The evening world. Newspaper, February 3, 1909, Page 12

| | AND NEWSY WRESTLING GAME IN THIS TOWN IS REAL JOKE NOW With Hot Air Spouting From Rival Camps of Near-Champions, Look Out tor Your Pocketbooks When You Go Against It now {a the wrestling situation. The funny part—Tom O'Rourke and his baby elephant, Joe Rogers. Somebody ought to can the medley of queer sounds coming from the Rogers camp and sell it to the phonograph people or stage it in comic opera, It would be the ecream of the season. Siegtried, a wrestler, dropped {nto these parts a few weeks ago, Bleg-| fried's managers told so many tall) tales of his prowcss that none of the | local grapplere would go on with him, The managerial bluff had their | goats, The “German Joke” tried to get Rogers to help out !n an exhibi- tlon—but olalmed that Rogers was al- ways just going out the beck door as he arrived in fropt. At that time the T tom ine rrerutng ninon quietest thing in New York was the Rogers-O’Rourke combination. The “German Joke” wrestled and didn’t do anything at all startling. Te fact it was hard to see how he had even succeeded in throwing a bluff @oke). He was just a stuffed cham- pion, Immediately from the O'Rourke gullet rose a roar of well simulated rage and defiance. Rogers would wrestle the “German Joke” and agree to throw him or forfeit the wholq) purse, The “Gernian Joke" was « big! stuff. Rogers would wrestle him for @ million dollars a side. ‘The sounds are very warilke, and !f) the “German Joke” has any manhood! he will accept Rogers's deflance and ‘wrestle him. The ensuing match will, of course, be the fiercest, bloodiest, most nerve-racking grudge fight ever pulled off on a wrestling pad. of @ourse. In my mind's eye I can see the four-sheet posters and the great wads of press agent matter piled Into the newspaper offi Bui do you know how I figure wabbub? I'm of the opinion that Mr. O'Rourke, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Roeber and Mr, Siegfried met quietly in some out ents SARvVOS VENT mucn BIGGER THAN A PINT OF Peanuts - He'S BUILT ror, THE EAME-- Billy stopped running clubs here? Billy had a new “all-membere-of-this-olub” establishinent at Sulser’s Hariem River Casino, Papke and Burke were to have boxed there. A big crowd paid for tickets. The police raided and there was no show, Did anybody get anything back? Well, not to any-exciting extent! There must have been a couple of thou- W ee Wecaleabraraeaiots fred Shrubb at Madison 6 ele Te Tul al adison Square | Myen Mt disappeared. vet your money |GaTden on Friday night? That'e « tivoritecover(e 1. Mr. Pager But I thing | Question that fe worrying « lot of peo- | Tom Flanagan | tistactory way would be to ple around town right now, When the races, arrived here yest her tleket—a gallery ticket—to |race was first talked of Longboat was|the finishing toucie Whirlwind’s next show, go fh i OAD eiiad ay made the favorite, as Shrubb hag never of tralning the re is custom of throwing chairs att -|run the full Marathon distance of 8 fore tn his care: clals, If you're a good 4 | miles, 38 yards, his specialty being at he can stand the terri! chalr you might at least cripple © Idistances from ten to fifteen miles. 'Bhrubb and beat him In en In Big Marathon Race But Shrubb in his demonstrated that h HO will win the Marathon race distance than { - | Strong, and this between Tom Longboat and Al-|sitong, and, this, ning work Tom Flanag in has had on than ay a6 Shrubb Is Favorite | THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1909. JHE BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK ‘SOME MARATHON SIDELIGHTS . Simmy de Forest HAS BEEN PIGSLING LONGEoavS FeeR, HE MAKES HIg> OWN “PLCrrLE” INE | VINE GaR 1 QT, CHLORIDE | (Sak ese \ QT] TANNIN Ta ae Of LEMON, | 1GAL iB sea ne emenie ase ae EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN U6H! BET You (7 et BEAVER SHIN Ss To | case } CHew-To Bac’ LONGBOAT Beat um SG LONGBeaTs BACKERS With BE ON HAND WITH Gong REGKLESS WaacRs. McKinnon Bests Harry Lewis in | | 12-Round Bout| ——>— Wpects! to The Evening World.) BOSTON, ‘ed. §—B!l! McKinnon, the Roxbury middleweight, threw a big sur- prise into the majority of the fans as well as Harry Lewis last night by get- ting the award over the letter in thelr twelve-round bout at the Armory A. A.| Owing to the wide experience and clever: jness of Lewis he was considered prac- sure winner, but after one tie members began to ohange opinion, did McKinnon box with such dgment and so cleverly as he did F thi Philadelphian did uot have muah chance to do any of his foot- work or show much of hie cleverness, Aa the bout progressed McKinnon con-| tinued to run up his score of polnts and jearned the decision by @ big mary! @f the way corner weeks ago and plan- aed it all very carefully, with the ult!-| mate purpose of inducing a large num-| ber of easy marks to give up at the| box office, New York has always been & “sucker town" for things of that) ‘Wrestling {8 still the crookedest game| known te the sporting world, and judg-j log f: few matches that have been Rela here during the past year or two I don’t see any reason for think- | Ss ft will ever be any better, ance: He {ncloses with his written statement a couple of “mem bers’ cards’ of the “Whirlwind A. C.' H'= fg a gentleman with a griev- “Robert Edgren, Sporting Editor Eve- | ming World; + wind Athletic Club club, for the bene- may not be duped Inclosed find 4 it of others, s the same as myself membership cari where I Sub, Noy, 19, 1805, and also a ught. On this partic bouts were stopped by Was announced from @ub would rec Bext meeting, I with @ented my ticket, Would give us was gur numbers | Tefused to refun law to make is and make ng in the gal game displeased wit Meing haughtily to his feet, @halr at the referee in the rir As there is 2 law for ain thing, there {s probably @ught to enable you to rec , of course the Money. But I'm afraid your @re siim. You see, New Yorker: grown #0 accustomed to “the that most of our lawa are prac dead letter. Remember juley hunk of me ut tha same $100 Special Prize tor 1.A. A.C. Four-Mile Race ‘The Sporting Editor of The World } donated @ special $100 priz the mile race to be run at th the Irish-American Athletic Club at Madison Bquare Garden on Saturday Bight. All the champions will be out Middie-distance r ard, the crack half-mile Jointly b 1 Parsons of 1.14 will 60 by the boards Lang Defeats Squires. SYDNEY, N. & W. Fed. &—Bi" Lang to-day defeated “RIN” Squires for he fhe Rearywelaht championship of Aus- contest lasted for seventeen il Lang was defeated by Rurns Melbourne las September ‘World's Champion Tells of Several x! your attention | =p derstand, It | games ot | at ite cen cluy ion called tt a min RI! Hr nn battle wi Gown the pride of James Edward Britt, tn and recelved for winnin sides a $10,000 sf white lightwelght world as well, J! Terrific Encounters With the Only Youngster He i aeheati ’ Couldn't Lick. pitches eee Bat's Friend (e cha: ‘The life, detties and career of Battling Nelson. the lightweight champion of the world. (Copyright, 1008 by Batting on) BY BATTLING NELSON. CHAPTER XI. ID you ever hear that song called “Hurrah for Mickey Riley?” Well, whether you have or not, it was written {n honor of Mickey Riley, @ prize-fighting product of the State of Wisconsin. He was some fighter, too. Every time I hear that song I lose my temper, That's one fel- |low I never could lick. I don’t know what has become of Mickey, but If, ° there {s still a fight left in him I would certainly put aside my great tour ‘and tle up with him again. I w to have the satisfaction of beating him |and clearing up my old record. I have, of course, unquestionably and Indis- | |putably won my right to the title of worlds champion lightweight, but when h this R boy I become flustered I] dream of the “ y I met Riley the first time in “Iloo-, the Aight club tn Hurley, dooville” — A 1 Be nong th 1901, He wor goes" el wan 10" on over me tn fo Club, and I ve battle did Mickey | Started 0 Gets i night to attend to some I atood t nd They arrived the following and. | ewapped Li as we had a few days’ tr We clusion of stepped into the ring {n condl- great chee tlon, ready for the fight of our lives. fractured my le: Fought with Sullivan's Old Gloves. midge of t * Incident happened, Hf n't provided gloves o ent through some, 7 discovered until | w y for “es wait they returned 4 gloves that had ;been and John @ palr used by {van tn tars were on end of six noun Pr di b was CCG HD tion of the take place v both our @ gloves K t Pine iting pitch, n A inentiincanyad ele maul and alam t t rounds will not na old cooper df the other, the to rr Happy Jack Chesbro Off to the Minors ‘oy of the Dummy Gian the East- ‘ae Sold by to Buffalo, em i CHESBRO, of the | | If; APPY JACK tart wht foe league. He will go to Indlan-'anq he hay been sold to the Butt The fight fans, many of whom had | *Polls. unless he retires from the game. |tuam of the Eaatern League viewed our other two battles, were dix-| Once the leading pitcher of the league, wit) probably make good t? sation ease the police Interferad, | he is ly fc 0 go the way of all At that his old frienia and rig ere urged that the entire) aseball heroes. Tir ti y ‘ ‘ for Hurley and ime has taken away | wit have a chance t ft e and all his snap and skill. Chesbro was one of | wh, as Buffalo playa in both Jer time Le Page the manager of the original Highianders Only Keeler City and Newark. BATTLING NELSON ISSUES A CHALLENGE FOR RETURN FIGHT WITH “MICKEY RILEY” p up for wetght and, d to welgh d the for Bat Gets Raw Deal ve that tlme I wasn't @o and went of those Yon tne Anothel n Indlana soil’ And 1 neve Chapter XII, of the Battling Nel- | son stortes Will be pnbitahed in Phe | Evening World of Saturday, Receipt That Cures Weak Men---Free and Address ToDayer It Free and Be and Vigorous. Send Name You Can Have Strong i ma Copy. 6 sla” dikes? 4 |from San Franciso Welsh Defeats George Memsic in Ten-iRound Bout) to The Evening World LES, Cal, Feb, 3,—Dts- playing boxtr ence and skill not ween here a day, Freddie Welsh last right and left swings De ito Memslc's jaw and nose, Welsh had vowlldered. who arrived today appeared in the ring and was given & tremendous ova- tlon, “Jeff” will rest for a week and then proceed Bast to fill his theatrical engagements —_—_—_—_ Sharkey A. C. Stag To-Night. The Sharkey A. C. wiil | weekly boxing his opponen: James J. Jeffri MUSICAL, _faHuber’ 8 14thS St > Museum venal Frincose et, aes igs 2 Cleopatie 4 Se nd 20 OTHER te ACTS, | ‘7fuabistas \ mibinio THtit Metta wi RAJAH & TOM Wal & of 10) OPA RA (oy ) THE DB John Bo Hyai Lae. The Galne' phon OLYMPIC 3f/ ; el IPARISIAN WIDOWS ! GARDEN “yiiei iii 3! ‘CHAP as“LINCOLN’ Wk. DIXEY in “Mney Jane's 1 EVE rince, Neat Wk, Montgomery & Stone, The Rate $2, Mat. gat. 2.20, wists Laces MARIE CAHILL 'ecitie i | MURRAY 45; THEATRE, “Mat, fortis | ROSE HILL FOLLY co. you Ike. Hurley and Grittin Promise Great Fight | The temround bdeut between Leach Crass \and Jem Driscoll will tame place at the Fuir- mant A. ©. stag on Wednesday evening, Fed. Little arn Both in Fine 10, instead of Wed, 0, Chis change of dade He went after Lewis tn such| nt won the decision over ten rounds. It, was the old ganie of dazeling clevefness ELSIE JANIS against courage and a wallop, and the out, hop- landing Grand “ 7 GOHAN ¢ Yankeo ! ‘ 1 ; agreed ty | Trim, Clash at Nation of the o crab Nias on ia Pate ibe tor BY sti | A. C. on Friday. RY JOHN POLLOCK. BE} std battle for twelve t a most mportant battle tn thts peu cutee, fae wen onstr Besa races ENT ET: pok ey ; Hurley tralian cham 2 net Ms nepecki 7 Natlonal A, C yan i, will de ot FeO cant ue scrape every od at any of tho | tne Io first ¢ rounds | j r of the fighting, cut loose pores Mobasden, old-ttme lightweight, eepriale it tleNter “aboct Sie gees 4 01 er poured, int tl it ng one, i. * B pupae Felz Ys tie sBinek as Hurley keeps & ually | f as Hide ip te sem! eal ! rye 2 nd never lata up punching with both | {0 the Chasey Siege ey Pere bree . aalumi A. A. stag on that evening, ___ AMUSE! MENTS. AMUSEMENTS. 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