The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-28
Barr Going North.
Personal Comment on Men and
Things in the Field OF Sports

Ed Vanderboom, the star halfback,
was elected captain of the Wisconsin
team for next year, at the annual ban
quet OF the gridiron players
Charley Atherton, who formerly play
ed in the Senatorial outfield and who
finished last season with the Buffalo
team. has accepted the offer of the
Johnstown club. He will be manager
and captain and play second base.
The management of the Cleveland club
has under consideration the ACCESSIBILITY
of engaging a professional trainer TO go
South and take charge of the Blues dur
ing the early season If it is decided to
have a trainer. Doc Payne who trained
the Columbia squad during the past
football season, Will probably be the
man.
The Chicago Chronicle" says that Tip
O'Neill is to be a candidate for the
presidency Of The Western League. Joe
CantilIion, owner of the Des Moines
club. is sponsor for him
There is Il $500 check at Harry Cor
belts, in San Francisco. which Al Her
ford sent to bind a match between Joe
Cans and Jimmy Britt for the light
weight championship the weight is to
be 133 ringside, and the Baltimore pro-
moter stands ready TO back Cans
chances by Il side bet OF 5000.
Many of those who formed hasty opin-
ions on the result seem TO think shat
when Battling Nelson went down be-
fore Jimmy Britt, the Danes champion
ship aspirations were killed This is
far from so. Nelson put up a stiff fight
all the way. and there were many com
petent Judges at the ringside VINO be-
heve that II was only BattIing'S mex
perience that caused his defeat He is;
himself back TO the highest place OF the
scales before he can be considered q has
/ been.
| Archie Hahn. the Michigan sprinter,
sends forth a bold def 10 Arthur Duffey
for match race. and the Western press
/ insinuates that the Georgetown man has
I been trying TO sidestep the Michigan
man for two years Duffey had reached
4 the height of his career before Hahn
was well known, and in his prime
diStaHced every sprinter of prominence
IN the world whom he mec, and II would
/ be wise for Hahn to make u little more
: of a name for himself before ne sails
: into the man who holds the record and
! has defeated the best sprinters in every
! English speaking country on the globe.
| The bowling clubs at recent meeting
| organized their forces to influence the
members of the American Bowling Con
gress at the coming meeting in Mil
] waukee 10 give next years tourney &c
! Gotham. The New Workers Will go West
/ in large numbers and the chances are
| that the meeting will be held in the
metropolis next winter
/ Although he has been in 81. Louis the
! greater part of the time since the ending
| of the ball season, Pat Donovan has
been unable to force the management OF
/ the St. Louis club to pay up the So coo
which is still coming to the Senatorial
| captain for part OF the season OF 1903
When the championship season opens
| in the spring the Brooklyn club viii.
from present indications. have more men
on It's roster than any other club in
either Of the big leagues. Hanlon ha<
: been securing about the country since
| the ending of the National season, and
! has succeeded in getting an unusually
large number of promising youngsters
| to sign The famous old Baltimore club