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ry a Sg CIR a THE WORT WEDNESDAY Tt ~ NS NWSE Ress HID ReRAN ‘UPTO THE HANDLES DON'T see anything so very ridicu- lous about Bob Fitzsimmons’s latest challenge to Marvin Ha: (ieville., Of course, Bob is pa: Tigtame of his fighting carcer. s Meimself with a really, truly razor, and Pes haen't worn koickerbockers for # tong time. @) But ther havo always cailed Fitzsim- inong “the vid man.” Just before his Tor ten xears past, peopie have lis years and his bald head ‘and have worried over the piteous spec- tacle that would be seen when the Younger fellow began putting ‘him away, YRoor olf ‘Bob Fitzsimmons” ole he knocked out Jim Corbett championship. Of course, after ig detent ‘by Jertries he was regarded gn. @ntiquated has-been, db’ went on fighting: Thome, Ed Dunkhorst, “Gus fe ‘Tom Sharkey and 4 last’ affair was only joke, natal @nd whipped young: George Seti te soa a eR obi again, latter 7. cj fighting as furious as iy°man in the world, ‘who. yore that he is Fitz- ‘immons's superior, and Jeffries out- ‘weighs the ald war horee by no less om alxty-five pounds. Was borh May 2, 1863, So he ts ‘years and four morths old ney Bee, -why,. Fitesim- ‘e-a short-ender ina Aight N BBLEY wishes it to be y iat he js no longer “Kid the | prizefighier. “stone hia fellow man on ‘thé chin or hitting him a Mavi punch, he *il turn «Fitzsimmons Is Young Enough to Fight ’- Marvin Hart or Anybody Else, Bar- ring Jeffries—Funny Sermon from Kid [icCoy, “Boxing is a crime against the men who so abase thefselyes and forget their manhood as to slug and punch each other for mere money,” says Mv- Coy. “I'm through with the fighting wame. ‘Chefe's absolutely nothing In It to elevate a man’s moral tdhe. When @ man enters the ring he deals a death- blow to ils self-respect and the respect of ‘his fellow man for him. This feel- Ing of disgust for the game is not now to me, although I've always kept quist about it.” Isn't. this a funny sermon to come from Kid McCoy. As far back as my recollection goes the foxy Kid never worried about his ‘moral tone’ while in the ring. “Phe first fight in which I saw him was that with fat Dick O’Brien eight years. ago, hore in New York. O'Brien's face looked, under the are lights, uke! A round, ra blot of blood.’ Streams trickled down over his ehoulders, and from neck to whist he wns splotched | 9! and smeared like an Apache ip full wae paint. (KM McCoy, @ sallbw, hooks and upperouts, phia. | | his moral tone.” He ts planning a cam- from tl trom the shawelght championship ped- {a/R wise Uttle tello chance that he wil! ‘before it." “a Moralest. wey ut ere out ayer FARONS » EDITED BY om SPORTING NEWS AND COMMENT ‘nosee?'? ERT EDGREN, Ths® moral tene isn't ‘ worry ing Young Corbet « Kid asc oy Refor mer, : o j = ee If eee ‘Butro mien walked. Slagle filed to Lewis. GIANTS WIN FINAL GAME IN PITTSBURG b= “(Continued from Firat Page:) BROOKLYNS LOSE FINAL TO CHICAGO CUBS Windy City Team Gets Early Lead While Dodgers Are Continually Blanked. go epoeeare HIGHLANDERS AGAIN BEATEN BY ST, LOUIS (Continued from First Page.) Lewis out. Tinker to Chance. Malay O'Neill ‘Chance. rt walked, Chance wniked. Mt- cary: batted for Schulte and sacri- ficed, Batch to Geasler. Caagey second on Molntyre'’s muff. Chanoe scoring. Malo: Tinto out at ‘© RUNI me PeARL, PUMA tHE cor Es BROS IN IRELAND. fo Labert. Ritter, ou Shevkard out ss siaicy eY vanced on Braine's sacrifice, and Hilde- | to contre, @lagle fanned. NO RUNB. Seventh Inning. vers to Chance: Bitch thi tn Maiden stl cone he plate. Kid Wagner went to third. “Glibert ors mann te Biberfeld. Wosner georine on eae scooped up Spencer's time to force Gleason unas- tbo artslt'e init. foul hoist trom rll abbied * Counce trom fied to Metatyre. Chan ety agate ‘Pewib. Eighth inning. 1s 5S out, Lundgren “ts ‘Chane a Bs: ¥re out, Lol to Nance XO RUNES ONE to centre. 1 to righ, sending ee to. third. ONE Iberteld lined nig Giessen trotted uni sneering Gavage, danced around the fat O'Brien, deliberately picking out, new marks “for his tearing jabs and | © That was the first one. The last was the Plaacke butchery in Philadel- BATTING ORDER. OUNG CORBET is bound to get back into the fighting game and| sent stay there. Just at @ present pes she iste Gesaler to Ritter. | time Mr. Rothwell is not worrying about Buia Stay: Serow to to oath him Rexping. straight romney Fultz, ONE RUN. ol eoade three swipes and. sat Cooney ar Roskenteld und was oulat Brat. Kiel. locate Howells’ curves was called out on strikes. NO sae Sealtr_ tbe Se Sin rms. 8.10. Mat. Gat. only, 2.10, ‘Star Corns Collene Wiaewer paign that is intended to clean up all the thirty-pounders availible and end the grand sweep by tumbling hia two- time conqueror, Battling Nelson, down ter ‘grounds ert be Cannice. Hitter : ed. i to bean over 3 ‘ Ueever threw eats Out a, Rit to Wiltee, but but & howl Mota OF 59 - CHICAGO, Sept. finished up their eeason In Chicago this: afternbon by playing © the gumo of the series here with the Cubs. ‘They ‘have already won two of the layed, and Manager Han- lon nad visions of making It three out of the four this afternoon when he saw his players walk onto the field ‘a proud air, ‘The weather was plead tp this: afternoon and Young Corbett 1s young enough to go on fighting for:many years to come. He ‘and there is a to this deser- ton of Broadway | enough to come back to ‘his old fighi’ .s form. Some ono (whose name does not occur to ine at gave the moment) hes sald that “it is: not lg ven iY {the four weeks of training ‘that counts, , but the six months of living that sor eae Goode ‘colic. t oh Hin fd Ho tn Goode now pitching for New York and MeCarthy oetahing: Goode couldn't abd. both raauere teers date sacrificed Goode to Chase, anv enna K. wes earnings Rat) tat to “contre. rate wa TIGERS DEFEAT, : WIL NOV mn ue Eee 8 oes a Pypeckst Inning. ey rey aoa Ws = Inning, AMUSEMENTS. | {eetnst. ee een St ee ah yes Chet, fey = | SOUVENIR era ‘usin ‘and eS 1c me ANGEL aupare Hi ae DE ¥\