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1 SHOWS HE Ui Tommy Murphy Is a Wonder He Will Get It Wednesday Night in Philadelphia. BY ROBERT EDGREN, Information about Terry /McGovern's fighting cnjadition, as follo 0 poy eqnally impressive, equally cock-sure, uDGmI" said he, “Don't let anybody tell you that this youngster is done for, It’ 1 and nonsense. Thero is a cortain lo caime for the pressure on the ‘thet haa temporarily affected his Within two months ¢ pres- will go eway naturally. inp ig ‘Wil bo just as sound mentally Aig be wants to fight again vat ‘& matter of taking the same of training that he would com- require after a long lay-off. He lived cleanly apd is only twenty- old, His natural resources this thing off.” opinion of the second dootor at Present writing seems to havo hit ser the mark, 1 saw ‘erry several when he wae “bad."’ I have seen many times since, Yesterday I had Jong talk with him, and saw him He was clear-headed, and every h the sensible little fellow that he always been, Physically, he looked bit thin, perhaps on account of fing weight, but much better than I expected to find him. wag in the gymoatium of Hol- ‘sy Bathe, where McC overn is ing. “Twenty or thirty men came to see him, which was an improve- t upon the earlier trainifg days, after diow home. that he could have * His yooks flipped around Terr halt the force of popened Terry it. At times lows into Burdick’s body, Terr, fs hard all of the time, He a4 ng ip steadily, as of old, but hb most of his pune hes lightly, tng a hard one only now and then. @ he hooked his left hand suddenly o' | to Burdick's onlin, back and dropped his tne end of the first round. erry sald nothing at the time, when half an hour later he sai have hit ha Johnny up ly and didn't wan: to * the little fellow wp tho much,” From the workout I couldn't ge: for he only boxed quickly and didn't ing. But he seemed to lows speed and good wind, hav tervals of dancing: sile-stepped and danced ai ame and finished up herd weights. During all ‘this Ume he ne stopped elther to rest or to notice crowd, S ain for TILL, I could hardly say whether ORRY came out of his dressing- d to the punching bag, which he Pages! began thumping lustlly. ‘ Phat indifference to the crowd marked Pe dhe whole day's work. ‘Terry hod his ind fixed on one thing—his training. 2) here wag no nonsense about it thi me, no griniing and laughing’ as he inehed: the bag or walloped hig per- ring patiner; no joking on the side he danced about; no stopping to ireke hands with visitors. It was just in buriness, He was there to work rd, and he did It, ferry pinched the bag for eeven min- pies, damming the leather viciously bm wide to side. Then he stopped for y seconds, which time he spent in ng and.side-stepplog, Bao ra he began tie same There Way non hg! pie Fitz. one fancy work abo ily heghed left and right left and it, With a swing of one hand or the At regular intervals. more of that, and then J and body looked good. spot no it ‘his work and had very tittle to say sf ward But whei be to the poins. "You'll ‘ou gome down," is a g00d boy and I Intend to win, a eun, and age Th going right after bunch, This is a new start Jon Humphreys ran off into a plan bring Terry and Battling Nelson gether, Terry listened silen until IT make 00,’ he paid there'll be pleaty of ‘hme to talk.” shell, I with Murphy, Phy {8 a strong youn fost. Terry. »An gO some. win as quick « AT'S the whole thing in a and Tommy M r and com! wony ing champton, Mick, sparring partner, Wan rea Whit - oa | nile only the battle Itself ran tell) anc madi ry tuned from the ba and timme-| now good Torry really is, {t. won't. he | pay thy boxing went 0 Another case of George Divon, Terry URDICK'S hands were bandseca | Hae @ punch, A 4 and wind and afterward he explained that they were in bad shape. Perhaps come out, DREW BEATS 2 BRUTAL FOR BAT NELSON ritt’s Conqueror Declares He {Would Rather Fight Jeffries ‘and Sharkey than Take Part in a Game. Three, players yesterday at Tarrant’s hand cour, In Jersey City, Jim Flaherty J. J, Hayes were his opponents, and expert had to aval) hij ski} to win the mate! KANSAS: CITY, Oct. 16.—Battling feleon, champion light-weight of the] 1d, saw a football game for the first | first game by four points, but in the} me Saturday, He enjoyed the B8M%) sooond the palr, by sharp drives and] it declared that it was too brutal 4) retton, bricks managed to score 2 ing for Alm to mix up in. polnts first, ons aroat aport, I guess,” remarked) pfter thie Drew, by his close elaon. “But excuse Bat fiom em bouncers and deceptive shots, kept hir | ip with that bunch of murderera, Th raliows geen to be enjoying themsely mt ming with the padded mits iferoe that won't let ‘em kick wh: Bee that buoch pile on that He'll be killed, sure. No, no football for your own frend Bat, It's a mi ame to Witch, but fighting for ne, : What's thai? Scrimmage, Well, 1} Ud woree than that tome, I'd rather , | OPCnents completely puszled the next tivo games and the match, J. Gergan, the veteran player, retur to th of mveral years and Curry, played a match with J and T Tits, tong newhat impaired his accuracy and t by the soore of 3 to 2, | paired with { Craiuley absence h fizht Jeffries end Sharkey in the same > 4 Donohue dofeate rine than fake a, chance with that | Lid x, Deena e Batoated ie aay tee 9 yg aba Mfoot and C, Riohards e lon? Bkiddoo! von mae Kids have beon| tires si training for o year, Don't tell me the: urt, Proudfoot wa. i i pan take tha, rourhing without ittInR | Gr 1 at A i, 4 siey8 ye? ae y wt fond fur a couple of years. Whi ne Ral he ad ey bk Fve foueht some awful tough guys, J. Dunne, jr, and P, J, Corby A a Cy none of Shem | viayer: a tle maton after a hard atruR- 8 for the in which each phowe > mploaship of 1enmark,” sib iat Ne seed ane f eae dan Brude n ts w . Ta a pry Bal at the Jersey Cit rt: taking ~ AUTOS KILL HIS SPORT. three games in eston, Ball put up a ih fet during first two games, but went to pleces in t third, (Apesial to The Evening World.) VIE pega IGEN, N. J,, Oct. 16—George A. ine pf the wealthiest me: this JM HART QUITS GAME, THAR sont hie horses, carriages and " HS Of Nie atatly to be pola at) CHICAGO, Oot. 16.—President James tis week. Hel aunounced) A. Hart, of tthe Chiqizo Nuttonal a push carts snd| League Baseball team, retired to-dny| ; zo Streets deprive | ¢rom baseball, He has one of the long. a eine . est records of @ny. man ever connected } with Ure @. Hie successor OT BA Re ‘Fonreire, OCharieh W. Murphy, who has ww fociated with the ol vibe tt some Lime, a ub managen:ent then, Pai! 10 o'clock to-night ye: ‘wate at the coming election. asked him in the dressing-roo’ 4 that he could ‘Dut that he had bruised line on Terry's ability to take the ga Terry has to “malo good’ game yesterday after an abseno NY letters have-come into Tho Evening World office asking for The “wiliers want to know if the ‘'Terror” ts back {a form or is a has- ‘When Terty had that mental trouble, a few months ngo, it was gen- thought that his fighting days were over for all time, Two very nt physicians examined him, The first one expressed his opinion to “MeGovern will never recover. He ts in terrible condi- and bis mind is permanently affected. J consider him absolutely in- But then pee the other gentleman of the pellets, equally eminent, that was his reason for missing blow ent y's neck, and when he did land one now and then it seemed that he held back In the face, end then rry's head would come forward and thump! thump! would go big. fey dant 4 n't fateriard- moe ver Johnny stagge hands, That Wan but ‘ao ceive any punishment worth mention- ot He punched the bag for fourteen minutes, boxed four faust rounds with three one-minute In- ut the mat; then ten ith ten min- work with the pulley | ver the or not he had all of nis olg strength. Hs face is thin and rather drawn room quickly, Without as much | oiq his legs, which used to be almost as 2 #lance at the crowd he) bunchy as those of a bicyole ruer, were chinner aid les@ rounded out, His arms ite shin was clean and White, without @ mark ora Around his head and neck | and hands and whisit it was sunburned \to a dark brown—a fine healthy color. He was serious as @ deacon all shrough ter did say was right! oe KOOd fight If “Mur nf ot T'll show people that I'm not down the to 0- "Watt “then CAN COME BACK He Is Training Hard for a New Start, and | jut. | tire | in Frank Erne his directed als truin- tng, and Frank thinks Murphy i9 a eom- AT HANDBALL Champion Has His Work Cut Out, but Finally Emerges Vic- torious in Two Games Out of | Oliver Drew defeated two of the beat bal! and the velf of ail his Drew took the and won| . Durkine had he the to nt games On the Brooklyn for > “abi | ‘Thin ty the kamt Gay of regintra. If you do nut rewiater before enpnot Tf he has | twenty, one-half of ‘his old endurance there is litte question about qhe way 4 will | furlonge BAILEY BEST OF MOHAWKS The Mowawk; Mott Haven, Pastime and Xavier Athletic Club captains yes- terday took thelr candidates for cross- country t&ims on tong tripe, Because @! the heat only the Mohawke and the Mott Havens had competitive runs, William Balley won the Mohawks’ rat, covering the course of a littie over five miles {o 27 minutes and 2 seconds, Fred Lora pusied Bailey hard al’ the way. Joana Whitehall, the famous London Harriers’ — oross- aa bag runner, was trken ovér the course Inter tn the day by Andy sechnie, of the Mohawks. | The Baglishman, who recently joined | the club, gat over the five miles easily Little Dte venk, WAS the first 2 of the Mott Ha- a ome of a squad of They went up Mott avenue to Jevome avenue course and back hy the same route in a little over $7 min- utes. The distance was not quite seven miles, ——a . JAMAICA ENTRIES, evening World.) TRACK, Oct. 16— to-morrow's races are JAMAICA entrle The as ro six for (ist RACB—Handicap; urlonge Bvie Greene ......, 208 Oak Inke 184? Wa: (1B) James Ri Zievap 4. Spetial Licenss two-year-olds; ie; Uiree-vear-olde tateenth all 6. RACE Handicap; all awe teenth mil tess The Huntinaton nx urlongs Cou ‘san’ 170 Look Selltng; 187 Nibiiek 170 inehinvar 170 Virgo * 25 Yada 170 Phoobus i sHanalial Rey * *Brush Up sixtH RAC! FOTN ADAP RYRRNG mH WORLD: MONDAY EVENING TET OCTOBER a PT DOS Y. ROOSEVELT IS. URGED TO PUT 0.K, ON SOCKER English Football Players Want Him to Help Establish erSetr study of Terry as he looks bee Wess BY BOZEMAN BULGE opinion not less than 20 athletes were heroes at Celtlo Park yesterday. There were no wild-eyed, leather- lunged fans to make, things howl, bis) records were smasted, great rages run and everybody had a royal good time. Martin Sheridan sailed a discus) through the alr a distance of 135 foet 3 inches, which was three feet more than the world’s record. John Pilanixan ohawed everything up in the’ welght- throw ng line and there were some good | fodtraces, For a while it was bewildering, Thinly clnd sprinters were rane around the clader path, big, brafny fellows were hurling big weights acr he grass, and the officia! spokesman was telling how {t happened. All this at thé same time. Linagine the plight of a baseball reporter trying to keep score! Kind friends helped out, but the thing which kepi my apiention was the spirit of tre cecasion and the sportsmaniike de meanor of the performers, Their hearts and souls were in the work, Money cut fo fieure with them. Think of a mati coming all the way from England just to take back—« medal! The Celtic Park athjetes were ama- tedirs, and, the speciators loved ‘wnat Kind of sport, Remarkable as it may seem, the performers esijoyed the games aa well, if net more, than did the per sons who tad pald to see them, Con sequently the annual field mest of ¢ Irish-Ameriean Athletic Assoctacion was & pronounced success, Nobody arcund thet arena cared any- | thing for pastperformances or the one | best bet, Mey came there to see their | trlendg measure strength of muscle, there was a good-humorm pally to every) explant whether defeated or vicwrlous. After all was, over the victor, che Vanquished and the spectator met on ay common footing and danced the night} away in pleasant memory of the con-| quvsts of the afternoon. The sprinter, the wowht thrower, the bicycle rider and the gatekeeper met on the same ball-room floor dnd were #0 engroveed in making each other happy that remults and sgore shebts wore for wotten. One man attracted the eye upon en- tering the inclosure, and the whispered | fi tips of several cnthusiaste were unnee- essary for the visitor to know that he was John Flanigan. Of giantic stature and a {ace almost as mild as a boy's, he was eanfly the central figure of the meet, Expecting to see a taw-boned athlete trainéd down to the minuto, dad cross from overwork, the surprise wax great. But for his massive muscular jogs and the ponderous shoulders John Flanigan has the bulla ot & good: buy mored bak president oF perhaps an alderman, His, arms have lost some of their fatness and his atomach bag a curve of easy living and contentment, Stitt he js champion shot-putiot of the world, and try a8 they would ‘with the present help of @ handjeap, nobody NOTHING BUT MEDALS FOR oe ATHLETES f cokes +] Ban. 'T quess it's Just a hobby oF somes What a rellet from professional sport!| thing tike that. You know evel Without a thought of batting avet-| has bis hobby home ke huntin, some books an ome pollticr ages, bi-weekly pay days or PUbUC Dt the welght-throwing is mine, ie | il ate 4 nd! sociation made 5 other technical term for high finance, “I don't exactly Know,” said Flani- Just « wort of desire (oO beat inv otaer | fellow, “Do you keep in training for this work!’ was asked. } “Not exactly,” repiled the big fellow. “L guess we ought to, but we don't/ have tire to do all that, Still I keep in practice, Hard training, you know, ge " and he faughingly ed his stomach. Wlanigan is & then somebody yelled Flanigan nex “Walt a minute, he maid. “TL give you en Mea of how we throw this welght.” Tne dig athletic officer then stepped into a@ little circle, picked up a still wire sattached to a sixteen-pound tron ball and began swinging dt | slowly around his’ head. The dal) rapidly gained momentum, and he waa soan swinglag his massive body around with it, Suddenly hM& feet left the ground and the iron ball shot into space, It landed 168 feet and 10 Inches away, within three or four feet of the world’s | number of spectators at the resent ex- | hands, neith ¢ must they collide when It) | years up Game in U. 5, If the plans of the Roglish gentlemen composing the Pilgrim Association Foot- Dall team do not go awry the ald of Prosident Roosevelt will be invoked tn fostering a sport In the United States that may in tinge rival basebal), It will at least rival the Amea@an game of football in onr colleges it the bition games oan be taken as an tn- dication. The Pligrim players of what they call “gooker' football were the guests of and thoroughly explained to him the] Mea of their game. Capt. Fred Milpes, accompanied by Vivian Woodward, both of the English team, will leave for Washington to- morrow for a previously arranged con: With President — Kuvseveit, Gdded another sport to his varied os lection. . “Bocker” requires great doxterity on the part of the players, though the inental work an@raining are not so « huusiing as football, The Playera are | not allowed to touch the bali with their | can be avoided, y use head, elbows, knees and feet in driving the ball about the fleld. The object is very similar to college football in tht thé ball must be driven over a goal. post, In England every boy from eight jays ‘socker.” ‘They have formed leagues throughout the British Empire. and some of the expert players | draw princely salaries. In other words, | the sport {s conducted very much like | profesional baseball in Amerion. | PUT BAN Talk*of Bribery to Defeat the Ralston Anti-Fight Bill May Put a Stop to the Sporty in the Golden State, | | SAN FRANCISCO, Oot. 16.—The| boxing game may die {n California. The faflure of the suvcrvisors 'o grant th monthly permit i# looked upon as a} bad omen by the local promoters and i9 causing much suspense in boxing | clrelas, Many of the boxing fraterntty |, see in this promise of the total co!lanee | of the sport in Ban Francisco, coming es It does upon the recent “Billy” Nolan disclosures. Two promoters, Alexander Greggatns and James Coffroth, had sourht the Oc- tober date, hut as matters now stand, Mt looks as though this month'd olum will not be #haken down. A summons to Bacramento fs feared by fight promoters wenerally, A bout i “You ware Just practicing then, were y I innocently asked, Phere was a laugh at my ignorance, ind Flannigan explained that he was nthe vost, und that his last” throw had won the gold medal. Nobody rooted. In fact nobody said anything until the announcer watked out and told the crowd what happened, To a baseball fan this was amazing. L wante# somevody to yell. They hw he commented in an undertone, and the affair passed on to the next number on the programme. Just before that J had Ignorantly watched Martin Shéridan break the world’s recom by throwing the disous. platter-looking affair sailing rough the alr didn’t appeal {to the ywever, like the throwing of the six- en-pound shot, Sheridan, howev: can » some with both, The Irish-American Club was an easy nner On noints,ecoring 83 to ite ne: t competitor, the New West Side letle Clut's The Xavier Athletic Aw New York Athletic ne Pastime Athletic, Chib, 4" olla Athletio Chub a: ‘Trinkts &: the Mohawk Athlete sna the Mott Haven Athletic Sennen SLAYER FIRFD HIS REFUGE: NORFOLK, Va, Dawley, twenty-two ira old, shot and killed Willem Davie, thirty years old, then hid himself In and get fire to his father's burn, He is sérlouly burned. The shooting ocourred in the Pungo district of county. Dayly dled to-day, DEFEAT FOR GIANTS. ‘The Rtrewood Baseba!) a3 dotented a Meked-um eine of the New York Nationals at Ridxmwood yesterday before a large crowd tor the score of $\to 2. Linderman, who did the nitobina for the Ridgewoots, was very ettective gna struck out “nine men. Amer and Eliot /did the twiriine for the Otante ie gat by fi follows: Rage AA bingsys ta OFFERS CUP FOR AU cur FOR AUTOS, the fhe eter manufac to donate @ eum for the elimination trixie for ae Chih be Vi tartans Club, 1 hab. Oct. 16—John J. turday night rincess Anne cal—because it food value with Vin =| METROFOY ie 2 pcramasore rong KI 4 “ ™ Tr th President Bitot of Harvard yesterday “h; CALIFORNIA LIKELY TO In reckoning the cost of food not only price, but digestibility, must be taken into account. An article like Uneeda Biscuit —the perfected soda cracker— being nearly all digestible nutri- ment is naturally very economi- 5 NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Keni hh ig bn RT a AMU: __ROBER ~|STAR PUGH'S. GLEAN SWEEP 0 SPEEDWAY C. §. Rice’s Speedy Pacer De- feats Everything Brought Against Him, Including the Chicago Horse, Don Derby. i eke igor ES, Yeoa EPPIRE ats we Bivay é ay, i ae a Tew i baa aaa Oth iad iron Fully 10,00 persons tned the Speed- way yesterflay, and they enjoyed some! | SAVOY rh Re ath, at, of the best sport of the weason, C. 8.1 | damon. Hack pits rea at ies Rice's Star Pugh wae the etar of the is of Seti day, and ho beat overything brought feATRE je Wir against him, Including the Chicago horse, Don Derby, > The Rice horse had been thoroughly warmed up by his previous brushes, and Was at his best when he was matched against the Western pacer. Don Denby was favorite with the spectator, as he been winning all his brushes, and We, for a time he promised to live up to expeotgtona After an even start the pacers moved | il eof B ie Hy ighel mi Bouy wrday, ves. Richman Souy, Mi ‘Ay Star Vaudevtle & Berm Thurs, He RN LACBY HAN! Botan & Kel hi saptent ie Uke @ t over halt tho distance. | Don Derby then forged slightly, ahead | en, Lillian Russell pt Al tia Gd held bis scant lead until within a | | oh "nahi ahanve short distance of the wire, Without BRLASC THEATE Ev, Mae Sat, 2. Apparent effort Star Pugh ewidenly shot Darin Ge Las a ‘ire LESLIE © ‘dee Maght and for 2 CaS enty Du Barry to the front and won tn a close finish. Star Pugh was in four more brushes @ng won eaoh, His fret race ¥ with 1J0 PO ca te © iniMal. Sat, 2, ah driven by J. J, Foody. It was BOUT Wei Nieht.t Eva, 815, bard fought from start to Anisit, and Liatlg § ma RSDAY MATINER OCT, 26 Musch pusbed the Rice pacer clear to ‘vy eee irescnta, Qt pitt N.Y. the wi WAR D weal ik Tue second the down, the strate ROGIO MARTEM, USiarnMeiven ay ‘Soarew Crawtord, | JOE WEBER'S Ti prince: Chap odara, driven ndrew Crawfor nid and Dan Derby with Ja Mu hy THEATRE ws omy) 4G BEANE Chap’ Star Pugit soon dist * TP MADISON $0, By %5 and won quite han jorses 4 Anisbed In the or THEA, 44th F oT Arthur Lope's and P.| BG Ryne bg Rita EB, bad three) epirit racea, honors going each time’ th the former see WT iaari A is ves Hi Beasle Thomprcn. won two races from | Bessie Reld And Antonio, jr, defeated ‘apd Ww way Co AA} Kitty Wilkes, 1an English M Marshall P. ae oe Reyuant, Mason Se ee Rooney @ Merion Burt, We oh & Melrose, Alexender; Leo Celege THE DEWEY , PAs" Purp Ladies Mat! THE WORK D hearer: To-day, 12 Buriesques & feyrens ON FIGHTERS © PARATHE GOTHAM (5, ay Les. Ay. & 1070 St. Mat i ~ Abe. aie, t a mT | Haat DERS ESTAR between either one or several of them versus the Grand Jury at Sacramento 1s not looked upon with favor by any | hi ie ee ee Sh Av Mats Wot & Rat * nen '} Arica. easy tah In the Interim the eiib “Biv” Noten |} gripe, at naa ‘i ede na {# drawing @ nurricane of adverse com- | cote palit Se pr ment upon bit from figist follow iL The Curse of Drink ers. They take umbruze at his plosures, and declare that ft is mw late in life for tum to seek the ha ¥. Be, to. th lath St, HAs reformer, They liken tho..39¢, Bat. Mat, [Prat armen Fayette heltree, of | This Week Welle Dunne & a ontor Pak) Aito, gays he 1s prepared to, go 2 before ‘Distriot-Atcorney | Arthur Bey- | MARY M RBLE NN mour, of Sacramento. and expose every | in the we Naa Fheatre preduetion, momber of the last Legislature who | w {9 mk ibe for, Voting, the defeat of} NAN Cc BROV N, the alvton anti-prize feht wa 8, al t. Micheltrae declared that he had abso- pl hy 0. i in eat ute evidence that a cortuption fund ee ¥ eae waa used and that certain Assemblymen | accepted money for their voter an! he promixed to give the. District-Attorney, tnd Grand Jury of Sacra “ounty y ar ta» The Hersa Family, Hed A eae aedeliinnet — 1 ha Co... Bearers & Herman, Othe % COE IN TRAINING. ACADEMY OV MUSIC Jayne a a fering ph, FARNUM ANN ARBOR, Mich, Oot. i0.—"'miI" | pty Coe, the Massachuset athlete, whe now pole ‘ths i hai d ag for iB ba} ut & inches, 18 practieln, the Unlverity of Michten camp ‘abo Sere FIELDS?!" {21 it wot w way itered the taw de Sac hola eet (Ries Shortens of FR MyMO MASTER and IT HAPPEXED IN NORDLAND. urTOW 256. OF YORKVILLE THe Sil" SHIN Bt, near Lex, Av. ANGLIN IR, indiRh baie ALE is" TWldS el i i i WINE ‘way & anh. ‘Thurs, aint, 8° AV. Slat Matinee To-day, ANNE BLANCkE in Punting Fate, Tian Bowery, mt. Canal. 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