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NEWS- AND NOTES OF SPORT.It Is reraarkabio tho cumber of men who are willing to mimage tho St Louie Cardinals.Young Donahuo and Dave Deshler, tho two Boston, boyo, will filve a tea party at New Orleans on Dec. 10.WSU Forney, for several yeara past a player In the Iowa league, has abandoned basoball to bocorno a deputy ohoritt at Valparaiso, Ind.Paekey McFarland says that Battling Nelson told him to go out and tight an elimination and then he could read the Battler's book.It has boon so long since a British lighter who could light -has landed here that Jim Driscoll has been offered HQveral circus engagements.Cyclone Thompson wants a match with Packey McB’arland. Joe Gailfl says tho Cyclone” may got a match from Packoy but he won’t get a light.Atlanta Is getting to ^o fearfully rough. They are giving pugilistic exhibitions right In the city- The first thing they know they will have a ecu-plo of prize fighters In their midstDuring tho practice work next spring ench member of tho New York Giants will be showed first base and second anil then he will be required to run the fell distance G4 tJmes a day.Manager Joe Cantlllon and a hunch of hall toascrs are camping in tho heart of th© night rider district of Tennessee. Job la always looking for troablo.Macon, Ga., wnnta a baseball manager and will look to George Stallings to recommend soma good man. After which they will be able to go out and hire a manager.President Dovey of the Boston Nationals Bays that he never said that Joo Kelley wasn't competent to take tickets at the South End grounds. Dovcy any athat Joe Is competent to take tickets.Happy jack Chesbro says that he has retired from baseball. That's what they allsay—juat before tho contracts aro mailed.Edward GoatV Anderson is talked of ns a successor to Manager Lew Drill of the Terre -Haute Central league team. Goat used to tear up tho grass Jn tho lot of tho Pittsburg Pirates.Ty Cobh, tho Detroit Tiger, wants to bo an In fielder, a pitcher ar.d a catcher before - he retires from tho game. Ty think* he's something lik^Is tho atnr touchdown producer of thosoaBon, having crossed the final whlto1mark fifteen times.' Battling Nelson is tho busy kid at all times. Attending dogfights, writing books, and running for mayor of Hcgowlecii 1b some occupation.The baseball fans of Columbia, S. O., have collected enough coin to hold their franchise in tho South Atlantic league. Ilail Columbia, happy land.Frank Roller, tho Seattlo wrcBtler, wtll enter tho pugilistic arena. Ho weighs 225 pounds and Is 6 feet 1 inch in height.“When John Ganzel heard that the management ot the Rochester baseball club intended to cut salaries next sqjisoq ho refused to Blgo.Eince there was so much Industry displayed by the ticket manipulators during the last world’s Berios on the west aide, tho Chicago school board contemplates erecting an industrial school in tho middle of Charllo Murphy’s baseball lot.
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Semi Weekly Reporter
Waterloo, Iowa, US
Fri, Dec 18, 1908
Page 8
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