Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-06-29
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STANDING OF THE CLTRs


W. i. Pc. W. L. Per
Columbus. 3 70 $40 Indi'polis. % 30 1872
| st. Paul. SO % .621 Min apois "a SO 421
hMaakee g 3 g S $9 T Kae civ p g
| American League.-
Boston 3 8 t SIS Cleveland M y 4 Il f 5go
S New York 81 81 y .6o4 St. Louis. "a % .4so
Phil'lphia- % "a .547 washington 43 .17s
| National League
New York 30 IS .7O9 St Louis. 2e y .49i
| Chicago. 30 10 $50 Brooklyn % 35 .397
Cincinnati "a q .61S Boston. . u So 80
Plttsburg. % rs 81 Phil'lphia. Is 80 go
1t will not be surprising to hear in the
near future that Arden Buell. of Berlin.
/ Wis, who was interested in the Kansas
CITY baseball club year ago, has pur-
| chased controlling interest in the club
again. This prediction may be little
premature, but the indications are now
that it will come true
Mr. Buell. took an interest in the Kan
sas City club last year more in the nature
OF an experiment and at the same time to-
favor his friend, G.. S. Havenor, but now
he has liking for the game and is con-
slderng seriously about buying a con-
trolllng interest from the present owners.
He was in at a time when the club had
a war Oh its hands, but now that peace
relgns supreme in baseball he is confident
| that there is good money to be made in
the kaw river town. He has been in the
city the past few days hobnobbing with
the baseball magnates and there is little
doubt that he will become a full-hedged
magnate himself. George Tebeau an
nounced some time ago that he would be
willing to sell out at Kansas City if he
could get his price and if Mr. Buell. de-
cldes to go in he will pay the price and
| take the club. If he does he will spend
enough money to get team that will
stand better than seventh place in the
American association. He will also have
Dale Gear interested just the same and
the chances are that more Kansas City
people will be taken into the club, as Mr.
Buell. would favor that PLAN
Mr.. Buell. has not announced that he
will buy the club, but actions are some
times as good as words, and there is no
doubt that the actions here Indicate that
there is something doing" Should Mr..
Buell. gain control of the club it will help
the situation in Kansas City, as it is I'M
derstood the cry of syndicate ball has
done some damage there this season.
At Battery d last week Billy Finucane-
and Tommy Mowatt, Chicago feather
weights, injected enough fierce smuggling in
six rounds to have made an exciting bat
tie for three times the distance. It was
one of the hardest and speediest bouts
seen IN Chicago in many moons. Both
men We're sent to the floor repeatedly,
but still they battled on, striving siren
luously for the knockout that never came
Referee Abe Pollock announced that
honors were even, but nearly all the
spectators were of the opinion that Finu-
cane won fairly. In the semi-windup
| Harry Griffin knocked ont Kid Farmer
with a right upper cut to the jaw after
two minutes and thirty seconds Of fight
ling.
About the silliest utterance a fighter
has made in recent years came from
Jack Munroe the other day when he ac-
cused Jim Jeffries of being a gutter.
Nothing could be more absurd What
right has a fighter, who made a reputa-
tior in an exhibition bout. to call a man
of Jeffries' ability gutter? If Jeff
was we'll and fit he would not hesitate Il
: moment to get in the ring with Munroe.
In fact, he would wish fer nothing bet
ter than an opportunity to mix it up
with Munroe, who is bound to prove
easy game for him.
1t would have been better form and
have had a tendency to make Munroe
better thought of had he not resorted to
accusing the incapacitated Jeffries of be-
ing gutter.
/ Since the last series of semi-amateur
bouts at the Fort Erie (Ontario) boxing
club the doors of the clubhouse have not
been opened and the management has
been, apparently, awaiting final decis-
ion from the Canadian authorities regard
ing its operations. It is reported proba-
bly, automatically, so far as could be
learned, that it is expected that boxing
will shortly be resumed across the river
! from Buffalo. 1t is said that the Cana
dian authorities believe that the club will
in the future adhere to the spirit Of the
law and that nothing which would tend
to bring discredit to the officials Or to
/ stulify them in their attitude will be at
tempted. There is talk Of bouts between
Supplies and Fredericks, Fitzgerald and
the winner of this one, and other affairs,
in which Mike Ward, the Canadian light
weight, and others will be engaged.
Joe Walcott won over Mike Donovan
of Rochester, n. Y, last week at Balti-
more WalcOtt II the fifth round landed
a hard right swing to the body, which
broke one of Donovan's ribs. The lat
ter thereupon threw up his hands.
Peter Maher was knocked out in one
minute and forty-seven seconds by Jack
/ Williams at the Manhattan Athletic club
| in Philadelphia. Peter recently won a
bout there and claimed he was as good
as ever, but last weeks bouts puts him
among the also ran class.
/
i There is a row in sight between the
A A. u. and the colleges. Prof. Stage
of Chicago university refused to with
draw Walter Eckersall's name from the
meet at st. Louis, despite Princeton's
protest, and if he is barred there will be
| breakers ahead.
| Major Delmar and Lou Dillon will, in
all probability, be matched to meet in q
race at the Grand circuit meeting which
| will be held in Detroit in July.
| In the final round at Philadelphia Of
the women's lawn tennis championship Of
| the United States Miss May Sutton OF
Pasadena, Cal, defeated Miss Helen
Romans of New York on the courts Of
| the Philadelphia Cricket club. In the
semi-fnal rounds Miss Moore and Miss
Nicely beat Mrs. T. E. Baird and Miss
| Chase.