The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-05
SPORTING NOTES.

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A conference of several owners of the
National and American Baseball
Leagues will be held in Cincinnati in
a day or two for the purpose of ar
ranging a series of games, if possible,
between the Western clubs of the two
leagues previous to the opening of the
regular season games. This looks as
if the two leagues are about to bury
the Ratchet that has been sharp be-
tween them for some time.
Following in the footsteps of Tommie
Ryan, Jack O'Brien has issued a defy
to Bob Fitzsimmons. O'Brien ridicules
the idea of Fitz meeting three men one
after the other, and says that he thinks
he can give the red-headed fellow all
the fight he is looking for alone, pro-
viding he will make the middleweiglt
limit and put up a substantial side
bet. Philadelphia Jack had better let
we'll enough alone, and stay in his own
class.
The resumption of athletic relations
between the Universities of Princeton
and Pennsylvania will be inaugurated
Saturday night, when the gymnastic
teams of the two universities will meet
in a dual exhibition. The contests
promise to be the best ever held by
college athletes.
Joe Corbett, the noted baseball
pitcher. who has been out of the gage
the past few years, and for whose
services New York and Brooklyn have
been making strong bids, has thrown
down the two great teams and signed
with the Los Angeles club for the
coming season. The Western team
must have offered Corbett great in
ducements to cut out the other teams
that would have given him a hand
some sum for his work.
Bowlers throughout the East and
West are advocating the use of light
er balls. They think the sixteen
pound ball heavy enough, and, even
those who oppose the change believe
that with practice as good results can
be obtained from a light ball as
heavy one, and they expect to see the
change made.
College athletes are discussing the
advisa bilities and advantages of chang
ing the shape of the football gridiron.
The proposition is to have the ground
laid off something like a baseball dia-
mond is to be wide in the middle and
tapering at the ends to the goal posts,
which will be the width of the two
ends of the field. The plan is desig-
mated to strengthen the defensive team
for the less ground they have to defend
the more equalized will the contest be
made. This, of course. applies to
weaker teams against stronger. 1t is
probable a meeting of college football
managers will be held at an early date
to take action and revise the rules.
Rev. DR.. Charles F. Cameron of
West@ Green Street Presbyterian
Church, Philadelphia, is delivering a
series of sermons on Athletics and
Christianity" In his discourse last
Sunday he asserted that to be
Christian one must be perfect physi-
cally and mentally. Without the one
you cannot be the other" Il believe"
he says that only on the foundation
of a sound body can we build sound
moral and mental nature Without
physical Developments there is no
possibility of true Christianity reach
| ing it's full fruition." The preacher
advocated baseball, rowing, football
| and other athletics and complimented
| those that indulge in the sports His
sermons are creating wide attention in
| the Quaker CITY
Harry Pullman, the new president Of
! the National Baseball League, has
| had the most rapid rise of any man in
| America in the baseball armament. A
/ few years ago he was fresh from
| school and a. clerk in a law firm in
| Louisville. He neglected his duties
/ 20 attend ball games and finally went
| travelling with the Louisville team as
I a.
pers Of that city. He was induced
/ finally to follow Barney Dreyfuss to
| Pittsburg. Since then his rise has
been IA pid until he IL now the CEN
trail figure In the world Of diamond
sports
According TO a statement by. Presi-
dent w. II. Ligigner Of the A. A. T.,
! Alvin p. Kraenzlein Of Milwaukee, the
worlds champion hurdler, has not
been suspended by the American
/ Branch OF the Amateur Athletic AS
/ ISOLATION, as announced by a cable
| gram from London. This has been
/ joyful news 10 American athletes, who
| look to the great hurdler for a promi-
nent part in international athletics
the coming season.
The New York American League
Baseball Team will be backed this sea-
son by a syndicate representing $780,
600. which will put the team on the
strongest footing of any baseball club
in America. A member of the syndi-
cate says: we have the money to
build new grounds and stands and all
we ask is for President Johnson and
his partners to turn over to us the
franchise for New York and we will
put team here that will be a winner
from the start"
Adrian Constantine Arson, better
known in the baseball world as "Old
| Ans. Baby Arson and Pop Anson," is