Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-04-15
Club Has Good
Ball Team.
Has Practiced Hard and
Promises Well.
Art Simms May Fight Spike
Sullivan.

Sullivan.
The West End Athletic club, also,
will have good baseball team this
season. The team was organized
some time ago, aud has already had
considerable field practice, so that the
rough edges have been taken off, and
the first games of the season will be
exhibitions of real, earnest base ball.
The exact date for opening the season
has not yet been selected by the team
nor the field where most of the Akron
games will be played. The team is
ready to make dates, however, and
Will soon demonstrate what it can do.
The teams of the city which are un-
attached, it is said will make an effort
to start rivalry for patronage,
against the teams of the city league,
although ii Is not known to what ex-
tent they will be successful.
DAYTON TEAM DISBANDED.
Dayton, o., April 15.--Presdent
Youngman,i a message to Dayton en-
thusiasts Monday said: "The Ameri-
can association did everything in it's
power to down us, and it succeeded.
All of the players ] have signed can
20 where they please"
TRACK SWEPT BY FIRE.
NIaspeth race track, the half mile
circle that revolutionizc racii1, in
New York State, has been swept by
fire. The grandstand, which seated
four thousand, the paddock, plat
forms, and hotel were destroyed. In
It's last days it was known as the
Queens County Park, a picnicking
scsort.
ARTS TROUBLES.
Toronto, Ont, has failed to make
good its word about giving Art Simms
n match there, and the other promises
that were made by other clubs have
been almost equally elastic. Art has
ut this time no match upon which he
can depend. His manager Is still
after n match with young Cor
bett," with no prospect of immediate
success.
AlathesOn recently received letter
from the matchmaker of the Criter-
ion club, of Boston, in which it was
stated that the club wants to match
Simms and Spike Sullivan for 10
round fight, TO take pace on April
80. Matchmaker Murray stated that
IL there were no serious difficulties
encountered, he would offer 500 for
the match. Matheson Immediately ac-
cepted for Slmms, and 1t is now up to
the Boston people to make good their
declarations.
Slmms recently received large new
punching bag, which was made under
the direction of his manager, ut
Buffalo, ana Art regards it ms Il great
help in getting ready for his battles.
BROOKLYN'S FIRST GAME.
Brooklyn, April l5.--The Brooklyn
league team played its first cxhlbi-
ton game OF the season here Monday,
the Columbia college boys being their
opponents. Score Columbia, |, 3, 81;
Brooklyn, 10, s, o. Battcrics-Tyler
Grant, Goodman and Meier; Kltson,
Newton, Ahearn and Wheeler
CONSlDINE WILL BID.
New York, April l5.-lndications
are strong that should Terry Mccoy
ern and Young Corbctt again face
each other it will he, on the soil of
Connecticut, The Denver boy some
weeks ago expressed Il desire to fight
the second battle in the same State
where he had won the first, and the
chances are that his wish viii be graf
flied,
John Il. Considinc started for West
Baden Springs Ind, Monday, and
ON his way there, will stop in Clncln-
natl. Sam IIars, manager of Nc
Govern, and John Corbctt, manager
for Young Cobett win meet In Gin
cinnati on Tuesday 10 open bids for
the fight Consdmc win make n big
offer with an option of 90 per cent
of the gross receipts, Tor the bout.
He viii also offer certified check
Tor $500 to bc posted MS guarantee
that the contest will lac brought off
ON schedule time and in Connecticut
SOUTH ENDERs NEXT.
The next of the shows to be given