The evening times., 1896-02-14
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES
Is the Mahsr Story a Bluff Of
Dan Stuart's
MAY FIGHT ANY MOMENT
AT Least Tint Is What Local Sports
Think--Jack DAILY Much IN Demand
In Philadelphia and Washington
Tom Heffner in Hard dLuck-Griffin
Brings Suit.

Mahcr mad his eyes full of dust was simply
given ont as bluff to steer the authorities
off on ti.c wrong track. Stuart is Il slcE
customer, and he is just as likely as not tC
pack the whole sbootibg-natcn cn 10 spint
out-oI-tile-way corner and pull the fight
off while the Texas rangers think that Pc
Ter can't fight because OF -eoIIditioD OF
| his eyes.
This is. of course, only a guess, and the
report may be-, aud, indeed, probably is, a
! bona tide one. IL Is hardly likely that the
! entire outfi; OF Correspondents whoare quar-
! tered at the seat OF war can have been
fooled into sending out such a report unless
! IL is true.
The very fact OF Fitzsimmons being so
/ ready TO waive the forfei, money makes the
| thing look i.shy. Neither Fitz nor Julian
is the Kind to let any of the ''Iong green
! that may be in sight Slip through his fin
! gers. Bob says that he will wait for Peter
until Monday, but from the reports that the
! specialists who examined the Irishman's
| eyes give out the big fellow will not be in
condition 10 fight for a I least a week.
| III IL is ii bluff II will not be sur
J prs" 10 hear at any moment that the bat
tie has been pulled Off on the q. t. in the
| presence OF probably only a lew news
: paper men and the principal seconds. Such
course would hardly be paying one for
| the Texan, but the kaleidoscope Company
will lave ACCOMPLISHED their object.
It's dollars 10 doughnuts that NO matter
WHO else Is around when the big fellows
get together the Kinetoscope gang VIII he
ON hand. ~
Jack DAILY, light light cha DIp!on OF Della
ware. the ganleSt pugi!istic gent that ever
put up his dukes, ana one or Nasbingtons 6
raVpriic>, is getting into the gan III great
shape IN Philadelphia and Wilmington.
Jack has gained Il reputation FOR gIB8cness
and devil-may.care willingness 10 fight
anybody and everybody that has won its
way into the hearts OF the entire sport
ing fraternity.
Tonight aud tomorrow night Jack Will he
meeting ali comcrs at the Globe Th.ater in
Philadelphia. He'll fix the s:iffs that go
up against him there all right enough, but
next Wednesday night he ma a harder Job
cut out for him when he meets Jerome Quig-
Icy In a tcn-round bout before The Art Club
of Philadelphia.
Quiglcy is II clever man. but lie will find a
Cieverer one in DAILY. and it's 10 to the
Wilmington Had gets there. Word comes to-
day that Jack is matched to meet Leslie
Pierce at Wilmington on February 20.
John VI. Kelly, representing Pierce and
Len EerrynIen. On behalf OF Daily, met yes
ter,lay and made the match. They will
fight for The gate receipts Of the hoGsc and
d side bet OF Sl0O.
Tom Hcffncr, who was one Of the central
figures on the Gloucester race track. is sim
walking the paddock n New Orleans with
out i chance To- run his mare, Lady Nc
Cam. in any Of the soft spots which Tumis
on the lookout for. The mare has only
ran twice there, and the last time she ran
sii" finished III the ruck. The second time
she was played down from 10 TO to 3to
and here supporters collected. The manage
ment thought her form was not consistent.
The result was an order 10 refuse i II entries
from the Herfner stable. Tom las tried 10
explain matters. but the association refuses
In listen. Heffner cut off many good
thing nj Gloucester, but he was never
brought before the board. No one ever aC-
cus"d him "f asking Il Jockey 10 pull horse.
His methods are different. He did what
scores sf owners do. He worked his horse
in races and when the melon was ripe he
would get down hands and feet. This is
just about what he did at New Orleans. II
Is more than probable The southerners VIII
keep Ilcrfner walking around until the meet
ing closes, then they viii lift the suspcn-
sion.
johnny Griffin, the boxer. is after heavy
damages from three New York newspapers
for publishing n report that he had been
wants $4,000 from each paper. If Griffin
wins his suits The pugilistic reporter will
have 10 be careful what he whites. Many
n pugilistic editor calls man Il lobster.
This, OF course, would bc libclous. To say
that Il man is stiff would be almost
u Jail offensc. In future reports of pLgil-
istc ut-ups we can expect cthing like:
MIR. Coriett was more scientific than Mr..
FitZSinnnon>, but tie latter gentleman was
gifted with more than ordinary force when
a blow. Mr.. Corbett seemed very
mach pat out when Mr.. Fitzsinmon> struck
him on the wrist and he fell down. He did
not care TO walk To his corner, % his sec
ondS carried him. Some folks went 50 far |
as TO say he was Knocked out They may |
have been correct in their as ertiOB. but |
we DO not say So |
Jack Kelly, the Wilmington feather |
weight, who met Howard Wilson before |
the Young Mems Athletic Club last night, |
is not at all satisfied with The outcome OF |
the battle. In the first place, Kelly says |
that he can whip the colOrel man any way |
hc may come AT him. and in the second he |
does not think that ne received a fair deal |
from the referee. Indeed, Kelly was SO |
hot after the fight that he wanted TO give |
that individual a poke just for iUck.
Doc" Ray is Willing TO back Kelly in |
another go with Wilson for any amount |
that tn. latter may choose 10 name. Kelly |
Is certainly Il game little fellow. aud. while |
he deserves much blame for the manner in |
which he, TO all intents and purposes, quit |
last night. on the OF her hand. one ca mot help |
admire his clever work.
He is not gutter by any means, and no |
one can say that he showed the first symp- |
toms OF yellow" in his composition. He |
simply became sore because he was under |
the impression that he was not getting
fair deal ard suked. This impression was
heightened by the ycl!s OF mob Of cheap
sports who didn't know enough about the
game 10 Distinguish u prize fight from
trolley car.
They roovcr To see fight-whcn they get
dead headed in or the admission price is re-
lucci tu next TO no.hing-ani if they don't
see man killed every ten minutes. think
they are being treated badly. They sit
around and drink cheap booze and yell,
foul" ''hit I'm in the jaw Swing on
m.''"fakc," and host OF other fool things
until one would think that il was the first
light held in this country since the year one.
There isn't one out OF ten OF them who
knows foul from chicken. or an uppercut
from a richt-haEd swing. and if they lose
so cents or 81 holler "blue murder loud
,nough To raise the roof. until by the time
he thing is over principals. referee and the
" hole shouting match are in such a state OF
avagcness that they don't know whether
hey are going or coming.
Ellis Ward was assisted yesterday after |
loon In coaching Pennsyivania's rowing
'anditates by Hancock Of last years crew.