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—_ WBE REPLIES ~ TOES OFFER , the Champion’s Condi- fions Are Ridiculous, and lakes Another Proposition. pion Jim Corbett has replied bed {Champion Jim Jeffries's offers to sign { jen to fight to a finish at Carson “city for $10,000 a side. Atfer carefully “wéading the telegram, which offered to ‘gimke & time to sult Corbett and asked Bim to reply to the proposition, the ex- hampion expressed himself as follows: Jeff's Conditions. MBonaitions named by Jeffries are ‘Two clubs have made offers Sa bout between he and myself. Thess ‘purses amount to almost twice as much ‘ab we could hope to draw at Carson ‘ity. I stand ready to sign articles to @ieet ‘Jeff’ before the club offering the Jergost purse. Bluff and braggadoclo o not go." feeant years there have been no fonship battles fought to a finish, ) But have all been limited to twenty or ‘ ity-five rounds. Jeffries never lms t for a side bet In his life, but Cor- will waive this point and post mbpey at once if Jeffrios will sign artl- ‘eles to moct before the club offering | Phelargest parse, Thero ts $2,500 posted If the champion means business / e.gan cover !t and the money will be : ferred to Al Smith, of New York, » Should Give Him a Chance. lon't see why he shouldn't give me iar ehance,"’ said Corbett. “So iy @8 Monoy is concerned, Jeffries probs needs Tt worse than I do, and I don't > now of any one in the pugilistic fleld “qwiio thas a more consistent claim to meet ) Bim than myselr. ‘ewhen I met Jeffries before I landed | JeHolugh blows to knock out half a dozen gen, but they lacekd the necessary , and consequently I came out id best. Another match would tell| ferent story. I have a punch now has plenty of steam behind it. ) "I have been exercising with five- Pound dumbbells, and whilo this may mgke me a trifle slower I will gain cone strength to more than even “things up. My legs will be as fat as fof course, and I am certain that “inoula megt Jeffries again 1 could out, as I ahd no trouble before ory ting to him all over. ©) “at the mill comes off, I think Fort mete Would be the best place for it ‘There we argu ae @ big delegation of m. New York, Chicago, te Buta. Philadelphia and ouner f Populated cities, d 1 think we Pull a lot of monoy.”” Boxing Dead in New York. “Do you think that a law will be permitting boxing contests to be fo one now? THE LATEST NEWS THE WORLD: FRIDAY EVEN NG, JANUARY 30, 190%, OF THE SPORTING WORLD) der of wonders. success. and {is still young, r Fitz and JYIOTO BY. If Bob Fitzsimmons and Tommy Ryan come together in the prize ring, and the chances are that they will, the fight of the decade should result. corner will be seen the grand old man of pugilism, at ono time the holder of both the middle-weight and hea ) for his opponent. vy-welght championships, a won- The other corner will seat one of the cleverest and craftiest exponents of the pugilistic art. a man who has fought for years with great He made Jim Jeffries champion, taking him as raw material, when all he had to recommend him was his almost super- natural strength. Ryan taught the boiler-maker that fan:ous crouch and the use of that long left guard, beyond which Fitz, Sharkey, Rublin and | others found it almost impossible to get. Munroe tne title holder, too, as he did Jeffries, his great knowledge in the fight with Fitzsimmons which Is being talked of Tiundreds say he can, and there are others that say ho cannot. purse of $25,000-has been offered for a fight between the pair. jumped at it, but Fitz is not so anxious to accept It. Ryan $250 {f he cannot knock him out in four rounds any time Ryan cares to meet h!m, the contest to be one of the “all-comers” variety that Jeff and Fitz are taking on in thelr tour of the country. wisely remarks: “Fitz's offer is all right, but it Is about $10,000 shy of the mark. his terms such a match would draw at least a $5,000 house any place—$4,750 No wonder he wants to meet all-comers. Why should I not go him one better and offer him $300 if he stays four rounds with me? Ryan says he can meke Miner Why cannot Ryan use all He prefers to offer To this proposition Ryan “STACY In Al Ryan has Under FITZ, THE GRAND OLD MAN OF THE PRIZE RING, WHO MAY FIGHT YOUNG TOMMY RYAN. Wee x0ro ay sracy In New York?" was asked. ola hots 1 am aaa the box: er such a law passed, I would re-enter the ring, | in the metropolis the gate receipts Taresomething enormous, Under the old | @onditions 1 could clean up $10,000 in a peat. Abut the biggest orowd under the ton Jaw was at the fight between ™ Coy and myself, when the receipts ted wp close to $50,000. 4g becoming quite “Tt keeps a person {n he says, “prevents the stiffening, and promotes thing. I don't know of any other eal exercise that gives ore thesc its that is not so violent as t. & person in ordinary condition, ————_ PUGILISTIC GOSSIP. “match will probably be arranged afternoon between Tom ff’ Jack Munroe, the heay ter of Butte, Mon., who etayed four rounds with Cham: Spices, Sharkey arrive Snight from French Lick Springs, and as Boon as he stepped oft a Central Depot he announced that ind Munroe would be matched to- p@ay to Nght before the club offering the ioiend purse. Sharkey looked in fin ition axa result of his trip to t Rs, and de-! t trainin ma done while away had put him i fine shap>. saya 1 won hand at 2 P. M. to-day ready” to f jammate the match, y Offers for Might. jn asked by the writer when a Uo mphere the fight would take place ar-| 9 “I really don't know when the ake pi It'{é up to Munroe roficient at w the date for n | pa islons, of New York, and the West|the Bismarck Ladies rolled 180; Mrs iy to fight just as s a Ends, of Newark. Freshman scored 169 and Mrs. I need only about fo On the same night the Vorwnerts, of | 16% 7 kept up thelr good wi in which to got Into pert B , will bowl In the place of the|the game against the Jolly Womon of of Brooklyn: Staten Island. Mrs, Kessel rolled are no further changes an-| Mrs. Wagner 170 and Mrs. I an! Friday, F 6. That|The!lr good work tn th fa ice |the Aywons will drop out and thelr [championship — be ea we |Dlace will be taken by the Meteor team |The scores of { Hoboken, ‘ the bout would attract. ck Hermann t 36 an immense yea and McCoy to bhmaker Jack Herinann, of the Can, hes Anatly a match betw Nght agnt ¥ Si MA the 5.08" Bais ercevtance ind bout the. privitezs of watever way the = cha bowling tw thelr places w Mon, Special Kk of The » . 2—Vorwaert 3—Hudson, Yonker: Yonkers, Yonkers, 3-Haleyon, White fel. d—Hour, attention sin the scl tournament, CHANGES IN THE SCHEDULE FOR OPENING WEEK OF TOURNAMENT. Attention of Bowlers Is Called to the Revised Dates—There Is Yet Time for a Few Teams to Get In Their Applications for a Place in the Big Contest. ‘eb. b—Irvington, eb. S—Clinton Brooklyn. Ibton, ctty, ema, city, cl uld Clootie, Bronx. wthorne, Bronx, yatery city, fs called to theythem by the members of World's The corrected| Harlem Circie alleys vening le Is printed above, noon and won them both, the opening night, Monday, the] Wa excellent and better Hyperion teams will not bowl, and| teams of men could do, 1 be taken by the Ex- Brooklyn, rn, city, edule for the opening| twenty teams in the tournament, free| Loberty Ladies rolied two games on the yesterd Th Mrs. Dempsey in the first game against Wkiyn, the other The y_atter- r rollin, than many Any other changes which may be sary will be announced tn thts and the clubs Interested notinad well by postal. Jt i likely, however edule will stand for the it ds printed to-day ® An opportunity for a tek at Mie. teams to got in their appli | frames): see 1 4b and the entry blank ix reprinted | Jolly Women. of Staten Ialand—Mre, _Nichots commsitee In care of Amann & nae Hoya at once. Noentilew Wil | caaies of Liberty——Mre. Hiseman » received a to-morrow nigitt Fresinan, 14, Mra. Dempary. 1M. Sea r Almost three hundred teams lave sent Ara Kea 0. Tonk 7 | in thelr applications, and there should! gg. Mrs be some high scores made by the 1,00 | Zimme a 2 men who will bowl ‘Phe five-meny | tous naman eaye - i be he ake) «1’ BUFFALO BOWLERS | by the board Look WINNERS, ot tix contly and woleh! eat. fora | a of aren: | sounds tn Philadelphia Ped. of the: gr elpte on Winner, to have been Mls contest, but McCoy’ walt he Buothier woek in which to imeetlng Ch when the tournament now on is com-|of the seven games did he roil leas than ied. ‘They have rolled only four of! 2%, Mh ‘ah Rite eae, Mae MO Aes rs he twenty games it is scheduled to play, gcores: hue ie 99) 1a ish AamecAievenivarQWell, 218) VYoormeiny ban) y i6 V4 6 * bi) AY Amann & sive ing night. preparatl erowas that will be The all Pus are making exten 8 to take cBre of the on hand the open: |p’ # are now in better The laying on the Ruffalo bowlers a shape than any in town, and they willl lyn look like sure winners kept in the pink of perfectio championship. Following @ committes has not yet selected) on \Vodneaday night, th o iw for the contest, but they 4 will be well-known bowlers, who will| thelr Brooklyn rivals: la ive satisfaction to every than in tae] tournament, the cl THESE WOMEN ARE ‘The Ladies of Liberty will probably be amplon# of the Woman's League ¢ Brookly the tlde of de consistent game, ‘idle Gebhard again with good effect, team He GOOD BOWLERS. who erios with the Bi d Central alloys tn Bro: en gam bowled his used his loaded and jn only oney ro ” of the Btate thelr succe y trounced ten victorle | ball Said club the A. B APPLICATION BLANK TO THE EVENING WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT, To BE MELD AT Amann & Triess's Bowling Alleys, Third Avenue and 55th Street. cece cee eneeeeecerescaneterseesee ss L003, To eh TIMM, ) . LEULY, mW. PRIOR, . Committee, H, H, NIEMEYER, The. ..sssecessreseeeeeesBOWling Team, of, hereby makes entrance in the FIVE-MEN TEAM CONTEST for the game of American ten pins, in the tournament to bo held by you. hereby agrees to comply in all respects with the rules of C, and the committee. Name of Club..., AGGIES. ..coreceeeccserccecseccccossencccevoee ‘Tho list of members from which the team w! im be selected is inclosed. NR EeEeEEEEeEaEpaEBaBaBanR9"EeaEaEEE 186, Total, Is’. Tota 301. hie. 459, “rook lyn. 427 G.H.Mumm & C° ‘3 570,648 BOTTLES But Oedhard, 221; Dowling amen To-Night, Broaklyn—Wo} Huftalo—a 1, Bullain and Tribune, Brooklyn, at 2 brooklyn. Exchange ‘Tournament—Pow Huffalo~ H Tacquelln Bmoklyn—Wolf, 180; Voor Wattalo—Gebhard, 247; Fe New York League Tournament Hyperion, at Amann & Tretss’s alleys. Riverside League ‘Tournament-—elipae ee ew York and Audubon, at the Riverside Duuftalo—d svha Hronklyn—N Buftalo—Geb Brooklyn—Woit Tuttalo—< va. Spartans, at Extra & Dry CHAMPAGNE Importations for Five Years O JANUARY 1, 1003. more THAN ANY An achievement unvaralleled in the History of the Champagne Trade, THE FAMOUS 4898 VINTAGE NOW ARRIVING I$ DESTINED TO MAI STILL” MORE EMPHATIC INCREASE, Morning Newmpaper League Tournament—The at MoLaughiin’s Columbia ys, 8: ourni m1 Mt the White Hiephane the (BAR GOLD HEELS — FROM HANDICAP, Coney Isiand Jockey Club Stew- ards Object to Turf Business of Horse’s Owners. Followers of the turf who had the pleasure of seeing that grand race horse Gold Heels gallop home the winner of the Suburban last year will not see the horge tn another dmportant race this year. The stewards of the Coney Island Jockey Club have refused to accept the entry of the horse for this owing to the fact that the horse, B. J. Arnold & Co., of St. conduct a turf investment company As Well as a co-operative stable of raee| horses. The stewards bar the entry of Gold Heels under racing rule 43, the condl- dons of which the stewards will not re- veal at present. Now that the stewards have taken this step the prospects are that the entry of Gold Heels will be refused for the Brighton and Brooklyn handicaps, <_< Britt Will Fight “Corbett? Jimmy Britt, california, and matched fhe, light-weight champion of ‘will probaly be "Young Oorbett’” has consented to fight "\Go which the feather-welght champion has namel— Weigh 1a at 6 o'clock on the evening ROEBER BETS ON PIENING TO WIN. Jenkins's Manager Accepts Wagers Made on Match at the Garden To-Morrow Night. Frnest Roeber, ex-champion Graeco- Roman wrestier, is betting on “Butcher Bo ening to defeat Tom Jenkins in thelr match In the blg amphitheatre at Madison Square Garden to-morrow night. Roeber has made the first bets that haye been made so far on the match. He bet Jenkins's manager $150 to $100 that Ploning will take the Graeco- Toman fall, and $100 to $150 that the local man will win the match. Roeber says he has several hundred more to wager at these figures. Jenkins and Piening are both hard at work getting Into condition for the match, The Cleveland man was out of the road yesterday morning with Dal Hawkins, who {s training for matches to be decided in the near future. Plen- ing is down but will urn to. th! He saya » has never felt & lite or » confident of w! 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