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} CORBETT AND AND NELSON READY, * | SPORTS EDITED BY THE WORLD: MONTY EVENING PronoNie t,o 1005.~ TRAINING TRIP OF @olind and wen baked. hed # erack tn it, but gaw the crack, Were bumped together, Se and 2 aide bet, and the Wee shattered into smull tenth bump, im: Segments were gathered y etek fopether with a mi of glue. pot and the mended one together again to-mor- if Gnother purse and side ndiRoo. HUMAN TARPON CONTEST WAS EASY FOR NAETHING It Was a Substituted “Fish,” However, and the Regular One Will Have His Chance Some Day This Week. ood 1s the glue? paneees Gotch is x» great He is a champion me} * vy hill, thesmat, He ie ‘clever and quick, and he “olear head and incelligenve A Kod speech, ining #0 much about the Mik ie almost a disappoint hit at work, Why, he fs Deside Jeffries. He'd | anity, SB mowehtul. If Jett Wiel] ui tt was only a substitute tarpon, ‘nig porterhouse appetite, | str, Wells, the real human fink, was [Put of with a quail | sisk, Mr. Clark, who 18 to be found In hot bird,’ perhaps, | the club's bathing department about taker atl, ten hours @ day, took his place, When | Mr. Clark appeared a critical examina- fiarvan te furnishing | tion showed that he had not developed tackle, and the end of ¢ tl BY ROBERT EDGREN. to a ar} in the cap fare oeeies Mg The human fish contest lasted just a | fish's head. Hittlo teas than five minutes at the N. Y, A. G twok Baturday night, Mr. | Nocthing landed his two-legged tarpon the tarp dived into nie ave clenrent and swam lel) piey, ta thy, | posite end of the tank. Mr. bbe dah ing it and iit ibe slacl med nt ing announce ‘hte the ing to head out to sea. ome tt Bet oft tae hute tl eh tie Sal Ing's FO; ent near! Somite. Hn ‘ihe ‘ine stretched the I i taut as a Hs wate Fontaine on ‘ ge urning up @ water, snes of we minutes the tarpen hidpedtacie that would |fina like afr, Wells. Mvidentiy he was to 4 Hae slowly toward rae it Were Rot to ma tall 8) fihetinan | . ini ae led and petal fnctent cham. a preliminary to the fishing con+ Lt ‘en ia as cn hd “| te! eats tried to. swine away, wen nty> ia ee pe Lt a or #0 ok oy aah the. u slowly aleen nelpie dae urn he in hands. and feet. When t rates wi we thin five var re he fave up and pad- n. & very th nat, wen tary 8 ung be oomeé, aa a na TA wil vome off later In t pane ti tank, pe wiven out chal- Be hia Od fheiy Vion doesn't fro gone and his ntted ‘dohn hin oe pinot two 4 ha sitting at a with Hie white » Sullivan fhe n attendant brought on the bait, Tt was contained in @ jug about two feet high, The fish Came up from a long dive a moment later and, seeing the bait, swam to the edge of the tank find tried to steal it whil iit wasn't looking. At last the At last the tarpon expe expert prepared nis | come oft tater tn prepared his Md ea ry ; (Bpectat to The Evening World.) BAN FRANCISCO, Heb, 27.—''Young Corbett” and Batiing Nelson, who are to battle twenty routids in Woodward's 3 | Pavilton to-morrow hight, ate ft to the route at a terrific clip. ‘hose who visited the training. quar- ee of the respective fighters yesterday | away With pleased oduntenaaces, Nelson had the biguer crowd, because he | he ®ave notice that he would do gym- ‘toslum ‘work. Jack Welch, the man fF} who will undoubtedly referee the flgtt, Y | Wes an interested spebtator, ke was also @|Badie Graney, who fe deeply interested “lin the two men, Neleon boxed four 2 |unds with Pred Landere and surptieed ban Tey ‘one by, hie epesd and cleverness, He Gd other @ymnasium stunts, and mea |i dundied up and took a five-mile e|eprint oh the fond, tettitaing lathered {ny porepiration and looking fit to enter the tng at short notice, Ho ‘hide not an ounce of superfuons fiesn on his body and is close to weight, Hig trifnets would Wie to have the pub- lip believe te 1s having troudle making the weight, but thete is no doubt that the Swede cai do 1? pounds If neces | will win, and win quickly, and thio time he will find a new Corbett. tén m.les in 66 minutes and Corbett fin- ished strong, while Gans came in with Nis mouth open and puffing, i Ta the afternoon the patt took an Bur, and after a ahoWer bath and rub down Corbett went on the ecales and showed his friends that he was under the 181 pounds, The bar was ect at 1M (pounds and Corbett never bi It. Corbett and his trainéra werd pleased. Corbett sald he never Weighed leas than 184 pounds three days before a fight, and he would not have to atint himself to make the weight, 180 pounds, Tuesday night, at 6 o'clock. “Young Corbett’ is being keenly watched hy Joe Gans and Al Herford. Both men have assisted Prank Meton- |" tid in training the Denver lad, and iyo i rag 0 fhe" ota Poe trled for pel Nate cae aS Tite and Bullivan and rinks up an old story, ‘that ip-little kno tat i ONO Of the ys his feline: doming fast, fe vu as Sullivan ang world. ig be for at to Oar: “Young Corbett” went on the road in the morning with Gans and again in Uie afternoon, The morning min was a record-breaker, Gane wet the pace and | tte Wille pounded after him, nis | iy {altort legs making two stri two strides to the aN M’PARTLAND BACK IN GAME, AFTER TOP-NOTCHERS pe LIGHTWHIGHTS TAK a boner | nner of fighting In S44 MePartiand, the New York boxer, any himéelt ang be 1s} Wack In the fight game. amo Ok, “pat! like to annex tite faurels of some of ie ver 2 te top-notchers, say Gans, Britt ori Mgntweights the boxing prbtession ever gt? Near There gi UeWis. ‘The winner of the Gans-Lowis!@Aw, He had a left-hand punch that buts, Wut wince ber | Mptch would sult the clever Kid to a t,| When landed properly usually brought rtully’ clever re money, His style was entire | tt li rt domany are: the good h, May have failen vietims to} eplendid condition of the boxer, If Core bett wins he will owe a debt of grati- tude to dusky Joe Gans, Gitns has) firstborn, Joe whispers that he and Mr. 'Mr,Herford will have generous bets; m1 ih fh one of thd most ‘ wt in the ring, His on ae ‘dlatunice, nnd Hon and he looks it, alow and He would | ™ Py, His face has a healthy his eyes are bright and ere, MePantland was One, of the best MePartland has been quietly round+ y | ing Into his old-time whape at Hot ‘or atid) gps winter and |! Ncamhbinede th one Springs all winter and 1s now back in MePartinnd may be 4 n matched to fight Vertiebs takes awuy|/td8N looking in fine condition, The | j iy Matthews at New Orleans next Kid believes he ts just as good as ever, mont | MEN TO. 'PARR TO MEET GARDEN TOM JENKINS STANDING OF LOCAL BOWLING LEAGUES. | Gk League, Pati Use! in at fo Won, ont, ry Sulzer's , ry iteome of the chal: by Jenkins to Frank Gotch “Goteh contest the other ald ot consider ror Amorl- Wednesday Rear-Ad- Goanian, accompanied | j.ngn's hus is of tho New York af the Pa tend the show and & Vowo! ' i Clerks’ League. Won, Lo ¥ | 8 7He Frsy CAME UP Avo TMEO To STEAL THE BAIT WHILE NO OVE WAS LOOMING, Qalh my laurels. | know | was not right when Nelson. beat me, but oolored champion's one, The pstr dia bege on Corbet! hovr to cover the cietance in the hot he; ih me there until the and i Won't foaze me, Will he, Joe? id not, nikal thee and me pretty Giymele clas, ‘thelt good work is apparent in the praise there Wutohed Willle ww A father would nis| many ae bpectatcr LOWERY MEETS Before the Horton law took the count | laht-weight jclash to-night for fifteen | Gatch-welghts before the | Athletic Club, of Portsmouth, N. H. Jension, and the veriict Lweive rounds was a draw, Briggs hae Since takon on considerable welght, and fit the past months Lilly been winning h lcateuing THE BASEBALL TEAMS, Rare PA NABTHING HUMAN TARPON, ‘YOUNG CORBETT’ AND NELSON IN SHAPE 1 WILL WIN QUICKY;Y—CORBETT. | ed iH then | will go after Britt and're- YOUNG COFRPETT, , because they belleve tae tena, will wim ‘Nelash in 8 bes Mc- uickly.” sald an and train | ‘egain my jaurels. | ‘whan ten £01 Coroect ined uiie freely wi ing ruobed ‘down ‘by Hertora eva wit win od win led over those mountal Lae. ‘tmon and today had the lafaotion of doing the distance In t60- time, I know I was not i ht when | ri] foun and beat me Iast time: | and & new Corbett’ here, | wail temember, { guarded my| last time; well, he can hit) cows come hoy ag} Billy, I planted some you cate back at) ncaa 4 ia arkied and he looked | and 4 stron As “ lay on the) ‘d, Geor Clu wrestier expert, was enthusiastic in hie of “'Corbett’s'’ stomach muse re did vou Rot them, and whi ly ?'' asked Meihling, wl | evelopment I have y ou are cerialniy. tn th} meta Lig t ‘and. te remarked Interested | on ‘'Cor- Jack G! BRIGGS TO-NIGHT Tack Lowors, the local feather-wetmht, | and Jimmy Briggs, the New Breland) champion, are down to rounds at) Rockingham | These boys have met on a former oc at the end of 1) Hehts by the knooko) Provident savings “4 035 j Mutual Life Ww vas | Murual | Hienetit Wi 0 1H stable 12 om 8. Balt ti) BOT ’ D) MO i Htewei ve 4 aM 0 NDIVIDUAL AVERAGE, Name, ‘Team 1 i] on Be aie | gh the maven wt the | pom Jenkins Jim Parr have been ay Bommerion & Go 8 8) Wh re @itragting, wide- | matched to m In & finish contest, 1 uP (Prudential pWitong arty ard navy ay Pat or Aaah Pa to coun: fy (Ruuitable) , 4 1 | MMiah Seoro—Denniston (Mut tt GANZEL A MAGNATE NO’ Reserve), k f Fomimerca }) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Feb, ont The losal Central League franchise toes, manutaccur | good wt 1 fiw May want into the hans of John ante reer Sas, bie | inate, ghgcert {tel of civand. Hanis, and Phi Bide mM n of Tanisville, Ky. Tt isu i as at pres: ert side, ‘This Y, Agreed to, hat tho purchase price was $45, ted lately to the od Re for ithe fea wan completed fos the oli! ming a hon ’ J/ ment by Ixkdore Nautner, at i ta, am that fection at h pao AY mnasium, whe 814! Wayne, Ind, a ly where. the crowds {wil Nave Leo Pardello George Hi #34 | bly she: and Alea Swaswon prepare him for the Sut. enlilna & Cla that lack of ‘con ition Was the Calas of his defeat by oleh, and that he wal rove 1%, thig | Mount Morris hal o'dman Sache ma m t gM {| Bank of Ameri 4 mucocantyl in detent tik Par he ‘vill tae | r Na aan pons Mall Individual rac Ban of Grae forvie, REGIMENTAL GAMES, | ih ne maa rewate, The sen seem one sporting men who That the rotordoat Ht the automodile aa’ 10 10 ort Exchango Bank ank ‘Lite Insurance Bowling bide are a Ths Une difvenlty over a Sunday basenall | ark wae nally settled, arrangements | aving beer made whereby Sunday qaines will be played at Ramona lark, Reeds Lake, — na W'FADDEN VS. C VS. COFFEY, | George MeFaddon, the the New York Nets Aghter, In matohed to meot ia Goftoy In a fifteen round and. vontent | ei ‘Avuloe Club, o: Detrott on “Mtares BM i) my bones that 1 will win, | w welling. | Long ere the dirt-stained piles of ice bett's” fine condition: and snow have been removed from the “I will adv.ee my fiends to have a |!wost side streets near unto half a hun- bet down on ‘Corbett’ this time, be- | area ballplayers flying the colors of the chuse he {8 In shape, I know’ he ae | awa; bg last time he met Nels cau saw him pet away wit New York clubs, will be basking in the S| balmy atmosphere of the Sunny South, cher of ioe water and apour eis fond straightening out muscular kinks jw in rbert’ tw In perfect fettle and) cegsioned by thd winter's chill (CFs The Mighlanders leave port with iff? | trrentysfive men’ Ih tow, and the Giants 5 | soon follow with a complement of twen- ty-three, Weather reports from the "a" thatner, | Southiand indicate that the winter has tet ie M8" | bid that s@otion farewell, and the play- i hte and sae Cor) ers will begin work immediately upon was out of Sheek, ‘ inne di Bext® that arrival, ed on cid gd ny Accompanied by most of his pitchers ae “would not have to do % Clark Griffith leaves for Mont¥omery The vaavance sale of seats is re-|to-motrow at noon, and will there- markably mood, and there is Sty bo in. | after be able to demonstrate the success Grvatione Tae tne, men wa mae or failure of his experiment in working tig at feuin amounied 1 nS ‘yeaty ft yout hts pitchers before the rest of the four times- as much Ue ee “ot | team arrives, The regular fielding team PRR TaT FOr hele A nIHE: 8 ys, “Orders. ate wint arrive at Montgomery ote week | SORDe ie from all point, and many later, and after two days of team prac- ones SED DDE Se Me | luce a serles of games will begin with CARD AT CITY PARK. ae a bet goyn on, Gans, whe 1s Bacite trey founds at ocd rig eA am giad I have been some Frank McDonald, “Corbett siakes hie lite on" sted Harry Tuttle bett’ for his last HOT SPRINGS ENTRIES. World.) v ‘The Evening SCR HOT SPRINGS, Feb, | CITY PARK RACER TRACK, NEW |ORLBWANS, Feb, 27.—The entries for to- he/ entries for to-morrow Are AB | rontow na ‘aa follows! foll wa: | PIRST RACE-—Fout futlones: puree, FIRST RACEThree and a halt furlongs; ‘dat as bai a 0 thine Foot Bi oY rine lt. a Dour’ BECOND RACE_Five and a hilt furlonas; CR—~Three-fourths wel lity tee pbaccont Kwakening . hac Mile aod & sixteenth; King Bl! Jack Young FUL P svse Port Arthur B , nree and a halt fursongs Uy 104 p Unb WTok Rian a lus 1 Tarpoon *Belindian Oren. sri hier Malad O HINO ei Vnantl nd as dady Wate sinning milie and one eAvbrent ibe wilowanes: Toone 107 _ *Gotobed 19 WOMEN PLAY WHIST, yall enna ‘Beotaman i GMiCAdo, Wb, ATM. J. 0 Hinbara sChemlat « Moe, i, Me Hi Gate in i bolted” ra ae TRAINING-TRIP PLANS AND GAMES OF LOCAL TEAMS © By the End of Next Week Giants and Highlanders Will Be in | Balmy South Getting Ready for Season. 34 the Montgomery Cia, of the Southern League, Return Home April & After two weeks of work there the) Highlanders go further south, taking In Jacksonville, Fia.; New Orleans, Vicksburg, Mi: and Atlanta, They will return to York about April 8, find after playing two or three games at home with colleges and surrounding Profvssional clubs will go to Baltimore, where they play two games before the Opening of the season at Washington on April 14. ‘Thé Giants will eal¥ on the steamship City of Maton for Savannah Thurs: day, March 2 arriving tn the Gcorgia port about the 6th of March. The players living in the South and West, among them McGraw, will join the team there, and work will begin at once, After a week's series of games with the Savannah Club, of the South Atlantic Leagte, the Glants go Birmingham, where they will remain two weeks playing the Birmingham CRESCENT CITY CARD. (Special to The Evening World.) CRESCENT CITY RACE TRACK, NEW ORLWANG, Feb, 27.—The entries | for to-morrow are as follows: FIRST RACK—Balling; tive and a hait ‘| furlongs, Sa Garelo sBinel Himyar ‘irene Mac eAlinda ihe 5 Famboertne ul. Hestavor : "Miss Aubrey’. “Boonie Ltcee pone Elston . SECOND RA varus, trl. Kihk Rose Selma (wbvina Daleaman day vree Koh! Doolle vies Bengal Overgain ...., FOURTH RAC: Raith May . On Mg MIETH RACE—One mite “Limerick Girl ii rani te ‘Rishon’ Weed |; Annio Alone Mint Bed Laliise Stapi Hoaucaire Pannvius . Seucler of pean to | i seid Ie ere eee team, of the Southern League. This toi where they trained last summer, and there it was that McGraw discovered, | | Wiitse, From Birmingham the Glanté start on, & junketing trip, taking in Nashville, | Cincinnati, Indianapolis and numerous | other cities of lesser importance, THY return to New York about April 7, an@ | will play local amateur and professional | Clubs until the season opens with Bide ton on April M at the Polo Grounds, McGraw fs Confident. Graw says that he expects to have even @ better team than| won the pennant last season, He says he has no fear of being able to land the “rag,” and ts ‘especially anxious to de #0 to have th opportunity of meeting the Highland: ers, In a serles of post-season games in with prem! can finish in the lead, nis premises to be the most ai ful season 4 and ‘on account ot the Wideapeeeg Re terest in ‘he preliminary w. { close Watch on the work New York clubs that the Tenders may be in constant touch with the devel Finns of ihe hae i well as the a yers and wi rint th various practice pames geoptdand Tho Inflelde Unchanged, After several mont! both McGraw and G: rime Cohen, confident that their fndelte a a J intact, It is practically certain t cankal wall Marty Wear A Highland uniform, and that hi ‘ing A magnate will be ge St ee |@nother season. The have two of the OMT clubs ea taet known to baseball, Ny ae hae the the men ua i not be ri stu Positions, But can continue if i dle Work of Inet year, Means the absence Hi many, Wee aot worry to the ia agers, Y n fie} Hale, Up of McGann, ave, Bp ceil ond; Dahlen, short, and Dorit ‘hind, | "Phe Highlanders’ Anhels, com> posed of Gangel, first; Willases, mec ey Elberfeld, short, and Conroy, t beo be postponed Telephoning- That tedious trip may he saved. Balance the value of your dime and the expense of the trig against the tele- phone’s cost. NEW YORK TELEPHONE 00. 16 Dey Strect. a _ SPORTING. THEBOLLETIN "S39" ae WO, 1005 | $1 Mont cee ae OLD ray GRINDLE te Ist 1N ii WN, asientl Ie treatment einai don than y other. Do you suffer ‘OOd a Vous deblitty, eikianey kiN Alocuges, red BNO Hort) Re. An. tooutty bednful 4 hg, RICOCHLA oF any ditenge fey Re CLE oe 3 OV ACW oF) Tt mate Y new tone clanging, Br anadie ue ture. you Ay ata Wat ao {0 bith for tao pete tea lagi ny Ai ante U COL Se ae the capabilities of Devlin, Ames ei we A letter received from Manager Moe |.” Fe read two teams The Evening World will 4 a —_