The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-24
SPORTING WORLD

/ since the winter term of Yale began all
the captains of the various athletic teams
/ OF the university have issued their call for
| candidates TO the several athletic teams
ana made public the plans for the coming
season. Inc routine will be about the
same as usual, except that the crew will
begin work at once. At Yale the chain of
athletics almost grdles the whole year.
At the close of the football season in No
vemoer there is a lull of month for the
seml-annual examinations which are then
IN progress, but with the beginning of the
winter term athletic activity is resumed.
The work Is generally light, however, till
after social week." which is generally
the last week of January.
The crew will not be given a rest this
year, but will begin training at once. Cap-
tain Armstrong has begun drilling his
men unusually early because there is in
prospect n race with Oxford. Boo Cook.
on MS visit to England, made overiures
to the English universities and if race
can be arranged IL will be done. IL ia
fale's wish, and is also the probable
choice of the English universities. that
the event take place as early as April.
Yale feels that directly after the race
with Harvard Is no time for an American
crew to meet either an English or an
American rival IN championship con-
test, preferring the early spring, when
cooler weather and better physical condi-
ton is possible. As tho annual Oxford
Cambridge race takes place next month.
April will probably be an acceptable date
for the English champions.
During temporary lull in pugilistie
circles, somebody has raked up a story
about James j. Corbett having once
yielded TO the blow soporific.
ut is strange" says the narrator, that
some paper has not printed the story of
how Champion James J. Corbett was once
as cleauly knocked out as any pupiiist
was in the ring. OF course the majority
Of people who read about or witness fights
fancy that Corbett has never tasted the
sweet repose occasioned by square
knock out blow. Sull it is an undeniable
TACT that he has been laid low and sense
ess.
at happened when Joe McAuliffe was
n the height of his glory and predictions
AN high that he would prove a worthy
uccessor of the only John L. Sullivan.
1orbett was at that time boxing instruc-
or of the Olympic club in San Francisco.
Zone dayMcAuliffe's hacker met orbett.
Who was then locally noted for his match
css cleverness, and asked Jimmy TO 90
dt anu snow doe rev scientific points
nd teach him new tricks. The men
tripped and adjusted the gloves and then
he bout began. Corbett was making
that is known in sporting parlance as
sucker of his man and hitting HIM and
vading him until the big tanners right
and caught him fairly on the Jaw and he
'ent out as clean as any pug you ever
aw."
1t the Goulds chose to pay $1,000, 900 for
10 Castellane no one can ever again ac-
use young Mr.. Macdonough of extrava-
ance in securing Ormonde at the modest
CURE of $3.50, JOO.-Sdn Francisco Eram-
per.
Ben Kinney will campaign a string for
iarcus DAILY in the east this season. made
p of Prodigal; Lady Wilton. A L. Kemp
md; Rachael (pacer), 3-year-old; Thorn
ird (pacer), 4-year-old; Byron, 3-year-
Id; Prelacy (pacer), 2-year-old; Patch
ali, 2-year-old; Arguros, 2-year-old, and
Iatial, 2-year-old. The latter two by
Iilroy, son of Guy Wilkes, and entered
II the $4,000 purses hung up for the
ugust meeting at Galesburg, Ill.-West-
n NeIUS.