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THE WORLD: FRIDA Dats CMA Dey WRC a Pk da ar Y EVENING, APRIL’ 38,1908. SPORTING NEWS SPECIALLY REPORTED FOR THE EVENING WORLD. == World’s Title by Defeat- Tom Riley in Bout at Polo , and Now Wears Gold and Silver Belt. ‘George Bothner is now the light cht champion wrestler of the world. wears a $500 silver and gold belt, em- jc of the title, presented him ter his successful bout with Tom y, the champion of England, at the Polo A. A. last night, by Charles J. Fox, on dehak of his father, Richard Fox. Riley is the best light-weight Burope can boast of then jer would have no trouble in tak- on/half a dosen 4 night and throw~ one in jig time. Riley at that and gritty, but in Bothner's just like @ mouse in the paws & ) Bother showed what it Js for'an eth- “ete in a contest to have a cool head. American figured by the stocky of his foe that he was not going hhave a very easy time, He let the assume the aggressive and “kept him working all the time. Al- mr Riley was in the very best of ition, he tired after about three inutes’ hard work, and that was 8 cus to get to work himself. h a dextrous twist of his body he caught Riley around the body and ‘pinned his two shoulders to the mat PROMISING LOT OF COLTS AND FILETES. 3 ‘won the first fall in three minutes ‘thirty-nine eeconds. ‘The gritty Riley after a ten minutes’ pe ‘again assumed the aggressive. He pegain after seven minutes and in fe minutes and fifty-two seconds was e. over for the second fall. Then Bothnér was declared the light-weight “‘ehempion of the world and presented “with the belt. In a speech Bothner de- he would always be ready to de- it against all comers at 138 or 135 it for that “fa. the °wemi-windup, one vot "th BERNSTEIN AFTER “YOUNG CORBETT Ghetto Champion Refuses other Bout with Denverite. willbe that between Anders Andersson, strong man from Sweden, and . t Faust, the American, whioh will ye decided at Prospect Hall, Brooklyn, ‘Monday night. Womon are as in- in it a8 men, as the promoters that the fair sex can see y of Andersson's country- seen him work, cannot Faust will have a chance pool of . Faust has many it is likely that the raised in short order. who recently gave such a hard battle. accept the offer right away, as he wai to get another match with “You Corl si] any one else wno has a better rig! says Bernstein. “When I boxed bett’ he weighed 140 pounds, tipped the beam at 128 pounds. bett’ promised me another matc | Leo Pardello, the Italian heavy-weight Wrestler, who has been idle for a long wishes to meet Piening, An- » the Swede; Faust or Pons, the champion, . in town. different. Box Hanlon Until After An- The Yosemite Athletic Club, of San| The élahth international cable chess wah Francisco, has made Joe Bernstein, of | tournament begins to-day. The winning ‘Phe next wrestling match of interest | this city, an offer to box Eddie Hanlon, | team will secure the Sir George Newnes “Young Corbett’ Bernstein will not “J would Ilke to have another chance at ‘Young Corbett,’ and I don't know of ‘Cor- while I *Cor- will get after him just ag soon as he gets I met with an accident in our last contest or things would have been Bernstein has been on the road with a@ vaudeville company for ahe past two INTERNATIONAL CHESS MATCH ON, English and American Teams Begin Eighth Match for the George Newnes Trophy. to trophy for a year. It as been won by the American team eince 1899. The American team will play under the auspices of the Brooklyn Chess Club, In the Assembly Rooms of the Brooklyn Academy of Muste, ‘The teams this year are as follows: United States—H. N. Pillsbury, F. J. Marshall, John F. Barry, A. B, Hodges, Edward Hymes, Eugene Delmar, H. C, Voigt, C. J. Newman, H. Helms and 8. Howell. Pillsbury and Marshall are in London and will meet their opponents In games over the board there. Great Britain—J. H E. H. Bellingham, Amos Burn, nts ng oT Blackburne, G. W. H. 7 months. He looks fit to fight on short |Gunston, Herbert Jacobs, T. F. Law- | Stint ame Carl Schmidt, the Brooklyn heavy- | RHee- - Es rence, HI E. Aung. R. P. itichell. vb. x 4 a is, HL W. Trenchard, Burn Burn wi weight wrestler, who has a good record meet his opponent in Brooklyn. “to his credit, is to meet Nick Elliott, the wrestling Adonis of Fourteenth rest, In a special wrestling bout at Miner's Bowery Theatre to-night. a WALCOTT FOUGHT . DRAW WITH WOODs. BIG MATCH FO April 8.—Joe the welter. ight champion, and Billy Woods, the colored middle- Welght fighter of California, fought a Awenty-round draw before the Century A.C. here last night, The fight was one of the hurricane kind, Both men Light-Weight Who Got Decisi Over Britt Will Fight Engli Champion. been offered an English match with ; eee | NEDEAU AND KELLEY FOUGHT TO A DRAW. BOSTON, April 3—A good crowd saw three fast bouts at the Roxbury A. C. Yast night. Jimmy Connelly, of Bridge- port, and Billy Jordan, of Boston, boxed six rounds to a draw, Frank Keefe and Jack Dwyer gave a slashing exhibition Keefe getting the de- The feature bout was fight. night. JOCKEY BURNS'S NARROW ESCAP (Continued from First Page.) Nadeau, of Cam-lt:1 they struck the stretch, There the| Ave-year-oid, evidently ie not sanguine | year, Pe nally. Bet: leaders began to die.” Colonsay then | of the latter's grat siiocess on the r £ moved up strong, followed by Lord Ad-| turf this season. As a result Blues w! vocate, and a -hot drive Co! y x ae which frequenfly arovbed so much vocate, and in a red-hot drive Colonsay| not race at Morris Park, and it is BASEBALL NOTES. PrRign “trequently ar ouyet MO onasl length and a half in front of Little Boy, | doubtful if he be ot ready for the ennai year, down pat, BEAT BOSTONIANS. YOURTH RACE Brooklyn Handicap, Walter Clarkson, Harvard's pitcher, i hat ant esis —— bas a new curve with which he hopes ;, Bill Phillips, of ¢ uneinaat!: fipion aa Betti to fool Yale's batsmen when the AEST HOW "CORD 38: eRe Mass., April 3—Jimmy Stone} siarters, whts, Jocks SUHIGRIn, Ate BENNINGS ENTRIES. e's batamen when the teams! seen this early in the season, aces AOE So viemy Btone | martere whte,, Jodhe Morin. Air. Fl ENT t this peason. It is a swift in drop. yeen thie, early, in ., 01 Tommy Foster, 102, Redfern. 6 5-2 er Few pitchers are able to deliver this} xd G, ef New York piecured declatons | Aotioaity. 6H. calla 7 68 (Special to The Evening World.) curve, It was suggested to Clarksonj St! and sore at the end of March that I ai oh ta Deicenna, the Bonne | Son bane idee ileere a 3] RAGE TRACK, BPNNINGS, April 8] by Pitcher Qnesbro, who coached the|°Uld not use It.” i Mths the Mase AC, of Calg 109, ‘Burne. 1 86 |—Tho eritries for to-morrow’s races are}crimson team. The curve 18 a VeTY| yeank Hahn. the Cincinnatl Siity,\dast- night. Stone and Gchumaker 15 [ae follows: speedy one, which breaks about elght! sows rare form as a first baseman 1 ; si, Race—Handl three-year-olds and] feet from. the piate and comes shoot- Poutpolnted and outfought their oppon- (ET A fh Pd| upwards ‘non. wine 350 In 4901, 1902" 0r| ing in and dowh. with atmaging evasive-| Practice and expects to turn bis atten- ite throughout the bouts. ‘Btart poor. Won driving. 25, five and a roe | E8*- Plaxweon Getivers it with 5 auter too to that fepartment 7. x . rt © ide motion, whiol is not quite jtchiny B 3 net ard eon engaged in| True Blue was the pacemaker, to the |e iu ‘inal tog et ahaa ehut atin hag’ chat peciliae| a ‘dhe lte alle Le 7 was of at re ay Ae ‘4 " y | Honolulu DF: Berier..... hich makes a quick, sharp curve. x Be and the boys fought ut 10 Poti oka Foster aig Melstersinger. On’ the turn | its, Prank Fo Pride ot Gio... 08 | eee ene i oo MIC Re during| Blmer Flick, the seer was too clover and shifty for Mi pti FAS Py TRUS Me And Buc wen Hise their Minitlatlon, "and Seven’ after, long | elder of the Clevelands, who used to be tanta and jabbed him repeatedly in the | teat} Siva. Where) De lad practice It ia ah extremely dimoule a contender for eo Tatts during re tue ane | way. Mel n took the tead, to strike, peters Lajole and Delehanty when those three y Po many hard blows ashe etna tena JACK O'KEEFE. fovent para 1a ipaietes severe pun _ other's face ani : foods gave Walcott as good as he se: ionsia! ta The Rvening arid) ghived, and surprised the ‘apoctatore by| CHICAGO, T.. April 1—Jack O'Keefe, . The decision was cham} mith Generea fine ete was received | the white lightweight pion who won over Jimmy Britt recently on a foul,"has winner of the Spike Sullivan-J. White! ‘The latter go is billed for Dexay ‘The offer comes from Manager Bettison, of the London Sporting Club, JOCKEY SIMS WILL RIDE FOR DWYER, Frank Farrell Says Blues May Not Keep Engagement in the Brooklyn Handicap. on ish thought of the gi this: He Willie Sims, the colored jockey, will be seen in the saddle again this year. He has been engaged by Phil Dwyer to ride the latter's horses, For a good many years Sims was regurded as the best colored jockey In America, He was well liked by the horsemen owing to his modest ways and gentlemanly manner. He rode for the Dwyer brothers for several years, and at that time was considered one of the most competent of all riders, both white and black, Frank Farrell, wno lost more money than he won last year on Blues, his the wreck, factor in E. “rough it.’" three months’ endurance, Blue Ribbon, the brother to Blues and Blue Girl, is not in very good shape Shepard's hands all winter. colt was stricken with rheumatism last fall, and at one time he was a physical Caretul attention on the part of the veterinary surgeon brought him around so that he could move and gallop, but it will take warm weather and plenty of sunshine to bring him‘back to a condition where he can be classed at present ong these horses. field, is the bright particular star. the champion horse of the year. His bad leg was of by Wimmer. Peatest three-y is worth a bet. rest, He was in Dr the stake events. olds in “fired.” the East. At the Sheepshead Bay track, galloping dally, is the string of thoroughbreds owned by Capt. 8. 8, Brown, the Pittsburg millionaire.’ There is quality without Hyphen, the only three-year-old of last season which defeated Major Dainger- In him Peter Wimmer’ believes he, has the handicap horse par excellence, Hyphen defeated Hermis as well as Major Dainger- field !ast year. ‘This was early in the season, before Hermis had developed Into Most horsemen think that Capt, 8, 8, Brown's crack would have been defeated by Hermls in another race. Peter Wimmer doés not share this bellef, and he told Capt. Brown, while the latter was at Memphis, that Hyphen was the peer of any horse in training, During the winter months Hyphen was turned out in a lot and allowed to Under this treatment the horse's tendons straightened up and he is to-day muoh stronger in his legs than ever before, He is In very light In the big handicaps and may gallop off with at least one of them Besides Hyphen there are Hands Across, Scloto and Blue Ribbon. All are well The former has never started. handsome horses in training. Eariy last spring It was expected he would be one He had size, substance and con- formation as a physicial attraction, but he possessed better qualifications in the eyes of horsemen—speed and stamina, Just as his physicial condition warranted @ fast trial, he suddenly went lame and had to be turned out of training. fellow is now taking his dally exercise without the slightest trace of his, old trouble, and he will undoubtedly face the starter Luis year. Scioto, the sister of Imp, has grown and deyéloped Into a fing filly during, her She gives promise of all her famous sister's speed and Senator P. H. McCarren han a stable of high-class horses, but there is not one that he prizes more highly than his three-year-old filly Gold Money. Asa two-year-old she cost him $10,000, She won him several races. heavily, she more than paid for herself. to his body. ot ho Tommy B the contest was over McKenna Foster was 9 length In Font of Ane i bt a ten-rouna | nom ————_— Bteople Seema ihe ring: Cha" ait ‘anllee, over the stesplechase ‘oouree ot | 8¢ Nash consecutive Ahi RESULTS AT MEMPHIS. the: Washinacon Jockey Club, d Devble Thron i gm Newman foeclal to The Evening World.) Kaloramoigmecd ss 114 Twillgte MEMPHIS, Tenn., April %.—The races |< O'Malley 188. Jepaane scheduled to be run here thia afternoon | Duke pe resulted a6 follows: ‘vat race, one-haif mile-Won by Mon, Fi astic (1 to ¢ and out) for place) Time, 0.61. Rose (6 Raco~One mile and an elghth, | Sen by Barrick? tot nd SER: nes le even tor . Was second and Th Basee@allian: ¢ is War Cry third, Time—1.60. ys 1 t ‘Taira Sh. | Won oid aod Per was second, and Balto third, varters of a mile. to 1 and ; Gressland...140 190 W. MoCana year-olds; four Tebule Fourth Race~@eliing; “yy 08 | smoke same aay hotetuster 11g Barwere Prattch stale, Me. 4. d Lady” Radner... this season,” eady ‘have | UP corndob pipes Despite the fact rh i real vat fear." Manager Cantillon, of the Association, has signed Pitcher Merritt, of the Pittsburg Club, who will report ville at once, 8 es “poyle will surprise a few this sea: “He wn with the beat of ther, ss Ned Hanlon, “vith the salaries that are being paid observes Tom Corcoran, ‘4t will look bad for ball players to it Perfectos, hing bui 2 the . iy ALR away now I know Milwaukee n stil that he has not been hitting well in the practice games, Mike Donita ta Nin) were ‘Phillies, his batting this season, OPENING SALE AT 456 ove ‘mal rey Power een tae He 1s one of the most This If he does, remember This game, honest, little a ‘As he backed her With this handsome miss the Senator Anticipates winning several of the rich races reserved for horses of her Sex this “Last “my arm was 80 pitcher, ff work when hard-hitting | out- batting honors with is having trouble finding ——— ee NBARING’S, 16 Bast 42d St, x7 wide aite'fe wisatd BONNER LOST BOUT ON FOUL. In Contest with Marvin Hart, . Summit Hill Man Was Warne: qualified in Fourth Round, LOUISVILLE, April 3.—Marvin Hart, of Loutsville, was given the decision ong, a foul over Jack Bonner, of Summit Hill, Pa, last night in the fourth round of what was to have been a twenty round contest. Bonner had been. cau- tioned in each of the preceding rounds for hitting low and using his shoylder in clinches. Hart took the aggressive at the start, and with straight lefts to the face, fol- Jowed with rights to the body, kept Bonner busy defending himself. The . latter took advantage of every oppor tunity to clinch and dig his shoulder into Hart's stomach. Both assumed crouching positions in the second round. Hart missed a right swing and Bonner uséd shoulder as they came together. He was cautioned. He was warned a moment Jater for hitting low. Hart had all the better of the going, and just as the round closed Bonifer ducked a vicious right swing and both fell to oer began the third with jonner began the a to the wind. Hart kept jabbing his left. Bonner was again warned using shoulder in the clinches. ner jed at eve Fourth, <which ‘was also. , after ‘fouling twice Referee awarded the decision to Hart. tt Siler NEW YORK BOXERS WIN SIX CHAMPIONSHIPS, John Leavey, of Pastime A. C., Secures 135 and 145 Pound Titles in'A. A. U. Events. - CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 8.—Twenty stiff bouts were fought by aspirants for championship. honors in’ the National A. A. U. boxing tournament here last night. The star was John Leavey, of the Pastime A. C., New York, who, after fighting a hard prelfminary in the 135- pound class, won the final and caam- pionship in that class, and then $ into the 145-pound class and won that championship, too, Fred Fieg, of the National Turn Verein of Newark, N. J... after: winning two hard preliminaries, went down to defeat in the final before Thomas Stone, of the New West Side A. C., New York. ha William Rodenback, the middje-weight RACING. NOTES. Nat Ray, who is schooling John Mad- den's steeplechaser Auto, believes that, the game before the season is far ad- vanced. eee Algernon Daingerfield has been ap- pointed clerk of the scales at the open- eo 8 8 Witilam J. Arkell will race in Eng- land next fall, and for two or taree sea- Kintore for a partner, Mr. Arkell has been in correspondence with Lord Kin- tore for several months, and has carte Dianche ‘from:him to ‘buy horses in this country, oe 8s William C. Whitney's _ thirty-seven thoroughbred horses arrived at’ Sheens- head Bay yesterday from their winter quarters In South Carolina, in charge of ‘Trainer J. W..Rogers. + It is said on good authority that the colors of United States Senator Gorman will be seen in the pteeplechasesx at Pim- Heo during. the meeting of the men land Steeplechase Association in the week veginning April 18. VIM, . 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