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OB GRIM did tt again, The. Dixle Kid couldn't pre: the six founds, falled. Thad a tak with Jeffries about Grim one time, Jeff had accounts of Grim’s universal ehal- , lenges, “rip take Veal Jett. “How big |s he?" it 142 pounds,” him Wemarked; “Well, if I boxed with PA put him out, evon tt' Fits didn't, irve I couldn't let it be sald that to Knock out a little fellow ike But if he is so tough I might “$0 land him a punch that would Wie tle skut, T'a rather get knocked ‘@ny time than take a chance @ man, Yes, if I hit a man fide as hard as I could I'd Hill Tim, it would be too risky. look fine, wouldn't 17 wallop- fellow I could put in my Guess Tit:haye to pass him wp.” MAOMMONS took vomewhat the ‘Mew of the matter, Ho | Grim! hard for two or hind enough to Tay out fighter. Grint stiIt pranced undiminished vigor, Fits over with a pursed expres- ter that mere punched, ex- prt lly when he saw a clear open- PWwas a#hamed to ‘it ‘im ‘ardor, atet in the evening, — S wang pene © Tod Sloan, the @reat and only Tod, ts back fn the} saddle. We are mad to see him. While Tod is in town there te al- waye something to write about, and, on the level, this sporting life comes a bit slow now and then. . jl after heh wih perhaps, come back to New ‘Ya forty-seven tronke and gatment, . Then there will for pictures, Tod Is the ’' known to the sporting newspaper business, Not Pitzsimmone, with all his / oultelass the little Jockey ) heat, from ali that ft Is a great phim fiding in the famous Mb he invented—the same style American jockeys fam- vent his “staying | @ been reading the) ¢ ME looked thoughtful.for a moment, | LD AK WING The “VELLow PERIL » PN ANG BOWLERS IN FINAL errr SOME FREAK QDOHQHOHOOSGOHHGODSHE WOHDOOHOONOGDOGEOOOOGON OOSDO OOOOOG COSTODDOOQINDHHOHSDODHOHSGOWGHI}HOOS BOWLERS TO WIND UP EVENING WORLD TOURNEY ee Forty Teams Will Roll To-Night on the White Elephant Alleys—Fidelity and Algon- Quins Tied for First Honors. The Evening World's free head pit tournament will come to a cfowe to- night, when forty teams will take the alleys in the fine? steuggie for the cham- Plonship of the United Bowling Clubs and the handsome trophy donated by The Bvening World, which is as fins an athletic prise as Dieges & Clust have eer turned out, ‘The tourney has been the greatest that the bowling enthusiasts of Greater Now York have ever had the opportunity of competing in, The entry Ist was made up of mure than two hundred teams, the pick of not only this city, but from Jersey City, Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Nowark, Hoboken, Hackensack, Astoria, Brooklyn, Long Yeland, Perth Antboy, Hllzaheth, Paterson and Staten Tslandy.. have ever appeared on any alleys have been geen nightly | the tourney, striv~ ing to push their teama to the top and te gain a century score to quality them for the fobs presented by The Evening World to those with @ score of 100 or more, The @uccess of the tournament has been clearly demonstrated by the fine work of the bowlers. Thirty-two teams have put up a tally of more than 450, while the individual bowling hag passed the fondest hopes of the committee, In all 116 bowlers lave won fobs. abbroa bed In an attack of that very known a “swell head.’ strange if any youngster dup by the big men of bis own ya petted by lords dionobbed with by Pat peaciatte abroad escaped largely developed bump of |. But the thiefortunes of the WW years, it 1s sald, have brought lawa te ¢arh again. Whether he p tho Wondesful knack of win- hat Grought iim tame and for- time can tell, ee Corbett really’ has put up Fitutviiahed in part by an ac- nee und partly covered by ‘end of the’ purse), he must be daupe. It fa hard, however, to pin ib betting moties down to facte, Any, doubt at all, Corbett was ion when he fought Nelson oy nile aheddged He was who beat Terry Mo- ly and squarely in Hartford ar ent. of the firat fight with Me- ‘oung Corbett was a wonder: man, Ho didn't know boxing, but he was a firht- hada punch that hurt when- landed. ie ‘yas cool as ice, and hiv and with sood judgment, ht fight he fell in with people 0 it omarter to win ty trick- by eh falr fighting, Cor- Feplitation for “headwork,’* by tie Mine of ring conversation A to get most of his oppon- , ‘nen he took less and less af, not realizing that ho tun, His defeat by Britt for he reall t town onl¥ an ‘hour's ride Pern tes ce Es ul or) Pit for many weeka™ He itt 16 really risking his end of yee, It means that he feels his confidence, And In that case ate two men inthe Aight; Corbect, Ga and Nelson, who never fight Hy Britt, this should be Corbet and Nelson mene the ty rounds with the 'Fri each lost by a small ma: Gevision of the reforee. a in, the chauffeur, re- ‘ ws tn the ton trials far bs olof the world, There is still another seaston to be fol at asad notte surpraing 1 q bi 8 ing ti Eider et tate ore up. The leaders ‘are well butshed, four teams having the fine scone of more 500. are the Algonquins with NT, Fide! with 517, Reliable Club with 614 and the Stickers with 612, The Algoaains and Widelias, who are tied for the lead, will have to bow! off for the trophy, provi that their ree~ ord 16 not eclipsed in ht's games, As there are a num the it teams yet to roll the two leaders are on a very uncertain pedestal bi elate ‘the fact that the will be on. thet ttle, ani Incentive that I a of rod to spur them ‘on. will perhay new i The ie} a will be packed with specta- tors ight, if one can judge from the size of crowds that have at tended alnce opening of the tourna. ment, All the clubs will haye their rooters on hand, and it is the boast of the ‘‘Indlane'’ that when it comes to roll oft peer will be crowned king of the United Bowllng Clubs, The Videltas, on the other hand, who have @ reputa- GAMES. TO-NIGHT, Bleecker, Pastime, Ajax, Im perial, Clo, Centre, Cosmopolitan, Hamilton, Grand Central, Track, Mogul, Pan. Electric and Wawhbeck, Hercules, Kreuz & Quer, Bagies Few, Origtnat ner & Co, West Side Neighbor hoed, House, ‘The greatest collections of stars that || teams and | Pi Umpire City, Manhattan, Constitution, Central, Pickwick, Spafting, Pleasant Hour, Mutual, American Barden, Lithographic, tion as star head pin they have the title cll Denniston. Mutual High Team Beco: High Individual a, 246, bil the banner one at the Motor-Boat and @portsman’s Show, which opens in Madison Square Garden to-morrow night, arrived yesterday, and @ small army of men started to set {t wp in the ble amphitheatre, which 1s fast assumiies an appearance of summor in the woods. From the Stale of Maine comes a birch . bark cabin with doors at ither end and two large windows In front. Inside are mustic tublea and chairs made of spruce, cedar and bireh hark, ‘Tho remainder of the exhibit will show a typleal tenting and wood acene, resting on a floor of moss and SPORTSMAN’S SHOW LIKE A MAINE WOODS CAMP The main exhibit, which Is considered) leaves and inolosed in a ruat{o birch: jbark railing. Ing. attendance, of partnidges, ouldoor camp hibit. more than hail water, will ho finest Burope will yest to show thelr Brown, ators, will be LEWIS MAY FIGHT BANS IN'FRISCO Joe Gans, the light-welght champion and Willie Lewis, the hard-hitting fighter of this city, are ikely to be matched Jn the near future to try conclusions in a@ twenty-round bout before one of the fighting olubs in San Francisco, ‘Al Herford, manager of Gang, wired Jas it from the manager of Le st ty the doa fe ntaning that he nad Senkieg i t t iy Ato t natal aby 0 have the hetters Fate fore the mami Ca." easly ' ak lee All of the han interesting. O'Maley, on the the Quake: A, precoeegs han's court, id giver medal Johnsen" Rauitavien nt ni equitab! 18} Doherty... Fidelity and Casualty,, 18 iho HIGH SCORE, BANK CLERKS’ LEAGUE, National Bank of Commerce, 8 First National Bank 1 éportsmen, anotiner 1s for qul es, whie in the centre will be a rustic dining taole |@nd seats, sheltered by @ canvas awn. Three natl ali f fi scores of fish, asx usual paraphernalla to be found tb 4 it. ‘The largest Indoor lagoon, containiig when Reat-Admiral Coghlan, {) at Hoch dey Kalter fame, opens ea morrow motor-boats of pine the A favorite with $$$ FAST HA There disappointment over the failure to play the match between Oliver Drew and the Philadelphia Flaherty and Foley paired and piayed good s p a r ri Joe GRIM IS A WONDERFUL, PUNCHING BAG, But H&E LACKS KNACK OF LANDING A BLOW HIMSELF, AA WING ‘SA ¥ SWINGER... HE Doesa'T Look FORAIS TARGET. MA American, United Power Company, of Orange, Kick @ Jim Dandies, Gar Korker, Bay View, Croténa, Brook, bowlers, sdy that aght oft in Gregs, the Indian, Resctve Ceereeer ee: | Won. Lost. Be rae | 1 ee BSScoSanmpaaaeees; SEESSESSSSSES35 em enneromee’ f Commerce, 984, | » CR! Score—Hill, Mount ‘Mor- | La., Feb, Fl In one tent will be ve guides will be leer, a fox, a BToup will complete the ex- & million gallons of completed to-day, and 8. N., formally. Americ: on the aurtaces rent’ paces. Tho Faopl apple Goi pencertan th Edi PH NDBALL | ‘elimantown . ball ta in this vi cy Ch courts in this vi- cinity were crowded yesterday, and Haat t ‘ VIperine some of the matches proved intensely Matadar was considerable Lor *Piautue team, Flood and rkelmore: Jersey City courts, but 1H be pla 6 w at Antn bred 1 1d will be given to the Indian Could Fight. One of. the other fighting curlositles bro ‘Frisco, tre of the fighting gamevever sitice the going out of the Hort He was Without any doubt the Irish furnish most of the world’s best fighters, Ire+ land has been in a turmoll far so many conturies that fighting comes ias natural to an Irishman as eating. John L, Sul- livan was the greatest of aj! the big men who have fought in the ring, and, with the possible exception of Jeffries's, his reputation will probably last longest, (Saxon countries have a Of all the little men, none ever lived better than Terry McGovern, Britt {9 of Irish blood, Bo are Jim Corbett, Pe- ter Maher, Tom Sharkey, George Gardl- ner, Eddie Hanlon and scores of others who aré still in the ring. Prank Erne is of Swisa descent, a4 also is Gus Rublin. Gans and Walcott, the best of the dusky fighters, are both the ‘on law, was Joe a Washoe s\or @ Plute, I think, «At, any rate, he Arifted into Caltfornia trom edme other State. He was a great fighter, but after whipping many of the: best feath> er-weights and light-welghts he disap- peared and has never been heard from atenenrspm ~ THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1008. a ae eS cues) SPORTS EDITED BY FIGHTERS AN PARR READY FOR GOTCH’S HOLD. D TWO ANGLO-SAXON COOOOOOOODD’ DOV000G00000000000} ANGLO-SAXON RACE KES BEST FIGHTERS ———___— BY ROBERT EDGREN. Ah Wing, known in California as “The Yellow Peril,” promises to make | trouble for some of the other small fighters, Wing is not a Boxer, although | he is something of a boxer. Just at present he is helping Young Corbett to | get Into shepe for his fightywith Battling Nelson, | Wing started fighting/in the San Franciseo A. C. several years ago, backed by Alex Greggains, He was “fiscovered” by “Rufe” Turner in Stock- ton, a town'in the interior of the State. Wing worked in a laundry, but the black fighter made ‘him, come out and box, and afterward took him through the Weat as his sparring partner. Wing fought several times in the San Franeisoo A. (,, where-ho was regarded more as a joke than anything else, However, he asemedtto have something of the pertinacity of Joo Grim, end he dodged the knockauta. He danced about the ring in an amusing manner, He was long? bodiedfand had the characteriteic short, bawed legs of his race, ‘Wing always.amiled while he was boxing with:s emfle so “childlike and bland” that it seemedia shame to hit him, but, like Bret Harte's “Heathen Chinee,”’ he often hadisomething up his sleeve, black, Gans with @ tinge of yellow. Wal- cen af Jim Jeffries, Said to be of Bnglish blood. Bob Fitzsimmons was born in Cornwall and brought up in New Zea+ land, where he learned the rudiments of the fighting game, He reached his best in this country by combining the Amer- foan style with his own native skill, Cott ts a little blacker than ooa) dust, » th at champion, id Portuguese Human Punching Bag. Joe Grim ts the use of & man's natural we: the fists, In the stiletto, of Europe Hatenghtin heavily punished by fa f the couraged b, deadly Italian, He waa a boot- black before he became the champion punching bag of the world. "Kid" Car- ter is a descendant of the ancient V: » Young Corbett (Rothwell) has German family tree, Bandy Ferguson ts Scotoh. Marvin Mart, of Kentucky, is of old English stock. Taken all around, ice Is the fightin ine out of ten the Anglo-Saxon race, It furnishes jghters, The Anglo- vays encouraged ons, Gestarense to tho knite or In the Southern countries has always been Ww, While the use gteel blade has been en- custom for centuries, The result of this is that the Anglo- Baxon has an inherited knack of hitting straight and hard, while others are awkward and hands aré inoaged in boxing gloves, uncenmaln a8 soon as thelr CRESCENT CITY CARD. BUN Tye Sue OLANe, 20.—-The official entries for to-morrow are a8 follows: welliny six Pa ari and @ wikteonth, CITY PARK ENTRIES, (Bpacial to he Evening World.) CITY PARK, New Orleans, La., Feb, FIRST RAC Bt, Venice Makina Honry Stephena’, Nello Reed Veurl 8, OTERD volr Faire John Lyle Dan Horne Yorkshire lad. Gtebook dim. Ferri Posur .. FOURTH RACE—One mil eWillle Ni Midnight Mi No + eweomb %.—The official entries for to-morrow are as follows *Bessie Mac... a4 *Lady Alza .. « 104 *Blisa Dillon . 109 Our Salle . , Rightful aM 106 100 i FIFTH RACE—Mile and an etghth; sell- iow, m ine Bntry 03 The tebe i Remoree W5 Batin Coat 1103 K + OF 18 ls 107 PRY MM “Gove, Br stich ST bs Hah) € FIGHTING MAN OF THEM ALL, HEAVY WAGERS MADE ON TUCKER-MURPHY FIGHT Although there are no decisions j will be wagered on the coming pilonship of New York, which will ton's Birthday, The battle between these Inds aroused 80 muah Interest among Cap wrestling bout with Jim Parr, hour's wrestling, Up to date most of Gotch's wres: has In the West, His def eM abl in Cryerania, Jeet m irified the sporting world, and those who were first inclined here Must be something in a man {8 capable of accomplishing suc! 48 he performed in ae pping hig i tch’s opponent at River Casino will be one of the reat wrestlers now In America, arr, at 180 pounds, lacks just ship door him Tennia Club, wh 0 has hies abroad, ha: anen ga ana 8 desided to offer or the games to be played In Scot been remarkably successful in country, Mr, Grant will donate the outright, so that the S20tch pla will have @ chance to own an Amer trophy. decided in the arena of the Natlonal A. ©. of Philadelphia on Washing- friends and followers in this vicinity that they have started in to bet on PARR READY FOR GHAMPIONGOTCH Frank Gotch, prospective challenger of Jim Jeffries for the championship of the prise ring, will make his debut In New York on Friday night in a handl- f igish*ehamplon, Gotch ondeavoring to down whe toreigner twice inside of an N tl thé sincerity of the wrestling champions uugilistic intentions have agreed that ty ni Tom," julzer’s Harlem pounds of being right at the champlon- If, and he {s as accom- plished @n athlete as ever stood on the canvas, TENNIS CUP FOR SCOTS, Louls J. Grant, father of Wylle Cam- ron Grant, of the New York Lawn which will be emblematio of the Nor: of Scotland lawn tennis champlonsu In vlew of the fact that his son has DHDDDDHODHODHGDOHHDHODOHH®. JEFFRIES GETS HIS ‘HITTING ABILITY FROM ANGLO-SAXON ANCESTORS. J TH ren- the bout and have agreed to abide by dered in the allx-round bouts brought the opinion of Robert Edgren, sport- off In Philadelphia, considerable money ing editor of The Evening World, woo pout Wil witness the battle and announce ir his story who he believes had the between “Chick” Tucker and Tommy | petter of the contest. Murphy for the féather-welght cham- Both fighters are in excellent condl~ ‘ton and will enter the ring in the tbe best of shape, As both boys are fight- 0 be one of the best ever witnessed in ip oiladeipnis between boye of their weight, f | It Is expected that close to 500 men will journey to the Quaker City on the special train which will leave the renner iene Station at 1°P, M, the day of the fight, SEITZ AT THE FORDHAM GAMES Some first-class fithletio sport is an- tUcipated at the games of Fordham Ute versity ut the Twenty-second Regiment armory toemorrow night. The entries number weil over five hundred, and in- jelude many of the best runners in the countiy, In the spectal dash at seventy care there are twelve entries, Includ- | {ng Seitz, the Georgetown sprinter who | fecently made a new world's record for Arty yards, Against Seitz will be pitted Vorrey, Lowe and Twitchell, of Yale; Walz, Metgzenthin and Knackal, of Co- Jumbia; Dear, of Pennsylvania, and “Pat” Walsh, Callahin and Rickerts, of the Twenty-second Regiment, 4 FIGHTS ON THE CARD TO-NIGHT There will be three good fights dex elded to-night. Martin Dufty and Dick pal ea GA NOL T 1 Welter-welghts | Ox 4 a bwe) =| draw in St, Louls. will meetin ine has their the tiny jonth even who feat five Jim 5 tro- CUP | most Important. bout, They will octls and, | eget Afteen-round bates 4 boxing show to i ; ne ictunety Mich, ee RUNG OFF fi n the other two fights th o| that | will be "Kid" Sullivan, of Wasnircarae cup/and "Young. Erne," ‘of Philadelphia, era |and Jimmy Stone of the Ayonia AY cu lean of this clty, and Willle Spracklin, of etroit, entries for to-morrow are as follow FIRST RACH—Three and one-half longa; maidens; purs fen Norwood , Marsum . Watchful iin Bra HM] Holt. Peter the Great , Never Seen Jack Hope J, Be “Mins Cornet *Rutwell Modoc ,, Inamnab! #Annisauam Chemist ‘Foxy Grani THIRD RAC Turrindo , Toran sissy Gus Heldomn | FOURTH RACE—Purso; three-olghth amis Minna Raker, Laly Charad» Balmer V Ossinek |. FIFTH RAC Platoon \ ee © olaswes of the Univeriity. sme. will DS. layed. aftpr the. 10 HOT SPRINGS ENTRIES. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Feb, 20.—The for two-year-olds, "08 119 PUSH BALL A FEATURE, each from the freshman and sopho- pave MATHEWSON TO BECOME AUTHOR According to Frank Bowerman, Giants’ Pitcher Is Writing a Story to Be Known as “A | Modern Prince,” ——— 8 fur. Chrlely Matthewson, one of the great twirlera of the champion Giants, hopes to make hia mark th the Hterary world, It Is a well-known fact that the Buck+ nell College man wields a facile pen, jand, accordigg to Frank Bowerman, his battery partner, the great twirler cons plates writing a story under the title, “A Modern Prince," 8 of writing a story of a me nature than any that hive PRAIA AALS AAL SN, | The Hat nton WAS A GREAT BoxeR.. ) ers pure and simple the bout ought) he | ROBERT EDGREN CHAMPIONS BOOOOOOS: COCHOCHODOOOHHOOOS ‘) oF GREGG, iE INDIAN, WILL FIGHT CASE Pitcher Charged with “Throws | ing” a Game Is Not Prepared to Pay $300 Fine Imposed by National League. (Spectal_to The Evening World.) 8ST. LOUIS, Mo, Feb, %—Jack Taye lor has returned from the National League meeting, He Is jn anything but geod spirits over his treatment. by the directors, “They have no case against me for crookedness over In, Pittsburg.’ dee clares Taylor, “I was drunk“and 1 ad= mitted that, but why didn’t my man- oger keep me idle that day Instead OF working me and thus protéct me and his club? That was the only spree was on last summer, That is a better record than 7 per cent. of the players, So why should I be made a mark of and forced to pay a fine Uf $007 * a “IT engaged John M. Ward as my ate torney while in the East and have ine structed Nim to fight my) case, to the last ditch.’ With travelling expenges to Cincinnattl and New. York pnd a reduction of $6 In salary considered, 1am not prepared to pay @ $900 fine/” 0 nen STRONGER TENNIS LEAGUE, An Increase In t umber of clubs repre sented in the > .wolitan Lawn ‘Teanis League Is expect’d waich will make it poe Mble to put into effect a stronmer schedule than last season, The Knickerbocker Pietd Ciub, of Brooklyn: the Crane aba Tennis Club, and the “Hamilton Tennis Club may. join, and five meor at singles and doubles may’ be held nach eto mere a nein een terme (rcuins In July, 1883, . began to break eet ane arms, and began treatment with local doctors, but did not get much relief, They said the disease had become chronic, I then quit them and tried various ointments and soaps for another two years, but as soon as cold weather came I was as bad off as ever, 80 I fi nally decided to let medicine alone and for twelve or thirteen years did nothing towards curing the except bathing, ‘This seemed to do about as much good as anything T had tried. During the time I lost about one-half of my hair, I began 8, $. 5, doubtful of a cure, because the disease had run 80 long, but soon disc your medicine was doing me good, and continued to take it, I sed seven bote tles, when I was completely cured, not having a single spot on my nee which before was almost completely covered, F.C, NORFOLK, 1017 Hackberry St., Ottumwa, Ia, The head, feet and hands are usually the parts affected, though the disease appears on other parts of the body, While external Gale Boil) allay itching and burning temporarily, it ie the acids thrown off by the blood that cause the irritation ret eruptions 4 the skin, The acids must be nentral. ized and the system cleansed of al hus mors and poisons before the cure ig Ina letter to @ frlend In Now York, emaniect, lp Bowernan says that Christy ‘h is guaranteed en. ‘ free of Pot. collecting material for his at Urely fo antd some time, and a well-k ash, Arsenic ai firm | { puplieners has other mineralss. the ok Phe story i college and diamond tife, with an intere baad ai bias tl esting love story Interwoven, Altheupeh its diseases free, Matthewson, waa not born ‘in indiana, Medical advice the home ef to many mode dtu oee, free. there seen no geod reason. wig Ne furnished i book should not prove Interesting Tho Swift Speolfio Co,, Atlanta, Ga. “Matty” Is u studious fellow, : anasepenpenensenny jenaitime ae bg en contributing a = her of Interesting short stories t j ainca: nud other public ULV DR, GRINDLE, baseball men like Anson and Ted Sul HO YEARS A BPEUIALIST IN van have written books, but the plteh. OS Us dain Ing tol of New York fais contemplate othe ut potnanea gy are y mui ens!ly and oh more is thin by any other advertise ed from the pena of diamo n A feature of the big relay meet tol forme and one time Will, be:reed aC at vn cured In from 1 to,8 months, be held by Columbla University at] fireside, In college dormitories and elav iti ates Madison Square Garden on Saturday | Wher a potas ateenee i ' ee nful swellings, {th evening, March 18, wi'l be the push bal! | == . = PHT AE aE PA AMET OB game between teams of twenty mon SPORTING. Ap dR gom Beat ateet OF i. Te is still at the same oftlo 2 iu S STs Beiween 6th TH Ay Jed OVER, 2 Bantry lain R20 ¥) hh Wy pg » Adv SUNDAYS, 0 ayy 4 ‘ we

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