Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-06
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Although the baseball season of 190l
ended scarcely more than month age
various clubs of the two big leagues are
already negotiating for suitable ground.
on which to do spring training Man.
ager McGraw of the Giants has
scratched Memphis and Birmingham
from his cities and is now turning his
thoughts toward the salubrous climate
of California as giving the most salts
factory prospects for conducting his
players. McGraw don't hesitate at any
expense that will be entailed taking
players to a country where they will be
assured balmy, warm and healthful
weather.
Now they are talking about a fight
| between Tommy Ryan, the middle
weight champion, and Joe Thomas, the
California wonder, who has never been
defeated and who can make 145 pounds
Billy Roche, matchmaker of the Colma
Athletic club of San Francisco, has
wired Jack Curley of Chicago, Ryan's
representative, asking him what is the
lowest weight Tommy can make to
| fight Thomas on Thanksgiving day
| afternoon. Curley says he will let him
|
| officers for the ensuing year were
| elected by the Women's Western Golf
association. 1t was practically decided
to hold the next national tournament
on the links of the Midlothian club,
near Chicago. The officehs elected are:
President, Mrs. A. T. H. Brewer, Evans
ton; vice president, Mrs. Wallace A.
| DeWolf, Onwentsia; secretary, Mrs. w.
T. Beatty, Homework; treasurer, Mrs.
G. D. DeForest, Riverside.
One difference is noted on many foot
ball fields this year. When ball is
fumbled the coach yells: Grab it and
rum" and the players try to pick up the
leather. In former years, under the. ole
rules, when ball was fumbled and q
player tried to pick it UP instead OF
making a flying dive to smother it, he
was cautioned but about once by his
advisers.
The st. Louis American league base
ball club at its annual meeting declared
a dividend of unknown proportions and
reelected Robert Lee Hedges presi-
dent and treasurer; Ben Adkins vice
president; ;L;loyd Rickart, secretary,
and placed McDairmid, Bruce and Chic
on the board of directors. James Nc
Aleer will manage again next season.
The Dave Barry Hugo Kelly ten
round contest, which was scheduled to
take place at Kalamazoo, Mich, No
vember II, has been postponed to No
vember 13. Barry will finish his train
ing near the scene of the battle, and
believes he will have no difficulty in
trimming himself down to 164 pounds
the required weight.
1t is noticeable that this year the
colleges have fallen off a great deal in
the quality of the ends. Yale has moth
ing like Shevlin and Rafferty,; Prince
ton no more players like Howard Henry
and Ralph Davis; Harvard no Dave
Campbell or Pete Bowditch. OF course
these men were about the best of the
crop of ends.
Willie Lewis, the clever Philadelphia
fighter, left Stratford, Conn, few days
ago with Harry Tuthill, his trainer, fol
the purpose of getting into the best Of
shape for a fight with Billy Honey
Melody before the Lincoln A. c. o.
Chelsea, Mass. Lewis will work with
Young Corbett," who is already al
Stratford.
In a decision handed down by the
national baseball commission at Gin
cinnati Players Elliott and Neal, for
merly of the New York Nationals, nov
under contract to the Louisville asso
citation team, will be ineligible to pla!
until each player pays 500, alleged t.
be due the New York club in advanced
salary.
More than $4,000 is to be spent il
decorating Madison Square garden 70
the national show to be held under tn
auspices of the Association of License'
Automobile Manufacturers January IL
10. S. r. Ball, who has charge of tn
decorations, was sent on a preliminar
jaunt through Europe to gather ideas.
After much trouble a match ha
finally been arranged between JAG
Doughterty, the Milwaukee welter
weight, and Jimmy Gardner, the cleve
fighter of Lowell, Mass They hav
been secured to meet in fifteen-roun
bout before the Davenport, Iowa, A. {
on the night of November 10.
! Ray Spence, the we'll known Ken
tucky owner, is the latest addition t
| the eastern contingent who have de
E cided to race in California this winter
: Mr.. Spence owns a good string. tn
: best known of which is Glisten.
Marvin Hart and Mike Schreck sti
: are hobnobbing regarding a match. HaI
finds it difficult to secure a mate
n and is thinking seriously OF acceptin
: the Kalamazoo offer of $1,000. with a
i equal division of the money.
Dave Holly, an eastern fighter, is ou
with a strong def to all the light
weights and offers TO meet any of ther
: at the lightweight limit, 1888 pounds. an
: says If he does not come out WHINE
: he doesn't want a penny.
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