The herald., 1894-06-04
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP.
Something About the Cerbett,
Jackson FiascO.
Solly Smith, the Eos Angeles Boy, Is
Matched.
A sprinting Pest Going tbs Rounds
Zimmerman's Reception In Paris.
Baseball News-Horss
Gossip.

Two important events in the prize
ring which have been talked and written
about for months, to the benefit of the
ex.Rghters who are filling variety hall
engagements, will not take place as ar
ranged. Dispatches from Chicago state
that the Oorbett-J ackson fight is as good
az declared off, and others from New
York are to the effect that Dixon and
Young Critic will never meet. Jackson
and Corbstt have s10. 900 each on deposit
to bind the match. Will j. Davis OF
Chicago, the stakeholder, Gays what
every one else knows. viz. that the fight
cannot be pulled off according to the
articles of agreement in June, as there
is no club in the north to arrange 1t and
neither principal has had time to train.
Davis declares that he will return the
$40, 900 to each side. The National club
of London now offers $15, 900 for the
fight, and jackson, who lie at present in
this city waiting for Parson Davies,
states that he may do something with
the Londoners, aa he will 20 to London
soon.
Dixon and Critic are wrang!in9 over
weight and purse, as usual. Critic can
not get to the prescribed limit of 120
pounds and wants catch weights. Dixon
will not agree to this. His manager,
O'Rourke, and CRITICS manager cannot
agree as to the division of gate receipts
either, and the "Xentucky Rosebud"
will probably be substituted as an easy
mark for the cham pion.
Bill Slavin and Frank Craig, the
"Harlem Coffee Cooler" are to fight
twenty rounds in the Twin City Athletic
club early in the month OF June. Slavin
is a brother of the big heavyweight,
Antipodean Frank, who found out what
he never knew about fighting when he
met Peter jackson. Their records for
rough fighting attest, though, OF the two,
a sort of fancy that the dark-skinned
fighter will wiA.
soLLY SMITH MATCHED.
A sporting writer thus scores the
young Los Angeles pugilist:
"Solly Smith, the exploded California
phenomenon. who is drifting about in
the east fighting for anything from
ham sandwich Hp, has been
matched for 10-round bout with Frank
Crue. to take place on June 25th either
in Buffalo or Western Pennsylvania.
ut is quite likely now that Solly has
a chance of winning few dollars, his
thrifty ex-manager, who deserted him in
the hour of defeat, will make q flying
trip 80 as to be at the ringside in time to
divide the purse in the event that the
Los Angeles slugger succeeds in getting
a verdict"
A sPRINTINa PEST.
Tulare. Hanford, Visalia and other
towns in that vicinity of the state have
"sprinter pest" among them. This is
a more dangerous parsonage than the
fruit or vina -pazta, for hs-e @thor5 in
more lump sums OF coin in a shorter
period. Visalis has evidently taken pre-
cautions to suppress him, as the follow
ing from one OF the papers shows !:
"There is sprinter at Visalia who chal-
lenges another sprinter to run race
for $4,000 side. This is probably the
same old fake. designed to throw down
lot of jays and get their money away
from them" This reminds us of the
recent match in this city between Tom
Morris, the peatland swift, and Splinter
Pulley of Riverside. These professionals
manage to run a race about once a year
in which each OF them clears up a good
sum at the expense of their friends.
Morris wins one race-Pulley wins the
other, and the programme is continued.
Still there are those who bite"
PROF EsstoNAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
The east is to have professional foot
ball league, in which Boston, New York,
Brooklyn, Washington, Baltimore and
Philadelphia are to be represented. The
cities are all signing players, and they
will probably have their teams made up
before July.
1t is intended to SO cure only the best
players in each city, and Washington
and Baltimore will be helped out by
other cities. Seven local players have
already placed their signatures to con-
tracts with the Philadelphia club, and
as they comprise the pick of local talent
it is safe to say that the Quaker City
team will be one OF the strongest in the
league. The players are to report for
duty on September LIST, and after a
weeks preliminary practice they will
start to play their championship games.
ZIMMERMAN IN PARIS.
Zimmerman, the great American cy-
clist, received greater ovation id Paris
than that accorded the mighty James
Corbstt OF his first appearance French
paper says:
In the snort interval before the con-
ISOLATION race the crowd got wind that
Zimmerman was inside the ropes. They
started shouting his name and cheering
and hurrahing, while poor Zim seemed
puzzled as to what reply he was ex-
pected to make.
HE was only relieved from his en-
barrsssment by the appearance of the
thirteen riders starting i'll the consola-
ton. In order to paciiy the crowd Zim
stepped on the track, not to ride, but to
push off Alderton. The latter, however,
didn't win. Baras took the consolation
stakes hands down. Time. for the three
kilomesers, 4:56 5.
"Shortly afterward tine wild shouting
OF Zimmerman name became more
vociferous than ever. Something had to
be done to respond to this call of well
come, so, led by press man, thinner
man walked calmly over to the one-franc
spectators. and, amid prolonged cheer
ing, shook hands with all who were
within reach. Had he been less solidly
built his arm would have been wrepched
out OF the socket.
calm was no sooner partially restored
than race WAS made across the track
for Zimmerman, who had the greatest
difficulty in fighting his way back to the
dressing rooms to avoid baing ca rried
q veritable triumph over here without
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