Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-05-25

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STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

BOStQh. ~ lO4 Cleveland - u $50
P PA IS 7 ,593 St Louis. Y i .462
Chicago. 16 il .533 Washington ) 10 .26,
-Natlonal League
Cincinnati = g So pttsburg. y Is ) Al I &
Chicago. - 10 900 Brooklyn. II II 414
| New York 10 10 .643 Boston . 10 II $40
/ ST. Louis. 16 j. .5T1 Phil'lphia - .185
Charlie Chech of the st. Paul club *
thu virtual leader of the American asso-
GATOR so far this year, with record Ct
! SIX victories and one defeat Forl until
be was relieved by Bailey in the third
Inning at Minneapolis Oh Friday, had a
! clean record he having won four anG
| lost none. G!endOn Of Columbus has a
! good record and comes next to Chelh !
Maiarkey has also shown good class aal
IS starting on what now looks to be an era
OF pitching which will bring him to !. high
rank at the end of the season. Stricklett |
has started right for Milwaukee and may
| hnC ms way among the leaders.
John T. Brush, president Of the New
YORK National league club, in an inter
view Oh Sunday baseball says: $50 far
as Sunday baseball in New York is con |
cerned, we shall have to see whether the |
! PEOPLE want it, and if they do. whether
the authorities will assure lis we are not
coming into belligerent contact with |
| HI
The public will be consulted first In |
cities like Boston and Philadelphia the
luVers Of the game do not want baseball |
on Sunday. 1t may be that New York
patrons feel the same way, and if they |
dc there viii be no Sunday games on |
the Polo grounds, even if the authorities
say we may play. We are out to give !
the public what they want
The Wisconsin university track team
defeated Illinois at Madison Saturday, |
securing 10 points to Illinois A. Capt |
MacEachron of Wisconsin broke the |
western intercollegiate record in the . |
mile run, going the distance III $50 10 /
Gllkeison Of Illinois tried to take the
event and made splendid showing, but
the speedy Wisconsin man was too much |
for him. Fuhrer of Wisconsin broke the
Wisconsin record in the high jump by
inches. scaling the bar at 6 feet 3 |
inches. Illinois was stronger in the field |
events than on the track. Of its II
points 80 were won in field events
George Post easily won the mile run in
4:36, With kiesel second. Poage won
the 100yard dash in 10 ID and the
220 hurdles in y. Walter won the 40
yard run in 81 80
Bedraggled and weary from an eight
hours trip, fifteen Lake Forest uniyer-
sity athletes reached Appleton Saturday
afternoon and in thirty minutes appeared
on Lawrence field, where in a track meet
with Lawrence university they were de-
feated by score o. 6612 to 4715. Bush,
Lake Forests sprlnier, won the most
points and took first place in every track
event he entered. The Lawrence high
jump record was broken. Shergar clear
ing the bar at ) feet 9 inches.
At the annual middle states inter-
scholastic and field championship games
at Philadelphia j. t. Moore of Mercer
ord in the pole vault by clearing the bar
at IL feet 4$4 inches.
Coach Stage and the University 81
Chicago track enthusiasts are gratified t.
learn that Fred Moloney, the former
champion hurdler, has shifted his al
legiance from the Chicago Athletic club
under maroon colors at the Olympian
games this summer at st. Louis
Yale scored a close victory over Har-
ward in their annual meet the New
Haven men winning by a score of 81 7-12
to 46 5-12. The meet was close and
hard fought. Schick of Harvard defeat
ed his old rival, Torrey Of Yale, in the
100-yard dash, after close fight. In the
40 Schick was once more successful.
taking first by short margin from Long
OF Yale.
Nebraska university triumphed over
Minnesota in the dual track and field
meet at Lincoln by the narrow margin
CT { points, the final score being Ne
braska G2, Minnesota 50.
Charley Houshton of the West End
club Of st. Louis heg agreed to give Gus
Bezenah and frankie Neil a $500 purse
Tor a twenty-round boxing contest, to
take place Oh June 8.
Jimmy Walsh OF Boston is matched to
fight Digby Stanley on July at London,
England. This is Walsh's second go
with Stanley.
It has been officially announced that
the Crescent City Jockey club of New
Orleans will probably abandon its annual
winter racing meet, in view Of the action
OF the Western Union company in cutting
off race reports.
a crowd of 15,000,. the biggest gather
lng. that ever assembled at Hawthorne,
Chicago, saw English Lad Fred Cooks
mighty son of Requital- English Lady. ad-
nirably ridden by Nicol, and a tremen-
doJls public favorite at to 5, win the
rich Chicago Derby Saturday.
English Lad only won after a desperate
stretcn struggle with the 10 to / cnanca.
Prince Silverwings. Moharib was third,
four lengths away. Time, 2:06
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A new American record for one mile in
handicap has been made bv Fired Nra-
mer, the bicyclist,- at Yailsburg, \. J.
His time was / :52 3-5 from scratch
The previous mark was l.: ) 30
Efforts to revive running turf races in
New Jersey are being made by men
prominent in racing circles. David Hol-
land, president Of the Queens County
Jockey club at Aqueduct, and Lolis
kuhnly, 4 political dictator at Atlantic
City, have purchased many acres of land +
adjoining the inlet at Atlantic City, and
will lay out 4 racetrack on the lines of
Morris park Assurances OF favorable
legislation are said to have been obtained