The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-21
LATEST SPORTING GOSSIP

Billy Hulen. former captain Of the
White Wings in this city and second
baseman on the Seattle team last sea-
son, is now in Ashland, Ore, in bust
ness. lie has received an offer to man
age the Salem (Ore.) team this year, but
SAYS he does not care 10 undertake the
Tommy Ryan, holder of the middle
weight championship. having solved Jack
O'Brien's style TO his own satisfaction,
at least. IS now ready and willing to
meet the Philadelphia middleweIght In a
bout Of fifteen rounds or more. He has
accepted the offer of the Carbon County
Athletic club OF Maucb Chunk. Pa and
desires that the battle be fought on May
81 While OBrfen may not be The equal
o. Ryan, he Is far from being an easy
opponent TO defeat.
After several false alarms. the proposed
Hanger-HanlOn bout is off again. Han
ION, who was offered a match with Yam
ger. has uelegrap1ed john Hertz that his
many engagements win prevent him from
accepting a match with Yanger at pres
emit. 1t is now likely that the bout will
not go through
1T seems to me-" said Hertz. that
Hanion is afraid 10 meet Yanger He
was Offered a S2,o00 purse. with the win
ner end II he got as good as a draw.
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else. The fact probably is that Haulon
IS afraid to meet Yanger in a round
60 Dut that does not need to stop him.
Tor 1anger Is more than willing to meet
aim IN any kind OF fight. Hanion is not
TOO busy to accept 5000 purse.''
Champion Jim Jeffries is OF the opinion
that the coming heavyweight battle be-
tween Jack Munroe ard Tom Sharkey,
which VIII be fought in the Second Regi-
inelt armOry in Philadelphia en- SaJur-
day evening. Feb. q. will be one OF the
most StuDDOrniy contested bouts between
DIX men ever Witnessed in the Quaker
City. In speaking of the bout to a group
OF sporting men, yeffries said;
W hile O. bout between Munree and
Sharkey viii only be for six rounds,
feel certain that both men viii fight
harder than If they were boxing
Jwenty-round battle. The fact that both
men are anxious for fight with me is
another thing which satisfies me the
tight VIII be bitterly contested one"
8Tatty Matthews. the ex-welterwejgbt
champion, has been matched with Joe
Grim, the fighting Italian with the in
Vulnerable jaw The contest viii take
place at the knickerbocker Athletic and
Social club of Baltimore on March s.
Although Grim viii outweigh Matthews
rom ten to fifteen pounds, the hard
hitting prize ring veteran, who is now
fighting in the same form he did in the
halcyon days of the Horton law, expects
TO win within ten rounds.
cone OF the most exciting incidents of
baseball says Herman Long-'that is
exciting to me, and to the other partici-
Pants-cane off over In Chicago at the
Old IhtFty-ttlth street park in 1882. 1t
was the day the Bostons appeared on the
field in masquerade costumes and eXcit-
ed so much hilarity.
When the ninth inning came Boston
was one to the good. The local bunch
came up for a final rally. Two were out
and two on bases when Arson stepped 30
the plate. Nichols and Bennett conferred
Then Bennett stepped away from the rub
Der and Nichols sent three wild ones over
it. It was Nick's intention to pass the old
man and take Il chance on the next bat
ter. Uncle got redheaded The fourth
bail that floated up was wide but he
famed IN the air. Also az the fifth Then
ne settled back with a resigned look on
his face and waited for the one that was
TO pass him to the bag. And right there
Nichols fooled him.
Bennett sprang back 10 the plate.
Nichols sent one full across the center
Uncle saw It coming and with a snort Of
rage and establishment bit at r. II was
gOOdly smite, even though the old man
was caught Off-watch. He drove the ball
furiously across The infield and Lowe
springlng away UP IN the air, yanked it
I'VE seen lots of exciting situations in
the game. but never many that were
more intensely interesting
Sandy Ferguson, the prize fighter was
arrested in Boston last week. charged
with having stolen $50 from Dansl Nc
leOd of - Gibson street. Dorchester. late
last Saturday night According to the
police, Sandys clothing and his home
were thoroughly searched. but no roll
was found. At the station house he said
the charge was absurd. a friend went
bail for him Ia the sum of 500.
All the minutes. records. rules and 9TH
or data gathered since the beginning of
the American Athletic union i'm 1855 have
been destroyed by a fire that Quilted Hol-
bert's restaurant building at 1918 Park
place. in New YGEk, this week. The rec
ords were on filC IN the office of Score
tary Sullivan of the A. A. L.
It is announced that Harry Colgan. the
popular umpire of the Pacific National
league for last season, has signed with
the Coast league this year. Jack Huston
has also signed with the Coast lea que
This would lead one TO believe IN spife
OF the statements in the coast papers to
the contrary. that this league of ours was
some pumpkins last season, as far a.
umDires went, anyway.
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