Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-10
SPortiDe Notes.


Butte ball teams are doing well in
taking three out Of five from Spokane.
| Columbia Gardens at Butte has a
new baseball grandstand just com
pleted
George sier says that Dave Sullivan
Is the Jack -ln-the- box OF pugilIsm and
that he Is IN doubt where the manag-
ing of Sharkey will land the little fight
| er.
| With one court enjolnlng PLAYERS
| from jumping contracts and another re-
| fusing to do that very thing an in
| teresting situation Is developing In the
baseball world.
c, H. Murphy and J. Raybourn are
two bicycle riders that have arrived
here to participate In the races at the
Salt Palace track. Harry Gibson is do
ing much training for this summer.
The Colorado state bowling tourna-
ment Is 20 be held by direction Of the
American bowling Congress under the
| auspices of the Overland Bowling
club, Denver, Colo, May 30 and 81,
1902.
kid McKerns OF California, chal-
lenges Jack Donnelly OF Butte or Jerry
Mccarthy OF Eureka for match and
wants the contest 90 come off here af-
ter May 20 McKerns puts his weight
at lSS pounds.
Ten middle distance bicycle riders
Of note have secured contracts with
the American cycle Manufacturing
association which should be well rep
resented In that part OF the racing
game this year,
George c. Schneider, amateur Of the
Harlem Wheelmen. New York, who
broke a worlds record IN his first
professional race at Madison Square
garden last winter, has signed a con-
tract with the American Cycle Manu-
featuring company 20 follow the entire
n. G. A. grand circuit
Eddie Connolly, after victories over
Barney Connors and Charley Burns.
both Of which were knockouts, has been
taken to England by Manager Abe Pol
lock- Connolly has been in England be-
fore and therefore goes with the adj
vantage of being favorably known in
pugilistic circles.
"Deafy' Thompson and SILENT
Rowan are on the ground In Park
City, ready for the boxing contest
which they are 10 settle up there on
Monday night Sam Clark has got a
lot Of new apparatus for his gym"
and expects TO open out on the 18th
with Jim Flynn or Jack Graham as
one of the contestants
Another carload Of horses arrived
Saturday night from San Francisco In
the lot are Lynch's John Welch, Meals
Headstrong. HitChcoCks Jim Brownell.
Nichols 4 Bowley's Fould Play and
Rubino o. W. BostwiCks Straggler.
Chilson's Abble l., and Blanch Shep-
pard Ben Ledi and others, including
Meteor and Ulm.-Butte Intermoun-
tain.
Denver sports are worked up over the |
fact that the Corbett- Sullivan fight Is
still hanging fire. Nothing definite has |
been done by either party and there e. |
still nothing on which 10 haae q posi- |
tive opinion as 10 whether the men viii |
meet or not. Gallagher W as much In |
doubt as anyone az he has not heard |
from Sullivan during the last several |
days although he has sent several |
kilograms TO find out what he intends
doing.
At a mass meeting the citizens Of |
Central city, Colo. appointed a COM
mlttee consisting OF f. A. Nichols. T.. |
+. Harris and W. ]. Lamont to secure
funds FOE holding a grand firemens |
celebration and tournament on July |
T. IL is expected that in the neigh
borhood OF 1880 viii be raised to he
given as prizes. and an invitation viii |
be extended to all the fire companies
In the state.
According to report from Boston,