The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-21
SPORTING GOSSIP.

Hugo Kelly. the Chicago fighter. has is
sued a challenge TO the winenr OF the
Fitzsimmons-O Brien fight.
Larry Temple Is ready and anxious 10
meet any boxer I'm his class and will take
on Mul Bowser at l45 pounds ring side.
The Officers OF the intercollegiate Bas-
setball association are as follows: Presi-
dent, Edward Of Princeton; vice president
O'Donnell OF Yale; secretary. Ewing Of
Pennsylvania; treasurer Spencer OF Har-
ward AT its anual meeting the associe
tion agreed 20 sever all connection with
the A A. II.
Lew McAllister OF the Buffalo Eastern
League baseball team has been re-engaR-
| ed 10 coach the University OF Michigan
| baseball team. McAlister last year turned
| out champion nine. He had an excep-
| tionally large squad, there being 90 can
didates for the inheld. 30 outfielders and
catchers and 10 pitchers. He has most Of
his good men back.
! Willie Lewis and Willie Fitzgerald have
/ signed articles TO fight twenty-five rounds
before the Colma Athletic club Of San
| Francisco, on Jan. TO- Both are good welt
| ers. and there is no love lost between
! them 1t is likely that the bout will be
worth seeing. Both boys are clever and
/ each has a hard punch. Lewis Is getting
/
| three-round exhibitions in this city.
Charley Sieger. who is known as the
| Iron Man" OF the ring has signed 20
meet Harry Center the colored light
weight OF Chicago for fifteen rounds AT
show 10 be brought off by the West End
Athletic club, OF Lawrence, Mass. on
| Christmas night. Center Is said 10 be a
| crackerjack by the sporting men OF New
England who have seen him box. and
~ t1,,s g h..
| his best to beat him.
II Is understood that the al-star col
legiate professional team which repre-
sented Canton In football game witls
Massilion, on which Heston. Graves and
James OF Michigan: Reynolds and Smith
OF Pennsylvania and Ernst of Lafayette
played. was gathered together at n cost
| or $4,000. The Canton team was beaten
| IA to e. The appearance OF Reynolds was
! significant marking the end OF his collie
| giate football career.
Arthur Cote and INK Russell IN a fif-
| teen-round bout at the National A. c.,
| Portland, Is a probability for Christmas
| Day. Johnny McGann, associate manager
| OF the club wants the Maine lad. and Is
| willing TO match him against Russell or
| anybody else who would make a good
| fight The contest will take place I'm the
| Portland Auditorium. Russell and Cote
had hard bout IN Philadelphia and the
match will draw we'll
The Chicago Americans will have 10 get
! an entirely new outheld, barring Capt
! Jones, before next season. Jimmy Gala
| han the feet lefthelder has decided 10
quit professional baseball, while Ducky
| Holmes has been released by Comiskey TO
| allow him to manage the Lincoln team.
| Danny Green, from all accounts, will not
be with the White Sox again. Comiskey
| has already secured Outhelders O'Neill
andsHemphill from Toledo 10 ill the va
/ cancies. but they do not class with the
| three players who have passed
TIE Chicago Nationals will stand pat
with the addition OF Moran and Sheckard
Capt. Chance will play first base, with
the other players as follows: Killing Mo-
ran and Noonan, catchers: Reulbach,
Wicker Brown, Lundgrenr rPfeister- Bee
be. Dodge and Sohaub. pitchers; Evers.
Tinker Steinfeldt and Hoffman, infield-
ers. mad Sheckard Schultz. Slagie and
Sebring. outfelders In the Windy City
the fans believe this combination stands
an excellent chance TO beat New York In
the pennant race OF 1906.
Harvard started in her basketball sea-
son with hfty-one candidates considera-
bly, more than any other college. The
Crimson had an excellent team last year
and with many veterans and a big squad
OF candidates 60 draw from should create
some trouble In the intercollegiate league.
II 8. Breckindidge. 1907. has been elect
ed captain OF the Princeton fencing team.
Twenty men have appeared as candidates
for the Varsity team. A freshman squad
has been formed and the freshman team
will meet Columbia and Pennsylvania
freshmen and the Montclair Military
academy.
n turns out that the BROOKLYN Club re
| fused an offer OF $4,000 cash from tho
New York club for Sheckard and that
| Pittsburg offered 10 trade three men for
him. only to have Chicago pull or the
deal The Pittsburg club, BY the way.
stood ready 10 trade eight players 10 Bos-
ton for Willis, Moran and young Cy
| Young. but only succeeded I'm landing
Willis Chicago got Moran who Is said 10
be one OF the best catchers In the Nation
al League but Pitcher Young was not on
| tho market as his transfer would have
meant the total eclipse OF the Boston
Nationals
Manager Donovan of the Brooklyns has
twenty-nine players from whom he will
select tho regular team for next season.
He has "a deal on for another new pitch
er. and may also land n first baseman.
but even n he does not succeed IN these
cases he will take nearly all OF these men
90 Columbia. 5. c., on March 70 Pitchers
briggs. Rel. Doescher Stricklett.
Tason. Mcintyre. Pastorlus Scanlon.
Ritchie. Suggs and Durham: catchers-
Bergen. Ritter. Butler and Hurley: IN
nelders-Casey. lewis. Gessler Hummei
Alderman and Pattee; outnehers-Lum-
ley Mccarthy. Dobbs. Maloney, Batch
and Maloy
"rhe Browns are going 10 hold an an