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THE EVENING WORLD.) ‘SATURDAY, FEBRUARY TOLD BY EXPERTS SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK » STORIES OF SPORTS 2 BES UP TO DATE; NEWSY}- AND WELL WRITTEN ee cae Easy, Go Easy Maxim Fits in Their Case—However, Some “Wise Ones” Hold on to Theirs. ‘Some FIGHTERS WHO HAVE MONEY. Peficles Vavsssiecevees + $92,060 Attell... 5,6 000 SN Ter ger 27:00 22) 48,000 Fitzsimmons srveedee 20,000 Renin. 32.00) O'Brien... see 120,00 “McFadden Yin Hartecsecee “Jim. Corbett 4. Joo Gina 3 - Twin) Bulan. 1a” Jack (Twin) Sullivan... 20,f00 |; Tommy Wert... ++ 35,000 Britt aH 115,000- + KA MC Goy cryin 1,000 Batuing Nelsort 100,009, Harry (Lewis, Jabez White. Honey’ Mellody. Austin \TLEMAN JACKSON, English fighter’ of.’ more than a century ago, went to Parfiament and died rich. Last week in this elty Edward ice, an ohne Aiverican “fighter of the bare-knuckle days, dled’ and left an estate of $2,000,000, Some fighters get money. Of these a few-—a very few, compared to the! vast number of contenders—keep {t. tho-United Statea there are thov- sands of little fighters who will battle through a dozen—or—a} seore—or perhaps a hundred or_so of} preliminary ; fights: Every one of} these little encounters will take as} “mush Out of them as would a fight for-a thousand-dollar puree, Yet alt um varying from $2.50 to $20. “It is one of the hardest games in the workl-—this fighting. Thousands but yery: tey.€ ever make en yourN money. out of it to pay for the phys!- > the ring and keen enovgh after hitting the downward slide to live ict nee Some succeed. At that it js largely a matter of luck. One punch may “inake all the diffénence between a carcer of affluence and ring ‘fame and of “fetta bene. it: There was Battling Nelson. — Tite Tghta, taklig fearful beatings, before he ‘nally. happened | to como! fame and fortune by beating Spider Welsh at Salt Lake. If tt had not That fight HatNet: ould never have liadia chance to fight Eddie sand-then-Young Corbett. He never would 1 had a chance to b= ‘some famous. Ho would stl)] bare been fighting once a week or 8o for any small” bone that the small club managers cared to throw to him. - HURSDAY nightT saw a number] West. So has Harry Lewis. So has of amall bouts in a local athletic | Jack O'iirien, NDid you ever hear ae cli, | They wero all hand-fought— one of these Aghters Teferred to as a ¢ and-fo “good fellow"? To never did, “An ore stam hard-fought as <championsiD dinary budners man ist usually callot fairs) although naky only Ipated from} a “Kood fellow.” It isn't his. game viabqlales One; for instance, | These: fgnters are business: mon. 4 between—a-——great— little — fighter 4 /Jimmy—Moran and another “oungster nearly as good — Young down fine. erchys—Motan hada reat” right Ou Are A great fighter,” x ow he seemed | “ Seed Ae and punch, and somehow hi yeeneas| {per tbe poputar fort eH Tote = BS YOU Reep on ihehting end winning home to Jand one lucky punch that| °° oe ng your mohey around. It frould win for htm, and help him along| iyi) Gent apend ot Kive away every. Senad to fame and prosperity, ut | {@7& yea earn the parasites will tell *Bdoran'a blows hind tho greatest effect. everybody else what a stin; Ught- “Guddenly Young Frenchy, after taking a| f8'ed, cold-blooded proposition you « ferrific puncting apparently “without syou'ilbs “unpopular, Durt, stagyered back against the if you do teow. everything away Mikes aera attacked a MA ruigo,| YOUN be a good fe! Now as long Aste roteresy ty syndy tats rt: i Ed Maram baru Ne Gould Yontaw | cea PAE UR Petr nin advantage and land more b Wl tiugh at you and. tell body what Frenchy, mame-wnd- vrtenisiie rie RicKeT JOU WERE LOR tie eT et i tenk bac -10 tha Arenal ng tO0Ne-| nee: ehen—rou if-nave™ the Guticn T ase out,” hich in his Weake nea | YOU, Tose, : ait) gimame that ts play. Baition-Imiche have remulted, f16i9 ing nromotarst aid Mengare eMMMeeES Sha fied with eR arine Saas ae MimeTRnter Wat pute Uy something ung Siebe ‘after night, takes blows that sap) He ACU RRRUMTO NSTC this usefur fe ‘vitahty, impr rary Gir rene and he ring Is over; : i, and ‘at the same time Kteadity Siaresusteh — : poe the strength and suumna that he) PN the Ment of 5 plillosoy Ri When a hegan—to— fehts it a view) a fecent-stateme Saoouires enough xkil} bef MRNA te aramita testers: dhe tndst— became well enous. ‘crown | To.AKht for lnrae. purees. Al irexont! money Schr, probably’ gots Whout $16 fora tight. | againes qyiene are SS Sra fehterstike Youne Fren Ther Mt SARE Ee Whe “OnIF “Rew you hear — avout} ogee ee ee sine Jack O'Hr OMMY WEST has tho true pall osophy of the fighting game as ste drstintn Ijewapdpors Decause of the large purse Peet they fight for, . _ 34 ty TH, Tho naires of tha euccestiul fighters | lguters. W) leaves tn te Well known, The names of tho un- Repbae his atte Girne one ‘ feirares gubcesstt! fchters would AN tho pages TMC ts iis OBrien en of the papers—but they are never men-| mons.has always been “on the ere fier pad aver-KENer vu. He dees Racer Even Tipe ake ble money | he num eushed withthe, {n the ring, ad a rule, dle, poor KO through a career of swift batter ings, Then they suddenly win a few | fights, ‘They make money. 1t° com XO them £0. cially that Oey tc Wdon ofits value. When they tale wWLthousand they go out and Hew —mindred—t—colcbrato ‘The rest Kors In the cor merka to various paraaites. Then the It ey win the If th DUE KWAY A } mmingy Uses suckers ( t theye"tri cy lose—w med? Young Corbet harder work clipe: ae fo t other fighters left to amuse | #iidine Whe Where he could 4 the pudlic. “The down-and-outs can | ten oF f Sa HOneA RI sollars’ t iglit 0 bar of bate around the ra. Aebctan i They can’t entertain us any with. Gut with them, Now and then ¥ fighter John L, Sulllvaiy, like Kerry AGO like George Dtxoa— |} we sought soclong and so well that we | Yemomber In that cake we. gt Bima verede of two and Jet ie go at “that Ira earned qeait au ile AW. mark f. ries Tom ee (aise Nas, Wis Guta. Right-ftated, af he were 2 SHuainess pr at a fahter, waitin bas £ Brenied it (oe never come back.” men, as 100. Ww Nhrow hts Goesnit a Will over. Nard to “e dred-ana-Surentyetitth street and tenon AWo ace PAL mtys Ed they will draw after the show, {s-2}— AFTER THE BATTLE ~~ RELAXATION’, HY SHRECK WILL NOT SIG [BECAUSE - WADDELL I EA = CRACKERS IN BED of Rube Waddell, 5 “InststadTon-being-cath | while inthe South. eating crack. all_prevent him ¢ ‘Catcher ‘Can_ Stand_for| pullute Mice and the Like, but Not Crumbs, In-addition—to~-Sehreck,—Macic eper_for the Tube last sea Manager of Athletics Has} Trouble Getting Keeper for “Rube.” 1s of flesh and half his ‘loth. ha} the job and George k before the end of the soa Griftith wilt=comptete—all the “arrange: Jretstg his cotlne cracks: during this time acted as Most of them were-in-he a! mals Ike thos ing with at her during the yeat think Rube Pacraren reese I found it atuelc in HE cup of happiness sald to be owned Dy one MeGiliieudd Connle Mack, ja not oozing ever the head that then burdenjor George Edward Waddell ond Onwald Schreckengost. Rube and Ossie, By the se ours wa sad nie SCHRECK."” H__ Watkins manager of the Wao was in lown, Insists that the ball-players mh hoe of today ta alt be eal about the feat -Hehjora ofthe nine ane-the: Si nae Der took him Cut oH @ | ouent 1 had pleurisy and tad to qo to a docter. | course of § % anes ho found Ht sgot_on_ tho ou holla within: itung fell off. It didn't seem | fors-Sust-aa Onn aaNet eivesd the fal i hove him; Schrovk, which’ ex- | tas, treo the Bug Brothe wehone—-nante-—was_cut | sheriio-fit-the ols apr hhokyEees 7-ter rhea meh tien Feed to_pace down} to-tel-you-they i Real-rieht on withouts ened ca NY man should fall tor lt. Ont hit-e well to-day faster fielding. didn't Wear so many | rently nt-drty: 1 stop balls yu coukt hardly Se el wer oat Tiipecauae they beeen golne-on for yours, welcomed a night on} srovd even in an upper berth pp—eoncludia, 1 would lke to knox. contract for the coming season and will ottom Of a: contract, put thing serious. yOu mtart. for. sp Sand I won't be alens 4 ficotge Etwerd iniesa qoeltuee be in nerted In thé contract of the sald Rube ei) 8 ‘glove a W tnelst | contract to-the-efeet that he Is not to BENET 10 HBL “HAS BENS Manager tom MeCa fxht prome oltfleids were much d= withoomuysh. papa i on) Iajole and putcins any of the ct Le Tt mtands 40 reason.” tinued Weal kins, Saran 2 afte the Tow An- yoremittance be oan relieve thant te _dguld Let Abwales. bis onponent be—Houth~ jirockien tighter. uctor of the Mis Yretter, Nan | AW hen theif prime: Vin a bank ® teen boxing In vik yoneues ted 40 itieht pWeteN tnt wt the rita anh Matohmaker-MoCarey has ollnched well-kn Wn are in finincial dis disiressod must have Drala Toman the when -pone -« punting “hat Gevelops. and. Yanger Gets Another Chance. than’ ts belie aney are Pinyin; Be leagues. te Seno Ww wrest te Sullivan to Box Attell. yTTRNt to make Kood beet —sened—to the Western: fwhiar in a the. WWhittingram |: be insured--at ti they AES SOE OF PIN KNIGHT the only time he was aia a -apat witha {n_-Chigagos "1 was ump ip darts. pinyur Was iniddle-welxht oked around je Watter with Haley and Hayes To-Night. Mttio~ Engtlen recelved another “you know: the plate hae cor- I replied with dlgnit i sould give him’ a cut for b "he shapped back, bay Windows beverbeyetn ONOZEMAN BULGER. feather-welght, “but they don't Aid feather Welch! ina twelve-round—bowt RING HISTORY 1S THAT FIGHTERS AND THEIR MONEY ARE SOON PARTED ° ron 4! Tuousanns eet NEVER GET BEYOND { OPPING-B f STAGE = - ta os t NO-MONEY IN Be | "RAGING | AND THOMAS MUESTON, OF Scrantoh, Pi . increased jis lead over Edward Dawson, of St. Louis, in the championship pool match last night m Ora. Morriagstar's ucademy, One Hun- avenue. In the nights play, the second 1a Uie three nights!-match, -Huesion scored 193 to 143 for Dawson. ‘The totals are; Huoston, 400; Dawson, 277. OARSMEN IN THE FAST ARE turning their bgcks on all-propositions looking to the matter of holding the tonal regatta-at Jamestown during the exposition, and the_sentiment is strong in favor of Philadeipitia, although the New England Amateur ‘Association ix making a vigorous effort to obtain the big event for Boston. THE ADVANCE CLUB OFTHE 8. I. 8, a settlement club, would like to hear from all clubs or settlement teams averaging from sixteen to seventeen years, who are desirous of jJolning a baseball league Tor the coming season. Each club to contribute for a troph: be presented to the drone Abe Simberg, manaxer, } One Mundred und Elghteenth street, see York, CLARK GRIFFITH, OF the-Highlanders,-has-arrived and la rendy for business after a three months’ stay on his ranch in Montana, where he went to get away from “winter baseball ments for Gie Highlanders” alitig Ur) It Ix expected that the team will lea for Atlanta-on-Mareh—4- PHILADELPHIA, PA., Feb. §.—THE Buffalo Sunflower and Young Plerce, of Germantown, met.in the windup at..ne Athletic Club last night. They put up a hOt and Interesting bout, and at the end the honors were about even, __ EDO PARK, N. Y.,-FEB, 9.— amateur champlonship tournament eo CURRENT SPORTS both tn—the-tational-champlonship for quet in court tennis and rac- courts here tom Ridgewood Hos. Stevens Pre yColterista Institute PHILADELPHIA y defeated Johnny Allen th the wind up at the Spring Garden Athletic ast night. Moody beat Allen tn rount Rink, Broadwa Brooklyn. | Mo teur chan mile record scratct handicaps. THE MANHATTAN COLLEGE -RAS- - ketball team will meet Yale to-night at La Salle Inatity tan’s 1a8t Jigme. gnm: ug) quets will be held on the under the management of the do Tennis and Hacquet Club. Se SPR PH EEIVAR- race hetweon Harvard and ell which was to haye been held on ke Cayuga on Memortal Day will be transferred to Boston wnteea-the-tocat Steamboat companies which provide ex- boats for the regatta agree to pt the torms.of.the Cornell manage- nial —ancha; 3, instead of following the cr the course. fe sleanera AT U0 3 ' ANNUAL GAMES OF THE. p will be held in the Twenty- tlird Itegiment Armory, Bedford and » avenu Among the schools that haye en- tered “thelr entire track’ teams are Bt, . Paul's School, De Witt Clinton, Com- ; , Manuxl, champion of the P. 8. A, L.; Lawrenceville, Pingry, Asbury Park i White Plains 1. S!, Commercial, Brooklyn, this after- Adept. mans, —atontetatr Academy, Stuyvesant H._8., and Cen: FEB, 9.-WILLIB AFTERNOON races Will be run at the Sara~ and Halsey tis, Wood, ama- lon, who lowered the half on Thursday night, will be i both the mitt and twKe- te Hall, jn Manhae- of the. season, Reoerurring “bench shows» serve —to eniphasize the fact that fashions in dog¥: are constantly” changing, «until thase Jarge breed so prominent Dwenty, Years ago have almost entirely dixap- peared tn the list of entries for the viz sow next week In” Madisoy Byuare Garden, It Is only “afew years ako that the maatiff, #:. Hernatd and New- Waadladd— were “aiid ie Sprine: features of -t) have pakxsed the notice of fatielérs——- Not mastift, one of the most noble- Appetting of the canine. familly, ix OLY the Ifst thin year, the entries gradually falling at trom thirty-seven: ‘The St. Bernard, of wAich nine entries were made fn 1887 and 149 in 187. Hag —oniy—aiztyatlys— this “year. New- foundiands have about held thelr own, averaging from five to ten In the last twenty years. Against this decrease one who looks over the dig entry Mat finds that the Great Dane has steadily thereased in tevor-from tix-in-H7-49-102 thie year Entries of grayhounds have doubled, ENTERED rOn biG TOURNET: ————S to ting off Catongs ‘boxer, roundy before were supposed Miape and ough: to outpolnt Haye Harry Lewls Is In Bad, Mreraof f\9tlo battles in Denver, Col. be headed tow PCE he ilaseiin roads, making a plaas-| and cheap excursion. Easter week? competitors vaittet, tor Nunkine out of his ‘Twin't Sulllyan, fed to be decided before the - C. of that city, on the alaht ten-rolnd bout with Mike y York Bowling eon Bway a Cul teams are now being organized Attontion will be given | WILL we view prizes in the Individual, wo ding ve men teum-com aa the championships. fact that in | Monday evening, the tas) and considera walk airaid he would on that: account less a& Dowler Ja a member withdrew from the tmateh, West to Get-Try-Out, Tommy West, the 110-pound champton of } been brought Kaew by. | Joo Thomas for ‘the purpose of meeting all et boys at his welght In this part of will be elven a chance to show ink abilities from competition the previous bowlers In the nel tn gebting up a teart | In twe weeks n Brooklyn, dn whteh Lak Jack Gulran has pattie Hie ecient Were ri rhaRyten, nermel and Haft | round bour competition tlie Quill Not After Mellody. » the Brockton boxer, writes > truth tn the report. whlch a strong te and also new 1/29 cluba now t least twenty thy fis four teama boxers clreulated. thia ry Rot Aah Tommy. ltyur has Tinay not be t Bi 89 has Ge : ‘ hundred. tn aa Shum Frit 1 rin order to give the Philadelphia. and York Wevtcwelahta the Impression that c champion, pound muscot of first organiain: ¥ unsoclations of ta officers” Vemh Gdaus from inaking etches and=tha.sale-ls_true_of the-foxhound. and sporting spantets. Poodies oF whlch AIHety Fou Wy TEST ts Wr fessor at Wile yaat Wit tidal atthe Garden, Dn xalning favor ix shawn, by. an, ins fen nt Giles Hat from wleve to sIxty-fve this year, Pugs t i proportionately: eoshows: Now they nave} almost entirely disappeared or-at least] j sone ahinn fa ‘HISSBOW-WOWOFMASTIFE. _ LOSES TOTENOR OF TERRIER were xhitit Jn 1887 al regainect-popa de Liter tailing ofte 4nd kitycthree benched hunds. are xteadi- in. 1587 ve lost Dulld: and min ch breeds the popu there ts wT MHEXCOHA HOURS should) remain in general faye potreelie—teve— advanced In twenty fb from twenty-nine to aif, @ fact spenks-volimes for the grout Sieak Wi breeding. for ho dogs = harder to rear, and Mhe-conipeliijoate—f}——— TRAST — tran ees ete tt et Ut ‘The h bulls with no clans provided tor them Th 18 now have an entry show- ing pf 1M. ‘The Rostons, -fayorite-with eyurybody, Lord bie — vanced from seven entries In 1898 to ML | | "TRVe) ad this-years: Bull terrters-have=tnoreased the. xt from twenty-two to 1% en- twenty years, Dalmatiany— and Pomerantans have almoat kept pace with he bulldog. de — -