The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-07

George Speer signed a contract last
night 10 play with the Milwaukee Ameri-
can association team the coming season
Speer was on the reserve list OF Buffalo In
the Eastern league.
Tim Murphy. the Australian won the
decision over Dick O'Brien OF Lewiston,
Me, in a six-pound contest at Chicago
last night
Manager Sturtevant OF the Tufts Col
lege baseball team has secured Fred Ten
ney for coach for the Medford college
nine the coming season.
Eight hundred lovers of the boxing game
gathered In Central Falls last night TO
witness three events, but the promoters
had not obtained a permit 20 hold the
show. The police appeared as result. and
cleared the hall
KID Broad OF Cleveland had a shade the
better of the six-round bout with Tim
Callahan q Philadelphia last night at the
Penn Athletic club. The bout between Ed
die Connolly OF 81. John. y. Il. ard Joe
Cans OF Baltimore. at the Washington
SpOrtlng club, same city. last night, was
stopped in the fifth round by the referee.
Cans had the best OF the fight Connolly
persisted in hngsins.
Fred Parent. formerly OF the Providence
baseball team, says You viii see mo
playing shortstop for the Boston Ameri-
can team next season. II is true. | agreed
10 play for Mr.. Brush FOR three years for
$4,000 q year. ] thought he was bluhlng me
all the time, so I did not bother my head
much about him. After I had arranged
terms with Mr.. Somers. received con-
! tract TO play with Cincinnati for the sea-
| son OF 1902 I would not sign on any terms
I -gfE ffraa n n q IA
way Brush has acted and the attempt to
place Winters and myself I'm a bad light
| ] can realize now | made a mistake 10
have anything 20 DO with such man or
/ his representative
Virgil Garvin. the Milwaukee pitcher
! signed n contract yesterday with the Chi
| cago American league team for next sea-
son. Catcher Joe Sugdcn was traded for
! Garvin.
The twenty-hve-round bout between
! Terry McGovcrn and Dave Sullivan will
take place before the Southern \. g. Of
| Louisville. Ky. on the afternoon of Wash
ington's birthday. Feb. %. The conditions
| of the match are g rounds at 1876 pounds.
4 The purse offered and agreed upon IN G0
per cent Of the gross receipts, 50 pcr
| cent 20 the winner, S5 per cent 10 tho loser.
/ Drastic legislation r. threatened az AL
/ bany in the matter Of automobile speed
! laws and tho penalties for their violation.
| The danger S. 50 imminent. and the re-
4 ports Of the extremity of INC statutes pros
posed SO alarming. that the law commit
\ toe Of the Automobile club of America has
| been spurrcd 10 immediate action a. y.
! Shattuck. president of the club. and mcui-
| bers of the law committee have been iu
| consultation within the last few days NTH
| Senator Coxc and other prominent law
| makers identified with past legislation on
| the subject. with "a Wow 20 having the
proposed measures modified.
Sheriff Taylor and q squad OF police
were on hand at the Abbey Athletic CLUB
Cinoinnsu. last night 20 see that the or
der OF Gov. Nash 90 stop the night DO
tween Mike Schoeck and Larry Temple
was obeyed. The manager thereupon de-
| clarcd tho fight on.
| II II reported that Tslcou bAs fcSracd Z