The evening times., 1895-12-13
He Mas One of the Coolest Men Who
Ever Donned Mitts-Father Bill Cur
tbs Defends Mttchell-Class B Men
Seem Doomed Ed. Cole ROasts the
Outln ws-Otiier Matters of Interest.

carnival at New Orleans when John l.. SuIli.
vans .eol"rs were. lnwercl his remarkable,
conIness was the talk nf the ring folio wers
kh'wing what a clever boxer Jack was
meyer would wait for him TO lead be-
lore he would start To mix things up In
the early Dart OF the battle they sparred
| arouBd the ring. each waiting for the OH :
| tr 10 tead. Jack was waiting for an omen
inl, LIZ anu so was Billy. AT last McAulirfe
.uS. a,, va, renee and after several ineffectuaI
| aat;Hi"uts 10 uraw the StrcatGr lad out no
sIi: Tome on; why don't you fIrn,y"
,, Ght, replied Billy. why. Jack, ynt,'re
VIZ dshleT. I'm nothing hut farmer"
gone and il WAS only a QUESTION of x hen
~ ~ would have 10 drcD. billy would smIl,.
sax sain'.S s,a al,cr receiving a stiff facer ana
| nhNi mat right. jack: give me another
III me same Fee and I'm done for
A., IN dddltion To this gam,ness and cooincss
| ,hai ai Won nm the favor and admiration of
We sforting fraternity. Never was on.
2i the most sentlemanIy fighters thai .yer
| donned pair OF mitts. In his home liz. his
sui su, aou,ulhss % were more those OF col
/. hhin tbdn OF pugilist. There are
| ieW III the ring no W -a-,i;iys who can sb"w
I'm az eican record as an upright nan as
h'hS Meyers the "Streator Cyclone"-
Father ''Bin' Curtis does n,, like ,bo
actor, n,"f the n. Y. A c. in dr"ppinr
| Mi.Cneh The father of athletics saws:
| - opnsiuering the charges made, the actinn
| OF the board of governors is nioSt ont
raSeons. | think that III" club must he
| gong crazy. the governors have the right
| 10 TERM mate the membership of an n itI,lrtic
| member at WILL bat when they give su,h
| doukeys. INT
Ine onstltitlou says that 'athle, ic men,
bership shall continne in the discretion or
| the board of governors but il also saws
| ,hat II charges DE brought against a MEM
| Der OF conduct Injurious TO the pond order
peace, or interests OF the club then the
| beard shall inform him is writing, fur
nish ;s MN nm wlth a COPY Of such charge. and
G board I'm IN nswnr f naYs aSie to Intend the
see; was given no such treatment Ir ,he
| cup is 10 act like this I am ready to
/ repdbiish Mitchelrs article. saw il was
! not severe enough. and give them a chance
/ 10 cNpel me-
nooined seems to nc the word written in
iargc letters behind Ga IS cycinr ON tn.
tnp or the announcement that uiOsi of m,
prominent nEaDHfa ,turers had decided NO;
( 10 10 GinpioN Ihls chariiiIng variety of racing
cN'hstS next year comes the report that the
racing board of the L. A. W will. mt the
ma! sonal assembly. recommend its "A l,olitiou
Ss everyone Interested in cycling knows
'idas u "as. created to purge the ranks of
dindtrur wheclIirn of men emplo ycti an the
l1ict hy bicycle manufacturers To ride
MESils ior ahNer' islng purposes. 1t was
hcii br ne league that it was next door to
iilIiosSibc to stop this sort OF thing and
;hat IL was Infinitely more simple 10 Icr;lIize
! The practict Than to endcayor to saua si it,
80 lass b sprane into existence. IL has
not, however, been a success from any point
ni Nicw. Ine men constituting il have not
( Ec,h h"hcs'. ana the manufacturers found
IL most expensive. The Titus Cai,anne case
brought matters to q cIinI:ix. and his saf,.
/" say mat SO will see only two classes OF
/ cvri!sis-thosc With the dollar mark con
>p!tnou> lyfisplaye1 ontheir fnrehcads hcinr
one. ana those who are Slick enough To
keep ii so well hidden that they can IL,
called purely amateurs the other.
Ed. Cole evidently thinks that the across
lht--iNer tracks are III the last stages OF
consumption Considering that Ed. was
ohc III the boys" when the game riolrishcd
ia the domains or the ''Dukc'' M fhe
Gloucester track. his transformation into
one oi The most earnest supporters of The
Jockey Club is a little surprising.
Here ishisiatcst rapat The Virginia. ira cks
Incidentally. he gets his hammer out after
the game at New Orleans:
-"ltS pretty hard 10 beat the races even
wien horses run consistently but when they
liop and skip around in different spots every
day like a flea on a blanket. on. might Just
as Wen Try to cough against thunder as try
TO pick Il winner. The BOYS in the local
Dool-rorns are getting very wear OF the
zane at New Orleans and the Virginia
tracks. and the LAYERS of odds also have a
Kick coming. as their bank rolls are
niulcted nearly every day bv one or two of
the swell commission agents who do The
work for those in control NJ The Virginia
tracks The boukmak"rs will take n Ipv
dollar bets on . race. then some agent will
come along with Il ''fifty" bet. and in nine
cases out of ten the big bet wins which
gCbbles up ali the small bets on lie sheet
roll.
to play any horse that is played down.
They Invariably win. 1t is rarely a first
choice gets home. To hose WHO are
touching the New orleans races il il n
good tip TO follow J. Murphy's mounts He
is not only Il good .oci.y. hut he is get
ting the best chances, and he comts pretty
near being on the level. If PLAYERS of
horses will watch this tip pretty closely
they viii come very near cashng ticket"
According to all reports an earnest effort
Is being made 10 get some life into tie dead
ashes of the fistic game at New orleans.
When the report was circulated that n purse
bad been offered for a go between SoIly
followers of The ring were somewhat sur
Dris.d, as II was generally understood
that as' attempt to pnl off contest would
meet with the strongest kind of fsap-
DrovGl from the authorities This is evil
IDENTIFY the view that President Charlie
Dickinson takes of the matter. as the fol-
He was asked If a purse had been offered
as stated.
No, Indeed he said. 1--WE have offered
no purse for these men. for we cannot offer
any under the laws. We cannot offer eyena
medal for a bout. for then it would be
10 ke'i upon rs prize fight. and no prize
you can say that the two men in question |
are both members of our club. We made
Smith a member about a year ago, and
luck ii urplly III Will ScNtTdl olHcrS some
time later.
We received letters from prize fighters
from all over the country. asking us if We
will give them a chance. and put them on
against some good man if they come IT,
New Orleans. and among others Smith
and Murphy made The same request. 1t
thea occurred tp us that they were pretty
evenly matched, and we decided to Gffer
10 Dut-ihcm M against each other and
they Jumped at the DropuStinn.
We woaid iih,, Istisiiuctly understood
that no money is offered for the meeting. but
we may allow all expresses which thev NAV
be compete 'cti To undergo inpreplring for the
fight. We eXpcsttc give OFF fourth monthly
entertainment a few days before Christ
mas and In all proha biiity we will put MUIR
ply and Smith on . s hadrawing card of the
evening. with some 10 al men of prominence
in preliminary bouts. No details have been
arranged as yet SO lean give You no positive
Information OH the subject.
1T is not definitely settled that Murphy
a nd smith will appear bore the club, for No
articles whatever have been signed, ard we
are not even are that they Will come u New
Orleaus. but If they do the bout viii be
tweut y-fiyc rounds
According 10 the statement of Dean White
of Coruell /: appears that a special race with
Harvard will be rowt1l uex6 year. and il
such is the case. there is not much chance
of thp'sCriinsDu entering the PDu.tl keppSie