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CAN SAVANNAH DEVELOP A TEAM
TO BEAT CHARLESTON THIS YEAR?
THIS IS THE ALL ABSORBING QUES
TION TO ENTHUSIASTS HERE.
ALL-STAR ELEVEN WILL PLAY
HERE ON NEW YEAR’S DAY.
HATE HAD MUCH ADVANTAGE IN
EARLY PRACTICE AND CON
DITIONING.
Large Score Piled Up Against Port
Screven Yesterday Was a Great
Surprise Here—Local Team Needs
the Moral Support of Those Who
Have the Interest of the Team at
Heart—The Old Savannah Spirit
Seems to Be on the Sane.
Will Savannah develop a team this
year which will be able to sustain the
proud traditions of the Blue and
White? This is the one absorbing
question among the gridiron devotees
now.
To the armored athletes who will
fight under the Blue and White, to the
thousands of loyal followers of the col
ors which have become estranged to
defeat, beyond the grinding clash of
the padded catapults of brawn and
muscles, and above the shrill whistle
of the referee in these mid-season con
flicts on the checkerboard, there Is a
vision of the one final struggle and
the last shrill “down" warning, ever
before them as an incentive to again
sustain the proud traditions of past
glories on the football field.
But with all the ambition and all the
good intents to gain added glory by
defeating perhaps the strongest team
of footballists ever assembled in the
South, the Savannah team needs much
more than is at present in sight to
again triumph over Charleston.
Moral Support Wanted.
The material is at hand, the experi
ence and generalship Is here, but the
old Savannah spirit seems to be on the
wane—not among the players and those
directly interested in the development
of the team, but among those whose
moral support and assistance is so
badly needed.
Smarting under the cruel punish
ment which they have suffered at the
hands of former teams turned out here,
Charlestonians have gone to work as
they never worked before to secure and
develop a team with which to secure
revenge. They have spared neither
money nor pains in perfecting the
team which was sent against the un
usually heavy Fort Screven squad yes
terday. and how well their efforts have
availed them Is demonstrated in that
score.
Losing hope of developing a team at
home. Charleston went outside and se
cured one. which should be able to hold
its own against any eleven in the
South. Individual stars from some of
the strongest teams in the South have
been brought together, and are daily
being moulded Into a great machine,
with which to batter down the blue
and white defense, and break the chain
of successive victories on which Sa
vannah enthusiasts have grown to
surfeit.
Will Meet To-day.
Capt. Cope has called a meeting of
the candidates for places on the team
for this morning at 11 o'clock at the
Bolton Street Park. Every man who
expects to get on the team is expected
to be present.
Capt. Cope says he Is particularly de
pirous of it being understood he Is not
responsible for the statements that the
team will be rearranged for the annual
game with Charleston on New Year's
Dav.
He will select the men according to
their merit, with no regard for per
sonalities. If Rossiter and Black are
candidates for places and outplay oth
ers they will be given places, but if
they do not. the team which will be
worked on for the next few weeks will
be the one which will wear the Blue
and White on Jan. 1.
Regular Practice Needed.
To successfully cope with a teanf)
such as Charleston has brought to
gether Savannah will have to have reg
ular practice. This has been Impos
sible so far this season, owing to the
inability of a large number of the men
to get off on regular practice nights.
Night practices are not as satisfac
tory as those in the day time, and
to get down to the right kind of play
practices by daylight will be neces
sary.
The tremendous score rolled up by
Charleston yesterday was a surprise
here, as it had been expected that the
Fort Screven team would succeed in
making Its great weight tell.
This score, but Indicates the strength
of the Charleston team work, which
was sadly lacking last year. Defen
sive play is individual play, and while
it was expected Charleston would show
great defensive work the offensive team
work was surprising.
Thanksgiving Game Uncertain.
It is as yet undecided who will play
here on Thanksgiving, the manage
ment of the South Carolina College
team having made demands on the
Savannah Athletic Association, which
Manager Mclntire says are unreason
able.
(Continued on Page Nine).
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HORSES TO RACE
AT OLD COURSE
SEEM AFRAID OF NEW TRACK.
TURFMEN SHIP FROM CHICAGO
AND ST. LOUIS TO SOUTH.
Retirement of H. M, Ziegler From
the Tnrl Causes Considerable Sur
prise—Very Few Horses Going
West—Hot Springs Track Will
Draw Most of the Horses W hich
Were Formerly Shipped to ths
Coast— Live News of the Horsemen.
Nearly all the owners now leaving
St. Louis have expressed themselves
as intending to go to the old course
at New Orleans or to Hot Springs.
This will leave the new track out of
the game, unless the Western Jockey
Club grants Its dates, which is not at
all likely.
Of course, the new track, in case It
is refused dates, will receive some
support from Eastern stables, and
the horsemen outlawed for their con
nection with the Union and Newport
meetings will be only too glad to see
the Western Jockey Club refuse the
new concern dates and a turf war fol
low. For, in this event, they will have
a place where they can race their
horses, as in the past, they have been
barred from all the Western tracks.
The proposed Hot Springs meeting
will cause a tremendous loss of good
horses to the coast tracks. The ex
pense of shipment and the stringent
conditions Imposed by railroads on
transportation of racers has helped
the situation from the Hot Springs
standpoint. The management of the
Western tracks have stated that they
have been able to secure plenty of
horses, but that they are not of the
right caliber, stakes entries being
practically scarce. Barney Schreiber
is one of the former 'Frisco stand-bys
who will transfer his patronage •to
Hot Springs and New Orleans.
Loaded in fourteen cars of an Illi
nois Central train and bound for the
Crescent City Club’s stables at New
Orleans, 130 race horses left Worth
race track yesterday In the annual
migration, says the Chicago Chronicle.
This is the filial scene In the closing
of the local racing season. Promptly
at 2:45 o’clock the special pulled out,
and its departure was marked by a
tinge here and there of humor and
pathos. ■ '
The shipment of the various stables
was in charge of the Worth officials,
who were assisted by Harry White,
who represented the Crescent City
Jockey Club. Some of the horses that
had been racing here went away im
mediately after the last race at the
track and others went Tuesday night.
These, however, are scattered about,
some of them going to Texas, Califor
nia and Memphis. Among the owners
that went to New Orleans on the spe
cial yesterday were: Davis & McDer
mott, 12; W. Walker, 12: Al. Mannion,
12: J. Arthur, 12: T. Licalzl, 13: But
ler & Streett, 12: F. E. Arthur, 14,
and S. E. Palmer, 13.
On the same train were fourteen
horses from Horton's stable, but that
car will be switched so that It may
reach Hot Springs. Other stables that
moved from Worth after the New Or
leans train had left were "Pa” Brad
iey's horses. C. E. Waters’ string will
go to winter quarters at San Antonio,
Tex. W. W. Tracey shipped three
horses to Baltimore and three to Cal
ifornia, and John L. Slaughter shipped
his string of twelve to Kentucky. The
Poole stable has been scattered, the
norses being shipped to different tracks
where winter meets will open. The
remainder of DurneH’s horses and
those of Hildreth’s also have been
shipped, and the Chicago Ridge race
course is deserted save for a few ne
gro helpers.
The news that H. M. Ziegler would
sell out his stable was a bit of a sur
prise to turfmen. Mr. Ziegler, while
he has not had the best of success in
his turf endeavors, has always been
an enthusiastic turfman, and had
formed rather pretentious plans for
next season. He has of late, however,
got so deeply interested In theatrical
affaire that he finds that he has prac
tically no time to devote to the sport.
His retirement will be only temporary,
and as soon as his private business af
fairs will permit It he undoubtedly will
be in the field again.
Some of his horses will be sold dur
ing the Aqueduct meeting, while a
number now In Kentucky will be offer
ed at the Faslg-Tlpton Company's De
cember sale at Lexington. Charlie
Hughes will keep a few in reserve for
next season, and will winter at Sheeps
head.
Mr. Ziegler introduced Hcrmis to
the East, but Rold the horse just when
he was approaching the hight of hiß
form and reputation. Avery short
time after he had sold the horse to L.
V. Bell Hermis won the Travers
Continued on Page Nine.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1904.
MAJOR LEAGUES
AFTER MINORS
TO TURN DOWN NEW CLASS.
BIG MOGULS METTLED BY INDE
PENDENT STAND TAKEN.
Magnates Declare They Will Not
Stand for the Increane In the
Drafting Price— American League
Preparing Report of Amount ot
Money Which Hms Been Paid to
Minors—Bifg Leagnea Will Hold
Their Meeting; Next Month.
There Is every probability that the
American Association of Baseball Clubs
will be severely disciplined when the
various matters that pertain to It
under the national agreement come up
before the big leagues at their winter
meetings.
While both of the presidents are
keeping silent in regard to the Inde
pendent stand taken by the minors at
their recent New York meeting, some
of the magnates are doing consid
erable talking, and the gist of their
remarks is that if the little clubs do
not know enough to let well enough
alone, they should be cast off.
The decision of the minors to create
anew class of leagues and raise the
drafting price will almost certainly be
turned down, while the “shel” Roach
incident Is likely to be made the occa
sion for a severe reprimand, if it does
not result In the abrogation of the
agreement, so far as the little clubs
are concerned. President Herrmann,
of the Cincinnati Club, and president
of the National Commission, has ex
pressed himself as disgusted with the
insubordination shown by the little fel
lows, who, it is claimed, have been the
greatest beneficiaries from the base
ball pact.
A report showing the amount of
money the American League has paid
to the minors is in course of prepara
tion, and it Is probable that the Na
tional League will make some such re
port.
“I. for one, will not stand for any
Increase in the drafting price," said
one big league magnate, to a Chicago
Chronicle reporter, “and I do not be
lieve there is a single club owner In
either circuit that will approve of It.
The minors are skating on thin Ice,
and. while I cannot predict what will
be done about the matter, the casting
of them adrift is among the possibili
ties. We have put up with a lot of
questionable dealing from them, and
I have no Idea that we are going to
be dictated to.
“Asa matter of fact, the national
agreement has been the salvation of
the little clubs, and they have made
money. To work along In harmony
is a good thing for baseball, in the
abstract, but I do not think the big
leagues will care to pay all the freight.
Any way, the National Commission will
not stand for having its decisions re
versed, especially as they are mani
festly just."
The minor league problem win come
up before the American League at its
annual meeting late this month or
early in December, and the National
League will make a decision at its
first meeting. The fact that the mi
nors are not united on the questions
brought up makes it all the more prob
able that the innovations will not be
accepted.
William O’Rourke, manager of the
Omaha team of the "Western League,
which won the pennant in that organi
zation this season, was in Chicago yes
terday on his return from the New
York meeting of the minor leagues,
which was concluded several days ago.
He announced that the St. Josenh
team is to be transferred to Lincoln.
Neb., which, it is 7 expected, will make
the circuit much stronger. The mem
bers of the league will then be Omaha.
Denver. Des Moines, Colorado
Sorings, Sioux City and Lincoln. In all
of which Sunday ball can be played.
“The season has been a very pros*
perous one for the Omaha club.” he
said, “and for that matter, the whole
league did very well. Of course, the
fact that we had a pennant-winning
team and were up in the ’•ace all the
lime had much to do with our suc
cess. The Colorado clubs did not do
very well on account of the floods, but
better luck is expected next season.
“Minor league baseball probably nev
er had such a successful season as the
one just closed, many clubs making a
lot of money, and few losing to any
extent. Most of the leagues played
fast ball. too. and this resulted in f
lot of players being drafted or bought,
necessitating our bringing in a lot of
recruits next season. The New York
meeting was a very successful one, and
I do not think any troubles with the
big leagues will come of It.”
—Carmen Sylva, Queen of Roumanla,
received a letter the other day from
Tolstoy, In which the Count expressed
his regrets at having to postpone his
trip to Sinaia (the Queen’s summer
residence) till next year. He added:
“I have two sons In the battlefield
and anxiety for them gives me not a
moment’s rest.” A third son of his is
at the seat of war as correspondent
for several Russian newspapers. Tol
stoy’s brother Sergius died not long
ago.
Four Knighted Leaders Who Have Won Captain's
Places on Big Football Elevens in the East
SCORES OF GAMES YESTERDAY
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DAN HURLEY, Harvard.
DARTMOUTH OUT
PLAYED HARVARD.
Neither Team Conld Score in Hotly
Contested Game,
Cambridge, Mass., Nov. s.—Harvard
and Dartmouth fought without score
on Soldiers' Field to-day, with the
honors of the game slightly in favor
of Dartmouth. Both teams put up a
strong defense under their own posts.
Harvard reached Dartmouth’s nine
yard line and lost the ball on downs
and Dartmouth met the same fate on
Harvard’s eighteen-yard line.
The only brilliant run of the game
was Vaughan's forty-yard dash
around Harvard's right end, while
Glaze’s try for a field goal from Har
vard’s forty-five-yard line, just as the
whistle ended the first half, was an
exciting moment. The ball missed the
goal post by a foot.
STAGG’S TEAM SNOWED
TEXAS ELEVEN UNDER.
I,one Star State Athletes Exhibited
Early Form.
Chicago, Nov. 5. —By a score of 68
to 0, the University of Chicago to-day
defeated the University of Texas on
Marshall Field. The Texans presented
a team that was the pick of the South
and in the early stages of the game,
they showed good football quality by
steadily advancing the ball from their
own 20-yard line to Chicago's 5-yard
line, where they lost their only chance
to score. Sharborough of Texas was
sent through the center but fumbled
the ball. Eckersall picked it up and
made a run of 100 /ards for a touch
down for Chicago.
Texas played hard after this, but
Chicago had taken the lead, and by
quick and progressive football tactics,
sent one man after another across the
Texans' goal line for a total of eleven
touchdowns.
FOOTBALL RESULTS ON MANY FIELDS.
Eastern.
Columbia Second ’Varsity 10; Stevens Institute 0
Princetos 12; West Point 6
Pennsylvania 22; Lafayette 0
Yale 22; Brown 0
Harvard 0; Dartmouth 0
Cornell 50; Lehigh 5
jj av y 20; Pennsylvania State College 9
Wesleyan 23; Vermont 0
Union Hi Trinity 0
Colgate 6; Williams 0
Harvard Freshman 28; Cushing Academy 11
Bowdoin 22; University of Maine 5
Amherst Holy Cross 6
Western.
University of Michigan 36; Drake ♦
Illinois Ohio 0
Chicago 68; Texas 0
Southern.
University of Virginia 5; V. P. I. ®
Georgetown .....16; North Carolina 0
A and M. College 0; South Carolina College 0
Charleston 65; Fort Screven 0
Jacksonville ®; Florida State College 0
Georgia Tech •• ••••• • ••••• •••••• .111 Clemsori * ......li
George Washington University... 0; Johns Hopkins 0
Louisiana State University 5; University of Mississippi 0
Tulane .. 10; Marion Military Institute 0
Vanderbilt 22; University of Tennessee 0
WALTHOUR’S FINE RECORD ABROAD
Southern Champion Wins Forty Races Out of
Forty-Four Starts.
Bobby Walthour has started train
ing for the six-day bicycle race to be
held In this city, beginning Dec. 5, and,
with Benny M unroe as a partner, ex
pects to repeat his victory of last year,
says a special from New York./
The blonde lad returned from Eu
rope last week after a phenomenal
season’s work, during which he won
something like $15,000. He crossed on
Aug. 4 and returned wearing the medal
of the world’s middle distance cham
pionship, which he won at the Crystal
Palace track In London.
“During the past year I started In
forty-four races and won forty of
them,” said Walthour. “Accidents
caused most of my losses, although I
was beaten fairly by Leander In the
first race after I got off the boat. Since
Leander’* lamentable accident In Paris,
which caused his death a day or two
later, the authorities have barred wind
shields, and now the pace followera
have to travel behind atrlpped ma
chine! handled by riders wearing tight
fitting Jackets. I might say that after
Leander was killed I started wearing
a headgear similar to that used by the
football playera, and I know that It
aaved my life on one occasion, at
leaat, whan I hit my head on the ce
ment track In a fall from my machine
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65 TO O WAS THE WAY THAT
CHARLESTON BEAT THEM.
Sorrowful Tale Is That the Soldiers
Will Bring Back.
Charleston, S. C., Nov. s.—Breaking
through the line at will, circling the
ends with quarter back and half back
runs, with not a single fumble or con
fusion of signal and preventing its
opponents from making the required
gain every time but one, the Charles
ton football eleven defeated the eleven
from Fort Screven yesterday on the
Hampton Park grounds by the deci
sive score of 65 to 0.
Faint as the echo of a memory there
comes from Savannah a noise of weep
ing, and over the faces of the mem
bers of the Pathfinder team there
creeps a gloom which will not be dissi
pated. While the eleven from Fort
Screven played desperately, it was
hopelessly outclassed by Charleston,
and never for a single instant was the
Charleston goal in danger, the ball be
ing kept in the territory of the visitors
almost during the entire game.
The Charleston players were not only
effective in offensive work, but played
so excellent a defensive game that the
visitors did not make the five yards
but once, being forced to punt in every
other instance.
Not in years has such a game on the
part of a Charleston team been seen
on the local gridiron, and more than
once the spectators along the side
lines and in the grand stand broke into
applause, as some play of more than
usual brilliancy was made. Despite the
lopsided score, the crowd did not lose
interest in the game until the last
play was made, the spectators follow
ing the movements of the two opposing
elevens closely.
TECH AND CLEMSON PLAYED A TIE
Atlanta, Nov. s.—Form did not
play its part in the game between
Clemson and Georgia Tech here to
day, hence the score was tied; Tech,
11; Clemson, 11.
Had form played its part Clemson
, would have won, 11 to 6, as the South
while going at a flfty-mlle-an-hour
pace.
“I think Caesar Slmar Is the best
rider In Europe. He gave me the hard
est race In the 100-kllometer champion
ship. Albert Champion is riding fair
ly well.
“Cycling is as popular as ever across
the water. Sometimes there are
crowds of 25,000 at the Park des
Princes track In Parts."
Walthour’s wife and one of his three
youngsters accompanied him on the
trip.
ARRANGEMENTSCOMPLETED
FOR POOL TOURNAMENT.
Thirty Contestants in C. 1m A.’a An
imal Week of Play.
Arrangement! for the annual pool
tournament of the Catholic Library
Association have been completed and
the date set.
Already there are thirty contestants
entered, and the matches promise to
be the most exciting In years.
The contest will be divided Into two
classes, and In all four prizes will be
offered. The tournament will com
mence on the night of Nov. 14.
The Committee of Arrangements Is
composed of the following gentlemen:
Dr. J. H. Collins, Messrs. W. I*. Pow
ers, Prank McCarthy, H. C. Groves,
J. j. Anglin and L. A. Brady. The raf
•rees will be Messrs. Walter P. Pow
ers and Henry Lehwald.
'FORIIKY, Pennsylvania.
EASY FOR PENNSYLVANIA.
Scored 212 Points on Lafayette In the
First Half.
Philadelphia, Nov. 5. —Pennsylvania
to-day defeated Lafayette at football,
by the score of 22 to 0. All of the
points were scored in the opening half
after the visitors had spent their en
ergy in carrying the ball from their
own 28-yard line to Pennsylvania’s 30-
yard line. This was the only redeem
ing feature of Lafayette’s play.
GEORGIA LOST THIS ONE.
Beaten by Alabama Light Team on
a Score of 16 to 5.
Tuscaloosa, Ala., Nov. s.—Georgia
was beaten by Alabama on the latter's
campus to-day by a score of 16 to 5.
Georgia outweighed the Afabamaians
seventeen pounds, but were taken off
their feet In the first half, their oppo
nents scoring three touch downs and
one goal. Georgia made one touch
down in the last half.
GEORG ETOWNWO N~FR 0 M
THE CAROLINA TEAM.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. s.—After wearing
out the University of North Carolina
eleven by playing a steady, easy-going
defensive game in the first half,
Georgetown threw her backs into the
line during the second half and scored
three touch downs, with one resulting
goal, winning to-day’s game by a score
of 16 to 0. The offensive work of
the Georgetown team in the second half
was terrific in its force and the Caro
lina line crumbled before it.
Carolinians made their two touch
downs on straight football, while the
Georgians made one of theirs on a
fluke.
Left Tackle Furtrick and Right Half
Derrick divided honors for Clemson.
Billy Wilsort of the Techs played the
star game of the day.
HEAVYWEIGHTS ARE HARD TO FIND
New Giant With Great Strength Must Be Found
to Whip Jeffries.
Whatever ill-effect the dearth of good
heavy-weights may have on the boxing
game, it certainly has hustled hereto
fore lethargic managers of fighters Into
a state of activity to discover some
one capable of giving Jim Jeffries a
battle for supremacy. Clever big men
are as hard to find as preciou| Jewels.
They are worth their weight in gold,
and with an adroit and shrewd pilot
behind them they can accumulate more
money than the greatest little fellows
in the same space of time. But big
men do not take to pugilism ‘as read
ily as do their smaller brethren, and
this is one of the reasons why we have
so few heavyweights. The majority
of the giants go in for other kinds of
athletics. Only as a last resort do they
take up boxing.
The big man with athletic tendencies
is apt to be v*ain. He regards his good
looks as essential to his success, and
is very careful to preserve them. He
realizes, that his features are liable
to be considerably mutilated and dis
torted if he goes into the fighting busi
ness, unless he is exceptionally clever.
And no matter how skillful a man in
the ring rrtay be he is certain to re
ceive a punch during the fight that
may make his nose bleed, blacken his
eye, disfigure his ear or puff his lips.
Of course, a well-trained boxer gets
over these hurts easily. In a few days
most of the marks disappear, unless
some bones have been broken. Ac
cidents will naturally happen in the
best regulated fumflies, and the ring
is not exempt in this respect. The
seasoned fighter, the man whose game
ness and pluck have been tested time
and again, is satisfied to take all the
licks In creation so long as he is the
victor and the reward is made worth
the while.
Despite its popularity, pugilism in the
eyes of many is a depraved sport.
Very few good arguments are offered
why many should entertain this im
pression, but the fact remains that the
profession, is held in contempt In plen
ty of quarters. The average prize
fighter is Just as human and us good
and as loyaJ as the average business
inan. He has simply taken up the
business for the money there Is In
It and Is Satisfied to take hard knocks
if he Is amply paid for It. If he hns
a family he sees that they are well
provided for. Many of them save their
earnings In the ring and are law abid
ing and good members of society.
There ere any nfUnber of big young
men In this county to-day, who, with
the proper kind of coaching and train
ing. would ba able to become famous
and make money in the prlee ring
But they are afraid to take up the
calling, elthar for such reasons aa
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YALE EASILY BEAT BROWN.
Closed Practice Schedule by Making
Three Touchdowns.
New Haven. Conn., Nov. 6.—Yala
closed her practice schedule of foot
ball games to-day by defeating Brown,
22 to 0. the scoring being by three
touchdowns with goals, and a goal
from placement. The weather was
perfect and the Yale team In excellent
physical condition.
Shevlin at end, played in his old time
form, and contributed two exciting
runs. ~N
JACKSONVILLE WON IT.
Defeated the Florida State Colltgt
Team G to O.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. s.—Jack
sonville won on the gridiron to-day
from the Florida State College in the
second half, when Jones caught the
ball from a kick-off and carried It
through the Tallahassee line for a
touchdown, and Yancey kicked goal.
The first half was fought hard, with
results about even, both teams mak.
ing costly fumbles in the second half.
Jacksonville was playing a more ef
fective game, and was making rapid
advances for the college goal when
time was called. Another play would
have put the ball across the line. The
local team has been strengthened by
the acquisition of several new men,
and is decidedly the strongest team
Jacksonville has had in the field. Score
6 to 0.
Beat Polytechnics.
Richmond, Va.. Nov. s.—The Uni
versity of Virginia defeated the Vir
ginia Polytechnic team at football here
to-day by the score of 5 to 0. The
only mark made was due to a touch
down by E. H. Johnson, scored after
a twenty-five yard run early In the
second half. A try for an easy goal
w*as a failure.
these are because they are prejudiced.
Of courtse. It is useless for anyone to
go into the fighting business if he Is
not strong enough, or does not possess
the requisite ability to make a suc
cessful fighter. While other kinds of
athletics need strength and endurance,
pugilism is thought to be the most
strenuous of all. And that Is one of
the reasons why the sport is so popu
lar and whv it will remain so.
The fact that Jim Jeffries has so
far proved invincible is no criterion
that he cannot be whipped. He is
only human, and a good strong blow
delivered on a vital spot will send him
low the same as any other man. It is
only natural that a bruiser of his cal
iber should lnsipre fear In the hearts
of his rivals. But fighters of Jeffries’
caliber all have their day and are dure
to meet with a reverse if they stay
long enough at the business. There
is no better paying profession in the
world than the career of a successful
scrapper. If he is on top and only
battles twice a year he can gather
enough of the world's wealth to
keep him in luxury for the year fol
lowing.
Billy Madden has thp correct Idea
about heavyweights. He has develop
oped more champions In this class
than any other manager. He can
make more capital with a third-rate
heavyweight than he could with a
champion little man. He Is always nn
the alert for new talent In this divi
sion. He never turns a deaf ear to
the letters he receives from ambitious
candidates for prize ring fame, and lie
gets a lot of them from folks all over
the country. He answers them person
ally and If the aspirant happens to be
R heavyweight he will got an audience
all the quicker. He has an original
method of trying them out and con
dislngulsh their good and poor quali
ties without stretching his neck. He
knows a brave man from a coward
and has no use for any of the latter
breed.
M'GOVEBX IS Al'TEIt BOWfCEB-
Terry’* Brother Makes an Interest
ing Proposition.
Hughey McGovern. Terry's brother.
Is persistent In his desire to get up a
match with Jim Bowker. the new ban
tamwelght champion of the world. His
manager, Joe Humphreys, says that
If Bowker will come to this side and
fight he will give him $250 for ex
penses, SI,OOO win, lose or draw, sod
bet him $2,500 on the side.
The American matchmaker of lb 1 ’
National Sporting Club announces tt <t
Bowker will not come to this count'>•
and has apparently advised against 11 ■
recommending him to fight only 111
ring of the London Institution. ' *
•ante matchmaker also tried to frig' l '
on Whits front coming to Ms o u ',
try with stertss that hs was hems
jobbod.