Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-17
Sporting Notes.


Races at the saucer this evening.
Flynn and Cotton are scheduled TO
meet az ,he Salt Lake Athletic club
Monday night in 2O-round bout.
Prof Eugene Thompson Of the
Moore gymnasium, IL in fine shape for
his coming wrestling bout with Nc
Laukhlin, Of Park City, the holder
CT the Montana championship. Thomp-
son confidently expects to win.
New York, June lin view OF the
visit OF the Canadian Rifle team to
Bisley, n committee has been nominal
ed by the council OF the English Ma
tional Rifle association, cables the Lon
don correspondent OF the Tribune, to
seee II arrangements can be made for a
rife match between England and Can
ada.
New York, June lit has been de-
ilnitely settled that the match race be-
tween Thomas Lawson's Barolma and
e, f. Smathers Lord Derby. for a
side stake OF $4,000 shall take place
at aHrtford, on Saturday, Aug. 2. The
horses have been matched and forfelts
OF 5000 have been posted for some
time,
A postponed game that should have
been pulled off at Ogden about two
weeks ago, is on at Lagoon this af-
iernoon between Lagoon and the Lob
sters. IL was postponed on account
OF rain. The game will be called at
4;SO. The fans will be able TO catch
the $3.50 train and get back in time
to feed the horses and do the milking.
Last evening, Fan ]. w Haywood
was captured by members Of the Salt
Lake ball team and carried over TO the
Wey hotel After locking the doors
10 prevent escape, Father Tom Kelly
stepped forward and with a neat little
speech presented to Fan Haywood a
handsome gOld-headed ebony walking
stick, on which is the following in
scription:
"rO Mr.. j. w. Haywood. from the
members Of the Salt Lake baseball
team, 1902"
Jack Clifford expects TO leave the
city tomorrow morning for Butte. He
mas a match on with Jack Wade. TO
take place at Helena on the 2nd Of
July. and he Is anxious to get up there
In order TO put himself in proper shape
to give Wade his sleeping poultice.
Since Clifford defeated Wade. the ring
followers nave been trying to get an
other match on. II will be well at
tended and II the two Jacks draw
full house. Clifford should make a
good wad.
Spokane, Wash. June 1.-THE trou-
ole over Umpire Tony Mullane is all
ended Harry Green, one OF the d.
rectors OF the Spokane league baseball
team, announced today that Mullane
had signed 10 pitch for Spokane. He
Is expected to arrive today for the Ia
coma series. Mullane was formerly one
o fthe noted pitchers Of the American
league. The fans here believe this
makes il nearly certain that OCon-
nell, the California umpire, Is coming
10 the Pacific Northwest league. In
spite Of all denIals.
Helena, Mont. June l6.-w. II. Luz
cas-, president OF the Pacific North
west league, said this afternoon that
he had not engaged O'Connell, the Cali
iornia Umpire. TO take the place OF Tony
Mullane, who left Helena today for
Spokane. where he will pitch for that
team. He Is looking for an umpire
and said that he was considering
O'Connell A local substitute win um-
pire In the Helena Portland series here
this week. Prest. Lucas said today he
wanted II understood that Mullane was
not let out.
HE vas released at his own re-
quest" said Lucas. because he wanted
10 play ball, and not because two clubs
protested against him"