The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-12
IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS.
can We Keep the Americas Cup on This
Side the Water!
Young Billy Edwards Turfnen of America and IbD
A. Hennessey-Dwyer's Prospects IN England
Growth of the Bicycle Craze.
Copyrighted

N ms time Edwards was the best
sloNer known. and among the men he I
b.5s,., - M51A them was Steve Taylor. a I
Iiea y sy,-,w eight, who afterward fought John /
T. sullivan He has been out of the ring
LOT several years. Nearly ten years ago
ne boxed Charley Mitchell in the Madison
Square Garden Edwards did nor weigh
over 100 pounds, while Mitchell was forty
pounds heavier. The police stopped the {
~ youi IN me third round Mitchell had
Though Edwards is now in his SD
ssaL' ne IS Wiling 10 box Critic four
Ioun1s, provided he has a guarantee OF a |
satisfactory amount of money win or
lose LOT so doing. Critic has not received
the OHer with favor. He and his hackers
say cay mat there would be no honor in de-
LedtIls an old man There might be
cohslperabie money in II, however, and as
.neg are eager Tor money many think that
I honor portion OF the affair is not the
real reason for their non-acceptance of Ed
wards oner. II might be very unpleas-
ant 10 De unable 10 OutpOint the veteran
ana worse TO be OutpOinted by him.
mere are precdents for and against
such match. Old Jem Mace in his day
the CleNerest man in England" at the
age OF % undertook TO box Charley Mitch
Ell -FOUR rounds in Glasgow, and was
knocked out for his pains. On the other
nand, several years ago "OlG Mike DOuo-
van, the boxing Instructor OF the New
Ork Athletic Clue, boxed six rounds with
JACK Dempsey, when Jack was not only
the champion of his class, but considered
THE NonDsreil of the American Ring
Donovan really had the best of the go
though the referee decided it a draw. 1t
was this bout that first drew attention to
the fact that Dempsey was not the irwin
chile wonder he had been thought to he \
few years later Donovan boxed a limited
number of rounds with Dominick Nc
Conrey, heavyweight, who had fought
both sullivan and Corbett, and many
thought that Mike had the best of the en-
counter.
Old Barney Aaron, who thirty years ago
in lie eli -,
me the other night: If Edwards and
GrlnO come together, it's no to l that
Billy won't win. He is a wonderfully
Well-preServed man. He never was much
OF drinker, and he has always taken
good care of himself. He would have
night and reach in his favor with Critic,
and if he ever brings his right across on
his Jaw he will knock him out as sure as
shooting" match between this pair
would wonderfully exemplify the old
and the new styles Of baking
Whatever faults and faillngs Mr.. Mich
ael f. Dwyer may have, his bitterest
opponents cannot deny that he is one of
the shrewdest men in the business of
horse racing. With him il is far more
a business than sport, and he has been
called, not inaptly, 1.-The jay Gould of
the turf When he went to England last
year to survey the racing situation there
many sneered at him and predicted that
he would come to financial grief If he un-
dertoOk to cope with the English at their
especial game on their own grounds.
Undeterred by these sneers, Mr.. Dwyer
and his turf partner, Richard Croker,
for they really are turf partners, took
a stable of horses to England and so
far they have not had serious cause to
regret so doing. l doubt, however, If
they Will make as much money over there
in the long run as they did in this cOun-
try last season They made a mint off
the turf in this vicinity and coined money
out of IT almost as rapidly as the gov
eminent did in the. marble building on
Chestnut street in Philadelphia which it
uses for that purpose.
BY the way, | saw the man the other
day who did teach the English, to their
sorrow, how to make money on the turf.
In those days he was called 'Plunger
Walton but he is now known as Mr.. Theo-
dore F. Walton. The year that Mr.. James
f. Keenes horse Foxhall won the Caro-
witch and the Cambridgeshire in England,
and the Grand PriX, in France, Mr.. Wal
alone.
The Plunger used to pay the best Eng
fish jockeys large sums of money to win
the races they were engaged in. He
would promise jockey $1,000 provided ne
won such and such a race. OF course, he
got, in advance, the very best of stable in
formation. He had all the leading jockeys
of England furnishing him with news, and
the turf magnates over there, who guard
their stable secrets much more carefully
than they do their family ones, were
aghast. They finally got rid Of WaltCsi
by ruling him of the turf for 'tampering
with jockeys In this country many men
pay jockeys not to win, and If they are
not found out, and they are not one time
in ten, they pose as clever sportsmen %.
Heaven save the mark
Ten years ago such Il thing as a pneu-
matte tired bicycle was unknown. Now
1t is estimated that there are a million
of them in use in the United States. In
other words, one person in every sixty of
our population bikes" The cry is, still
they come" and the demand for wheels
is so great that many dealers are weeks
behind in their orders. In New York and
several other eastern cities many people
are buying wheels on the installment-al-
lotment principle by means of what are
known as Bicycle Purchasing Clubs"
These clubs are limited in membership
and only responsible people can belong.
Each member pays weekly dues and
wheel Is allotted each week Each mem
Der who gets a wheel has TO get a. new
member before receiving his bike. He then
ceases to pay dues or TO have any fur
Their connection with the club. The last of
the original members of the club. on re-
ceiving his or her wheel, is also fur
nished with a complete hiking outfit, con-
ssting of a lamp, bell, cyclometer, cap,
coat. pantaloOns OF boomers, shoes,
sweate toe clips and foot brake.
Fifteen members are enough to form
a club and by paying $3.50 dues each
week it can begin allotting by ballot in
stead of by drawing; the lottery law is
not infracted. l suppose it will not be
long until every town in the country of
5000 inhabitants will have one or more
bicycle clubs. j. b. Mccormick.