Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-02-24
SPORTING NEWS.

held at Pawtucket. delegates were pres
ent representing Pawtucket. Woonsocket.
Salem. Lynn and Taunton. A temporary
organization was perfected.
| Kansas City is after Third rasenan
| kahl of last years Kansas City Western
league club. Tho acquisition of Kahi
would be lucky stroke for the Blues
! With a little more experience Kahl will
be good enough for the major leagues
| President Ban Johnson left Washing
ton without dispcsing of the Postal and
Lotus stock in the club to the syndicate
which has been bidding for it for some
| time.
The schedule committee of the Ma
tional league held a meeting in New
York at which President Pulliam was
present and discussed arrangements of
dates prior to a meeting with the Amer-
can league schedule committee Drey-
fuss, Hart and Ebbets comprise the Ma
tiOnal league committee Dreyfuss hav-
ing Harris proxy. Nothing has as yet
been heard from the American league
as to time for the joint meeting. The
ready. one drawn up by Dreyfuss, one
/ by Ebbets and one by the two conformity
! Charlie Fitzpatrick, trainer and man
ager of the Wisconsin University track
team. announces that he will bring from
twenty to twenty-five athletes from Mad
| lson to participate in the A. A. Z. indoor
meet which is to be held in Milwaukee
at the Exposition building in March
He is confident that the mem
bers of the team will give a good account
OF themselves, but he does not bargain
| for first place, although he says they
| have a fighting chance.
! Prof. Stages prophecy that Wisconsin
would defeat Chicago was no doubt in
| tended to give the Badgers unwanted
confidence. 1t was bad "steer." for
Chicago beat Wisconsin by a margin of
seven points Saturday at Chicago. The
| summary follows:
Two-milc run-Henry. Chicago first: Nc
Eachron, Wisconsin, second. Time, 1925
Fifty yards dash-Rice Chicago. first:
Blair, Chicago second. Time, :05 So.
Eight hundred and eighty yards run
G Ca Chicago first; Il Rreitkreutz, Wiseon-
Fifty yards high hGrdles-Catlin. Chicago.
! :O7 10.
-Four hundred and forty yards run--Poag.
", Wisconsin; first; Blair, Chicago, second.
Time. :56 40.
One mile run-Post. Wisconsin, first:
Lyon. Chicago. second. Time, 452 1-3
High jump-Delaney and Fuhrer. Wiscon-
sin. tied for first: height. feet inches.
Shot put-Miller. Wisconsin,. first. A feet
| 3A inches; Maxwell Chicago second 40
| feet AZ inches
Pole vault Miller. Chicago first, height
10 feet inches; Adams Wisconsin. sec
ond, height 10 feet
! Relay race-Chicago first: Wisconsin sec
ond. Time. 1913 80. Winning team, Rice,
Ferris Blair and Cahil
| In speaking of heavyweight boxing
champions. Billy Madden, manager of
! Gus Rubin. says: ''.Jeffries is a marvel
as pugilist but | don't think he could
have licked John l.. Sullivan when the
latter was in his prime. | was with
John l.. for a year when he first came
out, and he was novice then. Inside
of year he defeated all the men he
met and eventually landed the champion
ship. by beating Paddy Ryan. In my
opinion Sullivan was the best heavy
weight the world ever saw, His forte
was speed, strength and absolute lack of
/ fear. No matter who he met. he was
sure of winning, and his gruff manner
always had its effect upon his opponent.
If Sullivan, in mis- prime, was to meet
the Jeffrles of today, my money would
Jeffrie's ability in making this statement.
for | think he is genuine champion.
| but | am taking all things into considera-
ton. In the first place, Sullivan could
deliver quite as hard punch as the
present champion and, in fact, | rather
fancy he could outpunch Jeffries. He
could also stand any amount of punish
ment, but his greatest advantage was i'll
his speed. He was wonderfully quick
for a big man, and [ have frequently
timed him in eleven seconds for one hun
dred yards. When people talk of the men
of today, they seem to lose sight of the
old-tlmers, but those who have followed
the business as long as | have will come
/ to the same conclusion. 1t must also
| be remembered that the present day can
| RI ri hos OIL
as Jem Mace, Charley Mitchell and Joe
| GOSS. Those three men were masters
and any one of them in his prime would
make it decidedly warm for Jeffries.
duced his famous Knockout punch. On
The jaw, he had many imitators, and for
a time all boxers tried to win with one
Knockout blow. They are gradually re-
turning to the old straight left-hand jab.
however. and that is the best punch in
Corbett and other clever big men, they
continually use a left stab to worry an
opponent and occasionally throw in a
right when the opportunity presents it
self. They would have been laughed at
some years ago, but with the rapid stride
made in boxing in recent years. the pub
| lie is beginning to understand that brains
count for as much as strength.
The eastern feather weights all seem
| pretty anxious to put Eddie HanlOn
through the six-round mill. The coast
boxer isn't used to these quick affairs
and is liable to make the mistake Of re-
garding them as mere workouts. After
he's met some of the old-timers here
abouts who can go just those six rounds
az smuggling pace without collapsing he'll
think the woods are full of wonderful
! fghters.-New York News
After one of the fiercest kind of bouts
before the Eagle Athletic club of Hur-
ley, Billy Moore of Syracuse was given
| the decision over Mike Hardy of Chicago.
Hardy fought gamely. but Moores hit
| ting powers won him the fight by scor-
ing three clear krockdowns. Jack Nye
of Minneapolis was referee.
George Cole defeated Harry Foley in
two rounds at Philadelphia.
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