The evening world., 1889-12-02
IN THE WORLD OF ATHLETES.
INTERESTING GOSSIP PERTAINING TO THE
PROMOTERS OF SPORT.

All Ready for the Great Boxing Tourna-
ment-Mike Nolan Wants to Meet a
114-Pound Man--Btlly Murray in
scare of an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thompson Knocked Out by a Negro.
Preparations are complete for the boxing and
wrestling tournament OF the A. A. u, which
occurs Dec. 10 at the Metropolitan 0pera-House,
Entries close Dec. z with Secretary James L.
Sullivan.
1t was strictly in accordance with recent his
tory that the Harvard Freshmen should have
defeated the Yale Freshmen at football Satur-
day. Up to the Fall OF 81 Yale was always the
victor in the Freshmen football games between
these colleges. In the Falls OF 81 and 's3 the
Freshmen games between them we're ties. BE-
ginning with the Fall of 'S4 the Harvard
Freshmen have invariably Administered
a. a sssseTg dr r9 ing. to their lid, rivals L. Most NaSn
about as overwhelming as that of Saturday.-S5
to II: TThe Senior and Junior classes Of Co
lumbia- College VIII contest tho final football
game Of the inter.class series next Friday at the
" is to be sincerely hoped that the great foot
ball game OF next year between Yale and PRINCE
The sutferings OF the spectators at the Berkeley
oval thanksgiving Day IN going t., and from
t thSv o Sot , SHd in no trying ns{ TO- t. gee "Tiythins after TSs
courtesy with which srectn' ere welcomed
was only exceeded by the l. L.! ,e4s and polite
ness shown the newrpa per n.u.,-who we're gem
erously allowed TO squat on a rough plank afoat
on foot-deep muck.
The study Of the different interpretations Of
the y reserve rules construed by the Players
League and National League ~ exceedingly
interesting, and illustrates how what is appnr-
emily 2 plain, matter-of-fact statement N black
and white can sometimes be twisted and turned
to mean two different things.
There shonld be an interesting battle with the
fFto5ng isisf ke filtSV the P 1os.poun 8dP msn, this H9I %ins sna
Both are eager for O meeting, but hitherto their
efforts to bring off Q meeting have been unavail-
ing. The men are in dead earnest this time and
will try every means to get together, to decide
which IL the - better man" II is probable that
q match will be made this month.
DAILY spar their little fifteen-round &c" at the
1t vii, be strictly for = points" Betting is in
favor of Champion McAuliGe.
between Cal Mccarthy and Mike Nolan, the
piucky ,Britlsher who gave Gal such q good
that hackers are willing to bank on him to the
extent OF at least 81 900.
Jack Lyman. who was defeated by Billy MUIR
ray last Spring in thirty-seven. rounds, and
showed such pluck in coming to time after each
p Un G6 round :, wants nj nc TO make make 2 match Nth VT
Mccarthy. He and Murray fought at ITO
pounds,
Mervine Thompson, the Cleveland heavy
weight %slnRger. was knocked out in the second
round by a burly negro called Big Six. at
Birmingham, Ala. last night. Thompson was
to knock ont the negro in six rounds for o purse
of 5000. The smuggling was fearful on both
sides. Thompson was knocked down five times
in the first round aud three times in the second,
not being able to come to time after the third
fall. Big six" has for Ave years beaten
everything that has stood before him. He once
brtted an OK to death. and a bloT on the head