The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-03
LATEST SPORTING GOSSIP

successful, viii again place MIN where
he was before his recent defeats der
rera meets Neary at. Milwaukee on Jan
10 Mary Is coming y0uagster ana
has recently defeated Kid Broad and
fought q Twenty-r0uud draw with JACK
BIcClelland Of Pittsburg. The results of
these two battles place Neary as top
uQtchSr and make him a dangerous man
for Herrera to 20 up against After this
fight Herrera is matched TO fight Louis
Long ST Anacoslda- Long is the you1gster
handled by Billy L2yigHe, gho welsS
twenty sounds to ? draw with Herrera al
Vancouver about two months ago
Spokane has followed in the footsteps OF
Salt Lake and organized a strong base
ball association to control the game up
there the coming season. The directors
of the rev company are Howell W. Peel,
Henry =. Liiffn. Frank sW. Smith. George
$. Armstrong end CLYDE H. Williams.
No officers are named other than the
directors. but IL is pretty generally un-
derstCod that G, r. Williams will have
fun swing in the active management OF
the new company and tho bali club
Al set forth In the articles, the new
company is organized for the purpose
Of purchasing ana owning a franchise in
3he professional baseball leagues and to
maintain aid manage a professional base
ban team in the city Of Spokane and TO
manage and conduct baseball games and
any and ali other athletic exhibitions.
The capital stock OF Tie company IS
placed al s1e0o0. divided into 10,e0J shares
st 81 each TIE life OF the company is
fifEy Years $50
Evidently Biddy Bishop is finding
hard rowing on the coast trying 10 pro-
mote the fighting game. Bishop runs the
SequeTa club IN Oakland, but its days
seem 10 be numbered. Speaking Of the
matter W. W. Naughton says;
The boxing game is in bad way IN
Oakland. across the bay from here, the
mayer OF the city having announced him-
et n on mr.
cipies. The SeqUara club, fiy-by-night
organization differed By Biddy Bishop,
is supposed to be the cause Of all the
trouble. once before the stationary
athletic clubs Of Oakland combined
against the Sequer3 and a halt was
called on the game by mutual consent,
the object being to freeze out the alien
organization. When the sport opened up
again the SequeTa was to the fore with
applications tor permits. ana now his
tory Is about Co repeat itself. apparently,
III the matter of q shutdown. It Is very
probable. however. thst the stop which
Mayor Olney hopes TO bring about Will
be permanent this time.
jim Jef1ries viii not fight a negro. but
he does not draw the color line Ia referee
work. and his latest stunt is referring a
champion cakeWaik at Madison Squars
Garden Christmas night. There was some
objection to the champion. owing 10 the
fact that he drew the color line on Jack
johnson, but the Washingtons and Jack
sons were IN the majority. and jeff won,
jeff took along q formidable battery in
the shape Of Tom Sharkey. Terry Nc
Govern. Jim Corbett and Frank Erne. 50
there was no one with razor who cared
to dispute the decisions of the champion.
The location of Dugdale's new ball park
in Seattle mas been announced. IT Is TO be
situated ON the tide flats. which have
been fiiled in and is less than five min
utes' walk from the heart OF the
city. Gran6stands. bleachers, club houses
fences. etc. VIII be built and the psri
viii be in readiness for The opening game
Of next season Dugdale promises 10 dc
a mulch better job than did the Outlaws
whose park, ON account of the arrange
ment, is about the worst one on the COas
TO play on. The sun field plays havoc
with the visitors AID at times interiors;
with fhe infielders
BY securing the park downtown. Dug
I dale VIII even up a few scores with the
owners OF Athletic park ana who have
B been favoring the outlaw league to som,
( extent. They we're Instrumental in fore
/ ing the National league to relinquish th'
/ old park.