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GUNFIRE IS WORLD NOW A “HAS-BEEN.” THE WORLD: SATTRDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1904 SPORTS EDITED BY COLUMBIA READY i ____FOR FOOTBALL. ‘Be MCHESIE WORLD| THE INDIAN SIGN + PIPDAED-DOG 11-0 O99849-9-09400400040040404-) (Spectal to The Evening World.) 6 at the course this morning we reeabla to all concerned, a ylor, trainer, LU longs in 0. ‘i “aes a Joke,” Says Corbett; “He’s Stringing,” Declares Fitz, While the} jo is!,, Brown, trainer (BY ROBERT EDGREN.) ac ~* James J. Jeffries, coming to the conclusion that he never will find an- “ether fighter nervy enough to meet bim in the ring on even terma, has Nee ty te, fequed an original challenge. In strains ; trainer, IGT. OF WhSTERN KN Ping, on the same night, one after another. Each bout is to be for Jonge in 10, easily; o : » tea rounds, unless a knockout cuts It short—thirty rounds of fighting for the, champion if each of his opponents goes to the limit. In any case the Au a HIG me fot iiss ¥ fs to count up the points against him and in his favor, and If the) oi iplyine, © bre Wrasch Ma 9 Succeed in outfighting him, the champion states, he is willing to}.). meek, J. Odom, trainer VO up the dig end of the purse. 2 f _ Incldentally, ho suggests Robert Fitzsimmons, Jim Corbett and Tom) ,,,9)) J: Hynes, trainer train | Bharkey as tho pick of the big fellows, and as the trlo best suited tn tha) gj yuny" (rarer, 4 matter of tonnage and drawing power, to compete with him. cunt: i trainer. J ih Hynes, trainer. © “Haw-haw-haw!” laughed James J. Corbett, when I explained the BA ipion’s proposal to him. that Into my little talk.” J ae trainer breeaing: R. Rag tralner, ¢an beat me, and I'm game to admit it. pagel GiRt “T’'ll admit that he can beat Fits, too, and Sharkey. But three fresh trainer trainer, _ “Jeff can hit tho blow of a plledriver, but he isn’t @ machine, He can) fife, and if he was once tired enough to lose his epeed {t would be as easy Bob Cam ‘beat him as any other big, tired man. non i > “If it wouldn’t be such an unfair advantage, I'd like just for fun to mott trainer, a whirl at Jef efter ho bad fought Fits and Tom, It wowd be an] easily: F. Weir, trainer, championship, handily; J. “Now, look here. In our last fight {n ‘Frisco I know that Jeffries was and distressed at the end of thé.eighth round from the pace I had}1.0 CHINVARS} him, although he had enough left to get me in the tenth. cons’ ie F . bree WA fast ten rounds with me would leave him in bad shape for the|JACK RAT . handily: Ww Campbell, tra 181-2, galloping; George er i trainer ‘Carter, trainer ally: W. Rmith, trainer “Bay! I'm in on that. The other fellows don't need to waste any time 4 up to see who has to go on first. ching: D. Satter ter, trainer. ife’s ‘one fellow I've got the Indian sign on. Jeff couldn't put me out ® year. Give mo the firat chance, and if I don't get him mybelf I'l he him bo bad the next fellow will have a cinch, i gatloving m rainer, D. Carter ner MENT—F go right in at the bell, bing-bang. That's the way to lick Jeff, ing: Bob Campbell, trainer, : in 80 fast he will forget that fancy work he's been studying bea, Ree Jolt may know a little more than he did when I fought him, but not| CALL OFF CIRCUIT RACES, Ho's a natural fighter, and he knew how to fight without anybody|, PUMTRA. Sept. &—The Co York Circuit Be Would blow up before thirty. I'd hate to be Jeff |f Fitz got at him|oft by § the July meet here the police s CALLS IT A JORE, the wheel of fortu. then came Ruby Robert. haat pears as Rever would do it,” said Bob, wisely. “Jeff hasn't forgotten how EXHIBITION DRILL, him for eight rounds in ‘Frisco, Jim is the greatest fighter.) The York Soottiah Hightande: 4 make him a top-notch boxer, when I travelled with him after our |e { Tt Would be a good josh on me if I fought Jeff, after trying to ) you hands on him, But this thing of fighting three good men|!+ 1, on Labor Day 1 think Jeff ie trying to have a little fun by string- CHANCE FOR BANTAMS. class, jncluding Danny ont “wagner has GET Serr Ose +f 99-548$9400060499000000008 HAMBURG BELLE IN TMT TAU AT aN (Spectal to The Evening World.) SHEEPSHEAD BAY, N. Y., Dark, cloudy weather and a tempera- ture that was molst and humid were the conditions at the bay this morning during the training hours. principal workouts noted were the FITZ SIMMONS THINKS. HiS Hee ter HFAST FOUR FURLONGS GRAVESEND, N, ¥,, Sept, 4—The fair wewther and fast track that pre- rs stepped over the ground at ANY racers sent to exer- important of which were AT CHAMPION’S OFFER: -2s\: PSOE ‘our furlongs in |. H. MeCormick, tr BELLIGERENT—Four furlongs in 0, going with Grenade. ORT WELLS—Four furlongs in an n 1.46, hand. aril a, trainer, mile in “a, handily hh Wishard, trainer, Seven Lage in 1.36, Rilyes B84 4949446-04-0000600000-4 + 9:492900026-04 sassosasensnect "EE |GUNFIRE LATEST TO !: JOIN “HAS-BEENS” = i Duryea Mare Proved by Her Poor Showing Yesterday that She Is Not the Great Horse of Other Days. 3 nay: ad . ; ner ANSY— Wve futtongs in 1.04, “A. J, Joyner, trainer, UsShLl—Four furlongs in 0. ory eein ‘th tralner, * breezing; W ’ Sailor, Sharkey, Pleads for First)stiiayce chs tu . MUSIC Five Turlo ms tn 1.6 Chance to Meet Jeffries. rath Baha ven. ee mp TERN Nn furlones' in’ 0.7, k ia rile In 1, handily; W tye on) rio MIGHWORN Pour fi longs An at ats | Wiehar i PANK R-Four furtongs tn AUST “iar os, furlongs in LING, Gr Bian it rr b ‘He defies any three heavy-weights in the world to fight him tn the 1a vf br Neumeyer, Pive ure » Meehan, MERRY LA! Ea~ Kou Puri van in OtC, Cui sun Pg ed “ ine, Keven, “Furlong: Ag mandily: ww Mid roe. trainer, ‘K iL~One mile in 1.47, 'W, Shields, trainer. ‘01 TE—One mile in 1.82, galloping vs oie trainer, eT—Four furlongs in 0.56, Yarroll Reid, trainer, ¥ One mile and a half +2, galloping; Ralph Slack, R BOY-Four furlongs in 0.42, D. Wood, trainer. ti Pet, Four Bas a rr in 0.3, ralne’ igs oi furlongs in 1.19, hand. } furlongs in 1.18, hand- A quarter in 0% easily; 7, Gunfiro ta the latest Idol to be de- ‘throned in the eyes of the racing public. ‘There ia already a long list of hasbeens how on the turf pages of the ‘present season, There js Waterboy, McChesney, Lad, Africander, Major Dainger- fleld and others, Waterboy and McChes- ney will probably never come back to thelr form. Nor will Irish Lad or Her- New champltons must be found, American horses seem a tender lot, They have one good season, and then it {s @ cas® of scratch them from the list. In the ranks of the three-year-olds there are very few that give any prom: ise of being good four-year-olds, Wells and Broomstick are probably the , | Dest of the year, yet there is no telling y will finish out the season, They may turn out to be good four-year. olds, ont gain they may not, Not Promising. Nor ry the two-year-old division e cially promising, for the reason that a majority of the best youngsters are fliles, and fillies, as @ rule, do not train “Jon and hold their folm, Beldnme is an Irish Lad, Lond of the Vale and others in the handicap division had held their form right through the season, this would have been one of the Grandes years racing haa ever seen. The Spring racing was supe and = = @righton Handicaps furnishing racee that witt| 900 Unger long in the memories of race- IT—Bix furldny fa, CORBETT THINKS IT FUNNY. FORWARD One Mile Tes, Kae. NEWS One and) one. i 8, easliy, Withane has “Haw-haw-haw! That's the funniest joke I ever heard. I'll have to pooFPEIA-one milo in 1.44, handily: “Owyn ‘Tompkin: e mile in 1.45, 1 TROMP-Four efutlon 51, | (rom the Law School and will not return | mar Se hag i nd Branden, @ 8 y Racing In Vexatio | to la lumbi breesin, th test fighter in the world, that, | KNIGHT “ERRANT—Pour fur} “Why, Jeff is the greatest fighter in the world. I'll tell anybody that, / ones in Fo vont 1 sooner does Artful come into form as tho conqueror of the great Syeonby than she meets with an accident, and so de- laye another meeting between this pair, Artful will certainly not race again this tf mile tn’ 0.04, ake ty vert ue -?, breesing; a 4 GLORIFIERS Four H. McCormick, trainer. TUCKER WILL FIGHT | MeL AND BET $800 Frankie Nell, the champlon, 1s being much sought afier by weights since his Aight with Tommy | rey days to fight Jack, “Twin” Bul- ht of the Avonia {8 anxtous to mee: backing for #40 mile tn 6.59, rey col JEMSUP-One mite 4 ! It’s a good joke, Randiiy: J. "Neumeyer" 0 ! oneng dt E—-On in 1.5, gallop- galloping; J. ur furlongs In 0.68, | etand in front of a horee at the start ®/ and lash se be Nad actoss the legs with That was wnat was done to Cai An assistant starter “ih PING GROL 81x Curtor ea in AR. ~ settps in 1.07, Judging by the present outlook, next aon is not especially promising tn any one of the divisions, may develop well, for turfmen say that the crop of yearlings is especially fine,| the and perhaps the best racing may be seen in that division. Ry ya gets down a empte eeep them atill. out of a hundred fore he Fei wine to the Jockey Clu» will wake up and try to perfect start ‘There wil never be Fis it fellow, even if I didn’t daze him with punches, He never could get METROPOL furlongs in 1.04, fa tea rounds, If I fought Jeff again I would train for my old speed. MART. LLIN aiix furlongs tn wy, @ mistake last time by slowing down and trying to match him in weary TIMEU. STOO—LH8 mile in him, Tucker can to fight Neil in @ fAfteen or twenty long as tie flat- foote (BALL GAMES 10- MORROW. BHOTGUN—Seven furlongs in 1S, han- HARKEY WANTS FIRST CHANCR, Miss MODRED Pear furlonas tn 0, caper eATLER BONA furlongs In 130 Al Herford, matchmaker of the Eu- , of Baltimore, is ready to offer an incentive for the boys to battle Tucker ‘will fight Nell at 19 pounds, welgh in at 6’o'clock on the night of the contest, If these boys fight there will be coff- siderable betting on Tucker ts confident he can beat Ne! ————— BOERS TO TURN BALL PLAYERS Joo Humphries has arranged to have Terry McGovern and Johnny Burdick play with the local ball team of Taun- |." ton, Mass., on Labor Day, They will play on opposite sides, and between th and sixth Innings will three-round sparring exhibition, the game they will go to New Bedford to witness the Canole-~Gardner fight, Humphries has an offer for the boys to give an exhibition before the fight, and ‘will probably accept. Terry and Bur- dick have been seen through that | “Twant the first ten rounds. Some dub might happen to lick me, but *KET—Six furlongs in 1.18, handily; The Royal Giants, the colored team Of ball tossers. will play the Murray Rite a Ky ymple Field, One Hundred Wxth atreet and Fitth ave- \o-morrow The game should be one, * the Royal Giants beat of Stog, The Murrey league pitcher in the as Lindeman !s 7 on the }O—-Bix furlongs in 1.18, easily; wdtskene will under the name of the All- coumosed of National only will play the On- tariog at Ontario Field, One Hundred and Forty-n at bet! The Ontarloe wil will some S304 players ner. furlongs in 1.05, WASWIFT—Six furlongs Hy 1.9, orees.| At Ridgewood Park to-morrow the Philadeipnia Giants wil aah in a double-header, 10 be a aA exhibition of Le of sincere him. He couldn't get me in twenty-five rounds, and it's @ pipe} rnis city next week has been declared etary Coleman, not enough Bed rushed bim for ten rounds, Fitz would kil) him.” qpirins Raving been received. Darin Pp day the Saiarios fhe ational game. Cul rook been sronathngs by tare new pla; Willie Keeler, the Yankees’ great lit- tle rightfelder, js to umpire the ball between the Emeralds and Ni at the Protect to-morrow, ye dea: pares A Jonge 5 pitcher * hi oppose and great feldare °} are behind on the extiee and wil . | desperate efforts to pili up on their There will be a turning out of the solored gentry at Equitable Park to- 10 gee the three colored teams ‘entral lsiips. The home team will meet the fi v@ command of Capt, James H. Cockburn, will give ie exhibition aril! oe a the Soottias games of Y: ) everything I know about the game, Shiedonian Clubs which will be held et beat any man living, right now. He's big and fast, and you ‘rut 'ferween Maspech and Newtown ‘The Howard Frid Club, champtons of the east side, will play with the Delawares, of Harlem, at Kensington, Brooklyn, to-morrow. The Howards on Labor Day will cross bate with the Clintons in the first of rise of games for a mares of ithpaw Eddie” w: twirl for the Howards. “i the Ansonia a, y negro coach, will LR, ” Wiliams and lope, the undefeated porters, of the as, will Bo in against the Giants, ‘The Boston Athletic will oppose the ereensey romero at bo) ‘St. George Cricket, * tho bantam-weight, ts stringing?’ 1 asked. teady to take a any of the men tn bie FITZ AND CORBETT TELL JUST WHAT THEY WOULD DO TO JEFFRIES SEEDOLOODER DE DEED EOL OO ODEON DOL OS DODD OO O80 14 009008 04 LE OO D199 9 HOOP OT EEN 00 107 1OsHsooererses PLPHOOT HHO 008 0099000000401000-0-1446060, "Haw. AAW HAW 1 LAUGHED Coneetr, “ITS ONG op THE BEST Jo ( Even HEARD? O84 9E4-.89494-D99-9900049 SOE PEODIIG 4 4 994906499000OOGOO® us ——$—$—$—$———— ED COLUMBIA FOOTBALL MEN SOON,T0 REPORT Columbla opens Sept. 21, and the blue | Duden, M. B. Landers, LJ. Talbert white will play its first game of |and A. EB. Sedgwick are all good enough vtball on Sept, 44 with Union College, {for regular places in the ‘varsity line at American League Park, Capt, Stang-|from tackle to tackle, W. J. Donovan land and Coach Morley have orgered all | will make a good bid for quarter-back candidates to report a week from to- | tf Jones does not return. morrow, when sults will be distributed | If Bishop does not come back to. play and all the men will be regtstered. | left end, Morley can make use of H. 8. Actual practice will begin Sepl, 12 on | Rubedge, an old University of Colorade South Field. wing man, who was ineligible because Morley will be assisted by many |of the one-year residence rule last sea former Columbia stars, including Harold | son, Rubedgo will have another col- Ned Bruce, Jimmy Knapp, Bob |lege m: among the ee vy Owens and Jerry Sykes, It ts expected | Wolco an old centre eam, who will have ti to foil that no lees than ten of the fourteen | Colora men who won thelr ‘varsity "C' yes Smythe and Duden for year will return to play this season, There ia Httle lack of candidates tos 4nd from these and fifteen or twenty | the end posltions. A. J. Rucker. & sub- Veterans of the Columbia acrub or of |Strune bid forthe other college teams there should be little Mg i ehooama ce i " » * AiMeulty In eetting tomether an agare- | RB. Beh) ree Ration which will compare favorably Stanford ‘etar, and ra ye. or four nee with the team of 1903. ity calibre will make the Mem Who Will Play This Year. tea mae 1 ae re The men who will play this year are; mevacd Tayete May Prey Duncan H, Brown, Ipft tackle; John C. Pe an. the, Harvard star tackle, whe i wher Tomlinson, Jr, lett guard; R. 8. 8tang-| crimson eleven, will also be a candl+ nd, right guard; Thomas J. Thorp,|dato for the Columbia team, right tackle; Thomas R, Buell, right] 4nothes Harvard slant, will also nd; William C, Duell, left halt-dack;|"geveral good schoolboys will be sent Thomas R. Fisher, right half-back; }- Mi) og 5 ew ephenso: Charles L., Frambach, substitute left Jackson, of the champion De Witt thin, substitute | Clinton High Senool twam, there are Hy ack, apd John 8. Thorp, sub-| Thorp, a third of the famous Thor stitute full-back. Ned Bruce, centre, | family of Columbia football men, at and Richard Smith, full-back 2nd cap- | STZ, 8 sturdy, uarter back, frei tain last year, have been graduated | several players, and Columbia Gram half-b: it wit ». hen a x Kagpects are very brigi - It is expected that Chauncey Bishop, aed Al be left and, and P'chard Jones, auarter |g Mute Sin Canmue fark tha pepe ta back, will find it possible to return tQ| Sept the contest with Pennsy college, and If #0 Morley will have only go fakes, piace ia 7" xine era Bet the places left vacant by Bruce and Le aera Oct. MA Ana the eonee Smith to Al, Among the serud players ¥ hone with the Cornell’ game o@ of last season, Sam Smythe, Fred N MPCOY AND SULLIVAN) MANY ENTRIES FOR GOOD AS MATCHED} NEWPORT SHOW SEWPORT, R. 1, Sept, 2—The em 8 for the Newport Horse Show af the Casino next week number S18 for the thirty-four various classes on the three days, not including the five cham- & decision over Dave Barry, the Calt-|Donship classes, which will be B as fornia middle-weight. teeb oth ba tae The Century A. C. of Los Angeles Those wi have entered inelude has made the Aghters an offer to Abt! Regina C. Vanderbilt, Alfred G, Vane at twenty rounds on Sept. 16, and they |asrnit, Eben D. Jordao, Mrs. J. B, M, both have practically ageeptea, Arti- /Grosvenor, Mrs. Burke Roche, Ja} cles will be signed in a few days con-| Coogan, Strauss & Hexter, vag 0K pleting all detalls for the bout. Man-|2roctor, Mra, Stephen Ht tyng, Ralph ager Coffroth, of the Yosemite A. C. of Firaups George D. San Franolsco, is trying iu every way My ig bony srnatise Hehower. to bring about a fight between McCoy |itenrietta Witherbee, the Metre bonny and agias anabolic Jack O'Brien in O0-| Riding Academy of New Woe ober, Collier, George Watson dst Wie gon, jr. id E. Myricks, who have MURPHY AND PA A STE a —— NEY ISLAND sens ma Tommy Murphy, the evever bantam- oh. weight fighjer of this city who gave Iaectie Ts int ot ampfon nkie Nell such a hard bat- | been Brooke, rn awk) Prenat ‘> i all Broke a] te th Philadelphia on Wednesday night, papery ra will be matched In a few dayg to meet [Grand | a stand, TSc, Tbe, Jimmy 8tone, the Avonia A. C, crack bantam-weight. managers of both fighters have agreed on terms for the contest, and the only thing lacking to clinch the match is the signing of eee of agreement, which will be shoruy, box at 18 “Kid" MeCoy, who !# at present in Ban Francisco, will be matched within the rugged middie-welght fighter w England, who recently secured i) ¥