Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
- 3 Choynski Had NotBeen os Insists that ft Was, While Tom - .@’Rourke Offers to Bet ian Was All Right)« wen He Met Walcott. n Corbett Says that if| Floored in the First, Rouna There light) Have Been a Different _ Story to Tell. ¢. 4 Broadway A.(. Friday night? Wee Ohoyneki Dhynical condi fight? Wa Cheynokt at fret refuse te fight because omer ht these wasn’t enough muney f the beuse or because he Brew Walcott weald brat dime ‘These questions are ail important just Row in pugilistic circles when the fate @f the Horton law hinges on the vote Of the Btate Senate. Recent “faky" charactér have no: PMO any £008 and fight promoters who Rave grown rich from the sport are meturally uneasy. Cheynskt's assertion that he war in no Cendition to fight Walcot: and went in the ring only after his ultimaty ruin was thweatened by the club ‘otela ls if he @ida't has caused a jot of talk in sport: fing circles. Those who think the came Rap been run to the earih in this city ané are in favor of the repeal Horton law believe Choyask! to Bis slaughter by Walcot: of the many reasons why such contests” should not be permitted in New York. CHOYNSKI COULDN'T FIGHT. Whether or not Choynski was in bad shape ts and perhaps always will be a , Matter of conjecture. He didn't look well when he entered the ring and tt ‘was very evident he couldn't feht, After ~ first knockdown in the first round Be seemed to have lost all his wonderful “lose who had him Might “Kid" | cause 1 &: fete tre in McCoy sat a at Rie miserable was escorted to a box by the manager. showing, It was apparent thac| pee" ss an ant ware ‘Whea ste turn tt inte an aggravated cape of De wasn't the thoynk of old, hence) Do you think Choynaki's condition teprosy. You haven't heard of him say- ing he was in poor shape. To show tolk. the Californian was not in the physical condition to enter the body is strongly vouched Dr. Joseph Muir, of No. 41 Weat sth street an DR. MUIR SAYS. | In @ lengthy talk with an Evening Wortd reporter the doctor iald stress on | ich fect that Choynski was not ft to yi ly see me last M Teet from the train which bre to the city,” said the doctor, le mv nod from a bail cold. He aatd tis ‘WAS stopped up and complained of ay di- nt him AMERICAN BOXERS WIN tes BEN ENOLAND IG STL) ERROR ce rans ee eee AND LOSE ZQKDON, Feb. %.—In the National | night Tommy He ae test Eh T iptoioen, ‘beat Bill Chester, of Lon ue @ fifieen-round bexing contest tn excelent condi- men appeared and they were fairly matched, At feo UA te Beet the New _ . Wevter at the Hereules Ath- lette cled. ity, the West Bide feather- made his appearance in the ‘Cauare” at the Hercules Athletic | might and there. while not dis- Be the skill and cleverness which * zat satisfactory Nght with Austis vreryeeverreeeeerresrrrrrorrrrr rT rar) dog from a customer, but he was un-| Bemmy of other days, he put | ‘dH WURLD: ‘VUBSDAY wv Niu, Shoilaas 27, 1900, “ TAS CHOYNSKI'S RIB BROKEN? aching pains a over his body. His ri eee | REVOLVER MATCH BY CABLE be could: ep and had <o retinal SHARKEY AND FIZ. wake left Chicago, twenty= four hours before. Americans Are hes. ieaty te Accept erhmsed Mieies ths baths is Fight “I gave him something ¢0 relieve him [ena e next day he came to A office @ Challenge from the MeCey First ané Then Meet d he felt a little better, He had Frenchmen. huch pegged rest. 1 treaced fim Saaky Bem. ‘0 Priday and advised him not| If arrangements, now under way, are; Beb Fitasmmons and Tom Shaskey e ficht. He said he couldn't get out eam com; the best ai atter he'd get tered hej eee St pores of are likely to be matched in a few éays, ‘ revolver sholg of ihe United States! sng peobebly at no later Gate than e, then, that Weigeis |i ee Sele cisaannabedsedonneseceessseasesaeceseen wilt soon engage in an International — |. ,000 DRINK it te One Glass of Sherry That Cost Him a Fortune | gee are. aien Chormett Ite was | asked | MIGOVERN MIGHT FIGHT H IEFPRIES and His ng Down- aman of W heaithy hee sis ble MoGover It cost young Griffo, the ersiwhile claver light-weight and now the abject lave to rum, $10.09 for one glass of sherry wine about a month ago in Chi- took "Te was us on One Se trying to defend his broken’ rib, and | * cago. trying nd his bro! rib, an Of course he didn't pass the money over in one bunch when he took the try © face blow took | * body. 1 don't know | #++*@2906-906-00¢0¢900000® ndition stood it hard cracks cott's corner and| match by cable with the beat shots of i how a span drink, but he might as well have done #9, | for he Is out of pocket fully that much and thousends of dollars besides. John Whitbeck, a warm frend of George Daweon, Young Griffo's mana- tella the story: ‘Wher. Griffo came to life the second lime and demonstrated by his bouts ut the Chicago Athletic Association and! | v oI ‘Rawr ke tell the negro at every | y, hit Choynaki tn the riba, | * 1° this kind should not be| No challenge has aa yet been re- and the Horton law, which | celved the Frenchmen, but they | 4 them, ought to he rope have made known @ desire to meet the |‘ O'ROURKE’S SIDE OF IT |snsrcam andthe itl hove say taken steps to aovept. j tating, Choyneki's statement Tom | Wien he dilate ena ; ‘hoynak had the heart scared out-of [became known here several preminen ; h hat's all. He knew he would lo revolver hots of of thie Tattersell’s that he was still # premicr ind simply held out for the money. He | eider i. found was ‘ tn his class, Dawson, who had his busi- was beaten frirly by little Walcott, and e es ness interests in charge, was deluged Big “otier Om * ta ped grace, b ing organisation to oe Monday. This ie the decision of Tom with offers of matches for him, nt!) Sinne it waa Waloctt, He wen leid up {oui | O'Rourke, the manager of the ¢x-eilor, hard fights, but easy exhibitions with a #0 badly that he couldn't train ince the 4 Me sed in who has decided that he will cover Fit sparring partner, and guaranteed purses | never 1 Cg i ES ae i i ng | 5.000 fortelt for » maton, and will be runging from $9 to fm. Every a h- even pounds ove 4 There's nothing in that brik Ab story, = of the A peste to Fe eS ie a club of note in the country wanted asked for will be scceded to by “The pecultar conditions under which O'Rourke, who says that he will wager ed Peet. we fag, made a bly any amount which Fits will name. advertisement for him, and letters an Youne . beth even if the fight is arranged {t 10 ured in from all parts of GRIFFO. ape on Mriday ni ly to be fought for sume time, as other chance with Walcott mak . hours, in accepting Fits's offer, ee & match right gan 8 ve Choynaie = af oy tae eq that, he will demand chance to get right i aleo yd 74 ey allowed to q ie for this reposition thai $10, the an agaist bea Yhoce can lot wy proftame dates be- All the sporting fraternity knows bow with! he em, and how Dawson, ie el the $10.0) worth let the winner take ail, Hove's These $10,600 engagements were only a CORBETT TELLS HIS STORY | “f en ‘and it ian as 4 tween them. fool friend cy ft st Then 67 ‘ool tagye t ie riffe's t- It he had kept sober, Griffe > i. : srenter ftrsation. 2 dsted on tak lass d have virtually coined t Jim Corbett, who prevailed | 8 pen L. = onal oF 2 Be 2 vane me oe png ey, colne money for Choyneki to go on efter fused, in an interview with an Bvening . Brighten Track's pow earerne?> yrid renorer tells what happened be- it. DR. REGINALD H, -SAYRE. JEFFRIES RE: ORTED Eile BO a a | A TO BE IN FINE CONDITION. big crowd and he said Payne a | Sauces *|EXPERT DE ORO + a eatis ee mos ea H hore’ would be} . ra % h md ch ien't, I came on here . Regardices of the many rumors to the ; 7” iat the money. "4 there's vio ib, iiesaeet Heo] mage, will be appeared’ v7 Resseense contrary, Jim Jeffries 19 sald to be In | A Ban ang ig 1 don't eed Iregre cage Tee 5. 0 | sneak parse condition, and « tic with the champion at Hot jen to thie city as follows: “You will seo a perfect athlete when ‘ho climbs through the ropes the night he boxes Corbett. When a champion has the least thing the matter with him it ie maltiplied tenfold, and I suppose ff he has a sty on one of his eyes peo- and if I di Beir Sees tate rs “eq BOB FITZSIMMONS CALLS stihl y oak rated hen eft im ing sure the fight | CORBETT A DEAD ONE. Record is Sen Sorbet eres then h Vitastrmons visited the Novelty Thes- fn Wuliameburg, Pa., last week and Wife Hal: g at td E reapoustnie for in det ne iw he was by no means a dead ope. , ontd: whet * think of tue condition, I would Whe the horse that, oun toa . “T have posted @ forfeit of 95,000 and Llee te bet the larger part of a big sum ‘eo ry s feoued 0 challenge to Jeffries te fight me ef money that he wine on May ll. The again for any amount, fae offer is open to everybody, and the peo- and nev f 4 If he will take on Bip ear Cena cee reaver ome had landed first on Wi : wp my offer tn s hurry.” and had floored itm at the start, there and probabt will it it to bd FOR SUNDAY BA BASEBALL. game, Broly peas fe inlght have been a different story to tell | to Po is amateur and not professi " ot pl (Gyoctel te The Bvesing World.) b. — 1 honestly thought Choynak! would ao cx cats DALY TO TRAIN M'GOVER win, and believe he thought the ok te secure some McGovern Is the latest resid Hie knew my brother Harry hana bet on him, but he didn't advise bly Com- sgh Lal and at that place he jun hard tranting hi Ld Re me to wire his to hede i : a || : RE23 a RAE RD ttt HOO Hl While the vietory of Nekernis at New Orleans yesterday brought many dollars) to his owners, Dunn & Davis, and those who had the Inside information, it will probably bring on trouble for both men and Jockey Botand, who rode the horse when he performed so poorly tn the heat of a week ago. As Nekarnie was herve Deae yah herroge amg and others of an inferior qualily made an odde-on favorite, but the MILLER only thing he could do was to get third AGAIN IN COURT, money in the second heat. Clawson hed ee a. ee When Mies Jennie Maguire, daughter! the mount yesterday, but as the price of James Maguire, manager of the was different--10 to 1—-Nekarnie wes 6 Fletchmann stabies, was dying in her | lifferent horse, and the steady play sent father’s home, at Fort Washington ave-| bie odds down to 7 to 1. i He was next to fue and One Hundred and Geventy-| last when the flag foil, but een ran [cate tnile “a te the Ul r ? Fg 2 3 3 Faithful Poodle Selected Rightful Owner Himself. ecu Syndicate Swindlers Ruamination | ever sorenth street, last Fall, ier constant | position won was, wast iba Conrt, 1 Une cane wuss ei mae Prin | te te fa gh Porky sietes Dariet Court, tn Breskirn + | Whe Was an Alleges Police When the ovachman lost the a ia Atée-é0-Camp. imal in | Fr not | corpus secured by the e's ores = December there was xrief in the house. | | Peatet retards % Davis ponding in stn to Clnipat tion ve dealaat ts teem A gang of Chinatown teoughe attacked mele. warn. Nekarnia, race. Johngy, dac-|tmmtion in supplementary proceedings. On Thureday inst at the Dog Show the family found the lost poodle, em- hibéted by Jacques Carpentier, a drug) gist, of 228 Mighth avenue. » | ee ‘1 raised that dog from a oupey.” Mr. Carpentier is alleged to have aut | Wel when Mr. Maguire demanded the 406. | hunsure ‘of seer @|and this was why he was summoned to surprise id © Hariem Court to-day, ben adh <p rage Kay 1” $| Mrs. Maguire and eight servants all! ft0"\ to tno 1B ti Pl Mdentified the dog as the lost Primes. | had run iast in all of Cafferty wae u very sore man He wes handcuffed to Keeper Kane Nei bully in the same race, but "He ted and were so gure of winning! Wileon gweon that he wea Mra. Maguire wept Ditteriy. there was on her. Une TOMMY HOGAN. | Carpentier said he hed purchased the| omean in the pand hat 2 ticker calling the man fo) the of the eighth round Hagan | le.te sive (he nase, Prteee pa 5) an - heavily on the Jaw, of| Magistrate § Oimeted hed disarm: y_ichael the px-bicycle ig A bd z { fell dazed and failed to brought behind Pehind the bench and ordered on Mise he f la ] L win rise in Ume. | the Maguire and Carpentier contingents [A Tre wee cue te the tage . » ' ha bel od uid a of London. beat ave Barty. of) to the rear of the court-room, in oppo- ji f..B . S : ; T ‘| Are oa . Philadelphia, easily in f thelr bou' | site comers, and to keep perfectly quiet, ie ane gi -——— | Then the dog was turned joose. down the room, fol- ‘endeavors tried to win auickly, but in| Prince wandered “eg Ghat he was disappointed, for, as the lowed by, ie oes Gt the specie fight grew older, Sammy began to recall! ome of ol dg oar miffed | Tent tor sweat auth the New Lemndower, | Queieceed turaed Away. Hie then wane’ Peter Mader wil not ight “Steehings Rice's point of attack was Kelly’ SBeaden Career ag, | Corer. the Trey henry-welght, at (he ‘Yesnewown Athietic Club to-night, as | Stomach and before the fourth round) Then he is Geniea & 2 tried arranged, owing to an injury of his had been finished Sammy's sides were | the bencd ang her bE. | right hand, which he received in et Ualite eet Rotteae animal's neck “iitand ine with Choynekt at Chicago ten da: Uipehartmer-like aha borg Tats tobe, the bench | The fsht, though, ts wat been game t , F “ae ani the dug was vent Into the hail. Ve | off, asf the men will ent fieh oe then 8 wae bro again turned pay club oo Mareh 6. ih re ng hee on the floor, lay Aftoes:h Freund, whee rom quietly at her ‘a picture of ‘con- | | tent. The Regine the jeres ig to tuced e