The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-07-24
SPORT GOSSIP
A Fool and His Money.

A Fool and His Money.
This is the season of the year when
the glad owners of coming worlds
champions in the harnes horse sport
lead their speed kings forth on to the
dear old turf. The animals have been
clicked for months during the spring
training and their breeding has been
recited at every period of the day and
who would lend an ear to the story.
They are happy and full Of prospects
in the spring but usually return in the
fall with empty pockets and distorted
ideals of humanity. A new crop. Of
speed merchants is developed every
spring and excepting millionaries,
they are broke and plastered with race
tracy dust when the SHOW begins to
Pop Geers, one of the grandest old
men that the turf has ever produced,
and one of the very best transfers, is
not riding in front very regularly so
far this season. In fact he has been
holding an inglorious place in the Sec
ond division. However, his horses are
probably not exactly on edge for rae
ing just now and if this is the case
| Geers l.nows it better than anyone
else. That he will show old time form
before many weeks is certain.
Plenty of Fight Left
| Weather beaten but primed with a
laudable fighting spirit, the Ore Dig
gers returned home last evening from
Superior and this afternoon are battl.
ing with Lefty Davis Winona Cham.
pions at Oliver park. Manager Sund.
helm is just as proud as ever of his
crew and will continue to battle fol-
the flag as long as there is any sigr
Of life left in the race. Cy Dahlgren
the Superior castoff HEAVIER, who has
been signed by the Ore Diggers, pro-
misses to be a needed addition to the
twirling staff and the owners of the
club are now casting about in many
directions in the hope of being able
to land two more mound men. The,
are badly needed. There are severa
semi-pro teams in the Gopher stat,
that have good pitchers and these will
be looked over Immediately.
Of the ten games that were playe,
on the road we won four and lost six
We dropped one to Winona. one t.
Superior and four to Duluth. This i
good record. Any team that can vii
half of it's road games is always
pennant possibility.
Conrad Is Woozey.
Sore at the Northern league be
cause it kicked him out of organize
ball, H. P. Conrad, chief owner of tn
Fort William team, has threatened t
put the circuit on the blink by invad
ing Winnipeg with an American As
ISOLATION crew. Whoever put this be
into his dizzy bonnet handed the dis
gruntled one a pipe. Conrad stand
just as muchs chance of breaking int
Winnipeg diamond sport as a nitro
glycerine specialist would have to bus
into the First National bank vau
with rubber hammer. Conrad
just sour-that's all. He fumed an
yelled around Fort William until
disrupted one of the best clubs in tt
league and gave every Canadian ia
a severe attack of nausea. If Coz
rad believes that he can blot the No
thern League off the baseball ma
because no member of it desires to a
sociate with him in a business way
has weaker mentality than he h:
generally been given credit for.
Bout Called OFF.
The bout between Johnnie HoWa!
and Mike Gibbons scheduled for Il
Broadway Sporting club of Brook,
on July %, has been postponed indie
nitely, according to word received
Manager Eddie Reddy yesterday,
St. Paul. Mr.. Reddy said that he
waiting word from California tn
probably will announce match f
Mike. He has no other engagement
for his boxer for the immedia
future. ~
~ The next big bout at the Hubs
arena probably will be staged on L
Dor day.
Are Not Rushing.
Adolph Wolgast's crack that ct
lightweight title is now held by
white man" and the subsequent che
ter about how pleased he was that t
Welshman whipped the Californi
has not caused any stampede of me
senger boys carrying telegraphic fe