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THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, ALL THE LATEST NEWS IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS. 1902. FITZ AND FEPFRIES IN “EASY MONE Y,” ACCORDING 70 HAYDON FONES. N THE WINGS: AW AITING)| pe TORN «se er of $7,000 Purse Has Been lade and Mayor of City Fa- ‘vors the Contest. he Philadelphia Penn Art A. ©. offer of $3,(00 for # six-round bo m Bob Fitasimmons ant Muslin has stirred up the Chicago fight pn rs, and now many of the match- fers of clubs in that city are bidding F the contest, One offer of $7,000 or tr cent. of the gross recolpts for the ‘to meet in a #ix-round bout some Mext month, or early In February m made. It has been wired to mons and Billy Madden, n uhiin, Madden will surely Sentuge offer. as ho is anxious Ruhlin fight Fitzsimmons. Fits Mean Businenst hough Fitz has announced that he ‘Teady to fight any man in the world. ring Jim Jeffries. it is not certain he will take on Ruhlin, Fitzsim- '§ def was probably given out with @ idea of boosting his boxing exhtbi- fon tour with Jeffries. If “Lanky Bob’ id decide to fight Ruhlin in Chicago miest would be a harvest for both ‘The bout in Tattersall’s building all probability draw ad in e & buliaing seats 8,000, and as Terry! pvern und “Kid” Broad had an house, it is a certainty that Fitz pRuniin would be a bigger attrac- Favors Bout. mr ons Is the only heavy-welght Wor Harrison will permit to fight In He has declared himself tn He says that Fitzsimmons is peo the, few fighters who Is on, the he ts ulso triendly to Roh- BORE tar tbupnt teers Will be no pulling off the ight. ‘There ho fear of Interference by the State | horities, for the battle will appea:y the bills‘as a “scientific boxing ex-! ipition.’ en Will Fight Weinix. Weipdla Jack’* O'Brien hay made the lth AI! Wienig in which he agrees to ‘Out his man in twenty rounds or forfeit Wenig issued challeng bot mga hot mop him In th men will box before th dathietie Club, “ot Fort 2 this contest O'Brien has three other @n, The first of those will be decided His opponent will be Charley Mo- ph of Philadeiphia, waom O'Brien e- ® number of times, They will meet in a ghd bout before the Washington Sport of Philadelphi. MoKeev boxer hie was a few yea He y back and it looks doubtful i he will at the atx round: 7 ht to de decided to-night which has Considerable interest among followers of Ham is the aix-round bout between Uenny | {: re + Nae abate id “*Oreckey"’ Boyle, of Ip! a @ clever boxer, ane ae jet that he six rounds before * fread cutpointed Dilly Maynard and Willie bouts make his chances against Yanger ‘ery promising. outs will be held Jn an old church In} Poon, providing the authorities of the city interfere, The G. ‘Club, which was recently o: Of holding boxing contea on the old Woodward Avenue Church. tn it the ted omer fonteats, will be the ‘will ait in dap Bee tsacksch |! tbe colored. wetter: Agbier, of California, hay been matched to i gnetiey 0 Barus will meet in a six-round bo the cambridge Athleti "D a defeated O'Rourke in four rounds oats bas improved, though, is Ukely og sive secers a hard teh.” F Considine, astchmaker of tbe Metropoll: Club, of Detroit, who succeeded tn jthe feather-weight champlonahip battle "Young Corbett” and Terry McGovern, Detroit last might to complete arra Before leaving Considine dorbatt and, (gm Harris, mauaxer of th eet would poaitively take Beth boys wilt begin training ay once ek Hand, the Ceather-welght boxer, rm, Pend Mughey McPadden, of south fiyhs ave been secured by Charley Haugh- iesopet tn. s twenty-round bout betore the i ‘A ch St. Louls, on Thure- th boys are clever boxers and they Mp & fast and clever battle, Mo- matched to fight Eddie Toy, of 99,8 teB-round bout on Friday night ) 3 o-. ben jhe’ es-weltercwelgh!. cham. ipatently detested Eddie Kennedy, of d/Owen Ziegler, has areived in [deg Demin tralning for hte ten- ‘Bt Kannas city, wil ba ere ins os the Avonia Athletic Club, * champion, who al, eucceeded in winning cs Hasie- to} ‘The scratching of Leviathan bears out i ii r ( it Mi one ee lt MERAN, AT 25 10/1, WON FIRST RACE. Heavy Track at New Orleans Upsets Form and Long Shots Beat the Favorites. THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Meran 1, May Ten- ny 2, Oronte 3. COND RACE—Shandonfeld Optime 2, Atheola ty RACE —The Kingaley THIRD To: Caxton Lord Nev! FOURTH RACE—John Peters W. J. Deéboe 2, Kehodale 3. FIFTH RACK—Harry Wilson Doenkin 2, Alpaca 3. (Speoial to The Eventng World.) NEW ORLEANS RACE TRACK, Dec, 15.~-There was no improvement in the track tontay, No horses were allowed to work over It Sunday or Monday morning, The path on the outside con- tinues to be the sure route to victory. Every winner to-day raced on the path, The new soll put on the course last summer will have to be removed. As long an {t remains and the weather con- d there Is no chance to get the} k In decent shape. Rain began to fall again this afternoon, Another delegation of New Yorkers | arrived to-day by way of West Baden. | ‘Honest Jobn Kelly and Bob Davis! were In the party he withdrawals included several pro! Commissioner Forster tonal, Prince from the card in- 1 le contenders in! The Lady, Op- Blazes and Leviathan, the worke port that he bled while being at the Oakland track Saturday. FIRST RACE. x furlongs rere, wahte Rob Fitzsimmons and Jim Jeffries may be doing a great deal of talking about real prize-fighting, but the Idea of parucipating In anything so strenuous {s not trouditng them much just now. ate exerting [ttle physleal power ays, but they are getting the money just the same. The big fellows’ only work Is that of the brain variety. Counting up houses Is thelr long sult. Somewhere In the “Wild and Woolly’ fu the region of the Rockles, the two TT Me sate NO etree oy SY JFFF ow TAKNY, DO YEZ fighters are showing the public that cannot accumulate the neces- sary $16 or $20 to see a real flight, how they can annihilate exponents of the game. Fitz's face and body is “Jeff's” target and “Jeff's” is Fit It fs an even thing and no blood ts spilt ‘The stage is an old game to the two fighters, They have been on it before, enacting roles of heroes, throwing villains from blacksmith shop windows or dropping two or three men from sport-loving | fa balloon, y are on the stage now, no villains to throw. ven seeking them In an- at either man is ready (9 but to date not a single 3 cared ty dispute their ‘gent ay nonnoom meet all ¢ 4 come jskill, So Bl: just spend | few ‘minutos 1 sat | : i a me the rules ; ensverty. Be- 0 reports say, the most in- art of thelr act is thelr little | A GApy, teresting | dialogue WE NY SVAN) “How much money. ts in the “house, you suppo! itz's firat say, Jus: Khe Is. Mhout to Ret a. hook an jaw. hout*two thousand’ Ie ‘delts’? re: Jolnder, fas he Veinly attempts to side- track Mtz's notable left shift. They fuat box beckuse they are getting some" ones for doting {t. Tt was sald that Billy Delaney no lonzor ‘8 manager, but “Jet who can get him the t was the brain of Delaney volved the {dea of the nair to Ine the country as though they real friendly. “They are bound Yorkw: BX New DREYFUSS BUYS OUT COL, ROGERS. John T. Rogers, the owner of the Phita- deiphia National League Club, has pissed out of baseball. least, he will in a few days. A well-founded ru- At Meran beat just lasted Tenn: his field to long enough t te got away the path, and beat Major diy, So did ;|ANOTHER MATCH FOR CHAMPION PIENING. Graeco-Roman Wrestler to Matched with Felix Bernard. John Piening, the “Butcher Boy," and Felix Bernard, the glant French wres- tler, whom Max Urger, the physical cul- ture exponent, has brought to this coun- try, will probably be matched within a few days to wrestle to a finish under Graeco-Roman rules. Bernard out- weighs Piening by fully fifty pounds, and was the trainer of Paul Pons in all his international contests, and local ex- who know the wrestling game t that Bernard will defeat Piening, despite the latter's phenomenal skill. Piening will appear to-morrow at the Star Thea’ Brooklyn, against Niol Olsen and Carl Lundstrom, the w tling partners of Carl Norbeck, the giant Norwegian, Be NEW HOME FOR THE LAKEWOOD GOLF CLUB. Housewarming Will Probably Be Indulged Im on New Year's Day. The Golt Club of Lakewood has a new| Je: home. Work on it has been completed and the housewarming will probably be indulged in on New Year's Day. The lease on the old club-house, about a mile away, does not expire until June 5, Those who are inclined to go over the course will not be very much incon- venienced. The new course is in fine shape, but no playing will be done on it until next fall ‘In the new club-house the enters ve at thelr di disposal 's willl mor has gained circulation that Barney Dreyfuss, the owner of the Pittsburg club, has bought a controlling Interest In the Quakers, and that when the playing season begins he will be foupd to be the ruling head of the club, Col, Rogers had been hoping to get out of tie game ever since the American League stole Lajole and hla other good players. When he found he could not get them back he wanted to sell out, but failed to get his price, so decided tick to his post for a time. ston of the National League Committee in ordering that n play Sunday games in the W: during the summer was the thing wale caused Rogers to hake his final decision, jo the > omend to be done with, apd Rogers te kolng lo quit. Before the rumor gained circulation about Drevfuss's transaction ere guid he Intended selling. and that | falled In doing that he’ would turn the club over to & management, but that he did not Intend to have a little bit of Interest In the game. WANT CHAMPIONSHIPS AT BALTUSROL AGAIN. Club Will Apply for Privii Hold Annual Tournament, The Baltusrol Golf Club, on the links of which the New Jersey oham- fonships were decided, {s anxlous to hold the event again, and when the New Golf Association holds 1 ing next month it will fle am to have the next tournament hi links. Hoation id on ite K. A. ©. Cricketers Reorganising, ‘The cricket contingent ef the Kalckerdock A. ©, has decided to reorganize, and in the ‘vars um clue wil be Anewa, a8 the Sew York Nora Ag a Cricket Cl thammpionphip ‘iast” season. Th ne FS on ‘are Arthur PRELIMINARY DERBY WINNER TO REST. Flocarline Won $2,375 for Nwn- er in Race and Will Now Be Sent to Memphis. (Special to The Rvening World.) NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 15.—The East- ern contingent was not favorably im- pressed with the general class of the | field that started In the Preliminary Derby at New Orleans, Lord Melbourne, who made all the running and was only beaten a neck by Flocarline, Is a cast- off from Senator Patrick H, MeCarren's stable. Senator MeCarren made a pre ent of the colt to Sidney Bender during the Saratoga meeting. Bender has won five or six races with the colt since. The stake was worth $2,375 to the winner, Flocarline, the winner of this stake, and which was tipped to win by The Mvening World, is the first of St. Florian’s get to show a disposition to run in the mud. Flocarline and Gehelm- mess are conceded to be the best two- year-old fillies developed on the Western ctroutt during the past season. “Bishop” Poole, who trains Flocarline for M ‘Tichenor, says will ship the fly hacks to Menphie. to-day ‘nnd turn hee out of training wetll next spring. Plo- cariine is engaged in all the valuable Western tracks and sevoral rich East- ern three-year-old filly classics. = RACE MEETING TO BE HELD AT AIKEN. Sport Will Be Provided Exclu ly for Cottage Colony. AIKEN, 8. C., Deo, 15.—Willlam Cc. ‘Whitney has received a license from the National Racing Association for a twen- ty days’ racing meeting to be held here in the spring. The meet will not be of the hunt club variety, and no attempt will be made to cater to the public, the meet simply a furnish some ‘sport for aye te Pee pe of oh Sas “ oa lub-how BS NEW YEAR'S A BlG DAY FOR GOLFERS. Special Inducements Offered for Holiday Tourneys at Lake- wood and Dyker Meadow. |_The local golt clubs have arranged for jMany events to be held on varlous links during the present month, but, owing to the heavy snowfalls, the events may have to be postponed for the present. The golfers are hoping that by New Year's Day the links will be In proper ‘ition for games. Lakewood is rtaln to be a golfing centre on that day, and, as St {3 custo- mary for many players to spend the time between Christmas and New Year's at that popular resort, several good tournaments are promised. At the Dyker Meadow links a club sweepstakes is probable, and, though the stormy weather has put the course temporarily olit of commalssion, the members hope to reveat their sticcess of Year's, when a big handicap was hy for special prises. Arrangements are being made for the club’ ing, which will probably be held thita week in January at the Brooklyn Club. The nominating committee is now at work on 4 list of officers for the com- Ing year, MORE JOCKEYS THAN. HORSES GO TO NEWPORT. Engaged Eleven Special but Used Only Three, (Bpecial to The Eve is World.) NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 15,—John J. Ryan has shipped three loads of horses to Cincinnatl Ryan is the chief pro- moter of the Newport meeting, which opens on Dec, 20, Ryan and his agents have been buying horses here and try- Ing to persuade owners to ship to New- port for the past week. They had a special train of eleven cars hired, but only succeeded In Sg Whee eh enough to Ml three of ere ure forty-! seven horace Ryan Ca: CUP BOAT'S FIRST UIP NEXT APRIL,}: BRISTOL, Dec, 15,—The new cup de- fender, now in the course of construc- tion, wili be launched some time In April, ‘The early, arrival of the metal for the boat mikes this almost a cer- tainty. A’ sumicient quantity of the Metal is on hand to oP everything booming for several weeks, and in the qean time the rest of {t will arrive, The bronze plates look as though they had+ been subjected to a polish. before Were sent from the mills. ‘The first n of plating will be used on ths garboard and adjoining strakes of the boat ant Iga quarter of an Inch In thickness. Thinner plates will be 1 In sheathing the sides of the lead and In the region about the bilges. IN THE! GREEN ROOM ies | | ‘elded on Dec. MEMORIES, - POOR FIELD WILL START IN CALIFORNIA DERBY. California's big horse race will be de- It is the California ‘uturity, estimated to be worth $16,000, and not more than twenty-four horsea Manager Powers Pays Off a Victors in the Recent Bicycle Grind. The riders who took part in the recent | x-day bicycle race at Madison Square | arden were paid the prize money this afterncon at the Hotel Bartholdi, ‘The hour of noon had been set for the paying of the mcn, but it was after 18.80 o'clock, however, before Manager Pat Powers sent downstairs for Leander and Floyd Kreos, the winner Leander was on hand, but Krebs had tired of wasting and had gono out for a few minutes, Powers demurred at pay ing Leander's portion until Krebs present At this Leander grew excited And. foreloly informed Powes that he wouldn't stand any nonsense, Powors smile] and paid Leander. Other riders were called up, ond ata time, and given ney their m Wutlor, of the Butler and Turville team, who broke hig shoulder during the race, was about, said he would give up racing for the rest of the winter. fe. was paid an amount to defray train- ing expenses. Hedspeth, the negro, who was injured early In the race, was also Present and got training expenses, Leander loo! strong and fresh as the day he entered the race. ‘He will race Walthour in Atianta for a series of long races on Christmas Day. Most of} the riders will rest for the ‘winter and will do no more work until the cireult opens again. Canary, the trick rider, expects. to go to England for a long serles of engage- ments at the new Hippodrome, a NEW ORLEANS ENTRIES. (Speci*1 to The Evening World.) RACE TRACK, NEW ORLBANS, De>. 15.—The entries for to-morrow's races are as follows: Firnt aliing; two-year-olds; seven tur- longs. pai 107 03 The Wirard Prince Herman. Ravenapur Second Race—Five furlongs, | Aline 5, Bt Entrance Flor Marco Cologne 9 Lady Bockway . Crescent City rantor ..... King Dodo Honey Brook Lady superba Ardita . Wilton : Third Race—Selilng; one mile. Rowdy G..., +106 Lissome , Zack Ford Willard 4. Phil Knight Maid of Enid Dutch Carter Weak) Rave caalig| furlongs, Tom Maybin a ord Touchwood ... rowan two-year-old: loyd KK. Ele Xe Adoia Georgia Gardner 4B Swordsman .... THAT EASY GRACE | There are ready-made clothing stores enough already, § There are high-priced tailors to spare, But the easy grace characteristic of a man who is well dressed and knows it, was possible to comparatively few men in New York those with elastic pocketbooks—till the in- auguration here of ‘‘Semi-ready”’ clothes for men. @ ‘‘Semi-ready Its finished-to-order and quick delivery ” amounts to a discovery. will start for the prize. That is thes number of final payments made by own- tis OUL Of Che original 2s, and tae class of the horses left is not considered ver if It ts expected that the race will e Won by a second-rater. At present ‘our horses are Sylvia Deutschland _and_Orfeo. 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