The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-20

failure OF the Hawthorne club to ri, az
agreement and>tae singular dissemination
CT Mccoy to box before q club where tha
contest would be assured Of non intprfer-
ence.
That bout having failed, lost no time
IN making q match with Saarkey, who Is
,r eenersaiy resaraed as an easy PROPOSE
ion. which 10 proof that am not dodeqne
hard game. In case | defeat sharkey' AZ
witch am quite confident. | VIII than
pc ready for Mccoy. JefIries, Maher or any
other heavyweight.
Nest Of AL would d welcome Fitz. hui
an I'm convinced nothing will ever induce the
Australian to again euter the ring with mo
Ail things considered. Therefore. Inc
right OF Sharkey and to battle for the
cnampionsap Is undisputed, and the only
rS.i1t at issue Is. Can a chamnionshlp he
won IN . limited round contest? 2 can hear
g cnorus OF Certainly not must he to a
hh'sh. But, let us look into chat oticstior,
little. Not many years ago. in order 10
setao the champ lonslhip; the contestants
We're requiref to fight on the turf WITH
pared knuckles, and wrestling was one Of
tne features OF the bout. These encoun-
ters We're always brutal. and few OF them
| ever took place without the accompaniment
OF fraud and downright cheating. Ring
| ropes were frequently cut, and boxer
tavlng an advantage was sometimes beafe,,
and kicked by t,e pattissns of the other
man. Certainly no one who likes boxing
= Vuiu ask Tor q return of the brutal Lon
don rules system. - ! /.
With the single exception OF the heavy
weight class, championships are and have
reen TOR several years past decided on tan'
oucoine OF limited bouts. OF course. in tho
tight division tho boxers can not afford
70 go long distances, aud the attendance
would not wlsrrant the Journey
j., ,ta, pei ny, = WISH particuiariy 10 make
pionshfn shall he wn, 4, I, e,,. ,,,,s.1a,
bout, and that common sense ana mojern
custom favor the latter. At the same time
49, t i,.toi WI srtle,' on the nart OF
,%sa W ~ S,. snaai H1n i,, tne tue IN
~ us,", is. NY NJ, uia VII STAND rsaay
w ~ IN tue ssnc paIs' Set ! 40
4, 49, Va. ueS,lhe 70 lisHt 10 hhish II
~ seeihs aoNis'luie' touts WuiN,
MT, $50, james - NorDet.
49,, ue ,, io' ishets ior uhe hsHt,
w, M-scn sen ror az nncn as ~ each' mas
,u,S latEt, Gnartey Deecon, aiNne seii,
'us sisuo Wor.n IN a sinsie WEEK 70 VIII
StIes. men. rms pout Is tse nrst between
, ,u-ntis HeaVsWelfh's lnat mas peen scoed,
NV, u.eu ~ me cts; Win ins exception OF
.ne nie,os Niifo-eti mous, aifu the one pe
49, 49,, -, ,"ahsr anu ena' kes. eorpell anu
' ", r "e,e " ,,aNe. lousht oetv,e ,hs
49,, NV tie
sage s. tar reanons mn,ch are wen kno% ',,,.
ai,iSad n thar y,itoos 10 ar,n vren ny
winner. Careful coaching by Tom
oRourke has undoubtedly smccthed down
some on the crudeness whoa s1arkey MS
p.as," III us eaiiy nuues. ''iai NY 10
9uichel auu huie sNlLitui' anu pe iet'inS
stsat powers vi eiuur@aiee'
MY Ahutt" rieeuinai mas aSalh peol
seFected as the president OF the New y DIRK
baseball club. In view Of the fact that the
New Yorks finished In SEVENTH place and
,e
Vii"t 'he stoohiioiHeis ''s' "a iaise ali','''
OF money last year. 1t was rumored that
Mr.. Freedman would step down and oui,
and that some one more Familiar with the
needs OF both the pubic and players would
be elected in his place
1T was also said that Arthur Soden OF
Boston and John T. Brush Of Cincinnati,
who are both large stockholders in the
club, were tired of Mr.. Freshman $ antics
ami in case he would not resign they would
vote TO cut off his Slo,0oo salary.
There was evidently no truth in amy OF
thsise stories. and the stocDholaers OF me
National Exhibition company. who own the
club, were apparently pleased at tine LAY
Mr.. Freedman managed the AFFAIRS OF inc
club for they reelected him president at
the cid salary.
The old Guttenburg race track was sofa
last week at public auction for sl2S 600
rry5, n,,,,4basers aro Dennis Mclaughlin.
lornier democratic posS ol i'uason eoun.s'
~. j. anu one OF cue S S,s, ~ VI t,,, ,io
t",ro DO d.s,ler Of Jersey CITY
nennis Moi anghiip was one of the larg
81 sol, b"IieTs in The old race track. il
Is gems rally believed that his OBJECT in
's eNe sns sno rpsinr NAV be revived in New
Jersey.
TIE constitutional amendment which was
passed last year aosn,ns I sv tbe ~ r, rr
stoty IS NV psIlis $1,000 ~ y, Nc s"nrt
s.ions eiiot1 10 me Siate to have
! is lIaleil.'y deia,ad ,rrconsrititional
or to Iave ~ jpfiuseu 10 Goff forts. ~ NeS
Yo1ns In "i his vent the New Jersey race
tracks would be again restored to their
former flourlshing state. rms would ap-
ply parllcnlafty 70 sne Tdri' rbtr e.acmred
as It's proximity " sSem o,,.4Ia S'''
it a y~ist amount oi pa.~ sists 80 tract Of
Ihe property s1iu .oh na,d vi a frort-