Evening star., 1902-01-01
McGOvern to Fight Sullivan.

| don of Denver.
| McGOvern to Fight Sullivan.
| Terry McGovern and Dave Sullivan will
meet before the Yosemite Athletic Club Of
| San Francisco in the second week of Feb
ruary. This was agreed upon in New York
yesterday at a meeting of the fighters and
| their managers. Jim Kennedy, represent
ing the Yosemite club. offered 55 per cent
| of the gross receipts which was satisfac-
| tory to both men.
| Both fighters have already begun training
| for the fight. and it is expected that the
| match will be bitter one, as there has
| been bad feeling between the men for some
| time. 1t is also said that McGovern Will
devote more time to training in this bout
than he did when he fought Young Cor
| bett.'
J Base Ball Notes.
| Frank Foreman signed a contract Mon
| day to pitch for the Baltimore club.
Louisville has visions of again breaking
into the National League. Larry Ghatto.
the famous wealthy director of the old
| league club there, wants another chance.
| Jim Hart does not believe that Rube
| Waddell is lost to him. Before Rube made
| the coast trip he promised Hart faithfully
| he would show up in Chicago next spring.
| Billy Cingman, who has signed to man.
| age the Milwaukee American Association
team next season, is casting eyes at wild
| Bilr' Everett for first baseman.
| Sandow Mertes Is of the star attrac-
| tions Of the Nationals on the coast His
| playing has not set the patrons of the sun
seats Wild but his Bowery walk has made
! hit.
Amos Rusie says he is not digging bitches
| simply to earn a living, but to put himself
| back into condition to pitch winning ball.
He hopes to break into the game again,
| even if it is in a minor league.
Iburg, signed by Philadelphia National
| T ha q nifs hiy,U no
National Leaguers could locate him safely
| but three times the other day in Frisco,
| and there was not a man on the team who
did not fan the air.
National League players are becoming
uneasy under the situation and many have
written to the club owners asking them
about the possibilities for the coming year.
| All have been assured that they will get
| their salaries as usual.
| Charlie Comiskey. says he has not signed
| Charlie Irwin to play third base for his
White Sox team, but that he can get the
| clever Brooklyn player any time he wants
| him. and that he probably will sign him.
Arthur Il. Hillebrand of Princeton has
| been chosen foot bail and base ball coach
of Wisconsin University. Hillebrand was
for two years captain of both the base ball
and foot ball teams at Princeton and is
| regarded by the alumni of the New Jersey
| school as one of the greatest college ath-
| letes who was ever In the, east.
| Another player has been added to the
| New York club s roster. Secretary Knowles
| announced yesterday that he had signed
| James Delehanty of last years Chicago
| team He played third base for the Rem.
nants in few games and then retired on
| account of sickness.
That Joseph j. Kelley will wear the black
| and orange of the Orioles is regarded as an
| assured fact by those who appear to know
all about the base ball deals. What Willie
ISeeler is going to do or where he will play
| next season may be settled, but the fact Is
| not ready for official announcement.
S~,I z-tl -:1ar-
| that the Chicago National League club will
| likely get Third Baseman Bradley and Out
| fielder Mccarthy from the Cleveland club
of the American League. Mccarthy is In
| Kansas City and said he preferred not to
return to Cleveland. intimating that he
would go where Bradley went. Bradley
sends word that he will soon come east
from California to confer with President
| James A. Hart.
Clarke Griffith recently said: Eyes, I
know we are shy third baseman. but don't
| think for lonely moment that We Will not
have a good man in that position when we
| start in for the serious work Of next season.
| Coughlin of Washington Is a star third
| baseman, and he would look good to me in
Chicago uniform. With Coughlin on
| third, we would have one Of the best, II not
| the best, infieds in the country. What is
more. there is an off chance we will get
| him.
Jimmy Coins will have Charlie Hick-
| man, Buck Freeman and Chick Stahl for
an outield next season. 1t should prove
| the hardest-hitting combination in the
American League. The full personnel of
Crger and Slattery; pitchers. Young, Win
| ters, Dineen, Williams Mitchell. Wilson
| and Deininger; infield LaChance, Ferris,
Collins and Parent; %aaEe 9utfield, Hickman ,laI
| fielder, Gleason.
| First Baseman Richardson who was
| taken from the Terre Haute club by the
| St. Louis club toward the end of last sea-
| son and reserved by St. Louis for next sea-
son, has signed Terre Haute contract. He
had signed a St Louis contract, conditional
| on his release being bought from Terre
Haute. but this has not been done. Rich
! ardson says he does not propose to incur
! the blacklist simply for try-out.
BILLY" Earle Is to figure In base ball
politics in Cuba. Earle has just signed to
| manage the Fe team. and the wealthy
Cubans back of the club want to see Earle
| behind the bat again. In order to allow
Earle to catch, it will be necessary to
abolish the rule which has been In force
| there some time that a player in the Cuban
| League must have been a resident of Cuba
| at least two years.
Herman, who played on the varsity
| eleven, will play on the Harvard base bali
! team this summer, going behind the bat
Harvard men think he will be worthy
successor to Reid, the best catcher Harvard
ever had. The outlook for a strong nine is
| particularly good. In Ciarkson and Still
class pitchers, and another valuable player,
P. Frantz the big fist baseman. who is a
| hard hitter. gi4l OF
Joe MeGinnity, the d1ron Man." has
| signed a three years. contract with Man
ager McGraw of the Baltimore club.
Several other clubs, Including Brooklyn,
were after McGinnity aud had made him
fattering offers. With Harry Howell and
Jack Hughes, of last years Chicago Ma
| toinal League Club stan. McGinnity will
be the standby of McGraw's pitching de-
partment.
Robson of St. Louis asserts that in 1889
Andrew Freedman offered him coo for
the privilege Of taking such members of the
Cleveland club as he might select to
strengthen the NewqY orlxa club, Robson to
have all the players that were left OF both
the New York and Cleveland clubs. and to
receive a cash bonus of $25O00 should the
New York club. 80 organized, finish first,
second or third in the pennant race of 1899.
Pitcher Nichols Is In Boston. He is now
q full-fedged magnate and says he will We
several good players for his Western
League Kansas City team before he returns
to the west. Speaking of the situation in
Kansas City, the veteran said: George Te-
beau now has three ball grounds on his
hands and Is making lot Of talk about
what he will do, but we are not paying any
attention to him. as his ASSCciat tiou has M