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if ID M'COY is a good referee, He has @ few good notions in the referee- ing line, and one he uséd Monday ‘ght at Hot Springs while officiating at | ‘tj@ DaveSullivan-Kid Herman bout. 8v)- ivan developed a tendency to stay on tie floor while in tho trained judgment i the foxy Kid he was able to fight. ‘Pullivan's keconds threw in the sponge, Shiloh MoCqy promptly kicked out of a ring, Then Dave, finding he was not Hi be allowed to ‘lose,” got up, went fy) Sown again and was properly counted cut. HE fight showed, among other things, what poor judges of thelr own condition fighters Fe. A couple of weeks ago Dave Sulll- + an was training in Elmer's gymnasium, Tle worked fast and hard, boxing toughly with his trainer, During a rest Sullivan camo around to frank Erne and said: “If I had been in his shape when I fought McGovern he'd\) never have beat me. I'm twice as etrong Ga T wos then.” /) A fighter who has been out of the ring ty time may feel strong, as Young did, but a fow bruising rounds uncover the weak spots, roy. RESTLING is laying a few golden AMZ eggs jurt now. It 1s up to the! ¥¥ promoters of the game to sce! that no one kills the golden goone. Graeco-Roman game came to @ few weeks ago when Mgeberg | Piéning went through thelr turn| t the Grand Central Palace, As a re: ‘that hippodrome Egeberg skipped k to his native Dansih shores, while . has of late been avo! tor the limelight has been | + ah radian him. K 1H, champion of Amer- ‘fea, and Tom Jenkins, former ‘champion, will have tt out again ight. Tf they make good thelr prom- le on. the level—good, If don't, poor "Hack, the Russian dons? will find the granoling industry the dodo in this villige. ch, Is $0 honest looking and. Such ah open, frank, country coun- nce ‘that he hadn't been in town lalf ah hour before some one tried to him @ pawn ticket»for a §300 dia- ond ring that was in for only $7. You the game, jomas Jenkins, Why, every looks Gotchward he growls like thunder and scowls until his features look almost forbid- al. contest. lenge and will send a crew to ‘row In Hamburg, Germany, for he Kalser's trophies, The Hamburg ie, ag it were. RIM'S manager was knocked | in Philadelphia yesterday, hes, Aneeint to The Evening World) | ROIT, Mich., March 15.-George Uner; of Philadelphia, won a de- over George McFadden, of New » In the wind-up of the Delray @tlo Club's show last night, Mo- | was apparently out of condl- | on him, out hunting FIGHT IS ON FOR RACING DATES, | | | to follow a convict, to show Northernera catel, Dloodhoundwy besides, there ‘vloodhounds, In @ certain musoum in litte old New York you pay a dime to see, among obher things, 4 cage containing several toothles: Deasts tagged ay “slave-hunting blood- You are led to think those dogs are some special breed, on blood fresh from the shambles, A matter of fact, the hound used for all sorts of hunting is the ordinary | lop-eared yelper that we see up North, | bred on chitterlings, riee, wild-eyed, hound: is the Meu of the other, the best dogs In this wide world.” And though he carried the fight to mW opnosent most of the time !n the | fly vounds, Gardner managed to block | fered [itttle damage. Both were | ined to hug, And not until the datter | ‘of the bout did elther avall him- | Sreatly of the opportunity to ham- | oY away clinches, a privileye al- | ed by the straight rules under which bout was conducted, dner won on his merits, however, were possibly but three rounds eighth and eleventh, when York man had any the borter | argument, I and midnight, sald: "I that I kin show you middling—Is In all the musle MONTGOMERY, Ala, The Southern newspa; ail out of Clark. Grifith becau @ scare story that/his team was golng to follow the bloodhounds who were the {dea being how surely a negro could be run down and mastl- GriMith, of course, had no idea of taking part In such sport, but cer- tain newspapers have placed the onus A big league ball team has all tho exercise it can attend to with- striped convicts with corn pone Any. way, they have put ‘t up to Grifith, and his men, who were in no wise to blame for the report, Montgomery hospitatty, and the citizens here can forgive or forget, Just to show that they entertain no | very elbow “Gabe" Jenkins, who haa fifteen of "vere guaranteed to run down a coon <r ‘possum betwixt 10 o'clock most this wide world, or, I reclton, Heaven’! Grifith declined the offer with thanks GIANT WRESTLERS WHO MEET TO-NIG ot, are no pathetic | ralsed As and But of whole reckon better sport | than you ever saw in this whole wide world, for there's an ole coon that no- hody In the State of Alabama can ketch ‘but these vere hounds of mine, no coon or ‘possum In the whole wide world kin fool ‘em, all yelping—some high, some low, and some They's An’ to hear ‘em pretty MAN HUNT BARRED 3-4 BY ALLEN SANGREE. (Special to The Evening World.) March 15.— have taken a and returned the hospitality in the usual Southern manner. No stone ie left unturned to make a Northerner feel at home jn this, the former kernel of Confederacy, Did you ever hear of a berson' going into Andy Harris's or tha Hoffman House for a glass of bock ‘beer, throwlne down a double, the bartender says “Can't take {t, Mister; orders are none of you Yankees ean buy!” That's what happened to some of the Highlanders, for, of course, ball players are allowed to have a nip of beer after a@ hard day's work. Some men train better with ale or beer, though any sort of liquor Js forbidden. The Bonivoriery, ites, in thelr spirt of hospitality and cheerfulness, would put a bail team on the bilnk did the boys not keep con- stantly before them that Idea of enthus- jas and perfect condition, ‘The Hightandors' determination to win the pennant has already put them in ‘ood fettle, Many think they are callous souls working only for salary, Well, I once saw Jack Warner leap out of a top |berth on the way to Pittsburg dazed by a_dream that he was tnrowing Hans Wagner out at second, Again, Joe McGinnity, the “Iron Man," actually cried after losing a game with Chicago, Oh! no; these men to-day are just like kids 9! twelve years, Walter Clarkson and Whitely, who are booked to pitch to-day, look as though life iteelf hungs upon thelr efforts, Paddy Duff, the new catcher, was throwing somersaults all morning, and Dave Fultz, who has been buckled down to law all winter, eyed the doings Jike ex-Assistant istrict-At- torney Osborne FORNt NE Molineux. Two days ‘sutticed to put Dave right, and anything that sails into centre to-day will never hit the grit. “Wid Conroy and Jimmy Williams play their old positions, third and sea ond; Holyeross takes right and Al Orth malice for thelr athletic guests, a com |lel!, Jirst bake will ho ocoupled by big mittee of cltzens walted on Grimtly and offered to get up a coon hunt in John Anderson, and If Chase does not show ip he may be kept there, Griffith has been noufied that the Na- consisting of Ban tional Commission, and Johnson, Harry Pulliam Gatry | Herrmann, has taken up the Chase mat- | ter, and Manager Morley, of Los An- wles, may expect to hear things, (rit th Je very anxtous over the first base- manship. He had fuily counted on hav. Ins Chase here, and Morley's refusal to let him go creates consternation, Tho Highlanders have a hold upon Ganzel, bur he does not want to leave Grund ide, Batith the amount of bunting that is dene these days first base Is a Position mote than ever important. Tf (Griffith Anno secre Ht siilied man it will serl- ly hamper his season, ‘ ovis mean time why doesn’t Mr, Hal Chase, who hae $200 of Grifith’s nioney anu & ticket ast, do a little thinking for himself. i of Bol eve 194 of nty yents that gets the opportu oohave his picture in the Now Yor! ranera elx months of the year, Champion Gotch Is a Tom Jenkins for The American wrestling championship Will be decided to-night at Madison Square Garden, Frank Gotch, the West- | ert wonder, and holder of the catch-as- catoh-can championship, will dotend his Jaurela ugminst Tom Jénkins, of Cleve- | land, the ex-champlion, These two @ants, the best big men this country has ever profuced, will put up a sensa- fonal fight, Tim Hurst has been selected to referee the contest. The men are to wrestle to a finish, the winner of two falls out of three to get the decision. Pin falls only will count, and any fall on or off the mat will count, uniess the referee sees fit to | bring the men back to jthe mat, i Gotch, who won thé championship from Jenking on a foul out West about | A year ago and whe again gained a de-| clson over him recently in Cleveland, is favored in tho betting on the contest. Jenkins, however, hus a host of admirers who are ready to back him, | WRESTLERS READY Slight Favorite Over Their Struggle - in Garden To-Night—Clevelander Will Not Lack Backing, preliminary contests there will be a Mu-fiteuematoh preceding the big affatr, Prof, Hakelwa will meet another wrest- ler, Fukukoa, in a match at the Japan- ese style of wrestling, and will also give an exhibition and explanation of this wonderful art, To-night's match with Jenkins will be Gotch's sedond appearance in New York, This young Westerner is cer- talnly an athletic marvel and may bave tho capabilities, as he claims, to make @ tangerous opponent for Jim Jeffries in the ring. Marshall Green waa the first man of any standing tackled by young Gotoh, wito defeated him in three straight falls, the strangle hold being used. [t was the only hold that Gotch knew at thet tine that worked well, After tackling all of the local stars and defeating one after another, Gotch took on a match with Dan McLeod, He lost the matoh, but after {hat very few went unfavor- ably for him, fi Jenkins was champion for many years In addition to a couple of first-class SUNSHINE BR By Bozeman C. Bulger. (Speciad to The Evening World.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala,, March 15,—Fresh from the placid city of palm trees and 6ea breezes, the Giants rolled into Bir- mingham yesterday, and for the first time since last Friday felt the loosening effect of a warm Southern sun, Unused to the glare of furnaces and the heavy smoke from thousands of coke ovens, the New Yorkers craned thelr necks all afternoon to locate the cause of con- flagration. The first real break of the day was made by Offa Neil, the new recrult, shortly after dark, when, seeing @ dis- tant furnace in blast, he rushed into the hotel with ashen face to Inform the newspaper men that the town was on fire, i leather enamelled beefsteaks of Sa- vannah a forgotten past, the players went to West End Park and suffered two hours of hard work, The aching arms and stiffened legs were forced through thelr work until a healthy | perspiration came as a soothing balm, still a trifle sore of bone and muscle, | to fear that the trip had been aban- doned and that It would be 0 the minor leagues with him and then there was a genufhe love feast, —_——<—<—<—<$< GIANTS BACK 10 FORM Not having encountered that chilling rain ateSavannah, both Bresnahan and Mertes are in better physical shape than the rest of the team, MoGinnity {s ex- pected to-day, McGraw having received @ telegram to that effect. Man" says there need be no fear as to his condition, shape for fast work, and when Mc- Graw looked over the smooth, well-kept |fleld he breathed a deep sigh of rellet | and warbled 9 sad farewell to the gully |strewn diamond which |men doing broad and high jumps as well as baseball for ten days past. | the best shape and St Is likely that he and Ames will be used against the Bir- mingham club |r minor league teams met the olub at After a light lunch, which made tho |r). rgliway mation, and since that time have shown the Giants many courtesies, McGraw has his choice of several places for taking shower baths after the prac- | ce hours, but it 18 probable that hu | wil accept the invitation of the mingham Athletic Club, minutes behind him came Sam Mertes, |} ‘nothing empty in the way of berths. until he met Goten, and defended his title againat all comers. INGS THE The “Iron The local grounds are in excellent had kept his Of all the pitchers Mathewson {s in in Friday's game. A large crowd of focal fans and members SUNSHINE THAWS OUT THE GIANTS. | HT. EMPIRE CITY STARTS The beginning of @ legal battle that is fraught with great danger to racing In this State was witnessed late yester~ day when Robert B. McDonnell, counsel for and one of the directors in the Hm- pire City Racing Association, served August Belmont with an application tor a rehearing of the request of the Em- pire City track for dates upon which to hold a running meeting. In speaking of the matter an officer of the Empire City Association sald: “It will be recalled that the Racti Commission in refusing the license ba: their action on the report of their a retary, Mr, John Boden, jr. The pape’ of many ofthe statements made In this report, and set forth many new facts showing how well equipped the Empire City plant fs for the holding of runping meetings. Comparisons are made with a number of the tracks already licensed, showing the superiority of the Empire Clty property, Its transportation fa- cilities are vastly better than those at Saratoga, and will be improved a great deal as saon as a license |s issued, The stabling accommogation ts far superior to that of Brighton Beach and other metropolitan tracks named, The grand stand, a modern steel structure, sur- passes in every respect at least those ‘on four of the Long Island tracks; and Bir- After limbering up his pitchers Me- Graw had his cntire outfield and in eld at work, and with the exception of and then McGraw turned the men over | painful twinges caused by | clea, the Giants again looked 1 to Trainer Tuthlll, He says they are | riet (he Glants af and Devlin worked with clocklike pre- but that another day of hard labor will | cision, and the putfield was equally as Put them in shape for the game Friday, | #ymmetric In movement. One of the first men to greet the Glants |. “fin was Roger Bresnahan, who had begun material, and some ambitiong may soon be shattered, Sammy Strang has been tried and never has been found wanting, With old men like him for utility pur- unless there | poses, was something quickly doing, A fow | and Kinky mus- Kg n= Dahlen cGann, Gilbert, ow looks as jf McGraw will have cult task in weeding out his new what will become of Offa Neai McEwen? Neal 1s as fast as ex- Diring time on a thirty-day note and hite hard and often, but as yet there is 80 on, each objectton being referred to In detail and shown to be groundless, “The Empire City Association also takes issue with the decision of the State Racing Commission that the al- lotment of dates by the Jockey Club before the Issuance of a license Is a just and reasonable regi@ation as re- quired by the Perey-Gray racing statute, This action is equivalent, It claims, to an abdication in favor of the Jockey Club by the State Racing Com- mission of the powers and duties im- posed upon the commiasion by law. "The petition further goes on to state that the reagon for the refusal of a l- cense to ithe Empire Clty Club may, per: perhaps be found in the faot that the business of conducting racing meetings las proved profitable to those inter- CRESCENT CITY ENTRIES. (Bpeoial to The Evening Wor'd.) W ORLEANS, La., March The for the races to-morrow are as RACE—Mile and one-sixteenth; Escutcheon ...sssseseee Trapper Hanlon .., Montpelier erry Acrobat |... *Iilonnenworth Lampoon *Operator , Red Man Favonlus *Avenne Blue Mint *Katle Power ¢ Hug § tH RA *Rondolet . #ReJoin Cligue Gascon Opinion ‘turion ‘Tarbula .., Woolnoia. Precious *Jucora *Trlumphiress VrMiRD RACK—Three and’ welling, erste, score Clover Hampton Mon Amour ENTH RAC Five George Ricker Inst nig Harry Ten in the amateur po for the championship of New progress at the Broadway Was 100 points to 06, high run was 17, und he made 2 acratches, and Willian Downs and tomnight, play soliink ven OD furlongs; RICKER WINS AT POOL, Academ Th di yet run 8, Oppenkelm Pos +} 1 FIFTH RACE—Milo and a alxteenth; soll nk, io | im 105 ion | soli- | ” CITY PARK ENTRIES. (Special to The Evening World.) W ORLEANS, La., March 15.—The entries for the races to-morrow are as follows: FIRST RACE—Fiye-eightha of a mile; sell- Ing; for maiden fillies three years old $Makaina * Basswood | BECOND RACE. four-year-olda and up, *Gludamile *Poweur Jin Ferrin, Reilx King #51. RACK—Four for tWag year-old i mery and a halt furlongs; aH Archibald Dison 8) fH RACE—Seyen furlongs; purse; ear-olds and up. Astarita 4 Bix Shooter Corugcate Tion Mot , Pretension FIFTH RAC welling; fourey a Cap and Gown . *Ramposa Pirate Lola Noel , ‘Roger Smit A Conviet *Virgle d'Or *Glenwood , Fort Plain SIXTH RAC olda and upwar Bessie Mc,, *Flontzel , Ren Heywood *Recreo . Rian Brand’ New.) Kilties *0ra Viva BEVENTH RAC selling *Rhyl ., Doeskin Lord Herm rab. + Lady Mistake Bluff ‘Trogon Ad High ( *Anprentice allowance. ew WHITE DEFEATS SERVATIUS. 05 ¢ | Mile and seventy yanis; four-sear-olds and upward, My ane C.F. White last night defeated L. Servatius in tho intorborough billlard ament, at the Knickprbocker Academy. Brooklyn, White was handicupped at He made a high run of 92, and & 71-07. Servatius was handicapped at 239, and made a total of 130. His high run was 17, and he averaged 8 2-87 ce lieekialiessoaremcr: NEW HERRESHOFF YACHT. A tour yaoht Sonya, which will be the only Amer- {ran-designed boat to compete in foreign | races of the 52-foot class the coming yacht- | ing season, was launched at the Herreshott here yeuterday. She ta th rt Kin di fukner Varley, of tondom, od wl be o by. Cabt, Pred Stokes, f entries for to-morrow’s races are ollows: | FIRST RACE—One and one-hale miler; maidens; sclling, inex Batcholer *Marlacchi { fn aici HOT SPRINGS ENTRIES. (Bpeclal to The Evening Worl.) HOT SPRINGS, Ark., March 15, ty enh carats Brown jorwood one-haft 105 10H and fur: Duras The Cure Di loi Mitatie Hi 1 Pat | Dewoy Terra Firma THIRD RACK hanitear | mille ae | wits ; minning of the BRISTOL, R. 1, March 15,—The sloop! Couple Grenade end’ Monet as McCormick | inning of the s¢ entry | TOURTH RACH—Three-fourths of a mil selling Foiles Berg Hilee oes vategainl Hf loe Van NOW sesveccoversererqecrme oel00 * ) mae sbi sla tikes iA ON 93 it E—Three-quarters of a mile; *Platoon . Joe Goss FIFTH RAO oelling. Marco PArio:ta Paul Jones. ‘simon ent *Tillle Jones Jovtal 'C: SGrater #Pneraer Monleila Olonts, fe and elxteenth; *Detention Faldand *Butwel i Banetion nd SClolomeay acces ee 105 | QUEERY WINS FROM CANNON, (Speclal to ‘The Byening World.) i WILMINGTON, Del., March 15.—CIf- | pn, a feathe ale ferd Queery, of Wilmin weight who has met with consider local seored another. victory just night he vested John Can hon, of silo, Del, ty the yound of a und flit, before t New Castle (Del) Athletle Club, Quee so completely outmatehed hi tnd knocke that, In orde the police stoppe success, wW ow AMERICAN TRAINER DEAD, LONDON, March 15.—Phillp Greusil, an '| colved flcenses, according to the pett- served on Mr, Belmont contain @ denial | ¢j BATTLE FOR DATES ested In the several racing corpora- tions, including members of the Jockey Club and State Racing Commission," “Each one of the corporations in which members of the Jockey Club and Rao- Ing Commission are interested hae re- tion, and it further avera that the stockholders of these licenaed tracks, who compose in part the Racing Com. veaaea and Jockey Club, are finan- Clally interested in excluding the Em- Die ety ipo ae giving Tneotings. betition further goes tg TM Ai epee anc y poly of racing are unwill- Ing to share the Fevenues’ which. last ‘Judicial body and must dispense even-handed justice without fear or favor to all the tracks entitled fo a license imder the law. Empire City {9 80 entitled, and ia refused for no reat reason, but apparently because, if al- lowed to enter the racing fleld, it will Interfere with the plans and probably the profits of some of the members of ue. Racing Commission and Jockey James Butler, the President Bmplre City Club, has been in. ceutece nia for the past few weeks, but {s ex- pected home by way of New Orleans soon, A despatch from Chicago states that Mr, Butler made application on behalf of the Yonkers track for racing, dates to the American Turf Association. No action was taken on the application, ag {t was stated the American Turf Asso- clation does not at present wish to ex- year amounted to $3,805,126 wit l- era,’ It nevertheless urges That fhetins aaee rane Ei ae Is a the crea- clnR uc! now vir-| GAT —Ted ration Tet eng scallenres the intl | we hea been gummed ae ve 1 in the State Racing Commis- calles wee sion is vested with the power to oxer-| by Benny Yanger, ts decidedly Mey be eee in athe atiatesy which | “Rather irritating, to say the 1 capricious ag the members of the com SAGA ek eee tem Me k le hunted me and we : ae) Se sitet (oat nica) makes/T went ahead and ware runt Corminsion fin» e_Ractng | matches for him, \ that everything {s off. Sompbody go him and gave him a variety o: ady I suppose, but it ts certainly anno: The various clubs will now blame and I'll have to be the fall-guy for the censure,’ Bena make such acts mi felonies, NCINNTTY ONS Great Twirler Arrived at Bir. mingham To-Day Looking,ity | Fine . Physical Condition— Glad to Be with:Giants-Again (Bpeciad to The Dventag Works) BIRMINGHAM, Ale. March 1A doubt and @peculation in regard tothe future of the ‘Iron Man” was removed this morning when Joe MocGinnity stepped up to @ hotel register jplaced this name at the bottom oféeh long list of Glants, rae Without aid he immediately denned 4 uniform, journeyed to the park and ja dn excellent shape, and gays he no fear of an early spsing Horse." He pitched a game out in Territory last Sunday and no serious consequences, layed Account of a large structural iron contract which my company fill by March,” said the Iron Man, “and to get the work out'I had to go in and assist in moulding myself. “I worked hard for ¢wo weeks end finally pulled through. The tron te to be used in the construction of @ hotel and # I had not Aled the contract we would have lost considerable money, ¥ never worked eo hard in my life and am glad to have my business freedom and be with the Giants again, i “I don't know much about this spit ball,” sald MoGinnity, “but from whet I hear # must be a good thing and I guess I will try to learn it." ‘When asked about the reports of his’ Gissatistaction with the Giants, Mo- Ginnity merely laughed in @ way & indicate that much of the talk was) based on hot air, O'BRIEN TO BOX WITH JACKSO bout between Jack O'Brien, of Philadel- phia, and Young Peter Jackson, of Bal- timore, to take place on March 2%. ‘The conditions of the contest are fit. teen rounds at catchweights, the wine ner to receive 75 per cent and the loser % per cent. of the purse, Herford etates that Bob Deady, who is ‘ing after Exidie Hanion's interests, has practically matched the young Ual- ifornian against Young Corbett for #ix-round bout in Philedelphia after Lenten season, "BOY MANAGER "Now, after all this, he sends me w, MISSOURI BARS POOLS, 4 ) } JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., March 18,—Th| ‘Tho bid was amended Ho as to’ lemeanors, instead of Its amended form was) and in tend Its jurisdiction to the Hast. passed by unanimous vote, After 35 y ing a Truss cost make al HOLDS; «part uabl i CHAS. 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