The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-02

! San Antonio game, si47.s0; Deaf and
| Dumb game, $3.50 DaiinE game, Si3i- 5v,
Fort Worth game, si2 Waco game. $3.50
| Houston game. sis3.d0. Tennis association,
5000; library deposits, S,tS. So faculty,
etc, Sf37 80. San Antonio game at San
| Antonio. $3.50, Thanksgiving game. stoS 10.
| &. r.. Garrison, treasurer. 80, $2fSs,
John g. Palm. AZ. Dallas game. Decs nber
II, s2sl.s four library deposits. SIS; Fort
Worth's guarantee. $3.50; Dallas, December
IN. S2i5
| The biggest item Of expense during the
season was the Dallas trips which cost
| 1929. g0. s4
Some 81 the balante money has been
expended ON old debis, so thar the CON
lI,ion OF the association Oh December 20
1897, is as follows;
Cash on hand SI52gf; football suits
etc.. Si25. baseball suits, etc.. 800; gym
| nasnm equipment, SOFT, grand stand SIPS;
fence, athletic field, ss5; forty Library de-
posits diic. SlSns faculty subscription un-
paid, s21n John Doom, subscription, 81.
IN analysts Of the receipts shows that
s6l2 werc collected from subscriptions,
| library deposits, etc. while the Total gate
receipts amounted TO ilsi66S. or lila lat@
ter sum over $500 was taken in In this
| city. The receipts Of the largest game Of
| tie season that with Fort Worth on
Thanksgiving Day, were Sj52, 10, and the
retlrns Of The Dallas game amounted 10
| S126 so.
Now that the big fellows have begun to
use their Jaws again throwing defies AMI
answers around, telling each other that thu
other must do something TO "got in my
| class" 1t would appear thar there is really
some chance for another fight. McCoy'A
presence makes il a triangular iawine
match; OF course Fit2 cant get down to
15S pounds again. oven If he did 1t once.
30 Mccoy viii naturally get the middle
weight championship by default. lie rant
afford 10 30 against flt1 in the heavy
weight class at least not yet. so he is
practically out of the conversation.
The dispute between Fitzsimmons and
Corbett Is assuming ridiculous stage. An
enthusiastic follower OF the tistic game
calls attention to some OF the statements
made by Eitzslmmons ON several of the
large stands of bills no uses In advertis-
ing his variety show. One OF the principal
Autographs used by IitzsimmonE shows the
blue-eyed. red haired pugilist with pink
cheeks and minus the frecltles. his long
arms folded peacefully asrosS his muscular
chest, and surrounded by pictures OF some
Thing like a dozen of the men he has de-
feated In the ring.
Emblazoncd across the face Of the lltho-
graph liz the remarkable statement that
ifit1slmmnns IL the victor of 3lS hard
fought battles and never been defeat ed"
This number must include large number
of exhibition bouts and settns with his spar
ring partners,
Under the fac smile of n photograph of
jos ChoynsM is this statement:
Joe Choynski knocked out four
rounds"
THAT ia 4, dalihnrat, ,,,iastat.mopt Tho
only time the men ever met was in Boston
on June II, 1894 The sct-to was to be .
friendly affair OF six rounds Choynski |
grew excited and tried to put Fitzsmmons
out in the early stages Of the contest AS
a matter of fact, 1t was openly asserted at |
the time that FlitZslmmrns got the double |
cross from Joe who had agreed not to |
hit hard However that may be. Choynskl |
had his man In Il bad way in the second |
round. and 1t looked as If defeat would |
tall 10 tho portion Of the gaunt Austria
linn. But luck was with "Fit2" and |
against Choynskl as usual. lsitzslmmons |
came up fresh for the third round aud got |
an even thing. After that Fitzsimmons
had much the better of his man. Indeed |
In tho fifth roaind Choynski was getting |
such peppering that the police elected 10 |
call halt. Yet there is the statement of |
II knockout ON Fitzsimmons' lithosrnph.
There Is another MEASUREMENT on the |
same )itlogmph, lrltzsimmous did MOI |
knock out Peter Maher the first time they
met, Maher quit after the twelfth round.
iot inns same iithoHranh states that Manner
was knocked out In eleven rounds.
hut the oorpett hlhographs are iuily as
good as Fltzsimmons'. Corbett has one
showing his likeness near handsome
Aro,,c,, s,,r vba Jrplou rac,, to o,.o
,,1,, ~
ulsp'aSed' Across 'he lace OF thls picture
is the statement:
FAN I want Is another chance and " Ill
bring the championship OF the world back
10 the United states
This is a hard Sian at F'itlslmmons. Al
though The latter Ia q naturalized citizen
of this country. Corhett refuses 10 allow
Fita's claim TO e'tlSenship and alwoYs Ia
sists the chamronship IS held by n for
eigner This play uron popular patriotism
IS one of the clever moves mnde by the
Corbett- Brady syndicate
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Mike Conley for long time known MS
tho ithaca Giant" was compelled TO leave