The evening world., 1893-07-25
SPORTING NEWS AND NOTES.
Chicago Appears to Be the Mecca
for Amateur Wheo men.
BraIy Now Has Ills Say About the
Corbctt.Mtchcil Match.

Wheclmen nowadays are rapidly whlrl-
Ing their ailert stends ot steel In tho IL
re ton ct the Windy City. where, within
few weeks. will h" held the great in
toSnatioral amateur and professo hal
races The East has had its compile
mont Of runs and meets. and the speedy
amateur has plnckcd prizes galore on
tho various clruulta Sow. chicago ia
his Mecca ard visions q! international
eminence fit through his brain. until
he really vowa that he doesn't care Il
picayune for tn. prize Itself; doesn't
care whether he can exchange" II for
, glittcr,ng ooin Of the realm. II only HI
can secure the glory OF a worlds cham
pionship. That ,s what he docs covet.
| Th. week OF Aug 5-l2 viii see these big
faces. on the noiseless. gearel flyers,
| nd, u the world Of 'bikcrs' at large,
they are OF the greatest moment. All
| the riders of emincnci In this country
and goodly sprinkllnc of recorder ak
rrs from the other side. are journeyng
westward and will reel lap after lap
| In the different events with the determi-
nation TO daily at lenst with on" Of the
many baubles that viii entitle the holder
| to declare himself worlds champion,
| A meet of considerable Importance is
/ in progress to-day ut Fort Wayne, Ind.
, and this. with few Of minor interest,
will keep tho riders on the finest OF
edges for the big-typei affair of the
early days in August. Eastern people
need have no fear that their representa-.
| ttves will not do them proud. In A. a
| Zimmerman alone we have bicycle
| luminary Of the brightest refulgcnCe
and when he shall hav" finished sprint
| Ing ia some OF the races he enters. 1t Is
been secured. Then there is charley
| Murphy, OF the New York A. G; f
| Howard Tuttle. George Smith and Geo
| W. Banker, formerly Of the Manhattan
who. when they have finished a race. are
80 close to crossing the tarc first that
there Is no fun in 1t for the man who
may be ahead of them.
Some PhIladelphans refer to Roi
Fitzsimmons as the erra,Ic. will-o'-the'
wisp boxer. Rob looked In on tn,
Qual;ers Yesterday. and that little Incl
dent reused tho denizcns of Arch ant
into which they had fallen since tn,
last bouts in the Winter circus arena
Speaking of Fitz's, visit. which. by IN,
over to Philadelphia and back to New
York one of the Quaker sports said
Apparently Fitz has quite recovered
from the slight attack of mental aber
| when here last. and which caused hin
then to indiscriminately scatter suit
of clothes and gold watches and Chain
among the INDECENT sports OF the qua
token Cf his visit, and. in fact had van
ished from the town ere the good new
had reached the ears OF the aforesaid
sports that their bencfactor was amon
them"
Fltz told some Of the Quakers what h
is tired OF repeating to New Workers
the latter weighed down to l3s pounds
He also added that he thought ha coul
hit as hard as anybody In the business
and when he again goes out of his elias
| champion, no matter who he might b
He volunteered the opinion that Coz
Q bett md Mitchell would never come L
, sether; a face,Ious listener to F1tz
n2n that neW ssvs GETTING nade 'hs Fers
into shape at Coney Island for his battI
, with George, Dixon on Aug: l. claimed t
have put Bob out twice in kangaroolant
Fitzsimmons flushed deeply, as ne re
markei: ~ Ipid heS f, Wen let him e e
How many more are there who beste
Nobody answered that query. and tina
, Is when Bob fitted back 70 the onl
|
! the lime-light of civilization.
Billy Smith. who was to have SPARE
twenty rounds or more" last nigh
with Jack Dempsey at coley lslant
with his end Of the AFFAIR. but. of cours,
his opponent was miles and miles away
Smith claims that Dempsey doesn't car
suit. and the doughty Bostonian wa
wrathy. because the cables from Lor
, don brought. III" news that Dick Burg
had accepted Gus Tuthiii's, challenge, o
FOUNDER in the world for 5000 a sid.
Smith looked upon that challenge as
, decoy to prevent Jack from meetin
him. He grew so petuant that ne iinall
; declared he could stop both Dempse
! and Jack, McAuliffe, In one nis.it, /
Madison Square Garden, and at that h
case to do So 1t would be the hardes
twelve rounds the Boston lad eve
! dreamed of. should he attempt tha
= task. But in all fairness he hasn't bee
The latter should certainly make goo
his statements that he is anxious to g
at Smith The Coney Island people ar
wa!ting, SO is smith and so are lot 2 !,
, Jack a king in his way.
i, The appended despatch from Detro
viii be found especially interesting !
the Board OF Governors OF the A. a. 7
and particularly William II. Curti:
President Perry and Secretary Jim Su
l.vaa: AT a special secret meeting {
the Central Athletic Assocla tion, whic
| lasted unit! nearly midnight. matter
OF special Importance came UP for AZ
tion. The reinstatement OF White an
Wcrkes 10y the Association some month
ago prcc!pitated "A row between I'll
BOARD Of Governors Of the Amateu
Athletics and the Association. the Boar
, holding that The action was In diret
, opposition TO "A vote of the Board las
February. declaring Il Illegal for an
association to thereafter reinstate an
professional The Central AssoCiatio
cont rndcd that the action of III
: Board took away from that body power
granted II by the constitution, and ther
. has been merry war between the tw
> parties. with threats OF expulsion in
piled and expressed piled on top ,
each other. Secretary Charles I. WI
> kins, under direction OF the Associu
: tion. entered a protest against IN
Z Boards action. and last nights meet
} ing was called to take some decislN
steps in the matter. one Cf the iirs
things done was To indOTs' Sec
:ctary Wilkins's action, as the u
tipn of the Association, and as has
ing been directed by ard h"in
the acton Of the central body. The del'
| gates OF the Association To the \, A, |
were instructed To bring up ri the n"N
| meeting the question whether the Gov
ernorS of the \. A. L. have the powC
to change the constitution Of the AssC
citation, II was decided To hold the mex