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Pe) Poor Management an of Pop as was Battling Nelson. The first th Neloon was that he wouldn't fight for rest.” Of course he desorved a rest, a sensibly limited rest. in turning down the challenges of th lightweight title and taking on un- knowns in the small towns instead. ‘This stalling around cost Wolgast dear, for it was on some unknown that he broke the arm that should have been reserved for championship battle: Before he gained the championship Woilgast was a genuine, ripping, snort- ing fighter himself. He would fight anybody, anywhere, at any time, He worked for McCarey In Los Angeles for many months, fighting about every other week, and made a great hit in Southern California, During that time he fought @ lot of good men, including Nelson, Abe Attell, Frank Picato, Tommy O'Toole, Danny Webster, Harry Baker and George Memsic. He always fought 1n the same manner, While waiting for the bell he stood glaring at his man across the ring, and at the first tinkle he shot across into a mix- up, snorting through his nose and growling deep in his throat like a bull- dog coming to grips. They culled him the “snorting demon” down there ir Loe Angeles. He growled and snarled through his Oghts, always givi impression of fury and vindictiv Wolgast was popular . because he He was a featherweight wt vhile he was fighting he grew into weight class. Tom Jones, Wolgast's manager, writes that Wolgast's arm is really in ba@ shape, and that Wolgast would like nothing better than to go out and fight everybody (for good money) soon as he is able to go into training. A fight between Moran and Wolgast will be interesting. The two are just of @ size and both like mixing. Moran ‘s clever—very clever. But as soon he 4s stung at all he will always tear in and fight. Moran thinks he can beat Wolgast easily because lie had no trouble with him when they met in a six-round bout here two and a half years ago, But Wolgast was just coming out then. Moran was the first really good man he met. He hadn't the advantage of Hght- FRANK MANTELL WHIPS BURKE WOLGAST READY TO MEET OWEN MORAN IN BOUT FOR TITLE } His Value Has Cost the Present | Champion a Great Deal d Exaggerated Idea of ularity. D WOLGAST, Nehtweight A champion, says that he's will- ing to fight Owen Moran on Feb, 22, the anniversary of his fight with Battling Nelson at Port Rich-| mond. His arm, broken In @ scrap with some second-rater @ month or| 80 ago, will be all right by that time. Incidentally, Wolgast intimates that nothing but a $12,500 “end” will induce him to enter the ring. It 1s partly the fault of an exag- gerated idea of his value, added to poor management or advice, that} Wolgast is not as popular a champion ing Wolgast announced after beating a long time. He said he “deserved a His mistake lay owe who had a right to fight for the ing all of the good lightweights that he ey ava EST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK AD WOLGAST FIGHTS IN BULLDOG STYLE. met later on in Los Angeles. Moran may have improved, too, 1 heavier and stronger and has tad a lot of ex perience as strenuo. any that has come to the lot of the champlon, I to tell me his plans. Tommy opened a big clothing store at Calgary, Alberta, up in the Canadian Northwest. Tommy says that Is a won- derful country, and to show what ft Is capable of tells me that in the first elght days his store took in $3,038. Calgary is in the middle of the new wheat country. Aside from business Burns still thinks of fighting. He intends to fight at least two more battles. Moreover, he hi picked out a “coming world's champion’ and is training him, Here's what Tom IOMMY BURNS writes from Seattle Rhodes lie “I have discovered a heavyweight nineteen years old, weighing 187 pounds in condition and as game a man as ever stepped into a ring. He has a terrible punch tn either hand and a butld like Tom Sharkey’s. Hoe 1s after his man all the time. He |ceives the will develop into a much bigger man | training, than Sharkey was in his prime. And he has brains. All he knows at the present time is to take punishment and deliver It. There ts no cleverness about him, but I'l get that into him, I look for him to be a world's cham- pion in a few years, He will give any of them a run for thelr money right now, but I will nurse he won't have any setbacks. His name is Jack Lester. You know It takes a game fellow and one who can punch to be a champion nowadays, Of course it takes cleverness, too, to start with gameness and ity are what they want, Texpect to take him with me to L don in January, TOMMY BURNS. In London, Tommy says, he Intends to fight Langford, and if he is returned winner he will go after Jack Johnson and make one more attempt to bring the heavywel championship “back where It belongs. N Hull of honor THE NAVAL ACADEMY POUT BALL team at Annapolis has a new captain. He is John Patrick Dalton of Missourl, who will lead the Middies next year Dalton's great work in the recent games between the Army and Navy, which he wor by his kicking, was responsible for his apointment to the position. _Athletics OHN REID KILPATRICK, Yale's famous football player and all- around athlete, may thank his er for helping him to win the many honors that fallen to him durt his time at Yale; perhaps, had it not been for the careful supervision of| “Reidie's" carly athietle training and hie father's persistence that he devote | much time to athletic exercise, he would never have made the great repu-| tation that 1s now his. When “Kil” (or “Reldie," ae he is |foals from the Elmendorf stud, Mr, Hull. AT Ti LONG EXPECTED SALES of the American broodm at Berlin $1,000 was the highest price paid for any one of them. Twenty-five mares with Ken- tucky, were sold by J. B. Haggin for @ (otal of $7,000. Among the.buyers was by His Father known to his intimate friends) was| of the Gtants, who played such wonders | #ix years old his father sent him to| ft! ball last season, especially in the} the N.Y. A. C. as a junior membe,_ | #eries between the Giants and the High- He insisted that the youngster must landers, has received @ ralse of $900 In writes that he have physical training, Young Kilpat-| lis salary for next season, | his new members into shape for rick didn’t care for that line of stuff,| Manager McGraw was so pleased with | “hundred” was immed Scholar Sprints and-Was Elected to Head Team. Y. A. € Last year hundred-yard mile at the annuat dual meet between Oxford and Cambridge, to benefit is mighty that he will surely provg. runners of the next outdoor season. The lucky in getting Hall dash a captured C. HULL, the only American who has ever been appointed to the * presidency of the athletic asso- elation at Oxford University, pote for the New York athletic Club during the coming summer. in the sprints {s such that great things may be expected of him when he re- of Bernie Wefers's and those who have watched Hull in the club house gymnasium say one of the star both the and one year t is very can sprinters to do their best at the dual meets, which are always held in early March. cause the weather ts so raw and chilly that time in the year. They ca Graduating this spring, Hull returned hard for Am annot go Well, be- Captured will com- His record the quarter- his tlme in the being exactly ten seconds. He ely elected President of the athletic body, to serve in that position ‘ic I was becom- cell that I spring, that po! ag imated was unable 1 acted as sition goes Wore SNARL AND War AST FIGHTS ING AND GRi FORCING bra IN LIKE A eoteces COMING To GRIPS OWLING in my third year, and at disappointment mpet m h th presMency at Oxford.” Hull's Ankle All Right Now. In the spring of the present year Mr. Hull received a badly twisted ankle and was unable bridge, but he is having no trouble with the ankle now, Of all the scholars who have been sent | versity, the magnificent provisions made »; to late Cy When founded ability 6! the ‘The fir r Oxfo was Oxf dual mee the runn: Oxtord to 11 Rhodes, it was deci hould cans, two ‘st Rhodes #8: rd was W. ord’s star t with ing high a compete England none have been 60 successful in athletic ines as American representatives who have at- tended the ancient seat of learning since) the fall of 190, the first year the schol- arships were awarded, the Rhodes scholarships were ided that be taken into consider- ation, and that every student receiving @ scholarship must have a high stand- ing in some branch of athletics, Amer were chosen It was very noticeable every one of them had made bis mark | ‘on the athletic field, and many of th proved big point winners for Oxford in the annual dual meets with Cambridge, holar to compete from . 8 hat year. ambridge he won both | 1 the broad jumps. | Kans captain, wainst each OXFORD CHAMPION HOME AGAIN TO_COMPETE FOR WINGED D FOOT. to te me this as athletic First Cam- scholar an Oxfe formance. Alen to Win High | Honor at Farnous Eng- lish School. Young was the first Rhodes to be given his “blue.” Whi ordite wing a first place against | |WRES STLING | Zbyszko Bea the Feature, | Throwing Jenkins and Kin- their big rivals he is allowed to wear| 7 ) underdark blue ties or dark blue bands fhe laround his hat.. Winners of second places may weat blue with white ave the|stripes. Here college champions are awarded big “lette At tennis that year J. was s bridge, world. athletic |" Oy the han econd greatest amateur the second bunch sent o' H. Winston of North Carolina nd best to Wilding of Cam- who was and still is one of the tennis players in the Stevens of Yale, mmer throw years, FY. his BR both Ww first 1olz and of When! Florida, being placed fourth the second State, | Year that Stevens won. at} In the third yei Herring | {of Princeton went over odes | holar and he was “secc man ‘em | #° Herring clded to tt of Cor-j found it a very dificult propos {for the P. M. Young entered the university at) foot of the © the same time that Schutt did, and ne phe record ts held by Inthe) putnam ing sprii Ho broad Jumped 23 feet, a corking per-| mark, Matty Meets Blind Champion in Novel Game Josh Devore, tor $900 Raise the fi t little outfelde in the hammer event the spring. ally go id he d had b aste to America, but Instoed CiNeniad haf nell, During his three years’ course} failed to: make the Oxford the law business in Michigan hej ye i each season, but could not win|his last year. He Is the only Ame settled here and became a member Of} 4 a ingt the Cambridge milers and half-| who has ever made the football t the Winged-Footers. milers. © Cambridge miler in 1905] there. “If IT can get Into good shape T Will] travelled the distance in 4.17, less than| Tn 198 G. FE. Putnam of Yale and do a lot of running for the club next/two seconds slower than Conneff's| Kansas became a Rhodes sc holar at summer. At the present time I am re-| world’s record, | Oxford, and the following year ee won ducing weight in the gymnasium,” said Young Was Oxford's Star. the hammer throw. ing he won second time and came with rd of 1 mbridge, but in in the com- Hull says the a new feet. will compete ¢ ng meet, and Mr. is sure to establish Holmer Already at Work For Edinburgh Marathon r but his father insisted upon tt. Devore's work that he recommended a anh enor tat to iilpatrick wan never overambttious | post In his pay for him, and according | MMMM were I ib hie bayhood fri “but hie ftarher | t2.the best of authority tt was given, Lime tnd o Pact ales at ie up Very time that | . Phe admirers of the ttle star will be | grate Jn, ‘KU! entered Yale. delighted to hear of his advancemen whip at d Compulsory athigtlc training, at least | 12 salary, for If ever @ player of a local | the, honot man 1s the die in Kilpatrick's case, developed one of the greatest gridiron heroes we have ever produced, { serie club won the friendship of thousanda | {in frau of fans, Devore did in the recent local of games, hd others Hin one ‘There 1s 0 strong rumor to the atfect thet Gus SnSedaent pile, WhO Ms —e- the Duke of Brunewick, whose German xoa | Nonpareil Long Distance Run- — stu . “2 ” arias BLGIN, A 13 TO 1 SHOT, WON TITE Phomouetet = “ere mah eBe Genet i | a ature event at Emeryville Cal., beat-| ALTHOUGH JAKE STAHL, ‘Tu | Cosy Mathewson, neg ner Starts Light Training ing Capt. Burnett by a nore. The de-!frst baseman of the Hoxton American | Pitcher, as ho hooked a “king” and feat of Star Actor, the favorite, came @8 | yeague Club, has notified the owner of | moved hin from one bis white square A 3, A surprise, as he was looked on a8 @/tho club, John I. Taylor, that he will ntharon tha heor ot Livro teil at West Farms, cinch, but he failed to finish in the! yeyer piay ball agaln, Taylor never-| teas, rai areas money. ‘theless has sent Hugh MeBreen, his | Yesterday Afternoon, “It dpyen’t make ene Sto secretary, to Staht's home to try and | any difference how you play the game: : ‘ THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY VAR- | induce him to change fis mind and play |on a regular board or over the whole ANS HOLMER, the greatest dis- sity erew is going to race at Annapolis! with the team next seas. ” tance runner competing here dur- on May 13. This announcement was : floor. . ing the last few years, ts very made by Morton Bogue, graduate direc-| pA q,PIt MONTENGRIO, THE] A short time ago “Matty” and Ber tion preased over the aceptance of his tor, et the conclusion of a meeting of! crack Italian pool player, has been| Scully, the champion blind checker | oo). ¢4. tne famous Powder Hall Mar- the directors of the Rowing Club of the matched to play George Wallace, tie | player of the world, played fifty unsat- Oy Lise Naik At BABA university. The second varsity and the g, 5 9 ae - nee, forte-aiaht.o om be- | athon that will be held al 5 east side champion, In a contest of | isfactory gases, forty-elght of them by fae Salon ay eed fresbmen boats have also been entered {fy points at Little Buck's parlors, at M He eran ed ta rey g | Scotland, on next New Year's Day, an¢ in the American Henley at Philadelphia | No, "i287 Lathgato avenue, the yd ste ila bs ¥%! no has ‘started Nght training out at on May 20. Monday evening, Dec. 19. Montengrio |" 2tUDt - His just after winnly amne |, They procured Lyric Hall, spread & one so much work for the MANAGER BROWN OF THE MON-! fom ‘William “Krantar” one of the| Dif cloth checker board over halt of | rast two races. ti rden that he erlef track at Jacksonville js having his. gronx's cue experts, the floor and started to play, The ‘men’ | Maticher ail micternia werk \. own troubles now because of the quar. | are pressed out of papier mache and are |'* | Miran ease ati Mie. beet rels which he had with several of the | yARD -AMSHIP MIN Tt leant two feet long, ‘Thay look like |) eer Dim on same YA ? horse owners, The latter are « Kn of t “Transport te aaa ines a HE son the Ith even with him by refusing to enter thelr Woy, asi to-da Fah vars § MILT I a coe ott sv er atiage Bye | It is said that Holmer, who has never horses, and as a result the flelds are |}5: of horseflesh that , tached to the lowest vest buttor "Y | een under contract while running | short of horses. in a long ime. Among the horses ue bis Laurea _ mM with long Ne York, broke away from his a alice aa Horses Brel clog with hooks at tho ends, moved |1°% ooh) Seas en THE FOOTBALL wittcn was! i? pelonging to james Be Keone, Nine) ie snen' around while Scully occupied | 1 ao BARE eS, ete eae used in the e between Yate and| i « [an easy chair and puffed at a big, black | 41). apete in the great Scottish Harvard teams on Nov. 19 and which! TH COLGATE U ITY FOOT-|cigar. Scully had to carry every move Gasire to compete: tn: the BF ” failed to cross the goal post ball team have re arence H.|in his brain because he canrot pat | ee either end of the field ts prac hurber of Brattleboro, Vt., captain for ly: that Matty's job was the harder, | Probably the flood of American and) outoast or a ‘dead ball” as far as the next year. He has played ieft tackle on {*t tat Matty 4 bs fe harder. | Canadian money that will be placed on two universities are concerned. Neither team’ for thr ars. |iHolmer wii! cause him to be the favors team desires it as a trophy of the score uburn, N.Y. has been elec M id t Dev {te In the rac ver, Price, last lesa game. Ant manager of the team I ge ore year's wines, | ldéred by the Eng- a ish be > to be unconquerable Kilpatrick Forced Into Signs Contract |:!0'sstshin'atinc the hard ra heen taking things easy jutting om 4 lot of weight these days 4 axon, has and ational renown will compete Hy -firat Megin Thirty to Hoy | Wright, Charles Nerent, Joe Malone b-Amelrean A. Cc, was is he ran not been since the Fekman, Y in the ck half-mile + will be couple of fall meet The Metrooltta ee Tame SEAN'S JIOLMER , has decided to enter late of the ‘au in Magnificent by Ul mn The new Cys Price Teague will hold a big ihe lone) armoriee within &, uple FS maa oe Eis sak ea | be made the fire | He ines to affirm ats | drat Inside Half Hour. BY VINCENT TREANOR, Wr: Joe Humphries delivered the goods. He gave the best wrestling show ever seen New York at the Grand Central F The Palace was well filled, and the crowd got real action for its money. If the game {s to succeed in the future the precedent set last might must ived up to. Zoyszko was the star lace. of the sh threw both Andy Kindrat and as he agreed, Kindrat tn 10in. . and Jenkins in 16m. and 40s. ko is undoubtedly a great wrest- Not quite so spectacular as Hack- chmldt when the latter wrestled Jen- but equally strong. He ploked up Kindrat like a baby and swung him around his head ten times before slam- ming him down for a fall, Kindrat claimed that Zvyszko had used a foul hold, bending his wrist back, but Char- ow. ley White, the referee, decided there was only one hold—the strangle— barred. It was pathetic to see poor old Tom Jenkins put down in fifteen minute: Tom withstood all the husky Pole's at- of many tight places while the crowd applauded, but at the end he had to succumb to a series of half Nelsons. Zbyszko had toyed with him as if he were a baby. Once he caught Tom by circular fashion nine times, but when he tried to slam the veteran down Tom landed on his stomach other bouts on New York Stars Will Compete in Big Caren Meet CHIGAGO, Dee, n_the programme 3.—Members of the yesterday announced their firs indoor meet, to be held Saturday ni Seventh Regiment Arm- ew York Irish-Amer hletic Club will again come t aid of the Chicagoans and send § dan, MeGrath, Mlanagan and Shep as well as many more of th of the Hast to compete the teams that will be the Western organization, letes from all over the ¢ will be entered in the meet President Sueridan of the Chicago Irish-American Athletic Club t East yesterday, and he will make ar- rangements in New York for the en- a of his brother, Martin, and other en of the New York Irish erican ‘Athletic Club, ————- STEIN STOPS SEIGLER IN THIRD ROUND AT LEHIGH A.C. Joo Stein, the rugged eact side light- weight, won another victory by stop- ping Jim Seigler of Philadelphia in the third round at the Lehigh A. C. Dor- man, who was to have met Stein, did not appear. At the sound of the bell Seigler caught Stein with @ bard right to the mou! after which Stein sent Selgler reeling to lthe ropes from a hard right to the Jaw. In the second round Stein sent Selgler to the floor with a hard right to the Jaw, the bell saving Seigler ‘As the men came together in the third round Stein caught Setgler with a rigat hook to the heart, Seigler fell flat on his face and was being counted out when his seconds threw up the sponge, tacks, Was as tricky as ever and got out) the left leg and threw him around in| ago Iris-American Athlevic Club! STANDS STRAIGHT, READY Tc Box OR SiVve NEW YORK SEES BEST — SHOW EVER Were all that Hump! | s had promised, and in fact a litte bit more. All w |satisfactory, and the wa, a gool- |slzed one, too, had little to complain of at the end. The Johnny Niflot-Will Bingham cor test was a bear. ‘They wrestled thirt: minutes without a’ fall, Each took the aggressive in turns, and had the crowd | constantly appla’ worming out o: bone breakers. George Hothner lived up to his repu- |tation by throwing two men well with- in the time limit, He put down Gus Larsen of Sw with a scissors and half-nelson in minutes In throwing Jack Bol second opponent, In $ min onds, Bothner used the on the mat. Boles's ling by helds thai their ke hold eve: leg under ne er leg ove 1 to wiggle aw der Bothner* Boles tri Iheipiess like grip. Joe Rogers, “the more than made good. Hans Tell in 6 minutes oughly satisfying the s | Phil Krieg was easy fo | body hold tn 4 minutes and jand for 7 minutes and 42 seconds One of the t bouts of the night’ was Will Bingham’s setto with Prof, Jillis, jul jitsu style. They tore at each other like a couple of enraged bulls, American lie Apollo,” put down see a rs and with finally making the expert at the Japan- ene 8) by @ series of flying falls. All told the show was a great one, thor- joughly satisfying thespectators and foreboding a wrestling boom that New York hasn't knowmr for years. During the bouts challenges flew thick. Zby sz) as challeaged by Dr, Roller and Palakoff. The Pole willingly ac- cepted th and it 1s likely that bef 3 pass "* will be I seen in gain, possibly against |the gr schmidt. action Hacke: {OXFORD CHAMPION { TO RUN FOR N. Y. A.C. onds | ‘ed | Bingham | Lie RINT TET PTI f * ITU BE LIKE A HEAD “ON COLLISION, TEN TEAMS START TO-DAY IN PUBLIC CHOOLS' BIG RUN acteasilipesiiiigs Miles Long, Which Is Half Mile Shorter Than Last Year. |Course Three Ten teams are entered 1v0ls in the Public Athbotic League champtonshio try run to be held over the Park course this afternoon, Th this year will be three miles instead of three and a half, as Training High School and the ool Commerce have eaca the championship trophy twice, { elther wing this run they retain the trophy as permanent property Moris High expects to duplicate last year’s performance and capture the in- dividual prize. J, Lembach has be showing great form in practice runs and is <cted to finish well up in Ithe race. William Haase of Commerce, who was the favorite, has a bad ankly and may not start. ‘The teams entered are as follows: Manual Training High School—John Grace, Andy Cadiz, H. Hattan, Mount, W. Harding, E. Miller, D. Gold- bers and J. Ruggles. rasmus Hall High _School—Bine. Plotkin, Ritchie, Seedorf, Kennard (cap- tain), Matthews, Sullivan. High—Sam_ Willis, ‘Ten <, Fred Newell, Herman Jaccord, Dh Clark, Pres Cleveland and # Van Siclen | Morris High: X s the case last Mant High won 1 Jamaica Ry Jacob Lembach, Charles i ancis Wells, Richard . FE. Woolf, I. Lenten, Samuel . Brown: nh—John Karle, Geori e@ Cox, Richaré Davi Amedeo Ferraceo, Roy Lautz and Timothy Ahearne. Commerce High=J. Rosenbaum, Wil lam Haase, 3 Jamison, D. M: livaine, Swerling, Nor n Re and 3s, Agromonte } Curtis High—L. Mechon, ron, G. Be il, P. Preble and A Vessie, u EI Horton, Custer a. Bost, Pike 1D. Perlmar . Gi | son, 8. Wright Lefkowitz, | Bryant High-T. 1 W. Richards 13. Nagle, W. Herdn nd V, Nicastro, ——— | LIUNGSTROM NOSES OUT | CROWLEY IN MARATHON. sta Lj angate om, the Swedish run- ner, just nosed out James Crowley in thelr Marathon race at the State Arm- ory at Yonkers ingstrom covered the Marathon distance of 26 miles and 38 yards in 2 hours 53 minutes and@ 37 second ‘owley was only about three yar ad him. Newtown Starts Out This Season With a Strong Bid for the Title. 1 tournament of the Athletic League ts now n full swing, The second round of mes has been played. Newtown and astern appear to have is year, while Stuy- vesant, Commerce and Clinton are not as ey ed as last winter, Newto being coached by Mr. Gtb ney, ‘The team {s made up of Kelly and Johnson, forwards; Planteroth, centre, and Barlen and Levy, guards {hey play Cinton to-day and should heve little troube In downing the New York lads, The Stuyvesant quintet, although not as fast as last year's champlonship five, are strong. Friedland, last year's all-scholastic forward, 1s captain. They go to Flushing today and should win easily, Roberts, a guard, is playing a fast game. Coach Swerling, of the Eastern Dis- trict five, ts confident that his team will win the tourney this year, Frang- onick, last season's star centre, 1s again in school and !s playing better than ever. In the first P. 3, A. Le he caged ten baskets. They meet Comm team to-night ac the H. A. court, Ninety-second street and Madison avenue, Commerce is. being coached by Je Wetzler of recreation entre renown, Although beaten by Newtown in the first league game, they Schooiboy Basketball Stars in Hot Games To-Day. BASKETBALL STANDING IN PUBLIC ey LEAGUE von, Lost. seeeestiiii® non] Hil! 1 Tra expect to make a good showing agains stern 1’ ‘the teain lines up as follows Goldberg d Whyte, forwar israel and Strejoher, weards, and Archibald, centre. Anehi- bald is brother of last year’s alle scheiastic guard. Boys’ High is veing coached by Mr. Gemsen, who turned out a winning team at Newtown last year, See eee BENNY FRANKLIN SENDS EICHLER TO HAY IN 8TH. At the reopening of the New Polo A, A. Benny Franklin knocked out Bu@dy Eichler in the eighth round, Eichler put up @ good contest all the way, but yecame careless in the elghth round and walked out of his corner with his ined down, Franklin was quick to pee the opening and sent in a left hook that landed on Eichler's Jaw and gent him down for the count of nine, but when he arose he was in & groggy condition, and Franklin. duplicated tis Aret blow, which finished the Job, ai Bichier took the ful) eount,