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THE T WASHINGTON W T T TIHES THURSDAY T AY DECEMBER D Ern rn 24 1908
NATIONAL REGATTA REGATTAMAY REGATTAMAY
MAY BE HELD HERE HEREPotomac HEREPotomac
Potomac Club Will Make a aStrong aStrong aStrong
Strong Bid For the th Big BigEvent BigEvent BigEvent
Event EventPROMINENT EventPROMLNENT EventPROMLNENT
PROMLNENT MEN TO TOTAKE TOTAKE TOTAKE
TAKE UP THE PLAN PLANV PLANS PLANSWilliam 6 6William
William V l1iam C AIcKinney 11cKinneyand and Terrance TerranceGorman TerranceGorman TerranceGorman
Gorman Are Behind the theMovement thehlovement theMovement
Movement MovementRowing hlovementROWJD Movementnowing
Rowing ROWJD enthusiasts entu lasts in Washington are areto areto
to make a determined det nnined effort to have the thenational UtenatIonal theraIonaI
national rowing rowl C regatta regattL OH tho th Potomac Potomacrcxt P Potomacrcxt tomac tomacrrxt
rcxt August AugustThe AuguatThe AugustThe
The matter is s being l b agitated generally generallyTd generallynil
Td nil while the Potomac club which whichwould whichwould whkhwould
would naturally shoulder the responsi responsibility responelllity l lbllity ¬
bility llity in s such ch an affair is a little bit bitlackward bittakward bitlac
lackward lac ° kward about taking the initiative initiativetlic InitiktlvoCu Initiativetc
tlic outside followers of the sport are arevery arevc arel
very vc l r ry much in Iq favor of making a try tryfor tryor tryTcr
for or the event eventhilc eventhlle evenLIiIIe
hilc Washington has had many im important Importaut Imrortarit ¬
portant regattas r tl on the Potomac only onlytwice onlytwice onlytwice
twice 1881 and ISM has 1A It had the na national natIonal nationaL ¬
tional tionalSpeaking tIonalpcaking tionaLpcaking
pcaking on the subject sub t William C CMcKlnney CMCKlnney CMK1nney
McKlnney assistant superintendent of ofhe otbe of1ie
he Bureau of Engraving and Printing Printingan
an oarsman of national reputation be beTJ ber ber
TJ r many years champion sculler of oftte oft
tte t f South and the cleverest bow man manThe manti manti
The ti Potomac club ever produced said saidThat saidthat said1tt
That 1tt it was a8 really an evil that the na national national ziational ¬
tional regatta is not pulled off here herer herenn
r nn > n the Potomac PotomacPotomac PotomaPotomac PotomacPotomac <
Potomac Favored FavoredWe FavoredVe FavoredWe
We Ve have here the grandest river and andourse sndrUr5 andnurse
nurse In the world and with the Na National Nat ¬
tional t lnal Capital as the drawing card the theoarsmen thearmen theariuen
oarsmen of the world are always alwaysanxious alwayslnxous alwaysnxfou8
anxious lnxous to come here to compete as is isE iss1f1wn isIWT
E s1f1wn > own by the Middle States Stat and local localregattas localreatlAS localrettas
regattas held h ha re under the auspices fUplc of oftie orth oftie
tie Potomac River Association AssociationI As
I realise the heavy expenses that thata thatinvolved
a e involved in a regatta the entire entireexpense entirexvenS entirexpense
expense falling on the shoulders of one oneactive roe1tive ometctive
active club In our city cityIf cityU cityIf
If a meeting of citizens is called calledprominent calledl1fmInent calledprminent
prominent ones outside the pale pal of the thedubs theclubs theC
dubs C iub and they effect an organization organizationfor org nlzatkm nlzatkmtor
for the purpose I believe civic pride pridewould pridewould pridewouid
would be aroused to such an extent extentat extentat extentat
at the financial end which is the only onlydrawback onlydrawback onlyrwback
drawback would ou1d be easily oa tly surmounted surmountedTerrence aurmountedTerrence surmountedTerrence
Terrence Gorman of the sixth audi audirors audiors audiors
ors office and the stroke of the fa farncus fa110US a aTCUS
rncus Beverwick Beverlck crew of Albany Alban AlbanY N NV Nwhich
V which in the centennial year 1S76 1S76Defeated 1S76If1fatro 1S76efated
Defeated the English French Irish lr lh Ca Caidlan Cat Catdian
idlan t Ian and American crews for the theworlds thev theorids
worlds v orld orids championship at Philadelphia Philadelphiaa
3 3 a a warm warm supporter of bringing the thejp thejj theg
jp g regatta here next year yearPhis yearrhis ear earrhls
Phis is really the ideal spot pot for all allUlonal allt1nal 11 11tinal
Ulonal regattas reg ttaJiJ said Mr Gorman Gormanor Gormanror Gormanor
ror or nowhere < ean an n one find such a beauti beautiu beautijuI
juI u stream and always free from rough roughrs
rs r r S 5 which oarsmen despise I hope hoperc hopel hopeti
rc l ti Potomac will start a boom to get getregatta getresatta getregatta
regatta here next year as I am ams
s it t ran a be run off to a success sticcessTHP tn1ce tn1ceTE successTle
THP drift of talk is all toward mak makrs mllkr
rs r a 9 light for the date but among the therornoters themoters ther
rornoters r moters of regattas hereabouts the thesjLJett theq
sjLJett q j JPt > t IK looked at In a rather doubt doubtful doubtjl ¬
ful jl l way Va but it id settled that they will willTot willot willat
Tot ot make a definite move just now as asthf iUSt asti1c
thf t 1C > have too many financial affairs in ini inJH In1t
JH i 1t ir way wa to assume any other risks risksYOST risksYOST risksYOST
YOST IS OUT AFTER AFTERMANAGERIAL AFTERMANAGERIAL AFTERMANAGERIAL
MANAGERIAL BERTH BERTHMichigan BERTH11chjgan BERTH1lChIgan
Michigan Football Coach Xants to toTry toTry toTry
Try Hand at Diamond DiamondGame DiamondGame DiamondGame
Game GamePHILADELPHIA GamePHIIADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA Dec MIIurry MIIurryp 241Iurrrp
p Yost ost who bo created such a sensation sensationuhn fie sensationhe IMLUOIl IMLUOIlh
uhn h he took hold of the Michigan Michiganootball Mlchlpnootb Michiganoothall
ootball ootb ll team sevei several > U years eanc ago and andrt xudt 111 111t
rt t surh a fast pace for or Western teams teamsbreak teAmsT
T > V break into baseball baseballmould ba baseballhnild ebflll ebflllhnllld
mould Yost do so 54 It would be inter interting Interting Intertirg
ting to see whether he could be beCCpssful as asrrcssful a arcsstij
rrcssful in mapping out new ne plays pla on onr ondiamond j
r diamond as he was on the gridiron gridironFr < rldlron rldlronFor j jFor
For some time Yost according to in Intormatlon IntnnalIon j
tnrinatlon received has been trying tr ing to in inucr Inc InLce
< ucr j President Pre klent Dreyfuss of the Pitta Pittai PIttirg
i jrg rJ dub lub to help him secure a a club in inti int InNational
ti t tn > r > National League Hurry Up has hasi has1TCfullr baaacfully
i aTfullj laid away reams of papers papersntainlnK papersrmtainlng I Icontaining
containing < ntainlnK charts cflarts of plays which he hev heUT heuTl
v cuTl UT uTl like to spring on the public These
tIr < lfs s lie h e is carefully concealing until untHp
r P cnn C cm n get a club of his own ownHARVARD ownHARVARD ownHARVARD
HARVARD CREW CREWMAY CREWMAYROW MAY MAYROW MAYROW
ROW IN ENGLAND ENGLANDOxword ENGLANDOxword ENGLANDOxword
Oxword and Cambridge Varmly WarmlyWelcome VarmlyVeJcome VarmlyWelcome
Welcome Tentative Offers OffersFor OffersFor OffersFor
For a Race RaceA RaceAdBRIDGE k kAMBRIDGE
AMBRIDGE A IBRIDGE Mass K Dec 24 4Ether 4Ethert Either Eithert
t f p > Yale or Harvard crew ere will prob probably proba1y probay ¬
ably go to England next year for a axSi aTlit aBommi
xSi Tlit TlitBOfh f fBoth
Both Oxford and Cambridge have havevsiromed havefromel havev
vsiromed v warmly the tentative offers offersnade onersmade ottersnade
nade by the management of the Har Harjrd Har1rd liarrd
jrd rd crew ere It Is stated here on good goodithority goodthorlty goodthcrity
ithority that Harvard will m race raceabroad racebroad racebroad
broad with the winner of the Oxford OxfordambrlAe Oxfordtmbrldge
tambrldge race racet j
t the same time the management of ofc ofP
c f Harvard crew especially emphasizes emphaslZeilthl emphasizesstatement
thl c statement that should they lose e
to tl t Yale > they will m be only onlytoo too glad to toaxo toa
axo a Yale Yal take the English En lIsh race off offcir
rcir cir shoulders and make It really a are aWT aWr
re of champions This however is isrrrylng Isrrr Isrrrylng
rrrylng rrr lng the Harvard men but little littleJg I
> 9ilg < iig Jg but two of last years ears victorious victoriousirew lctorJousl
irew l EW and with 1th Fish In line this year yearor yearcr ear earr
or r a place they start with considerable considerableTlvantage
Tlvantage over Yale YaleRYAN YaleRYAN YaleRYAN
RYAN RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDEDFOR
FOR BROOKLYN JOB JOBo JOBIormer JOB1ormer
Iormer o me Washington Player PlayerIs
Is Suggested as Likely Likelyto
to Be Dodger Leader LeaderIHICAGO LeaderI LeaderHICAGO
IHICAGO I Dec 2L ZLJlmmy Jimmy Ryan the theteieran theellran theeleran
teieran player and manager may be behp behp beh
hp h next manager of the Brooklyn Brookl n base basela baseill
la ill 11 team teamIn teamIn teamEn
In a message to Charles H Ebbetts Ebbettsr Ebbettsthe
r f the Brooklyn club today tooa Pres Mur Murray Murrl MurTY ¬
ray rl of the Cubs recommended the theformer the10nner theiorxner
former Chicago outfielder for the posi position position positinn ¬
tion tionRyan Ryan was manager of the Montgom Montgomery lf MentgomnE ntgom ¬
ery E 7 y team of the Southern League last lastoson lastcraon lastason
craon oson but will 111 not return there the therolng thermlng thermlng
rmlng year yearSince JerSince yearSince
Since the close of the season last fall falle
e has had many offers oois of manager managerps
Ips ps from minor league clubs but so
1 r he bas not closed Q1c ed with any or them themA
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BURNSJOHNSON GO GOIS GOJd
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IS NOT IMPRESSIVE IMPRESSIVEDivision
Division of Purse and Certainty of Return Match Create CreateDoubt CreateDoubtNeither CreateDoubtNeither
Doubt DoubtNeither Neither Mans Record Shows ShowsEnough ShowsEnough ShowsEnough
t
Enough to Justify J usti fy Excitement ExcitementBy t tBy
By THOMAS S RICE
It all depends upeH whether hether the fight fightIs fightJs s t tIs
Is on the square ur8 and both men are aregame aI8 amegame
game gameBurns gameBurns gameBurns
Burns las ha been an acknowledged acknowledgedfaker acknowledgedfaker
faker and andJohnson Johnson has been accused accusedof
of having a yellow enow streak Such be being beIng beIng ¬
ing the case what are we e to expect expectfrom expectfrom expectfrom
from a battle In Australia where here Burns BurnsIs BurnsIs BurnsIs
Is guaranteed 3tl MCOO Ii out of a purse of ofwin
585000 00 win lose or draw A man who whowould whowould ho howould
would bet on such a proposition p1Ol > neednevor neednever need neednever
never fear death by legal hanging hangh for forhe forhe or orhe
he would only have ha ve to prove the bet betto betto betto
to establish a perfect insanity innil defense defenseThe deren defenseThe e eThe
The fact that the fight is i to be twenty twentyrounds twentyrounWl twentyrounds
rounds instead of to a finish and it is isclaimed laclaimed Isclaimed
claimed both contestants contest nts are unusually unusuallyclever unusuallyclever unusuallyclever
clever and scientific > boxers is the worst worstfeature worstfeature worstfeature
feature and the one which must give givemoat givemost Ive Ivemo
moat t pauseAI80 pauseAlso pause pauseAlso
Also dont forget for et the battle is to totake totake totake
take place in an English colony and andtherefore adtherefore andtherefore
therefore very ver probably pro by under English Knjriishring En Englishring i8h i8hrlnJ
ring rules Twenty rounds to a draw drawwould dr drawwould w wOuld
would Ould leave Je ve a frreat eat chance for another anotherpurse anoth anotherpurse r rPUniC
purse of 530000 or some such > uch a matter matterin matterIn matterIn
in San Francisco Francl co would it not It Itwould Itwould Itwould
would wouldRemember wouldRemember wouldRemember
Remember the Rules RulesOr RulocOr RulesOr
Or If that seemed somewhat coarse coarseto coarseto OtIrMto
to the earnest workers would not a foul foullike foulUke foullike
like the one in San Francisco Francl co between betweenGans Dete1nGan betweenCans
Cans and Britt be a pretty dish dl h to set setbefore setbefore setbefore
before the king kln Yea verily vern Under UnderEnglish UnderEnsUarh UnderEnglish
English rules rul they do not allow allo more morethan morethlUl morethan
than one or two careless low Wows Wowswithout blowwithout b4owswithout
without bouncing the offender from the thearena UJena tearena
arena na Also if you get so hot let up in inyour 21iour Hiyour
your our wild enthusiasm that if you OU do dothe dothe dothe
the ordinary amount of clinch lighting lightingdespite ttghtl fightingdespite g gdespite
despite warnings which is a common commonpractice commonpractice commonpractice
practice on n this side the gentlemanly gentlemanlyreferee gen gentejun13referee tleman I Ireferee
referee on the outside the ring will 111 lean leanlanguidly leaftlangudly leanlanguidly
languidly over to the timekeeper timekeeperannouncer timekeeperannouncer timekeepemannouncer
announcer who sitteth upon his right righthand righthand righthand
hand and request him to tell those thoseassembled thoeetJeDlbled thoseassembled
assembled that the roughhottsc kid te itloser a aloser aloser
loser and had better go home before the thebobbies th1bobbles thebobbles
bobbles inquire into his past life lifeYes UieYe lifeYes
Yes kind reader with a purse split spliton spilton spliton
on guaranteed urantetd lines Jlne linesalways a1wa8 always one of the themoet tl tlmo themoat
moet mo t suspicious of signs sipsthe the dead moral moralcertainty DOralrtaJntr moralctrtinty
certainty rtaJntr that however fares the bat battle bltlie battie ¬
lie the twain t aln will foregather in the thesquared th thSQuared thesquared
squared clrcl circiC in tbis country and the thefact thefact thefact
fact that the police of Enifiiid En au d and Hor Horcolonies vrcolonies bercolonies
colonies have such good control over overthe tycrtlte overthe
the public that then UH r ts little danger of oflynching oflynching oflynching
lynching indeed we cannot see where whereanybody wh whereanybody re reanybody
anybody who Is not breaking his parole parolefrom pllroefrom parulefrom
from St Elisabeths has h any licence licenceto llcen llcento
to bet bt t on any proposition except how howthey howth howthey
they th ywm will end It it not how It will be won wonFine wonFine wonFine
Fine Reputations Eh EhOne EnOn EkOne
One On innocent and very evidently vldenU youth youthlul youthlul youthlul
lul writer liter in New York advances ce the theproposition thepropcMIUon theproposition
proposition that both men will m try as ashard asharel asimard
hard as they can to really win in because becauseIf
If th they y dont they will II lose their stand standing standIng ¬
ing with tth the sporting public Mercy Mercysakes Mercysakes Mercysakes
sakes alive where in I biases did Tommy TommyBurns TommyBurns TommyBurns
Burns or Tohnson either for that mat matter matter mattar ¬
ter have a a standing to lose RememberTommy RememberTommy Remember RememberTommy
Tommy Burns first nst frameup with withOBrien withOBrle withOBrien
OBrien > n when the public pub lc was stung stungand 8tungand stungand
and the second when OBrien and the thesurething thesurethine thesurething
surething gamblers along with Uh the thepublic thepublic thepublic
public were stung again In In the same sameplace 8aJlMtplact sameplace
place That gave him a standing standl or ofabout orabout orabout
about mmtis ninety with everybody ex except exceJlt excet ¬
cept eecondstory teeond8tor men menThen menThen menThen
Then lest we e forget how about that thatdelicate thatdellcatp thatdelIcate
delicate contention of twenty rounds in inSan inSan InSan
San Francisco Frxncl co when Johnson on refrained refrainedfrom refrainedrrom refralnodfrom
from knocking out a secondrate rough roughand roUChRd roughand
and tumble scrapper rapper Marvin Hart and amilost andlost andlost
lost the decision thereby tht > rby although most mostof moetor mostof
of our very best t critics were agreed agreedthat alPeedthat agreedthat
that Johnson could have stopped hli hlihalf hhf <
half a dozen times in the route lie liefujfseri HeflgecJ liefioed
fujfseri around the whole distance and andBaltimore andAMERIGUS andAMERIGUS
AMERIGUS PRAISES PRAISESGOTCH PRAiSESEOTCH
GOTCH AND MAH MAHMOUT MAHMOUTBaltimore 1OUT 1OUTBaltimore
Baltimore Grappler Thinks Bout BoutBetween B iut iutBetween ut utBetween
Between Pair Woujd X uld Be BeBest BeBest BeBest
Best in Years YearsBALTIMORE YearsBALHMOIU YearsBALTIMORE
BALTIMORE Dee 34 4AmerIeuii Awfterksiw the theBaltimore tbeBaltimore theBaltimore
Baltimore wrestler wre Uer when told today todaythat todaYthat todaythat
that his 11 recent conqueror Yusiff Mali Mahmout MaliJ1Mut Malimout
mout was to wrestle vre Ue Champion Frank FrankGotch FrxnkGot FrankGotth
Gotch Got h had this to say sayit sayt sayit
it t would be one of the best bouts boutsin boutsIn boutsin
in the history of the mat and I do not notthink nottbtnk notthink
think I could pick the winner Mah Mahmout Mahmeet 1ahmout
mout is the quickest big man I have haveever haveEVeI haveever
ever seen and I was astonished at both bothhis bothhis bothhis
his strength and endurance At foot footwork f90twork footwork
work I think he has something mthing on onGotch onGotch onGotch
Gotch but down on the mat the Amer American AmerIcan Amerlean ¬
ican looks good d to me meAlthough meAlthough meAlthough
Although Mahmout has ample en endurance endurance endurance ¬
durance as a he proved with me I would wouldlike wouldlike wouldlike
like Gotchs chances and if Gotch Gotchshould Gotelshould Gotchshould
should get et me to help him prepare for forthe forthe forthe
the bout I would advice him to get et to tothe tothe tothe
the mat as soon as possible and try to towear towear towear
wear out the Turk Gotch is a a wonder wonderful wonderful wonderfIll ¬
ful ivresUer and I believe he eould do dothis dOthis dothis
this
Certainly Gotch and Mawmout are arenow arenow arenow
now the thexIds worlds greatest wrestler restlera and anda
a contest between them would create createeven createeven createeven
even greater excitement than that be between be betveen betweeI ¬
tween Gotch and Hackenschmldt
Kid McCoy has reached Paris where wherehe wherehe wherehe
he may take up professional proe afona1 automo automobile automobile automobile ¬
bile racing racingYoung racIngYoung racingYoung
Young Corbott has been matched to tobox tobox tobox
box Cyclone Johnny Thompson at atNew atNew atNew
New Orleans on January Januar 14 14The 14The 14The
The fifteenround bout scheduled scheduledfor scheduledtor scheduledfor
for last night at Baltimore between betweenHughev betweenHughey betweenHughey
Hughey McCann of Philadelphia and andYoung andYoung andYoung
Young Brltt was postponed till Jan January January Jannary ¬
uary 15 15Fred 15Fred 15Fred
Fred Welsh and George Memelc Memelchave Mem Momalcbae lc lchao
have been matched to box ten rounds roundsat roundsat roundsat
at the Pacific Athletic Club Los An Angeles Angeles Angeles ¬
geles Cal on January 5 They are areto areto areto
to weigh olgh 133 pounds at 6 oclock oclockStanley oclocktAnloy oclocktanloy
tAnloy Kotohel is reported to have havedespised havedespised havedespised
despised the boxing anility a lUty of Sam SamLangford SamLangford SamLangford
Langford that he bet as high as 11 to
2 and 3 to to1 1 on Jim Flynn the Pue Pueblo Pueblo Pueblo ¬
blo Col fireman to whip Langford LangfordThe LangfoxdThe LangfordThe
The fact that Langford put Flynn Fl nn
positively po Ulvely refused to commit an aJMult aJMulton alt
on Hart HartAh HartAll lIartAh
Ah these e art sweet eet memorf memories in try trying trylug ¬
I ing to dope out the maybe fight 1 < ht which whichis
is I if scheduled sched ed to begtn 11 a II in in Syd Sydney SydlIty Sydlacy
lacy Australia Australia on December X 6 1SWS 1SWSwhich l 1ohlch t twhich
which time corresponds to S p m mcember De December Decamber ¬
cember 25 1906 In Washington Vashln ton D C CVe CWe
W We Ve almost t overlooked the fact that thatJohnson thatJohnllOn thatJohnson
Johnson has already alr d written a letter to tothis toth tothis
this th country cha rIng the t e Burns crowd crowdwith crowdUh crowdwith
with Uh trying to rame it t up with him himbut himbut himhut
but adding that he will 11 doublecross doublecrossthem doublecrothem doublecrossthere
them if his managers enter > r into such a ascheme ascheme a ascheme
scheme schemeNeither schemeNeither schemeNeither
Neither Has Shown Much MuchConcerning MuckConcemlng MuchConcerning
Concerning the real merits of the two twomen tomen twomen
men it is a battle extremely hard to tofigure tofigure tofigure
figure out in advance Both are good goodboxers goodboxors goodboxers
boxers but neither has met the ac acknowled acknowledgfd acknowledgd
knowled knowledgfd fd American present Jre ent or ex exchampions exchampioB cxchampions
champions Their work ork has all been beenagainst beenagainst beenagainst
against admitted second or thirdraters thirdratersmany thlrdratersmany thirdratersmany
many of them middleweight Still at attimes attlmetI attimes
times both have shown on flashes h of class classBurns cl clBurn classBurns
Burns Burn beat at Jack OBrien in that double doublecross doubleerOM doublecross
cross match although OBrien is on OM o of ofthe orth ofthe
the th fastest and hardest hitting hltU over overgrown overgrown overgrown ¬
grown middleweight mlddlEw lshla the country countryever baa baa6ver hisever
ever had That proved he was no noslouch tlouch IsOglouch
slouch He eui c n hit he can box Ox well welland welland
and 541 can probably IStand tand punishment if ifhe iihe Ifbe
he wants to But he is handicapped in insize 1ftsze insise
size being only I t feet t t 7 inches in < hea tall and andweighing andweighing ReI ReIwehthlng
weighing about 190 pounds poundsJohnson pouooJohn80n poundsJohnson
Johnson is over six feet and should shouldweigh shouldweigh houkeiAh
weigh eiAh from from 210 O to 280 pound patina Presum Presuming PrMUmlug PresumbIg ¬
lug it is a case of a good little man managainst managainst managainst
against a good big man and that t at the thegood theSood thegood
good big man should therefore win it itlooks ItJooks itlooks
looks all Johnson JohnsonThat JohlUtOpThat JohusopThat
That Johnson Punch PunchBut Punc11Bul PunchBut
But despite delplte the fulsome boosting of ofhis oChili ofhis
his alleged wonderful prowess prow John Johnson JohnlIOn Johnson ¬
son has not lived up UI to his inches Inc as asin asIn asIn
in the Marvin Hart case Again he hefoiled hefajled hefailed
foiled to knock out Joe Jeanette in five fiveshort ftveilhmt fiveshot
short bouts and ud only onl got the decision decisionover declalos9ver OR ORfiver
over fiver Jeannette in fifteen rounds in Bal Baltimore Baltimore BaItimore ¬
timore Young Peter Jackson a colored coloredmiddleweight eoloredmlddleelght coloredmiddleweight
middleweight stuck twelve round v wth wthhim j + h hhim hhim
him in Baltimore and Johnson lost H Hbig Itblf abig
big > bonus by b not sending him to steep IeepIn sleepin steepin
in twelve rounds AS he had undertaken undertakento
I to 410 so 0 It took him eleven rounds to toknock toknock
knock out Jim Flynn in San Francisco Franciscowhile Jlnwetcowhile Franciscowhile
while Sam Langford Lan font < turned that trick trickIn trickIn trickin
In one round roundIt roundIt
It was not until the twentieth round roundthat omdthat
that he knocked out ut Sam McVey cV y In Tan TanFruiici AnJlnuchtc an anii
Fruiici Jlnuchtc ii inciSct c < and poor trembling ark arkMonroe arkMonroe k
Monroe vho ho was a a really pitiful ooyct ooyctin
in the th ring with Jeffries went the lull lullPhiladelphia ull ullI u11PhiladelphIa
I Philadelphia l sixround route with wit the theoveradvertised theoveradvertised
I overadvertised oeladv rthwd Johnson person who whowell Whowell whowell
well remembered Jack did lave tone tonething w1ethmg toething
thing of a punch and hd onc once accident accidentally aoetdentaUv aneidentally ¬
ally sent Jeftres t te the floor or ora11 was wasalleged g galleged
alleged a11 ed to have dono ion it itOneFigut it itOneFirit ILOneFigtt
OneFigut ReptitatMM ReptitatMMJohnono Repvt RcputatiaJolmnsosi ttiH
Johnono reputation as a bad man malreany ts tsreally Isreally
really basvd on 0 one fight That was the theI theone
I one in whkii b hI sent Denver Ed Martin Martina iartl iartla
a huge and much exploited negro to tosleep toslefp tosleep
sleep in the second round IOQDdln in Los An Angeles Angel Angolan ¬
golan gel In > n 1K with < what was said by bythose b bI byI
I those present tc have been the hardest hardestblew hardestblcW hardestI
I I blew they ever 18w w If yo you can snow snowu Bbowany showany
u any worlds world championship timber in ina Ina Ina
a record r ord like that providing there were wereaay wereMy wereafly
aay real heavyweights of ability these thesedays th thda themdays
days da w we will IK you buy the Sunday Sundayafternoon Sundayafternoon Sundayafternoon
afternoon Times for a penny pennyBurns pennyBurns pennyBurns
Burns record of r two draws d with Uusjo UusjoKelly Ht8Keny HtoKelly
Kelly a knockout of Jim Flynn in fif fifteen arleen CCteen ¬
teen rounds knockouts of such sterling sterlingfifthraters Merllngfifthraters sterlingfifthraters
fifthraters as Gunner Mote and the thepres theprell theptes
pres dent of the Lemon Club Bill BillSqure BillSqure BillSqujre
Squre twenty rounds to settle ttle Dave DaveBany DaveBarry j
Barry and a loss and a draw in tweny twenyroumi twenyround twenyround
round bouts with Jack Twin Sullivan Sullivanimpresses SuJUvanImpr Sullivanimpresses
impresses Impr us like Itk a piece of cheese cheesewherefore cheesewherefore cheesewherefore
wherefore we will stop discussing the thenear thenfOaTchamp thenearchamp
near nfOaTchamp < 3amp for the > present presentBut presentBut nt ntRut
But wouldnt s eme me of that Australian Australianeasy AullltraJianeasy Australianeasy
easy mony mon y come in handy about this thisyuletide to1 to1yuletide thisyuletide
yuletide season seasonA seasonHERRMANN seasonHERRANN
HERRMANN MAKES MAKESA
A HEATED REPLY REPHCincinnati REPLYCincinnati REPLYCincinnati
Cincinnati Baseball Magnate MagnateHits lVlagnateHits MagnateHits
Hits Back at Murphy of ofChicago ofChicago ofChicago
Chicago Cubs CubsNEW CubsEW CubsNEW
NEW EW YORK Dec MGarry rry Herr Herrmann Herrmann Herrnsana ¬
mann has made a hot t reply to the state statement statement statemeat ¬
ment of C W V Murphy that hat the Xa Xationa latIon Nationti
tiona tIon Commission COJ ml lon had no right to ip investigate ipye ipvestigtc ¬
vestigate ye titatc the Chicago ticket scanda scandaHermann candaiHerrllun scamslaHerrimann
Hermann says in part partIt radIt partIt
It has been clearly clearl established that thatthe thatthe thatthe
the Chicago baseball public was as treated treatedoutrageously treatedoutrageowly treatedoutrageouoly
outrageously in the last worlds world aferics afericsTickets JPrlcsTickets n rics ricsTickets
Tickets found their way into the hands bandsof handsof handsof
of scalpers and were sold at exorbitant exorbitantprices exorbitantprices exorbitantprices
prices These e tickets were obtained l in inthe Inthe inthe
the offices of the Chicago club before beforeany beforeaMY beforeaal
any public sale AI was as made at the places placesdesignated lJiaceadet placesdesignated
designated designatedWhile det designatedWhIIe nated natedbile
While bile it is no doubt time that a asettlement asettlement asettlement
settlement was as made by your YO I1 dub for forthe forthe forthe
the tickets that were returned in so far faras faras faras
as the players nd te concerned it itmust Itmust itmust
must not be forgotten that these tickets ticketsshould ticketsshould ticketsshould
should have gone into 10to the hands of the thepublic thepublic thepublic
public who stood in line many hours hoursand henriand
and 00 who were desirous of obtaining olU iHg
them t em at regular prices pricesTee pricesl1e pricesTbe
Tee Chicago club has been n Jnoon
sistont in this entire controversy and it
has been established over your our own sig ¬
nature To T prevent a recurrence of this
I kind in future the commission Comml aion will adopt
rrIfSTan rules and d regulations regarding the IIe e
of ticket for all coming worlds worJds series rf A
Current Comment and Timely T n1ely Topics TopicsGleaned
1 Gleaned GleanedFron From the Sporting Sport ng World
away in one round means the Jos o om 5 of
a big wad of money by Ketchel KetchelDan KetchelDan I IJ
Griffin J Dan E Morgan the ° rsn n Australian manager lightweight of Charley Charleywon
won 800 on a bet that Tommy Tomm afur ldur
phy ph would not knock Griffin out whe whel i
they met at Boston on Tuesday night nightAl nightAl nightAl
Al Kublak the young heavyweight h68v elght
boxer wbo has done so well recently
has returned to his home at Grand
Rapids Mich for Christmas He will
be back after the holidays holidaysAll hOlidaysAll holidaysAll
All the California fight clubs after
turning Sam Langford down for years
on accouit of his being a negro are
now hot after him to fight since since he
showed his class cl by knocking Jim
Flynn FI nn out in one round roundJim roundJIm roundJim
Jim Driscoll has hasAbe promised t9 t be
back in England by March 1 and 1
Abe Attell dont sign articles within withinno
two weuS weos to fight him there will m be beno beno
no chance for a match between them themI i
I
IGOOP Tbop GOOD TWIRLER TWIRLERt L
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R B WHITNEY WHITNEYRecently WHITNEYRecently WHITNEYRecently
Recently Elected Captain of the East Eastern Eatern Eastera ¬
ern High School Baseball Team Teamfer Tea Teafor Toastfor
for the Coming Comin Season SeasonWHITNEY SeuoAWHITNEY SeeouWHITNEY
WHITNEY CHOSEN CHOSENEASTERN CHOSENEASTERN CHOSENEASTERN
EASTERN CAPTAIN CAPTAINBig
Big Slab Artist Will Lead Capitol CapitolHill CapitolHill CMpitolHill
Hill School on the theDiamond theDiamond theDiamond
Diamond DiamondAt
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At a meeting IDeCU of the athletic associa association aIICK aIICKUOIt association ¬
tion recently held at the Eastern Kibh KibhSchool rubltSchool Iihhool
School hool R 1L B Whitney was elected cap captain captaln caplain
lain of of the baseball 11 team tea for the com coming eoIIIII eeoclag ¬
ing season seasonWhitney 1IeItODWhitney seasonWhitney
Whitney who twirled twirJ on last years yearsteam yeartteam years yearsteam
team is one of the beet lINDen the theLight tlMI4ht theLight
Light Blue and White have had for forthe fortht forthe
the past t several years aad 1d with the tnematerial themateItaJ thematerial
material which he has at t hand should shouldturn shouldturn shouldturn
turn out a very capable nine Whitney Whitneyis
is a sixfooter has plenty pltnt if t speed and andwith aDdwith andwith
with the seasoning sea which be got in inast 111aat inlst
lst ast years campaign campa n should easily lead lesxlthe leadthe
t the h rlabmen la men in the scholastic organisa organisation ofCanbIatJon organizalion Jeta4j ¬
lion next xt year yearHe yearHI yearlie
He made his debut to high h h school schoolathletics ctIooIlathl schoolathletics
athl athletics s as a a twirler last I season that thatbeing thatbeing I
being the first time which he had ha4 DCI ol err errpUiyed eTapwyd everplayed
played that position and although his hisshowing hisshowing
showing < was not particularly bright th thexperience thex the theexperience I
experience ex nce gained alned from a season on th thsand thand Iasand
sand lots promises to develop him into intoa
a good t wirier twlrierThoae twIrlerThose wirierThose
Those whom Captain Whitney has as a ai anudeWi anucleus
nucleus from last 7ar years team team are Mar MarUn Martin
i tin who captained and DeI caught Ac AcI AcD AcDFltbuKO AcnFltzhugn
I Fltxhugh Parker Lelanu and aadCJaue aadCJaueI Cn CnDucfcpin Ghw GhwIDuckpin
aadCJaueJ J
I IDuckpin Duckpin Standing StandingDISTRICT I IDISTRICT
DISTRICT LEAGUE LEAGUEW LEAGUECapitol
W L L Pet PetCapitol PotCapitol
Capitol Hill 22 22Royals I gRoyals 31 31Roa
Roa Royals 21 21Garrisons l 3 3Garrisons iel ielOrrisoluJ
Garrisons eo i 11 11Beunonts i i iBelmouta GI GIBellDoota
Beunonts Ik IkBesotutes i 1 i iResolutes w wResolutes
ResolutesSenators Resolutes is isSenators 15SeDato
Senators SeDato Senatorsilummers 14 14Hummers 14IIummen
Hummers ilummersSpariuughg 12 12Sparroughs J8 IOt IOtS
Sparroughs S 32 32ArHngtons i 18 18Arltnstoas isArftngtons
ArHngtons ArHngtonsSerenaoers I ISereWulers i 31C 31CSerenaders
Serenaoers S SCOLUMBIA fiCOIs1ThLBA ZI II IICOLU1lClJfA
COLUMBIA COIs1ThLBA LHAG3JE LHAG3JEW LIWaJXW
W 1 1s L i Pet
rs rsCubs Pcpcas PcpcasIndians s 12 12as
Indians as asCubs j jCubs
Cubs M I IEl 1 1n t tEl
El Grlfios GrlJ t 13 jo joCOM34MIC1AI edCOMICILIJ 1 1C
COM34MIC1AI C CUL L8A ItGtJB ItGtJBW TZLw fTS fTSW
W w I L Pet
Moses 3t 7 7Kann 741
Kann IS w SM e
P PBCO B Jik Co M t n SGO I IWash
Wash Tofcocet TotNt e Ce Ce M u > m
W WaisdL V and L 0 u ja S
Hurley K SIt
Safes sk eI Co u uPalate M s sPahale
Palate Royal 11 15
K Kings D s Palace PataeeHoward S as
Howard < S SGiants y yPLtTl a aPLATE
PLATE PttnnIms PttnnImsGiants Pa TgZS TgZSI
Giants i iShoemakers L I 1 1hoemakera W T i Ifi Pet
Shoemakers ShoemakersNationals t a 5Z 5ZatloAa1s
Nationals NationalsStars atloAa1s g j i
Stars StarsTigers 7 Ii j1S
Tigers TigersCubs TigersCube 441
Cubs CubsFowls CubeFowls 1 I m
Fowls FowlsJohnnies 5 c 3 g
Johnnies JohnniesBURNS JohnnIeBURNS I 338 338BURrS
BURNS MAY FIGHT EIGHTBARRYOR FIGHTBARRYOR FIGHTBARRY
BARRYOR BARRY OR KAUFMAN KAUFMANWires KAUFMANVires KAUFMANWires
Wires Jeffries Club That Offer for forScrap forSlrap forSLrap
Slrap Would Be Con Considered Considered Considered ¬
sidered sideredLOS sideredLOS sideredLOS
LOS ANGELES Cal Dec 34 ATbe ATbeTetrrles 4TheJeifries The TheJeffries
Jeffries Athletic Athletic Club today announced announcedthe annouaeeclthe annouseedthe
the receipt re elpt of a cablegram from Tommy
Burns which whl h read as follows Will Willconsider WtIIcon8kler Wiltconsider
consider offer offerThe offerThe otterTli
The Tli some mne wes s in answer to a a dial ba1 ba1i ¬
i lenge from fro > m the winner of the Kaufman KattfmanI
I Barry Barr battle bRttJer battleFront i iFrom
r From lo rom this it is judged j ed ihat Burns B rns rnsI i
I declaration that tM t he would not tight tightagain tishtagtcn fightagain
again for one year Is not to be taken takenseriously takenseriously
seriously seriouslyBALTIMORE seriouslyBALTIMORE
BALTIMORE SCRAPPER SCRAPPERMAY SCRAPPERIvlA SCRAPPERMAY
MAY IvlA Y MEET MEETSCR000S MEETSCR000SIIALTIMORE SCROGGS SCROGGSBALTIMORE SCROGGSDALTIiIORE
BALTIMORE Md Dec 24 24nSoldier 24nSoldierBnrns 2SoldlenBarns Soldier SoldierBarns
Barns is 1 making great preparations for forhis forhis forhis
his next appearance in the arena which whichwill whichill whichwill
will ill be very soon as he expects to ac accept ac accept accapt ¬
cept the challenge of Harry Scroggs Scroggsprovided SCrOKSXovlded Scrosprovided
provided Scrocgs will make weight weightBurns weightBurns
Burns has used his little interval of ofleisure oCleisure ofleisure I
leisure for some systematic training He
has made dally visits vh t8 to the gymna gymnasium gym gymslum gymniislum ¬
slum is doing lots of road work Wk and andlooks andlooks andlooks
looks forward to giving local boxing boxingenthusiasts boxiroenthusiasts boxingenthusiasts <
enthusiasts a great surprise He says saysthat
that he bas abandoned covering up upmethods Up Upmethods upmethods
methods which if so will delight dell < ht his hisfriends hisfriends
friends who consider that with that thatone thatone thatone
one objection no more skillful or ener energetic enerseUc energetic ¬
getic little fighter than the Soldier Soldiercan Soldiercan Soldiercan
can be found in this locality localityUMPIRE 1ocalltyUMPIRE localityUMPIRE
UMPIRE EGAN MOVES MOVESMEDIA MOVESMEDIA MOVESMEDIA
MEDIA Pa Dec M John John Egan a amember amember amember
member of the staff of umpire of Ij the
American League who has been resid rosldIng ¬
ing here has removed with hie hI family
to Providence R I where hewill spend
the winter months
AUSTRALIA IS WILD WILDOVER WILDOVER WILDOVER
OVER OVER COMING FIGHT FIGHTNo
No Such Excitement Since Burke and Foley Met let in 87 87Consensus 8 87Consensus
Consensus of f Opinion Gives Johnson the theBattle thef
f i Battle BattIeComment BattIeCommentBy Comment CommentBy
By W W NAUGHTON
SAN PKANCISCO It N CISCO Dee 31 ISam Sam Pits Pitrpairtek PitsIJSLniek I IJJlLtriek
pairtek maaagor msang r of Jack Johnson Johnsonwrites Joh Johnsonwrites 8Qn I
writes from rOM Newcastle Australia Au raHa that thatinterest thatinter
interest inter in the th coming match between betweenJohnson betweenJohnson I I
Johnson and Tommy Burns is intense intenseAocordtiMr IntenseAccording e i
According Accontt to Fitzpatrick Kangaroo Kangarooland Kangarooland I IIa
land is boxing D xi mad at present pre ent and it is isa isa
a source of regret to th the old time sport sportIng sportlag j jing I
ing men of that tha t section that Australia Australiahas Australiahas
has no fighters of its own who eaa eaaclaim IUIcIa1al caaclaim
claim championship Ip calibre calibreHer calibreH calibreHere
Her H Here is what Fitzpatrick has to I say sayYou sayYou 1
You would uld be surprised dt U the in interest 18t hiterest ¬
terest t that hi istaken taken here in L e twenty twentyround twentYIroalld twentyround
round so between Jack J boson and andTommy fLItCITOMIRy andTommy
Tommy Burns The bomb began of ofcourse oreou ofcourse
eou course when w Burns UrJUI arrived in the Gel Colonies Gelonies ¬ I
onies IN to box Squires and at the pres present preaeat pee peeeat ¬
eat time there are moe fellows talk talklag taI1tJac talklag
lag fight iIgt than there were bock in K Kwhen Slwhen 17when
when Jack Burke the Irfcfe I ted 1adred spur spurred sparred ¬
red Larry Foley at the Caniogton CaniogtonCricket CarnlngtonCricket I ICricket
Cricket Grounds near Sydney I often oftenbear otteRbear oftenhear
bear some of C the old timers remark remarkWhat rerkIIat remarkWiat
What IIat a shame that we have no Prank PrankSlavins PraalcSlavm FrankSlavins
Slavins and Peter Jackson HOW It we wehad webad wehail
had you cculd bet your life we would w6u1dnot wouldnot wouldnot
not be waiting to see two foreigners foreignersfighting f foreignersfightiog et i
fighting for the worlds wurld championship championshipCeunt cbwaplOlUllUpCeuM1nt chaniplunshipCetdnt
Ceunt H Hold M Johnson JohnsonThey J JohnsonTbey HOn I ITbey
Tbey opened the box yesterday No Nevemtoer Noveinber I IyfJllltMJr
vemtoer M D and everythme points to a abumper abumper i i1owapet
bumper gate Burns Du at A iinson 1UIOft are arenaru arehard I
hard naru at wotk wet 1L k Tommy is I up in I the theBlue theBlue I
Blue Mountains and we are located at atthe atthe atthe
the old St Joseph Banks Hotel at atBotany aty atBetasty
Botany y I am in Newcastle for a day dayor dayor
or two Have Ha ve been taking a run down downher do dohere downhere
her here to s Nt e the folk folks and I nay arrange arrangefor arr1lDtor arrangefor
for a eouple of exhibitions by Johnson Johnsonat
at this th point before tire date < Jat ate of the theflght theI thefight
fight flghtI
1 want to teM you that I never neverwanted neverWahled neverwanted
I wanted to come out here but Johnson Johnsonwas Jo Johqsonwas re reWII8 n nCfzy
was crazy to get I t at Burns and there therew therewas
w was no holding him I wanted to keep
Burn until we could get a fair aJr share shareof shareof are areoC
of any purse that was offered olf < ed As long longas lon longas
as be W WM K somewhere handy we had a achance acbaDce achance
chance of forcing forct him into a fight in inAmerica inAmerica InAmerica
America for although altho he claims to toHe toe
He e thiekAinn thkk dnn4d d about criticism crlUcl lft he hehates hbat hehates
I hates bat being panned However w we had hadto hadto hadto
to follow him and now that we are areso areo areso
so elo close > on his hl heels beel I feel eol tluf th lb t Master MasterTommy XasterTommy MasterTommy
Tommy is in for the whaling or r his life lifeThis 118Th Iif IifThis
Th This climate surely do s agree e with withArthur withArthur ith ithArthur
Arthur He ts bigger and stronger UO er than thanhe thanbe thanlie
he ever warn tot hi W life II and a 4 unless w wget we weet weget
get et one of those FtaimmotuSi FltssimmoasShrkey FltssimmoasShrkeydecisions Shalkey ShalkeydedadoDS arkey arkeydictations
dictations I cannot see where Burns B r has hlla hasa
a lookla looklaSorry Iook IookSfiI lookIaSorry
Sorry fr Bunts BuntsTommy BarnsTommy
Tommy is a slight Usht favoit favo it te in the thebetting tb4bettbc thebatting
betting at present t but thU lh thu will oftl not notlast otla notlast
last la l It is t th the general < eoeral opinion among amongthinking IItCgthlDJdDg amongthinking
thinking sports that Jack will start a astrong astroDe astrong
strong favorite The men are areto supposedto supposed supposedDec
to M In the rID at 11 a in Dec I eeelllbeI eeelllbeIaDd Decembeaand mbe
36 and ready for business bosineatIn bualDe8tIn businessIu
In conclusion I want to tell you youthat youtt youthat
that Owe those wh who se ee Job Jobmom t D n at work workfor workfor
for the first time go away feeling ftellngsorry Jinr Jinrrry
sorry rry for Burns We are looking for forward forward forwaid
ward to Johnson winning welt inside in4deto IIdethe insidethe
the tweutyrouad mark aDd we expect expectto
to be in San Francisco ir ttet early earlypavt euypa earlypEt
pEt pa t of March Yours You sincerely sincerelySAM elacecelySAX slacetetyFITZPATRICK
SAM FITZPATRICK FTTXPATRICKConsensus FITZPATRICKConsensus FITZPATRICKConsensus
Consensus of Opinions OpinionsAll OpinionsI I
All in Favor of Negro NegroNEW NegroNEW I INEW
I IBunaJoIluon
NEW YORK YO Dec 34 3L 24Interest Interest in the theBurnsJohnson theBurnsJohnson
BurnsJohnson fight at Sydney New NewSouth New NewSouth NewSouth
South Wales on December St te grow growing 1rIOwlac growlag ¬
lag The consensus OILU of the sporting IIpOIthaclra IIpOIthaclraten Ira fraternity Irateratty ¬
ternity ten ty is that Johnson will whip the theCanadian theCaudIaD theCanadian
Canadian CanadianSvcn CaudIaDSach CanadianSuch
Such champions as Boa rttssimmons rttssimmonsJim 7ttnstmmonzJim IIUDODS IIUDODSTim
Jim Jeffrie Battling < Nelson oD Sam SamLangford SamLa SamLangford
Langford La and Tom Shmrkey are all a aunit aunit aunit
unit that Johnson toh will be the winner winnerHere winnerHere IItter IItterHere
Here Is what bat they say 7 about the themill themill themdl
mill millFUxsimmons millFt
FUxsimmons Ft If UToJuMoa Johnson is fit he hewill hewill beWill
will cut Burns Bu to ribbons I think thinkJohnson thbk10011II011 thinkJohnson
Johnson could lick three men of Burns Burnscaliber BurnscaUber Burnscaliber
caliber caliberNelson caUberNeboa caliberNelson
Nelson Class C will wfci wra the tattle and andBurns aDdBurns andBurns
Burns never compared with Ilk Johnson Johnsonas
as a scientific pugilist ll8t en n J lard rd hit hitter bitter hittei ¬
ter terLongford Longford ord uJotn Johnson on is a fighter and andCHANCE aDdCHANCE andCHANCE
CHANCE TO REMAIN REMAINSAYS REMAINSAYS REMAINSAYS
SAYS LEAGUE HEAD HEADPresident HEADPresident HEADPresident
President Pulliam Thinks the Cub CubLeader CubLeader CubLeader
Leader Will Be in Line LineNext LineNext LineNext
Next Season SeasonLOS SeasonLOS SeasonLOS
LOS ANGELES Cal Dec LFraak LFraakChaitce Fra Fr8Bk Fr8BkCbaBce lc lcChance
Chance will remain J1 with wtt the Cubs as aslong asJon aslong
long < as his playing ability ablH continues continuesdeclares contAIUleIIdeelare continuesdeclares
declares President Harry Pulliam of ofj orthe ofthe
j the National League who tame anse hire to toinvestigate toInvestlpte toInvestigate
investigate the war between th the reg regulars reculars regulars ¬
ulars and the outlaw baseball I teams teamsWhen t tcamnsWhen 1UIUS 1UIUSWheR
When asked about the probability of ofChance orCbaDce ofChance
Chance Quitting the Cubs Pulliam said saidAll saidAll saidAll
All that sort of talk is pure tommy tommyrot tommyrot tommyrot
rot A man who has h had the brains brainsto brainsto brainsto
to turn out three pennant whining whiningteems wtnDlngtt2tn8 winningteams
teems has too much gray matter matt in to quit quitorganized quitorpnlztd quitorganized
organized ball because of o a few minor minordifferences minordl minordifferences
differences dl < rences with Murphy Those differ differences differences differences ¬
ences will all be ironed out before next nextseason textaea nextseason
season seasonBRESNAHAN onBRESNAHAN seasonBRESNAHAN
BRESNAHAN WANTS WANTSLITTLE WtNTSLITTLE WANTSLITTLE
LITTLE ROCK PARK PARKLITTLE PARKLITTLE PARKLITTLE
LITTLE RGCK Ark Dec 24 24Roger 4 4Roger 4Roger
Roger Bresnahan now manager mana r rthe of ofthe ofthe
the St Louis National League team teamwas teamas teamwas
was as here today in conference with withlocal withlocal
local baseball magnates regarding the theleasing thel theleasing
leasing l lng of the ball park here as a aLouis aprIng aspring
spring trainlnF training ground for the St StLouis StLouis
Louis Nationals NUon s He announces the thedeal thedeal thedeal
deal for the grounds has not been beenclosed beenclo beenclosed
closed clo ed formally but that the St1 St1Louis St StLouis St StLouis
Louis Cardinals C rdlnals would train here hereHe hereHe hereHe
He will bring his team here about aboutMarch aboutXarch aboutMarch
March 1 and remain a month re returning returning returning ¬
turning to St 81 Louis just a a few e days daysbefore daysbefore daysbefore
before the opening of the league sea aea80n season a ason
son He will bring a squad of about aboutthirtyfive ab aboutthirtyfive ut utthirtyfive
thirtyfive men menSTAR menSTAR menSTAR
STAR AGENTS AGEN fS WIN WINFROMTHEYMCA WINFROM VINFROIvl
FROMTHEYMCA FROMTHEYMCAThe FROM THE Y rv1 M C A AThe AThe
The Star Agents defeated the Y M MC MC MC
C A duckpin team last night on the thehitters thelaiters thehitters
hitters alleys in straight set setScoree sets HtsScOre6 setsScores
Scores ScOre6STAR STAR AGENTS AGENTSWhKeSrd AGE AGENTSWiitelord TS TSVhiteford
WhKeSrd SK 7Z 91 91Lease 91lAI StLOese
Lease rfl S4 74 74Sterne T4Sterno
Sterne e 95 9 79 S4 S4Crampton 84Crampton SiCramupton
Crampton K 14 11 totPodriek X XRodriek 91Podriek
Podriek U8 SO 113 113Richardson ll34IS
MS 43 43C 42O 458 458y 458Y
y lf 3 C CRichudoon A ARichardson
Richardson RichardsonFsrmage 78 S6 S m mFwrmase 69Fermage
Fsrmage FsrmageWorms 78 7 SK 5 5Worms 86 86Vorms
Worms WormsBiker 74 SB SBSS SIEikor 72 72Biker
Biker BikerBarnes SS TS TSSi 83 83Barnes SiBarnes
Barnes Si SO 8S 8SIHi8
IHi8 4 4j3 381 7
Burns Bur is a a bnsffisr bnsffisrJeffries aIIIII a aJeifnien v II I r
Jeffries Je < rt MB 0rse riM is too t snmN sese to toa Ma have havea
a chance with the tMGM big bteCans ai <
Cans Johnson J wW w win by a a knock ktIMtrout knekout knockout ¬
out in fifteen rounds roundsSharkey JOIIIMISbarkeo roundsSharkey
Sharkey The Tb negro should shosMten sboIdIItenroullda w wten
ten tenroullda rounds Height Heltrlatfavor reach and andfavor mnn
favor him himHow himHow himHow
How Burns and Johnson JohnsonCompare JohnsonCompare JohnsonCompare
Compare With ExChamps ExChampsNEW
NEW YORK Dec M 4If If TOWM TOWMBurns Toinesy
Burns holds h k his worlds world championship championshipafter cbana cbanaalter champioashipafter
after the Johnson Job fight he will be the theshortest theshortest I
shortest heavyweight champion physi physically pbJllically physicahly ¬
cally not financially AJuulcIaJI that America Americaever Asserleaever
ever had If Johnson wins he will be bethe bethe bethe I
the tallest PttRIllUllOlUJ jntnimmons was the thelightest theJohn
lightest lightestJohn PfbtetJob I
John Job L Sullivan the most famejs famejsof faMeI fame Ja Jaof
of the great champions developed in inNot InAmerica I
America WU a We man Not so verytall very verytall I
tall compared with some of the tileoC giants giantsof gmentaof
of the ring John stood i feet teet1ncJae Mft Mftcondition 4
Inches ID his JIOCkJI aos aDd tinned tIM tIMAt beam beamat
At 21 itO P when Ja bin 1 ghtIng ghtIngosadfthia ug
condition oIICoritett osadfthiaCorbtt conditionCorbett
Corbett who came next JleXt was S feet teetJ
1 inches taiL Jeffries was a full C feet
1 I1G Inches hichedeee dose to I feet t inches lathe Car
beLt was a full c feet 1 inches bat butput batput I
put up a great argument over being beingand beinga
a quart quarter c 8 Inch b lea than Je Jeifriesand I
and on being measured stretched up
the or < < quarter without lifting his I IM
he fr fr < i the ground gruz Jim 1 bad a apur ap4 I
pur 1M p4 f jopsdour hi those th fays < His Hisy Hisweight I Ielsht
weight elsht by y the way was w h5 I n pounds I
Then came Fltssimmons the freak of
the ring Fighting heavyweights bea ta with ¬
out any trouble Fltzsimmons was still stilla
a middleweight He claims that he
never scaled over 158 lS pounds in any of
his ngnu ftn11 Fits stood C 5 feet f t 1 inch so
hU weight was phenomenally light The
thing thln that made it possible was w his hisspiderlike hiliaplderlike hisspiderlike
spiderlike legs They had the ordinary
pipe stem of commerce C rc beaten to a
pump The same peculiarity accounted
for Joe Cans G aba ability try to make the light UgtatJeffries lightweight
weight e1 ht nIL nILJeffrtes limitJeffrles
Jeffries while only threequarters threequar of ofan ofaft ofan
an inch taller than Fltzmmmon was
nearly a hundred pounds header
Tommy Burns Bur looks like a pigmy pigmyheight
alllOn among pa giants when you notice only his
height But he weighs 182 I pounds and
sometimes more than that He H stands standq
5 f feet 4 I inches lach He H is bunt like Joe
WaJcou WakottdOMe close to the ground but
mabty bty poWful Should Johnson win
he will establish Ih a new hefeht heht record
for heavyweight champions
If Johnson n should ehf uJd win from Burns JI1arD
and he has a chancebe wtU be the tanK
black champion in hi his class Langford
if he can get near the middleweight aiddl4 wel8bt >
limit would make malt it hot for KeteheL
although Ketchel would trim him I
think thInk judging j1Jdah from fr l general I records of
both men Ketchel is I as much beyond
Flynns clas classerf c cl aa IAftlffoni IAftlffonieft showed hiss
serf > to toJohnson be beJohnson beJohnson
Johnson Money MoneyAppearing Mo MoAppeari MoneyAppearing
Appearing Appeari m in Wads WadsSYDNEY WadsSYDET WadsSYDNEY
SYDNEY X S s W Dec at 3L8etttII 3L8etttIIon Betting Bettingon
on the Tommy BurnsJack Johnson Johnsonfight lohaaoaapt Johnsonfight
fight for the championship p of the world worldwhich arid i iurday
which Is cbeduJed to take place Sat Saturday Saturdy
urday morning at 1 10 oclock doek to becom becoming becojoclag ¬
Inc brisk The Job
Johnson money is com coming coming cornlug ¬
ing in in wads from the negros ae ad admirers admirers admirers ¬
mirers out in the province and the odds oddsare oddsare oddsare
are rapidly > apt l shortening shorteninglie IIborenIDCBIrIUI shorteningBwns
BIrIUI at one time WU s a 1 1 1Ite ta taUe
lie Ue but the sight of so much lch money
coming in to be wagered on o the negros negrosto 1IepO
chances have shortened the th od4 o4d to t 4
to S in Burns favor and plenty pIeD of mon money moDe mooey ¬
ey e is being b lnc wagered at that price While
t t is not n Jt < believed that Johnson will at atany atany atany
any time before the fight become the
first choice it to thought that by the
tlmv tim thIS men enter the ring Saturday
raorrinK the he betting will be 9 to 10 and
take yojr yo ir choice choioeOnly choileOnly choiceOnly
Only a E few small beta are being made madeW madewagers
wagers W ens of from M M ll to ISAd iig predominat mtaat ¬
lug The smaller wagers are being made
I by Individuals wfiile with the pool rooms roomsare roou
are handling the > larger la bets bets and there
is every indication that thousands of
dollars wilt change chan e bands on the result resultof resultof
of the big fight ftcbtPACKEY fightPACKEY
PACKEY GOES WEST WESTTO WESTTO WESTTO
TO EIGHT HYLAND HYLANDScrappers HYLANDScrappers HYLANDScrppcrs
Scrappers Meet January 15 I5Mc I5McFarland 15McFarland Mc McFarland
Farland Still Whines For Go GoWith GoWith GoWith
With Nelson NelsonCHICAGO NeJsonCHICAGO NelsonCHICAGO
CHICAGO Dec 24 CPaeke Pacfcey McKar McKarMwJl Mdarlid McIarak
MwJl lid Manager XaDa < er Harry Gilmore and andTrainer andTral andTrainer
Trainer Tral er Ktoeally KmeJI will leave for Los
Angeles An eIes Sunday Packer Paek is isto scheduled scheduledto hed 114 < d dto
to meet Fighting httac DIck Hytead m In a ten tenround tenround tenround
round bout before Tom McCareys Pa Padftc Paelk PacHic
elk A C C on January 15 and as Hyland Hylandis
is tough h picking plc for the best of the theUghtweights theUghtweights
Ughtweights ijght tcbt McParland does not pro
jjoee to take any chances ehahceMcFarIanj
MeFarland and Gihnore
plan to re remain re mentaln
main 1JU n on the coast until a match can
be arranged with either Fred Wtteh Wttehor
or Battling Batt1in Nelson Of course Packey
is anxious to hook up with the champion championand championand
and will not rest until the Dane comes comesout comesout comeout
out and says he will give the Stock
Yarder a chance to win the title titleKETCHEL titl titlKETCHEL titleKETCHEL
KETCHEL WANTS GO GOWITH GOWITH GOWITH
WITH HUGO KELLY KELLYIs
Is in Chicago and Will Tour East EastBefore EastBefore EastBefore
Before Returning to the theCoast theCoast theCoast
Coast CoastCHICAGO CoastCHICAGO CoastCHICAGO
CHICAGO Dec KStaaley Stanley Kethe Kethemiddleweight Xec Ketbemiddleweight he hemiddleweight
middleweight champion of o the world is i
In Chicago on his way w to spend the
holidays with his parents paren at t Grand i
Rapids Mien MienKetchel MInISKetchel
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although he has taken on onweight coMfcterable coMfcterableweight
weight since his fight Thanksgiving
Day with Billy Papke He i e eonkleablej has i MtU little to tosay t8say tosay j
say as usual of his plans for forfuture the
future but says he expected to fight I
Hugo Kelly on th tire cast C St before the
winter Is over overHe overHe I IHe
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ether Eastern points 1 Before he returns retuy
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abroad next xt summer to compete against againstthe agail18tthe againstthe
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stroke are too widely diverse in charac character character charactee ¬
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as have some past International races racesabroad racesabroad
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COLLEGE ATHLETE ATHLETEENTERS ATHLETEENTERS ATHLETEENTERS
ENTERS FIGHT GAME GAMETom GAME1011I GAME7am
1011I Tom Casey of the Villanova Foot Football Footbill Football ¬
ball Squad to Join Heavy Heavyweight HeavyWei Heavyweight
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son of Thomas Tb Edward E wanl Casey of th thYiHanora the th8VUtaoYa theVihianeva
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is unknown in the professional sioDal ring but buthe buthe buthe
he has taken boxing lessons for two twoyears two7fIU8 twoyear
years from Willie Cornell who won the thenational th thtJoaal thenational
national tJoaal amateur 13 15 1pouad Bouad champion championship daamplonSblp championship ¬
ship three years yea ago and be has a Ilk liking 1Ikfor Ilklug ¬
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the fact that Jack OBrien hr BOW wear wearwhich werI wearfag
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