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THE SCRA.NTON TRIBUNE fi'UJi3S DAY MORNING-, MAY 18. 1807.
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EASTERN LEAGUE ,
BASE BALL GAMES
Syracuse the Only Club Tbat Had to
Piny lo Win.
SCRANTON PASSES SPRINGFIELD
Minor Defeat the Ponlc, Itrcnk
t lie Tit) in Second l'liicc and (!o
Up to Witlilu Onu l'oiut oftho Top
l'oitluifTliero l No Cliiinijo in
the Position ot the Other Chilis.
HoincthltiR iltopiied In tlio Knstern
lengue yestpri1aj. Tho tnln-iR, tlmn1n
to Morse, defeated .Sprinrstlcld In tin
mlhlakiiblc fashion nnd lirolco tlip tie
itli flint dub In second place. Uuffn
lo, very oppcrtuncl, lost a kmiio to
Koeliester nnd this leaves Scrnnton
only iino point below the coveted Hist
position. The positions ot the other
dubs are unchanged but Wilkes-Ham
ii In n position to pahs nnd the Cana
dians have tho same rhance to po
iibove the Oiays. The Scranton cranks
will be plugging for Rochester nnd To
lonto to win tuclay.
.Ilcqults.
Scriiton 8 Springfield 3
Wlikei'llarre 6 I'roWdence 3
10cliter 6 ISuffulo 4
Sj ?cint 6 Toronto 5
Percentage Ilcconl.
P. XV. U
Uuffnlo 12 ! 3
Scranton 13 'J 4
Sprlnulleld if 8 fi
SyraoiiBc 12 7 !
ltoohestcr 13 7 8
Vllko-ltarre 13 ('. 7
Providence 14 4 ID
Toronto 10 1 1J
l'.C.
.750
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.250
Todni's (inincN,
SCJtANTO.V AT aPRlNGriKLU.
wrucns-HAimi: at ntuviDnxcn.
iiochestkk at hiti.tai.
tohonto at syracuse.
MORSE DID IT.
His Pitching Kept Sprinfleld Down to
Four Mils, Three of Them by
Brcutlicrs.
Springfield, Jlav 17. Scranton de
feated Springfield easily by batting
Mains hard.
The only pony who could hit Morse
was Drouthers. Ills two home runs
earned all of the homo team's scores.
Score:
SCUANTON.
A.I1. It. II. O. A. 3.
3"apan, If C 3 2 0 0
O'Urlen, cT 112 0 0 1
Heard, ps 0 0 2 4 2 0
Inly. rf 12 3 2 0 0
'Massey, lb 4 2 1 U 0 0
Uonner, 21i 3 113 3 0
Masutrc, 3b 3 1 1 3 .1 0
Jlnyd, c 3 10 4 10
Morse, p 4 0 10 3 0
Totals 3. S H 27 12 1
SPIllNOPinLU.
A.H. It. II. t). A. E.
Tilller, 2b. ..; 3 0 13 10
Green, If 10-0100
Bcholller, rf 110 3 0 0
Brouthers, lb 1 2 3 i 1 0
Smith, cf 10 0 2 0 0
Gilbert, 3b i 0 0 0 4 0
Duncan, c 2 0 0 4 2 3
Toft, c 1O0O00
CnvanaiiKh, ss 3 0 0 2 4 0
Mains, p 3 0 0 0 3 0
Totals Zl 3 4 21 13 J
Scwnton 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 S
Springfield 2 OoOOOOOl 3
Harncd runs Scranton, G; Springfield, 3.
Sacrltlco hit Mn gu I re. Stolen base?
Heard, Hoyd. Tno-basu hits Honncr,
Mngulre, Hrouthcri. Home runs Hrou
thers (2). Fhst lnso on lull---Off Moise,
1; off Mains., 2. Left on bates Scranton,
C; Springfield. 3. Struck out Ily Moree,
1: Hy Mnins, 3. Hit by pitcher Hy Mains,
1, Double plays Mains. Covannugh and
Hrouthers. Time 1.30. Umpire Knowles,
Providencc'-Will,e-llnrrc.
Providence. May 17. Timely bitting nnd
costly errors made a combination that
ended In another defeat for Piovldenco
today. The Wllkes-Harre, club took the
load In the first inning nnd held it to tno
finish. Score:
I'Rovmnxrn.
A.H. it, 11. o. a. n.
Welgand, 2b 5 0 13 3 0
Hassett, 3b 5 1 1 1 2 0
Knight, If 112 3 11
1) ran by, lb 3 0 0 0 0 0
Cooney, If 3 0 13 0 0
I.yon?, ss 4 12 0 3 2
Fllel, rf 4 0 1 10 0
Dixon, c 4 0 13 10
Hodson, p 4 0 0 110
Totals 30 3 9 21 11 3
wiMcns-HAuun.
A.H. It. If. O. A. n.
Sharrott, rf 4 113 0 0
Ooeckel, lb 4 1 3 11 n 0
Hetts. cf 3 2 2 10 0
Powell, If 3 0 2 2 0 0
Powi.ll. If 3 0 2 2 0 0
Mills. 2b 3 10 4 3 0
DlRglns. c 4 0 13 10
Smith, 3b 4 0 0 2 11
McMahon, ss 4 0 0 2 4 1
Coakley, p 3 12 0 3 0
Totals 3J C 11 27 12 2
I'rqvldenco 1 01000100 3
AVllkes-Uarro ....2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 fi
Hamed runs Providence, 1; Wilkes
Harre, 1. Two-base, hits Lyons, Goeckel,
Hotts, Coakley. Sacrinco hits Uetts,
Mills. Stolen bases Sharrott, Mill.
Stolen bases Sharrott, Milts. Double,
lilays Bassott, Welgand nnd Drauby ;
Dlgglns and Smith. First base on ualls--Off
Hodson, 1; off Coakloy, 5. Mrst baso
on erros Providence, 2; Wllkcs-Harre, 2.
Struck out Hy Hodson; by Coakley, 3. Hit
by pttchor Hy Coakley, 1. Time 1.43.
Umpire Kennedy.
Syrncuso-Toronto.
Syracuse, N. Y May 17 Tho Stars won
from Toronto luro today tn a lnosely
played game of twelve innings. Galla
gher nnd Shearon have been, bent to tho
bench by Manager Buckonborger, and
Schlebeck and Gievo took their places.
Grove's two-baso hit In tho last inning,
after Lczotte's Mnglo won the game,
b'coie:
SVItACUSK.-
A.B. It. II. O. A. 11.
Hagan, 2b 4 1 2 2 c 1
Gary, cf 6 0 12 0 0
Smith, 3b 0 0 0 0 3 0
I.i'Eutte. rf 0 4 4 S 10
Grove, If ;.. G 1 3 2 0 0
Breckenrldge, lb. .,, 5 0 2 13 1 1
Bchelbcck, as G 0 0 li 1 4
Hyan, c 5 0 1 7 tl 1
Willis, p. 4 0 0 0 C 0
Totals 47 0 13 S1 SI "7
TOItONTO.
, A.U. Tl. II. O. A. K.
I.ush, 3b 5 0 1 ti 5 0
White. If & 0 0 1 0 1
McGatin, lb S S 2 0 1
McIIale, cf. 6 12 10 0
Baker, c 6 0 2 110
mm Of
rrecmnn, rf (! 1 1 C 1 0
W'lt'tirr. na . ft 1 .1 3 r. 1
Taylor, 2b G 0 2 1 3 0
wiiuams, p ti 0 3 1 0 0
Total 61 3 10 34 10 3
Ono man out when winning run was
made,
ByrnciiMi .2 0100002000 10
Toronto ...2 002 100000005
Hamed inns Syracuse, 2. Two-baso
hit Gary, Grove, Wagner. Throe-baso
hit Grove. Homo run I.czotte. Stolen
bases rrecmnn, Lush, Mcflann, Mctlalc.
Do'uble plays Lezotte to Ityan. First
base, on halls Off Willis, 2: oft Williams,
1. Hit by pltcher-Hy Willis. 1; by Will
iams, 2. Struck out lly Willis, C; by
Williams, 1 Left on bases HyrnctiFc, 10;
Toronto, II. Sacrlllre hits Kchelbick,
ltyan. Time 2.25. Umpire Bwirtwood.
Wuiltworth (Sues lo Pieces.
IlulTalo. May 71. Tho nrst homo ganio
ol tho se'iton was lost by IlulTalo In tho
eighth when Wndsworth went to pieces
and five runs were scored. Buffalo out
played Hochestcr in the field. Score:
ROCHESTHU.
P. Shannon, bs 3 0 0 3 2 1
Lynch, rf 2 0 110 0
Lytic, If c 0 1 2 0 0
1). Shnnnon, 2b 5 112 4 0
Doolcy, lb 4 1 0 11 1 0
Mulvey, 3b 1110 3 1
Illchter, cf. 4 13 3 0 1
O'Xell, V 4 115 11
Gannon, p 3 110 10
Totals 31 G U 27 12 i
BUFFALO.
A.B. It. II. O. A. E.
Clymer. cf 3 0 0 2 10
Grew rf 3 0 0 2 0 0
Gllboy. If I 0 1 1 0 0
Wl-c, 2b 3 0 0 4 10
Field, lb 3 0 0 0 1 0
aremlngcr, 31) 4 112 2 1
Sullivan, ss 2 2 12 0 0
Smith, c 3 1 1 C 0 0
Wndsworth, p 3 0 13 10
UrquharU 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 27 0 1
Hatted for Wndsworth In the ninth.
Rochester 0 000100DO 0
Buffalo 0 103000001
Earned runs Rochester, 2; Buffalo, 2.
Two-baso hits Sullivan, Smith. Three
baso hits O'Ncll. Stolen bases F. Shan
non. Gllboy. Doublo play Gannon nnd
Dooley; Clymer, WIso and Field. First
bao on balls Off Ginnon, 5; Off Wnds
worth, 4. Hit by pitcher F. Shannon,
Doo'cy. Struck out By Gannon, 3. Wild
pltchci Gannon, 2; Wndsworth, 2. Left
on bases Rochester, 7: Buffalo, 5. Sacil
flce hits Grey, Wise, Lynch. Time 2.15.
Umpire Keete. 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Pitcher KUlen, of tho Pirates, made
tho pitching' record of tho year by
holding the Giants down to two hits.
Ho wns pitted against Ituste, who was
pooily supported, though the Pirates
made but .six hits off him. The Phil
lies were defeated by ono run by Cin
cinnati nnd drop to fourth place, Cin
cinnati nnd Pittsburg going to sec
ond. Hiooklyn takes eighth place away
from tho Giants.
Results.
Cincinnati 3 Philadelphia 3
Baltimore 5 Louisville o
Pittsburg j New York- 2
Cleveland S Washington 7
Boston 10 Chicago 1
Brooklyn 15 St. l.ouls 5
Percentage Record.
1'.
Baltlmoro 20
Pittsburg IS
Cincinnati 21
Philadelphia 20
Loulsvlllo 17
Boston 19
Cleveland 20
Brooklyn 19
Now York 10
Chicago 20
Washington IS
St. Louis 20
XV. L. l'.C.
17 3 .SS30
12 0 .17
II T .OT
13 7 .050
9 8 .529
10 9 .52!
10 10 .WW
S It ,4t
li 10 .373
G 14 .oUO
C 13 .27$
4 10 .200
Toilnv'i (inmes,
Boston nt Chicago.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati.
Washington at Cleveland.
Baltimore at Louisville.
New York at Pittsburg.
Brooklyn at St. LouK
Itoston-Chiciigu.
Chicago, May 17. Tho Colts were clcarly
outclnssed today and Boston won a tlre
Forao gamo In a walk. Attrndance, 3,000.
Score. ll.II.M.
Chicago 0 1000 000 01 S 5
Boston 000 14 200310 10 0
Batteries Denser and Klttrldge; Nich
ols and Bergen Umpire McDonald.
Clove 1 11 ml -Washington.
Cleveland, May 17. Today's game was
a mixed affair. In tho second Inning tho
Indians knocked McJames out of the box.
In tho next six Innings they fnllel to get
a run oft Sw.alm. In tho ninth McGuIro
was put in to bat for Svvalm. Ills hit lied
tho sore and ho wus sent homo by De
montrwlllo's single, putting the Senators
one ahead. The n Mercer went In to pitch.
Tho Indians scored two runs, winning tho
game. Scoie: H.II.13.
Clovelind 0 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 S 11 3
Washington 2 0 10 110 0 2710 2
Batteries Wilson, Young and Zlmmer;
McJames. Swalm, Mereer and Farrell.
Umpire Hurst.
St. Loiiis-IlrooKlvn.
St. Louis, May 17. Tho trolley dodgers
hit Hsper so freely today that Dowd sub
stituted Hutchinson In the third Inning.
Scene: R.H.L3.
Brooklyn 2 fi 0 0 0 0 0 4 3-1G 17 3
St. Louis 2 00010200-5 9 9
Battel lesPaj no nnd Grim: Usper,
Hutchlnton and McFar'.and. Umpire
Lynch, Louisville Itnltimnrc.
Louisville, May 17. Tho Colonels re
ceived their first shut out of tho season
today. Score: Il.II.I3.
Baltlmoro 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 11 2
Loulsvlllo 000000 000-0 G 0
Batteries Wop3 and Robinson: Hem
ming and Wilson. Umpire McDeimott.
l'iUsburc-Now York.
Plttsnurg, May 17. Now York's eirore
cost thern two ruu today. Rusle pitched
a good game, but Klllen made the pitch
er's record of tho year two hits Score:
R.11.13.
Pittsburg 10001010 3 a 1
Now York 0 002000002 2 5
Batteries KlUon and Sugdcn; Ituslo nnd
Warner. Umplie Cmslle.
Cincinnati-Philndclphin.
Cincinnati. May 17. Tho Rods defeated
the Phltadelphlans in an exciting game,
by n score of S to 2, Score: R H.u,
Cincinnati 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 10 10 02 8 2
Batteries Breltensteln nnd Schrlver;
Orth and Clements. Umpire Sherman,
atlantic"league.
Lancaster-Hartford.
Hartford, Conn., May 17,-Lincaster de
feated Hartford today by bunched hits In
the sixth. Score: H.II.JS.
Hartford , 10 2 300200 BIG 4
lMiicaster 0 13 2 0 7 0 2 li 13 3
Battel Ioj Vlckery. Gastrlght and
Roach; Dolan und Wentz. Umpire Cllne.
Norfolk. Athletics.
Philadelphia, May IT, Norfolk defeated
Spom.
tho Athletic! lodny In a welt played nnd
closely contested game. A cotiplo of hits
In tho ninth did tho trick for tho Virgin
ians. Score: It. II. I).
Athletics 01 01 1 G000-8 13 1
Norfolk 1000 10 112-0 15 3
Batteries Brandt, Atnea and Fox; UIK
roy and Heyden.
Nownrk-Richmond.
Newark. N. J., May 1", Cfewnrk defeat
ed Richmond today In a lively game.
Cnrrlck had the honors of tho pitching.
Four snappy doubl plays by the locals
wns a feature. Score: ll.II.C,
Newark 00030202 7 7 4
Rlchmrnd 2 10 0 0 0 10 04 U 3
Batteries Cnrrlck and A. 'Rothfuss;
Schmidt and Schabel. Uniplte Jones.
Pnterson-Rending.
Paterson, N. J., May 17. Reading
dropped nnother gamo to Paterson today
through Inability to hit Sprogol. Amolo
wns hit hard and loosely supported. Score:
R.H.C.
Paterson 3 0 0 003300910 1
Reading 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 03 5 0
Batteries Sprogel nnd Wcstlalco; Amolo
and Brackley
DIAMOND DUST.
Arllo Latliniu a Western League IJni
pirc Cntchcr Luke, Formerly of
the Toronto, Assaults an Umpire.
Trouble Hrnwing Over the Couch
ing Rules.
Arllo Lathnm, who held kings on his lit
tle lingers nnd smote the heart of tho fe
malo In royalty In his day, has como to a
sorry pass. Columbus released him tho
other day, and nil that wnsjeft for him to
do was to accept a position as umpliu In
tho Western league. Arllo will last there
till tho glitter gives out, nnd then thero
will bo a call nlong tho lino to help down
a Httlo lower. Now Is tho tlmo for him to
develop that nerve without which his wit
would havo been Insipid. He knows tho
rules and has but to Insist on their en
forcement to keep hold of a fair Job.
Friday's gamo between Kansas City and
Milwaukee ended In a mobbing. Alter a
gamo ot hard hitting and ragged fielding
Milwaukee won out In tho ninth on a
doubtful decision by Umplro Greaves,
which icsulted In on Immediate uproar.
Fred Lake, tho catcher for Kansas City
and Inst year on the Toronto team, as
saulted Greaves, knocking him down, and
immediately several hundred men
swarmed upon tho grounds nnd Greaves
was roughly handled, until four policemen
ennio to his assistance. The policemen
finally dragged the umpire out through a
side gate, thrust him Into a wagon and
escaped from the mob by driving rapidly
toward town.
It seems that National as well as East
ern league players aro rebelling over the
new fnngled coaching rule. A special to
tho New York Sun from Cleveland jestor
day fcj.vs: "Troublo Is brewing In the Na
tional league, and Indications point to
open rebellion before many days aro
passed. The outcome wero sized up by
Jeso Burkett, Cleveland's heavy- hitting
fielder, who says: "Tho rules framed by
tho magnates havo taken nil of tho fun
out of tho gamo. The allow only ono
coacher und make every other plncr sit
on tho bench. Tho rulo takes all tho lit"
out of tho game. If the rulo Is not re
pealed It will kill tho gamo; In fact, It is
dead now. No ono wants to see the game
ns now played.' Captain Duffy, of the
Bostons, ays: 'Nearly all tho plnyeis
want the slngle-coachlng rulo nbollshcd.
I havo henrd a good deal of muttering
against tho magnates."
At Springfield again today. Wellner will
pitch.
Daly batted out .750 per cent, yesterday
nnd .f5fl In tho two games at Providence.
Whats' going to happen! Uncle Sam
WIso accepted nil his eight chances and
failed to get a hit.
If tho Ponies had sprinkled In a few hits
with Brouthers' cannonade the result
might have been different.
Toronto has representative teams In the
Eastern and Canadian leagues, and they
occupv unenviable positions nt tho tall
end of each.
O'Neill Is taklngils regular turn behind
the plate for Rochester and Is permitting
but few stolen bases.
Lezottfi has struck his hitting gnlt. Ills
singles nnd doubles aro cutting quite a
llguro In nearly nil tho critical stages of
games plajed by tho Stars.
Every player who makes a homo run on
tho Baltimore grounds this teason, will
reclve a new hat from Secretary Vonder
horst, of tho Baltlmoro club.
Tho Minors are now certain of .COO per
cent, on the trip, with two more games at
Springfield to hear from. It Is rcasonablo
to presume that tho Ponies wont win
both.
Cleveland Is Sockalexls-mad, Cincinna
ti has gono daft over Rltchey, and the
staid old Quakers, of Philadelphia, halt
on tho strets to query, "Does theo know
to what extent Lajolo connected with tho
ball this afternoon."
Urquhart batted for Wndsworth In tho
ninth yesterday, but ho couldn't dupllcato
his hit made under the famo circumstanc
e's in Scranton nnd which permitted tho
Bisons to make three runs In tho last In
ning and win the game.
Tho cranks at the close of 1S91 didn't
think Catchers Bill Schrlver nor Altc
Smith were good enough for Scranton, but
tho former Is catching the majority of
garnet played by Cincinnati and Smith
is doing gcod work for Brooklyn.
Tho twelvo National Leaguo clubs havo
eighty-three pitchers under contract. Now
York and Washington havo tho most,
with nine each. The Biooklyns, I'hlla
1lelphl.11 nnd Clovelands havo eight each:
Chicago and Louisville, seven each: Pitts
burg and Baltimore six eaqh, and Cincin
nati and St. Louis flvo each.
A great many fans think Hanlon's pitch
ers will not hold the season out, es
pecially tho younger Introductions to tho
big league. With seven inns against him
Saturday Nops proved that he wns a
staye-r, and the Brow ns wer unnblo to do
anything with Im after tho second Inning,
tho champions winning out. Hanlon Is
satisfied with tho oungstors, nnd ho is
somowhat of a Judge, it anybody asks you.
Tiii3(im:i3Kor tut. wiii:i:l.
Tho eiueens of fashion and of love
Of all tho varied climes,
From glorious Eighteen Ninety-six
Back to remote it times.
Had each her own peculiar fad
In vehicles of speed;
Hut Lady Alko on hor "blko"
Is far, tar in tho lead.
Thfnalds of ancient Athens drove
A golden two-wheeled cart:
The Roman had her chariot
A thing of wondrous art.
Tho Persian girl her camel rides,
Tho Chlneso laso a chair;
But Ventlo Alice on her wncel
Is fnlrest of tho fair.
The courtly dames of old Versailles
Sedan chairs rode, you know;
Tho Russian has her drosky; und
Her sledge, the Esquimaux,
Tho Irish lass, a Jaunting car;
A coach for london swellB;
But lovely AIIco on her wheel
Is fleetest ot tho belles.
Yes, Lady Alice leaves them, all
Behind her In the raco;
With flashing eyes and rosy cheek
Sho sets old Tlmo a pace
Ah, what aro all theso turnouts, pray,
Of poverty or state,
Compared with queenly Alice on
A "hike" right up to date?
Cycling aazetts,
STIRRING SCENES
AT THE OLD FIGHTS
Story ot the Days of Jem Mace and
Coburn.
DARE KNUCKLES AND TURF PERIOD
Ono Ilnthuslnst Robbed Six Times.
Tough Moh of Hlncklcgs, Crooks
nnil Dead (Jnmcs Were tho I'ntrons
of Long Ago nnd the Urnlslng Hud
to lie Done on tho Quiet.
If you wnnt to h'enr some good stories
set a lot ot the old-time nports together
und listen to tho tnles they tell ot
events that happened s far brick thnt
none of tho younger members of tho
patty rnn tell whether or not they nto
conUnlnp; themselves to the truth or
drawing1 on their imaginations.
It was such a croup as this", writes
Ilydor All, that I tan Into the other
evening In a downtown sporting resort,
nnd hero Is one of the stories spun by
an old-timer, who declared thnt ho was
telling tho truth, the whole truth and
nothing but tho truth a. statement
that was received rather incredulously
by the llsteueis:
"I used to bo an enthusiast regarding
rlntr matters when I was a young
man," hi; said, "but that was long be
fore dove contests became popular.and
when battles were fought with bare
knuckles nnd on the turf, and when
Fhcrlffs or their deputies had either to
b? dodged or 'squared' before a 'mill'
could be pulled off.
"I hnd been present at the ringside
when John C. llcenan, the UeniUa. boy,
fought Morrissey, and had crossed the
big pond to see- the famous battle with'
Tom Payers, and so when Mace and
Coburn began talking light I made up
my mind that I would see that battle,
If th'-ro was any poibiblo way to get
to the ringside. I was pretty prosper
ous In those days; knew almost every
member of the sporting fraternity In
tho country that was worth the know
ing, and wns ripe for anything; lu the
sporting line that came alorg.
HLACKLEGS AND THIEVES.
"The match, as some of you will
remember, was to have been pulled off
In Canada, at a point not bo very far
from Erie, Pa., and it was thero that
I found myself one night surrounded
by about an tough a mob ot black
legs, thieves and sports as ever a man
ran across. It was In tho dark hours
of the night that wo took a boat for
the scene of the proposeel battle a
battle that never took place, by tho
way.
"I had a gold watch and $360 In my
pocket und a diamond stud In my shirt
when I started, but I did not have
them for long. Before we had gotten
fairly outside of the harbor they wero
gone, how, when or where I could not
for the life of me have told,
"Hilly Tracey, of New York, was In
the party, and there was not a bank
burglar, pickpocket, sneak thief or con
fidence man In the country In those
days that Hilly did not Know and stand
In with lilm. Seeking nlm out, I told
him of my predicament.
" 'So they've nailed your pocketbook,
spark and turnip already, have they?
he laughed. 'Well you stand right
here and I'll get them for you.'
"I stood there, and In a few mo
ments ho came back with all of my
belongings, and as he handed them to
me ho cautioned me to be more care
ful in future. I was careful; but just
as sure as you're born they had ev
erything away from mo again in less
than twenty minutes. Again I sought
Tracey out and again I told him my
tale of woe. He bado me stand still
nnd await his return as before. I
did so, and was again given my prop
erty. "How about the fight? Oh, the Devil;
there wasn't any light. Somebody had
tipped off the spot where the ring was
to be located to the Canadian author
ities, and Just In the gray of tho morn
ing, after tho ring had been pitched
and the men had faced each other,
there went up a cry of 'Police!'
WAS A REGIMENT.
"Lord, what a scattering there was.
It wasn't the police, though, but a
regiment called the Queen's Own, that
had been sent out to seo tho battle
should not tako place on Cnnadlan soil.
The glimmering of their scarlet coats
through the trees was the first warn
ing of their approach that we had.
"Over tho fences and through the un
derbrush we scurried like a lot of
scared labblts, and, though the greater
part of the crowd managed to get away,
thero were some of us who wero not so
lucky, and what fell Into the hands of
the Philistines. I ran straight Into tho
arms of a stalwart led-coat the first
crack of the box, spent three days In
a Canadian Jail, paid a flno of $50 and
shook the dust of Canada off my feet,
declaring that I would never again set
my foot aeros Its border.
"Did I go south to see them when
they came together the second time?
Not on your bootjacks I didn't. I had
one nlco little experience in following
up the fighters and I made up my mind
then and there that I had enough of
the game. I have never been to a pro
vldo since that i, ono that was not
Vouchsafed by tho law". It's much
nicer to bo protected in tho pursuit of
sport than it 1b to be hunted like a
wild animal, and on that fact you can
wager your existence."
JACK SKELLY IN TOWN.
Will Second. lames Judge In Thursday
Night's liout.
Tho followers ot James Judge, the
Scranton lightweight, are pleased with
the match ho lias mado with "Jack"
MoAVIIIIams, of New London, Conn.,
and expect to seo a good go in their
fifteen-round meeting at Music hall
Thursday night. It certainly will not
deserve tho criticism invited by the
poor lot of men who met in Music hall
two weeks ago. Judge will find In Mc
Wllllams a very clever man. Ho has
fought a great many buttles and is one
of tho nsplrants to higher fame in the
roped arena.
"Jack" Skelly, the Brooklyn light
weight, who has recently been Judge's
matchmaker, advisor and second, was
in the city yesterday, lie has un
bounded confidence in the Scranton
boy's cleverness nnd Is honest In his
opinion that before many months
Judge's claims for recognition will have
to bo heeded by tho shining lights of
the ring. Skelly's opinion Is so strong
that ho offered "Kid" McPartland's
representative $100, a present, to mnko
a twenty-round match. McPartland's
man was willing but changed his mind
after seeing Judge dispose ot "Sam"
Tonkin in four rounds beforo the Fifth
Avenue Athletic club In New York city.
Skelly had agreed to post a forfeit of
$500.
There will he several good prelimi
naries Thursday night, among them a
fourteen-round bout between those fast
local bantams, Joe Allen and Toby
Gardner. Other events aro being ar
ranged and will be announced tomorrow.
DRADY'S CONFIDENCE IN C0RDETT.
Jim's Blnnngor Sacrificing Everything
far n Meeting with l'llz.
"Ullly" Brady han not conlined him
self to matching Maher and Sharkey,
but purposes bringing nil of the other
second-rate prlz fighters together.
When ho has dot.o this he concludes
this arrangement, and has not only all
of the big money rucIi affairs turn up,
but Is strong on lines which will enable
him to rick out the very be,t of the
lot for encounters with Fltzslmmons
nnd Corbott.
It Is not Brady's Intention to bring
Corbett and Fltzslmmona into tho ring
In a limited round contest nt eineo.
Ills plan lb to work gradunlly up to
thnt point and by making tho public
keen for a meeting, have them tome
together In New York. There will be
great kicking over this scheme: as
much ns thero la now over Brady be
ing in any way connected with the
Maher-Sharkey bout.
Ono of lh peculiar features of tho
wholo business Is that Brady phould
drop all other lines of money-making
and devoto his entire time to getting
on another match for Corbett.
ZEIGLER BESTS LAVIGNE.
Philadelphia Boxer Outpoints the World's
Champion Lightweight In a Limited.
Round Dout.
Philadelphia, May 17. Owen Zelg
lcr outpointed Kid Lavlgne ton'ght In
a six-round go In the arena, of the
Quaker City Athletic dub.
There was very little damage done
in tho first round, Zelgler running
away irom tho Kid. Thero was but
few dean blows Btruck. In the sec
ond round tho Kid rushed and Zclgler
clinched. Lavlgne landed a hard left
on the wind and Zeigler got In a stiff
punch on. tho face. He repeated the
same blow a second later. Lnvlgne
swung right from the Jaw and rniesed.
When the men faced each other for
the third round Zelglcr landed a left
on the face, and a second later got In
his right on the 6ame plac. Lavlgne
got In a stiff puncJi on the wind and
the men clinched. Lavlgne missed
with leftfor face, but landed a light
right on the aeck. Zelgler upper-cut
the Kid at the gong sounded.
Fourth round Zelgler landed on the
wind and got a light left on the face.
Both landed stiff right Jahs on the
face. Lavlgne swung his right on the
wind and Zelgler countered1 oni the
head. Zelgler upper-cut the Kid1 a3 he
rushed. Davlgne rushed again, nnd
Owen slipped to the floor. Zelgler had
a shade the better of the light up to
this time.
Fifth round Zelgler landed a light
left on the face and almost knocked
Lavlgno down with a right on the
neck a second later. Lavlgne landed
right on ribs and Zelgler put a. hard
right on tho wind.
Sixth round Lavlgne rushed but
missed and Zelgler landed left on
neck and Zelgler got in a right on
the back of the head. The Kid rushed
tlmo and again but could not land.
Lavlgne landed right on face and left
on stomach as the gong sounded.
Thero wero four preliminary six
round bouts lr which Mike Dempsoy
defeated young "Bull" McCarthy;
"Billy" Smith and "Ed" Lenny fought
a draw, as did also Eugene Rowan
and Tom Cleary, and "Dan" ilcCoanell
outpointed Martin Judge.
Decision for Spiko Sullivan.
New York, May ID. "Spike" Sulli
van got the decision over Jack Downey
tonight at the Broadway Athletic club
on a foul In the nineteenth round. Up
to tho fifteenth round Downey had
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