The evening world., 1893-12-04
THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING. DECEMBER !. 1888
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Remarks BY Frank Maggioli, the
Well Known Billiardist.
Corbett and Mitchell Both Leave
for the South.

for the South.
The latest case OF an American billiard
LIST who went to Paris to get money. but
who got nothing more thar experience.
Is that OF Frank MaEgioll, who is known
wherever the game OF billiards Is played.
Masgioli made a brief stay in the French
capital. He was absent from America
less than a month. He went t. Paris to
play In FourniNs Academy. but his time
was largely utilized in cooking Goldfish in
Fourntrs kitchen. Mageioli is not only a
fine billiard player, bu, an entertaining
talker as well, and he talked interestingly
OF billiards and b!lliardIsts in France.
billiards are dead just now In Paris"
said Msggioli. billy Cation and Eugene
Carter are the only Americans there now.
Both Of them are staying there in hopes
that the game will be revived. or because
Walking Is poor. l don't know which.
don't see how they can save any
money there now. There's something in
the Partisan air that manes a man spend
money. Why. remember one night
Nnen Cation had only eight francs In
his pocket. There We're some cold beans
and onions in the house ana made up
a salad, Then what did Cation do but
snend his eight francs for a bottle of
wine. to go with the beans anc onions.
The French experts are looking to-
wards America just now. They would
liks to come over here. but they are
has more fine billiard players to-day,
twice over, than any other country.
There, are players over there who are
considered insignificant: yet are great:
like to see him In the tournament with
Ives. slosson and schaefer. He would
get, as good as fourth place. and would
dence In himself Is wonderful. Some
times when he wants n change Of scene
he takes a trip to Russia. He goes to
the hotel am the greatest man In
an entertaining billiard piayer-;a player
watch"
Magsloli will lay at Maurice Daly's
Brooklyn room this week.
There Is talk now Of getting up a
big-three tourney neNt week. 1t has been
suggested that 1t Is high time the ex-
perts in the second or short stop"
time than right after the big tourna-
ment. when interest is active. couldn't
be had. Ives, Schaefer and slosson
could start from scratch, and then could
ton, Heiser, Capron and others. handi-
capped according to their ability.
Corbett n Mitchell have both gone
South and hope that the fight will take
guine turn; Both will make stops on their
way and incidentally add to their bank
accounts. Mitchell has gone only as far
as Philadelphia, and he may do his train
~ la thnt ,t~t,tt NA.I rv,.1 A. 1T
training near the seat of battle. Delaney
il in Florida looking for a place for Cor
bett. Nothing has been heard from Flor
ida's Chief Executive OF late. which is
has withdrawn his opposition to the pro-
posed fight. But silence is oft-times ON
inous. and 1t is sometimes very calm be-
Mrs: Corbett i QUOTED as saying that
fight, will not be ,interfered with. II
minds at ease. Perhaps the Governor
has seen a football game, and believes
n Consistency; Gorbett; by the way, saw
night. Great Scott said he. as a man
was carried out with a fractured bone.
they legislate against boxing and yet
allow this game to go on. don't under
John Eckhardt has turned his mana
gerial eye towards Boston, where he will
direct an interstate boxing show next
being New York and Massachusetts. Eek
hardt says that the Bostonians are quite
worked up ovei boxing and It is a very
lively game up there at present. The
Chas. Barnett vs. +. J. Buckley, Barney
Mullins v .Peter Manning; Charley Kelly
VS.. Jim Kaveny, Batty Weldon VS.. Jim
Reardon, and Jerry Barnett VS.. Tom Con-
molly. Six rounds will be the length OF
Zach bout.
Pat Powers, who is managing the
ceived a telegram from Alexandra. the
horseman,. this morning saying he would
cave Florida by steamer Wednesday or
the bicyclist, viii come up from Virginia
in a day or two. Alexandra has a big
following of Gutenberg b%ettors, who
will so to the Garden prepared to cover
posed to put up. Ashlnger has II few
dollars which he proposes to place on
himself against the two horses. As vet
the contest. This he will do in a few
days.
The men who will compete In the six
day bicycle race at Madison Square Gar
sent away on their long journey five
minutes past midnight and finish at
1906 on the following Saturday night.
covering. in all li2 hours, the riders
having the right to rest and ride as they
see At. During the race short distance
races will be held by some OF the fastest
riders in the world. The entrance fee.
which is $50. will be returned to all
competitors who cover $50 miles: The
prizes will be: First. 81, 200; second, $500;
third. $500: fourth $3.50.
Twenty-Five per cent; OF the net profts
will be divided as follows: First, so per
cent: second, % per cent: third, 2l-2
per cent: fourth, s per cent; nth. 4l-e
per cent.
A series Of big bicycle tournaments
will be held in San Francisco In the
auspices of the Bay City Wheelmen. the
leading club on the coast. Efforts are