Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-12-07
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years OF the st. Paul team of the Ameri-
can association, and who has won the
pennant two consecutive years, is to be
the owner of the Saints as soon as he
can organize stock company. This
news was brought out when George E.
Lennon, present owner, gave out q state
ment announcing his retirement from the
baseball business. In connection with the
announcement made by Lennon, Manager
Kelley said that as soon as he had or
gained a stock company in st. Paul he
would Immediately dispose of his holdings
Of the Toledo club stock.
Pete Husting will not head the Wis
consin Interurban Baseball league, al
though he has been elected as the presi-
dent. He says he came to Fond dU Lac
to practice law and not to play baseball.
Manager Duffy is to take the Phila-
delphia Nationals to Savannah for spring
practice.
BILLY Maloney, the Georgetown boy,
who came to Milwaukee and last season
played with Minneapolis with such great
success that he was drafted by Selee, is
wintering in North Attleboro.
Baltimore hereafter and manage the
Orioles.
Jem Bowker, who defeated frankie
Neil for the bantam weight champion
ship, refuses to come to America, so the
American bantams that are seeking his
scalp will have to go to his hunting
grounds to get it.
Not because the Chicago Automobile
club deprecateS the practice, but because
there is no available space, there will be
no boxing contests this year at that Or
ganization's home this season.
Tommy Murphy, the New York ban
tam, was outpointed in six-round bout
at the Philadelphia National Athletic
club by Phil Logan, local, who was
substituted for Danny Dougherty
j.
Jimmy Dunn, the Newcastle, Pa. fight
er, is in serious condition as the result
Of fight with bulldog which he was
trying to teach tricks.
One of the largest indoor athletic
events in the history of athletics will be
held in Milwaukee or Chicago in March
If the present plans Of several promi-
nent A. A. Z. officials matemalize. The
The fourth annual athletic meet of
the Wisconsin Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION will be held at Fond du Lac
Thursday, March g. 1t has been decided
TO hold six events, viz: 2O-yard dash, -
pound shot put, running high jump, pole
vault, standing broad jump, and one mile
relay race.
no
team are good" said Capt. Breitkreutz
Of Madison university in an interview
we have the material and it depends
now on the coach. Many new men have
entered this fall, and a number of last
years men are back. Among the new
men, perhaps Garrett, who won II points
III the Illinois interscholastic meet last
spring, is the most promising. In the
sprints, Waller, Stevens Glab and Has
brOuck, who has a record of 1912 in the
100, will compete for places on the team
Post and LongshOre are in school now,
but it is doubtful if they will come out
In the quarter-mile we will have Waller,
Rideout, who has record of - seconds.
and Meyers, who took first in the New
Hampshire inrerschOlastic last spring In
in the half mile, Capt. Breitkreutz who
Wos his event in the conference last year;
Hasbrouck, 2:07; Mowry, Richards,
Meyers, 2:09. and Birch. 2:10, will com
Daniels, who holds the western record,
to run. In the 120-yard hurdles we will
have Adams, Chapman and Barr, who
won the event in the interscholastic in
the record time of 1G 3-5 seconds. Wal
Ter and Chapman will run in the low
hurdles. In the field events we Will be
fairly strong. In the pole-vault we have
Hueffner and Garrett; in the broad lump.
Van Derzee, Hintz, Schneider and Gar
rett Dulaney will be our only repre-
sentative in the high jump. In the shot
put, Hintz and Shepherd are the only
available material at present, and with
Johnson in the hammer and Devine and
Dering in the discus will make a strong
bid for honors in this department. A
team Of four men to run in two-mile
relay race will be sent to Philadelphia,
together with any other men who are es-
oecially strong in their events. The first
indoor meet will probably be held in Feb
ruary, a week after the semester eSami-
nations"