The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-07
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HOMAS
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Hugo Kelly, claimant of the middle
weight title and Jack (Twin) Sullivan
are practically matched for a TWENTY
round contest at Salt Lake CITY in
three weeks.
The next big event in billiards will
be George Sutton's defense of the 49,
balk-line title again. Ora Morninystar.
Sutton has already accepted Morning.
stars challenge. and the match will
take place about Jan. 20.
Humphrey. right half-back of the
Swarthmore team in the season Just
closed, has entered Michigan. He SAYS
he is going to stay for three years
course. He will not be legible this
fall, but will be in line for the 1908
IoSt bunch
Johnny Pollock, OF the New York
World, has taken hold OF "Darkey'
Haley. the crack l20-pounder of Eng
land. who has just arrived in America
and who is looking for fight. Haley
is % years old and fights at l2O
pounds and has defeated Digger"
Stanley twice, Owen Moran in a ten
round bout. Harry Ware in ten rounds,
George Dixon in six rounds and a host
of others in England.
Training places for next season have
been decided on as follows: American
league-New York, Atlanta; Boston,
Little Rock: Cleveland, Mason; De-
troit. Augusta. Washington, Galveston;
Philadelphia. Dallas; Chicago, Mex
leo; St. Louis, San Antonio, National
league-New York, Los Angeles;
Brooklyn, Jacksonville; Philadelphia
st. Louis, Houston: Pittsburg, Hot
Springs: Cincinnati, Martin Springs;
Chicago, Waco.
"Parson' Davies, well-known sport
ing man and theatrical promoter,
srazed death in an electric car acct
dent in New Orleans one day last week
in front of the St. Charles hotel. While
crossing St. Charles street Davies
was run down by a car, but managed
to roll from beneath the wheels in
time to save himself from being
crushed. He sustained severe bruise
OF the right arm and was badly shock
ed. necessitating confinement to his
room.
Fred Tenney has made some clever
deals since he has been manager of
the Boston Nationals. Last year he
got Lindamann, Brain and Howard il
exchange for Pitcher Willis, landing
pitcher and two infields for one box
man. He has also got Dorner, pit
cher, and Bridwell, an infielder, in
change for Delahanty. Then he trad
ed his catcher, Pat Moran, for pit
cher and catcher, Pfeffer and O'Neill.
Now, in exchange for Abbatichio, who
was of no practica. service to him,
Tenney gets what he needed badly, a
good second baseman in Ritchey, also
a felt-handed pitcher in Flaherty.
With the selection of John Malarkey,
the Utica, n. Y, pitcher to manage
Montgomery's baseball team in the
Southern league during the 1907 camp
align, every club is provided with man.
aserical material. New faces will be
seen at the head of three cities, but
the entire circuit will remain intact,
Notwithstanding recent rumors of a
change in the franchise from Mont
gomery to Chattanooga or Mobile. The
list OF managers: Birmingham, Harry
Vaughn; Memphis. Charles Babb;
Atlanta, W. A. Smith, New Orleans,
Charles Frank; Shreveport, Tom Fish
er; Montgomery, John Malarkey; Lit
tie Rock, NJ. ]. Finn; Nashville, John
Dobbs.
Clark Griffith, manager of the New
York Americans, who has been spend
ing several weeks on his ranch near
Wolf Creek, Mont, will return to New
York shortly when he will begin to
make arrangements for the coming
campaign. Griffith is member of the
American league rules committee and
he may have some suggestions to offer
to the magnates when they convene
in February. In the meantime it is
probable that he will advise Frank
Farrell to complete a couple of deals
for new pitchers at the same time
sending out bunch of contracts to
the players who will represent New
York in the championship race next
summer. Griffith intends to take the
New York Americans to Atlanta on or
about March ].