The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-16
sp.sslss Nets.

= w. <F<@-f<f
tor o. Coiumbia College has bean eA-
esssd for trainer by The nsw MAnAathaa
The annual game bstwssn the Hi
school. Pottstosn. and the Lawrsnosyille
slsyeas ~ ", Mas ss played at Lawrenceyille,
Tho Pyle annual road handicap DO mile
bicycle road race. will be held on Ootobar
se over The ksnnott pike. Entrlas close
New York papers are claiming that be-
cause Charley hcKeeyer TOOK seventeen
rounds to whip Arthur Valentine. while
Billy Errst did the Job In live. that Mo
heever 10 not In the flrst rank OF light
AfAi hcrrord's EUREKA Athletic club.
baltimore. on October 81. Joe Elliott and
Joe 6ans will box twenty rounds 1t AVS
ponnds, aud Jack Ward. Of Newark and
al ITO pounda.
The yachts Gertrude aud Sarah A. An.
River for purse OF sioo. The course
wes to Upper Cherry Island buoy and re.
turn, and the GeEtinde showed her rival O
clean pair o. heels, finishing minute and
In ii.s speech AZ bis benefit at Jersey Oily
on Monday night ex champion John e.
sullivan said, II never went to newspaper
onices to put up nj money, and fought
every one that cnmo along. OF overy na.
lonaiity. ! was 10 years in the rInG and
was never beaten but once. Wish tho
present champion every SUCCESS. but
without beating about the b,ish. and to
come straight out. say right here that /
am no friend OF his.v
AUSTIN. 1ey., Get. I5.--Tho Supreme
Court has handed down Its opinion ia the
cases OF tho Tax Collector Of williamson
and BAYS Counties, who sought to foroe
the Comptroller to Issue a prize fight II
cense under the law passed at the regular
session OF the Legislature last spring.
Tho Court declined to mandamus the
Comptroller Tor q license on the ground
that special session OF the Legisiature.
recently convened, nulled all previous
laws on the subject by passlng o new law
making prize fighting felony.
LITTLE Rock. Ark, Oct. Is --Brigadior
General George P. Taylor, of the Arkansas
Stale Guard. was In consultation this
morning with Governor Clarke and rev.
eral other gentlemon relative to the pro.
posed prize light In Hot Springs. The
Judgment OF the conference was In effect
that the light would not be allowed to
take blace 10 Arkansas. with or without
gloves. II the laws Of 1891 or 1898 are In.
operative the old law OF 1888 gives the
Governor almost unlimited power. and
under that the entire State Guard may be
called out to suppress any nssembingo
which has The semblance OF aliot
IL is announced that Dan Creedon. the
ex.mlddleweight champion OF Australia.
who defeated Frank Craig. the "Hariem
Coffee Cooler" will shortly meet Joe
Choynekl
OMAHA. NEB,, October I5 Steve Brodie.
who has beeu playing In this city, received
dispatch tonight saying he had been
chosen referee IN the Corbet- -Fltzsim ons
light. which will occur when q place can
be found where the mil! oan bc pulled off,
Rrodie was ONE OF the SIX men who were
uhder consideration for referee by the
Florida Athletic Club. He 10 a warm
friend OF both pugillsts and wae chosen
by both men. Brodie eaid: II tho au.
thorittes at Hot Springs Interfere. tho
battle ground Will be located on ine
Island IN the Mississippi river near st.
Joseph and will be pulled of to doad
certainty, However Will expect TO ref.
eree tho fight ut Hot Sprlngs."