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UP-TO-DATE AND NEWSY 's Anxious to Get On &@ Match With Jack Johnson Wow. jement that ho | Mever authorized the raporte of his Sappored retirement from the rink, that he stands ready to stake bis whenever ho can get his price, has @ lot of Gust. All over the world t near-champtone and would- are iemuing challenges, that they may be the lucky ones @hare in the next “killing” when i fights again. For it's a sure 4 that the champion's n: fight, Matter who takes the ether end, ts to Graw a crowd. @ (hooted by the crowd) decision Bam Langford yesterday, is oxpe- @nxous to feht Johnson. John- Wee matched with McVey in and would have been across the fe mow but for a slight Anancial obje Hie contract with Hugh G. MeIn- was signed, but Joni ims At MoIntosh was to have x teed nd of the purse ($20,000) and was Posted the money, “He didn't Crough with the coln—so T didn't IBA” Johnson explained in telling mo the matter, Some of the Aus- Sporting autnorities are trying fell why McVey should really be! a t Keep his contract to feht him, there are two sides to these ques. VING Sam Langford cut of tt temporarily because of the decision | t! Won by McVey, there is still one a of color who has a real claim Mr. Johnson’ Who is now peatering the ja Jeanette stopped tn the fiftieth round of a finish | ‘That 's, when the bell rang for) Deginning of the Aftieth round ey stood up in hia corner and an- that he could not go on tte should go to A Bere he could wet a big putne fi Vey. The reet of the aaete—and there fant a “hope” tn who has @ present chance to ; ‘Tehneon if Johnaon is really in the | Condition he claims. AST week in Now York we saw Bome of the classiest Hahtwelght battles that could be arranged | the absence of Champion W ‘This week we have the bix fel- On Wed y night Carl Morr! oma fights Tom Kennedy. ‘Thi: be a ‘good bout. Kennedy's man Insisted upon having @ twenty-four fing built espectatly for the fleht, hat Kennedy, who ts swift of foot, have plenty of room to tack in if is preases him too a, almost unanimous opinion of the fraternity around this town ts Morris will beat Kennedy if he catch him, After the Morrie-Mlynn Bat nobody wantod to see the slant the ring again, but the Oklahoma a courage and pertinacity has wo ‘a host of friends, and Wooking up again, He where he took his beating, worked and doggedly, fought and won them with knockouts if he might make in-apite of lily reday night at the National Club Al Palzer and This is sur « Kaufman and Patser They are both fant frill about elther They ike action all aufman has fought le lake Morris, he bas lost a fikht wan, the only aithe any rence being that while Flynn was bring Morris down he did fman out near ‘end of the t ound, This was Banses City. ACK JOHNSON r from Oht- . cago, may take @ Hitle min on to New York to eize up the outlook i the white hope line, He'd like to box tem-round bouts if he can “got * However, there i#n't much that Jack will be able to com- 990,00 for any bout here, That je what might be expected as gate receipts, with the Btate's 5 cent. and the club's end and that a's opponent to come out of ¥, no club ta going to stage merely for the pleasure of Boxing law. There's no reason they should be barred, for they the highest development of game. Johneon, for ‘nstance, ‘8 remarkably clever boxer than inter, In the past three he has knocked out only one op- Me Jess than ten rounds, and second-rater named Ben fen Plymouth, | England, M'DONALD, who waa here Wondertul Field of Starters In | Two-Mile Run To-Night T morrow night. night will be finished to-night One of the features to-night will be the two-mile Scott and Monument are entered. for years been conceded that tn the champion, as Johnson] @i#tance running tt far behind her within the last year the distance run- ern of this country have #0 Improved that they are now more than able to holt their own against the representa- Joo Jeaerte WouLd Lire” To SUP & MaTcuPovEeR on The CHameroned in Austrata Sam McVey, who] Opening of the Ni National In- door Championships at Madi- son Square Garden. Square Garden to All event) ent wn run in which ry United 8 Kuropean iv of any country, Ht tw doubtful tf any country tn RO LY, Best Record of Any Trotter in History R. T. C,, trained and driven by Thomas W. Murphy of thie city, in the season just closed made the best record of any trotter in the history of the turf, Thirty-two thousand and twelve dollars and fifty cente was the amount won by this product his mo winnti through a cam) ‘wut one heat, from 2.00% to 2.12%. He reduced the lat! August, and again at Columbus the figures quoted above, 1 national indoor athletic cham- Pionshipa will be held at Madison ncheduled to- Honnag, record, he is the only trotter of note that ever went n of like duration without the lors of a aingle race, and Ho won nine races, embracing twenty-seven heats, ranging * figure three times—at Grand Rapida, in July; at events of the value of $10,000 each, and the sum of his earnings foots up THE EVENING WUXLD, TUE Copyriaht, 191, by Thé Pies Pub! TN AUSTRALIA A “SNA NEN, WHO eat “reese SoA LANGFORD YESTERDAY, - LEP 19 WILLING To HAVE JOHNSON RETIRE. Work! could put a trio tn the Meld just now that would beat the three above named. This race will be one of the deaturon of the games, and tn a race no follower of athletics should 1,000 yard run te another event which will make the audience feel glad that they attended thix meet, Marry Giasing, the present champion and rec- ord hoMer, will meet Egan, Kiviat, Walter and J. P. Sullivan, Kiviat looks In good enough condition to wrent the title from Gtesing and beat the present indoor record of 1 minute 14 aeconds. The 20-yard run should be a hum mer, with Dorlo the three-time ESDAY, shing Co. (The Vounson may. come, over From Cnicace To SEE MORRIS + AND MENNEDYIANID THE REST OF Tue Horas” champion; Jim McEntee, Rosenberger Prout, the Boston A. A. flyer, well-known middle distance at tered, These may have to be content, however, to fight it out for second and third places, as D. B. Young, the in- tercollegiate quarter-mile: and record holier, will also atart in this race, and he should have but littio trouble win- ning if In proper condition, was but the Cainbisden Benes | Boxer’s Ring cies eralship May Save Him From Bad Beating. R. T. C., Has Made BY JOUN POLLOCK. BATTLE between good big men in scheduled to take place at Buf- Joe Jeanette, the elght of Hoboken and Jack Sullivan of Cambridge, Maes., will be the principals in a ten- round bout before the Buffalo 8. C. This will be the first time they have fought, although many previous tempts have been made to bring them together. Jeanette {s fighting in best form right now and ought to beat of the State of Delaware, and, de from hie record from 2.14% to 2.00%, and touched Solumbus, in The “plow horse” won five in September. Hoiding Costs Marty Brown His Go With Beecher wing to Axht. aide fighter, led in the ninth round of For holding on and re! Marty Brown, the east was dlsqu his ten-re at the Fordon A. ©. show no attention to the warning, tually he wae ordered to hi dlaqualified. Tommy Houck, the clever itgie adelphia bantamweteht, put tt atl Frankie Pass, a Brooklyn fighter, A.C. of South Brooklyn, pointed Pass without any full count three times, jaw. After that Go! she own way, ALTHOUGH VICTORIOUS, in the thin (Special to The Bvening World) PHILADELPHIA, Dec. %.—Pal won from Charley Turner tn the up of the National Athletic nothing at all to brag about. labor and Was satisfed to keep trifle ahead of bis opponent lunded heavily in nearly every mark. overcoat. beaten in town without extra price, and Great Coats profuse. Only Store) 119-325 Walker St., Th a its, Chinon Pa outclassed him in every round 0 ‘trou referee frequently cautioned Brown |JOHN@ON PUTS ON “THE MITTS. at epee, et nfo, wad for holding in the clinches, but he paid] CHICAGO, Deo, fain Phil bat Clevelen: pent aay no even: corner and ten-round bout at the Brookiya Beach Houck out. trouble and also dropped him to the floor for Charley Goldman defeated Eddie 9 8 an in the anain bout at the Teving: A show, Goldman Knew too much for Sherman and landed on him at will Int third round Goldman dropped an with @ hard right-hand up- MOORE SHOWS UP POORLY. | Christmas matinee, but his victory was) seemed unwilling to do any unnecessary | Turner was Meger than the “boy wonder” and but most of his blows wore lacking in power of went wide of thelr intended Suppose you look at my $15 You'll see value un-: extra stylish | Raglans Moe Levy New York Sullivan handily, as the latter is get- ting slow after his long ring career. Sullivan 1s a good general, however, and may give Jeanette @ stiff argu- ment for a few rounds. , manager S04 ates 27 coment to againat J HERE'S A NOVELTY NOTE SUPPLIED BY O'ROURKE. ‘Tom O'Rourke called up to-day to say, that Al Pataor ts not one of the army of white hopes, with aspirations to de- throne Jack Johnson. “Palser ten't quite ready for Johnson yet. 4 Tom. The honor and glory of whipping the of the hunch, js quite enough for Palzer to look forward to, at this time." | ot v for to in two monthe Jack Johnaon put on|™ the “pillows” at a local xymnasium, to-day, and opened his trating for | what he claime will be the best year of hin career. r cf, Y Charles, White hae been, salectel to referee, the iitear x ct rr i, ath ‘on to. Write have arte abe toe a alee Auits managers fanted thelr wiahe Phil- over] The Bie cinder declared to-day he! {0 @} would meet all comers provided a age ig ee re $90,000 purse was hung up for his end jalesion a Conte tigi We es the Maman —A Bottle That Holds A Whiskey You Can Be Sure Is Right It's all tight to guess about some things, but a man can’t be too sure about what he puts into his stomach. And this applies to drink well as food. That's why Wilson Whiskey now comes in the new bottle with the new top. So that you can know you're getting a pure drink as well as a rea/ one. If you don’t drink “Wilson,” it’s time you tried it. You have to guess about the goodness of other kinde—the kinds in the ordinary bottles. Wilson Whiske (In the New Bottle) SOLD EVERYWHERE Moore wind: | Club's just @ round, ‘his | Jeanette and Sullivan Mix at Buffalo To-Night DEUVEMBER 26, s] BEST “SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK BOXING SHOWS TO-NIGHT. At Brown Gymnasium A. A—Kid Burns, the west side lightweight, vs. Young Cashman, ten rounds. At Royale A. C, rounds. At Mount Vernon Sporting Club —Ty Cobb vs, Young Ketchell, ten rounds. signed up tod " themed up torday. by his manager, att ar oie iehatisn, Ey foe in Uaree we ager of Towant Morrow a) Cighioe wary pred — the Piitaureh s lorrow, jer in another’ twel rown i@ certainly taking a me, aly i Tans he Haag i Grshtweight chau, Ri ” BY "Varah, ie ery ment for tweaey rounds before the seine mi ¢ fosea uses Sarpri Moore jr, & comparatively un- known lawn tennic player, aprang a bis urprise by defeating Walter Meret Hall, holder of the singles title, in the Neen ie Medan Jannual champlonship tournament of the | Seventh Regiment, the scores being 6--2, Coen "ign up to Hehe ie st wich Cal. on, New Brown has four G. G. 3-6 and 12-10. hie usual good form, y feu, Lewks tri oes ged for t) Brookiyn— Tommy Murphy ve. Joe Bedell, ten Goldman “deteats athe be wil 1 Be geet up, with 1 sghnay pi by Htyan, champion Biddlewelght and man- ‘the use Jnldd) wits ay ikager vo meet my, Bailon m of Erbe bay fi ah a ain to fs ey at South “Tend, Jan. Disa, ble atin teething Hall did not play up to That’s Always Honest || pte atte, 1911, JOHNSON’S TITLE IS LIKE MONEY---EVERYBODY WANTS IT. New York World). ——F in SAYING A WORD Raicevich-Zbyszko _Bout Ends in Fizzle Not secured the fall and that he had only slapped him on the back so as to get Him to go back on the mat, Also Zbyszko was stil standing In the ring waiting for Ralcevich to return and re- sume the match. As Raicevich refuscd to continue, Zbyszko went to his dressing room, According to the conditions of the matoh, Zbyszko was to throw Raicevich threo times in ninety minutes, Ife had gained the first fall in 37 minutes and 60 seconds with a combination cross- arm hold. As Raicevich only had to gain one fall Hecate ¢ Over Fall Brings Wrestling Match to Sudden Termination. HROUGH a misunderstanding, the wrestling match botween Stanis- laus Zbyszko, the giant Pole, and Glovann! Ralcevich, the Itallan heavy- wolght, came to a sudden ending at|{0 ‘in, (hn result, was that ie nde ta Madleon Square Garden, the referee. tthe floor and Refereo Jenkins had Ue facta Ete cdi Saba Lhd slapped him on the shoulder, ho thought elsion, claiming that neither man had complied with the rutes. The cause of the termination of the contest was the failure of [talcevich to understand English. It was in the second bout that the trouble occurred. Raloevich had Zbyszko pinned to the floor in the deadly clutches of a crotch and half nelson ‘hold. One of Zbyszko's shoulders was on the mat and the other was on the canvas outside of the mat. Instead of Referee Jenkins waving his hands to Ratcevich to get up and he had won the fall and the match. Caruso and Scott!, the Italian opera singers, were present and led in the cheering for Raicevich. MRS. BRITTON INSTITUTES “LADIES? DAY” IN ST. LOUIS ST. Lours, 1 Dee. 26. —"Ladtos’ Day" at the National League Park here was announced as a Christmas gift to the women of St. Louls by Mrs. Helen allow Zbyszko to get back on the mat, y Britton, owner of the St. he foolls! slapped Ralcevich on the tlonals. Mrs, Britton, it 1s back. Immedfately Ralcevich got UP /announced, will select Thursday of cach and walked over to his. corner, now- | week e day when all women will ing to ‘his countrymen as though he won the fall and match. In a few seconds hundreds of Ital- jans swarmed around Ralcevich, yell- ing Uke madmen, After putting on his bathrobe, he left the ring and sauntered to his dressing room, while his wildly excited countrymen followed, applaud- ing vociferously, In the meantime Referee Jenkins w: trying to explain that Ralcevich de admitted free to baseball cames next season. 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Ww. the colored but formerly awardod the de ford * colored fighter, of Boston, nt# at the termination of a y-round contest, The battle, h was a very resting one, at+ ted eighteen thousand spoctatore. Vey had a big advantage over M. Langford in hetght, wetght and reach, decision did not meet with the approval of the crowd, who loudly hooted the verdict. ‘The majority of the spectators were of the opinion that Langford should have recelved a draw. In the first and second honors were fairly even, both men showing tion, but landing hard. In the third round Langford scored a heavy right to the Jaw. MeVey came back with a hook which sent Langford to the floor, but he got to his feet immediately. Tho fifth round was MoVe; He continued to send the left to the jaw, and Langford’s mouth and tongue were bleeding and he seemed dazed. By the ninth round McVey had piled up many points, and Langford ‘had been cau- tloned for using his forearm. Roth showed signs of punishment and Langford had a marked discoloration and swelllng over his right eye. Me- Vey's mouth and nose were bleeding. It was give and take in the tenth, but the eleventh and twelfth rounds were Langford MeVey's left, which had done consid- erable exectuton up to this time, began to lack steam. For tho next five rounds the men sparred; few heavy blows were exchanged. .angford was aggressive, yut MeVey outboxed him. Langford's eve was closed tight, his opponent fre- quently landing on this shining mark. Both were tired and more than cau- tious in the nineteenth, and when the bell rang for the twentieth they came wearlly Into the ring almost too ex- hausted to fight. They clinched through- out this round, —_——————— NEW YORK BOXERS WIN ONLY ONE BOUT IN PHILLY. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Dec. %.—It was Philadelphia versus New York at the Nonpariel A. 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