The evening times., 1895-12-17
GENERAL SPORTING Chat
DAILY Getting Into Shape for His
Fight With Abbott.
BASEBALL TALK AT. YALE
Professional Coach VIII In All Prob
ability he Secured-The Next Thing
for Fitz and Mailer Is TO Get To-
getiier and Fight rshAu
Fight In Baltimore-Othcr Items.

eAesAA'6 VA A'oN ANdy eHG u
tomac, for his fight with Stanton Abbott,
that he is in first-class shape and feeling
good and strong. Bobby Frankfortis hand
ling Daily, and this in itself is n guarantee
that the Wilmington hgntweignt will BE- IN
A No. condition when he sIeps into the
ring on the night OF December 80.
Tile contest Is Too Tar uff as yet for many
wagcrs to have been undc, but ut THAT there
has been a little money put up. Abbott Is Il
slight favorlte, but Daiy mas many acie-rcrs
VINO are coniiucnt uat uc VIII wnip inc Eng
hsiiilIJn, and there Will be plenty ol VIZ
niIngton money at the ring SIDE.
A special train VIII probably he run
from Wilmington, loaded down with sports
from tnal Town VINO look upon Daiy as Il
'HIndoo OIL tne Pr,ze ring. Wniie tins may
not De literally true, IL Is certain tnitt Jack
is a very clever yo,nigstcr and IT VIII be Il
bug surprise to The writer II he does not
dispose of Mr. Abbott.
Abbott has fought some good men In his
DAY, but ne is II .iiiic siew ior DaIy, VINO
is Il veritab!e cyclone wnen he takes il INTO
his head THAT the JOB cat out for him must
be done quickly or not at ali. .
The management OF the club Is making
arrangements Tor IL couple OF preliminary
bouts that give promise or wuettlng the
appctites or tue spsrts In great shape. Pat
:lacdy ana :; billy Nauy iiIay iuInish one
of them. The other has not been decided
on rs yet, bat Will be announced in due
course OF time.
A dispatch from New Haven says: THE
period Just before the holidays IS generally
one OF comparative rest al Yale IN attn
leticS- The men gcIieralfy settle down 10
steady grinding Tor the senn-annual ex-
aminations, which are held at this season,
ana tier. u little eIs.. 10 ocIapy their atten-
ton. But this year there seems to e-an
unusual interest III ltnictics, and IL bids
fair 10 continue throughout the winter.
New forms OF athletic sports are being Ge-
veioped, not, however, along lines that
are objectionable in any way.
Since the recent victory over Princeton
Yale is behind the other universities III
mental achievements and activity do not
have much weight as formerly, either
with the students or outsiders. This VIC
tory was received Oh the Yale campus with
the utmost enthusiasm, u Ieaturc which OF
late years has ha rdiy followed even the
greatest OF athletic successes.
This fact shows that Yale men DO care
about mental affairs To greater extent
than mas generally be allowed ny the puDiic.
The question just now open Tor discus
sion is that regarding Il professional coach
er for the baseball nineJ next spring Last
year there was practically veteran niue,
with such men as Carter and Rnstin To
coach the candidates No professional
coacher was employed, and it was decided
10 dispense hereafter with such services
Now il looks as IL this course would be sui
cidal. There are only three, OF last year
regular players in colleSe-Capt. QuiDby,
keator ana Trudcau. QuInby, though IA
good player, has not had the experience
that would warrant his undertaking the
H..
Capt. Rustin had. The prospects for a
winning team are not very bright. IN
iuotban the graduate stars AID the cap
tain, but in baseball there are no Old players
near who can devote the necessary time to
the men. Manager Miller oi the nine said
when interviewed that lie did not contctn-
plate hiring n coacicr, but the popular be-
iier is that one OF the best professionals
Will be secured.
Fred Titus, the bcyclist. will probably go
has Srnsln
sions which visited the New Yorker, Ca
ba me OF st. Louis and Murphy Of Brook
lyu. Cabanne's friends say tnat he cannot
be proved guilty through documentary evl-
deuce of breaking the rules, bat the l.. A.
W. racing rules contain condition which
gives fuIi value to circunsta ntiai evidence.
Facts have been admitted which to q GER
tain extent clear Cabanne OF any wrong do
ing. CabaDne during the first part OF the
season Won many races, but at and after
the Asbury Park meeting he performed
largely as sympathy rider and failed 10
win the good opinions OF experts.
Col. Robert j. Fitzsimmons, p. L: G..
the man who refused to sign for fight
for SO 900 when he was all but on the
hog train," has at last come TO his senses
ana affixed his signature to s,e articles ,ss
Texan, drew up for him.
Col. Bob had mad very unpleasant cX-
perience with the southern police SO ne
and DAN accompanied by brothcr-'n-
law Julian, betook themselves to a tug
boa, and steamng out into the Gulf Of
| Mexico fixed the matter to the satisfaction
| of.all parties concerned, and for the origi-
nal $4,000.
The sporting fraternity in general said
| at the time tnat Fltz refusal to nght Tor
| SO, 900 was only bluir, and tina be would
come TO time wncn he saw that someone
| else was liable 10 get the plum: ne saia
20 TO Dan jus, LnIe. AIr. Stuart said
| .lO,'' and the deed was done.
TINS Ia kes great weight from the minds
of the ring followers. However. the men
have not stepped into the ring as yet, and IL
would bt. very poor policy, after The ex-
perience of the Corbett-Fitzsinnnons talk
| ing match, for the sports to count their
chickens Just yet
Among the swimmers who Will compete
| In the championship tournament i'll the Chi-
caro A A. tank DeceuIber u, arc d. r.
| Grapser the Western Quarter-mile cham
pion: George Whittiker of Milwaukee,
holder of the national mile championship
and the worlds record for eighty Yards;
James McGarry. also Of Milwaukee, winner
of the Western championship for mile: u.
Ii. Thorne, who broke the worlds tank rec
ord for eighty yards month ago, ana :. r
Wiley, the famous outdoor swimmer. me
last two men Will represent the Chicago
A. A.
S. Lipschutz and J. W. showaIter played
the Fifteenth game of their chess match In
New York yesterday, when the latter Sc
lected the Petroff defense. The game, after
fifty-oue moves, stood adjourned Inc score
now stands: Showalter, 3: Lipscbutz, 4;
drawn, 8; adjourned, 1.
In writing from Baltimore about the
Smiih-Marshall fight, which takes place
before the Eureka Athletic Club OF Balti-
genial manager and match maker OF the
This contest promises to be the best
drawing card that has ever been put on be-