Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-08-31
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According to Teddy Murphy who i
trained Aurelio Herrera for Friday :
nights battle, the Mexican was SICK i
man when he fought Charlie Neary 5
The strain of taking off great deal
of weight in a few days was more
than he could stand, and he went in
to the ring in a weakened condition.
After the Mexican weighed in Friday
afternoon he was so weak that he could
scarcely walk he said. He was in
no condition whatever to fight Neary,
but insisted on going into the ring and
taking beating rather than spoil the
show
Jim Corbett springs a new one in
connection with the recent Berger
O'Brien affair, in which the formers
showing surprised every fight follow
er in the country. COrbett says that
Berger played absolutely safe all
through the encounter and that, al
though he had O'Brien in a bad way
two or three times, he was content to
let Jack clinch and hang on rather
than a possible chance Of running in
to trouble in following up his advan-
tage.
That the pitchers are masters of the
situation in American and National
leagues this season is proven by the
scarcity of hits a batter can make in
game. There are few batters able
to make four or five hits in battle
these days. and harder still to stretch
them into extra bases. Catcher King
of the Chicago Nationals has the best
record for the season, with total OF
nine bases. In a game on May Is a.
Chicago he had double, a triple and
home run off Nichols and McClos-
key of the Philadelphia team.
OF course the record made by King
does not for a moment compare with
the record of the major leagues. In
1884 Dave Orr, then with the st. Louis
Browns, put the mark at thirteen to-
tai bases. Two years later. in 1856,
Guy Hecker, of Louisville and Dan
Brouthers of Detroit raised the fig
ures to fifteen-Hecker against Pitch
er Dick Conway and Brouthers against
Jim Mccormick. This mark stood for
three years. Larry Twitchell of Cleve-
land in 1889 hoisted it a notch by hit
ting Mike Madden for a total of six
teen bases.
For five years this was the shining
mark, and then Link Lowe of the Bos-
ton team astonished the baseball world
by making a total of seventeen bases.
He did this on May 80, 1894. in a
game at Boston against the Cincn-
natis, and had Elton Chamberlain III
the box. Lowe cracked out four home
runs and a single. Two years later,
on July 10, 1896. Ed. Delehanty du-
plicated the feat. He was a member
of the Philadelphia team. In a game
he n r
home runs and a single. giving him
a total of seventeen bases. This is
now the worlds record, and bids fair
to remain so for some time TO come
One of the most remarkable dou
Bile plays | ever saw said Pitcher
Claude Elliott, developed from a bias,
hit The game was d tie at the en-,
of the tenth inning-3 to >. In tn
eleventh our side had men on secon'
and third, with only one out when
pop fly was knocked back of thir
base--one of the kind that neither tn
third baseman shortstop nor left tiel'
er can reach. The man at third hes
tated. fearing the ball might be caugh
but the runner at second. who coul
see the ball was base hit. kept ru
ming and was only two feet benin
the other runner when he saw the ba
hit the ground and run toward the lie
fielder. That fielder was a wonderf
thrower. He had a great big arm, +;
with muscle. He grabbed up the ba
and hurled it toward the plate, almO
without looking. The runners wei
coming down the line side by sid
The catcher was standing on the plat
his arms outstretched to catch the ba
which was coming like a rifle sh
from the field. Suddenly a COACH
yelled Slide, and both runners thre
themselves into the path and slid t
ward the plate just as the ball landt
in the catcher's hands, and he touc
ed both men out. 1t was one of. Il
most remarkable plays l ever saw
-Des Moines News.
Eddie Graney of San Francisco hi
offered a purse of $4,000 for a fig
between Sam Berger and Jack OBrit
to take place in the Pacific coast N
tropolis in September. The offer vi
accepted by Berger and the wires we
almost burned up carrying O'Brier
acceptance from England. where
is at the present time. But at tn
it is a doubtful date.
The $4,000 purse offered by Gran
for the mill between OBrien and Be
ger is the largest one ever offered f
prize fight, with the exception
one offered between Bob FitZsimmo
and Jim Hall, which took place
New Orleans in the early nineties
only Fitz didn't get his share of Il
money. he said.
Goldfeld, Aug. 3O-George Sill
who will referee the Gans-Nels'
fight, arrived here at late hour la
night. He was met at the station
"Tex" Richard and F. G. Bragdon,