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jump than has been offered up to date.
Jimmy Britt, the middleweight pu-
gilist of the Pacific coast, has just dis
covered that in his recent fight with
Kid LaVigne, in San Francisco, he Dis
located one of the bones in his eft
hand and also sustained a fractuie
There are many pugilists throughout
the country who are anxious to get a
fight with Britt, but the Westerner
says they will have to wait for a
while.
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, cham
pion middleweight, was carded for a
ten-rOund go with Ed Lewis, a Denver
heavyweight, at Mount Clemens, but
the bout went less than round. The
clever Quaker simply toyed with
Lewis, feinting him into knots, slap
ping him about and finally jolting him
with stiff left on the jaw, which end
ed matters.
Says John B. Foster: One would
think to read what Mr.. Dreyfuss is
supposed to say, that Fred" Clarke
is already playing his harp, that
Hans Wagner has had his white
robe cut by a fashionable tailor, and
that the other members of the team
are SO good they sit In the corner
every night and study their texts for
the following Sunday. Well all agree
that Mr.. Dreyfuss has a rafting good
ball team, but if there is man in the
National league with sharper spikes
and a sharper tongue than 'Fred''
Clarke. bring him forth; and Hans
Wagner, a great big, good-natured
hard playing ball player, is the clum-
siest and most absurd kicker that
ever happened.
Possibly no ball player on the dia-
mond today is SO versatile as Bresna-
han, the New York catcher. Beginning
as pitcher he has played not only
! that position, but all inf1eld and out
field positions, and now is behind the
bat, in the general opinion Of most
| New York enthusiasts, the best the
team ever has had since the days of
Buck" Ewing. There are a number
! of players who have filed all the out
/ field positions, notably Lave Cross,
| whom addition, ranked among the
/ leading catchers when he went behind
the bat. So far as is known, however,
Lave never in his professional career
pitched. Billy Hallman is one of the
| few players who have both pitched
and caught, besides playing every po-
sition on the inffgtd. Bresnahan is
somewhat unique in that he has acted
as pitcher, catcher and played infield
and outf1eld positions.-New York
Telegram.
"Joe" Goddard, the veteran pugilist,
was shot in the head by a negro in
| Pensauken township, N j., Monday.
Goddard had a quarrel with the man
over the elections for delegates of the
First congressional district of New
! Jersey. He will probably die. Goddard
expected to be matched with Jack
Bonner for a fight in Paterson, and
had been doing gymnasium work for a
| week or two.
Kid Carter did not suffer bruise as
the result of his victorious bout with
Jimmy Handler. Carter's match with
Tommy Ryan is the chance of a life
time, as he is one of. the few men
of the division who look as if they
have a chance that Ryan has cared
to mix matters with of latter days.
!
Joe Wa1cott, the colored welter-
weight champion, who whipped
| Tommy West, of Brooklyn, at the re-
cent fistic carnival of the National
Sporting club, London, has returned
from England. Walcott was attired in
a neat-fitting English suit and a
diamond nearly as large as a peach
nut flashed from his shirt front. Wal
| cot eNlucHliy udQ q prosperous Trip
for both Of his pockets We're filed with
greenbacks.
N. L. O'Neill, assistant manager OF
the proposed off season tour of an All
American and all National team
through the West and Honolulu, was
negotiating with some of the Chicago
PLAYERS, and said that he has arranged
with Sullivan to catch and Jones-tt
play center field for the Americans and
Mertes to again play second base fol
the Nationals. Callahan may also
sign to pitch.
Other players who have agreed tt
make the tour are, according to Mr.
O'Neill: MCGUIRE, catcher; Bernhard
and Mercer, pitchers; Harry Davis
} first base; Lajoie, second base; Wal
lace, shortstop; Bradley, third base
and Holmes, right field, for the all.
American team, with one fielder to bt
selected, and Kahoe, catcher; Frasel
. and Donovan, pitchers: Beckley, frs
base; Steinfeldt, shortstop; Irwin
third base, with Clark and Wayne
|, probably in left and center fields ant
Van Haltren in right, If ne is in shape
, for the educational team.