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IRISH-AMERICAN GOGD NEWS FOR J. BULL JEM ROCHE, THE CLUB'S PROTEST IS a =) IRISH CHAMPION, _APATRIOTIC ONE TO FIGHT BURNS — Their One Desire Is to See America) _ €reditably Represented in Eng-: land and Have Athletes Treated Fairly. xR “AMES E. SULLIVAN, M President of the A. A. U., read the formal protest made _ by the Irish-American A. C. against “the selection of Matthew Halpin as manager of the American team that will go to London next- year. iI ; Mr. Sulllvan commented as follows in the New York Press: — “The charges of the Irish-American } ~ A.C. are not specific enough. They do not go far enough. Mr. Halpin! May have been ‘uncivi! and ‘boorish’ to certain athletes, but to whom and} when and where? Let the {Irish- ; dors B American A.,C, come forward and give the facts to the American committee. | Heavyweight Champion Accepts Offer of $7,500 Purse, with $2,500 Side Bet, for Battle on March 17. © BY JOUN VOIJIOCK, OMMY BURN ar champion, eveld is give Jack Jolinaon, the color | fighter, a lonx wait for a mate is going right along signing ID | Sighte on the other aide with « per, no matter who he {, that can S00W oy ne Otte the toe him where he can get some money DY | has bes neakin ; engaging in a battle with him | ‘The Jatest match which B ned up for is a twenty rgund v Jem Roche, the champlon of 1) land. Burne tec 7,50 purse a few ¢. ye ae Roache, at on Mar to Meet Momsic. ped a flebt with Neil. de of $2,500 that Koa my immedias the match was on, and that he wou xign the articles of agreement as soon ag he rocelved them. i ike Dane failed “Again, The Irish-American A. C. will not, as it says, ‘send to London Lewls and O'Keeffe Box To-Morrow. Winner to Fight Nelson;for Title, next year another point-winning body of athletes." Neither will any other Sent eda RGGKT Nolet OF SNe ae pepe ee Bn NAL x amy Mus and Pat O'Keeffe, the champ! will surely come off at the L to-morrow night, according t made Dy Manager M ent. Hea the club enc RE ites penny he po tell you, but when 1 say th come off 1 know what [ a et us,hops that Mike has the this time, Mike Sullivan a Fight Promoter. | Mixe ‘Twin’? Sullivan je going to be a fight promoter, Backed up by ‘Lucky Baldwin, the wealthy horseaian of Callfor- nia, Bullivan fas been told t go ahead ant make ari nents for to hold twenty round outs at Arradia, Cal, ‘club. The Irfsh-American A. ©. should know that the men who will com-| pose the American team will be selbctpd alten two try-outs, one in the East) and the other in the West, next June. It may be that no athletes of the; Irish club will quality in these try-outs. © 4a which event how conid the Irish club! xtiens team repeated 7 end a team to London? { Mr. Halpin’s Contenptugn "There will be no ‘dead ones” on the / Gf Rome of the ath! ais > y es Keoarican team, and no ‘butting in' will fee nee date te ele © be permitted by the American commit. | & «discontent and uneasiness among a! 4 | Members of the team that might foe; The Irish-American A.C. cannot! ein vata ute Sate Mat MEN ®0 over the heads of the members of| Engirnd it will probably be close. the American committee in order to! <a} 6 emend a team to England, for this com-| 6¢ E SHALL HAVE A! mittee is to pass on all American en-} SECOND STRING Aries. I know plenty of athletes who} TE, ‘made the trip to Athens under the man-| ‘AM WHICH WILL agement of Mr. Halpin, all of whom BRING THE HONORS, TO ‘Will indorse him unqualitiedty, @ome AMERICA,” says Mr. Sullivan. “et them are Lightbody, Forshaw, Mou!-| PERHAPS— BUT DOES @en-and Pilgrim, and there are many’ AMERICA WANT TO BE heir coat ous treatinent and continual | « Kaafmage the-men will | Al. Kaufmann, the Callfornia heavy | 1s another one of those big fellows who te = f his men to fight. After, de-| ie heavyweight of Puebla, who recently knocked out Hob Ward nateur heavywelght In fowr .. Squitva “the | Aust clining, match with Jack: Johnson Kaut- | mann nly has \lellberately refuse! to meet | ~ @thers. ti | T 7 Sia Parry, the Chicago: fighter, for ten | + REPRESENTED BY A TRAE taal aleeior ole rpuree wenlbhasiatchel 7 Sy Tory maker Moturey x, of Chicago fighter for tem. Low Angeles | i before the Paes for the men Angelo, Cal, next me agree! to fight and ine in a few days. Goodman and Madden Training, Jack Goodman and Frankie Madden, he loca! Hentwetents, who ere to meet in the C.. of Lew Both men have expected ‘they wil Lewis and Gardner to Battle Again. fe, the clever Quaker City wels over Pat i witely known of the athletes in | © quality ‘first In the try-oute? the; protesting clu§, to give me a mt Aa de fail to see where the Irish-Amert- : f ,@an A. C. has any grievance, for that SECOND-STRING TEAM? 5 | er ‘erganization does not know to s cer- ESTERDAY at © tainty that any of its athietes will > V Atcliicore cieteniGn A Ribu | picked for the team, Haven't they got, y SSA ee SAY an r : , e if » “I can say now that in the event off statement for publication, Here eine fi beast a t before thé Winnietmmitt A.C. Danny Maher Is Second on W.. Higgs, Star of English ' “the selection of “any Irtxh-American iW. main bont nt atx founda at th i z : “I don't think Matt Halp! i i Maes, on Monday night. } spd @ next stag af men, if they do no want to g, they - Lt . pene: Sig ~ ~ te another battle, Ste with) We Dry Dock A C., on Monday night, ere gan siny at home, We will’be prepared | yoy fejui, @AIKU Of the next List of Winning Jockeys ee Tnits Ise Short, (Sturdy, | Seas tease cen muerte otowally Muses Seis Os and cogs co tertes Yor! such an envargeney, for we ehall / 2 fecling 1s 80 stron that, as ese { ~ aa di welterwelent, for six rovinds before the In-| Snape at Assowns. Gymnas SeTae, ite a nh as I might be to sain | e. |duetrial A. C., of Philadelphia. on Friday | den ta prepart mee)t - have a accond metng team whieh will |}? foiket Be to compete In Enwand, in England. Round Cornered Chap. |dwarat ai cot monrns: Sa ciever| ect (CRA ten fo tae Tout bring the lionors to America. : a | | conteats Burke to Meet Bonner. } 4 make the trip under his direction. ui “T don't kx “ 4 ‘ A ommitins Win ky eat the American} “fe is not capable of managing a tix| Waiter Miller, who ts the foremost minittee will do about this resolution| team and holding thé respect. of the|’ eee peli sur bles W. Saninst Halpla, but the Irish-American |athletes. 1 helleve that he means well, |Amersan Jockey for 1s resembles SY.) A. C. should make tis charges against! but it isnt hi When he waned | Higgs, the leading English jockey of; him to us, and these charges whauld be done, instead cling Us ini the season, about asjmuch as a slender} apecific, not general. nenly wa vated and tri i — a] Dirch tree may be lxened to a dwart enuse of the Irisb- y made the bo AKING up t . American A. 1 say that! ed I, for one, am perfectly willing to | SPecif: Bo before the American committee and | {iin su furnish ijitances that felt: under my |of vie G own observation that will conclusively | ely full Phove that it Is not desirable to have| with ite. elaste: Mr. Halpin again represent America among the gentlemen who repre: | Moran and Attell Will Draw Well.} Son hut one, and at the end of the year} ccorting i a letter received by Charley | Pe © presented the young MAN jrarvey, manager of Owen Moran, the Eng-! Saftor Burke an offer to meet Jack Bonner eck for $12,(60, representing 5 /iish fratherweient, from Jimmy Coftroth, | Pie ti for Hurker ante Tine ene Oe, . of the money that Miller NE Meht promoter of California, the coming | probably, be clinched in ater armen we tha stable he most Important race that Miller} 9 as won during the year, so far as Tis im- mediate personal gratification was con- ed, Was tho Brooklyn Handicap on | ‘only the athletes. He bul-|oak. One boy, the Amertcan, {s Jean. Sullivan" wants little and supple. The Engits der is) d-coruered verman. cmb, announced -Jast night that nexs ¢ night we larded oa Greek recen=| sturdy, rc d thick. Greek gentlemen | "UF? K reception committee, Thero is even leas resemblance In the rere sults, covered with dec- of the ik farted 10 pass around taye| ding of the younsaters. of native wine and |though not so muccessfal as tired and thirsty ago, will provably finieh th i Wl with about 20 winning mo wt credit. He Besrangi aye DaKovaN or) *tson Manager Donovan would haven ANAGHB PATSEY DONOVAN; Of) absgiute charge of the team, and any @ther nations, and with whom the outin: 3 nad 1,107 mounts up to 7 F uel exer of the American team will o¢ n reek didn't mila wacicrand tiseexidde tu Week u perch lead yates) preeneua 1 tha ave would Nave to be yA sta > wall | . Warts Club, who imposed ne oc pontnern curing athe: Olympic Yas agian MeepkEys o| Hixxa ts through work for the Hewitt. Fea ey MES eT cl Oa ea ites ets said that he has bees London; lnatances: t will si x . y 2 There f* no winter racing in England {:/ Sern 2: FO Md nat pay any attention to} oy busy {0 Rend out contracts to the that-he fai} Shen ageciltene abs ces ytar i rea E later nia Aaranee lake year, who did not pa: | ple for next but that he be was a failure as a manage fm which he will engage. He has had 792|}lurst Kk Plat HW 1. Ma ting with great Dolibliraas ieee Gast tape en Hl MMe a nee 1 will eay that wha AG mounts during the # and he won| Si 3, Newbur and “wn! up to Hig eee the idateuctions which |.,80:far’ two playere havo amxed their I give I will axree to et om 146 of them, Some of his most im-| tur re. wo Vidtories were aqme of yRobertatn 2d signatures {0 contracts. Sheen, wio was, Donovan glyes them next season or elne} secured from the l'ittabnrs Club to ree they wil be Mahle to suspension or be place Jimmy Casey at third base, will handed a fine. b> & gerat help to Ebbetts's team, ae i he da fast, a good “base runner and alao President Charles H, Ebpetts, of thera fine hitte WINTER'S RAGING GOSSIP Howe gets the Keene two year olde to tue i et of the twats successive races on ewhbury in Sepien portant victories were in the Crockles-| als feltiuy Stakes..Graven Stakes, Two Thou-/ after Handk beater { prizes in En ax been second - nd hus been. third every race of the sea- the teathnony of other members of ple team who were alno eye-witnesses of | 2f ). tthe same occurrences ie The “charger of the Irixh-American A.} 2 C." may not x specific enough, but they can easily bo made specitle by members of that slub, and by members of other clubs The only reason ¢ other clubs ¢ ALC, direct boys saw 1 that we were 7 thnes up time: Nrrivea mind Gutteas. “34 ch in the Newmarket Stakes, all writting = Ainine-ro9 _—ENGUSHUMRAESWOBETTEROFF TH au BUR hu AY mea diurst. PLENTY OF BOUTS IN EAST TO-DAY _ FOR FIGHT FANS 1 be { into the five-winners-a day are to curry te Guy Burna xot into the five-winners rer fear velthor x There are many bouts scheduled % jure them tn business, Se Lee Gaara (Olt DY ! Treatment in Some jahice to be decided this afternoon and to- §{ class at Arcadia recently. Says Ree eare Te American League Official De: eatment in. Some Insjane iMacs a DUETS Will wah won shore all | Tate caer aaresutesce carrer ance ; Nig, las had troupe aie who is doing well Juss Have made matements to 1 town, the Brown Gymnastum A. A [| of a mile in 1.80 In deep mud at Oakland. * enough, with -| be left unpublished for cpr. clares They Get a Rough a Little Rougher, Tim = I happened to b | \ Quite “spect { and the Sharkey A. C., having good] lomat makes nim champlon mudder, . elt of the two, specific Instances c | ne mi onae ue P fcdilint J. Dwyera string of yearlings guest that ¢ i Dex] on Other Sidé: | Sa¥s After Seeing Jt. Rh Aida ec SetaD | eS cee celta and three Zules, all"raey” eee the eason outlined 5 e verse | ee sua & Usted for deoisien ret ithe defunct California Safe Depowit and . 4 Fe purchase ce é a5 } = Ung next t ', Who was ye fo) r % , Thin meana something like], Tiere is money tn the purchase of yom N regard tot , an {in thGumin cred > the ae At Brown's Gymnaatum (this aftor- [| aay Gomeeny: coe thing ne Hama ACen arms IMah Yared udlow bb capes | By Boreman Bulger | nic. remarked to pia next doe. ee teen Soule ate | noon), im "Donovan! and Charley [[ ny nn aces any nouns TI ath as Fatetas olla dey “6 ae Taaieas ayia ReeeeeE aL Le Salen apie decisions when his| | Hitte, of Albany, will mest In the} | won the Futurity the day the judges hune peetee —Urat ix a ina punk, at va rs would give: tie advantage. nd he called the! Main bout of mlx rounds, Four other {}up Jonn LeRoi d REST OEE PRA | cos Ir nd and Ire (as brea : : i tx int anda of ‘‘Isooty':, Dur- dan. on a ae Referce Gets Broken Leg. ela a. tle ast leo th OMT ERR Rese ah fe Rell and actite Inv tront.. Lard o¢ the! Vale athletes, was the bl epearabetides fm Athens, and iu t fear champlonsliips than any other ath athlete in America to-day, and Ss Proving. Sheridan tx one who to “quail At the Sharkey A. C. (to-night) Bant Dorney, of Brooklyn, will ¢aki on Harry Baker, of California, in Ule Stuur bout of six rounds, There will be five other bouts. At.the National A, C, pf Philadel phia (this afternoon), Joe Galligan of Chicago, will meet Young Erne ent Dayon- at all, ¢ Same the World Over, ided." concluded "Tim, , eelng 0) nk i prot Dorks Paulie I rh waa one of the beat two-year-olds Belniont over owned. fr at any rimothy | « wie Dick Cafman ts rumning tn great luck at the Arcadia trabk fn Loa Angeles, M zine, Lackfoot, Prince of Cumile and Anthay U, carried Ms colorm to victory (one day recently. FRED TENNEY’S RECORD IN THE Hurst bu f ve t excitement rey Al Koenigsberg, who scurried out West to runner in 1 your side, bac} } Pints bars Srna iUn bien layer fp net dodge trouble after {ng soma uncom: Bonhag. w u ; i sat in “4 ft and he I9 | 7 oGorge Jansen will box Mickey Gan- Wunentary remarks about some bigh class ana NATIONAL LEAGUE. ee ute anes ane Facuue men during the Drighton’ mesting, fs non, and Tommy Bullyan ,of Law- rence, Mazs., will box Eddie Cham: All the bouts will be of afx rounds duration. At Lawrence, Mass., Daye Desh- lor ys. Young Kfoby, twelve rounds, At Wilkosbarre Jack Bonner vs, are. yory ti law ove arid who In ts year wy mt lucky enough ,on the coast to ba a bie win ner to date, : | The chalk end of the game ien't any tio rood at Oukland—ieven bank rolla were Ueplated by the Playerw there last weok: One of /thh bem things cf the winter season went through at Oakland last week, then cs aeopnd to Livba walk. John F qualify. He is ¢ tre qunpect. for the r sty Of tho law england js all it ake ft from om Soa || » Great I ey vorld | st on mi And there. sre satisfied to L Sau: E ¥ hen Edith &., @ 40 to 1 chance, lod fi i UOT aa y antl bese WEST BADEN HOODOO {| ators Mtecrie, x ‘rounds Sees OPE So ae ae ToeTi: fact, the At Wayne A. Thtladelpbia, #} the inue in 1.88 flat, Bandy roto the flily » fleld by a § nda y wast ng mob an and wticks American, dc and never took @ chance. John KR. Kellar, the off man, had $30 on strateht and lost about 6300 worth of jung power roting: the good thing home, ‘atch out for the Gt. Mildred colt and | FOR BALL PLAYERS. - Coody winnlis tne muti pipnat mt at Jamestown. xh i @alibre 0 eles who tH) tee i for herican ted ct ¥ ect ‘“ sfied Himself. Freddie Welch, of England, vs. Ed die Carter, SOSTON, Des, %.—Prowident Dovey of! aly Hus practically de ih f 6 where ‘ mo rs 1 fwd read thel jer Mie official ed in the : ss Mine sin Eni: ifs of British official wasl| later en and while tnt4+ pt a Weat ioe Kanaan City to Have Six-Day Maoe.| the last of the Commandor when Jimmy Patho Ati 1 upon nity! and how nol plight found Uiat somebody had atoien Maree Dole Heathattll OSANGAB CLIT, Dec, 24-4 wtz-day chem: abateny ot to) Vn dectston,!* | hia bley wd daughed peal plonship. bieyele reco under the manage:| Sayers to Fight Freddie Welsh. day Jekel for d nthe Bi ranence Fauaed Mtr Hurst, ‘807 ar stnklig Alani ‘reM0ctrt sient of Jack? Prince, Jn anaounced to] MAvie Bargre aud, Frelle WWoleh, the dhe priest of the inu to attend the games and see how] + “After continued Pera uve ts | take place here in Convention ail durin | NS) Ker awe an clu, Jan. 1 a mot made in the worked, ’¥ou kr 4 little thing ke} Hurst, ‘I foottvall f ®& number ' titious mem-| the weck bewinnine Jan. 20, Among (hose|} Caren, who te taking caro of Welsh’ athletes who may be se hat wouldn't go bad In the American| games in the Cry ‘atidone (he testin Hefora harmony would| who, it Is eald, .witt ride in hie event are | inter faned article for the Bnglisirnn ext tear 4 1s a protest m trtotic io: in the: ranks, Doves will start training at Au- ne of talk |eusta, Gu, unlest present plane. hiss Ivor Imwaon, Moran, Mclean, Matt Downey, | ‘The Nee call fora ten rourl battle ai ail of Deston; Hardy Downtng, Los Angelos: | 183 polipge for. 50 per cenit. of the iia tes | League. | fi awent to a opr I 1 row and | Ny Fonereenced tislonal footba pts. Prevont te next. American SAREE (Cat alan nnaeawerdiicat ‘ curry) and, when the {bition weugon cthe Bedell brothers, Long Island, New York; hie wimnattmy to the agreement ho hua an- Reatever cine next Amecioan i 1 a ntinued Hurst, | Saat ie sprung 6 at our bas 10 Ox! i ‘ Fees’ eritlidepeen to: tight sider ; e experiences 0 kod got 4 seat in what we would cal! | ball games ‘The fellow who wis muds Iguarsaomen (7om WHT work north by) Henny Munroe, We spuinera flyer apt Fd: | poneeee ie eto ee sWetae : : ; | i é ‘ r) i Y ‘ 2