The evening world. Newspaper, December 19, 1904, Page 12

nn t is 4 >) eee arene ee eeenen gente ee 5 t BRITT FAVORITE OVER NELSON. geen WORLD ar oe 7. ian) every big fight there is a tension and suspense It ts not local It entire country—one might the whole world. BR fe no exaggeration to state that to- might millions of persona will the reports from the Britt-Nel- | Dattle in Ban Francisco. If Port were known to be on the very ‘PPint of falling not half s> wile an in- ‘Would be taken in the event, To- night every telegraph office in United States, from the little that dot the raliroad lines in deserts of the West to the great | Ing hives of telegraphy in the ‘will hold their audiences Iisten- tig for the rapid clicking of the in- ite that will announce the result the fight. Bulletin boards of a thou- Rewepapers will be watohed by @cores or hundreds or thousands, the case may be. Early the morning | Millions of papers will be Opened to the pages where the | Mall accounts of the battle will be dis. played. the way EN years ago I was in a little {n northern California. It ' July § For weeks the town been busing with talk about Mreat battle that was to be fought far away in Missiasinp! between John L, Golliven and Jake Kilrain. There was! @ One-horse telegraph office down on the) Fallroad, and as noon approached the single operator became a more tmport- Man in that community than "Old ” Johnson, who thad killed his| teen in various gunfighte of the frontier. | wi hotel keeper and the proprietor | the store held positions of honor in ten by twelve telegraph office, A} Fanchers from tho surrounding val- space to the OUter door. Those who could not get in close about the portal, or fied ‘for a chance to por in the one window at the Instru- ‘Wnts that would soon bring such ‘Weighty news, and at the operator who be so fortunate as to know the of the great fight before any man in the town—even “Old Man’ | | HERE was no detailed account of the battle, It was not even known when the men entered the ring. Noon came, and then suddenly a oheer | Duret through the open door of the tele graph office. “Bullivan wina in tho seventy-fitth Found,” flashed through the walting| BIG INDOOR MEET. RETURN TO TUR (Special to The Evening World.) SAN FRANCISCO, Deo, 1%—Jimmy | Britt and Battling Nelson have finished hard training, and will take things easy Until the gong sounds the signal for ostilities on Tuesday night, The pair are in the “pink” of condition, and the battle should be extreme’ fast, Nel- son says he will not break ground, and Britt clans be loves ty min iL The pattie will hardly go the Mmit, as neither man wil be too tired ffom his exertions to sec @ knockout Britt will be seconded by “Spider” Kelly, probably the best second in the BATTLING NELSO! country, When Britt fought Corbett | CHIGAGO PLANS CASSATT NOT TOls.s2 Sst’ }more than likely that Kelly will devise some plan Tuesday by which Britt may know when to jet drive with either hand or clinch. Britt entertained a few hundred per- CHIC) Dec, 19—The new Tillnota| PIILAN PL PHIA 19—"A, J, | S0n@ yesterday adternoon at the Heal Athletic of this elty | Casmtt ts forever done with racing, | Rock House, He boxed lightly with a {ts great indoor meet to be held in Feb-| You can say with al posttivencss that|*uth named Roach, who hails from | ruary, and from present {ndleat) will not to the turf His| ‘the Olymple Club, Having shown his | meet will be the greatest in the history | business interests are eo important that | Peed, Jlinmy did some tugging and | | Tee. return DATILZING NELSONS BEST? DOD ISLOW? BRITT FAVORITE IN GO WITH NELSON | statement that THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1904. SPORTS EDITED BY ttn tnecenane + anmemete te ® i WESTERNTURF WAR? SEEMS ASSURED, * 8 teehee | eet sett Poneman ROBERT EDGREN ENS) LIGHTWEIGHT FIGHTERS WHO BATTLE TO-MO with Sam Berger, the amateur hea welght chempipn, and Berger made t Britt Waa a terror for walking and running, Britt wolehed 133 pounds, and will bé- #in drying out to-night, He will prob- Ably Welgh 131 pounds when he goes into the rlog Nelson Is down to weight, Like Pritt, ark He says he he worked before a big crowd at 8p sterday afternoon {8 stronger and faster than when he fought Corvett, The Dane is in splendid spirits, and has given orders to Manager Murpay to bet on him with his per- centage of the receipts. Nelson won @ large sum of money when he fought Corbett, as he was on the short end. He expects to be about 10 to 7 when the mon enter the ring Tuesday night. At resent the betting is 10 to, and is likely to go to even money, Nelson has lots of backs ‘The sale of acats fa unusually large. There is every indication that Britt and Nelson will fight before a $40,00 house, Hil’y Roach, the New York boy, will of- ficiate as referee, He has talked with both men and they understand the rules, Roach ways he has warned Nelson against butting and Britt aguinat foul- ling. Both men are prone to do this in the heat of battle, “Young” Corbett Is doine light work, and will go into the ring Tuesday and ahallenge the winner, ‘ WESTERN TURF WAR RROW NiGHT NOW SEEMS ASSURED New Jockey Club Will Be Formed Unless the Present Ruling Body Makes a New Allotment of Dates, @rowd tn an instant. There was a nour. (IAF wiblelics, | The Minds Mt necessary to give up more | Pulling with "Tv" Kreling, the wealthy |°™T will win in tweniy rounds, If necos- eney sy ot his time ** them, and, while his | Klondyker, who thas helped Britt in all| sary.” said Britt to-day. "I will do my fying to spread the news, and five cago is a mber of the new organiza i hem, and, wh 7 Baers, sate Brith Sovdhy, "yin Og my giimotes later amall boys were shouting |ton, and thero is now a fund of over | love for horseflesh is Just as intense as | 8 fights, Then J. Edwant tackled the | bert to knock Netson out. |] know he te @iall along the main street. The Senti- |, for a new building, The ind over, he has decided to abandon horse | bunching-tag and hammered it untll jing but after he has assimilated some SA printed it on the following Gaturday. (eree’ preet ti pe held In the Coll: | racing.” | the echoes from the inflated sphere |of my lefts and rights on the body he . \ peur he club does not propose 2 With almost a quarter of a column of|proft by the games, and the proceed Is statement, made dy R. Penn | dillled the roar of the breakers at his | Wil kD to the floor just ag Erne, Gans Aefail, and for months afterward the | Will be given to charit : Smith, manager of Cassatt'a stock |400r. Some shadow-boxing an@ rope- | Strong at 182 pounds, and have eve heat fight was talked of William He Thompson. President of farm at Chesterbrook, was in denial | Jumping finished the gymngglum work, |reason to feel that I will beat Nelson Biterest in the fighting game ts aa |Ciiece in the country renuesting them /Of reports that have been circulated | Britt then had his rubdown and ran yaalgan, We not a0 lo to send teams to the games the Pennsylvania Aallroad Presl- | out into the aurf and sported like one |fe,w!ll, be, there, spread as interest In a national I dar say that more men could found in Reno, Nev., or Pough- N. Y., conversant with the in- ite details of Jimmy Britt's fighting than with the name of the lately Vice President, (8 will be a great battle between Britt and Nelson to-morrow night. Neither has been beaten. In sptte fact that Brite has been made a favorite over the Hattling boy it geems that they are so evenly matuhed betting on the result Is exactly calling heads or tails to the toss of 6 @in, Britt has a small advantage tn welll. In courage they are equal, both without awe for any opponent or to stop under any possible cir- cos. @rength and endurance and physl- eel condition they are perfect. The Weight (6 favorable to both, and fm the matter of taking pun- and fighting ® hard, up-bill there is no favorite to pick te Britt's superioor clev- speed with a@ alight ad- hitting power, And the fight absokittely on the level. A. ti nt # more oouki be asked for the arousing of interest in the contest. | ‘Those boys are both within « step of | the eight championship of the| amd it is a 10-to-l shot that the will take the Utle in the near fow can eee the con- every man with a copper cent . The Even- arrangements to complete accounts of ts at the send the news humming | of wire as the rounds | MANHATTAN SQUARE A. C. ——— After @ very guccesstul season of foot- ball, the Manhattan Square A. C. have. eonedtidated with the Riverside Pleas. After May 1, 1905, some alterations padi] be made to the clubhouse and, when @empleted will have a eymmasium 100x% ‘The membervhip is growing rap- and there are now entered on the B-boo Cag one bundred and fift annual Indour footbak ire nt will be held shortly, and ing to compete should ad. Conn No, 9 West dix- est athletic organization in the West | ship, to @ match race The new club promises to be the large | dent contemplated & return wo the sport of CROSS-COUNTRY SPORT QUERIES ANSWERED. CHAMPIONS TO I bet the home team would lose. halt of the finish, when it ended RUN OVER SHOW = | alled off A READER. Bets go by umpire’s decision, Inform me how many rounds Pita. simmons and George Gardner fought and in what olty the battle took place MICHABL J. WHALEN, No, 609 West Twentleth stroat. it. ‘The umpire gave the home team Sixteen members of the Mohawk A C,, clad in regulation running costumes, braved the snow and wintry winds yee- terday and competed for prizes In 4 five-mile cross-country run Tho course which had been selected the week previous with no thought of | Twenty rounds; San Franciaco, snow, was from the clubshouse at One) A. bets B that Walthour did more dre mitt th street up| Work on. the track than Munroe during Hundr a and Fifty-elghth et UP! the six-day race last year. B says h Walton and Gerard avenues to One| aig Who Ie right? | Hundred and Blghty-fifih street, and Walthour did the harder work, return by the same route, Anishing 1! sow many rounds did Young Corhatt One Hundred and Sixty-first street and anj Bade Hanlon fight in thelr pose Gerard avenue. As those are unfre- | ond battle? 8. D. een rounds, quented roads, the snow was untrodden SI The | receive it Ame wos a tle up to a minute and @| kicked out of bound 0 I lose, or is the bet! line one of of the seals, out on the road The time the and claims a touchdown iow, ball did not touch any o: as th He had previously gone carly Jn the moming ‘what 1 want The first tine the ball ts lg and is brought in &/ buck to be kicked again next ball is kicked over the goal f the 8 team falls on the ball of the R sald Noedson. Tt means luck to me. ithe short en PLAY HANDBALL | Many interesting games of handball team 1 cannot wee how it can count | Were played on the local courts yeater- A. BROWN. for anything. The 8 team seor on this pl A the Uy referee bh announces Had one the the ball behind the would have be a which counts nothing for eith side, From the moment the ball kicked off the members of kicking aide are ‘on side,” havin all started from behind the ba This makes it unnecessary for th receiving side to fonoh the ball | order that it may be in play afte: play” until th whistle, whie the ball ts “4 Ret alle uu on | dos ck, Spain, together for $600 a ade, and the | day, and as a result of one of them an international maten will be arranged to-day, &| ‘This match will betng Oliver Drew, the Irish champion, and Francisco Or- oltt, champion of France and players will meet at The World office | to-day to arrange details of the contest, | which ls che most Important of the sea- son, The challenge and acceptance fol- f\lowed the game yesterday at Tar- eons age ad and sieac 3 4 Peter Maher feat Braet rolling over the line, rent’s court in Jersey City, In which men 8 He fossa Ground many | any times did they fight? gyn B have a bet, was John L. | Ordorgoitl defeated John Flaherty and 1 ‘itesim- ulivan ever champion of the world? | my a local cracks, win- F. A. Mellor, the scratch man, made| mons ‘tu thelr Arse tent at New |A DoH Ne was; A bets ha was not, | Thomas pega pide ¢ mee tot a 5186 the best time over the course, ering | Orleans, They fought twice, Fits| 29d giver for his argument that he| Ring three out of four renee St 4s A winning both fights | never heat Charley Mitchell, who was Crecagolul has a very pec the distance in 3m. and but od ‘ champton of England at the time when ot playing, and in Philip Lors, who had a handicap of In w lub did Joe Gans and Terry | he fought him h Drew will use it against Hor recent- | MeGov fight and what wag (he re tomary American sty sy Pav ttre get boil Rb Mrocora | mut? T. 8. and J.D. | » court, in Brooklyn, Case — “ 2 ee At Tatter Chicago, MoGor . won the first series in a in the annual Hamilton-Ontario nine- era knook Oicne ee Necond H¥an was champlo Tenney and Enright teen-mile road race, O. C. Dalmar won roand, fight ked.”| What is the recon tor the mile mp Wednesday st 10, Ma special fret C1 , 7 a haif combination race’ The ra Ave- trophy match betwe the prize offered to the first novice to) Did Frank Erne enter the ring again! ean consista, of walking, running | Gve-gate | tg eres finish, ufter Terry MeGovern defeated him? If) rowing, swimming, riding a horwe and|o'Donnell will be played at the Brook- After the race Chairman P. J. Roh- | %% Was he defeated and by whor riding a bicyele, each one-quarter of a! lyn courts. ner, of the Athletic Committee, chal.) Yess Joe Gans, one round, and| mile a | Fite, utes forty-two seco lenged the Xavier team that recently Jimmy Britt In etwh won the senicr cross-country champion-! wat was The World's best bet on relay a wee A says Ma'm- — selle, Bh says Yorkshire Lad. Boat bet, Ma'mactile SWANSON SEEKS MATCHES, , Were Roos and Dorlon ever in a six. Alex @wanson, who defeated Harvey | "Yea, Inet year, Parker for the weXer ight Wh | acknowledged chain: cham plonailp of America plons the following divisions—Bam he wane of m, foather-welght, lght-weighs, w take om the “9 ter-weight, middle-welght, light heavy: Bothner contest In Mc weight? Rarnett, who is man Nanton, be + Bowker) feather- that he wil welght in dispute; light-weight, Fiuckensohmidt at {s, ring sie Joe Gane! welter-weight, Joe Wale best ¢wo Out of three falls, aatchas Coltt middle.w 1, Tommy Ryans catch-can style. = 1 heavy-welght, Hob Fitsstm- mons, ed DORLON TO MEET SINNIRUD. L. Sullivan ever champion Was he champion ot Owing to the fact that the Nationa, Champlon of the world. Skating Association has refused to re- tate Peter Binnirud. the ?'Terribie Swede,” in the amateur ranks, he wilt again skate as 4 professional. He will represent the Verona. N. J., Lake Skating Associstion, and arrange- ments are boing made for him to skate Tatoh race wit! ver S he sin-day lovee tase, “ Ug Did Dal Hawking ever beat Joe Gane, the colored fighter? Yea, im Sftoon rounds in 814, 1 bets that the Nelson-Corbett fight | would go ten rounds. J bets It would not. J wine. Would you kindly help me sion In ° foottaae ths ey é Ro cones a be ” } bes ~ dass vee 7 “<a | How mm bett take off wrh "Hattling’ About twenty Can you give the address of Mr. W F. H. Kowlgch, who writes the basebal training for his figh son? we and Third stree: Brooklya A bets B that Jack Root would fNeht In Philadelphia, in off, Fake fight, A says Walthour would win the aix- day race; B says he would lose, Wakthour wins. Ret ts of. Who was the first man that Piimmer fought when he came to th country? Tommy Kelly, “Harlem Spider.” Tiners and C and I) pal A deal Bind D pegs. A Die lays It alone, plays him and m t She points (oe avente, fran New York to the Sporting | ail Chub, | 0 show up In the sixth round at Root- it up and One amainst " ew | ad es cod Sndar SSAPS CHAMPION WOOD TO SKATE AGAIN | Morrie Wood, champton amateur speed skater of the United States, will return to the game this season. He will st retire from racing, a8 was reported, try {0 smash records. R. B. Mulligan, E. mith. Wood ni but instead will In company wit . B. Allan Taylor and W, 1. ¢ as Wilt form the Verona Lake Skating Ae- retired. Kindly state ‘who | Sitiation. teat ’ Wood will go after | records next Monday at the first race }to be held on Verona lake t | Wood has gone Into training for ¢ or DEF! TO BANTAMS., | Johnnie Daly, the enet aide bantam, ts ready to meet any of the men tn his chase In a limitet-cound contest before any responsible club. Daly has defeated Eh oR Ey Ae Billy | events. In the «ame of eychre A and B ar (Special to The Brening World.) NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 19.—The writer of this column has It on the very best {authority that if the Western Jockey Club does not reconsider its date fohedule a new jockey club will be formed. Many clubs have been men- tloned as being willing to go into this new jockey club, but the ones at Louls- | ville, Nashville and Latonla have not been spoken of, According to the writer's informant, who 1s @ man qualified to speak on the matter, Louisville, Nashville and La- tonia are sure organizations to the clr- cult. In the face of this strong organi- ation of the opposition it looks as the Western Jockey Club will have to} recede from its position. | ‘There were many Visitors at the new course here yesterday, Much progress | | hae been made and it is asserted that | the Dew piace will positively be ready for racing by the firat week in January if necessary, A feat i its clubnoune., thie wil ears eM be | *his winter, for it was found " tha * eiNpt ILs erection Would tens’ too euny , tain my and go, foundations were Ko 4 “ Was divereu ww ut nd ‘ew Orleans is Kreat club chy and toe New Orwwais Jockey Club will cater to the beat peo- | Die Of the city, A report hag been pri q - feet that “Curly fom the tara Brown, the man who svhoeived the New Orleais Jockey Club and who has brought it to its presont | aye, bad Deen forved tw sell out his | tock and retire from wh NV : vk AD @ active mal The report ts entirely false, wai | Mr. Brown, “and tt Is only on a par be stories that have been cir- ¢ concerning mei nected Ww: thusted co i Men connected with |, It Is aaserted by those ta d z M) & position | to know that Ed Corrigan did not 70 10 | | New York with any idea of seeking the | Co-operation of the Hastern Jockey | Club |, "Mr. Belmont,” said the writer’ 5 ers in- formant, “was fully acquainted “with the Eastern aituation last fall sald that under no,clreu THE Gallagher Stores, THE MODEL WINE STORES OF THE WORLD, We sell only goods manufactured by ourselves or bot- tled for us here and abroad, We guarantee every article that we sell, and If goods are not satisfactory we cheerfully refund your money. the oJckey Club recognizes Western rac- ing 30 long as that racing wag con- trolled by the sure-thing gambling ele- | ment," Mr. Belmont {9 right in his attitude, There can be no affiliation between the | East and the West, In tho East rac- ing 1s 4 sport; In the West, it ls com- mercial business, the basis of which ts gambling. There is no comparison be- tween the two, The track at the Crescent City is in good shape once more, and the path will become a thing of the past for the resent. This path is a bad thing, It is practicadly racing on a track ten feet wide, for no horse outside fhat strip has a chance to win. It affords riders excuses for being beaten and furnishes 0) be a. Perhaps the good track may furnish better racing. GEORGE GARDNER SERIOUSLY IL BOSTON, Dec. 19.—George Gardner, the well-known light heavy-welght pugilist, la dangerously {ll at Mont., with pneumonia, His parents hore have been notified that the chances of his recovery are sight, and his father taa lett for his bedside, Ga i. ner recently knocked out Jim Jef- fords at Butte in three rounds. Gardner's best fights in J90 were the two eix-round contests, In which he won and lost, with Jack Root in Chi- cago; defeated John Wille, in Chicago, six rounds, and “Kid” Carter, in Mi- waukee, six rounds, In 193 Gardner defeated Peter Maher, one round; Marvin Hart, twelve rounds; Jack Root. twelve rounds, and lost to Rob Fitzsimmons in twenty ds. oS WOULD FIGHT IN PRIVATE. Nat Jacobs, the welterweight fighter of thia city, who Is tn fine shape just at present, would like to meet Jack Fox in private to a finish for a side bet. 482 Amsterdam Ay, Sid Amaerdam Ay, 505 Amater: ab Tear ea Ay S1y Sixth Av 436 Seventh Av 1ST Ninth T4S Ninth Av Ay Busy store, na Ad AY Yorkvilie's Oth At Our Special Combination of 4 Large Bottles Is Very Attractive and Very 1 Bot. Pure California Port We also have a large assortment of any assortment Taam Peat Sa, 1 Bot, Pure Monogram Rye - 1 Bot. Pure California Sherry - 1 Bot, Pure Medicinal Blackberry Brandy - Popular. Ota ee Bottles} can For $1 OO rues et nat fear very handsome Christmis Baskets with A Liquors desired, JUST THE THING FOR A CHRISTMAS ne > Peet estiibeht: FAST TROTTERS. OUT IN SNOW Nathan Straus’s Malacca Gées Down to Defeat in Straight Heats Before George Huber’s. Rhythmic—Spirited Brushes: Although the footing was not of the besi, many fast steppers were on the Specdway yesterday, and spirited brusiies were enjoyed by @ large aum- ber of spectators. u One of the first of the snow brigade to put in an appearance was Nathan Straus with Malacca, He sent him down the snow-covered path in come pany with George Huber’s Rhythms, jr, driven by Trainer Rue Clark, i ‘The first time dowd the streteh the Huber horse won quite handily. Im ti seoond heat the start was a muoh Detiae one, This time both horses got away en even terms. Rhythmic, jr, showed that he was right at home in the snow winning the second heat with speed’ spare. Walter Kilpatrick's trotter Royal Rene won a number of spirited bi the first one from M, Cohen's Adming, The Kilpatrick trotter next won a hethy contested race from Peter Manee's test stepper, Col, Benton, Another good snow horse who won every brush tm which he was started was William Clark's Iiderim, Others seen on the Speedway and Central Park were M, Helpenhauses, with the fast-stepping mare Nettle Wilkes; W. W. Corcoran, with Mis Woolsey; Andrew Phillips, belting James Sheveling; Elmer Stevens, with Don Riley: John Timmins, driving Har ry Davis; Charles Straus, with ‘Beltom jr.; John Cockerill, with the handsome mare Misa Hibbard; M. Reed. with bis favorite stepper Farmer; Col. J. Rupe pert, with « handsome cob, and A. Frankenstein, driving the pacer Trea. W, VESPER ROWERS TOGO TO HENLEY PHILADELPHIA, Dec, 19.—The Vee per Boat Club, of the Schuylkill Navy, will probably send an elght to the pam Henley meeting on the Toames, The election of Henry Hoffman Cornellus J. Haggerty, jr, as delegates has given the matter new iis petus, The club has been in favor of sending @ crew abroad, but friction threatened to develop. Many members desired that the crew which was successful at the St. Louls’ regatta’ sent to England. Hoffman and Haggerty will, howevet, urge open competition, and the begt oarsmen of the Vesper Club wit Be given seats in the boat to be seat across for Henley honors. Charles 8 Wilder has been elected captain, to succeed James Stone, Wilder is an old member of the cid and, very popular. GANOLE TO MEET WILLIE LEWIS Willie Lewis, the New York light weight, and Martin Canole, of Fall River, have been matched to box bee fore a club in Portland, Me, on Deo, %, Canole has fought Britt and Nelson and is the beat light-weight In the Bast In Lewle he will tackle as tough’ proposition as he has ever faced, The New Yorker haa demonstrated in the’ last few months that he is at the top, of the lght-weight division and capable ot giving any of them a run, He hes engaged in seventeen contosts since last May, winning then all, nine of the number with knockouts. wt oe FIRST GAME FOR:: Butte, | HOCKEY HONORS The first game of the season for the Amateur Hockey League Champlope! ship will be played in the St. Nicholag Skating Rink to-morrow night. Sheriff” Mitcholl Erlanger, representing Mayor McClellan, will open the season by throwing the puck on the ice, The Warderers Hockey Club, champlona of tho United States, and the New York Athletic Club will open the League sea- gon. 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