The evening world. Newspaper, December 21, 1908, Page 25

UP TO DATE AND NEWSY Nelson satisfies his) latest ambition and runs a Marathon, quite a number of cople will turn out to see him. It would be interesting to see if pure gameness, coupled, of course, with perfect physical condition and an ex- traordinarily strong heart, can carry @ man through such a though he has not competed before in the same line of sport. It would be interesting to see Nelson “groggy,” and it would be a spectacle if the great li the count for the first time ifeison has the gamenes Plysique for long-cont @ world of wiry tous’ Probably @ great distance runner was lost to th world when he took up fighting as a profession. I have seen many fighting men who could easily have made good on the cinder path. There was Jim Corbett, for instance. Jim was a very speedy ‘i Battling IT wou se INTERESTING To SEE IF LONGBoaT CouLD MAKE NELSON QuT big man. At C; while training for | the fight with Corbett | spent most of road. I = usually went with him—on a horse, His daily run was six miles out from ca and back again, He did ft at a trot and ended with a spurt of about two hundred yards at top speed. And “THEM VENING WORLD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1908" THE BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN FOUR MEN FINISH ~ NECK AND NECK IN DISTANCE RUN | __leo Fitzgibbons, of Irish-Amertcan A. C., Noses Out Rivals in Mott Maven Event. SOME PUGILISTIC MARATHONERS wo consety WAY VusT But For, MARATHON WORK - The best finish of the present cross. country running season was that of the Mott Haven A. C. yesterday, when G, Fitzgibbons, of the Irish-American A.C. camo in first after racing the last two miles shoulder to shoulder with T. Lee and M. Maloney, of the Trinity A.C., and T. Jensen, of the Pastime A.C. Fitzgibbbons won by one second, with cond and Maloney third. Tho race was over poor roads, espe- ¥, where slow fact that Fite. shows that the ie. Lee was one » winner, while Ma- n were only ten seconds Sere, Tom SHaawey Was A GRAND MARATHON RUNNER. NOTHING CouLD FOLLOW NEFF CVER MOUNTAINS = ANY puns . ee “AND DOHN OBRIEN of PHIL. = WHY, HE CAN Go BACKWARD AND RUN LoncBoat To A Frazzue. and Jens¢ NNO MANAGER FOR BROOKLYN ‘ UNTIL JAN. 1, SAYS EBBETS'’ ee men started, but many The first ty-three ot Sivis how | ae, p been circulated. |Hummel Mot For Sale or ji DG BEN BS EO Of ine Chase and Sebring %. ‘s Trade, Further Declares r Will Be Known Early G HANDICAP BEATS VETERAN EDDIE CARR. This Week. | President of Dodgers. to six minutes he could tear it off. That fight of over sixty rounds with Pet son showe: i oi what endurance Corbett might have BAT GETTING had for distance running. Sa aan Oe Jeff a Good Runner, Jeffries was a remarkable runner, His , road work, idering his jormous weight, was astonishing. bin Springs he use deer over the m) that Jim caught a sonably truthful, did. But he n them half te ¢ was training Jeifr While at Har- to go out and chi tilnn@ifnevarineesa| er, and, bein I won't claim tha BATTLING NELSON SURE HE CAN MAKE RECORD AS RUNNER ‘Big Surprises Crop Out in «| Scholastic Easket Ball Games f the Commerce @ not secured are all right Teason why T sho ale teal wits aut Lightweight Gia ea Has the Build, deinen eee Oe Siete es Lop healrecon of nokout fi arenes Says Ernie Hertberg, While He Is : ey oy 9, I did not. I dtd i * Reo aie tan ofa Hen ‘or he didn't yny of the work while, chance for a shot at some- | thing. This time Jeffries got a big{ buck, and the second he came trot- | deer over his | rest of the BY BOZEMAN BULGER. ing up the history of the Marathon “I don’, know,” he replied seriously Har-| ‘This remarkable young fellow v avel of his fellow craftsmen figures eve “The things that I have t took a ct nought he coul and mo ord of It hir ),000 inde n't write a bool, | tal he asked, So I see no re run one of them y expect ve F me peventy-fy Will probably draw Bin nae 8 © genera: ‘ee anders at tas bow Known as a Physical Won- Ix. der at Endurance Work. AN you read Greek?” I asked Battling Nelson, while we were look- “I never have ti tut his peculiar ‘Racing at Los Angeles Showing Improvement |; Evening World. © to the supporters ol. Clinton de- ) to 24, but ng, do you?” said toon me over and! L “ne 1 Rida’ his sleeve _-* Langtord Is Topheavy Favorite Over Flynn pa : ata, pugtilst, aver A.C, of AMUSEMENTS. aN REE SSE TT J. TOWNSEND RUSSELL Ss PICTURE READINGS BiG ARTISTIC SUCCESS. ave pleus Meral ly, Mghtweght then had Hertberg in wih.ch wherein Battlin fas stened Exel Troy, N.Y Le sad, about this a kid I would be hole onship now as well as 1a Hanenene Will Clash for Twenty Rounds at San |! Francisco To-Night. moves rimes, Wednesiay Eve ging, Ges, 23, at 8:15 yeoeum, tion Eugene Senger. BY JOHN POLLOCK. AM LANGFORD. f He w icy pugilist of [twenty rounds at a a! HIPPODROME':=: = SPORTING [BIRDLAND CASINO Ze fr" WED. Ey EDDIE FOY in} LYRIC 43%, eae LUE MOUSE HUDSONY {20 | EMPIRE NEXT WEDNESDAY Nt MAUDE ADAMS \\ || SAVOY Firs the major! Fignn has noo 1 not seer “OHARA LIBERTY stars. you’, x FIRED HOM nas Day & § id VIA WIRELESS geles from San Francisco funshine to the rainy we LATE | Influx of New York Horsemen cite Bastern bookmakers have z CRITERION:,°,!' HEW YORK ; due) 18 Adding New Lifelto) | yplen teoacation WILLIAM cuierie sans aD: E Game on Coast. 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