The evening world., 1894-02-03
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Poor Prospect of q F~itzsimmons-
Creedon Fight Coming Off.
Busy Times for the Pnstimc Athletic
Club Athletes.

The prospect for "a firht between Bob
fitzs!mmOns andD an Cr,edon connu he
said to bc particularly hrighi IitH us-
scrts positively that he will not tirht for
less than II $1,000 purse. lie says he
hasn't laid by II penny of all his earn
ings in this country, yet he viii not ac-
ccpt IN offer OF $4,000. by some peculiar
process ur reasoning, lie comes to the
conclusion hat making hOrseshucs
would b" better than lighting FOR the
trilInE aUm of $1,000, tor he remarked
TO Col. Hopkins in Arthur Lumloy's
office yesterday: Il have fought for as
much as a $o,UN purse. aud III no back
10 my trade before I'll come down to
$40 Wn."
t'ol. iiupkius's reply was v"ry apt.
"iuu VIII work at biaCksmIth.uE Il luuE
ilulc, ne said, before YOU earn $1,000.
-But ~, Han ICrrruom Is a urdCN-a-J4clI
mhtrr with nm aud GiNe him 1t big
start, was tltGs ieJoinder. Then All
Mno heard agreed that the sight ui two
pus1!ists In 4 nurocsnueing contest wound
De novel. cdifylns and one with which
II is tnought no Governor would inter
icre, Manual labor, however. IL scarcely
~ the modern puBllists Inc, ami II is
not nkcly the match viii be CONSUME
mated.
tilasiminuus was not ovcr-enthusinstic
about the prospect OF Il iiGht in Florida.
lie wants to know Just now the Land
lays down there, ana Tor That reason
wants TO tank with "A OF the
cub. lie viii sign nothing but club arI.-
Clrs. Coz. iiupkins H. COnlIurnt lnG con-
test could he pulled Ci In Florida. lie
sayS Blake, whu Ii now the leading spirit
down there, was III the minority before,
ana that, II hc hhd mad nis way there
Wouldn't have been 80 much cause Tor
complaint as there was with BUwdcn
ana others at the helm.
a look into the ancient little church
at Sixty-sixth street, overlooking the
t.lst iNvei, whicn mas ior ycarn been
used as a gymnasium by the Pastime
Athletic clup, would disclose u very
busy scene these Jays. me men VINO
have been selected to represent the club
championships have begun training.
capt. MarDurg says the fastimes feel
deeply tnc sneuby treatment accorded its
men at the last championships, which
Indians will give the Quaker city repre-
sentatives a warm reception when they
meet At the coming cnalnpionships. I'M
pounds, Emil Moor; 10 pounds, Thomas
McGlrr; 10 pounds, Hugh Dunn, los
pounds, owen Harvey. Wrestling, 100
pounds, Il. Ptortner; lZ5 pounds, George
POUNDS, James Hughes II Frank Ellis.
rue A.. A. L. entry list will be further
increased by teams from the Boston and
Chicago y. AS.
Apropos of the football Convention at
the University Athletic Club to-day, the
following pathetic cJElun cation, dated
Astoria, l.. l., has been received and Is
respectfully submitted:
whcrols, My young nan is a football hend OF
the NEST hgnfish description, who courts aIi
Vuops ftrial disagreement aud body distortion
Whereas. lilo is a person Of unusual charms and
Whereas. Ills nose is a not inconsidcrablc iea-
turn OF the aforementioned unusual charms and
uncarthiy destinations, and,
Whereas, said nuse is endangered by the various
and unspeahable thumpf bumps. htTs, thwacks
ing the brutal. savage, inhuman and unsetmly
same ot %tootball; be It
unSeomly, ungodly. %harbar'c. .%runianly l~o~-down
game b" so modified, reformed and Christinnisel
as to no longer 'ndnnger Aforesaid miracnlou.ly
lovely nose and other features appertaIning to
aforementioned astOrndingly fascinating anu d-
rinclr beautiful young man.
signeiJ HIS GIRL.
Frank Ives has sub-let his room in
Chicago, and will probably make New
York his home after HIS return from his
contemplated trip abroad.
Chicago is not so good a billiard city
as New York" says Ives. THAT has
been, demonstrated a number of times
notably. by the recent double tourna-
ment. Then the class of people who
attend tn" tournaments in New York r.
the very best. There are many excellent
people who go in Chicago. but as a
class they do not compare with the
billiard crowds in New York"
The Massachusetts delegates to the an
nlal meeting of the League of American
Whcelmon at Louisville next month will
take a decided stand upon the question
of admitting colored cyclists to mem
bershin, and viii vote for their admis-
sion, providing sucn applicant Is not
illitcrata.
"lf the athletes who won medals for
excellence want to yet their
prizes" says Father BilI' Curtis. "it
would be a good idea for them to hustle
and sell about 800 worth of tickets to
the A. a. u. boxing championships"
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The new Athletic Committee of the
New York a. c. is already showing its