Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-03-02
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1t is proba bic that Ted Sullivan. who
has been managing baseball clubs in Tex
as and other parts of the south for some
years, win be induced to leave that part
of the country and east his lot with one
Of the northern leagues.
Mr.. Sullivan was i'll Milwaukee, Sun
] day and stated that the effort to or
| game league of cities in the northern
! part Of the state and upper peninsula
l was good one; that he had been ap-
preached to take one of the clubs and
would consider the matter. BY getting
man OF Sullivans experience the league
would be advancing from the jump, as
there are few IN the country who have
the knack like Ted of organizing 1pagnes
and making them successful
An effort was made year or two ago
! to organize the Fox river valley cities
into an eight-club league but the move
to take in Duluth Superior Calumet and
Hancock and merge them with the Fox
river cities is new one.
Simeon Murch. the third baseman Of
last years Lawrence team, will not be
able to go south with the ST Louis Ma
tlonal league team. as he met with al
accident while playing basket ball
The owners of the Philadelphia Ma
tlonal league team have to build new
bleachers, contracts for which have al
ready been let, and work will begin as
soon as the weather permits The Phil
lies will train in Savannah. Ga, where
they are scheduled to arrive on March 10.
/ Hughey Duffy will manage the team
The Boston National league players
will report at Washington on March 10
and will then go to Savannah to remain
| II. -:
series will take the team up to the open
ing league games. The trip will then be
as follows: April l, 2, 3. Montgomery,
Ala; April 4, 5, 6. Birmingham; April
&, 3, D. Nashville; April 10, II, Evans
vile; April II, ID, Terre Haute; April
ton.
Charley Ziegler of Canton, O.. who was
captain of the Helena team in the Pa
cine National league, has volunteered to
/ join the Cincinnati Reds as substitute in
fielder. which position is made uncertain
on account of the continued illness OF De
Almond and Barney Dreyfuss' attitude
in the case of Otto Kruger.
Mugsy McGraw announces the New
York Giants lineup as follows: Catch
ers. Bresnahan, Warner and Rowerman;
pitchers, Matthewson, McGinnity. Taylor,
/ IL
han; first base. Mciann; second base
! Gilbert: third base. Lauder: shortstop.
Dahlen: right field, Browne; center field,
Mccormick: left field, Mertes; subs1:
tutes, Dunn and Devlin.
Charles Frisbie, the baseball profession
al of Alden. Ia. was married to Miss
! Luella Catlin of Alden. Frisbie belongs
| to the New Orleans club.
|
Pitcher Lever of the Pittsburg team
! was married in Newport. Ky. to Miss
Margaret Malloy of Goshen .. Lever
is 81 years old. and has been with the
! Pirates for four years.
/ Arrangements are being made for the
! formation Of a new baseball league, to
be composed of Duluth, Calumet, Osf-
| kOsh, Appleton. Eau Claire Superior
Hancock. Houghton and Green Bay.
] Manager Van Praagh of. the Duluth
team states that Duluth will at once pull
out of the Northern league. and the new
organization will open the season about
! May 10.
Henry J. Killilea of Milwaukee who
was appointed member of the schedule
committee of the American league, was
| unable to go east and Carl Green, his
new business manager, will represent
/
Ned Hanlon, manager of the Brooklyn
team, wants Catcher Bergen and will
probably land him.
Bob Fitzsimmons still claims the title
of middle weight champion. which he
| wrested from Jack Dempsey thirteen
years ago at New Orleans. The Cornish
man made this known to a full house
of boxing enthusiasts in the Chicago Ath-
letic association gymnasium Saturday
night. where he boxed four exhibition
rounds with George Dawson. Previous
to the speech by Lanky Bob Billy Mel
lody of Boston and Dick Fitzpatrick of
Chicago went six rounds to Il draw. In
his speech to those present Fitzsimmons
asserted that Tommy Ryan had abso-
lutely no claim to the middle weight
championship. He said he was willing
to meet either Ryan or Philadelphia
Jack Munroe outfought Tom Sharkey
in their siX-round bout at Philadelphia
Saturday night. Munroe stepped from
| the ring without a mark, while both of
Sharkey's eyes We're badly swollen from
the vicious right and left swings of the
! Butte miner In only one round, the
first. did Sharkey have any advantage
over Munroe, and that was in the sec
ond when he floored Munroe with a swing
the satisfaction of large crowd of sport
ing people. who were anxious to know
their respective weights. Munroe tipped
the beam at 1876 pounds and Sharkey at
1872 pounds. No decision was given.
However, Munroe was credited with win
ming and Jim Jeffries will have to fight
! him for the championship.
One of the best boxing shows ever held
at the NJ. A. G. was given Saturday
evening to fair-sized crowd. The bouts,
with one exception, were all good and
there was fast milling throughout. The
wind-up between Mike Schreck of Gin
cinnati and TommY Burns, otherwise
known as Noah Brusso of Detroit, was
full or excitement. Schreck was figured
an easy winner, but Burns copied him
in the first round and came near putting
him to sleep for the count of ten. 1t was
three rounds before Schreck really began
to get into the fighting, acting on the de
fensive most of the time. Burns was
OuicI as q flash and he hit clean and