The Washington times., 1903-01-23

/ conner After glz minutes hard WORK,
Joe finally put Volts shoulders TO the
mat.
! This afternoon Grant is to meet Ernest
Carbino, and in the evening Gus Schulz,
/ a newcomer in local wrestling, whose
weight is put at 40 pounds.
/ a drive that is a new record in golf
was made on Saturday by Walter J.
( Travis. from the eighth tee on the Gar
den City Golf Club links, in a three
some with the weIl-known amateurs.
Bruce Price, of Tuxedo. and Arden NJ.
/ Robbins, of St. Andrews. The drive was
/ $50 yards. The ground was frozen, and
! free from ice and snow.
/ 4 somehow managed to get off an as
/ tonlshing long ball" said Travis, in tell
! ing of the feat The drive was from
! the eighth tee 20 the road in front OF
/ the green. $50 yards in all The actual
/ distance Of the hole is 40S yards. The
going is practically level, shade up
grade, il anything. for some $50 yards.
then there is a gentle slope TO the road
of some fifteen yards. So far as ] know.
/ this is the longest ball ever driven on
/ this OF any other hole on the course. -
/ Baltimore having put q ban on the
+ boxing game. Baltimore county. which
I surrounds the city, has done likewise.
so the pugilisticalIy incIired gentlemen
and their admirers viii have to move 10
ether gardens. The chief OF police has
issued the order that the game must
stop. This step VIII undoubtedly put
/ the fighting game to the bad in Mary
land, as It closes the only fields worth
the money TO boxing promoters
The announcement Of the chief OF DO
lice, it IS believed, nips in the bud the
schemes OF managers looking toward The
erection OF cIubhouses for boxing con-
tests
There are several reasons Why the
sport viii rot be allowed in the county.
but they are not for the public to know.
The chief, however, is willing TO grant
permits for bouts that are not attended
by grueliug methods. and when permits
are obtained TO conduct shows at which
admission is charged. In the past the
promoters Of fights have not thought il
worth while to secure these 9er aits.
The chief said that he would attend
sparring contests in the future. and
that when he saw one fellow hit the
other hard blow he would stop the
bout.
The new order goes into eHeey right
away
This move. it is believed. viii give
further life TO the sport OF wrestling,
which has been doing well Of late. Mana
Gers Of pugilisIs have no real love for
an encounter with the law. anI it looks
TO be the proper caper for all 20 bow
TO its enforcement.
Some NAV sniff to other fields. but
these daily grew fewer. so it Will not
be strange il the pugtIists Of Yesterday
become The more OF less proficient mat
artists Of today
The baseball tangle in Gotham has
/ been taken up and It has reached the
stage
when viii the New Yorks win the
pennant2" is the question asked in the
presentation OF Rogers Brothers in Har-
ward
The query is, of course, a puzzle. but
/ the answer, When they get out an in
junction to prevent the other seven clubs
from playing ball. brings out q round
/ Of laughter and applause.
Manager Edward HanIon. Of the Brook
+ Ign team, did not attend the Cincinnati
/ Conference IN speaking Of he statement
made by Western paper. in which the
:
/ East could not get along without the
F West, Hanlon said;
4 wish most emphaticaIIy 10 deny
/ that ever made such a statement. On
/ the contrary, I firmly believe the East
/ could do well without the West. New
/ York IS the key TO the whole situation,
and I believe that strong circuit can
/ be made up of Eastern cities. and that il
would prove profitable
How would such a compact circuit
as this do2' continued the Balrimorean.
/ New York Brooklyn Boston. Provf-
/ dence, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
iRgton and Jersey City or Newark Sun
/ day games could be played at Providence
and the New Jersey cities. New York
could open its Hoboken grounds. Such
/ a circuit as this could be managed well
and at far less expense than the present
one"
HaHlOn is now busy trying to get hold
/ Of the American League grounds in Bal
timore- Should he succeed he believes
+ he can secure an Eastern League fran
chise for the Monumental City.
/ ". \. Phelon. jr.. in the Chicago
Journal" breaks out with the following
string.
If certain close observers vino have
been watching the trend Of baseball
events can be believed, there will be
/ cataclysmic change In 1g04-a change Of
interest to all baseball fans. The plans
/ for the big shift it is asserted. have been
quietly framing d year or more. and all
the doings for the past few weeks count
as nothing in comparison"
This IS how the 1904 layout of baseball
/ lines up, according to the latest pro
phets.
One big league made up of the
strongest forces Of the National and
American.
The American Association. under
President Hickey. TO be advanced 10 a
position of power and Importance second
10 hat OF the big combined organization