Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-02-24
Now an Assured
Thing.
Base Ball Meeting at
the Buchtel.
McGovern is Victorious
Over Sullivan.
North End Show Will Take Place
March 10.

A city base ball league is now as
sured for Akron. Another meeting Oh
those Interested was held at the Buch-
tel, Sunday, and the final arrangements
were made, including the election OIL
officers for the league. The teams VIII
be the Kirkwoods, North Ends, South
Ends. and a team from the Niagara
Fire Extinguisher Co.
Teams will be uniformed, and there
will be two games each week. The sea
son will probably open May ], ana
will last until September. Tie
Athletic clubs which will be represent
ed are backing their teams. Ncgotla-
tions are now under way to secure
grounds for the games.
1t seems that there is n great deal of
enthusiasm in town over prospects OF
the new league, and all Interested be-
lieve that it will be, n success. The
following officers were elected at the
meeting Sunday:
4. i. Waters, president; II. H.
Camp, vice president; Milo Williams,
treasurer, and Joe Rhodes, secretary.
The management of the new league
claims for the enterprise that 1t VIII
provide good sport, without any
chance of rowdyism, and that tho
games advertised with be played with
out fail, and that the announcements
can be relied upon.
ALSO Al LOUISVILLE.
Louisville, Feb. 24.--The Southern
Athletic club will try to arrange fight
between McGovern and Young Corbctt
In this city on Derby night, May =.
Ii is intended to have the match take
place In the amphitheatcr in the audi
torium, where $1,000 people can be
seated.
A SWEEPING MEASURE.
An anti-prizc fight bill has been in
lroduced in the Maryland Legislature
at Annapolis. 1t is so sweeping In its
provisions that If it is passed no box
ing exhibitions except those in private
clubs for members will be allowed. 1t
provides that no prize fight, glove CON
test or sparring match shall be held
anywhere in the state and the manager
or owner of any theater, hall or build
ing In which such exhibitions are al
lowed Is subject to the penalties pro
ylded for violation of the act The
manager, hacker, or trainer of any
pugilst so engaged is made subject to
n fine of from 500 to $500, or imprs
onment for six months,or both. The bill
does not apply to athletic contests
where there is no public exhibition
money prize or betting.
SOME CHALLENGES.
West End Athletic club boys and thu
Akron skaters who participated In th
recent races on the West End rink
went to Cleveland Sunday to skate re
turn matches with the Cleveland men
but on their arrival there they foun'
that the ice ON the Cleveland rink
had departed, so the races failed (
materialize. OF the Akron skaters
flynn, alone failed to go I
Cleveland. He was challenged, Sun
day, by two OF the Cleveland cracks
Edward Roe, the first challenger
states that he viii skate Flynn an
time and any distance, for S25 II sid,
will go any time and any distance, an
that he will skate for any sum I
$1,000.
burgess EARNINGS.
Dick Burgc an English pugilst q
more or less note, has just made
statement In which he says that h
has earned $150,000 In the past tc
years as fighter, II appears that n
whole public record comprises but
score OF battles and that he was SUI
cessful In but half of those, so IL
origin of the money seems 10 be
mystery. An explanation may lie
the fact that he has had n large nun
ber OF private engagements. The MOI
successful pugilists during the pa
ten years have all made big fortune
but they have had faculty of spcn
ing money that exceeded their earnlr
power In almost every case, so In
few of them have any money saved u
after their earning power as iighte
has left them.
SHOW DATE SET
The date has been set for the next {
tertainmcnt Of the North End athle
club, and the show Will be held No
II s ... nfa,.ol, IN An ax.aIIant =,