The evening world. Newspaper, December 17, 1906, Page 10

'f UP TO DATE ‘| AND NEWSY. ~ NOT SIMON PURE, — SAYS JOHN BULL oo __ Olympic Games Will Be Held in Lon- don, June, 08—Americans Won- _ dering if They Will Bar All but “Gentlemen Amateurs.” HE, noxt Olympic Games ‘being | , BCI for London tn ne, 0S, English athletic au- thorities are planning to outdo the Greeks. The’ Stadion at Athens seats 0,000 people at a pinch. Neur Lon-j don an enormous grand stand ix to! be constructed, capable of seating 130,000. But in, spite of tts immen- sity, this structure of wood and brick and cement will be nothing but aj shack compared to the magnificent! Stadion at Athens, bulit, every inch of. {t, from the finest Pentalic marble, | fit to stand for thousands of years, | MERICAN nthletes are wondering {f the English will try to bar ait] who are not “gentlemen amateurs" according to tho peculfarly Eng- | Usk !dea of things. Ed Ten Ryck, you remember, went across and | “ pwon the diamond sculls at Henley years ago. And upon sending fn his en | try next year he was rejected on the ground that he was not “eligible under the rule.’ The idea waa supposed to be that Ten { ___ Eyck, who worked for a living instead © of depending upon an inherited Income, Was nota ‘gentleman amateur,’ The real trouble was that Ten Eyck would | certainly carry off the Diamond 5 egain. Would our great Martin Sheridan, for instance, be acceptable to the 1) hh? -Martin-is 4 policeman. - ‘In tho Olympic games at Athens, even pdiing together the potnta | of England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, | Wales, Australia, New Zealand, Egypt, Indla and all the British possessions, | England could not make half the points oored by the American team. It might | De a great thing for England's chances Jn these next Olmyptc games if American gthletes who work for a living cou be. barred. England has shown a similar ten- Gency tls week in announcing the bar- ring of all American oarsmen from competition in England, on the pretense VYX/, ‘ UNCLE Sarg: ly )R (‘4k COME OVER, fo ANO ROW WITH rout oe that rowing in America is not a pure Some Day ,sonn 1, ~ amateur sport. ° oes To hear England sermonizing upon J. Bue 1 the {mpurity of American amateurism wo . S would make, horse laugh, 'Toal/ama- IMPOSSIBLE, OL CHAP! teurism is almost unknown among ath-| , Istes on tho. Other, sdecs Very few: of You ARE WoT A PURE the great English runners are real amatours. They alwa; | open for the pounds, at! ‘and when they come to America wey show shark-like voracity, vary ‘GEWVTLELIAN AMATEUR. EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN. = BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK. 2 covibaphittcwt ‘WE'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM. CORBETT AND MURPHY MATGHED —_. {UNION SQ, | Sign Articles for a Six-Round | Battle Before Nationhl A. G.onJan: 9. wards were aw Young Corbett, and Tommy Murphy |'5* [have finatly been matched. ara) ‘The articles of agreement for the | Warde, “what tn y fight were signed last night at the Hote Metropole, Harry Pollok acting for Cor- pett. Johnny Oliver represented Murph and Harry Edwards the National Ath- do for you, Harry 2 circumstazces, 1 find ng objection to} “The best we ‘The pricea’ bf admission ink that you i were also mentioned In ‘ I'm satisfied," replied Pol The men are to meet for six rounds at catch welghts before the National_A. HAT parody on the name of sport, the six-day bike race, Is over oS Minish) in a bunch, only a foot scpa- wating the first three competitors at 1 tho finishing line echti to The Evening Wortd.) the feathenwelgh The farcical aide of jt was shown! TONOPAH, Nev., Deo 17.—Manager | Jem Bowke again in the N.C. A. rulings that pre-| Mike Riley, of the Cusino Athletto Chib, vented Walthour and John Bedell from haa the promoting Deo In hia bonnet. t of—-tire—eighrt ith ona world's champlonahip _conteat_ wer the other rid.| {Tamed up and well on the way to a k 6 | final decialon. Riley 4 planning a ght | for, Uh : that thade a joke of| Carnival for the-coning spring tat will | earnoe p @he whole dull spectacle, considered as) *¢t the Pugilistio world by the ekrs, It |to. an eereemen Paonia) wes eeTte cme tates AB | ney Gbal i now cae (ane eooul eiroueh, |buod lngtne ts Dnlehed’ 600 titles bs the ner Tonopah will make the other centres | AS ity bé tmasth F Tecerd. IC was no kel, ba “amount of idous AMO | of pugiiism look lke a pli 1) Pho a a just this—three world's amplon contests In one day between 0 great en ,in “thelr reapective are to Include the Ught and feather weight divi- and the quieas for the three loafing match, interep odical spurta put in now keep\up a failing pubitc | i UBE FHRNS wents to Might Honey |< ‘ Melloty, present welterwetgnt heavy champion. Fems held year-ago, having taken tt f Matthews, conqueror of’ q Billy Bmith Ferns was whipped bs Joe Walcott, who Jost to Meliody a tew | Gaye ago. As a rule, the champtons lost hever “come back.” Fy ho can upset this preced: with Mellody. His arcum Mollody was haaten by Buddy who js a fighter of thé Ferns ¢ fact, this fieht betwee. Jody was not as eatiet, two men, 2 weighed about pounds, having fatled to mak weight. And the battle enfed first, round, Mellody being by « fluky blow, psuoh:as on Frank Prne at t famous one-punch date, Mollody would probably wade t Ferme now in four or five round O'Brien, of. Philadelphia, and © Cahadian ottam- | itfative in a movement to form an ar 4, Soctetton of Western untverstr the governing af collore attic! tras evoed a call for » ‘mest! tween represcntatives brasica, Washington, (Louisa, Oxiahoma, Ariansas » universities, with possibly etme fn Romtknd with aucce => Baa abroad wate that tis inp against ; Le taken 4 kindly by the ecord of 10 : ‘A lfourvctub league hy tine. rsehtoa, He OL beH” wo a J “ siissfaie senntiehecn NDSOME BATTLING NELSON HERE. SAS GANS QU % at lost. Pickpocketa and strong- arm men will have to hunt up new ‘Melds\ of industry in thelr pecullar line. Phe Garden, without police protection, A was tho one lawless spot in tho city, 4 and the plokings were easy, | The race wos a farce It is Tiijoulous proposition that a score or E \) More) riders can phig day and night! t for nearly a week in a real race, atl § (ergy Wee in, “JACK” AGAIN ——— HT IN FIGHT PHETROPDLIS cu: sbosein | poi nh A © Jack has brand new nose, the one that he » Buffered severely Battling Nelson for w trip to Copenhagen, ntal meeting with Manage AMUSEMENTS. = |[NEW AMSTERDAM 3% we Mate Weil @ Sat RICHARD ‘CA “THE SPRING CHICKEN,” RT) ELEANOR ROBSON he rest of his » would keep to coun have the de- tlves and to bring bac purpose of aia é Oli AweRtGA « 4th Dra 3 valet thé other and to introduce him to Nelson wafted in from thi was full of ming battle with Gans, niger Hley has ro shat encounter and ‘aw choice gleanings from his tlk pre Til teave on the 26th to meet } 1 might feht tn Lon- 1_can't tell what he has done I'll ght any y one hero to fis} broad {f he and Nolan can got on a qally handsome | | Says Gans Quit. "You know they | and send out phony stories from Went about tho figst, but or tr aitting here Gans quit pa ERNE AND RUSSELL ‘ATILE XTRA MATS tried to knock me ASTOR iii THE DAUGHTERS |Ho fought clever and t! ew and then, after § t know what to do. li FIERCE ROSE STAHL BELASCO *%, David t any more tha’ roynd before hurd atout the body that he vor THE STUDENT KING. ” | YO ACADEMY OF {WRIGHT Lé ho was no weal ;that he could hardly go any m 1 was backing him all over FQOTBALL ULES. IGCUSSED ACIN cheat: iMate Wed.&Sat Pri ; metus IMPERIAL tunes T low "You know. ho's tho be® fighter I ever MANHA WASHINGTON met and al) that, but he will never fight He says he broke his hanc Well, {f he fought for thirty-four in the elghth round jand punched that way Football Rulon meet jn the Murray HUI Hota) on Sat- broken-handed fighter that ever the regulations that a can tako It from me. so, my Jett eya was closed, | didn't keep me back. jhe couldn't draw a good breath. “You know, a fellow can, feel the man weakening, and honeqtly dead when he dropped. 1) there at all. “You know he couldn't stand another h dn the stomach, BIJOU, nto MAY IRWIN ® ) HENRI DE vrriss (Com! 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