The evening world. Newspaper, February 6, 1900, Page 10

a The Ex-Champion Has a Big Surprise for His Friends. Opinion Maker Will Make a Monkey of Pompadour Jim. Jim Corbett may or may not best Jef- perspiring, but scarcely breathing fas en} fries for the championship of the world) Conroy was puffing ee & freigh en it we on a hilly grade next month. If faithful, earnest trains (ory stood back easing fing, however, was al! that was neces- ingly on Corbett, sald sary to a victory, then Corbett might be ts a you're strong and better than [| | aid to have a cinch @& the champion- | ‘hought you was Corbett Inughed gleefully, The wore ship. He is certainly doing good, Bard | war good and. ne came cut of it well work, | He was pleased with himself The writer asked Cort ft he had} Here t# a man who on all form te certain to get the losers end of the purse in the coming coniest. At least that fs the way sporting exper's look | at the question. But Corbett doesn't think #0, He has money. He has a fine and paying bus!- ness. He has a magnificent home. But with all these temptations and the foser’s end of the puree surely in his} Grae he shows no disposttion to shirk fale work and ts training faithfully, decided upon any plan of battle. “| WILL WHIP JEFFRIES.” "Yes, I have.” he replied, “but I don't ing About tt. 1 believe and Tam working on la defintic system which I believs will surely enable me to do it, No man has yet seen me box with Rublin. I do }mean that wny one shall see me duri my training, not even the men who are helping me. 1 am golng to furnish surprite > & Kod ont of my Jeftrh | HIS TRAINING QUARTERS. incorpeit, has, settled into steady train-| Many another man would be inclined |:morning. He punches the bag and tackles @e loaf under similar coniitions, Ha) a heavier big. ‘Then he goes at they nt-lifting 1 Would feel that he was sure to Ket a few @ousands and would be content to take things easy. But Corbett is thoroughly tf In apite of the opinions of experts, who Believe to a man that Jeffries is sure to win, he 1s going ahead on the principle that he will win. He has gone down to Lakewood and femted a ramshackle bern. The inside he has sheathed with thick paper to keep out draughts. A big stove fur- niches heat. The arrangements are most primitive and are a decided change from the luxuries which Corbett enjoys in his own home. Corbett certainty looks well. His mus- les are not hard yet, but they have plenty of strength. ‘The writer saw Cor- ett and “Stockings” Conroy rough it and wrestle for twenty minutes At the CJ of that time Corbett was Rutlin and row re always quite bett makes 1 ny to callers Ex-Corporation W. HH. Clark) Grops in very often, In the afternoon Corbett either takes a long walk or a hi ride. He! never gnilops or canters his horse, but iu He says he finds it an excel A WAITING GAME. Corbet; must be given it for the @arnest way he is going about bis train- tng He evidently intends to give Jef fries the best at his command and means to 1 Me is {a condition, Diay @ wait- ing game tap. relying his foo belleved that he will din will fab can the route he may get a ad Ko over the Californian ¢ are many who believe that Corbett, and ‘that Die ‘of ribeshatierers the fight. wil end suddenly. ion | Is that the Boiler- patie RY “| WILL WHIP “JEFFRIES, ” SAYS CORBETT. 144094049006 1464 dG4 FAKE BOXING MUST GO. The Evening W one at every fake boxing mi Ipably ests are pul s!INZ LOOKING POR FIGHT. | 95,000 to Meet MoCoy tu a Few Days. 4 Bob Fitzsimmons, who has been train- * ing for some time with the expectation }| of getting on @ bout with some of the He) bie fellows sanepaied. lest night that nxtous for a st $5,000 In a few uy to winng ‘orbett- tebe enge the Jemtres maten. In posting t 2 money { ns that it i# @ challenge to every ne of the big fighters. a Ninth Hegiment Games, most nee rivairy has been up between local athletes and mates and followers over the andleap relay race to be de- nes of ghe Xavier Ath- atton and Cr vEapany G, Ninth at the Ninth Regiment on West Fourteenth street, this NOT A CROOKED FIGHT, © SAYS TERRY M’GOVERN, TERRY M'GOVERN. SAM HARRIS The story from Chicago that Terry|at the finish Everybody f mildent MieGevern bad broken confidence with) '! Pa bt would oo. Rantry very | @ numnber of ure-thing bettors by knock: | ia ty a BR ROR GEeTEL ROY, fing out Bidie Bantry the fitr ound You can say for me, as well ae for @f their recent six-r d ‘go’ at Moravers, that jneboty 1 ever get) nd t s into a crooked deal. We @ n the Chicago, ant cusstag ( Windy ClY! came for the money there is tn St Sports to lose $15.0 has stirred up] The receipts of the show amounted the sporting men in thie vicinity. to # trifle over #16,00, and the fighters Sam Harris, McGovern's manager, Pope Mg ate nun, it the says: ‘Tell, that ts about the mont] ing #119) cach. T absurd thing I have ever beard during ed. my connection with the purtlistic game. in tt In the first place, there wasn't $500 ber on Santry that he would last the six rounds with Terry. Every nine out of ten of those present af the fight wante! to bet all kinds of money a: odds of 2 Es SaNey Would ON bo on Ble Soot adi el ot | EIGHT-CLUB LEAGUE, OR A MISFIT TEAM. | matter as did his manager He med 1: would have please! him very ch if he could have knocked out Santry in the frst round eal A tried in every way to accomp) trick, Dut was not successful unit! the fifth round, A prominent stockholder in the N “Unless the Natio: Worke baseball nex “The New York Bi Mf anyching there w w York Ha: | League ts reduced to eight clu! mmer than was dished out t ehall Club will not be strengthened | be more ¢ on the team th t before trying thelr best to run in disrupting @ strong he New York manage at and “Certain ball players and impecunious c pund » the game into the end falr organizatic Ment will stand for » “The Haltimore Civb tried to grab 8%, ‘They have suce t have renehed t ore nonsers ite franct *. When th fact it fen't worth the price of th b hasn't even a Vease of the grounds. Besides the game ts dend ‘i Baltimore and really alwa has been “You can say authoritatively that the SF misfits uniew the cight-club plan ts a» nt are acceded to in every particu GREAT AND ONLY AMOS MAY BE SIGNED. (ipeciah 1» The Brenig Work) sNAPO Fob, 6—Amos Ruse Iné@iana. six miles from ‘ew York team will be made up of » i the demands of the | pted an r ” Nim sere Have Signed, According \o President ¥ Brooklyn « nine of the last years (eam hae al: their signed contracts for the comi: ne pereen Mr. Ehpetts claims that there| Is no truth in the report that President | ee with the New gem of of te, new jiierioen Association, qT feelin Set ee ee players: ady went in bees P mutes al LENAY SHOULD HAVE WOH. Bread ‘crensty Outpeinted by the Philadelphiaa—De- ot a Draw. "Kid" Broad, the feather-weight | boxer, of Cleveland, who has been win- | ning flight after fight during the past and who ts looked upon as a moat formidable opponent for Terry Me- Govern, more than met his match at the | Hercules Athletic Clud, Brooklyn, last | night, where he fought Eddie Lenny, the | Philadelphia feather-weight, a twenty- CORBETT m™ eid ATTITUDE. GILDER DEAD, |: Joucnalint, MAJOR R. . §. TYLER DEAD. ‘COL. BILL” Matt De- cle Sam, and 1 de ag xine Broad, The Phu ingelphian voted Broad for the first sx rownds, and should the decision, ” a: maine ve receive | GOLFER VARDON'S PLANS, pion Will Give an Ex. Revolutiontecd partment ¢ w ps Breve Soldier | } ed tote pid Are Is SoM Explorer a Soldier, Malor R at Oswego. ated ins! was a volunte New York olf Righty-firs the Civil War, retired as Cap | ; bas Monday—Ready was brevetted Major for gallantry at for gallantry. He was| jatehes, Cold Harbor. During the first Cleve-) ‘ id Frederick | Harry Vardon, England's cbampton | 05.40) with . k ar 2 will give an exhibition of his skit! jiane administration he second tn on the links next Monday at the Lau- |Chiet of the Mail Ei and held hin search expe: |tence Harbor Country Club, near Red the position through several adminis Schwatka, In 1s] Bonk, N. J tration n M. Dickinson, of De-| he De expedi- ie tO my present plans,” he was bts friend. He saved the Rowers was de- will leave for Plorida next Tucs- Lau- Nor. . the Gay after, my match 1 will visit the a memorable les across Bi- nt hundreds of thousands of | dollars Major Tyler leaves a daughter and two] “"" Oe Oe ee " ‘s 3. @. . emt ‘ Later he ined sons, whom ts t fi the survivors of the aieihe aft } nnsite datbedtiion Leseeten a ——— lost in the accident. i $ TO ELEVATE ATHLETICS. | Peseeeeeesonsooresosroees | i Sars rought In this country and be pressed. tices 7 'F YOUR ARE AGGRIEVED. ; mathe , wave @ eperting 3 Hockey Game To-Night. mee send it te The b Tre first Naval Battalion and the » Evening World. 1 will be Horkey Club of New York will meet in 3 @ champ 1p game of hockey at the T na * oracet Avenue Rink, Brooklyn, this HOW TO PLAY GOLF, BY EXPERT LAING, Seatare tn the pai a of golf, nearly le of tia own. It tp y ten for a person when sing a ball, preparatory to istving, stand in such a position as will gi the most freedo himeelf rej lightest ions differ widely slightest strain Opinions differ as to the question of how to stand addressing the ball preparatory to ing. The general attitude Is the same, but the very apparent and {1 rations are attributable to phy: Beginners Should Devote All Their Time at First to Driving. Proper Clubs to Use and How to Handle Them in the Game, Having disposed of all the preliminary! Preper Way te Weld the Clad. matter in yesterday's issue, I will now | ————_—______-—__—— coteaver to tnstrust the readers of the | addrmn she ball el Pesgotr Evening World in the first rudiments of | Tiana should be taken to fie of the & direct , shaft the game. ciup. Tt does not jutre @ Wweil-k if ball should be almost courte to learn the game oe ce line" ith le tet Ly it stretch of country will do, providing the! the same vertical plana with t grass Is not too rank. reat right with the My dea regarding beginners is nat {Pal joed they should not try to do too much at) toward the ball one time and I advocate their being/& half or two kept entiroly at driving for the first les- son The object of starting with @ full set f clubs is to have the beginner use the proper clubs for each Me as it occurs. ‘Thue firet impression is always the most jasting, and @ person starting properly wil! have no bad habits to break himself of Inter on and his advancement will be more rapid My reason for desiring @ pupil to take the first lesson in driving ts thet a great many people starting in the game of golf are very wtiff, and by taking their first lesson in driving limbers them up, and also gives them @ good idea of pia: ing their braseie and cleek shots through the fair green, as the swing and fol- low through is the same. The start is made from @ space marked out and called the teeing ground, withis the limits of which the ball must be teed. Teeing consists of taking @ pinch of @and and placing it upon the teeing ground in the shape of a pyramid, upon the top of which the ball, is placed, thus raising it from a quarter to « half an inch, as the case may require. the player thi antage Jow through, which he could not ebtain if his feet were on a perfectly straight or sliced. In a full swing an arc must be de- scribed on a line with the course with which the ball is to take, and unless it is a true are the ball will either be pulled or aliced. 1 would not advise o barineee. to take a full swing yal nee thorough con- fidence in taki and In swinging t! a . the ept on me time the back slowly, ar eye. should ‘be ht bail in & Sys re, with the left shoulder. In Kersy the club to come In con- taney eo ball, {t should be wang swiftly, at “without any great and the club must continue on t! after hitting the ball until ve rectl 2 right shoulder. till, whil Be need dtrettnover wiih the. Might of teh, which forms giiindl a Compiat mic) @ should not be taken off the Misi any portion of the stroke is ts plam of hi is against Ce side of the shaft instead of directly und Tl ick of the hand or knuckles will point In the direction tn which th is to be driven, while the “V" formed by the thumy and first Anger will point right straight down the righ hand Is gripped tmmmediately ba close up to t ve Jef bas already descrived tisfactorily ar- | ing to be done ts to "in the backward motion the weight all upon the rignt f and e ralaes the’ player ae body himself balancing slightly on the left tce, while the downward swing bet about the reverse condition, ¢ Of the body being transferred to foot, and as the club follows through after coming in contact with the ball, he player finds pis right heel has raised from the ground and he {» merely bal- ancing with his right toe on the ground, . stroke is used in brassie and ower in the downward stroke called preseing, which is the winner could get Into. a defeat| To-morrow 1 many expert through the fair rere While driving to be encountered. THE INTERMISSION i made Gael otenel exzeass fo evetomse whe emetn HOPE ir ics cation tonidh oc Ranch duce cammiiuede HOUSE eit. se. ee Ee HOFFRAN noues Tornte send sayweme coon cosstpt of 58 conte, 58 THE HILSON CO., Makers, New York. HOFFMAN HOUSE ENT LITTLE CIGARS | lOFnRs 10 MM AGNUMS “ rr 5 CENTS JBFFRIES-CORBETT FLUKE. Brady and Consid Can't Agree as te the Battlegreund—tn- oti Meeting. The meeting between Billy Brady and George Considine at the former's office erday for the purpose of selecting the battleground for the havy dt ————EEEEEE— roves apo lay ag ac tase RUPTURE CURED | ome. 6 Corbett was a fluke. tress is Cd f--A. Lay Ay fe New ‘ ri Rolla Tg Ree ies Wednesday afternoon, both ma ition ther will wares make «@ se- La ‘he disagreement between Brady an‘ conmdine wae over the choice of he Brey’ demanded demanded that the ee Bantea} it dee deo! ox, the Seaside Athletic Club, of Coney