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(O'BRIEN SAYS HELL Speeding Home, Ahead That Fight Will Be Decided in April. i (Special to The Eventng World.) § PH LPHHiA, De 3.—"Phila i te Jack” O'iiea, Lwho is speed i Z nial e from ‘Frisco in a private cit Li's All Challenge Jeltries: accompanied by # vale, has with tru iH ‘ A | businesslike inet red here en |! Now; It’s Perfectly mute that he will n in April } “ According to the um, O'Brien’e i Safe. , oppouent for the fight will be 2 a Marvin Hart, The bout will be tho id usual twenty-round route, and will be ACK O'BRIEN'S challenge to Jim) dwvided in ‘Brisco t Jeftries might be taken as an |n-|, Previous t6 to-day O'Brien bas sent Gication that the Philadelp! forth the news that his next fight would eh aa dn an aaa be with Tommy Ryan, He baa also Granium has swelled out like a caused to be published that he contem- Dalloon, But don't be in @ hurry to platud @ rest before fighting anybody eritieise O'Brien, Hoe 's ent to Nobody knows what lo expect from much credit. Why not give it to him?) OBrien | eta ~| M'CARTHY VS. M'FADDEN. Why shouldn't Jack O'Brien MEET MARVIN HART He Wires) @nqueror of Fitzsimmons, challenge | Jim Jeffries? In t e | aaa fesued the challenge from the “Rube” MeCarthy will hook up for of the train that was just the second time with Ge nge McFadden Bast with him He was sat ing of the MoFadden A, C Pursuit. In the second, he knew that Mount Morris Hall, One Hundred and Seffries wouldnt pay any more atten Phirtieth street and Third avenue, tion to his warlike humming than te ‘The “Rube” boxed “Elbows” a three- the buss of a mosquito. In the thle, young exhibs ¢ last meeting of he was about to ber nh actor, 1k prise party, He | Corbett,“ ( Fitasime R Mghtweight a mons, McGovern, Tod Sloan and the tough argument, and McFadden | |e Heat of the bunch, and he needed all {oxvous to even up the score. Joe e : agner, Who js soon to m y the advertising he could get. D a ty, ill box @ three-round tut oe nar ‘th Frankie Paul, who has defeated F course, O'Brien thought as all the crack bantams he has met in thing over carefully. He had an the past six months, Inside Mine on Fitsimmons's con- @ition before he risked eve: by fighting the veteran on the level. He Knew he had a chance to whip Fis He knows that Jeffries outclasses him @bout $4,75102 miles as a fighting heavyweight. If there was a chan On earth of indiwing Jeffries to ch his mind our friend Jack O'R wou immediately remember that the middle- Welghl limit Is 158 pounds, ringside, and that he has always heretofore blown the midewelght torn. haps this ds unkind to O'Brien haven't any desire to belittle his pe mares in the ring. If he could ie Ne to tight him at 158 pounds ND ag have a very fair chance of tm t) @ few short days that have Wace O'Brien beat Fitz he has claimed , BMe titles—heavyweight, light heavywei, tt And middleweight. At any rate, i re ee undefeated championship Glakner of ; We World. Add to that the Hight heavyw, Saat title and you have his whole list, HIS idea o © champion, somewhat mentier what 4 made a) few months ‘#80: r too, mee dispara, WS remarks about the greatest heavyw, @rht charnplon phat ever put an a glove, ‘und intimated that be could put Jeffries 9%! himself. The Jaugh that followed 4 Wweourrged Tom- my and prevented Joo Walcott trom bobbing up again with ‘ that "giant- killer” joke allenging the retired Jeffries, is becoming wea chestnut. You re- nolse Marvin Haft tommy Rya BRITT CANCELS TWO. PHILADELPHIA BOUTS —-2e Voorheis Did Good Work i the Individual Bowling Le tests, Defeating Weingarth. New York won eight of the series of fourtgen games from Newark the} § Jeffries says that if pec Be can't un- @enstand the plain langue b Esl —-—- be ssinounced his pernaner, wa to sing |Has New Offer to Meet “Cor- Base Ht taye Te 8 'outl vetting | bet” or Herman in ’Frisco for good. See? Out for gooi “to stay more—a; Sl—any Next Month, | out—not to fight any time” HY, it's as plain as a pil Westar BY JOHN POLLOCK. W that it's pertectly sate to Wy Jimmy Britt. the prenier i@htwelght lenge Jeffries now, WN | Aghter of California, will do no fighting ghouldn't we all take this short ov +! | white in the East. He had intended to fame? I've a good mind to ohalle: S| engage in two six-round bouts with hin myself (walt till Tread that mo | stn Russell ant Harry Lewis, the eage of his over again) and becon, © | famous like the others who beard th Non in his den while the bars are in | Quaker City lghvweighte, within the hort period of three weeks, but @ tele- | gram welch he received last nigat trom The tournament scores eof 127 | ; gee : : 5 3. Jertriea | RA brother, Willle Britt, who ts In San INDIVIDUAL MATCH wen that reby challenge Jumes J. Jeftrie ; ; , cary te box for the firet purse of $10,000, | Crancecn, rae # Plane 4 | vooehele R ee ee ome wane, c ed h both these | wein . 5 " Offered by any reputable club, and the The taleginén Ingormned Qicamy | RR ee _ MORTIE ROle NIBH OOres Premitent Joe 1! omg Mee at title of heavyweight champion of the | ¢) e has been matched to feht (¥ | 1 one. 109 gor Slorsis eam jin ihe ltarlem Laamue | ciartans at thet world ba tles out there in Februmty, che first | Woornele 183 1S " . | The club medal ; 1 i niwine by Cue T . To show that I am in earnest, Ww Ite Fr, and the} Totals... 387 k ” letory becomios poawedt | of the (ophy, @pake a side bet of £10,000 (coppered) and | yy Fi id, the South | Newark wins tw Mantonald ‘oached by Joe Thum, the fiat Will allow him 6 per cent. of the purse. | Bro iyn lightwelgnt | OI ak yak: Papen ompnaed of We and F, ‘Ger 4 , se the Cat Low ~ aN fuoh, pat up t ee FS Se oftor is open | Corb ¥tt Has Chance to Make Good, Sorbo it Re ie » , - THE BOWLERS: ( : atte cheat to Tod Sloan “you toe is 0 be aiven toe: firve| . athe ‘te Lend Howell roll ty he tne umament ore Hundreds and rot ht — chan : is successful in beatice | Te Oe whee nes -- EDWARD BRITT wi!! not fight In | Auris ne Angeles, Cal., to: Tr any of the Philadelphia #ix-round | morrow 1 Watt. 1 Corbett Jose Herman ts qo | Andon, 20 oT | * bouts after all. He has wired This contest wit be for! hoehn | 1 { Manager McGuigan call! 4 tlattons. Unk R will have to look ree ' with. Fiteee vaich wits gow to run agains: in the 7 the Colma A. C. the] , thelr trade, for in a few days J we’ wat fe, E will be going West ag wee com. of the! It wasn't a old feet that @eused a change in Jim's plans. It was Gans am Sullivan Training, \ & matter of cold cash, Ye ) Joe Gans, the | Uehtwelght cham and noon he received a wire Mike Twin’ 8 bemun training Billy, who attends to the business end {2 Wer SOUS neta. ths of things while Jimmy deals out the tie niga ine ts getting wallops. ‘Me message sald that Jim $hae ‘ vali Britt could have the date Ban Francico, as wel February the latter part of Js i { be raiched with t he ‘ ‘ i) Young Cor rier r ‘ ‘ : man, of © r Wi r Ly o— oviding Wilke gets away with Willis | the Hu A bed ‘ Leen is. Hundred and Ver a y Any one of the fights, held in San | New ancisoyn, would bring In emurh (ob : y the Britt olan another flat, sq | mt nes at once made up his mind to 7? throw the Ph! Iphia snail f “a board. He has wired Billy to sign fe)“ ™ bin. Fiteperal Makes UrMfair Demands el UNION BOAT CLUB'S ELECTION, At the vecent election of the Beat Clyb the following oie, @eoled: President, Hernan 1 Vice-President. Fr: ms M CLOSE BASKETBALL GAME. ’ 1 O pheo Ingen. tary, Frank | akey HTorana A. Alleman; Captstn W. Lenahan, . Hus Vail James pone aleginioe ALEXANDER A. C.'S SHOW. ‘The Alexander A $-Gornell Trumtecs, to serve ni; Trustee, to Evening feat { amd Forty-fourth stree of One Har 2H ahd Laker 2 Weinet nck Eastern League tow n at th Morningside alleys, One Hundred and Fifteenth street and ue, yesterday afternoon and heis, by reason of his Wi, WA and 218, won three games in the individual Lee Johns, with Weingarth us a pat ner, won two of the {Bree games 11 ou two-men series against Joe Loelir Jom Voorhels, New York wor r three-men al men, “BIy" Lin fi ; pearance In the b i rolling} with New York rolled an averag {06 1-8 In men local tear Following urnament Weingart aie Meyer defiated Herrick, and. won four straight from Hicks. Ne men casried h in sacks. Eftor.s | Jonn nest lyn Voor \e | ar expla Gar Kame on d take the Rolle igh Scones, i pemeneth cuneens pepe tome wee a Koster at tie would full a mat je other fellow woul Bin ith 4 ANYBODY CAN nyt D NEW YORK BOWLERS BEAT NEWARK IN EASTERN LEAGUE at Beoys .y n Kis od SPORTING. NEWS AND COMMENT NOW CHALLENGE JEFF WITH( AG ne lien (with the ta up e }Olympic 1 the Asean Distritwtion of Prizes, won —_———— N Me i bout w umael? Was slr 4, C. Show One of est Ever Seen in mat th ew York, 6 Elephant the | the match #15 wanes Cor a aid of 8K) ia) (be Olewon ts wt! nr me ber | KF; ra ne is poet ‘2, the ‘i of the Am eri i the preliminary ami quality ing t the Nattonal had tot pins w ¢ bloom) to atrangthen her depleted rahks. ne A. Dwyer, cashter for the B B.C Su prize ayers, came pourmg tn 80 and’ @“siwe bowler on as as proved new stars. Then {t was Joe Thum to have t 78" em Cet that the Ameri ° we | be don the aller, mole oe aloe the high) , Board af, Directare, of the United | far that. el On pon Sey ewe len, | n amare mayer park | “6 will inect the fret Thured “ Kote for an amateur DUES Say Fda. having ‘Eien TAMMAY | was her equal tf not her superior, Are mean enough to say R was the tote) for'| from Fy: to anrange for che dlsribu Clark Griffith Gets Busy. three. Frink Samu ganys would * a ade bet of & and the Hari | result that he was on theh floor oftener us fe dt like a champlon agter th and asked the matchmaker to p non agin, He was put on a ie tLToM he t a snitty A nnoUDEEE best four out of weven | est is for tal pire. and may be decided! elt be The contest Den 28 em champton. vat 18 was Denny # " a lly Gibbons were sabe Marion Is In another bout, whieb a y ng in point of action. 1 night a gool many punches , * wejl-romnded stomaey and tt ace, “Still be stuck to his man i wid gol an even break at tie f sume pair will meet at the ming, billed as # next w, Wednemlay night, was that be «Poorest bit of the evening wns i hil Amby Mee vbetween "Babe" Cullensand Billy Gall were |fovle. Billy couldn't fight a little bit turns M t . wuld the bout off early Ah he hurt his hand, and t work, with end, Both 4 wwas a hummer from m ind fly $3.09 BUYS A $12 Suit or Overcoat. up to the stands club, eriting ade hin fie h Jopnny Ry with glory an by pre # aspirations in the second ro AGB RE @ hed point 1 iii auite. ped "att Siok ciStti Cor. Liberty & Chu CK BELOW co Denny rane id coy® endiny 1 sireot jest | | the Metrop: 0 club connected Hean Club, No. Br lL oontebt | B vy AY Kray Pee 4 ra Sgt gran eo || BROADWAY Yamin Fu Mrs recent competition “will be siatributed Yonton © VEAINGUE Wi auy The Manhattan, Borough xt Tuesday, when, Ore! Clipper teaine’ meet Ih the opming games. | : |} CLANSMAN, SEAT $ALE ovens at oar Kanledort acems to be getting Thoatro, Thurs hig game again. | He made five |f day, Jan. 4. 9 A. ing, 0 Ox | mrtkes and ‘mine epmres in two games en Jers’ for opening Janchor for the Harleme in the Morningald three-men toumanient SMOKE TALK q PEOPLE, who are \ about to perform any important work that requires a cool head and a nerve do not | and probably L AMUSEMENTS, ' ev FIELDS a PA fy Notary Nat We ae M Cohan, Little Johnny Jones | EYAMMERSTEIN’S #3: RAAB Seon Ky, 2, 90, hasige of Div weekly Mrs FP HATNGE EVERY DAY, 26, 60 “Raia ela HURTS StanoURers whe 5 8 WONDBREUL | Lind Mosher, Hoi & Morher. Others & Pine Cantied & Hl u BA at he a i jai Golden Gi Font Manhattan no, NOW OPEN.- sane | ebro BRPORE a Arte MADISON Ste axn C Barn Donce ? WMP, ADM M Te All Seats in Aftarnoon 509, Sun,, mr reish ad entite § we ié'to, | PASTOR'S ; Sts. | FRANK IGSCH, ViRNO} ma with the Weat Side R & Frevck's Yorkville alleys | heavyHavanaoigars. Ask Your Docior he will tell you a few things about nicotine that you smoke a “domestic clgar,” a good one like the Rosert Burns Cicar (COUNTY PAIR A JUT as MIN ill, i EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN, HOCKEY PLANER AE SUSPEND Gaul and Ritchie, of Brooke lyn, Punished for Im- proper Registration, Admirers of hockey In Brooklyn were surprised to-day ey learned that the executive committee of the Amateir Hockey League at a in held in the office of the president, M. Davies, {n Manhattan, had cuspendell for Uiirty day: ul and Ritchie, ¢we of the best players of the Brookiym Skating Club, They were penalized gew playing In the Crescent game bedor they had been properly registered, when CAN AFFORD | BY BOZEMAN BULGER, NLY one club in major league O company can alt back on its haunches and smile. That ts the ew York Giants. in both the Amertoan Every other club and National leagues i@ on a stil hung for players. The least active club mext to ‘he Giants Js the Philadeiphia Nationals. hat Hugh Duffy may have some thing up his sleeve. The Giants will go forth to spring practice wih but two new players. They are Pitcher Ferguson, bought om Loutsvide, and Catcher Fitzger- | id picked up in Sharon, Pa. Catcher Marshall, who was farmed out lavt spring may abo go along. If he dows it will be a fight butween him and Fitzgerald for the easy berth of utility ‘atcher It ig practically certain that Bill Clark will not be with the Glanid anobher season. ill ig one of the must willing workers tn the business, but Bill ts getting old. American League Wakes Up. The American Leuwue has awakened to the fact that the older and rival rganizauon has been w#tealthily get (ing @ strangle bold on bearly all the young Mar piayeis, There must be Something doing When Ban Johnson firs. got his ague under way a rat was made on the onal Leas staty which almost caused a famine the old organize The American T forward as ne of ‘bal players the word had ever: teen. the By degrees a chang baseball horizon skering. Taey he fulness, Many clu valniy risking the on dead pm tourna. | : tent, whieh wil be awarded to One of the first managers to observe Harry Fox mate a ecore * of 190 'n e:! Be, owe z ue park oe nie this drift of affains was Clark Griffin, | pine ak the Hiverside alleys, One ag | teneaie"Sontppatigh fue wota:h nard-luck dtrector of the New Y< peed the the 7-10 In = ae art pooner has the es | Ulla Comey beth robe and _ AMUSEMENTS, — aba tt Lae as daehieniia Br thaek atleee, Mw. 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Pittsburg Also Active, As hile the Highlanders are making for (he Ami n League peni 1 Pittabae «is making @ similar fight to Oust the Glants o Of, Brat place in he National League Dreyfuss has signed fourteen new me McGraw krewa his business, He a pertecily willing to stand. pat Uniges something yimoresean, oscura } Should again win the pennan mek ight win. the ene ing ni » Will not be # fas Aight | CANE VENTS, THMATRE, Empire and « MADE ADAM 7 a Cheon SEARS a MO Ethel Barrymore Also Pantaloon, with Lic fal I DALY'S #04»: jmay and 90th ot At eas t 2 VIOLA ALLEN— The Toast of ithe Rowe: KSICKERBOCKE Away & Sbth wt B FRITZI Scie ines ati. Fon EFF Monisti, HERALD $0. THE ATR tr A 4 tag & 35 rs | |OLGA NETHERSOLE ie SAP HUDSON 77 the ii? soa oat Robert Loraine Man. 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