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a should have haps he bas, acne beome so clever of late that ishing ‘punch has left him. ion a Nelson will fight tse bitter grudge betweon a at any kind of Nelson out this Evening World oor- “The fight won't his measure, and inson once, he never black man another ‘forced into fighting} ways the Kentuckian, “I whipped that even the biggest no license to meet a enough for me, I con- der it reid for @ white man to ‘and nothing in the world me into the ring with Iam a fighter, but I that I could not avoid Jol tece in California. If I had have crossed the ine agnin. I regard nity friends at home that I might get by whipping aot hgage tn the country.’ tedly Marvin Hart has a right « * ‘to own opinion and his own preju- aan aye tn other citizen of the - United States. As a fighting man lie ‘has the same rights that might be con- ‘ceded to a college athlete ora “gentle- man golfer." Some of the latter have p SraWn eRe: race -color’ Hine rather CE NEL ead resem abe ‘There is no question whatever of “palate SOUrAES. ‘ cutation al s OHNAON, by the way, {s about to fight Joe Grim at the National C., of Philadelphia. After this it MeGuigan will close up for the summer, as the hot weather has knocked out the attendance, The Johnson-Grim affair will be fun- ny, unless Grim Is knocked out. How- ever, the big biack man. will probably not accomplish the task that was given up by Joe Gans and Joe Walcott. Grim i#-@ tough nut.to crack. He is sure to lé knocked out one of these days, and le reguits of his many punishing bat- tles, . Fitzsimmons told me once upon @ time that he stopped trying tp knock Grim out @8 soon as he learned what @ marvellous capacity for punishment Knocked out, But when a-fellow is @s tough as Grim the knock-out punch + lias to be so hard that there'd be.a big a pf bie never coming, beck. |Z sJwant to kill him. ef wanted rn .there and box Grim, as the offered him a big bit for his Persuaded him not to do it. ¢hamplon, he could not afford Grim stay. He'd lose too much pect He'd knock the Dago out, end then probably he'd find himself in Jail charged with mansisughter.” OMMY RYAN, back under the shade of his peach tree, says the stoty that he is about to start “fgbting” again is a “wicked, malicious Me, forry to have offended Tommy, I hasten to assyre him that the word “fght’ ust have been printed by er- apologies for the mi: not have been “high Piense, psorept Eten nt, provanly falled wo a 4 _ wer TEAMS TO PLAY. eaiaees vs m the Great Neck me auney at iC arucenied, 1. 1, ton roar fies won’ A four will crons Gra Neck Froevucters. Th noedicat Bilow the troopers ten ‘This ts the the Eltone have APTER ALL, POLICE NOT: SO SURE AS TO BOY- KILLING AUTO Said They Had Machine Lo- cated, but Later Began to Hedge. ToRMmhy RYAN 1S BACK IN THE SHADE OF HIS PEACA TREE, SAYS HE WON'T TAKE THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE Jimmy Britt SHE WOK LU: MOND. Y MVISNIWG, JULY 24, 190 SSPORTING’NEWS AND'COMMENT xozzk?’ A FEW MOMENI. S WITH PUGILISTIC STARS. MR. FITZ Couto! KROCK GRIM OUT, So iF 1 Do it's THE SAME AS PANE UCKIN’ FiT2 > ti thd cont - ie training c} Si POE Jack Je Ke Teter, are etn Be a ony ayer Se A Suga Roanpionshib™ California Saas tonight . = CHAMPIONSHIP AMBITIONS VERY SERIOUSLY, Jeffries Though the police announced with satisfaction to-day that they had a splendid clue to the identity of the owner of the green automobile that crushed out the life of eleven-y¢ Frederick Busching, of No, 296) Wil- Ising place, last Friday afternoon while racing & Stbway train, when It was learned that the green car under sus- piclon was owned by P, H. Heaney & Co,, wealthy contractors and brick deal- ers, they made several reservations, An Evening World reporter saw James McLean, one of the partners of the firm, this afternoon, He admitted the firm owned a big touring car answering the description of the machine that iilied the Busching boy, but denied positively that this car had done the killing. He had driven the machine along the Southern Boulevard several hours before the boy was run down, ‘This he could prove by # number of witnesser, he said. Mr, McLean sald further he had not bad two men and a woman with him in the machine. His brick yards are at One Hundred and Seventy-eixth ‘stree: and the Bronx River, and iis car is well known in the Bronx. He says, how- ever, that there ure other green cars with yellow running gear, and that the persons who saw the acoldent and seemed to think it was his machine are in errar, When Capt. Ferris, of the Tremont avenue station, was asked about his ciue this afternoon he would not dis- cuss the matter, Se sald his men hadj¢ Jooked at the Heaney & Co. cur, had ex- amined it carefully after getting a de- scription from those wlio had witnessed They were not prepared at present, however, to go be- yond Mr, McLean's statement about his ride along the Southern Boulevard sey- eral hours before the lad met his death. eClisky, who bas cha investigation, declared early 0 day that his men had Wtacod the greon car undl they pracuically certain who fis owser iM ang who the three men aud women who were in it are. Coroner Berry, who will conduct an inquest into Lhe willing of the litte boy, Also announced that tatormation nad been obtained ihe result of @ systematic search of garage in the city, Phe case ig & pecullurly aggravated one. Not only wis the big green ma~ chine tying over the boulevard at fully forty miles an hour when it struck the boy, but al the sight of the Mite body penis hurled tn the uir the men and wo- men in the ate tet asifthe tragedy were fine sport, and they did not turn beat lo offer ald ry the child's body ushed into @ whapeless mags ainst one of the steol piers of the tei esata i! pough thy car aps scene of the kiln there were half had witnessed the the color aud genera with suficlent atten: Gnabie them: to tasnty i ig, machine with ow Funping inate f her body a | fast Yt ‘th J isi, aad 88, che five of th thi a “eat, ier top ese ft sau 30) inant aacion, it all aaa ale the | on nounced of the he ying a. na is nd note! eins or its Ree ©, yt 01 whether or not this clue hed falled. —~——— DEADLY CHICAGO AUTOS. — killed a hingtoor inhurea ther Tee ord made #0 far this year by | | that the jew hat the green sit Baa terres o-duy | di | to j stil a DRENCHED AND EXHAUSTED IN MOTOR BOAT Violence of Wind and Sea Made Sleep Impossible Aboard Winner. MARBLEHEAD, Mass., July &—The Talisman, owned by William Saville, of Boston, was the first of the motor boats making’ the 20-mile run from New York to Marblehead to dasa. 3:0 Proascd the Loe at 10,30, Bl me (uns |} oftizial) was 46 hours and minutes. ‘Tac TMirman's official time in cro: the’ Anish Ine was 9233. Jer} wiflelal) on < 4 hours, na fron 44 my nutes The Talisman had a very rough trio around Cape Cod against a heavy wind anda heavy soa. She put in at Cottage} City yesterday to report, but resumed the race without stopping. The Talisman was built in 1904 at} South Boston. She has an 8 horse-| power motor, ‘is 32 feet 8 iuches over| all In length, 8 feet 7 1-2 inches beam | and of 2 fest 10 Inches draught, Her victory 1s attributed to her ability to| stand weather which compelled many | ot her competitors to seek snelter. Mr, Saville, his three sons and a friend, who were on board the Talle man, were greatly exhausted by the trip, the vlolence of wind ana sea hav- ing made sleep impossible for any of them during the race, The log of the Talleman shows that her engine w run at full speed of $85 revolutions, without stop during the entire time, The Talisman started on the race at noon Saturday. She had a light north- east wind down Long Island Sound to Plum Island. Between Block Island and Point Judith the sea began to roughen, From Point Judith to Gay- head the bout met a heavy northeast wind, and cross seas at timés com- pletely submerged her. Those on board were drenched repeatedly. Although there was no abatement in the bad weather when the Talisman ran into Cottage Clty yesterday to report, Capt. Saville determined to keep on. He said to-day, however, that he never should ia podertaken, the run trom trage Highland Light nad he fully ppreciated conditions. It seemed to those on board aq if the tremendous Waves at times tossed the Talisman out of the ‘water, | Again they would roll over fi reatening to carry her to fhe bottom. ‘There was no rest for those on board, nor a moment for them to get anything to eat. At one point @ severe squall ike that of winter, bring- with it hall ard sleet, was éncoun- tered, Off’ Pollock the steering out, but this was patched up po keep the boat properly ded. After Highland Light was passed, at 2.30 A. M., the course was northwust Which brought the wind aslant Inste:a f dend ahead, as it bad been for more 5 ‘hi! ‘a bit enater, a Eat Ans bor lurse very rough. rand, the high wind drove the spray in Sune sheets over the occupants of the boa! Massachusetts Bay 7 encountered. For the lust_two or fren hours of the run ie wind decreased, but there was lone roll to tire wea The Bea ni had a Ume allowance of 16 hours, 44 minutes and 9 ‘seconds over the scratch boats the race, TENNIS CRACKS MEET. In preparation for the Eastern Cham- Le ¥-5, STANDING OF THE CLUBS. NATIONAL LBAGUBE, ae AN aeeine Ww. LL. Pc.|| Club. 40 2 40.355 [Cleveland Be si Pittsbu 7268||Chicaro a: pia Phin 43 Ss “Seal Bseton ett GO cate Chicago .2:50, 36 .38i Brooklyn ..24 60 (286! |Detroit RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES. No cames scheduled. | «Bem York. 5: gt, Loute, 2 mn, 6; Detroit. 1. GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY. * Ginctnnat! at New, York. New York at St. Louts. Bt Louls at Brookiva. Fniladetphis at Chicago, ‘At Detroit. Caicago at ‘phiindalpte, Washington at Cleveland. BAD RIDES BEAT TWO FAVORITES serie Club, New York (Continued from’ Fin from’ First Page.) vad but she could not catch Phidias, who | C'ney Sweep, Halrd 1008 st ai 8g won cloverly a length and @ half from}, Devout p Marmes, Kehatien and Whimsical,” The “latter Seat Kinley | AmiberJack also ran. Dale the same distance for the place. Thousands of dollars were purnea up by Jockey Martin in the fitth Shaw Like a Wooden Indian, URTICRACE—The See Gull Stakes, for filer Three pears oid; $1,000 added} alx ture good. "Won easily,“ Time— handicap, He was riding Devout, Dulled uo right after the ‘he mand was backed from ¢ Went to the nost fi ‘d start, witl . a8 usual, Bad News Went to the front at once, made all the running and won easily by and one- halt Ieheths from Starmpi i who beat Chimney Sween in a hard drive. after beine a dozen of It. was only beaten one- half length for third money. 50 to 1 Shot Gets Home. Betting. artere, Jocks, Whe. Bt, Hit. Fis. Sr. so: sense Scat eave 100 1 28 B9900 = Belo ‘or Senet 101 28 8 100 Rose of Dawn and Schulamite were well backed. ‘They broke on even terms And Sohulamtte jumped three lengths Hefore shaw made up his mind to ect | after her. Howe of Dawn caught Schiu- | | abxrar RACE--000 agded lnmite on the turn andl rent Schulamite | ang cali tot drive, but Shaw then went to the |furjongs. Bart Sate whip, and for the rest of the route was alout a& good as a wooden indian on Rose of Dawn. Schulamite came away } then and won easily by two lengt Belle of Setauket Was twelve lengths away. Martin Burns Up Thousands. FIFTH RACE—$1,200 added; handle three-year-oldw and’ upward; mile and any Hy has 8 iS ‘Golden Fern’ ‘Besoend “and da. Round, “Disovedtent, Ell also ran. Iolande made tho running to the stretch, followed by Flavigny, Golden ; tor} Fern and Bivouac, On the turn Bal cigith, Start bad. “Won easily, Time—)the lead in the siretoh; there Progress | b+ 1-5, Bettin, ad He a ‘i wir ret 5) ene. far end mn by of a leng' rom all * pat Nows.W tenap pp tg es ae who deat Hivouac three-quarters of a Be aun piesa OS 6 length for the place, ARMSTRONG TO GIVE ALL HIS TIME. (Gpectal to The Evening World.) ROCHRSTER, July 24.—Senator Arm- strong said to-day that be has not been NVENTOR ACCUSED % OF GRAND LARCENY. Walter Sparks of Tarrytown, treag- urer of the Sparks Machine Co, of No de Park Row, was arrested to-@ay at No. 12 Dutch street, on a charge of| officially notified of the Legislative com- grand larceny, preferred by Thaddeus | mittee apoointments ue loot into tasur- B. Hiker, of South Orange, president] ance affairs. but e gaid, call ; ecting of the committee. of the concern. Mr Ejker swore that “Fretts’ clos up pis ie commmalttes, ri Sparks his unlawfully appropriated] pecting to devote his entire time wat $1,484.88 of the funds of the corpora-| Jun. 1 to the investigation, He an: thal the five months intervening will not be any too Jong for the commitiee to complete its work. —e PROVIDENCE ENTRIES. NARRAGANSETT PARK, PROVI- DENCH, R, I,, July 4.—The entries for female's. races ere as follows: tion. The Sparks Machine Co, was formed plaitean invention of Sparks, who dcbiawea Elker's charge part of @ echeine "0 froene him out of the com- xu as OxXed at $1,000 and the was postponed = until. ——_— FOUGHT THOSE WHO TRIED TO SAVE HER, Mrs. Hood Took Polson and B ainted All Dfforts to Giy Her Antidote. After fighting off a doctor summoned to treat her Mrs. Pauline Hood died to- day from carbollc acid poisoning, Mrs, Hood was found’in agony et her home, No, 517 Dubois street, by her later, and | ¢5) Dr, John Lusk was summoned, Mra, Hood refused to take ‘an antl- Gote and when force was used fought plonshins at Boston local lawn tennis experts will play thie week in the -tourna- Ciub of Westcheste! po aa CHESS MASTERS MEET. Ma Abodt RRA. nN. aoe! vintg Sues oak ee WANT BASEBALL GAMES, ‘The sem!. Lay, py Flatbush B, B. have open Aiea fiatuniays for), ¥, Suly Barn py ote tig the wi seat Bene New York are nid 4 dackatts the doctor, her slster and her hus band, Frank Hood, ualll exhausted. ‘Then it was too late, Mrs. Hood had been in @ hospital un- st week, and the severe \heat is ed to have affected ber’ mind. ———— GAYNOR AND GREENE “WITHDRAW APPEAL, WASHINGTON, July 24M, Mods. seals ter, Canadian counsel for the Unitea|”**; an Btafes Government In {te case against Greene and Gaynor, ha» cabled the Da- partment of Justice from London that the two men have withdrawn their pett- tlon for leave to appeal to the Frivy Council at London and that on Wednes- Jotia raced up on the outalde and took | taken in tow by SMALL BOATS IN THIRD RACE With Two Victories to Her Credit Yankee Challenger Manchester Is Favorite. DORVAL, Que., July 2.—The crews of the rival yachts contending for the pos- session of the Seawanhaka Cup took unusual care to see that thelr respective boats were in the best of coniition be- fore launching them for to-day's race. ‘The American challenger Manchester was placed in the water early in the day and given a preliminary trial, al- though, apparently ‘no change had been made in her rigging or salls. Aljexan- dra, the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht} Club's defender, was kept in dry dock | until’ nearly noon. With two victories to her credit the Manchester rules favorite, but the showing made by Alex- @ndra in Baturda; light wind demon- strated that the American boat had @ worthy contender under those condl- tons. “A ‘The course for to-Gay’s race was | ‘the fame as Saturday's, a two-mile run} straightaway to windward and return, to be sailed three times over. The wind was kicking up whitecups on Lake St. Louls at noon and there wae sumges~ tions of an approaching storm, giving | Io promise of conuitions regarded as or= | ape to Manchester, M.—Following a thunder storm wind Increased to the fury of @ . ‘The lake was very rough. ‘The was overcast. 05 M.—Another severe thunder torm began raging. The yachts were tender St. Louis teken on board the ‘The storm passed ar] the B cgm Both boats ey pads repent rho wind sitll hits a and the Ya yachts had: dou- ble ree is Ae, art~ Alexa diay chester, rik BRIGHTON ENTRIES. (Special to The Evening World.) RACE TRACK, BRIGHTON BEACH, | July %.—Following are the entries for | tomorrow's races here: ry RACH—Two-year-olda; six tur. and the ender. 3.60 P 5 po at crews vo TLL SHOW oD THe way | KugcKep ¢ out OF CUP SERIES GREAT CIL BLAZE } T ED \GREN. | WALTER DIRECT WINS STRAIGHT PAGING HEATS Chamber of Conant Commerce $5,000 Event Feature of Grand Circuit’s Opening, (Spectal to The Bventng World.) GROSSEPOINT RACE TRACK, DE- TROIT, Mich. July 24—Blue Ribbon day, the opening of the grand cireutt ni Grossepoint, was far from an ideal afternoon, Clouds hung in the air in a threatening manner. While tte track was fast, ovher conditions were opposed to extreme speed. Abont-five thousand people were out, The Chamber of Commerce pacing stake of $5,000 Was the feature, but bet- the was light, Geer’s candidate, Wal- ter Direct, was a strong favorite at 300, Contractor 35, Stal C. 90, Bonanza 10, Field of Six 2. Then i was Waltec Direct, 109, feld 30, Hardwood was favorite in the 2.9 trot, 50 even against a big field: and the.208 pace turned out to be the best bettin; Proposition, with. ilmpood tayorite a W. Shvlook %, in Don Carr 20, Fleid of Ten 40. Summary: 2.20 Trot—First heat—Hardwood 1, 2 est & Minter 3, Pat J. 4. Time— “Chamber of Commerce; pacing, A (00.—Firat heat— Walter Direct Contractor 8 Boanle 2.05 nd. ‘pace, ast a¥loc a 8, 1, Don Tine— » i'rat—Second heat—Mainsheet was thdrawn on account of ‘ameness. Tiardwood. first, Belle tale second, Pat T. third, Minter fou Chamber of poriess ter Direct 1, ntl Seoond ‘Heat Don Car: fourth, Sa AO SELES DOHERTY BEATS LARNED. LONDON, July %—In the finals of the tennis singles for the Davis tropay STILL RAGING fe {Iiam A. Larned, 6-4, 3-6, 6S, Holcombe Ward and 8. H. Smith da not plas ment aD Ww . owing to a bereave- 5 ‘ 3 phe ae beat Whitlam Five Lives Lost and Several] 7 Lceeaatentbete A Persons Missing in Texas Town Swept by Flames That Cause $750,000 Damage. shegtecteary 4 8 Pac Witlamont, | third, Shy] x SUPERB SHOWS Twice Daily. RD ALL ‘A VAUDEVILLE. i at (. 3 Thareuin Stats, for Rhoppers. ‘Shevalior De as HUMBLE, Tex., July 4.—Covering an area of three-quarters of @ mile square, with a great canopy of smoke covering two square miles, the o!l tanks of the ‘Taxas Company boiled and bubbled un- Ger the great leat of burning oll to-day. When the fire can be extinguished Is ‘oblematical; certainly not u. urned all of the oil in the tieven tle tanks which ‘rO!d_ 3,000,000 H@btning struck them yester noon. Although the fire was to-day, It was believed confined tothe tankage losses are estimated at $750,000, with practically no insurance. ‘The conflagr Hen. im visible ut Galveston, sixty-five distant. It js known that five negro workmen es and it 18 feared other lives are as-s number of persons are miss- MBhere are hundreds of homeless peo- ple, many of them only awaiting a ghance to fo to Houston for shelter. ‘They were living in tente and shacks in the off field, and fied for their If to the town, ‘heir belongings have been destroyed by the fire, which runs out Toward the oil field. AMUSEMENTS, AS a Every Byx. nel. Sun.). HAINES, in “Once Upon Tey ‘i Gilmour, Geoffrey pa gy Starr, Helen Tracy SHE BELLE OF RICHMOND.” Reais, Wo = onic RUbe others: Souv: &nd others. ons when day after- jjAMIMERS TE S23 BuP Woody: PARADISE irene en ROOF GARDEN | ‘Entire Hoot 8.15 to fie ‘Bien ent 1, ‘Gaston Hordeve 4, Bara Bs % Ronay Si Pace. Rossi A no Rogers, over the > por, hee sterdam Semel ate. Co.'8.1 ithe ‘Whol: EAfting t Vad ‘Damm Fam! others. Mt. ning at 8 80 At ie, BUDS ry ‘Dancing eve st 8.90; miusio Duiers o £5 cents, including hat cheox, Guyer, Nolile oN ell, Emil Hoch, Jane 250.4 6 tahig Bway | =, 1: Keith’s ath Bt, Baio ‘Co. CONEY JOLAND’S |The Galveston Flood. BPBCTACLE. Crowded All the Time. HUBER's tg are aboard’ BROOKLYN AMUSEMENTS. ae ope sage woaic vistaria Grove, © Adm. to Table Bante, Of, Best 5x to at ee 215, Mgt uetas is, ionora. Fact "Dons tron Foe prooramn SAM BERNARD |— ri “Roitick king El irt Rast a a es oer War righton| ly Band 8,80. O22 CHGS, ra and 0. | wie -- Cous6e HINATOWN ABLAZE. | | iis formance by Mow, Terk SPORTING, Last Week oF Brighton aces = tree Spot Aroa New York, BIAS SURE SYSTEM ne