The evening world. Newspaper, February 5, 1904, Page 12

/Teaving for the Pacific Coast,‘‘ Fighting Irish- @fman” Expresses Great Confidence in His Abil- ity to Beat Champion Feb. 29. HE twenty-round bout between “Young Corbett” and Dave Sul- Uvan for the feather-weight Bhampionship of the world has been Befinitely arranged. They box at Mechanics’ Pa- Wilion, in San Francisco, on Feb. 29, finder the auspices of the Yosemite {Athletic Club, of which Jim Coffroth the matchmaker. «According to the articles of agree- Thent they will clash at 130 pounds, ‘Weigh in at 6 P. M. on the night of thé fight. ‘ Sullivan left for ‘Frisco last night n the Lake Shore Limited. He looked fm good shape. His appearance indl- eeates that he has been doing some kind of gymnasium work in anuclpation of eee match, bb BEAT YOUNG Corbett BRITT CALLS OFF SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, Rritt has taken it himee! loft his fight with “Young Corbett,’ which was scheduled for March 1), The Frisco light-weight 1s angry because “Corbett’” signed articles to fight Dave Sullivan before the Yosemite A, C., on Monday, Feb, Britt asserts he agreed to meet the Denver lad with the understanding that neither would enter the ring prior to the date «et for thelr encounter his agreement, Britt says, rbett Jiminy to call Six good should furnish principals are some rare sport, ‘Phe well matched, YOF all those who left on the sameP yi ie the card: agen with the plucky Httle fighter, Bul“) yack ROOT, the rugged light heavy Bappiest FE ee aoe ne aaa wien | WeIght, and JOHN WILLE, of Chicago, ar tiben Joked and chated with|six rounds, at catch weights, at Bat- lends, and acted ax if ho Was Pry, in’ Chicago. Sbout to go on a trip that would neti iui DONOVAN, of Rochester, vs. him thousands of dollars instead of! .vouNG PETER’ JACKSON, of Call: Going to engage in u battle with that) sornia, afteen rounds, before the Eureke SFeat little plece of fighting machinery “Young Corbett,’ the king of all the Little fellows, An speaking of his coraing battle with lorbett"’ Sullivan sald: “My fight with ‘Corbett’ 1 regard as age most important of my career, 1 we been trying for ‘over. elghteen tha to get on a fight with him, op, that the chance hax come: i tend fo fight ak I never did before to fhm, “the height of my ambition to, become the feather-welght cham- pion of the world “Although ‘Corbett’ is a great fighter, Z feel confident 1 will beat hime If t fat T will have no excuse to ofter, for when I enter the ring | will be in’ bet- fer shape than I have ever been for| battle. i ‘he weight, 130 da, just suits me, and I will be a Taght. 1 inte Wain at Ales Athletic JAC Glub, of Baltimore. O'NEILL, the hard-hitting | feather-weight of = Philadelphia, “BATTLING NELSON," of Chicago, alx rounds, at 130 pounds, before the Badger | A. C., of Milwaukee, ANDY DALY, of Boston, va, YOUNG DONOHUE, of Roxbury, Mass., fifteen rounds, at 128 pounds, before the High: land A..C., of Marlboro, Mass. ve bouts carded for to-night “CORBETT” FIGHT has broken, and he now will have noth- ing more to do with him, “As soon as I heard ‘Corbett’ had contracted to .meet Dave Sullivan,” lcontinues Britt, ‘I immediately in- formed him that our fight was off, 1 also notified the club before which we |were appear to this effect, and then T broke training g ecke T haa battle at a great this dime ana mo T cannot Understand Corbett’ breach oF TO-NIGHT’S FIGHT CARD SCHEDULES SIX BOUTS ‘They will box for six rounds at cateh- weights Mississinnt”’ and “Buffalo Sunflower. ir of feather-weights, and Fred Mc- dden and Fred Vanuch, of Cana will meet in the double wind-up at t Nonpareil A. €. of Philadelphia ———_ ABEL TO MEET MOWATT. CHICAGO, Feb. &—Kid Abel will ‘ommy Mowatt before the Ninth ‘4 Guards next Tuesday night mec Root has not fought, since he de- feated Jim Flynn, at Pueblo, Col, ana ag that fight just put him on edge he will doubtless be in fit, shape to night for a great battle, O'Neill, whe fights Nelson, hus been fighting great form in Philadelphia. He bas won all his battles there recently and | will probably put un a great battie! egainst the Chi | Lenox A of Philadelphia, wilt! a. Cal. At the su d for his fi nia okivt) bantam. with Johnny iff Jones, wi shin the star Allen. of Philadel ‘FAMOUS “FIGHTER NCOs: HEUTE SON ON TELLS HOW TO TGHTER { GIVES UE REESH ft FOR BUILDING UP TISSUES. HOW TO PUT ON ON WEIGHT, | EXERCISES | LESSON NEXT ‘MONDAY, FEB. 8. DISTRICT LEAGUE. “FOR BOY ATHLETES ‘A meeting of the Board of Direct ef tho Public Schools Athletic League iM be held next,Monday night at the joe of Henry A. Rogers, Board of Baueation Building, Park avenue and Fifty-ninth street, Borough of Manhat- tan. ‘The objects of this meeting are to in- [3 n of Ruies, to decide upon events for ¢ co meetings, and to transact other usiness. district ase the number of directors from | teen to thirty-five, to consider ns for the orgaunizat ea ——— , BASKET-BALL TG-NIGHT. One of the most interesting games fy the intercollegiate basket-ball series the championship ts anticipat ht, when Pennsylvania and ¢ I for te which e ai and ity i ally. expect. to nud Co mbIn to thelr string of vietiuis th ht. The and W five have not Played a game ree Weeks, but to that time had defeated Harvard Cornell, ham. | FIGHTING GOSSIP AND LATE Jimmy Walsh, of Boston, the pound champion of thix country, | make another trip to E where he has been | Digger Stanley, the 105+ will) wland short matched to meet inglish bantam: weight champion, in a. fifteen-round bout before the National Sporting Club, | of London, the first week in April, for | | the“ 105-pound championship of the world, | Beebe aud Stone May Meet. Jack MeGuigan, matehmaker of the | National A, C., of Philadelphia, will | make another attempt to indice “td | Beebe, of the litter city, to box Jimmy | Stone, of the Avonia ALC. ina ab J ronnd bout at his next show to-morrow night. Ee deliberately. Minked. vit of his bout with Stone Which was. to have’ boon fought on last’ Saturday night Brig Willis Axcain, Jimmy Briggs, the New England fighter who’ made good in both battles which he fought in Philadelpi accepted an offer from Jack Mc matchmaker of the Nation 6 Club, of Philadel meet Billy Willis, the Quaker City feather-welg iit COURTNEY A CONTROL GATHACA, X. X.. Feb, trouble the Cornell crew room hag n settled. At a special m thd Athletic Council yvestera mt ©) thing that had led to the misunder- F standing was omolatiy undone “resolution contiden eh Courtney, which he has bern Rranted to hin, Mey: Is now again the real her MORRIS P PARK STAKES. “os Park on Thuraday, 16. Pio this rich stake. May and by standing out p Metropolitan Handicap, to be man | PHILADELPHIA. Feb, ‘Ten thousand dol- ‘ Many ‘be run at the Morris GAIN IN AT CORNELL of aquatics being arrang: work will be resumed next week Although’ not officially annowneea, ,it Js expected that ©. A. Lue \ appointed Coach Courtney # wesistant, ‘Phe Council adopter! a resolution whic! permits the appends to the contr ything w of Couch Courtney ol a clause providin: that he shall select tie members of th Cornel! crews, and that he shall desig hate the oarsmen w V varsity: t alning ta BOXER LUCCA GOES FREE. The Cor: oner's jury has nerated’ Rosario Lucea from responsibility in the death of Selxon Shemo the regro prize fighter, who died after a bout with Lucca last week. It was shown that Shemo's death was due to blood pbisoning, caused By' an ‘abscess. aa RING NEWS. shall eat at the FROM MANY PUGILISTIC CENTRES, for six rounds a week from to-morrow night Root Will Duck ‘This Match, Billy Woods, the California colored fighter whe was matched to fight J Root, of Chicago, In a twenty-roun bout before the Rellance A, C,, of Oa land, Cal, within t weeks, been removed to a hospital out th suffering with small-pox Bonnér and Jeffords to Meet. Artictes of signed by Jack Bonne Pa., and Jim Jeffords, the Califory for a ten-round bout a boxing show to be held rl Oper t Lane nave be- agreement have just been of Summit Hill heavy-weight, ut be decided at the Lan d fun tralning for the contest Meltody Matched with Hitte. “Honey” Mellody, ter-weight fghter of Boston, who cently defeated Eddie Connolly Matthews and Patsy Sweeney, has an. ather tight on his hands, He ‘has beer matched to moet Charley Hitte, of Al bany. for iifteen rounds before the terdaim AC., of Schenectady, Ne ¥., ~ KID WILSOK WINS FROM CROSBY the promising we PHUADELPHIA Feb. s5.—Kid Wil- son, colored, of Orange, N. J. bested Bteve Crosby d, of Louis- ville, Ky., in six rourds at the Broad. 4 way Athletic Club last night, Crosby %&) failed to any of the champlonship \form to him, and Wilson had pretty the better of every round In the fourth round Wilson put Steve with hat hes, but the ter was up befor’ full count cach | Ume, 4 ul ———— CIRCUS AT ICE RINK. amateur circus for - New Pastime on Florida: Beach Is LIKE YACHTING ON LAND YROTS MILE Iki 2.16 ON ICE, § FALLS, N.} A new record estab- lished on the tee on Ls Re in the , when Vinco, owned by Cunningham, of Sandy Hilt, er’s record of 2.1614 made al t winter. Vinco went the 9. Elmer b., of Saratoga, (ree-for-a hin J oroke Ges Ottawa iv other 1 owned by HEEL Harry R., owned by 8, of Glens Falls, won ant 28%. Guy W., owned By Leonard Kin- of Fort Edward, was ‘second, ana 3. Dwyer's Dan J. third James Dougrey M EDDIE HANLON- SAYS: Corbett” will surely beat Jimmie Britt, if they I know them bot RYAN AD O'BRIEN ‘| the veteran trainer of champions, ac- |companied by Eddie Hanlon, his brother Harry and Harry Foley, missed | their connection for the East last night | and will leave this morning. Instead of | going direct to New York the party will stop over in Pittsburg, where Han- lon’s former manager, Mike Short, is HANLON to New York. Joe Macais, the fistic promoter and manager of pugilists, has been author- ized. by M, J. Gallagher, of the Carbon County A, C., of Mauch Chunk, Pa, to offer Tommy Ryan and “Philad phia Jack’’ O'Brien sixty-five per cent. ; hoon of May of the gross receipts to box a fifteen r twenty round bout on the aftor- 30, ‘The club has secured a lease of a building which will accommodate 20,000 persons. Macais has notified both J of the offer. if apt the will post $2,000 as a guarantee that the bout wilh be brought of without any interference from the authorities "Brien has practically van, however, has d few months’ rest dying of consumption, Delaney said he knew nothing of the proposed bout between Jeffries and Johnson, saying that he would always dvise Jim to draw the color line. “The public does rot ask for a white man meeting a colored, and I am not in favor of pitting them together.” “Hanlon,” said Delaney, “in a great lad. He deserves great credit for his fight with ‘Corbett.’ ‘The day before FIGHT Little ’Frisco Fighter Will Call on Old Manager in Pittsburg and Then Come we left ‘Frisco Eddie x: a deed for a $5,000 home. Speaking of the match between ‘Cor: bett’ and Britt, the coast feather weight sald “Corbett! will surely beat Britt but 1 doubt whether Britt ts alin cere in his wishes to meet ‘Cor- hott! ‘Corbett’ beat me fair and square, and { consider him the greatest fighter in the world?’ Of his plans for the future Hanlon said: “While in the East I will try te vick up some money, and I don’t care whom the clubs secure as my opponents. Aver calling on my former manager Short, and seeing the East, I will be ready to fight in Boston, Fort Erle oj Chicago. 1 would prefer’a longer fight than six reunds.” Nate Lewis, Doc Message and several other matchmakers offered Hathlot xome matches, but for the present hé declined them ‘all, ve his mother COV UT WITH CHAL- LENGE TO FITZ, O'BRIEN, RYAN. BEE AYS HE BAS NOT WITHDRAWN THE COLORLINE “Kid MeCoy will soon be seen in the ring again and against some of the top-notchers. Ryan, O'Brien or Fitz- simmons may be opponents of the clever “Kid.” He believes he can defeat either or all of thoxe mentioned, and will gladly get down to match-making shoula they show any inclination to tackle him, McCoy would prefer meeting O'Brien or Ryan tn six-round Bouts, but would take Fitz on for a longer period at Jim Jeffries has not withdrawn the color Hne, as a report from ‘Frisco sald yn the contrary, the big champlon is more determined than ever not to figh gro. ‘ou can't make ft too strong.” sald he to an Evening World reporter last night, “I don’t think the public wants me to defend my title against anybody but a white man. “Don't think I am afrald of a negro. | CHICAGO WOMEN INCREASE LEAL (Special to The Eyening World) The Chicngu women bowlers are fia in the lead of thhe New York mmuteh at the: Harlem uuye Mrs ume Gardne: and Mrs Western which th Wis the most of the night, In that Hngelhart rolled 194, and her | ‘The combined pine’ for the ‘one kamo Mrs, riner 14, “SAND-SAILIN nts Was only | ¢ Was i large crowd present and | SAIL Is hed to « tries the “spectators cheered. ill good AL JWateiaachouani thareard plays made by either team. — Several a soel A the crowd pressed sorclosciy, co work for the rider in this sport t hat they intert his whee! and propel it 1n such a manne’ wv LW photographs reproduced here sh HUEY M'GOVERN ~ BEATS “XID” BEEBE The entries for tows: Heaifor a mile; sell- | ASHLAND, Pa. Bob, 8 Hughey Me- jovern, the bantumewelght fighter of] phount Ray Out ON South Brooklyn, was awarded the de- SETS ee Hise on over “Kid “be, of, Philadel- * Modern to 3 t the end of a tiftcen-found bout Waa Race—Three ts i 1 ght, Beebe was no 9 78 hiora h for MeGovern. ‘The latter hit Optional VL." Quuker lad when and where he cadduce i sed throughout the bout, After the Parisienne S100 New. York fog | first round Boebe did not make an at- tempt to give MeGoyern a fight. He #1000 added; Clu) continually clinched him to avold pun- iol ishment “MeGovern tried hard to put Ti| Becbe away, but the latter managed to ns { by holding. Several time: @ ities han Iple Silver could dot fon in fi by TURFMAN STANTON INSANE, NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 3.—8, 8. Stan- Favorite 107 Race—Mik And (he-guarter, Gini hg Malay benefit of iphany Chureh, of Brooklyn, will Clermont Avenue Rink, next Monc ight. Most nlnent and” faney © volunteered ices and ke the part of clowns, gymnasts, ringinasters and equestrians and will impersonate horses elephants, Mons, tigers, donkeys. a other Interesting representatives of animal kinguom, fa flame. ntive aliawance —— TO-NIGHT’S HOCKEY GAME. One of the liveliest hopkey gamen of the scuson is expected to-night at the Clermont Ayenuo Rink, Brooklyn, when the seven from the Brooklyn Skatlr ton, raced Sir Vasaa d_ other horses on the metropolitan tracks a fow ago, suddenly went tnsani Stanton was taken to a local Stanton reached here the other day and purchased Komombo, Peeper, Bronx and Hymettus, It was who years terday, sanitarium. Club line up against the champion} his intention to race the horses here Crescents, ‘and on the Eastern tracks later, \ 4 ; at | the circulation of the report: but, ” ON THE FLORIDA COAST. or Dicyele and the rider is obliged to handle 5 were on a boat, scores ng sails : During the nutemobile races at Ormonde, the beach ontinually crowded yA ef with the pecullarly rigged craft. Many bieyele enthusiasts rigged thelr wheels ' in ils, and the beach reminde one of New York's lower bay during a race ae N for America’s any ss were held during the uuto contests, and in Aires) Yeneietiart almost every case they proved interesting, Races between the bicycle: and jeyele were common, and in the majority of cases the three-wHoeled aftalr veMal pine Won oul. ‘This wax due prinepally to the fat that the rider did not have so fnone New much in vunning his eyele? : I'm not. They can be licked just a4] about September, easily as anybody else, I simply have| ‘The light heavy-weight championshiy t T would fight only] !s what McCoy has his eve on, and Grontined mtywelEisiats LM Or In the hope of Ketting on a match’ with men, and I won't break my word. ponsible for any is training every Fitz for the title ‘ n in West Forty- day at his gymnas! second. xtreet “T will be in shape to enter the ring) In a couple of weeks,” said « McCoy, ‘but Tam going to take things easy whit I don't know who Is rr how, say there Is nothing in It. “T know The Evening World qualified at first. That is, 1 will go xIx rounds the yarn yesterday and told Its readers | with “any of those Rood fellows” It not to belleve tll To was heard from. | will take a couple of these fights to na get me back in form and get m in swing, A boxer must be real good to meet Fitzsimmons, but next fall t will be there with the goods, | ‘T will dor plenty of outdoor work during the summer, with an occasional fight as & diversion.”” GANNON'S WINTER RIDING 1S ENDED NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 5,—Jockey Gannon, who was thrown while riding Free Admission during the running of the first race yesterday, will probably not do any more riding this winter, His collarbone is fractured. Binclatr, who rode ter, and C. Harris, who was on Urchin, who also fell in the spill, were not hurt. The horses, too, escaped with- out injury. “Gannon was unconscious for some time after being carried his_employer's stable. Well, T've been heard from n&w, and that settles the subject, T hope." Of course there is more » when on water, for he must gulde ras to prevent It becoming unbalanced. ow a tricycle and bicycle fitted out with HELD FOR PUGILIST’S DEATH | Mater Yorco and Frank Lust Ac- ensed by Coroner's Jars. Mafer Yosco and Frank Luzal were held without bail by Coroner den- | rang to-day, churged with being ree spongible for the death of Robert Flynn, & puRilist who was killed Ina Third avenue billiard room on Jan, found that. death vreguited m a pistol shot wound inflictéd by Yoseo, but that Flynn suffered’ a blow on the head from a billiard cue at the hands of Luzzi, ————_—- DE LA SALLE BOYS WIN. The youngsters from Dwight School met with a crushing defeat when they lined up against the midget basket-ball team from De La Salle School at the latter's gymnasium yesterday afternoon, Hoth teams were composed of lads aver aging eleven years of age, The De La Bulle’ midgets played like, veterans and won by the score of 2% to 1. When the midgets finished their the juniors from these two sch tieyed maame, which rosuited in another Vistory for De La Saile by the score of Is to, 8. now. BROADWAY, Dr. Williams Cures Men rane eda seca, sb ie ia that ‘diseanea ee 100 a Second—for What? Oh, just for looping the loop in an automobile, Would you do It?) There are lots of people who take even greater risks than this to amuse and astonish a ifokle public! ‘The girl who invented the terrible “hoop-the-hoop,"" In which another girl was nearly killed In Spain recently, tells why she wouldn't! try, it again for any money, Next Sunday's World, Magazine Seution, Pirate's Daugh+ | Fisher under This week will probably of getting a $25, $22” $20. $18 or $15 winter suit or overcoat at ee nyse Better not delay any longer, but come in WM. VOGEL .& SON, THREE BIG FIGHTERS TALK.. FITZ ELIEVES THAT O’BRIEN’S SIDE BETIS A BLUFF, ST. LOUIS, Mo. Feb. &—Bob Fits- simmons has just returned from a two- days trip out of the city. He war shown the report of how he was wanted by Philadelphia Jack O'Brien to battle for the middleweight title and a side bet of $10,000, A long pause followed the perusal of the article by the ancient one, while he ruminated. “Well, you see, I don't like to get mixed up in this word-painting affair," said Fitz, “T will say, however, that lost about $700 one night just because thought I might get O'Brien into s match “I was to show in Pittsburg, but O'Brlen came around with a propost- tion to fight me and bet $5,000 on the side. I throw over the engagement and Wired him that my money was posted at a newspaper office and I would come on at once, ne soon as he let me know that he had done Ikewise at a Phila- ad hit paper. I waited for a reply all that evonins when I might have been earning money ‘The reply never came. Now he wants to fight me for $10,000 Instead of $5,000. All I have to say 1s that whis ‘s probably twice as big a bluff as his former one. “I waste no more time and words on O'Brien. T have got to have eviden that bis money ts up before 1 will linten ata “T tell’ vou this O'Brien is no! asa fighter. He ix a gond man as fet us cleverness goes, but fight—well that'll be about all, ‘No use knocking.’ —————— MOHL VS. HALM TO-NIGHT. Fritz Mohl, who recently wrestled Lee Pardello, the Itallan champion, a draw under Graeco-Roman rules and Georg ch-as-catehycan rules will meet Everhardt Halm to-night. Th contest is to take place at the German American Athletlc Club, Eighth avenue near Thirty-eighth street. Moh! ha: to}agreed to throw Halm twice within ar hour under catch as catch can rules, end your chances HOUSTON ST. Sportsmen’s Goods. [ut ee cnn Wilt satt RitAul SUNDAY WORLD WANTS 5 oa WORK MONDAY. WOH BENS,