The evening world. Newspaper, May 20, 1908, Page 12

as Sian ert eS, ir SHES ne ees (A THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, UP TO DATE AND NEWSY } Now that Burns Has Ac- cepted an Offer to Fight It’s Up to Johnson to Come to Terms. oT OMMY BURNS having signed up to fight Jack Johnson in Jeon sidesteps. Johrson may want ato see steamer and railroad tickets, count the money, know the name of the referee, and then make a few veonditions about the weather and rometzical pressure on the day of the fight. Sam Fitzpatrick, no Nevada for a $35,000 purse, | wthe-match is on at last—unless John- | JAY GOULD WINS IN TENNIS MATCH THE BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK EARS SOUND OF THE GONG WILL BE MUSIC IN CUR SAM FITZPATRICK THINKS JOHNSON RAISE RG5S—OCo Trice Mave "EM HUSTLE To EDITED BY ROBER1I EDGRzN a wu ee ten REST FORTHE FoR THE PURSE BURNS. WEARY. 9 doubt, will tell the English reporters that it would be much more “sport- LONDON, liminarfes to the Olympia cou ging” for Burns to stay in England contests was to-day, Jay May 20 Gould Jon the opening aay. ai the spectators played | BY ee TOD SLOAN. OLIN, the two-year-old cham- (C pion of the Keene stable last |” | year, will make his first start; 4.1'°Hiy |of the season in the mile and a six-! Play in the pre-| t tennis} en's Club | York, de- Maid Ble Ben. Colin’s First Start of | Interest to Racegoers. nd a great many o im on that #« and fight Johnson there twenty feated V. If. Pennell. the former Brit- Pav! Rainey rounds instead of to a finish, and ish champion, in the first set, six pea ea at Peat ae this Sa RO ee ae for a $12,0u. purse instead of the * fi" pondteetoyatne jean trac conditions per- man’ for" tha, astm tha $35,000 offered by the Rickard com- Cyan) o won the ‘third j mit. and aside from the great! thirt—mostly three wave. cant play | pul yest Ww! always ws Y bination, By showing such an In- can jlayer TL know Jounson’s wear ipnplie ape avese fe terest in “spawtsmanship, dawn’t | nd superiority ov SPots", SAYS BURNS é = | great public performer, a line ont y' know?" Fitzpatrick may pick up @ wil] meet Mr. Pag: e semifina ‘ his efforts in the Withers Saturday | ‘ots fight for Johnson before leaving Eng- Will be a source of interest. That he , The # HET BY so (AED EG Re has his old speed was shown by the many bu more Motr or Roche, or some of the other b' of debris left in the wake of Tommy But when Burns and Johnson once t into the ring you can look for a ‘very interesting qccasion. Johnson has such a great advantage in height and} reach and weight that, he may not! Deuffer from his usual attack of heArt) failure when the champion comes to] im. If Johnson's ochre-colored tei crop out he'll certainly | give Burns a run for it. JHE; opinion that Tommy will beat I the big black man is growing in favor. Burns is fast and clever, and has a punch. Johnson has all of! these things—added to his great bulk. But Burns is game, hat is where Johnson falls short of mark. Of course, Johnsen may have proved in the matter of gameness. tm- They say a man can improve. Ring history rahows such a thing to be possible. OPhere was Kid Carter, for instance. Carter was as game as any bulldog that ver took a grip: When he be fight- ing he used to hug the floor try to Jump over the ropes to get out of t ring. But the rule doesn’t often wo: out that way. Mexican Pete Lvere’ lto give another nee, grew more and more yellow as he grew older and| @ained experience in the r time I saw Avex Pete he id on the floor and | the ropes to get a\ HEY must | out in > thousand ried om Gus Rub ve a buneh of evada still. Thirt doHars for a few f punches on the e and a in the} ¥ solar plexus! That's a is easy a one ever collected, or | ever as any ever will. | between smasher. Th strenk about e! Papke is a figh dope wallop ax s of a stone axe. fight HAT oth Just Billy Pap in Milwa negotiates ntlemen. | tion, Two bunches « loose at the sa suntil somethin ht worth see picking % inner— hi use? Yor might as well thi aot pitch a per t, for! your betting choi The English “Tommy Burns fo {fenters. Unsportsma mays, it Ww vices of boxers for just their living most _Insix four timos wollen | etamentadle s Ain't it aw sore on| te price of | to obtain ome, | n HITE MAKES GAME SHARKEY STAG TO-NIGHT. The 4 w Sharke} ekly § will be Sailor Although was badly ” Book was worth ed by Fred iradiey in their six S ckmaleomrnce yatta go on Monday night, Burke says 3 PBK ERASE NCU ADIRLE! © will be on Land to meet Capo. "4 falls to appear for the bout Terry of Philadelphia, will be put of s oni, The bout will be for six 3 8 Ake one loud kick | Lerner conics 5 the situation and distance IX, (0) ag ‘Te veliow | GEORGE BONHAG TEU ree Ronhag, the Irish: unr |LANGFORD & BEATS FERGUSON. workout Monday at Sheepshead Bay, = cken Rube Waddell Throws Up Uniform, Says I'm Through a St. Louis *: when he stepped the mile better than’ terdav. 40. A prominent be a sort n anneaed by reaiaing ui Beanett” cup “race and Mr. mechanician by Str of the year. will hold {ts regu- Coit thought has 6. tin evt | pounds ant, t ard, W simply an move VaR ae Det 7 5 5 of the ec ler he "a an —_-—— PHILAD rl Keene colt tn eee caries ST i if Somew ‘ um. In thei he 4 to scale H t = : all right, Rube; what's th dere, the two-yea ROR SEN nee abe | ia . 4; Beaucoup, the |wonid have sean had Preceptor's race been become a but if there was | Rube Y e » ng at all,” said Waddell. “I'm which gave Colin = (@s2k=- Zs A title at stake for the fighter who aseball hroug? I was made and cou e the greatest amount of pun-| -\me financial they . izhmi Hitte would come very near | Def bee get my minbenmotalatners | ag of the and you Colin on edge. st night ° quit. “He : , A . in certainly worthy 4 sere Jack Atkin Now Wears eet orc otal | cleverest box- > 4 The way a which he han ed his came tcgether in the main bout of six Al sl! as one of th ers of centur: inds, and Lewis gave Hitte the worst; roun of Roseben Rickard toc eae ANS a horse ie Hooks CHT es will go beating the latter has recelved in many | Waddell did not make torougnbreds. ‘ew York University ‘varsity The six round contest between Fight- SRISERIDTCaNTLIn fis Every time Keene staits a new two- th several subs lett for Ing Dick iM yAnny Dohan | Hnth andesite Eu the report Koes At mo. ew was the be the night. 1 the t in the 1 < ; - eit continuniiy dusiog ever, Sms Sd ua a ateat. horse, and hg hick apne a ALALATHAMATI Wereecanl ee ae an: ck while X!ll to-morrow in a two-mile race, and se between then, The per ERE M unay also take part in for the most suc lever held by the n aes uch bet er fa Junior college eights in the American club, \ ¥ Henley on Saturda: > | night at § ol ck for Boston, and if dden's well touted horses addeit is on land good Jay agains: in a been engaged as ht in {ts club- street and Colum- EAD Gh Gaga ate n won the dou 5 poipals In main the courts of the Harlem yuan Tenia Ctub Caponi, of Chicago, feated Henry J. M wer and I, eon ae gm the final Pound, at des i (Special er may be a scrapper, a : that, but t New York A te NTINUOL s rain: Koes He has heart in during training hours this; AMUSEMENTS. Ey RAT Limes: andi there dang. ane morning caused most of the! would have a hard trainers to remain under sheds with || EMPIRE Batre Sag cuz} Jered us even a dangerous WM, H. CRAN 45 MIK their oft to size ezing. 18 I ace what fe the truuble, They 4 GRANIA—Fiv: pi iM ane ny more ais) while ing. “A nice filly, eorge SfoGraw belleves that Matty § cs tf ‘ohan + fy of ard luck, and that he in 4 MATA e furlongs 2 Sure to win £0) Ho expects him to get out of breezing. urlongs streak by the time the club gets’ 3 ADO! Mate Benrr Mil hata cf, THE SERVANT ike FATHER AND Er Bove ANI 21 HOUSE {ELSON TR red entciee) ioe ing. Not up to 'BU tl ees HUDSON #2 f He Ci, eae BECMONTABABK ENTRIES: lupe a tce‘Qhe™"’.'* | OTIS SKINNER Zk Pani uF ts — Four furlongs inj — x AK ATATH: | (Special to The Evening World.) eering. Has speed.” Mat. To-day, 595 BELMONT PARK RACE TRACK, ee sels furlongs in 1.26, ! SAM DEVERE 3 RLESQUER: There is another “iron horse’? on th | 1 rand summer for two years cae | Bven'g (Orchestra Seats 250 | turf. idis na Jack Atkin. A ‘i iors Solumblanver: hordham To:Day; a atenr Nie sit Ptdne, two s r is ra | peat ean tite Atkin has ver diamond for thes ume this seas a| T 5 5 on ies saa Fam) deteata the Wie! im tno | fH Star Show Girls. eciips was In retirement first game Lee P for Columbia x to-day, while Egan will twirl for Fordha pdt, NIGHTS TO-) $10,000 PURSE 1S FFERED 10 GANS AND BAT NELSO BY ud ORN, POLLOCK. in California aro bout a maten nw trying to bring a be n Joe Gans, the lightweight champion, and Battling Nelson. Jim Jeffries has 0: iters a $15,000 nty-five-round just outside of Los dim Coffroth Is willing to purse to fight bout give them % per of the gross re- ceipts, while Ja son, Luke Mare and the San Francisco pre Iso in the fleld a good off e contest. Gans Says that he w force Nelson to make fa side bet of $3.00) on the result of the makers want Hurley and ht at ine 5 club-hous Friday of admire: He satis steamship ewis will all willle, ing Harp.” Mexigaa bout De- a Wee r mate pti rs olympis ay’ trouble is, the ciever Quaker og Jeremie Ee wad hae'not fought eines | ickey Gannon, of in Philadel In the beet of shape brother of BUtl boner wifi Test SEMENTS, st Seats $1.60, HE WoLt ce LYRIC FB vay & sity sa Pere Matinee Friday. Sam BERNARD etn, iy Newriy m Mere. FIELD? | LEW FIELDS HERAT DSQ, 4 wr | \ ait y of training ia Girt Bs a , . i wy | petore He had been | MACE For maiden lta. two: aa : KEITH & PROCTOR’ s- TH WITCHING Sunes Buffalo Marathon Will Be Ree een nents ila, ii i | MUERTE. | sina | | ad to be} River 108 { ally Ma re ¥ Te day. * Held Under A. A. U. Rules | te | a e nan MERSTEIN’S) 12otnsts’ [era | ace nbeeve eee eo wir ° the , y Gay ANd Si GARDE! J The great Kenilwor! Ao MArrARts t i hd : ae fe Gow Chie tichari, eset EXPOSITION N | @Phis race will be ff 2 ——eee | na the Hot ‘Clones ‘To: Morrow Night. pence aa cA bi ; ff ; ri oy 7 NEWYORK baer Sraat tags 7 soe ant te THEA, Our h HIT’ WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS, PRES. eS nat ading Bu Negtald, Lie te as ae i ieSoul ees CIRCLE sarees OPENSSAT., MAY 23. with’ “GENEE ; juestion, exce £ NEXT MONDAY in ||| “THE MERRY GO-ROUND.” “ADMISSION EREE™: IBulfalo A. A. looking Buffalo ma x STANDIV’ Wok 14 14.500 1213 480 WAT n a9 SSULTS Or YESTERDAY'S GAMES. @; Detrott. 2; Wasi 3 Phil Dos! New York at Boson, a P | Rain. OF THE CLUBS. ork. 15 12 GAMES SChEVULED FOR TO-DAY. New York at St. B ‘MARY’S LAMB’ | CARLE -SEATS TO-MORROW, New Amsterdam tata wea ta! Wea “® fiat [THE MERRY WIDOW ten ,. COLONIAL Mat.To-dy. Grand Open Long or Short Cruise a 1 Bone * ALHAMBR MR soTHt 9 $1.30, Mats. Mat. Dati Erlowe. of Contention in the N. YY. €, HURRAY Beta” ‘sow for mile and a sixteenth, o2 three -vear- HILL THBATRM, 424 4 Lax, Av, aE ‘Raat ftod o€ the ce” —GHAUNCE —= -house— O° NEILL OF DERRY. SOTHERN 22 ASTOK “Fouw MATS. DAILY. BIG SHOW. Popular Prices. rath ot. 4 D DUNDRFAR To-day & Sats. Mtit ne PAID in FULL, Except on Saturdays and sundays, Thom] World Fa Amusement Resort. In five years vislted by more than 25,000,000 eonle. Get in the eaunt. ‘ Dunay@ us LPARK May Teave foot ue Pitteburg-Philadelphia game postponed, ‘| ¥ Wales be in August, | Shawl Mat. 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