Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-11-07
SPORTING.
...BREkITIES

Yale is the only team in the east
that has not been scored on this sea.
son.
Barney Dreyfuss is out with a gen
tie roast of Cincinnati scorers to the
effect that they padded Cy Seymour's
batting records to enable him to lead
the league and nose out in the finish
over Honus Wagner. Indignant de-
malls and pyrotechnics from the said
scribes now fill the air.
Beautiful story of the wedding of
William J. Barbeau. third baseman of
Columbus. zone day he chased a foul
ball into the bleachers. Found it nest
ling in the lap of lovely maiden who
had been unable to get seat in the
grand stand. Maiden blushed. 'Scuse
me, Teddy BaTbeau said, as he pOked
his gloved hand downward and
fumbled for the ball. oh, don't men
ton it, the fair one replied. Players
head in a whirl. Struck out next time
up. Maiden fair a%pplauded. Third
baseman thought she was kidding. De-
cided to get even. Married her. Lovely,
isn't it?"
One more horseman and plunger has
passed from the scene of action. Word
comes from the east that Arthur
Featherstone is broke. Featherstone
won and lost fabulous sums on the
turf. He was a lavish entertainer.
He was known to wager as high as
$40, 900 on the chances of his horse
winning a race. He paid his trainer
$4,000 a year, and a jockey a like
sum.
e. c. Hungerford, a wealthy com
mission merchant of New York. start
| ed to the Jamaica track the other day
with the avowed intention of putting
$50 900 on Yorkshire Lad, which went
to the post at 16 to 5. His wife had
him intercepted, and an inquiry start
ed as to his sanity. Yorkshire Lad
won the ace handily.
Young" Corbett gave another dem
onstration last Tuesday night at Chel-
sea, Mass, that he has passed beyond
the range of possibilities as a rejuv'
enated champion. kid Goodman
twice forced him to take the count.
and Goodman ranks among the second
and third raters of the ring.
The proposition to shorten the
base ball season is gaining favor, and
it now looks as though the regular
schedule may be cut a month or six
weeks. The newest plan contemplates
that each club of n league shall play
a series of four games with each OF
the other league, and then the pen
nant winners will play sixty games fol-
the championship.
Terry McGovern's manager declines
to match the Terrible Terry against
Jimmy Britt. holding off for a meet
ing with Battling Nelson. There is nc
particular reason to suppose that Mel
son will take on Terry for some time
to come, and a fight between McGov
ern and Britt would greatly stimulate
interest in a meeting between the win
ner of such a match with Nelson. Il
Terry really has come back there Is nc
excuse for his refusal to meet Britt
AS a matter of fact, it has yet to bt
demonstrated that Terry is in hi
old time form. In his fight will
Tommy Murphy less than three min
utes' actual fighting took place. Muir
ply is only a third rater, and did no
administer sufficient punishment t
demonstrate whether Terry can still
stand the gaff in a give and take bat
tie such as he would go against in
meeting with Nelson.
Terre Haute lost 81, 800 on the sea
son in the Central Base Ball League
but will stay by it another year il
hopes of landing a winner.
DR.. d. M. Shively of Kansas Cit.
will probably succeed Tip" O'Neill a
president of the Western League. DR.
Shively was formerly sporting edito
of a Kansas City newspaper.
philadelphia Jack" O'Brien has sig
nified his willingness to meet Bol
Fitzsimmons, and as Fitz has said h
would fight anything or anybody tina
walks on two legs, the chances TO
them getting together are good. Tn
fight will probably be pulled off II
California.