the list
is not official still it will give one a
pretty fair idea as to the make up of
the teams of the two rival leagues:
National League.
Boston-Nichols. Pittenger. Lewis.
kerwin and Bailey. pitchers; Brown
and Steelman. catchers: Teenny. first.
Demontreville. second: Long, short;
Lowe. utility. and third baseman not
chosen: Hamilton. Barry and Scheck-
ard. outfielders.
Brooklyn-Kennedy. KitSon. Don
ovan. Hughes and Chesbro. pitchers;
Farrell and Mcguire. catchers; Jennings
first. if possible. otherwise some new
player: DAILY. second. Kelly, Jones and
Keeeler in the field.
Chicago-Hughes. Eason. Callahan.
Taylor and Harvey. pitchers; Chance.
King and Dexter. catchers; Doyle.
first; Childs. second: Bradley. third;
Mccarthy and Green. outfielders; Del
ehanty. utility.
Cincinnati-Hahn. Philips. Newton,
Scott and Rusie, pitchers: PETIT. Ka-
hoe and Smith. catchers: Beckley. first:
Magoon second: Irwin. third: Corco-
ran. short: Harley. Barrett, Geier or
Crawford. fielders: Steinfeldt, utility.
ew York-Hawley. Donehey. Mat
thewson and Plat, pitchers; Warner.
Conner and Donahue. catchers; Camel
first: Murphy. second: Strang. third:
Davis. short: Van Haltern. Setback.
and Hickman. fielders; Buelow and
Bernard. utility.
Philadelphia-Orth. Frazer. Dona-
hue. Bernhardt. and Townsend, pitch
ers; Douglas and Jacklitz. catchers:
Delehanty. first: Gleason, second: VOL
verton. third: Cross, short: Thomas.
Fleck and Mertes, outfielders.
Pittsburg-Leever. Philippi. Tame
hill. Witsee and Waddell. pitchers;
thinner. O'Connor and J. Donahuc.
Bransfield. first; Ritchey. sec
ond; Williams. third: Ely. short;
Leach utility.
ST. Louis-Powell. Sudhoff. Knep-
per- Harper and Hughey. pitchers: Bue-
low, and Nichols, catchers; Mccain.
first. Childs of the New York league),
second; Kruger. third; Keister. short
stop; Burkett Donovan and DOMAIN
fielders.
American League.
Boston-Willis. Dineen. Parker and
Katoll pitchers; Steele and Schreck-
engost catchers: Freeman first: Par
ent, second: Collins. third; Ferris
short: Stahl. Dolan and Davis. out
fielders.
Chicago-Patterson, Griffith. Denzer
and Fisher pitchers: Sullivan and
Wood, catchers: Isbell. first; Padden
second: Hartman, third: Wallace.
short: Hoy. Hendrick. and Mcfarland
outfielders; Shugart. utility.