w&m&i&f. m m. THE REPUBLIC: SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1903. 11 I. r BASEBALL PUGILISM HANDBALL POLO AND ATHLETICS. PROMISE OF SPLENDID SPORT HANDBALL GAME GROWING POPULAR IN ST. LOUIS ENGLISH POLO TEAM COMING. ON ST. LOUIS BASEBALL FIELD. j It Is Verly Likely That thfe ' Urowns U;ic a Good Chance for Fennant Honors in the American Three Nickalls Brothers League, While Cardinals Will Hank Higher in National League and Captain Miller Will Race Than They Did Last Sea son Donovan's Youngster. NextSummer. Are Showing to Hood Advantage Hall of Fame for Visit , IMajers Philadelphia Society Enters the liase- - Accordlig to the latest cable reports therp jp ball Game Otto Williams Is Doing Nicely. is a strong' probabllltj that two teams aC Ergllh pnlo players will visit America this, teason. Mr. Wi.Iiam A. Hazard, secretary1 of tho American Polo Association, has brtrl will nr.iTTEX fou the Sunday nnrrnuc ever done, and Heidrick claims that he working to get Xa n, hard fcr months team of baoball, no matter which little trouble with his legs this sea-se- a Patron hae goes come ever, and it is now practically assurei' pirk they visit this, will be treated which means that everj thing that toward the flag-po- will be gathered In. that a series of International matches wilt, to baseball of a superior qualltj, and In Hemphill has spent a strenuous winter of be plajed In this countrj- - this summer. quantities that will satisfy the appetite of It. and In the pnctlce games has nlreadj The details of the plan were talked over the most ravenous of fans. knocked eleven balls so fir out of the Baton at a dinrer elven by Captain E. D. Miller In Rouge grounds that the anxious small boj London to Mr. Hazard. Among those pres-- N Superior baseball, in the Ft. Louis Inter- stationed two blocks away from the ground int was Sir Patteson Nlckall", a wealthy, pretation of the word, means winning hall, to watch for Hemphill's drives canrot flnl English sportsman, who Is the father of sood htttlne. fielding and close games them. With Friel to help this bunch of three prominent polo plaj ers Patteson t fan pllcher Nick-all- s. by local teams, material provokers, the locals should do a Nickalls, Cecil Nickalls and Robert rlajed the and the large business with the willow. In the international Karnes at m secured by the local Amsrkan and National PFLLIAM'S HAM. OF FAME. list spring Cecil Nickalls plaved No. 1 on h in three League managements already assures ji Harry Pulllam. the National Leagje's new the Isllf tam sll cf the to matches for the American Cup. Patteson kind of basebill that will measure up president. Is a man of ldas His latest NIckall? plajed In the first and by tile most effort to produce an effect Is his announce- lat and around the standard set ment matches, and Robert Nickalls Is a youm critical fans and bleacherites that he will start a Hall of Fame man Just out of college. fcr bill plaers In his office In New York Nick- Although, Na- It is understood thai Sir Patteson to a certain ete.r.t. the His Idea Is to have the chamnion batter alls is ver- - much In favor of having his. League team will be an experiment, of the National league of each jear sit for It pro- tional life-siz- three boj's plav In America, and was the material that the Rohlsons have put a e painting, so thit the jouths of posed Gecrge Miller he the fourth In will the future may compare the champion that the hands of Comminder Donovan swatters, ago member cf the team. Mr. Miller plaved Nb. lve the pulchritudlnous Pat a chance to of each ear with the bct : on the Ungllsh team at Hurllngham fit builay his full ability as a manner. r thev live In the, two winning games, so that the quartet will have two catchers who been The first niche in th Hall of Fame will strong one. jj hae life-siz- e would he a fairly trTM and found to be first class, with a new be adorned by a painting of th The other team talked of is the one com- one Weaver who comes here with a rec- beaming features ard radiant hair of Clar- posed Rawilnon and ence Pittsburg team, who cf Buckmister. - ommendation as long as one of Corbett's Beiumont of the Frcrko rnd one other plajer, probahlj- a. defis to Jeffries. carried off the bitting honors In tho Na- fnmilj-- . tional league last seaon. member of the Miller Frike FOURTEEN PITCHERS. The recent purchase of the PhlladelpVa li a veiy wealthy joung English- On the firing line Donovan has fourteen National League by the repre- man: he plajed No. I In the second gime af. franchise Hurl'rgham th- - Enslish team, and he is pitchers, but, of course, half, or more than sentative society folks of that burg, who fir- been learning a sport more stren- - said to be vcrj- enthusiastic ovr a polo trip " have for substituti- s - , , , j jous ping-pon- may develop some to America Rawlinson was a s than on Buckrr.atter, i ; remarkable changes In the method of report- - the team and '. . nk.1-Jnk- tn ,....-- . - I... . -- ...A.... Is the best plaj er In Englard. I - ..& i t J ...awe. ii. iic.i .iji. over . v- In theh...cfuture, and when the Philadelphia If both of these teams come tly fan turns to the sport page he ma bo On the nandbnll f'ouir. J. II. McTague. will make it very Interesting for the Amer- to following account of a game icans. II the present Intentions of the treated the DAILY ON COUKT -- w 11' "One of the most fashionable functions of SCENES THE OF THE UCSINESS MEN'S GYMNASIUM, ON OLIVE STREET. Englishmen are carried out both 'earns the seasons vva vewterday's gam at the sail 'or New York about August 1. which Philadelphia Ball Park It was the occa- WRIT1EX FOR THE SUNDAY RnPUBUC the family in Westmeath. Ireland, where I came from." Mr. McManus. "Take my would brins: thrn here in time for the sum so- sas Newport. sion rf the debut of evraI charming These pictures represent .1 scene in the handbill court of the Business Men's Gjmna-slu- tin do not play Jim for monej. All the McTagues are professional handball plaers in roer touncy at ciety belles, and the toilets observed Vn th The annual meeting of the Polo Associa- grand stand were exquisite, foulards ird The tall plajer on the left is James II McT.iguoof the St. Louis Catering Com- Ireland." tion will be held April 21. when the handi- predominating. "Jim thinlcs It Is a great gime for the flsure and makes him look svelte and hand- caps will te revised. The Lakewood tourna tulles pany. In the handball scene Mr. McTague stands behind A. J. Flanrcr. a. Journalist. on Aprl 27. am' "As cards for the event had b'en Issued some. Maybe so. Person illy, I like billiards better. Look how reaching up to the butt ment will begin this vear under the supervision of the patronesses who plajs quite a game of handball. Inside with Mr. Flanner. and servins the ball, is will continue to Mav 9. The evnts wil bt great. bon- of my cue malting masse shots has developed my waist line. Georgian Ccurt Cups, presented by Mrs. the crush was not too Tea and G P. Jones, n the bons were served after the fifth inning, and the insurance man. Professor Douglas, instructor of the Business "It Is my observation that handball plajers never amount to much.. Look at the rec- George J. Gould, and the Herbert trophies, was altogether delightful. Men's Gvmnasium, is standing with his back to tho reader. b presented by H. L. Herbert, chairman o. the affair ords of great men. Who ever heard of George Washington. Thomas Jefferson. Napoleon Lake-woo- 111 S? "The game itself was an Interesting af- Mr. McTague Is very fond of the Itish game. He is no the Polo Association. The entries for d if f? on thinks that there exercise on or Wellington pl.lng handball. Thej were billiard plajers, every man of them. Not a 15. Jr. fcsiS53"- fair. When the home team appeareJ earth like handball. In his Mr. McTague close April the field, clad in exquisite silk caps and or- jouth was quite a baebill player. It Is not handball plajer among them. finishing make- generally known that he once was Charley ComlsKcj's gandie uniforms off their (the old Brown Stocking captain of "I think well of Jim, but I do not like his plajing handball. One time I w?s in an in- up pafnt-Ieath- er shoes clasped with the late eighties catcher. Comiskey was pitcher. with ap- then a That was before Comiskej at- sane nsjlum. and it was full of fellows making swipes at imaginary balls." RYANS; silver buckles, there was a rlpi.iJ of tained fame in St Louis. TWO TOMMY -- gloved hands The Cartoonist George McManus, Jr., allows his fitful and gorgeous fancj to with plause from calntilv Mr. McTague gave up In his trifle opposing tesm from Chicago, however, come baseball jouth. He still loves handball. George the game. He depicts various Incidents of games he has seen Messrs. McTague, Jones. rw DnnM. ns thev snalled the Sr., the theatrical man, says that handball is born in the McTagues. "I knew Flanders and part Business FISTIC DROMIOS. effect of harmony by wearing flannel uni- others take in at the Men's Gmnaslum. forms and rough black shoes, with a .pecu- fastening which the groundkeep-e- r Handball is the great game of the plajers can serve a ball that will hit the liar steel stockings ternS ball. It Is too resilient and bounds 'ace or the "in hand." If the 'in hand' called cleats They also wore It Is full of life, competition, in- side wall close to these corners, then bound off the hand too quickly. It is hit or slapped. falls it counts a hand out. Then the "out of an abominable white material. terest, skill, speed and Judgment Almost out close to the back wall. It takes some The regulation ball can be whipped and hand" becomes in In white flannels, goes neat swinging to get these balls up in good the hand and the In hard "The umpire, attired everybody who to a gjmna&lum plays slung, as It were It lies on the hand when the out hand is bj" Middle-Weig- ht in shape. - The service repeated Champion and canvas shoes and jachtlng cap. stood out handball. Indeed, apparatus Is rrowlng Not one in twejitv of the gymna- being hit, verj- often rolling from the ball of one or the other until the agreed number strong to the rather vulgar appear- rusty of use in phslcaPcuIturo sium plajers can do It. Not one in twenty ' contrast for want the of the thumb across the finger tips and staying of points which make the game. ance of the Chicago baseball men. schools of the period. Men will only useilt them has ever seen a real handball on the hand while member is traveling Is scored. The points are adjustable, In Ordinary Welter Weight , . ..cmi fnrms nf baseball eti-- get on court. that as i.. when they cannot the handball court. over a foot In the air. Those who have billiards, but 21 is th- - regulation game-Gam- es been observed the Chicago bag, REGULATION HANDBALL COURT. - - had re- The punching pullejs. mats and vari- plajcd the "lawford" stroke In tennis and nre plajed bj- two or bj- four, Are Alike, but Only pitcher fa-v- mci - went to bat. the Quaker after ous other methods of exercise have lost The usual court in the gjmna"ium is a who - handing them to room. understand the theory and principle of two to each slde'or one man maj- plav two. moving hi- - kid gloves and Men who seek exercise want to play wall of the Lines are dr.iwn on the "follow through" In golf will appreciate It is a great game to develop the muscles through pecullir motion, threw floor to represent boundaries Instead of bodj-- . in Looks. " ROY BRASHEAR. his valet a struck handball. what this means. The hard ball is not ex- of the especially the abdomen, chest the ball over the plate The bitter The game Is of Irish derivation The Irish walls. There is not anv chance for skilled actly slapped or hit. It Is more properly and shou'ders and thigh and calf muscles Formerly a member of the Cardinals, who and the bill glided to probably derived who play in corners, etc. Very the boun - at It with his bat. it from the Iberians, . .lten slunS. though the motion of the hahd Is sa in fact, all the principal parts of the sj-s- al batsman, however, tripped por- ,hey VrHoT. n ..,... U ...... will be a member of the Philadelphia center field The populated the southern and western ' Ctfd ,Bh0"Uibn fast that It fan be detected by the eye. Tem.. ,, ..,.,, u mon fc.lt- - p.V.pt-- U.IUCI carpet stretched from home Ro- Then the ball iii.ii League U1I3 on the piece of tions of Europe about the time of the used the HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED. hand stroke with both hands, reaches team season base, and the umpire an- man Gaul. Many Spaniards plaj ers Is made of ruober core wound ul ovir, SCTTDCT rlate to first remon- invasion of play w.th The game becins bv one man serving the in. down. up. across, takes in all court, he is WRITTEX THE REPUBLIC. out. The batsman game is handball, only they jam and covered with hide Just like a base- i half, of this number will be forced to seek nounced him - a that that - ball He bounds It on the floor and hits 5t getting the best possible exercise. Th pugilism can boast of any Dromlos, the strated or. the ground that his fall was in- have a basketlike arrangement like n ten- ball, but not anj- larger than a walnut. against rapid If theiieUer of the bamboos before opening the wall. It rebounds out beyond and sudden stooping and reaching Tommy Ryan n In fistic ' evitab'e. nis racket strapped to their right hands. This ball carries farther, flies faster, boun Is what Is known as line low two say cnap "I don't like species quicker the "short line," a after balls is the best part of the work. - arlslrg (JZitchoU will probablv bo seen I Oh. old "" saiu. Mexicans know this of the fame. and farther and higher than the drawn In the center of the court. The op- The game calls for Involuntary action, circles, may c'aim anj- distinction l1u at first but- - QU nm u " or - " base, and if he can maintain the fast pace ,' ,comJ?,laln- - - rea"5- a.re Popular as handball is In St. Louis and tennis rubber ball. posing plajer known as the "out hand" quick starting, stopping, turned adjust- frcm such titles. In build, facial appear- - other cities, the game as plaj ed here Is not It gives more action, compels faster move- must return the ball to the or "buck- ment of the In fact, iia sci in rnai Dnsmon iitunrn ne finp m """"Ti.-- n front feet even more rapid, ance and nom de guerre, the pugilists have last season he should even great .a ei onsTveren tne umnire. true handball. The real handball plaer ment und truer hitting. It is hard on the ing" wall before It bounds twice. He can varied movements than boxing. make the 4ynu get there, jou know, and use an oblong court. It has front, side and hands of beginners, as It up Boxlnir points !n common, although it cannot be "ienney hustle for honors. really didn't . bruises them take It en the fly or after the first bound. does not call for the low reaching and It Is will be v.bat else could I do?' back walls The best part of the game is padlj-- As sere as a boll is a true definition If he takes it, returns It properlj-- , stooping handball docs. said that there Is any remarkable rejera-blanc- e almost assured that Farreil " very well,' replied the batsman, and plajing the balls that are served of the condition of a beglnrter's the other Btatloned at the middle sack, and his pay- 'Oh. .hands whn plajer must also return it, and so on until It Is this involuntary reaching, trying between their reccrds of battles. ing this season should be on the improve- - he rejoined the ladles against the back wall and in the corners he tackles the regulation handball. one or the other fails. and "'.. innini; a uru-i- wj made by the and bide walls. Expert Is Impossible to properlj- - stretching that makes it such a beneficial One Tommy Ryan halls from Syracuse. roem. i - , ,.,- -. v,r,o back It control the If the "out" hand falls it counts one exercise...... ".""."o"e very i... world; . shortstop ard third base, two gaps In list i mucj u,"i.,"" ,h.. mi." nn and Is middleweight champion of the Cardinals' infled which lo- - comes Fhfla-'r'- "'' lea r'. cqS tht P'aJ" "'ne "'"fwas ?"'?;?ncaru wwa.w,i Vnvca.. the other Tommy Rjan from ials many games, will be lilted this season he wrist, iu r, 7 welterweight, not bv two hustling joungsters Just what dear, what a rude way of doing Wines, i went In to be beaten for the loser's end or here are delphla and Is a but a beg pardon, my bov. but jou should . positive that he weighed not less Tommy Ryan Is said P'aers will guard thte sl.it ons cannot be reallv GENERAL NEWS AND GOSSIP the monej-- than 1.0 pounds en occasion. champion. Sjracure - definitely stated thus early, but It is a use jour lorgnettes, really you ought. At one stage of the who wero that Those to be. north c'o-- e to 510O.O 0. fniladelphlft game was then called In the eighth at the ring In Carson City asiee to broke- - And vet liaid matter to see where the locals could 'The iiout Alien Knocked that he must have welghsd 16S 1T0 Tommj Ryan is said b; buv. borrow or kteal a worse pair than Inning, as there wero a number of dinner him down, after the or on that the two m'Eht pass one for the otnar, In parties the evening." OF FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS. spectators occasion. Fltz has alwajs retuseii to weigh - - was sltghtu cavorted nt short last season. , for had been in public, and it is doubtful if he has ever anj- companj- untie either but In strong contrast to the plodding Krue-- particularly caustic In middle-weig- Reports from the Dallas training grounds approached the mark In re- known. ' I, r and the stol'd Hartmann will be the. d their remarks This cent Is nom!- - Brain, Cardinals' new-thir- - vears. Although Sjracuse Tommj Rjan ' iigi'.e Smith. Williams or Burke at short sav that Davy the was the cnlj- Incident Jack Munroe has been fleet-foote- d Is doing' some wonderful attracting consider- nally thi heavier of the :mir, holding the field, and the Brain nt third sacker. of the fight worth able attention In New York base. stunts about the third pillow already. His noticing. up stage and has taken middleweight title, in realty he is as light , way whip ls strong, and his manner of going Pugilistic Game Is Under a Temporary Shutdown in the City, but Is wrestling ns No matter what the Burke incident Attell will do him- a mcins of exhibiting as hLi Philadelphia counterpart. Syraeuseri, is settled, the f;t. Ixnds National League after hard Infield hits alwaj s insures him a Scheduled to Reojien Shortly, According to Announcements self no good If he rne can fight at 141 pounds, quite readilj-- anU short-o- p good throwing position. figures - nimseii. Butte Club Is already assured of a faster In anj- more miner seems to have gees up to 1Z& in case of necessity. than It had last jcar. At third Fitzsinimons Is Occupying the Center of the Pugilistic iiflilrs of the sort. He become popular in be- Dave Brain should find) but little difficulty Otto Williams, the St. Loul boy. Is al'o queered" hlmse'f th Philadelphia Tomrrr fluctuates Heavy-Weig- ht v. lWlng his tootsies into the vacant brogans miking a good showing, and unless Burke Stage Just at Present in Circles Young mo .decidedly In -- CHA& 'be a very tween the tame eights. nil the antiquated Hartmann. Brain comes decides to become a member of the Card- MAYHOOD. decent. - Both havu about the same appear- McGovern IJeady id quiet sort of fellow. ir.tr tCst. Louis with a good reputation, and as inals and play at short Held It Is more than Corbet t and for Action. manager did. by being" ho ', training . In respect, although Philadelphia1 boy hit-Int- o He is pleasant In fS ance everj ieWs only S3 years old. It will be an easy likely that the North .Side will beconiu or entering sovern for his manner ceems slight!:- - of the twbV1 full-flds- go through, ,,e Young- Cor- - and to Tommy la the tal'er matter for him to add luster to the bright a duckling, and the an agreement """" good Impres- - Detl-spl- make a One pecullaritj- which wou.d strike a casual, reputation he gained while a member of campaign clipping the wings off the hot wilh Bennv Ynnger to sion generallj--. the Bison City tejm of the Eastern League. ones that sail toward short. the purse in their scheduled go In observer Is the fact that either man has the will be the same as year, Lingular a slight thickening or the cartilage In tne The outflell last most manner, by which the loser Georse BIo"k. I and as the major-leagu- e experience gained As the result of eating some canned pine- i got more the nose, which results from blows on that than the winner. Tumult stirred local welter is - by Lmcot and BarcUy should be of much apple Irvin Wilhclm. the new Pittsburg up hi pugilistic circles, when the j.o'nt. This- tact, added to the really re- - , -- conditions to enter the ring again ABE ATTELL. benefit to that pair of fl chasers, with pitcher. Is confined to his bed at his home of the bout became known, af- markably similar contour of their features, caused the after a long absence,, J- , Donovan In right to give them advice on In Wooster, O . suffering from a peculiar fair tu be called off. ho fought brings out the resemblance strong! points of" game gained ptomaine poison'ng. It is thought therefrom when he Lddy Tnmmv has been fighting the finer the In the form of meets Billy Rhodes Toy Thursdaj--. Hiraensn itvan turmoil of a long baieball career, tho out- - by the attending phvslclans that the pitch- . last i for sixteen j ears" and is one ot the test; experiencing liny .JetXy 'cOovern has burst upon the Pa- next Sundaj-- March er will recover without 22. Columbia known puguuis n me roumrj. ne noa poisoning be ready cific Coast In all his glory and Is now work- at the Athletic Club. The men 111 1570. bad effects from the and ing are to fight 11j pounds born Redwood. N. X.. In and started for work berore the season opens. at Alameda and arousing considerable at und the bout Is his pugilistic career when he was 17 years, Interest. McGovern sterns to have a scheduled for twenty rounds. George Is In ot who good made gocd trim is to old. Unlike many his time, have Just who Is the oldest ball plaser In the impression among "the (.porting men and said be capable been steadily relegated to tne rear, he has v of of putting up a fight. major leagues In point of service is the West, und it Is likely that betting fast held hi own In tau front circles of puglI-- ( much-moote- d will be tjiiritcd when he up Philadelphia Tommj Rjan will be his a question. New York scribes oung lines against next opponent. lum and Is still the legitimate middleweightr- - give George Van Haltren the honor of be- Corbett the latter part of the month. Rjan knoeked him out in champion. major-leagu- Is. the seventh ing dean of the corps of e ball Mtuovern attended, at his training round cf their bout last spring ONE NAME ADOPTED. i)laors, so far as continuous length of serv- quarters, by Joe Humphrey. Eddie Cain and some interest will nttach to the secord - Rj-a-n Is Joseph Y'oungs and h rf big I Chi-eg- o and Clurlev- Majhocd. meeting of the men. Is In the city His real name ice in a league concerned. Up In The latter will be French-Canadia- n de- - . the scribes of the Breezv Burg credit tvell remem.iered here, as he trained Danny and states that he keeps in good shape. slates that he is of Daughertj on Block Is now under the management of scent. Jimmy Itan with being the oldest bill both thj tatter's tights with compIS-- plaver. while the Philadelphia writers claim torl.es at the Weit End Club. Eddie Cain Otto Rlchter. who has adopted the wlte He assumed his ring name out of '' their new manager. Chief Zlmmer, Is the Is boy who has served as course of sending his men against all com- mentrto Thomas Ryan, who was Mayor of Hum-phre- ers. fighting oldest by far. and probablv the Philadelphia srarHng partner f,or Terry or late. js Rlchter states that he will match Block Syracuse when Joseph started his i,rriLers are right, for Zlmmer has been is acting as manager of the traln'ng with anj man of his welsht. and that he is career. For the last two months the mld- -i playing In fast company fcr more than camp in the absence of Sam Harris willing to put him on in preliminaries, if ht champion has been at Hot - twenty Van Haltren for about six- Considerable enthusiasm has been worked pothlng better oflrs. This Is the best Springs, but he will be In this city In a few jears. up among the Mc- - eourse to pursue If Block Is to become teen and Ryan for about twentj. - . well-kno- Uovernltes" bj- the known generallj-- Welter-weig- ht Tommy Ryan is that no losers here, where he first appeared In FALLS HEIR To'hALf'mILLION: have trained at th Young Corbett. whom he servecT Alameda camp, but In speaking of Abe Attcll's stjle last as sparring partner. He fought here for the . that Root, Brltt and week. Jake Chiln. said that he would like first time about one year ago. knocking out Young Hawaiian Will Inherit His several others have Business ' to take some clever bcxer. like McPadden George Block In ,a bout at the " prepared for wlnnins or Brooklj-- Men's Gyrrr.Bsluni. He next appeared'" nl Aunt's Fortune. battles when Tommy Sullivan, and send Dnffji estnb him against Abe in r. campaign or the West End Club, losing to Martin llshed there. Whethe. his after'flfteen rounds. Ryan Is his real name. itnpum.ic this do.ie will worl own. Ho believed that the jumping tactics get special. - He Is now in the city, and is trying to San Francl-c- c March 14 W. K. Macom-be- r. out fr.vornblj- In th of Attell would not ptove. difficult to solve on a match with some local man. coming battle re uMmc if he was fought properlj. Syracuse Tommy Ryan will be engaged . a joung Hawaiian who recently took -- . ' 1TA mains lo be een. "Attell has been lucky in his opponents." here. In all probability, as the boxing in- up his residence In this city with the Inten- Young Corbett is - d,,,,,,-,-, he sjld. "and the Icugh piopo-sitio- Club. In ,.,.- - structor of the Missouri Athletlt IK-.- tion of entering the University of Califor- keeping quletlj Jt that he was meeting weie reallj- men a tter to the sporting editor of The Re- nia, has lecelved word that by the death of work and Is nlnsBantam champion who afforded the best chance for Abe's public from Hot bprings last week, apropos h's aunt. Mrs W. J. Barrs. at Worcester. nothing a fact which who Intends to take htjle. Kid Broad, for Instance. Is sufficient- of the lively discussions in which he has Mass . he had fallen heir to the sum of impresses favoraoiv on several bouts In ly slow, compared to Atrell. to afford the figured with Fitzsimmons and the general sporting men who be- - the near future, latter an easy game at oulboxlns him. fight situation, he said: two ago lleve that a lighter If I was sending a man against MJcomber came here jears after should Attell. "I have been here for two months, and being graduated from the Minuil Training tisht with h's fists instead of h's I would tell them to watch that left or his have not been In trim to fight any one. al- S:hooI. and studied for a time at the Hum- mouth. !t feems certa'n that the cham- and to keep their own lerts fcr a though I took on one bout. In regard to pion will be In good trim when he meets coirter. Lverv time Attell led for 1 say boldt School. His aunt's estate amounts to McGovern him Fltzulmmons, 1 will only that I accepted apout $3,000,000. for the secord fire too manj' would tell him to send his own left out the offer of the Fort Erie Club for a purse, bitter have been rass3d between with a Map; to slip Abe's blow It he could, Fltz" paid no attention to It, and did not the men to make either likclj-- to accept de- but to land his own at all hazards. but in a pleasant This answer Herrman's offer. I have not beejj, feat spirit. would keep Abe from running up any big talking about the matter, as he has don,, v At that, it mav be raid, that two more score ot lefts. ATiTHiTn vir-im- decent little fellows never contested for "Any quick man with for I am not In the show business, and n tho will probably hold down the first cush " c the his hands cm land torlety does me no good. Jli title. Thj o"V thl-- that either can be oi Atteu. His opponents have failed again- ion for tne tardlnals this season. blamed for Is a Is op "Fltz has retired time and - and :: ' 1 - nng'c tiult; this a they were not as quick their h fighting anybody,! - tendencj- to Indulgence Crb-;tt'- s fet. do not bolteve Intends v part If a man steps in and tries to lead at Abe, middle-weig- cham-- 'field should be better than it was last ear. ". . and a tendency to make cHg!uln- If he fights me for the 1 Already the report? from the training remarks the latter is clever enough tmcl a siifllcientiv plonshlp it will have to be at 154 pounds, about Ills conqueror on Terry's. Both bojs good indue cf olst m-- e to step back out o'f reminds nt Dallas inillrvsto th the nlnra arc popular with the sporting range the weight at which he beat Jack Dempseyd cintlnjcnl almost every time. His wonderful rea; middle-weig- ht nre rapidly rounding to and acquiring the and It appears as if the- - put up and which is the llmR..') necessary iciun vo assure success should a footwork does this for him. will be In St. Louis In a few days cons juay in reallv good "But if a man quick with his hands kept "I the heat of the pennant race. McGovern weljhi at rrescnt. Just about countering every cernlng the offer of the Missouri Athletic I 1 time Abe led. a different I will gladly retire to accept this DOWN THE FINAL LAP. the same as Yot.ng Corbett. both men be- story would be told. Abe would be forced to Club. ing credited. In from place If satisfactory arrangements are The team that can beat the JlcAloerltes rerorts the Coast, with use his right then and to set himself for Its and. as 1 have been corresponding down the final lap of the American League Hiring tbe scales in the neighborhood of use. Once ho sets himself, ha loses his made, BILLY" 1U This will with the directors for some time, I think pennant race will certainly be entitled to MAYNARD OF PHILADELPHIA, leave them about speed on his feet. I think his stjle of fight- we will close am money. Of course, there are on three roufJ" each to work off bfcre thej-pe-t ing could be solved easily that the deal. I tired of first fans sparring partner blow ho dangerous McGovern's bj- - - rather by a will close with any s, Illustrating on his the considers most in to the'welchts set the articles. fighting and reasonabla the clreuit touting the New Yorks. the moderatelj- clever man." oner." "the Athletics and the Cleveland stock. This blow Is between a hook and a punch and at an opponent's jaw. Middle-weig- - League teams to be a position When ht Tommj- gets here it American in Heaw welghti have been rather quiet the -- "AMERICAN will not be surprising It some amusing mis- to snub the Browns nt the close of the sea- VVHITTEC TUB fcUNDAT RDI'I'IILIC. Clarences Forte", Tommy Live. Hugo Kel-- lj week. having ITALIAN PRIESTS. Jake Chalm all the Chicago partj-- . ,n last Fltz.irr.mons occupied takes In Identity are recorded In the vari- son, but mot ct thete wise gus need to Local pugilistic interest centered in the - - attent'on In his argument tact got away fin- home cltj- most with Jack ous sporting haunts of the citj have their bumps examined. practical Cutting down of the game In this . their last O'Brien. Although such a contest would A New York Wha team in the Leaituc can beast of Tridaj-- and the tovn knows them no more. considerable Interest, spectators Archbishop Advo- catchers than Knhoe city, for the present at liaat, and the sud- They will return in a few weeks, accord- attract Have Abe to bet'er and Sugden? g would attend more In the desire cf seeing cates a Clergy Horn in Will Frank neat. course. Griffith's New York pitching exodus of the fighters who come ing to Haughton's announcements. If everj-thln- America. Of den had goes events, Haughton how lotiz it would take Fltzsimmcns to "If Abe .Frank stands training this year." staff comes very high, but with Powell, to city under the impression they well. At all dlsprcj of O'Brien than for any other Bill jr Gilbert jesterday at the Hoffman Bornhuej Selvcrs. Iteidy and Sudhoff In this that fujs the Schreck-Kell- y bout will be the r.Eruni.ic special. said might be able to secure engagements. reason. House, "I would travel West to get a look condition, we have a quintet of box artists; next pulled off at the club. It Is difficult to see how O'Brien can pos- New York. March II. Archbishop Farley, at any handicap horse ble to beat him. Mr. will give enytof a out-pil- reasons given that them rub to Inasmuch as the for the sibly hore for much azabrt Fitzslmmons nt a meeting of all the pastors of tha Ital- Bennett's colt has about rounded to hli them. In the practice games Seivers postponement of bouts the Abe Attcll figured In a bout reflecting) It may be that he l negotiating form, and when he was good e at West End and with ian parishes, herd he shows all his speed and cleverness, anytning Dut credit upon mm wnen ne met the former champion for a fig.it at the middle-- at the Boland Trade made evetfy thing of his year look, cheap.. Club by Manager Haughton and by the t. and has made ro complaint about his In- Eddie Toy in San Francisco last Thursday. weight well knowing that School yesterday, advocated the "Abe Frank; is a remarkably handsome jured arm. Powell should be fighters are entirely variance, probahlj- - ignorant Flu entrance better than themselves at The Frisco sport" were of cannot t to that tlsure. Fitzslmmons Into the priesthood or joung men 'born colt, a typical son of Hanover in every line. ever, and Donahue writes that this will be only explanation for the stoppage of the fact that Toy and Attell were stable himself has been accused of start of has a.wonderful burst of speed, and season. Sudhoff Is good pitch- the thej-- out con- n? Italian parents In thU country. This meth- He It hla banner a the game can be attributed to some po- mates at least, turned in the rresent nezotlat'ons to advertise him- Is not true that he Is a ejultter and will not es when properly supported, and the infield siderable force to see the go. Be'ore It had self and there seems some ground far od would bring tha Italians- closer to the go reasonable route. I saw Abe aee to he litical hint given the club. Haughton very however, they the church, he a Frank should It that wins the majority fighters progressed far, became suspicion. said. recently down at'Mamphis. He reminds me rjTfiis games this season. claimed that the were sick, and convinced that something was not as It can anywhere approach It was reported that tbe recent plans in- -' of the, champion Hamburg any g If Fitzsimmons more than Jrtth that stonewall aggregation of hit that he postponed the bouts on their ac- should be. and e.'orms of hisses kept swep-tn- the m'ddle-wcig- ht limit, he will be doing troduced by the Dominican fathers to bring other Hanover I ever saw. The Idea that JWIers Ander(son, Padden, Wallace and Me count; the fighters themselves assorted that over the crowd. something spcrting men have long blleved to this country Italian priests to administer be would not fancy a distance gained gen- Uonnick the Browns have tho proper.pen-na- nt they were only too anxious to s;rap. The Attell, of course, got the verdict. He Impossible. When Fltzsimmcns was In this to Ital'an congregations would be approved eral belief last year, when the colt fta material In this department of the puollc can choose which to believe. simply played with Toy, who was ery city he talked boastlngly about his weight but- - this was not the case. Archbishop beaten decisively by an ordinary lot of game, and McAleer Is doing very little wor-ryi- careful sot to hurt blm. This didn't please wse never higher than middle-- Farlej' declares that the plan discussed yes. -" Certain It Is that the steady delay In and how he the horses. The fact of the matter Is that Abe on the score of poor Infield work. 4 ' ' ' 4 the sports who had paid to see a boxing weight limit: also about how he defeated terOay would appeal to the people and tend Frank was never flt to run any time last PRESIDES conducting bouts at the club gives promise contest, and they showed their disapproval. Corbett he weighed but 158 pounds. to unite them. He says the development year. He now gives promise of getting BURKETT IN OUTFIELD. GEORGE BLOCK. continuing, as no bouts are given whn among of back outfield Burkett, of scheduled for As Attell had Insisted that he be He was suddenly asked to step on the the faltb those who have emigrated to his former class, and If he does some of In the better conditioned Local welter who will fight the immediate future. That Is about all the, long end of the purse because of Toy scales the West End Club, but became to this country could be more thoroughly handicap division out West will than he was last year and. from all re welfht Billy definite in the situation being a. overweight, at the hav do as well the Club, thafls Just at couple of pounds . the considerably flustered and declined. accomplished by cne of their own number to stand from under when they begin :? ports, faster, should as be has Rhodes at Columbia March K. present. rsult was little profit for Toj-- He simply Sporting men who saw him In the ring administering to them. chase him."

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