The evening world. Newspaper, December 17, 1903, Page 12

THE WORLD: THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1903. © SPORTING NEWS SPECIALLY REPORTED FOR THE EVENING WORLD. ¢O Trades and Deals ~ @HICAGO, Dec. The American Beegue magnates get together here to- ‘Gay to decide on severa! changes for the _ g0ming season. Most of the magnates "te already on hand. __Brank Farrell is here to represent the ders, and is expected to take an W@hportant part in the deliberations. Goveral trades and deals for players @ill_be consummated before the ses- as, Satiece are expected in announce- fments felative to changes in the owner- of the clubs at Washington and It. Wone of the magnates will the rumored changes. Of these ‘GhAngeés, the foul strike rule will ve the 3 important subject for early con- , ‘ation. | Whis Ie Hard on Players, “If the plans of certain club owners in the American League do not miscarry t will cost a ball player an even $10 to Moice this objections to any deolston by the umpire. Furthermore, if ‘Guy player ts foolish enough to question hy ruling handed down by the official, | fhe seoretary of the homo club will, forced to notify President Johnson, | eldentally deduct the amount of ‘the fine from the player lary. - Sehnson's Unique Idea. | _ Johnson believes that he has solved | Phe problem of doing away with sense- | )) fees wrangling on the field. His ‘dea is a ue, to say the least. he rule is adopted by the Ameri- | sue, the ofticlal umpires will put @ peaceful summer, If the umpire Instructions he will give all de- -. IMERIGAN LEAGUE HOLDS TTS MEETING IN CHICAGO - Change in Foul-Strike Rule and Several) _ Features of the Session. for Players Will Be hand to the oficial scorer of the home club. Every time the umpire waves his hand or nods his head it will cost the oftend- ing player an even $10 fine. And, mark you, all these fines must be paid at once. To sum it all up, Jol tons to make his umpire t master of the field during the season. MUNROE IS IMPRESSED BY JEFFRIE Miner Sees Champion Since He Met Jack Munroe, the Butte miner, who will eventually be matched with Jim Jeffries to fight for the world's cham- plonship, was an interested spectator at the Dewey Theatre last night. He saw “Jeff” and his sparring partner, Joe Kennedy, the California heavy: weight, go throug’ their vicious three- round bout, which the big champion says is merely an exhibition canter. Munroe wanted ito get a line on Jefftics's style of fighting. ‘This was the first time Munroe had seen Jeffries box since he was awarded the decision over him at Butte, Mont,, and he watched every blow that Jeffries delivered. them. If ury player tes the decision the umpire will | simply turn in his tracks and wave his The tvut furnished by Jeffries and Kennedy was one of the fastest ana hardest the men have put up since r f to Decide in tT) (Rpecial to The Evening World.) DETROIT, Mich. Dec. 17,—Before a ‘aowd of 4,000 people, Mike Ward, the light-weight champion, was Pietes ee verdict over Willle Fitz-« Id, of Brooklyn, inst night, the bout @oing the ten-round Hmit, It was a fast bout, Ward holding the upoer band from che start, maintaining the lea ‘Which was slight, to the very end. In the tenth round Ward's work was st effective, He had the better of @xchanges and forced the Brooklyn td to break groucal several Limes. This round won the verdict foy the ©anadian, Referee Ryan's deciston; the crowd, all appearances Fitzgerald was handicapped by the clean breafc rules as ted in Detroit, for he fouled r Amiatesonally four or five times, it! , Weing necessary for the referee to cau- don him. Ward kept continually after | » blocked neatly ard worked a right | O4y punch most effectively, while Fitz- Id contented himself by playing tor the head all the way throug. @he second round was a toss up, like- TO OFFICIATE AT _ SSCHODLBDY GAMES @The following gentlemen have been ‘@sked to officiate at the Public School Athletic League games at Madison Hiquare Garden on Dec. 26; President of the Games, Mayor-Elect George B, Mc- @lellan; Director General, Luther Hal- Gulick, M. D.; Honorary Refer 4 tor J. Dowling: Referee, James F livan: Judges of Track Events, G. Y. Kirby, C. Sherrill, D. R. James, tow 8. is, Col, N. D. 1 ’ W, Rublen; Judges of F Y. Buermeye' i tell, D. , M. P. Halpin, R. H, L. Rk. Sharp, F. Dieterle, . Trask; Official Reporter, h 8. Quinn; Chief Scorer, 1 ‘Brien; Scorers, M. J. F' 5 Fuller; Jd. Conway; An= J, Harvey ers, hn J, McHugh, 8. D. See; Chief Mar- weal, G. Kintner. * NEW ORLEANS ENTRIES. ANEW ORUEANS, Ia., Dec. 17,—The ““pitries for to-morrow’s rices are as fol- fot Tiioe—Soven tw ONES: purse, Hstabiisn Tamarix , Mountebank’ .. Sif and fur trio ree oe etnotmun FITZGERALD LOSES IN - ~ MP AND TUCK BATTLE Ward's Wer in Final Round Caused Referee | rounds. His Favor. Wire the third, but In the fourth Fitz- serald cut out the pace, forced Ward in many dangerous comers and in the exchanges came out best. The fifth went to Fitzgeratd alao, but after that Ward ralhed stwongly, forcod the fighting again and evened things up again in dhe sixth and seventh, clinching the battle In the eighta, mnth and Anal Fitagerald realizing that War lead in the work tried to forse rations a the tenth round, much to his sorrow. me and again he led with his lett, Olly tO ineet uw right body punaa or a left, nok 0 the dw that shook him 01 adly, This round wi re \ Oy bis wuargin, Sars In the prediminaries, bien, of this city, ter, ' of Toledo, ‘Tom McCune, showed su away Will fshye Ade Johnnie Beau- won over Eddie Fos- in ten rounds, while the veteran’ ringster, taing form reversal Aig! put mpbell after nin til 0 rounds S’S FIGHTING in Action First Time} Him at Butte. they have been giving exhibition bouts. Im the second round Jeffries landed a left hook on Kennedy's nose which almost broke !t, and Joe Egan, who was keeping time, had to cut the round short. After the bout was over Munroe sald: “Jeffries is certainly a wonderful fighter. | He has grown bigger and stronger since | I fought him in Butce. If I ever fight him. I will surely bo fit to Mght a hard battle, He can hit.a blow that is lke | the kick of a horse. | When Jeffries was asked by an Bven- | Ing World reporter if there was any | chance of his making a match with | Munroe she sal “Yes, I think we will get together | sooner or later, If a purse {s offered that will make {t worth while going to | the expense of training I wil! lose no time in signing articies of agreement to meet the miner. If Munroe deieat< another man and shows up weil I think ‘ve will have no trouble in keting the tubs of San Francisco to bid for the | Doings in the Busy World of JABS AN "Sandy" Ferguson, the Chelsea heavy weight, who recently suffered a defeat at the hads of Jack Johnson, the col- ored heavy-welght champion, has ar- rived in Clticago, where he has been matched to meet “Klondike,” the col- ored heavy-weight of that city, in a six- round bout Dec. 26. "Klondike" 1s ex- pected to give Ferguson a hard fight. Offer for Ryan and O'Brten, Another offer has been made for the middle-welght champtonship battle be- tween Tommy Ryan and ‘Philadelphia Jack O'Brien.” The Chelsea A, C., of thelsea, Mass., makes the offer. Mat maker Larry Sweeney {s willing to gl he fighters 60 per cent. of the gross re- celpts, The club seats 4,000, It 1s not likely the fighters will accept the offer, as they can get more money oy fighting ‘on the coast Ferns Fights Saturday, Jim ("Rube") Ferns, of Kansas City, the ex-welter-welght champton, who has not fought In a long time, has been matched to fight Jack O'Brien, of Brook- lyn, for fifteen rounds at_a boxing show at Parsons, Kan., next Saturday night, Herrera and Neary to Meet. Aurelia Herrera, the Mexican feather- weight, has at last been induced to maker the coast for a fight. The match maker of the Milwaukee A, C, has se- cured Herrera’s signature to a sét of articles of agreement for a ten-round pout with Charley Neary, of Milwaukee, era has parted from his on Jan. 8 tidy Bushee, and has lett Ban Francisco for the scene of the fight. «Young Griffo” Re-enters Ring. “Young Griffo,"" the clever Australian boxer, who recently announced his tn- tention of re-entering the ring, has nad ho trouble in getting on a match. He has been engaged to meet Otto Sielof, If Griffo still possesses the same won- derful cleverness he had a few > ago he ought to beat Sleloff without trouble. Felts and Chester Goodwi rdinal Woil PE, Stephens ‘The.Tammany Club, of Boston, which —— the Chicago lght-welght, for six rounds! before the Chicago A; WA. In two weeks. | With Men Whollake Fight History, DJOLTS Kelly, the Chicago fighter, slated to be fought before the West End A. C. of] St. Louis, will in all probability be transferred to Kansas City. The an- nouncement that boxing had been stop- Ped in St. Louls hax compelled the fighters to look elsewhere for a battle have accepted an offer es ground. from the Missour! Kansas Ci ‘They A vy about Dee, Root Won't Fight Choynski. Jaok Root, the Chicazo light heay Weight, was offered a match a few days ago with Joe Choynsk!, but turned down the offer, The matchmaker of the Chi- cago A, A. was willing to hang up a purse of $1,000 for the contest, but Root lined 1. Choyneki was perfectly will-! Aight but Root claimed the b more, WINNER OF BOUT | TO GD ABROAD A trip to England, something that neither Tom Jenkins nor Dan McLeod ever enjoyed, will be an extra induce- ment for them to display all their sklll and powers in thelr champtonship wrestling match at Madison Square Garden next Tuesday night. C. BP, Hutchings, an English sporting man, who Is Interested in the great Kuropean champion, Hagenschmldt, will endeavor to algh the winne Week to meet the forelg English club. Mr, Hutc the Garden. to seo the Both to fight in| before ap ings will be at bout accordingly t of shap Gardon Is Ike} and bes: over INTERSCHOLASTIC HOCKEY. has been reorganized, ‘will hold its first show Monday night. ‘The star bout will be between Chester Goodwin, of Boston, and Tommy Felts, of South Brooklyn. ney will clash for Afteen rounds, rto in Phila- Hoieas (and cio es “ghape. The Hoey Committee of the Long Island Interecolaatic Athletic League has prepared a schedule of games, ax follows: Jan. #1, Brooklyn Latin School vs, Polytechnic’ Preparavory; Feb, 4, Brooklyn Boys’ High School vs. Brook: ya Latin Schoo}; 18, Reasmue Hall High Gehcol va, Brooke H 1p Brooklyn aun chool vs. rasmus: cab nen SWEDES BACK OLSEN TO WIN. | Politiclans of high and Jow degree will | assemble in Sulzer's Hartem River Park, | at One Hundred and Twenty-seventh | street and Second avenue, next Monday | to see the entertainment and wrestling"| match arranged for the Harlem Dra-| matic Society by Tom MeCant The’) main attraction will be the meeting on the mat of Neif Olsen and John Pten- ing. Olsen's many followers tn Harlem have det on him to win, and the odds, which were expected to be 3 to 1 in favor of Plening, are now only 8 to 6.| Jack Munro wil referee the contest. | EDDIE HANLON P{ENING HAS HARD JOB ON HIS HANDS T0-NIGHT Jack Munroe, the miner heavy-welght pugilis@ will engage in another con- test to-night, but not with flye-ounce Sloves or under the Marquis of Queens- berry ruies Instead, he will tax his brute strength ‘against that of John Piening, the great ‘wrestior, a in wrestling bout at Prospect Hall, Brook- lyn, This will the second time the men have met in this kind of a’ competition, their previous bout hav- ing been won. bys Munroe. who was awardeit ,the decision when. Plening had failed to throw lum three times with- in an hour. 5 ‘The conditions under which y wi wrestle to-night will ae SN those of thelr first. contest, “Pienine aatering to throw Munroe three times in Ap hour or élse fargelt the. decision Besides this bout thero will be con. testa between Olsen, i and Jim Galvin, and Fritz Moh) showing a who made a good inst Tom Jenkins. RACING DATES FOR BUFFALO. TRACK on June 2%. . The officials of the association intend] & to. make the meeting a, big success a they have , plan, The Buffalo Racing Association has} and ust been awarded dates for its spring meeting by the Jockey Club, The meet- ing will begin on June 6 and terminate ) FRISCO’S CLAIMANT FOR TITLE HELD 'M'LEOD 10 SECOND BY “YOUNG CORBETT,” AT FAVORITE TRAINING STUNT High jamping 1s @ novel means of conditioning a fighter. The tdea {s original with Hanlon, who believes the exercise gained by leap- ing over the bar not only brings every muscle in the body into play particularly tends to harden and develop the muscles in the region of the stomach. Knowing “Young Corbe: ability as a body puncher, Hanlon ni land the little ch Inught and be a: verbial najin when *e steps into the ring to do ba of this mouth, the pro- AUGUST FAUST One of the features of the wrestling bout between Hjalmar Lundin, c™ Sweden. and August Faust, of Ger- many, which !s to be deolded at Pros- pect Hall, Brooklyn, next Monday night, will be a ball, This will follow the contest on the carpet, and will be a very much up-to-date social affair,and the women folks who are fond of ath- letic sports will have a to wit- ness a test of slit! 1 two of the strongest and cleverest Graeco- Roman wrestlers in the profession. Faust is anxious to defeat Lundin because of the latter's victory over him last spring. At that time he was suffering from a sore leg. Dan Mo- Leod, with whom Faust {s training, will be in the Teuton’s corner, Tom Jenkins, who is to meet McLeod at Madivon Square Garden Tuesday night, has been selected as referee. Ivars Levine, of Brooklyn, who {s promoting the match. has arranged a number of interesting preliminary bouts between wrestlers of recognized abil~ ity, Faust and Lurdin will haye to be én the mat at 9.30 o'clock. ‘The matoh is best two out of three falls to @ finish, Graeco-Roman style. (Special to The Evening World.) SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 17.—Young Corbett’ took on three boys in the gymnasium yesterday at the Beach, where he is training for his fight with Eddie Hanlon on the 29th. George Sanfanson, the wonder from Nome, who cut’ the champion's eye last week ina flerce bout, was first to don the gloves. The bout lasted three rounds, and then Jack Burke, the clever local amateur light-weight, put on the mitts. ‘This was the fastest bout seen atithe (Beach since the arrival of “Corbett,’* the crowd enjoyed it as well as a regular fight. EVENING WORLD’S DAWN- OF-THE-YEAR FOOTRACE ENTRY BLANK FOR DAWN: OF-THE-YEAR FOOTRACE., Please enter my name as a starter in The Evening World’s Dawn-of-the-Year Footrace. NAME . ADDRESS Fill out this blank and send it to The Evening World, when you. will be sent a number to wear In the race, with full Instructions re-' garding the detalle of the great event. Address your entry to FOOTRACE EDITOR, EVENING WORLD, NEW YORK CITY. THREE MEN, $10 EACH, AND THE FOLLOWING TL GATT Ce $5 EACH. The ff the race will be as fol- lows: Brum The World's Harlem Ofice, On One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, to Bighth avenue, to Fitty-ninth street, to The World's Uptows ‘The Evening World will gi to de competed for by person athletically inolined who cares to enter the Dawn-of-the-Year Footrace from ‘The World's ‘Harlem lomce, on One Hundred. and Twenty- fifth street, ta the downtown office, on to a Parte Row, Ht will be a go-as-you-please | one Broadway, between Thirty- \Arrair, and al comers will be accepted, | renin ‘ana Thirty-cighth streets Cvhicn amateurs or prefersionals. wil be @ checking station), to hirty- street, to Eighth avenue, to Hud- Sori teats to Chambers street, to Park Row. to The World's Main Office. YALE HOCKEY TEAM’S TRIP. NEW HAVDN, Conn., Dec. 27.—During the coming holiday vacation the Yale hockey team will go to Pittsburg for four games, Two of these will be played with Princeton on Dec. 29 and 90. On Dec, $1. Yale: will play the Western League team in Pittsburg, and/on Jan. 1 the All-Interscholastic team, THE WINNER OF THE RACE WILL RECEIVE $25; THE NEXT MATTY BALDWIN BEAT “KO” PANTL (Special to The Evening World.) BUSY TRAINING DAYS FOR “CORBETT” AND HANLON Feather-Weight Champion and Rival Rapidly Getting in Shape for Coming Fight. bet" went.on the road all alone yester- For the first two rounds both went et it hammer and tongs, Burke bleeding freely, but Mghting hard. He jolted the champion hard and often, but dn the third round he was so far gone that Harry Tuthill etopped the “‘go" to save him from @ knook-out. “Corbett” Ikes Burke and has invited him to comé out every day. Taking Of Weight in Chunks, The “gym” is very close and resembles ® Chinese Inundry from the heat. The Uttle fellow wears three sweatera work- ing Inside and {s losing flesh rapidly. Billy Otts, who worked with him be- fore, is the third sparring partner, but the “go” with him is more wrestling than boxing, Both Tim McGrath and George Wee- den went with ‘Corbett on the road ‘Tuesday, and now can hardly move. Fourteen miles was the limit of the run, and the two think tt better to etay in- doors and hear about long spins. ‘Cor- day morning. He took the highway to Ingleside and back, which {s the best when the weather 1s not too cold. Rivals im Ball Game Saturday. Both Hanlon ahd “Corbett” are prao- tising baseball every day now for thelr big game, which takes place Saturd afternoon on the local ‘fleld. Exidi Graney and Spider Kelley will umpire, and every sport in town 1s waiting for the day ‘to come. Hanlon bet Weeden $100 last: night on the outcome, amd by the day of the gem there will be plenty amoreon, ‘> S*™* Harilon spent all yesterday afternoo: in the “gym.” He si {pp the rope, worked the wrist machine and boxed, Harry Foley, who trains him, wears « chest protector such as Alec Greggains used with Gardner, and Hanlen can whang ‘away with full speed. Fred Landers’ 1s Jeo, boxing end puta up « pretty bow#, as he is just Eddie's sis GAELIC FOOTBALL WAIT AT GARDEN Two more itterly-fought games of football were played at Madison Square Garden last night. One of them was in the Amerioan style, while the other was decided under Gaello ru‘es, which, by the way, Is @ rough game, The fret game was between the army boys from Forts Totten and Hamilton, and termin- ated in a tle, neither side having scored when the referee blew his whistle, bringing the game to an end. The Geelic game was between those two famous Irish ‘teams, the Kickhams and the O'Connells. The game was en- Joyed by the large crowd of spectators, who laughed themselves almost sick in ‘watching the rough-house style of the sons of Brin. ‘Dhe players of both teams, tn their anxiety to win the game, ‘wrestled, fought and rolled all over the ground, So rough was the play that the police- men on the side lines fled from their positions, and did not attempt to go within ten yards of the atruggi'ng Irish. men. one of the Kickhams’ ers had his eye ost ol Pint “artow more had met with pntet injuries, th me came to an end with the Kloshams the victors 'by a score of * two more samen will he Played to- night, the contesting teams bel the Mohawks and Olympics, and the teams of Franklin, Pa, and Watertown, N. X. SIMMS WANTS MATCH. ‘Terry Simms, the light-weight boxer ot this ctty, ds after @ match with some good man in bis clase, Denny Hall or Jack Downey preferred, for a side bet, BOSTON, Mass., Dec, 17,—Matty Bald- win seored a close win over “Kid Pants at the Central Athletic Club last night In twelve rounds. “Both belong in this city, and have met, several times, it night’s-finding on & par ‘They are as evenly _ever stepped, into @ wi t the start last night, % opponent. tre: Kk he showed tow: ith the others. Thatohed a-pair, ring. ite excelled. jabbing. and’ nook Nperigrity, (oo. tidge, however, Hydrocele,~or an: der and Kidno: eee tiesias orany ta sonal j a the conditions of whtch will be “made, public in. a few ht, Men, Come to Me nd Chreale Ul 5 Tater ottans Sw tings, Caterrhal Discharge: mutism in all its forms, Lost Vigor and Vitalie; Eczema, Pl neeociate, Mictpscreed of Men, to come ith me, ve. a Fysecninatlon, together with am honest and sclentifc 1 want every man that is suffering from Varicocele, lood Poisoning, Conditions, ptive Condition: » OF and have a social you Free of thorough per- opinion Cres me at once. 4 Fee