The evening world. Newspaper, January 26, 1907, Page 6

THE EVENING WORLD SATURDAY. JANUARY TOLD BY. ees aE er SPORTING. PAGE IN MEW STORIES OF SPORTS IE ~ - CRAPO, ae ib ee = RIORE HAO Prosouer Ree How Te VEY LeamEo : S) ey cur Weare Nation's Executive Encourages Plan - to Make Marksmen Out of High School Youngsters by Holding YOUNGSTERS AFTER THE: ‘PRIZE _OFFERED BY PRESIDENT. ROOSEVELT President Roosevelt held a reception to a committee of the Public jools—Athletio- League -at-the Write -House-a— few. days —2g0~ and--made- anxious inquiries as to the results_the league had obtained In New York c City, ‘from-the ten sub-target gun machines in use. Iam proud to say, Mr, President, that they have been a genuine suc- plied-Gen. George W. Wingate, president of the league. “The boys of the high schools have organized rifle clubs and are holding a competitive test.” "Splendid! Splendid replied the President. -"T will send my personal letter of congratiation to the hoy having the best ayerage in_these matches!” Gen. Wingate expects a keen and earnest contest for the “Presidential Letter,” and says “the boys are determined to make an excellent showing on whole. The targets printed above are those made by the De Witt Clinton team that won the first competition. Each boy on the team had ten. shots—five = §-on-each-one of two targets. The highest-possible score: was fifty: points, or ten straight bullseyes. One boy, Riblet, made a Perfect score of fifty points. The « ‘lowest score was forty-five. “Outside of the bullseye, which counted five points, the rings counted four and three respectively. Not one boy on the team ‘shot far enough away: from the'bullseye to score a “three.” ITH the. approval. of President Risosevelt-and the promised future support of the War Department at Washington, the higt school ~ boys_of New York City -are-halding a_scrlos_of_interschool_rifie+- matches, and already a large number of crack shots have been developed. The matches are held in the varioué Gtate armories in the city, and the Fiftes tised are .22 calibre. Ward Crampton, dircctor of marksmanship, giving affictal {aformation to} ach rifle club of the President's announced Intention of sending. to t o—hest-averane-at the end of the-matches—2- personal tettert | |AND WELL WRITTEN PEORE- FG ma. 92 ORE FE PELE TY PRITTH WAR StSREH WAS Orme: 1 WILL FIGHT AT ACK “TWIN J Mgt heay ew England, and Jim_Fiynn, the Pueblo fighter, to meet again in the squared circle, been’ secured by Matel of thé Pactic A. C., of Los Angeles, Cal, to try conclusions in a twenty-round bout on the night Feb. same club, Flynn be ed the deciton ater a hand bs uilisan was como: 40 Cae DBPUTLD OLINDOUL IGE PEM OE: REDDO AGCRAPLONIE WIE PLADS A _LETORD OF FI TAIZ XE SPOKANE DISTRICT. ATTORNEY PUTS } with the club -t Ige dn any foul ta Lewis to Fight in Philadelphia. the welter-welght who has won the last ¢hrea fi fourm c Wha, -le to box Hie was signed Jakt night ey, of the Broadway A. C.. of th 7. to meet Eddie Chambers, the Quakes be t te rt Lew day Paul and Stinger to Battle Again. Frankie —Paut-ta not -aatetied withthe outeume of Sia bout with WIN SULLIVAN *h- | Neicon—Piching Up —Eaey--Money—— Pattling Neleon, the nen fouRat, a few weeks | pick nae nt great {up AND ELYNAT “LOG ANGELES Abroad. ne the Oneiet ee Remem- Paul Armstrong, “Right. Cross,” bers His Friends of the Old Days. Thomas Wants to Fight Mel- lody, but Has a “‘Sneaker” in His Articles of USING COr™. U Rosse Mieht-Hire J = a an Instructor of Clroulara have —been— sent -out.to-high-rcheo!boys-to-day—by Dr! ‘Longboat, the Indian Run= ner, It Is Said, Can Out- comm sndalion and congratulation. Other prizes will be offered, and the “Berles has created intense excitement among the school scholars, the youns women as well as the young men being deeply Interested in the outcome, 4 Football and baseball are forgotten for the present, and rifle shooting Iy The interschoo! serica ts (ho result each. Treasurer SR. Guggenhetm, of Target gun machines waioh were Hlowing high school: De Wit ~eentiy- instalied in-tae ten principal a torr —atorrte. Boys” High” School, of “Schools 0! the greater city. ‘The pre yny Curtis. of Wehmond, Bryant In of the wouthe.-tn-elscoting-these| Of Yueete ain the High Belteot-of Come nines conviticed the oflicers of as ais Crilkainok gave one Othe pracee-In shooting with iw-aub. Atiietic Lea Rave one—cach to T- as re Public Schoola Athletic League that |to 1 8 High School, Brooklyn; Col. ie would “be an excellent thing to in: practice real can rifle Kaye Stuyvesant High. OUEST School Wales Hrd 8 Coles and Horace” = rom “pehane—met- wild. Morse enuipped: the Cormere: Ain hol, Broo 1 Col. Robert B. Rona ofthe “ol oodrard Wake to GUA pructice with an eAthusiasm 7 Tanne High School, of Brooklyn, | = rath Krag Rifles Used. 2 Es roi substarger machine {a now In use vougiar Germiuny 6 Het con “they j fhe maching ‘Or tench bs iia to-the-apparatus which —ie-ealied} he “sub-target-gun-*—Jt-in attached tol room, Benen Hd-con=} ‘samme experience as far as 3% es 4 n «¢ M var his coun- im Bouth At ; ar pads roll to the extemporaneotls benefit tendered to Beeretary 0 basy ander (ie ult wetting all th “Ne the equired, and that th ya Teasonable emount ve "They were m1. week tal up against har. and out, when they L a Pech ote aL ESE To Promote Clubs. ner Interac a now before the Senate Com- Aftairs—to—ap) ded for guns, will Have um Tt {a the Intention of 17 7% of fear, The range 266,10 2 and up High-¥chool of ( tan, hi Morris High Sch ¢ atthe Curtis Se ol, Bla a 1 forris Rchoolhoys wre lh tr rifle teams lion of the the Boor War, abe a part nt Armory: ire nm team 5 en of the! to win the them ue of the, Intersechoot series Bi i Practice—He Is a~ Crack. Shot. run Any Horse in an All Day Race, HAT Spokane “poor? OBrien, Sires or wy other trénzied ne oll Uiings fre utit-in-a atrattjacket, double-ircped tt, and sls Lealla.C. captain of the Ameri: Sell. for the promotion of a fight between Jeffries and! champion without being a welt 7-welgat has come to the in spite of the th welghe champion, Hew He may have been what the E ultimate end away In_a_padded! F - President Roosevelt wants to ought to employ Jim Jeffries as Wacnever the big fellow goes) 1 puts up-a target across the -canyon.- s-eyes With a-ala-shooter than the ordl tan-or nis Smuge up a is) bl The onty-thing-that-seems-to-hare-been“ ov! ‘was—the “body Ur business en” note the Manuai, O'Brien or Squires, the law" shih) taatomered a purse for Jeffries “and” The padded ce)l would just fit their case, ) a tralsing camp ii he can fight. diem e Jef can make! wate sts Wilants OSSIBLY it was lecal prido that_made the Spokane District-Attornes dnemaming O'Brien and Sqntres wae UKE ‘-were overlooking that-great-No Kt Harbin Springs Jem + shooting at a mark. ge, and peppered away y gnawed It-In | The 3 oie é 7 Japan. Th {power without Jets tile the far army Wray if ern candidate “Boomer” WAY} ex his | Hersen, 91;-Btomanh,. 26. tenness or .~Teaphagen. al, Phy teu LOSE Wyner ae Simms; & Te: | NEBRICK DEFEATS THE FLEET MELVIN SHEPPARD) AUL ARMSTRONG “Salome Jan was the original } many of r who has made a gre once a sporting wr _ He followed the fighting game and bie ptorles are still remembered years ago Armstrong sat at the ringside machine ¢ equently George Dixon's first crushing defeat in the fight that wrosted-the fi vase tt ete Mit is obtained ia Weight champlonship from him and gave It to young Terry MeGovern, McGovern’s benefit no litte inte reat tributed a couple of hundred dollars to the student-vocKs-<he-+Ine- arget. a foot high at the P Bi Paul bad fest con: | the wills nue Hart and had added another Bs “Why should I forget these Htet friends in the old days when they My tura at pr According ton fn troulle ought to be hung.’ isn't the worst man in the world, TORg remark were on top and] was! around Fifty: sat last put out a man ny man in the country yho will sidestep his old friends , the Hanflton (Canada) Indian runner, since the won the last big road race in’ the North Longboat is said to be going around the-country—running against promotion of rifle yorses, ‘They say he can outrun any horss Ifving in an all-day race, It will be a sad affair {¢ the , or has left the amateur_ranks, sure witlner of the Marathon race run at the Olympic Games winner of the Marathon this Indian could run him off his feet on the best day he ever knew, Sherring never was anything of a9 easy: mark, of prosperity no-ad the never t » finish he was Sheppard did not » bur seemed to kalned an ineh. The pro- Longboat isn't getting rich his inanagor Is. fs Indian leaves the amateur rank ho was tho only other man have been the no attempt to win, ired by Lord next year. at Athens, told hour a itrumele. Mirtinique cifp wan re of the Culuunbia gumen that would be J i ‘himself, The fighters continued at the OE THOMAS wants Honey Mellody to fight him for the welter-weight But Thomes wants a Iittle sneaker Jn the articles, will welgh {fn as a middle-welght, that ts; over 142 pounds. over 142 and under 158 fs in the middle-weight class, champlonship. [p the ch AL “ AGA & i) yaa thira Layson Robert Her, third, ‘Time: Jeame club Thu: Kelly Has bland Luck with Bouts. ath POLIOSR. 1 ‘RECORD IN TOURNEY —-+ +> eon teama yening World head-pin tourney at Some _Ko0d |r MPinck, 55.Tatal, | tal, “Prospect — (Brooklyn) Barkington, cailivan, 65, -toore: eats ne. 36. eipgtal sina Coeli—Weish, 373 howled last night Mmpsene Steln, 1M; | Mey Ep rofman, 70; Lo: Kinepin—Both, 1; Palmer, 78; Johna tsp ren gay pom fe Kuchnel:-637 Ab: 0) Brown, ick, BL FONY, 133" Wenning. 06 ‘Tos nateln. Scott, Bp 83; Ttoner’ §7.. Totaly on= ater, Totaly t= Warmbach, 83; — Shit phys, #:+ Si, Cavangan, Wy MeCattrey, et 2~Hayden, 147 ‘Zuenger, Cummings, 61; Schultz; Leonhardt, HO; ; Clearwater, 91; Vogt, §9;- Mo-| “Caufield; Pin. | »—Johnaon, 106; Ecker, 8; Grim-| aed Rauth, 1; Meyer, 110," Total, | @; Millman, 51;! 0; M. Furcht, ©. | | = GETS DRAW WITH BLACHBUAN al to The Evening World.) PINEADELPHTA, Jan, 247Hetore a crowd that taxed the capacity of the house, Jack Blackburn, (the colored Hghtwetght, and Billy Burke, of Mich- mond, fought,a tame alx-round draw Athlete Club last night. ‘fhe opening round was even, neither man oxtending sume pace In the second toufd, but near i Bu rocked Blackburn’ head with a hard swin) Fow blows were exchanged in the t hird and fourth. Burke led in the fifth, and countered nymigroun blows to th And body, Mellody doesn't seo how he can accommodate Thomas, although he'l) the next; take him on any time at 142 ringalde. WAM qdlowelgnt Thomas 8 Tt) "scond, ‘28 tt'¢| manbue Soe Peed, tated, % ned a big gash over | ee the Slows, “The sixth open urn the ‘ax: he—eould not. penstr A reward Fifty Dollars will be paid for the y arrest and conviction cf any Junk dealer or other guilty, under the provisions ef Section 550 of the Penal Goda of the State of New York, of criminally recelving any prope erty bolonging to this Company. MEW YORK TELEPHONE 00, <9 May 1, 1009, 94 Vice-President MAX'S Clans ALL OTIT in the wind-up at the Spring Garden | The Yellow Sheet. 5 of Two Hundred and 15 Day St., Now York JOHN M, CAMILD, SPORTING. ¥ nen © ° fare eer Petal nie i