The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-29
SPORTING NOTES.

The stewards of the Crescent CITY
Jockey Club of New Orleans are still
temporizing with A. P. Mathewson,
who ran the horse HIRAM johnson as
a 5-year-old there on Dec. "a, and car
ried off about all the money on the
grounds. Mathewson says he can't
find any traces of the horse. which he
claims to have sold directly after the
race for small consideration. 1t is
believed that HIRAM johnson was
none other than the fast horse, Nc
Namara, and was rung in for a cinch.
and il is also certain that the horse
under the bogus name will never be
produced.
Another cloud has appeared on the
baseball horizon and there is a prob
ability of the war breaking out afresh
all along the line. This one cause. if
1t does occur, will be attributed to the
National League wanting to dictate to
the American League where it shall To-
cate its ground in New York. The Ma
ton insists the grounds shall be in
the borough of Manhattan, while the
Americans declare they will build the
diamond wherever a suitab pace an
be found.
Tom Sharkey and Jack Monroe have
signed articles to box to a finish be-
fore the club offering the largest
purse, the bout to take place on a date
in the next two months.
Negotiations are pending between
Yale and Columbia colleges looking to
resumption of football next season.
1t is believed the Ratchet will be
buried. and the pipe of peace taken in
its place.
Jim Callahan, the great pitcher,
will manage the Chicago National
League team this summer in the place
OF Clark Griffith who goes to New
York. The selection has given general
satisfaction in the Windy City"
The people of Indiana Want Sunday
baseball, a bill having been introduce
ed in the Legislature of that state to
allow the same after the hour of
o'clock in the afternoon, and it is said
it will become a law. The hour for be-
ginning is specified so that the game
will not conflict with church services.
line and now announces he will box
any man who thinks he is a champion,
irrespective of color. Up to the pres
ent time Corbett has held off from
boxing colored men.
Fred Douglas of this city went up
against a ringer" in Augusta Tuesday
night, when he went down and out in
less than one round to one Chris
Himmler, alias Jack Wilson, middle
weight champion of Maryland. Pat
Raedy has a go with the same party
in Augusta on the night of Feb. Z, and
says that he is confident he will turn
the trick. Douglas was not in condi-
ton and Himmler was fully fifteen
pound heavier. He has challenged
the victor for another match, and it
is likely he will be. accommodated.
About 125 people attended the bout.
The new prize fight bill to be intro
duced in the New York Legislature will
regulate boxing, and place the same
under a commission of control, on the
same order as the boards controlling
races, etc, with the general approval
of men interested in professional box
ing. The sports have taken readily
to the law, and pronounce it good
one.
There will be seventeen baseball
leagues in America this season, which
means that the first of April will see
rallied 1876 clubs of the professional
rank or over 1000 opponents of the ma
tional game. This is the greatest num-
Der of leagues and players ever oper-
ating at one time.
Although the brutality of football has
been roundly discussed pro and con for
several years the first real hard knock
at the game comes from South Da-
kota The legislators of that state be-
lieve that participants in the gridiron
game are nothing better than crimi-
nails, and that is what any man there
will be If he insists on violating the
anti-football law, which has just been
passed. By football enthusiasts the
bill might be called a freak in legisla-
ton According to it's terms, no one
must even think of playing the game.
If so, he must provide a big bond to
keep his mind from doing that he
should not. Another provision of the
law says a man playing football will
be subject to a fine of $1,000 and five
years Imprisonment. The bill, before
it becomes a law, will be referred to
the Committee on Health. 1t is said
that several prize fighters belong to
the committee and they threaten to
approve the measure if the fighting
game is not dealt with more literally
throughout the country.
The sporting fraternity of Chicago
believe that the step of Governor Yates
in stopping prize fighting in the state
of Illinois, is but preliminary step to
eliminate betting and pool selling on the
horse tracks. They contend that If
such is done horse racing will be a
thing of the past in that state.
Bob Fitzsimmons is mad at Tommie
Ryan for saying the latter is afraid
of him and has deposited $780, which
he says belongs to Ryan any time
he fails to knock him out inside four
rounds. He though Ryan's challenge
a huge joke at first. Fitzsimmons
would likely lick Ryan in a finish fight,
but there are many sports who be-
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