The evening world. Newspaper, August 28, 1900, Page 6

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EE ANOCKER GOLUMNK. A FEW CRACKS AT THE BOXERS. PPEIDEDEGE PD OE+ 04 OOSEE ‘The failure of Tom O'Rourke to back | Tom Sharkey to Yast Friday night '* attributed ousy. Buch a trait was never known to exist In the make-up of the man who for years has wanaged Sghters with vary- fing success, but if Dame Rumor “ this time then tt must The a Rouncem« k Baturday et the Koesips | r beat Bod Fitasimmons JOE WALCOTT OUIT IN all - i THE WORLD: 1UBSDAY EVENING; AUGUST 98, I6vv. A FAKE FIGHT: INNOCENT BETTORS LOST THEIR MONEY, West Didn't Have a Chance to a a - ~ . Negro Had Fight Won Appar- quit | "Tite seemed incredible, but such was {the ease, for when the bel rang for the | twelfth reund and West had |to the centre of the ring to resume t |fighting, Walcott remetned seated tr oe | ently When He Refused to Continue. Win, but ‘Wise’? Money Went on Him. Jumped | his » O'Rourke to ruln him. yp band, as | was sure be could even then “Bp K Sharkey wn mate do fet. Kel) to vietory many time never form @ t he wilvini and Kelly objection ar there was tn the bet ends, wit complaint thin «Wt Kelly the ‘ he M r . Fadten Met . Poor “Kki" dere min An; body he does his tries the crouche imttable Terry # endeavoring to adopt Wiak of confidence so prominer original. But ¢ eft one last night anctent slapped him many face and when ; up the eyes; the “Kid” would wink Mut the erowd! Would have none of it and Mac quit his tapers np +» trultions Jimmy Rose} 4 hard one in the ey were Tt'e not necessary to fall on the around thie week to bite the dust All one will heve to do is to go to some club any Mant and just sit quiet and he will get all the dust he wants to between his teeth. Seconds of the fehters are great Wiekiors of the towels, no doubt, but they forget they are only supposed to work over thelr man and not the whole erowd at the rimgside Hut they Just the sqme, und the fighters them selves add to the misery the Giders by throwing their mouth rt jage any old place It's probably (oo late for a suggestion Dut cuspidors might have been used in the ring, ee John 1. Mullivan did certainly look owell leet night, He we pleture that any clothing gtore would ithe to have But neat as did the ol@ champton look, some one tn the crowd sum that John wasn't used to clothes. For the benefit of that pers ft might be remarked that Jc Ds wore dress suits when the jaunaher such & remark was driving a truck. «ee Tom Sharkey always was admired > the Indies, buy there ts one whose » mirat e has lost. And w ali te es t Tom's allegiance to anything of Celtic ortgin. hte particular | eilent mourred at the race t Was languidly loafing « when h mires « hore Mr. Sharke ¢ 4 60 horrema whe wil me will make m © bow of a Chesterfield, Tom| ‘There's Dublin in this race] . win. and Irish Bo: aml Bileen L n the stone in the f il good, and will win» By The women Consults Tom now, althoug him every day see | Ben Jordan has started back to dear @d England. He sailed on Saturday Very much disap) maid, that he @oulin't meet Terry Motiovern Hen waa! Giways @ very intelligent boy ant is go- | fog home with at tion thar he would have had if Terry MoGoverr hadn't theatrical engagements Another great get-away stake ie said | dave Deen made off the ‘One. | Byei” Connotiy 5 ai rived | @ pay hie way into inst tut | @nd the betting whieh preendel his trance is said on ve the a Wons ent A hes Prive ls said to have bees a halt dollars ee. Gaus Fublin ithes the girls, but be abou: baehful af any fixer maiden, Gus can fit « forming acquaintances @ing with him ‘ eateh the eye of a mise « awa end when everytiving joke br se Can any one tiame ‘ folding out : @recing fights? © Bhoes every time « ‘The resin falis ail over tie len “ makes them look like « pier . ore. Some one sigersio! ‘ white Gigth abows, bu e Mot and abandenet the We THE KNOCKET —— FAST BOUTS PROMISED AT N. W. S. A.C. THURSDAY, Patrons of po m ¥ have disovere f ‘ Mecersary to « skirts Brovkive to Popular prices ta Phe Big chs to wee got 6 The Geries of bouts veld ar the se of the New Wert Bie A Co ln Wee Pu fty-fourts street. have een well atten @8, and last Beturiay nich! many were turned y from the aded bullding ‘The final serfes will be bei’ Thursday lever will W and besides 4 umber of following specta Hoek. McCauley, West & at 13 pounds; Rob hee, te tea row terms for some time, this coldness does not prevent Lanky Bob trom exe) well knows the ditferent styles of both men, has written for The Evening ‘in tsi sey the demands to declare | best |W He refused to do a, and sar : NTED OUT STANDING vp," ane rough Ane | you see ow De gai Madison Seuare r fay s Referee White beckonel the a A Humphries, sald that a A peculiar thing about th J Y ' nd Round They hug and look at each other. West! come on. He did. but with «is legs, 'n New Yorg Sta he the fact : As 4 hree lefts to face : t recognime tt. He further behind Wa deltbe a " up in the alr as a dis tthe were end of the purse | peared as t ah « ty arasped! rest He leaned over the ropes and told | said t be paid ne edie in, ane hi ‘iy 5 het h ‘ 7 ast ‘ adnt left the rin >| pacity of a second between roun me W * vi) his manager, Tom O'Rourke, who was | “Mistah Waue ft em.tt tt ™ ooetenned De. De aaee to! stant Sight ne set in a box ond winning « “ ‘ “ ait amatnet | sitting ing nearby box, that he had hurt | hurt my arm serroms arm. He & advised Walcott without arial T all ov ae | hi arm stdn't flight any longer You'll have to fight or t t Aa 1} sould offer no reason ter way much mment " ! ” 1 Waleott OF Rourke replied ut,” sald White hae ae ae Ne a to, Fe ” ty masked & ne didn't go mt ‘ ‘ ' 1 a fiht with your right arm! “I don't care,” replied the weg _O'ROURKE'S SIDE OF IT. [tis nan he sauce ¢ eto $04 | ‘An sure Walcott wowtd be whi ath ng epee eer ee ring an agreeably sut-|) knew he hadn't deen training i ‘ we 7 41» j ' He woe t wel ten wit jin no condit i tent I wk DR AL OTT’S ¢ In ols Aressing-room he maid Belts be penind nomen, 1 ida ' \" * had no knowledge of a fake. if such {enough of nis chances to bet a nickal ? ‘ © ine 1 remembered no i | on lil , | T think Kennedy's refusal t ¢: ARM WAS AS GOOD AS EVER. ot | pe ewer g ead he, } six ” k several hard body | He says We wont get the 1 , i. a 7 may have taken the} wil 4 st wall and see “ No one, however, #€W | oui on t : a h ‘ ’ » West ta ke ant, | Eden: that pad | anything to do, wit h “ avoid we . yD rar mveat wm . after the fight Tom) the fight. 1 ott's manager, that's is a eee Dr TF DeNaouley, of 2 Kast Thirty-ftrat who aj the Aaa a ener ene i {the ring aod examined Waleott’s arm « he red fighte awed to stopped because he Injured | simply quit ~ Jo goon Senting ¥ wrote the following for an Evening World repor'e “™ West's ; He at first’) Shorti¥ after miiniah i PECULIAR BETTING |p after he had ¢ the arm a careful examination ai that he h My - it This is to certify that | have examined the left forearm of Joe W ie ® st b Ps nm wared, until! ? found that the funetton of sald earm Was unim, rea 4 th . Mered he would | OR THOMAS F DE NAOULE fast Thirty-frst stree 4 ished ugh the | seem at all ppeared in the 4 wis Veale a8 kt ne teak Wane le amin aT. amt Thr sy | ropes ; had ingured | beat of spir In the barroom “ | Od bd 00604 64 OOOe. o-+b+-606 ‘arm # adiy thi ne wouldn't he | a rushing business was on. It ie com. jcott wouldnt inst im De negro ie iy Malt any longer. Seeing he had| mon gossip that the colored sports had tid t last that After finishing the! You've got the Might won now! then followed the hereto: unknown | he ne battle by lang odds, I {made a big coup on Weat and they were - . [eleventh rour “ 4 style he went; “Na aah, I won't fight no more. 1] 8cene of @ man being counted out while | Hed Sim t) Ko on and Rant with one” epenting Tt with Waleott t ' t sue minute's | doan want to get knocked out,” Walcott | h@ was standing up apparently @ much First Round Waleott lands two lefts on West's stomach better and onger man his oppo- edieving that one of the mi rt eee Walcott himeelt net Wh - Sete ; joferee White declared West the win- nker eo mports « ” Sorcaumnied. i) lensed pial «| WHERE “WISE” MONEY WENT ner and had Announcer Humphries tell Was something dotne as they way in] the Naht started 1) wan! the crowd so, and added that in his oparting citelos sen That 4 gone back He seem | opinion Walcott had deitberately quit When the bout terminated it became |e vermatche’, and Waleott had no Pek odt val elf gpacsinlger geod fe so Dlr ge gl | POLICE IN RING. planned by some one to rob an easy| Where he pleased In the yecond round | The wiidest kind of excitement fol- . publ the negro made the white man jook like lowed. The 1 rome in a body and most an nt * at the game rushed toward the ring crying “Fake NO MONEY FOR WALCOTT. [He Soe Rarer ing hire, and | [faker Robbery! “Declare pete off! around the ring placed Weat's| The police, headed by Inspector Tuomp etting alone wae significa & tour founda son. surrounded the ring and, with je Aeht started 1 en money r this round the betting took a] drawn clubs, kept the crowd a, bay and and take pick Few beta werel gurprising | me would naturally | saved Walcott from possible njury at ugh Wareott te said | suppose Walcott would be made ad to 1| the hands of the fleeced bettors. any time starts mnt tele © wasn’! Enmtead, the betting Ty the midat of this scene James « y backed 5 mmiasioners of the “wise” set went Kennedy, manager of Twenteth s money this time + 4 the clubhouse offering 0 to Century Chub, Jumped into the ring He ‘ Was ale from rage. It was then he h frente and rouse 7 West) Many of the uninittat od and | Fourth Round-West rights and lefts to face it announced that he believed the fight Walcott Is counted out Snubs up. . FITZ PICKS CORBETT; SHARKEY SAYS M'COY. = “BBY A, JE Champion Thinks Fitz Is Not Reasonable in Demands. —————_-e+. Lanky Bob Says Corbett Is Cleverer than the/Ex-Sailor Thinks Kid Is a Better Kid and Can Punch Hard Though Some Say He Can’t. Boxer Than Corbett and Has Punch that Will Win in the Eighth Round. Although Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim Corbett have been on unfriendly Tom Sharkey, who has fought both Corbett and McCoy and who pretty pressing his opinion on the coming battle between Kid McCoy and Corbett | World his choice in Thursday night's battle and why he thinks he wiil be and, strange to say, the Cornishman selects ex-Pompadour Jim to defeat the ‘right. Sharkey likes the “Kid” personally and apparently was’ much im- clever Kid. Fitz gives his reason tor picking Corbett to win in the following pressed by his showing against him some time ago. On the other hand he signed statement : dislikes Corbett. This is his signed statement; Special to The Evening Word y NORFOLK, Va. Aug. 2%.—Champton pugtlist Jeffries, who is here to umpire |T > the Editor of The Evening World To the Editor of The Evening World & game of basedall, laughed to-day I think Corbett will heat MeCoy. This is my honest opinion. Corbett is too big, strong I look for Kid mMecoy to win his fight with Jim Corbett on Thursday aight in leas than! when shown the despatch from New /and clever for MeCoy, and the Kid will surely find this out before the battle has gone eight rounds. The Kid has got to do it in that time if he intends to win at all, but he will] York announcing Fitasimmons’s retires many rounds. They say Corbett can't punch Well, take it from me, he can, and pretty) Know that he has been tna fight before he is through. Corbett may be called a “hgs- pg Bara be coniin's get @. mated hard at that. He landed often enough on me when I fought him in Carson City, and al-| been” by many people, but let mo tell you there is a lot left in him yet. pees sentiee baat the Herven ee though the blows looked very wenk to the persons who were looking at the fight, they| In a nutshell, my reasons for thinking McCoy will win are t. at he is just as clever as 1 playing the baby act,” eald nevertheless left their impression on me, just as they will on McCoy, providing Corbett) Corbett and has a better punch, He's a bad youngster with either hand and as clever as| the ta hondition te bent canst why is successful in getting them in on the Kid | Corbett is. I don’t think Corbett can get away from those terrible jolts of the Kid for| he ts taking and making himself Fidieue He won't agree to meet me « MeCoy is the harder hitter of the two, but as Corbett is the cleverest boxer and aleo| very many rounds axe me time to train before the match, the best ring general, I really can't see how he is going to lose Another thing which) In McCoy one sees the combination of the fighter and the boxer. Hes clever and em-| ‘Later Ti 4 ve, the, ex-champten a | Will help him to beat MeCoy is the great amount of science he is possessed of at the pres-| ploys two styles, which is one better than Corbett. That's where his cleverness comes be ent ime. de has improved grestly since he fought me, and besides has grown much in, In the first place he has that criss-cross motion which would bewilder any one. I ; Sent Fits sare stronger His great sh ng with Jim Jeffries, whom he stood off for twenty-three | ought to know, for he led me into a couple of smashes when | fought him that sent me eS te core eet him Pog al thas rounds, was a wonderful thing, and shbuld be given due consideration in his coming sprawling, Then he has that straight jabbing game, preceded by the most ‘‘come-on” battle with MeCoy feinting that I ever saw When Corbett con stand off such a big slugger as Jeffries for the ab ‘ve-mentioned! In addition to this the Kid has something more on my old enemy, and that is us number of ' rtai ands an excelent chanee of beating MeCoy, as he will| punch, Well, there is only one man whom I ever met who could shove ‘em in like the have rything in his fay A nay, height, weight and reach) With these advantages Kid @@ harder, and that is Fitzsimmons. To me it looks the Kid sure in seven or eC1ght| poston 1 k for nim to wir BOB FITZSIMMONS rounds at the moat THOMAS 4 _SHARKEY. 4 wok Pe wo Pe oon the - tan team, W reodley ah igh tsp] SHART WOMEN GOLFERS. [MAHER FIGHTS CHOYNSKI jez of) Bua df 3 ket y, Flaye om, K Cortiond aa 8 asted long wire, Spear -—-- Sehoneet'4y $042 S1S) Elmira z ine — wr nay aa wm sentnee tate] AT BROADWAY TO-NIGHT.|=——- . Great Plays on Lt Sporting. Tar E SHEEPSHEAD ENTRIES. | necock. Peter Maher and Joe Choyneei wil ertontine fighters in the ring. He co ear tra boon way fsa! tear rian in a. CONEY SUAND, JOEY UB . - ™ 7 | he el ny ‘ : ; Rar RACK SHEEPSHEAD BAY.! gui eroork, Lt, Aug ~The ore bette Club to-night. They are matched to moat and “Bamenens, and Eeries 7 . BAY DAY. AUG Meh to SRPT. $m ; 5 ag Aue ws os f morroe's : fight twenty-five rounds, and the records | iy ad” betty Pom tharkey, 3 wooncork || and tour aces ot kare as follows minary round of the Women’s Sfth! for the two men and their reputations| Gus Ruhiin and Bob Fitasimmons, AY Yen toe no ‘ ! annual champlonahip, under (he au-|for gameness Indicate that ihe “mill’| Peter Maher is determined to beat 4 2 ee OE EY irre aA sli ages ot ferlongs ’ M121, 20 10, 4 " se 6 bard and } before the | Choynall (o-pight, with the expectation | "i ‘S15 4a 3.10 PM. foot Whitenali ” f 7 a 12 | spleen of the United States Golf Associ | Will @ hard and loag one of getting A chance to faht Tom Sharkey | LM. 3.10, 26. Sale NM ecr WY TRA ‘ ‘ : raya ; gt lanue (s decided. They are the most even again “Hever fabt with Gus Ruhito 1 RR (NOT TROLLEY) after 12M every Two Good Stakes Make “ “ ° | Ati was Pa tar the enamptonship|1¥ matched heavy-weights In the ring to- |p be eavycaviaht bartfe ever fought | past care, very If mine Muher at ‘ sar eeataee lo & a, res Gay in weight, sine and fistic skill, and | ¢¥¢}tio - 1 " a t teh pl the East. it was in ‘inat » Card Attractive at ‘ R SO ne SF) at maich Diay. ee taving was done,| {thé fecords show that neither of them | ihe ae fated Irishman, demo ° the Ba ‘Hetle took 5 wha tae ee oe lee ce cae has an advantage over the other in the |W nishment | route Ali ye vartace dine ws gihe. follows mane . matter of victories gained from the mows | [08 rr. ran te aes oe catty prominent heavy-weights in the world. |p * Way| . ap . 114] with except H » ; P * Ma Peace | Mire. Toulmin struck up a winging galt Choynsk! ts admittedly one of the moot be x. abeeers \ . ; Ke verr-eite, tse lerom the very start during the first poe 4 . " * » bd 7 seven holes, Bhe made three of themig: is soit Fain yg coh wis same |!) rear I nogey figures, and the other, four rime Her Herren, crainaat, ont mse | Wa. ery Comey, et 1 OLD DR. GRINDLE, ‘ wore the f Be 8 ce | Sine 7 ae HE NG,] "9 one strohe abore Deny, sim LA. Seaton, Come, ont 6) te Oi i ge eg EB ICAL Rey ae] aty fob Mise Heal opt, tne mm A " 1 scientific system of ~ " PENNSY HAS MANY KICKERS. | wes. cans oD “ier chreeagl "is ams oem pat ohio sania gt ’ . * © Cap antione for] ve of them in bogey, after following] ies tuntes Terry, Artaiey. ont 59: In snd Sladder fan were abt “ | soon ee wee jown on the fret Role, and taking one| Mies Sophie Harr, Wentngten Valter 6 reve! ask ens waged | patched felis, wai a MAty Fonthalt Candidates Ordered | o0 "kone? Mite yay stroke more than vee we — a3 ML Miley, Pavadeipta Cowmtry tee rem sbavine . . aia ae valitying round of the se sere ~My ie te Me i for Practioe | ume ‘ war cite te Pe sm Monehip came in as follows wt - 1 Nessun Cowntry Chub, years at Hwan &. Se ie : glee | Ary, sams! Dotti, Mere ©. ot TH ia] Mm Wim paippen, Marre Crwaey, ot Wf saitied P bo ' rut ns Fo At The ‘ 1 conditions| UMA side gees | us 4 | Sie M1 Getdark, Newport. oot 61, Im Me] Mian c Barman, Lanon. ont @: In 2-1R } favors vanis @ Sept. 1 | - bi hanes, oot ST. in b-100 | 116 Sh e han been oon dasek oid er) ‘ Ui) Sa PERE ctectonet owt 8b. im OF liz, Ber, roliadtania ©, at Oy in ro sf or thie > 10 bine @. Quackenbush, Maitoene, oot 0: te '9e cuir 7. Fes, Wentegten Voter, cot 6 De toy ot das ‘aa en sion Falla & Clark, hinneenh, et GB: te Oe see MOS Botan 6'0 a0: Kentiwort ; Vited to partictpate in the prelim*nary Gotta, Point Pedic, owt OH te ere W. J. erg, Yountshah, oot 8: t9 A * work of Pennayivanta Rtith Collins, # Lowi, ont Ol ote eae kane ‘ moni Won driving Time—.0t 36 ane All Green and Kenworth were the lace have been notited Hare, MeCracken, Tease. Jona ‘Gardiner, of last BRET

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