The evening world. Newspaper, February 17, 1906, Page 6

i a | &enly. “You fellows give me ae All Corners of the Ay World. ATTLING NELSON says that he will fight Herrera, the Mexican. ‘ager, is wearying of playing the oppo- Bition. He has stopped trying to head the Dane off. Nolan says Bat can fight if he wants to. ‘Herrera and Nelson will make a grea: Saget card for any club, Gans wacts . Mexican, too, He must look tike the ren! candy. : Yr takes the New York Athletic Club to do things In a wholesale manner. 4 ‘A few years ago the N. ¥. A. C. in- Mluced all the best English athietes to spome over here for an international field \@ay. Then the New Yorks won every t, ‘This year the greatest American team What can be gathered will be sent to _@ompete in the Olymplc games at ens, where, centuries ago, the world's athletes competed for laurel ths. 5 © On Carch 13 the N. Y. A. C. holds its ‘@bt.ual indoor meet in Madison Square aking arrangements to have the entire compete in the Garden games as & sort of a preliminary workow:. If it omes off according to programme this ‘will be the greatest athletic event ever ‘geen in the United States, TD M'COY carried a quarter of a million dollars' worth of jewelry up Broadway yesterday. Nobody ‘ted to hold him up. ‘The Kid, by the way, once told me a story about this first business deal in the Une. It was out on the Pacific somewhere, and the Kid was “broke.” Either Seattle or Portland it ‘was—a seaport town from which steam- gra ran down to San Francisco. - " MoCoy was very anxious to get to _ "Frisco. He didn’t have the price of a | ticket. But he had a couple of dollars ‘ft s0. Up town went McCoy from the ‘wharf, where he had been sizing up the gelling facilities. He drdpped ‘into a Jewelry store, and invested in some ieheap rings. ‘Then back he went to the tvhart again. ‘Bitting on the string piece, McCoy ‘watched the passers-by. Soon a couple of men cacne along, and they looked good, The Kid tossed a Hing out on the and waited. Just as his pros- tive customers came up he sprang to his feet, stepped forward, and picked ‘op the ring. Turning'it over in the “punlight to send the sparks flying, Mc- ‘Coy to the two men and said: "Great Sogtt! What do you think of ‘this. Here some fellow has lost a fine @iamond ring, I'll bet he's sorry. Where’ be a big reward for this, all tight. And I've got to leave for ‘Frisco (this afternoon. How's yhat for luck?’ The two men looked eagerly at the, ing. _ #1 tell you what," sald ee sails for Athens. Capt. Sherrill is 2Coy sud- for the ‘ping, You wait for the owner to ad- ertise and get the reward. I can't wait, and I don't want to carry it off ‘with me.” By steamer time the foxy Kid had faken in enough money to buy a first- Gass ticket, eat well on the way down 4nd have some left to make a start in the new town. -JWOsTin UTS FoR WETROPOLITAN A.C Two star bouts are on the card at the Metropolitan Athletic Club, Lion Palace, One Hundred and Tenth street and Broadway. Tom Ivan, of Lawrence, Johnny Carroll, of this elty will meet In the wind-up. In the Semi-final Sammy Smith, of the Quaker City, wil meet Mosey King, of New yndon. Seven other bouts are scheduled. ‘The best boys In town will clash for three Pounds in these bouts. The two wind- Ups are the best that have been offered in some time, the boys engaged beng top-notchers. J f Sullivan 4s successful tn outpoint- King he 1 be mathced to meet py cGarry in’ the near “tuutne .Smjth is now under the man: ‘of Joe Sullivan. Character Studies. The Printer. 2 Here's a printer working Late on Saturcay night; Moking every effort To clauiy «sib: Sunday World Want "Offers! So you can quickly find Poviiors, Workers, Homes ‘Odds and Ends of Sport from - Mfr, Nolan, the fron-jawed man- Garden. Two weeks later the Americar} eae SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17. 1906." ROBERT EDGREN: EDITED BY © © Hoppe’s fmbition. Willie Hoppe, world’s champion billlardist, will have the ambition o his Ife gratified when he meets: Slossen for, the championthip on March 27, In the Concert Hall a’ Madison Square Garden. Hoppe won title In Paris recently, beating! Vignaux, the French expert. . SLOSSON'’S METHOD OF BRIDGING AS “SPORTING NEWS AND COMMENT « » « POSITIONS OF HOPPE’S HANDS AND FINGERS AS THE CAMERA Study of Finger Positions in Billiards. The use made of the fingers and hands &s a cve support in billiards is well illustrgted In this series of pictures taken for The Evening World at the rooms of Willie Hoppe and George Slosson. The positions at the top are |Hoppe's and those at the bottom Slosson’ It is interesting to note that in elther left or right hand shooting Hoppe invariably drives the cue through a loop made of the forefinger. Slosgon, on the contrary, changes his position “to meet the requirements of each shot,” as he expressed it, ‘The masse positions of the two players are also different. THE PHOTOG SNAPPED. 'Slosson, the Student George Slosson is known the) world over in billiard circles as the) (Student, due to his method of play, jUp to the present match with Hopp he nad ignored three challenge: from the Boy Wonder. Now that! the ‘atter Is champion, by reason off his defeat of Vignaux, Slosson hai consented to play him. WILLE LEWS AND MGARRY BD HARD BOUT Fighters Battle for Three Rounds at Summit Stag with Honors Even, ' |_ The three-round bout between’ Willle Lewis, the local wetter-weight, and | Amby McGarry, the Bronx fighter, at | the stag of the Summit A. C. last night was one of the pretilest exh'ivitions of boxing between men of their sixe/and | welght that has been witnessed at any of the shows bi in a long time. There was not the slightes; let-up in the milling through out the three rounds and to call the bout anything but a draw would bé an Injustice to either man, t At the sound of the bel Lewis step) to the centre and poked his lett Into MeGurry’s face, wile Aenby mised & right swing tor Lewis s jaw. ing that he could reach MoGarry's face with straight lef.s, kept sending these blows into the Bronx fignter's face, while MeGarry swung his left and@-right for Lewis's head and jaw, getting home with some of the blows, while he missed others. Lewts would occasionally shoot his right into An stomach &t Pose quarters, while MoGarry countered with his left to the wind and his right to Willie's ribs. Lewis kept up hfs jabbing and had a shade the best of tae round, In the second round Lewis again started off to use his left-hand Jab and easily reached McGarry's nose with this Lewis see- punch. Thev both then began to in- julge in slugging tactics, Lewis with to the tace and rights (0 lie McGarry banged away at Lewis's wind with short lef: hook and rhrot swings to tne head. Lewi anded three nretty jabs without a turn, but being anxious to get his 1 \cross to Medarry'« Jaw, left an open. ing, which M-Garry look advantage of by landing his right to the .poln¢ of e's chin, For the remainder of the und ther ‘both goi In many geod punches, Lewis azain having a slight shade the best, of in the third and last round Lewis startel off by trying to put McGarry away by letting fly tight-hand ewings for his jaw, This change of tactics gave McGarry a chance to get in his hort jabs, and he certainly stuck many of | these blows into Willie's face. McGarry fought splendidy after that, and ag he had no srouble in getting home these blows. while Lewis missed several times, with his right for McGarry's jaw, the crowd yelled. themselves hoarse. t before the bell rang Lewis got In right to MoGarry's Jaw, sending him back, MoGarry's ‘good fighting in this round and also in the two previous rounds jeany entitled him to a draw ‘with wis, Personal Antipathy Toward August Belmont Shown in Certain Quarters--Yankee Is \ Natural-Born Gambler—Fever of Speculation Is Ripe in Him. While there ig, na more thrilling and A , ,. |Slorious siglt than a feid cf high-class »Lovers of racing will do some worry |thoroughbreds racing through broad ing until this little matter at Albany 1s | stretches, it must be confessed that the finally disposed of. As to the manner of |public interest would not be as great {ts disposition, the writer cannot razard |i the, Contest If there were no wagers a guess, but the chances are that the every epeculator in Wall Street to BY FRANK W. THORP. wrinkles will be smoothed out and [om sell estas bona fide stock, and see ie that weal appen to that game, everything will be peaceful. | Personal antipathy towerd Augue| _ Thousands Are Employed. It has : ‘ : may ¢om-| Racing has done some good berciensel Pa cereea capipicle ane ae lee ulated breeding interest and has pitcate matters. Gov, Higgins is raid geteloped toe very highest type of to be favorably disposed toward the|thoroughbred. It has given employment bills introduced In the Senate and As-|to thousands upon th re ceatadagh NGSe: jIt hes stimulated the entire State {n sembly yesterday. Gov. Higg.ns has|9, faz as agricultural interests are co: steadfactly refused to reappoint Aug-|cerned, because county fairs have 1 ust Belmont as a member of the Hac-|celved’ thousands of dollars as. thelr a : tera. portion of the annual receipts fgrom. ing Commission. A powerful news7a- | racing aseoctation, and have thus been per attasks ‘Mr, Belmont at every op- abled to offer richer premiums than portunity, So whlle racing apzears tolever before. Hence a goneral stimula- suffer from Mr. Belmont's connection| tion of the farming Interesis. Though ; : Di tase may be some ain in the gamblin, with It, there is no denying the fact! tnd of racing there ie ae MUG ee that in’ Mr. Belmont racing has a good -day business Cite. least gets a deal on ard fi deferder and a er, the or: ack. One © th Tracks Being Abolished. Iisame Gt: wuniicgs he The prove. de: tration again upri ness: man tes zoods. reflection of racing Is no dovbt t ft ex‘st-! moral wave which sw tte of various s: 8 ts, ty £0 On ence rac e| to the raze-trick to find the|entered the high school relay, and the C®P; 60-yard dash, novice; 90-yard and Misaoi Pecty trickerles and mean nesses of| intersetilenent relay aiso hia the en- dash, hansticap; one-mile, handicap; 12- iaes.thed tola this world. tries of eight settlement houses. Pouna shot put, handicap; runing high nds of men.| JOCKEY CLUB TAS PURIFIED RACING SPORT Broat race is assured. ort tis Higé, Manual Training, Barnard. vied dash, novice; 2%0-yar aoe he (br and Mackenzle echools have i 2%-yurd dash, handi- don’t have | Pingry BROOKLYN WILL .. HOLD BIGGES] ATHLETIC MEET More than 800 Wili Com- pete To-Night in 14th Regiment Armory. CITY COLLEGE HOLD BIG GAMES T0-NIGHT Pick of Gotham’s Star Ath- letes Entered in Events— Boys Relay Race. exe of the City of New York] {ts annual games to-nigot at All the clubs in the mejropelttan als- jtrict, as well as Yale University, have Eighth Regiment Armory, Ninety-|representatives {1 the gimes to-night Aacetin ateaeu ana ePAr Avenel held Jointly by the Fourteenth Regi- ‘There are nine of the best middle dis-;™Me%t and the Central ¥. M. C. A., at » country in the spe-\the Fourteenth Regiment Armory. nd this race in itself Eight huntred is the total number of eee: Rec areal entries recelved for the seventeen Peng ativan |eveits on the programme. Seven of will meet n, ‘of 2 events are relay Bacen, Bauderman and Dromilow, ) races. ge “Irish Ameri A. C., and other One of the feztures ef the night is the gool men in a race for’ the tndoor/ mie invitation relay race in which a championship. picked team of Yai . ‘ The mnie ap has fifty en- Pick m of Yale, oxmpesed in all tries, and Billy Frank. the ten-mile Probability of Cates, Coholan, Parsons pion. wil start from scratch in and Bursch, will meet a New York team an attempt to break the record. J. P. In which Hilknan and Se: ley, of the Sutiivan, the Metropolitan champion. 1 be on the mark with him, and a New York A. C., add Ribertson and Northridge, of the Irish-Amerioin A. C w for. Since 18% increase in patronage and a steady in- creage in the tone of the patronage. ‘There was a Ume when one spoke of} the racetrack in whispers, as if it were NOW IT’S THE SPORTSMEN’S jump, handicap, Relay races—One mile, Hastern Section Y. M, C, A, champton- ship; one mile, high schools; one mile, S. S. A L., senior; one mile, 8. 8, A. L., Intermediate; one mile, regimental, |intermediate; one mile, inter-company, | Noted ccmpetitors In each event are And Ba gains of every kind. Sxamine His Work To-morrow a place to be shunned. Patronage then iy wy CNR Net. A. <i m y here: mv noe | be made more attractive by the addl-/*0%, I, A. ih asa) chielly, gpsiierca:fepe it | Lake Containing 900,000 Gal-| (ont aa" Tnuiun "Village and by "bow A. ,Cy Pe Ty. Wi and lowest type oe aace, and arrow shooting for prizes. Tbe turd. Voter Go Mie rand Oe ee Jons of Water a Feature | rae ™tusists “estiots, mocuisins and gi? yard dinky pandieap La” Rodert- ate : f 1 Exhibi | Shawehoes tor the edification of the visi- | f. Waterg M1, CA TAS et tSe gk ales, Objecticnable Features Gone. of Annual Exhibit. | OR el-Virgioia-extitle nes been aagea| Tales ae, Mebeughiin Savisceen the rule of the Je y Club] a lot of tque fowling pieces, while Red brah eg handicap—R, W, Cau- the objectionable features of racing | \ the exhuits of Maine, the Grand ‘Trunk, CH. Gohnek its A. Bodley, N.Y. A. have been grad ted, and it | Ui fiTst more exhibitors than ever be-(And Ontatle railonda wil te oe AA. Ci Bast’ Breoman, Xavier, A. was only fir | fore In ite history. a take con-} tractive than usual ‘The Canadian Pa-| Lente ley? QV y Sse liye hig WH. pa from the bett! 1g Tore than 960,000 gallons; cifle 4g sending on ten guides whoss| Noy abice: Y: M- CG. Ay R. ‘Samson, en. There has been a | of water and measuring ten Japs to the| {Und of stories 1s sald to be mexhaustl-| | One-mile ‘run, handleap—W. G. a desire on of the J fe wad a nm new attractions be Adjoining the Maine ¢: {L A A.C | Cohn, 1. A. h of specu! eies, the old es that have proven bpark showing eer eae aimee Rontar, TA, AL Cos M. B. |e » the National Motor Boat and/otker birds | Las ry ea Bonhag, I. A. A. | Stadleon Show, whlch opens’ ta | deer, Dr Cell Breneh ce amageen | Rantord, B.C. ¥. MG. A. a natur Madison Squa arden next Tuesday | ton, who hag just retard grate ee: | Xavle bier, The fever of specu! ARNE Should be the, ‘most interesting Will sow the ree ee AOE ns pauR On Nee i aa er and. luxe | SHOR Nes been a feature of New York | On the island in the centre of litanuat Heys’ High, durasmus Hall, y mts, Shouting: nd ex-! of ave Ais rel bin ai Ne Bene Abe, Ie OC Nibitions from all parts of the world | epeveny, Masirable style ba ola ntl ‘Congrerational, “rsinity, AneriCn 3 I of birds animais and fish. the ‘aftale! ox-Chtef Widen of ¥ the) teatne ente cate Rt Peters, ‘Fourteen ae exsected to bring bigger crowds than | hulds forth wen Alon peat gels ele "Cates, Parson: : rth wiih 4400 pt or, tis Cates, Parsons, mericans Must Gamble. ‘A. H._Dressel, manager of an eeteent Oh showing wild animate In New ork, Hilimun’ eat ecards 07 cretary Gumbel, of the Motor at 16 snortamen alin ke cre "'wo-mil race course ts therefore a mat TAA Pave more interesting features than boats to he exhitit'd chide everything | Garezick, Fourteenth ‘iegiment: |W: Fee ing raveriah denies) oF tho ‘specu: | Hay er befor weathered under} from a yicht tender to a crulser, ©) Charltan, ‘Thirteenth Regiment: C. W. and the race player turns to some other | year SAS > Watiae Tee tes Regiment; nD gamble. No atiemot j# ever made to| vaial. parner, 2 “th ment; Curb gambling in Wall, § Le thal een nLaUce teen Snes COTE WON ON FOUL. Reate Ne A Ga WG Nelion, i Mock game tant the biggest gambling |canvas-lned box, the whole welghing? BIDDEFORD= Me. Feb, 17-1, Pt: Bets Peeccke.e Navonal game of ita kind on earth then the | 3,70) tons, The water sports will include | scheduled tet, ; eee ene eect Writer doesn't know the meaning of the word. It cannot be denied that the gambling end of the racing game Js ‘ts life. and tubs, races In canoes with canoe ulting matches, as well’ ‘as swil contests and raves for ladies, mts ‘The exhibit of Indians this year wi) the following: ieyard Gash, handlow— e-round ‘bout las i between Arthur Cote, and. Kid. Goode RAPHER CAUGHT TENNIS TEAM WILL PLAY IN ENGLAND Fund Is Being Raised to Send Local Players to the Other Side. National A. C., of Hard Fight Is | BY JOHN POLLOCK. Philadelphia will be the scene of an- or great battle between little fighters to-night. The lids who will clash In this vontest will be Tommy Murohy. |the clever and aggressive feather-welght jot Hartem, and Bonny Yanger, the vho recently nse of the challenging American lawn |Itallan fighter of Chicago, ie gave “Kid” Goodman, the New England tennis team to England this season re- nttellist, such a beating in Boston, They cefved Its first contribution yesterday. | 4) try conclusions In a six-romd bout ‘this was immediately following the | befors the National A. C.. where all of meeting of the special committer of the |the prominent fights are fought in, that exeoutive body, held in the offlce of/city. Megphy and Vanger have been Chairman Frederick G. Anderson, No. | training faithfully for the bout. and, as 50 Broadway, at which Raymond D, | result. will enter the ring in fit shape Little was present and Dr. James|to put up a wonderfut battle. Yanger Is Dwight acted from Boston by telegraph. | confident he will ston Murphy and will Folowing the meeting, Chairman An-|go right at the Harlem fighter at the derson sald that the formal challenge | sound of the bell to finish him as quickly would be sent by the United States |g possible. National Lawn Tennis Association on| pattie Should Be Viclous One. the date required, March 1. tI! was the | intention of the association to raise | TM peso ieee ray $2,000 by subscription among the Clubs | for six rounde, and as Murphy can also and fololwers of lawn tennis. The Kings | travel at @ lively pace for that dtetance tt County Clud, of Brooklyn, headed’ the |}, mato to say teat they will get right down The fund which ts to defray the ex- let with $00, and it Is believed that |to business gt the sclind of theb ell and the clubs of thts city will contribute | svae, Punched, Umi the digo & challense iO fight the winner of the Attell-Walsh bat- JACK O'KEEFE WON, BUT ONLY GOT DRA SPOKANE, Wash., Feb, 17.—Kid Parker, of Denver, and Jack O’Keefo, of Chicago, fought twenty rounds to a draw before the Spoken Amateur Ath- letic Club here last night. The fight was a revelation in that fully half of the amount required. CLEARY SLUMBER USTED HALE HOUR PHILADELPHIA, Fob. 17.—Th ger of digging out “has beens was shown at the Washington Sporting Club Thureday afternoon, when for half an hour It looked as though police and hospital might get a job at the same time. never before has a man stood the Tommy Cleary collapsed in the fourth} amount of punishment that Parker round of his bout with Pred Douglass, | took, O'Keefe made a chopping-block of Savannah, and remamed unconscious |of him, but the game Denver boy a for twenty-five minutes, While his sco-|ways came back for more, onds and a doctor worked over Cleary| In the tenth Parker went down al policemen refused to let Douglass leave | times from Jabs that nearly knocked | the ring. Finally Cleary found himself, | his block off, but O'Keefe was unable and was able to go away unassisted. | to put his man out of business. The | Then Douglass was treed. {decision of Referee Quinn not the It was more weakness than any pun: jar verdict, as it was generally ishment he recelved that caused Cleary Keefe had away the xo go down. ube acl SPORTS TO GATHER. ‘The biggest ‘sporting affair of the year will take place next Wednesday night, Washington's Birthday eve, when the Auroras give thelr annual masque cele- bration, All of the prominent sporting nen in town take im this affair, which takes place at Sulzer’ fc | Hall. here will be a jocke; ball in which half @ hundred will take part and for which a couple of prominent horesmen have codceded that. best of the bout. ——— SKATING RACES, TO-DAY. ‘ani Canada will compete to-day in the | national amatern championships at Bercum's Rink, One Hundred and Sixty- j#ixth street and Jerome avenie, Morrls wVood will start in all the’ races, but wil have his work ett out to de Brown, the Canadian erat. who caine | «3 v to raion a threo hand: | Whether he wins or to-day Brown man, of Chelsea, the former was given the decision in ‘the eleventh round on i cunay World Wants 4 Work Monday Wonders, sia ot jeonated eLst caper te this ball was | wi ye to meet him be one of autside of Both in Good Condition. MURPHY AND YANGER BATTLE TO-NIGHT Little Fellows Meet for Six Rounds at the Philadelphia, and a Looked For— foc the featherwoiett championahtp ttle, FWalke Bene will be Murphys chiet adviser: Lewis and McGarry to Meet Again, Immediately after the bout between WHlte Lowis and Amboy McGerry last nigtt, Matches maker Billy Elmer, of the Coneolfdnted A. os four-round bout at the stag to be «tren bar the club week from next Wednesday ight. A battle. of four rounds betweem these’ two men ought to be worth looking at, as, they. fight continuously, and aleo ’ ene stitt punchecs, 2 Harry Forbes to Box Here. Harry Forbes, the ex-bantamweliht” of the work’, will be seen in @ boxing bout in this city on next Friday night. He meet Matty Paliwin, the New featherwelant. in a three- 4 bout at the | searees, 0, eae Bast Thirteenth strget, Tis will ‘. firet_appaarance in @ contest in tis 3 ity. “Baldwin te fighting in ieee dave che certainly will make fast oRoe. Carroll and Burke Matched, * ‘Thgso two great favorites, Jchnny Carrell mést a it the Central A. C., which | Place on next Tuceay mat, ‘wey woet de ‘The best skaters in the United States | the clubs, an. Attell’ Favorite Gver Walsty. + Abe Attell has been mnde the favorite over Jimmy Welsh im the betting for! e6he fidteen-round battle, which fd to be before the Lincoln A. C., of Chelees, Mai "a Birthday Washington’ tt Seeuy of the sorting men of New Seem to think tat “Attel} ta too Waiah, and on that account have Deaun'to offer odda of 10 to that secure the decision. Sieger Leaves for Buffalo.” Charley Bleger, the Hoboken will leap for Buffalo to-night, where’ matohed to meet Joo Leonard, the a fighter, for fifteen rounds before the Wash- O28 t Monday night, dik 'hesn’ rounding up toto ‘Rood shane, will ly secure’ the decision over Buttalo tanker. ‘OLD DR. GRINDLE, ; ty YEARS 4 SPBSL IN Under Dr, Grindie’s acienti Giseases peoullar to men gared cnore auickly. more (ODBRATE. TH! | vertising physician, heredit soning. kidney, red Hllty, which no other advert! iy, claim, Advice Free ey sa igundaye 0 to 8. signed the men to try conclusions WB ght off In this city “y, ROLE ee ret 2! Se een An