The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-27
SPORTS IN GENERAL.

The base ball department of the New
York Clipper recently contained the
following article on William CouGhlin,
of this city, who is now making a
splendid record with the Washington
American league team:
william =. Coughlin, the clever
third baseman of the Washington
team OF the American league. was born
August H. 1876, at Scranton, Pa, and
learned to play ball around his native
place His professional career began
with the Pawtucket club of the New
England league in 1896, and that year
he participated in nnety-six champion
ship games, and toward the close of
the season batted in class A form.
once he made five safe hits, including
a homer and two double baEgcrs, twice
four and six times three safe hits to
the game. once he accepted all of ten
| chances at third base, and once nine
He was re-engaged by PawtuCket for
the season of 1897. and that year he
| took part in 107 championship games,
| and again distinguished himself as a
batsman and a fielder Once he made
| six safe hits to a game, three times
| four and six times three. Five times
| he accepted nine chances to the game
| at third base, seven times eight and five
times seven. He continued with the
IPawtuckets until July 4, inclusive, 1898,
when the New England League dis
banded, and then he next signed with
| the Wikes-Ra club of the Eastern
| league, finishing the season with the
latter. He participated in 45 cham
pionship games with Pawtucket and
| flfty-seven with the Wilkes Barres,
and his batting percentage with the
| latter was $40. Ten times that sea-
son he made three safe hits to a
| game.
"ln the fall of that year his release
| was purchased by the Washington
| club of the National league. Wash
| ington held him until August, when he
was sold to the Kansas City club Of
the American league, and finished the
season with the latters team, partici-
pating in only sixteen championship
games, but he battcd safely in all ex-
cept one, and had a batsing percentage
! of 1923. He continued with the Kan
| sas Citys throughout the campaign Of
| 1900. and that year took part in 1870
| championship games and did creditabe
work both at bat and i'm the field once
| he made four safe hits, including a
triple haGger, and seven times three
safe hits to the game. He also did
good work in base stealing, having
| twenty nine to his credit. When the
| Kansas City club was transferred to
| Washington, at the beginning of this
| year. and changed its name to WASH
| inGton, Coughlin was one of the players
| Manager Manning decided TO retain,
| ,;.u,, Ill, l.y,,
ting and fielding are of the highest
order. During the latter part of May
and early in June he went a stretch
| Of twenty-Onc games and missed only
| once to make at least one safe hit to
| a game, twice he made three hits and
| six times two.
DR.. j. X She'll the now director OF
athletics at the University of Ponnsyl-
vania, and Captain ]. $. Wcstncy ask
that all candidates for the University
of Pennsylvania track team, and all
school athletes intending TO enter Penn
sylvania in the fall, report at Frank.
lin Field for preliminary training al
once. The trainer and captain will he
at the field on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday of each week after 3 o'clock.
Arthur Duffy, Of Georgetown univcr.
sty, in the sports at Leicester, Satur.
day, won the 100-yard dash in 4-5 sec.
onds, the worlds record, beating Nc.
Lean, the amateur champion of Scot,
land, by two yards. Kraenzlein, of the
University Of Pennsylvania, competing
in the police sports in Dublin, won tho
120-yard hurdle handicap from scratch
in Is 2-5 seconds.
George II. Ketcham owner and driver
of the worlds champion trotter, Cres.
ceus, has announced that this is the
last season on the track. At the close
of this season he will be sent to New
York, where he will be placed in the
stud. Mr.. Ketcham says that he hopes
to establish a new worlds record this
season.
The emperor of Germany has pur.
chased of Rudolph Clasen, of Brook.
line, Mass, his handsome Kentucky
bred horse, King, which for the pas
few years has attracted attention oi
admirers of horse flesh in and about
Boston. After King had won blue
ribbon at the Boston horse show three
years ago, pictures of the horse came
TO the notice of a high German officer
who was so taken with the animal.
fine points that he induced the en-.
peror TO open negotiations for his pur,
chase.
The Brighton Cup weight for age race
at two miles and a quarter will be ruI
at Brighton Beach next Saturday ant
indications point to a sensationa
struggle. While it is probable that tn,
field will not be large one, still i
should be select, and productive o
high-class sport.