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ING NEW STAR RIDERS AT BENNINGS. i WORLD | bry Fh wee THE WORD: FTCHHR CHMSBRO, the father of the spit bail, evidently thinks that it can be hit, Mr, Sangroo, fa with the Highlanders, writes that ‘Happy Jack” is busy taking ler out behind the barn and teach- ing Dim the mysteries of the sallvated ephere. Af wome of the pitchers on the other fail in line and perform the same aly office for their mates Chesbro be sorry that he gave the snap OTHNER threw Higasht last night. | B It was announced from the mat that no Jiu-Jitsu tricks would be Darred. However, the tittle Jap didn't Wnoork a single bone-breaker. He used a few’ Japanese wrestling stunts, funcork a single bone-breaker, He One man at the ringside remarked t Jiu jitsu was no good, because Fiigsoht didn't break Bothner's arm. Higeeh! didn’t break Bothner's arm, He Was very gpuch disappointed. epponent. His job was to lay Bothner ‘on his back, and he tried to do it. He | ldn't evon make an attempt to break @ little thing like a thumb. It was a good test of a small Jay's GAt dur It wasn't flu jiteu at all, 1 GANS refuses t to be a lightweight meal ticket. He won't fight at the Ught-welght mit, having gained insight into the foolishness of such & thing when he fought Britt, He was petptlels ight when he fought Brn claimed the light-wolght title after on victory, and he prefers to be a Welter-weight when he fights ligut- ‘Fiwelghts. It's easier to win that way. ‘Qne hundred and thirty-five at 3 ye’elook or no fight,’ said Al Herford cpp to Lewis. Herford had de- $1,000 check, uncertified, to had epeience for a anger at the t-welght limit, which 183 ring- The reason for Hertord’ ‘8 change Of heart was the fact that Lewis unex- Bet turned with a certified of Mae to strengthen his #c- of Gans's challenge. HILADELPHIA TA JACK O'BRIEN and Peter Jackson fight to-night in Baltimore, Peter lost the last ht by BETCORDE O'Brien out with a inch 0! : 18 eelub to-night. rete 20d, LITTLE’ JAP STARTING HIS TRICK THROW + HIGASHT DID ALL THe WORK, BUT BOTHNER WON Bout Between Jiu-Jitsu Expert and Wrestler Lasted Three Hours, Latter Getting Three Falls in That Time—Jap Threw Ameri- can Over His Head Twice. BY ROBERT EDGREN. We have met the Yellow Peril and it ts ours, George Bothner threw Higashi three times last night at the Grand Central Palaco, The little Jap threw George at least once, flat on his back, put the flying tails of Bothner's kiincno probably blinded Referee ‘Tim Hurst, for he didn’t see the fall. It was advertised as a jiu jitsu ve, wrestling affair, and it wasn’t, Higaghi used none of his jiu-jntsu trickery, but depended upon @ few simple Japanese wrestling tricks and what he could etudy of the American style during the bout, HIGASHI DID ALL THE WORK, Higashi is a game little feliow. He kept Bothner on the defensive during all but shout ten minutes of the three hours on the mat, George seemed to fear something or other, for nine-tenths of the time he stayed on bie hands and knees, drawn up into a turtle-back formation as hard to open as an oyster. NaS ue BY FRANK (Speciad to Tho Evening World.) WASHINGTON, April 7.—A month es turtmen woro Yeginning to won- “der where they were golng to get eapable riders for the coming season. @@he New Orleans meeting hed devel- goped little or nothing, Of the two boys who were most promising at Hot Brings, one, Eddie Wenrlck, was Miiied, and the other, Sidney Dickson, ) went to Brance, There were good re- gporte of Miller and McDaniel at Los Stil, it looked as if turtmen mR pwOU have to rely on the old guard, tmade up of Burns, Odom, Sh Red- _efern, Puller, Hildebrand, O'Neill, and | mothers, is & ‘Weahington, however, has served to up the most promising crop of re geen tn years, Bain’ was the or 19 favor 01 ep the horsemen, ‘This boy rode fale: t New Orleans, but Washing- has served to put the edge on him, 8 the leiding Jockey at the meet: ra began to take notice ‘ai ite "Joo ‘Jonnson, a_ seventy-five- eh who rides with the cool- & man of thirty, and who sits | the Brace and immova- He was rather dis- tea ead inti FIVE NEW JOCKEYS OF PROMISE AT BENNINGS “Baird, Miller, Johnson, Perrine and Hoff- man Best Youngsters Seen in Many Years, and All Are Light-weight 8 facorented in hie riaing sf Bob Murphy tha aeason's port, One admirer of Bothner’s loudly advised Higash! to ‘get coe opener," The little 118-pound Jap, outweighed by twenty pounds, did all the work from start to finish, He was stronger than Bothner and very clever in his own way. He was cool as tce and had grit enough for a man as big as Hacken- echmidt. He didn’t tire or become dis+ couraged, Bout Looked Funny at Start, ‘The bout looked funny at the begin- ning. Both athletes appeared clad in a short Japanese kimono, nightshirt fas! fon, tled at the waist wth a black belt, Bothner went on the defensive, After 14 minutes and & seconds he got an Opening and turned Higashi to his Shoulders with a neck and leg hold, The Jap went after Bothner in earnest on the next trial, George hugged the mat closely, and evidently turning a prostrate man over upon his back was @ new trick for Higashi, Bothnor Gets Nerve Again, W. THORP. yesterday, by the He is |young 10’ fall into these habits, and |he ought not to spoil a brilliant fu- ture. Nevertheless, he 18 the moat prom: ising boy of lus age and weight seen | in years, Hoffman began to show form late in the season at Hot Springs, and | baw | ridden geome splendid races here duri | this meeting He js a_ rattiin way. a bit ng | rider, the last twe During two “Is that what you call the yell sup Snape of Millon, | “18, that sor enor| couple of Atare {ty the apertine, aiso| Peril? That's the man that wants to Los ailtornla, have taken, the fancy nen Miller le two yesterday—Tiekle and ‘The Veiled Lady. | It is not ikely that Romangill will have any more Inounte on ‘Tickle af the way Miller handied her yoaorday: | Perrine won with Unole Urigh a few day@ ago, and landed the, iret, 8 |with Yorkshire Lad yesterday, He, I |ohock full of confidence, He has a trifle |t00 much oontidence, however, and lights in making hair-raising finishes. Gnere they une; Bain, Mitter, John: son, Perring. and Hoftman; five’ of the | most promising youngsters seen in | | many years; and there may be more to jcome. ‘These boys ave especially valua- able because of thelr weight, All of | them can ride at ninety pounds or under, All of them can ‘hold their own jIn-a finish with the older riders, ra perhaps, Johnson, who Is a bit Heht | for a strong finish. Good riders make good racing, so that there now added interest in lek Jeffries!" yelled the galleries, de- risively. Bothner got his nerve back and stood up. The little brown man walked Into him with a determined air, grabbed the collar of the kimono and shoved Bothner @round and around the ring. The wrestler tried for a cross-buttock now and then, but Higash! was too quick to be caught, Then something happened. Bothner's back was near the ropes, seemed io sifp and fall, Instantly Both- ner jerked forward, popped up Into the air, turned und fell flat on hig back, How Higashi Did it, Higashi had deftly placed his lett too: against Bothner's solar plexus and, holding tight to he collar of the kimo- no, had fallen backward himself, at the ip CITY PARK ENTRIES, (Special to The Evening World.) CITY PARK, NEW ORLEANS, La, are as follows: FIRST RACE—0; mar-dige and UD je. Mo. mile; selling mile; we) ar ‘ida ‘and April 7.—Entries for to-morrow's races for eighths of a mile: up. | same time tossing Bobthner nto the air with one leg, ike @ clrous juggler klck- ing a barrel Flying falls were referee didn't see this o hi protes but Higashi! Hurst ordered Boehner (ook the sssors hold in v2 to count, the a ch to go fail on with as ew Botiner solar plexu George lar 1and spun out, and the Higasid and neariy ® quar twa 101 a8 " t fall came att while nin ng v'olock | morning 1} were wrist QUILL WINNER |Jimmie Quill gave Young Sotindier Beston, all that was necessary night, and after five rounds of Iivel Higash! | IN FIVE VE ROUNDS TO MEET O'BRIEN of [moet Inst | fiftee going Schindler's second tossed a wet Garces that, towel into te ring as a WRF man’ nad’ gor Spleen, wet ‘PM HIGASI THROWING Bonner. OVER HIS Agee NER UGGING THE MAT, HIGHLANDERS HOME IN Team Has Had Four (Special to ‘The Evening Work.) ATLANTA, Ga. April 7,—Ciarke | hae GriMth got away from Dixie land with | @ squad of the best conditioned ball: | players that ever wore @ major league Spee: uniform, This is due to his severity in training, a Sparian method that many professiona!s would not endure. Instead of riding out to the grounds in a bus he always made the men run or walk, When it rained he did not permit them to loaf in the hotel cor- nidor, but sent them off on a constitur | tional in the oountry; if any lad eae | plained of illness he forced him ito don @ uniform and work away the Indispos!- tlon by natural means, In ail the his- tory of baseball no team has been #0) rigidly schooled, Electric Shocks for Players. ‘The last thing he did on jeaving At- Janta was to order an electric machine similar to the one operated by M. J, Ms Nye, of the Federal prison, who treated reguiknly Ambrose Puttman, Jbmmy | | Williams and Jim McGuire. ‘Dhis in- | pirument shoots electricky into the body from a distance of about fifteen Hes ches. The sparks sizzle and burn. Jone receives a brutal shook at. firat but the effect 1s magleal. Griffith says | that no piteh need ever have a sore arm with this machine at hand One week ago Williams could scarcely throw wo Now his muscles are Lotter than ever and his whole anatomy | teems with resilenve. So much for the! | musclescope. Another thing accomplished here in |the last few hours was Keeler's dis- to: ter oi in ot du | se FRIDAY “EVENING, ‘APRIL 7, SPORTS EDITED B FINE TRIM Training —Chesbro Giving Away Spit-Ball Secret to Keeler, BY ALLEN SANGREE. bites iota’ Atlanta last night, an hese not arrive in Jersey Cit: grounds there from 10 to iD, 86,000, | Who would not be @ baseball magnate? | ‘The champion Giants are duo back home to-day after a successful clean-up From now until the beginning of the practices dally, and with several games , GIANTS ARE BACK IN TOWN TO-DAY, -EDGREN ROBERT BOTHNER WON, BUT HIGASHI HAD A FEW ODD TRICKS UP HIS SLEEVE AIGASHI REAR View BOUND —_-M’GRAW SIGNS BILL CLARKE Ww: k f H BM Clarke, one of the best catchers Eess ‘0 ardest playing staff of the New York Nation- als. Clarke signed a contract with the Giants yesterday and will be seen in a uniform at the grand opening. For the last four years Clarke caught and played first base for the Washing- ton Americans, but this season he and Whe new Washington magnate could not come to an agreement, and he bought bis release from the league, Clarke is a Californian and made his reputation with Hanlon’s old Orioles, path whom he marted in the season of the year in which Hanion won Nis"frat pennant, Whon the Baltimore until 7 A, M. | team was transferred to Brook: work’ on’ thé | 1800 Hanlon sold Clarke to the 12, and at-| Nationals, In 1901, when the American mpt to acclimate themselves—a — pre- ue expanded and came Hast, Clarke ove hard job, after 1iving four weeks joined the Wasiilngtone. midsummer ‘weather, Clarke {# @ fine catcher and a fetrly | trip has cost ‘ood batsman, besides being a won- jerful coacher, ‘ neghole, Admits thet the @amp fling ahs Kesler can tnaster It, he stands mw of leading Ii averagen Bech me tn theo . ed £0 wow, wmortrow. The boys will ton a round CHAMPION GIANTS ARE HOME AGAIN TO-DAY McGraw’s Pennant Holders Only Team with Record of Clean Sweep Down South. By Bozeman Bulger. in vhis way they often piled 1 acores that would not have come from Playing sireight hammer - and: tongs | baseba New Men Have Shown Well, ‘The new men—Strang, Hall and N <have all shown well and the howe pitting of the two first’ named has been one of the topics of Southern teams they encountered uring thelr spring training tour, fason the champions will have two to keep up thelr fighting spirit they | Pt comment on the | covery of how to frustrate the spit ball. ghould be in prime form to begin the Cub, Need Naa fey been given as many American leiguers generally admit that | Chesbro is the only one who can handie! | this astonishing curve without injuring his arm, Other pitchers use it, buc |they have not the same case or skill, JBut Chesbro will doubilese have dan- 'gerous rivals, and Griffith has been tudying how to meet them, His ain: bition Is to star the Yankee wonder as \the world’s greatest plicher and Keeler as a batter of the same brand, Keeler After Lajoie's Honors. Lajole Mt about and sald that M 6 260 dis only ie Napoleon down wun} I make any state: fact that Keeler has ed him diowiar writer w COY SAYS HE'S h us lM 1 HOT SPRINGS, MeCoy was ma Ark, 0 “Kid” ed hel day to Philadelphia’ Jack O'Brien in. & Acround cont Hy In Ba iions. iM Mi Coy 18 Fpaponslble. fon, Flee, report Al Herford offered Ki Brien at the si atueptanae | iy rea have the dressing-rooma In the club-) as he fre were Manager M be he South and West, and though they met several fast clubs, they were never real- | spirit, Inspired by MoGraw, | aegrossive at all umes, |no- chances whatsoever thelr record, 0 other: ul campaign for blood, d McGraw telegraphed in advance tO) fase Ghough for une Giants, Jeave the club within w few di All the and will are, plichers are in first-class con- attlens a and pay ya ot ed could) 0 itech a champlonsh| fume, "the winter ilnke Fontirely? disappeared from the and the biz fellow has pleased Mo- \Graw Immensely by his recent. work, | Ames, Wiltse aiid MoGinnity haye been jin shape almogt since the day. they te- al St ng. Hall, MoBwen, | Ported, and Mathewson ‘and. ‘Taylor SieGinnity, Mathew. |retehed the mark ten days ago d 5 | a 5 20 an, Ames, Bresnahan, owerman, am NO VAILSBURG RACING. yne and Devlin will Join them at the | The Commissioners of Police of New- this afternoon, With the exception of the severe In- arc at a meeting last nicht directed the Clef of Pollee to see that no further Browne's hand received at sville none of the Giants has sus ? serious consoquence from the lations of the Inw occur at and Browne expects to Co see eu) ENB aS, © will be no more In shape to play In the opening game bur. Was recently n April 14. ‘The botla on Dahlen's hand and is now a part ive entirely disappeared and he will | ‘ork regularly hereafter | Only Clean Sweepers, oa, L belleve w ouse kept warm until the men arrived, | will take no chances on etiffness om cold due to the ohange in climate. In the party arriving this morning | raw, Trainer Tuthill, Secretary Murphy, Marshall, Eliott, Wiltwe, MeGann, Gil- ertes and Donlin, an, Be the'olt major 13 dis pains in ven r ‘and hare Ad mouth, “ulvera, print a the condl- | | In fact, I belleve we if not better, shape as ny club in the league, The players ave all done good work have baal (ken cave not to injure themselves by | 2 ANTAL of my ine In as good, a on f f to), Suniave, 0 to i large | the by wus wherever they played in ly in Qinger of defeat. ‘That fighting kopt them and they took on breaking f never haying Jost an The Giants were greeted CAPSULES KID WILSON BEAT HOLLY AGAIN PHILADELPHIA, April 7, — Jaom nnette, of New York, falled to ape ur at the Broadway A, ©, last nighty where he was scheduled to meet Biao® Bill, of Merchantsville, m the star bout, | Dave Holly and "Kid" Wilaon, o@ | Orange, N, J., were put on and » mos jexeiting bout resulted. Wilson led aif | the way, In the fifth round Wilson opened an |old cut on Holly's head and the blood flowed In streams over both contestants and the refereo, and at the end the rin | resembled more of a slaughter-hou than It did a prize clrele, In the other half of Burke, of Port Re Hagan, Jack O'Brien pariner Hagan was @ game, customed but Burke's long frequent lett was tog much for him, and he Was on the ab end at the finish, CKENSCHMIDT MATCH IS STILL UNSETTLED | —— Up to Manager Cochran to Decide Whether or Not New Yorkers Shall See. Great “Russian Lion” in Action, Je the wind-up *BoTHnern. usin THE pe 6 HAC | | Win New Yorkers get the oppor-)Jucgment If they had settled this quem. tunity of seeing the great Hacken-| on of le’ before they plastered sohmidt in action? Wil Tom Jenkins | themselves all over tie Now York pa- per. “Jenkins 1s ready to make a match at once. get a chance to add to his fame ‘as 4 catch-aa-vatch-can wrestler in a bout with "The Russian Lion?’ These ques- fn the bustness, has been added to the, | tions aro Important to the sport-loving public of this country, The following from Harry Pollok, manager of Jen- over the question as to whether Mr. Hackenschmidt is @ Graeco-Roman or catohns-catch-can wrestier, probably [individually or collectively they will tell me whether Tom Jenkins, the American champion, is to have a match or not with the foreigner, who has |oome here with, if nothing else, cor- tainly an abundant supply of ‘hot alr.’ “The rise and fall of their intenttons regarding a match with Jenkine would make a panioky day in Wall street look Like a Sunday-sohool picnic, manager might have used a little better Eeq,, of London, get through wrangling | “Hackerschmidt says he will wrestle Jenkins catch-as-catch-can, “Now 1f gome tndividual wit) kindly toss Mr, Cochran into the Rast Rivor Kens, 1s at least timely: | ‘fo the Sporting Editor of ‘The Byening|OF sit on him for a while ‘Hack’ and ‘World, I can have the match signed, sealed , “Dear Sir—When Georges Hncken- | ond delivered by the time they regur A ect Mr, C. eohmiat, the ‘Rusien (German) Lion,’ “Phere 18 a $2,000 fontedt ready to be and lis manager, Charles B. Coohran,| posted on behalf of Jenkins to elinch the match. By the way, Mr. Cochran oan. plow 1,00 for “himself. He denied the other day the report which I Foveived from ‘Skects' Marlin to the eft Hacker schmidt had. deteted Carkesk and Cannon at catch-as-catch-can atyla “Now, Mr. Coohran, ‘Skeets’ Marun rides vace-horses for a living, He {9 not infallible, or u compiler of wrest. ling stadetics, and his information nay not have been correst ast However, {f you want to win a ‘tieus bee fo! urself you can start right way beiting me ‘that Hackenschmede never wrestled a catch-as-catah-cam metch tn England. “How about it? “It seema to mo that ‘Hack’ and his “Youre yey NY POLLOK, “Manager Tom Jenking” BELMONT PARK FENCE DOWN | ‘When the workmen emptoyed at the | found, to their astonishment that 1,500) feot of the wire and iron fence had been torn @own during the night, None of the material was missing, It is said, and the motive for destroying the fence ened oft before they could carry away Of the fence. Sheriff Gilder- Glseve, of nL Newey County, wae notified, and he has gone ‘3 Elmont to make an \ investigation, Mt t¢ said He will ibe as- | sisted tay the Jamaica police, JACKSON AND O'BRIEN AGAIN “Philadelphia’’ } Jack O’Brien 4 Rew Bolmont rece track at Mincola,| (Toune Peter Jackson’ the nn a | 1 ; a8 L. 1, went there this morning they | to-night in another ‘fAfteen- round Boal under the auspices of the Bur { on igh thes pt eka A. road Both men are in the best of shape ) for this battle. $<. fo unexp! lt Hi mhought that st may have been MURRAY HILL'S GAME. the work of thieves, who were fright-| Wiltse, the great left-handed twirler of the Murray Hills. will be in the for that team in thelr game with the strong Royal Giants, he Alurmay TH Oval, One plore. ay Forty-ninth street and Elghth av on Sunday, a ey BENNINGS ENTRIES. ‘Special renin World SINGS, Washington Dec. Apsit tries for to~morrow's races are iT RACE—Maiden oar-olde and five furlongs Plaine ia course +106 oats SECON Yeoman Gabin | Winchester Lochinvar Mise Kart Finders. it RACE—For three-year-old ¢ furionke; Colimblm coures, two: | year-olds; four and on : old ‘Oaklawn Anodyne. | Vendor i |enaae jotual oro? High tte": SIXTH RACH—Maiden three-year-ol un: ‘one and one-sixteenth of @ vmiler course. ga ang | rt Pete Daliov. Cloudy; slow MAGNIFICENT 800-COLUMN : PAPER. B@™ Noxt Bunday's 100-page Easter World, Special section showing the marvels of motiecn | Mexico. Boe) jon Bupplement. Splendi ures brirse ‘ot hovelt trey interest, Order ight. Bdltion Have Been Made by Genuine and Per. RUPTURE | MY CLAIMS 10 YOUR GONFIDENCE, manent Cures. “i am "40 be the only moders Hupture, 1 hay * ure yriehout ah ane Deraonny many. 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