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THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, -DECEMBER 21, 1906. UP TO DATE AND NEWSY. S — BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK. EDITED BY SET EDGREN. eri | JEFFRIES AND OSIDOCCOSOI0DNG000O DOOCHIOTOOISGOOOCO0G: FOOOSOGIOGIGSIIO NOD ISTHTOOOIGOUISE 9OOBO0009909 FIG ISOISOIOOOSGOGSSS PIOGOT S DDOOGCGOSSOCC IDIOCCOOOOGCGOB09396000 8 RICKARD DRIVE FINAL NAIL IN. JOHNSON FAKE. CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—Put it down as fake that I have depos- ; To The Evening World, New York: ited $80,000 in New York City to get the Jeffries-Johnson battle Answering telegram, statement is absolutely untrue as regards and a return match between Joe Gans and Bat Nelson. fight with Jack Johnson. JAMES J. JEFFRIES. JO0COCOCOCOOO:! OOO cote ceacheede scant TEX RICKARD. Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 21. DOOCC ONCE GOO COOOL: COCOC: DECION OOCOOG, PUT BURNS AND O'BRIEN BOTH IN RING WITH JEFF These Two Claimants for the: Big | Fellow’s Title Might Make It In- teresting for Him—Kaufman Fights Gardner To-Night. Jack O'Brien, both in the ring things Interesting for big Jim Jet- fries. Burns might make {t intorest- ing for a while himself. He's a rugged, aggressive little fellow, with {t at frequent intervals. Imagine Jeff fighting Burns and O'Brien. The giant would Jump from hic corner at the bell and make a O'Brien would separate. Jefl would pick.out Burns as the hardest mark and go after him, O'Brien would Jump in and hit Jeff back of the ear, then Jump swiftly back again vefore the giant sould turn. If Jeff switched and started after the light-footed Quaker Gurns would turn his flank and pound away at Jeff's kidneys. | RHAPS Tommy Burns and} at the same time, could make| a wallop and a burning destre to land | rush across the ring. Burns and | THE FUNNY GLASSES AGAIN N THE FIGHT SITUATION ise) eels Jette could have | aw fet of fun fighting beth Burns and OBrien OLY. 7 La TA pes Fred. Walton: Cox Da OR STOLEN, Crisis Between thé two James a whole lot for a few minutes. | ' But Jeffries ts as fnst-on his feet) am either of these Httie fellows. Sooner oF § Yater he would catch up wits romenody —tind that would leave one. reat ean be Jeft to our {magination, n | L KAUFMAN and George Gard- Hp | A ner will fight to-night In Los An= geles. “Although Kaufman may soon become a factor in the heavy- welght te fracas, thix scrap hasn't Attracted much tention. George | Gardner was a t Aghter at ons | { time. He mat vin Hart when the Jatter was at his at, Unree and a halt Years ago, and trimmed him In twelve | rounds. But George was frightened-| “Yo! half to death when he met Fitzsimmons ;W%0 in San Francisco. Fita ga’ him a | with fearful beating, from which he didn’t tated recover for y This is his first|the Jdea out of nt he 1s fight of any account since that time, |capable of giving the good lishtwelgnts | and although he has a battle the better it will be for him Gariiner isn't expected to pol self. fillatéd Association of J Ree aMy AT © Ital ers when the uffair ls over, Kaufman | | may, jan pugilist, in a alx-ro: tat t could tease Otto," the local lightweight, been clamoring for 4 Mgnt “is a much over- rhe gets c of thetLong t wings was so mineral he made against that it would | for him i¢ ne} rat all.) Ie. lost j F Kaufnan shows that he haa gone right along {mproving ut Berger, t of retirement e n eizo and strength, He ts youn his apprenycesiip in a biacksm \whop gave him'the kind of endur that brought Jeffries and Fitz to top Kaufman ts the only one ex Bios ele being wart in-compari- nakers B\Gurdner to put out way firet, thky Burns O'Brien R MAY nded to learn 3 Sut Ka more « sald washer. | 5 8 mn letter from seme ono H who has been reading the pips about a Jeffries-J. the Evening Worta ‘ aw hooat at Ww him to Ue Kot “up gazed, and Stinger seeing bts ondittey ran at him and sent nim staggering ft wwing on the mouth wh J. Otto was very. weuk tried to. turn end last row tna Cow sit he slowedeup ver had natled hin a face and stonac ny fight out nflirg away dr mwing | he floor. He} times hard in swings, ed Young Roth tn two r in | moters of the da : i THE IAMOND rece Bt | bert, | eae sient Daly Mat 25.Nes, ef. | Rmokine Balcony, _ a Supreme 4 PION 19 ER Century. FOUR | MORTONS. pearl 19 (1) R DAYS ACADEMY CAME Phong 3549) e DartowerLancarterco| || sunt “LIBERATI. Pe ‘ put $0. | ogxiaa vile sy as Sie Sat Stan Nom vena MI | GEORGE EVANS, Kitamura’ Jape. | who. “also, played with the 8t Louis cf last season, will not play ball any | see 80 ta | more. He has announced his retire-!{ 38S Boe. Four Harvey ment from the game and will conduct! 93 ‘th | qMtaster Gabriel, } i $3) big planing mill with his brothers in| | Pune 1020) Duster 2, loca’ Francie | an Fra: CO. Mertes haa been dis- Dally Mat. iSmke, Bal Btar ¥ usted with baseball ever since he was BBE rss its EVA Pak traded to the St. Louls club with! Apocerel Armia Catcher Bily Marshall in exchange for bead Tom ‘} Fla! Way & ras —_+ Spike Shannon, who covered lett Meld || Dally Mat. @e._ lat ro Att Stare amok Mal. i at 5 ‘ Bir rt "About Town, d Local bilifardiats tn the foremost class) | Mertes says he ts through with base- 120m Lat Ay sah fi) “The BILLIONNRE” | out Town, do not look with great favor upon the jeand = w eaten aac contrast tor ot « ‘| CASINO Penren BO 8 oy RY MILER The Ltt tein GODHUEE "Sa AR RD Jon Bale Tel 283 35 mas, t salary is ‘burs. Sat, Xima academy proposition in St# Louls, for! oe | 3 Ep cinta Brraciaiau nectielocing atantdteniiaaye lhe || JAMBS T, POWERS é BLUE MOOR ag0 on gambling proceedings, it does j Private Fight to Be Fought Sunday. | JOHN D manta LINCOLN $0, Gorey) HENRY E, Dixey | viinity ot Yorkers. ce The tel GARRICK WM, culierie in is Colatield’s Promoter Says He’s Not x «.' ence Crazy, and Any How, Fight Between citsso, wires hs acai Jeffries. and Johnson Would |strene) sath “Re a Frost. js | 1, ‘Toeatre, 331 Bt. Dear Mag MANUATTIN manera ay 8 \Wed.ge HE LAW WILTON TACKAYE ae ERT EG IG | [ASTOR Gara. oy Bea, Ea THE HYPOCRITES eS DAUGHTERS’ OF HEN gcse a TaN Ee i ne adould hear th few yea haefer, Ives, - Mnggioll, Harrison, Carter, Cat- | Madam Butterfl BUCCINI'S, Ba Grand ; uk : A he Night, sai BERNARD ett uti, PTE STUDENT KING coger tine, urease, || LINA” ABARBANELL ere Weds A Hat. & Nina, 219 Tice ONTROMERY Lond es a | eee sae rh LYCEUM 3h hatatanazia sey 88 (Special to. The Evening World.) CHICAGO, IIb, Dec, 20.—Tex Rickard, the Goldfield fight promoter, got | in town to-day tn tin to see himself pictured as one of the biggest pro- | because of his alleged offer of a $50,060 purse, intended to draw Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson, the colored heavy-welght champion, into the same ring ont in Coldfield camp next May. | What, Tex offer that stift purse?" falrly shouted the Goldfield’s pro- moter, “Well, an $75 n day permitted pc Strving Bi t much; not such a —— fool. It takes a long head to se Prices 2hc.to $1. Mate. Wed &Sat.2 ge of It. Who knows but Dalen might get lald out by a t rnin Just R M'GRAW of the Glants es that nia offers a much better training feld than tho: 50 Ho says that thel weather in the South d | ty so un that k to thelr wor in- that he dk Daxcball have young sturs or ola} It is lkely ‘a talk about {t later.” |a hand as — Grimtn dition of Tommy Corcoran. to|easune tc i the rans of the Gtants has caused fane| his ser adly dand until t the ‘country to wonder what ban 2 ls t get a job at pro- intend do with him, It's simply Jehis: Ww BAW. a chance to jt a/goot man cheap Bnd tool ade Chick rane ta fessional baseball. Hodlea to heath over f 4THER ROUND. way clear for giving a $50,009 purse for a 6nish fight, especially out in [oases TH TN AND THE Wha 3 Ps ESAMO av. & OnTaNa vada ; a a There would have to be a big crowd tn the house to keep the deal from . NEW AMSTERDAM 1% ‘ Ale Wike= How Mearte ary Broken. being a huge frost, Lesites! 1 would not try to arrange another flgut be Rives, #15, Mata Wed & Bat. ‘Aull ERIC, AW A MANGE Ge tween a white man and a colored man. rT] ” RICHARD C R ‘E iy BRIA Cor i cowie “I had enough in the Gans-Nelson battle, Jeffries might be ter | IMPERIAL dni the Dall Resthered wugloals iit / YORKVILLE 28 sac2ant too We , to enter the ring once more if the purse were large ‘enough, but there is | “THE SPRING CHICKEN,” |) YORKVILLE WIZARD OF OZ) || doubt In the minds of many fight followers whether he could get inte con- Y Nxt_Wk.—-Yorke & Adams, Bankers&brokers. { dition so as to fight as he did.when he was actively engaged in defending r LIBERTY pega |e as ore TA Alanine Regain x MatHat an oe By Cinde Fite” Al ted ead ave IT DOWN 4S A FAKE THAT I HAVE DEPOSITED $50.000 asMatery | DOWN IN NEW YORK TO GET THE JEFFRIES-JOHNSON BATTL n ° The Whisky ju ' and the $30,000 return match between Gans and Nelson, ie before going to St. Louls, of Great Age BROADWAY P=" si “Jeffries, in my optnion, only can be dragged back into the ring by the | 6.4 storningstan who ! yon ta play ey || RECORD. rea SERBATIONS Ll > f offer of a big purse for a flnish fight with ‘Tommy Burns or Jack O'Brien ht ELD = PART. os Rumor has {t that big Jeff told Burns he would have first chance {f he re- ie Ime e ric 1 SING CONCERT, e1 AMUSEMENT. MODEL” Pp r a MRS entered the ring only by proving his merit by beating O'Brien Into submis- | '¢ with the beat of we ahs nie Ss na |THE WASHINGTON # Ons sion and gettlug a clear-cut verdict. 1 Sy will ph HAMMERSTEIN’ ee even Bway ght. Concert Bun, Nigh * r Tth AY. ata Wa. Sa = “I suppore ['ll have to do some tall denying of $75,000 Aght, promotions | {30 Jattors £00 “VICTONIA.siGmATIO® of Yaseen | [tiv Wee ‘erie i: before I got back to Goldfield.” before the game | ETE OLD DR, “GRINDLE 60. 73#1, Daily':Matinee, 25c. 50c, Naina {To-day Smoking allo r it ~|Elfie Fa K B An oa ome {LE EPRCTALIST f M llis te Fey |[ci w LE ie Woman a Song ta YEARS AT Pas st 1mes ret ulligan. ULE SNe Mvar eon, sunday Atta koe Sotere [171 WEST. ait yn marvel). Kroneman Bt a Sep A H measure due ¢ Sunder Aft, & Eve. Concerts HOH THe i iki Sunday Aft.& Eve, Concerts QLONIAL ante * Mat.DAIL LHAMBRA By | 8 honing Btudente, ~ = at To-day WANHATTAN oFes Ho ADFWEY tohemian “barisgues fe “or . < Pittadurs ts very. anxious of Catcher Je _ PASTOR’ Ss ep ada Pitcon or eh Ay. & 12 porrst Bat & Wmay, Evga.| PO LAAPA SL J For KIDNEY TROUBLES ond . ROSE STAHL BIJOU, 5. Mal Wie OATARREL | Fda a wait | [Linnp)q Stil Av alata Dally ionpt Fel MAY TRWIN a : » idoen, : ete 2 a < nH HURTIGSSEAMON’ Ny , i Brant 2 A t & DARTON'S Bi = | BELASCO si i Aft t 2 o'clock to- Usintr ue Sunday it WI \ Beware of cuumlerfens th for 1 be three a axe spevifvations from 44 be 08 0 oun cites iu wiuforme, x, Mon, egeustes | teinaco