Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-09

would have kept within these bounds
and boxing would not only have -four
ished In tho Empire state. but other
legislatures would probably have come
around 10 the view that II IN possible TO
regulate boxing by law so that only
the science nnd none OF the bad fea-
lures Of the sport shall be evident.
The recent JeffrieH-sharkey encounter
and others like II have shown. however.
that the hoped for result haa not been
attained. and now. owing TO the short
sightedncss OF the men In control. II ID
very likely that the Horton law Will be
repealed at tho next meeting OF the
state legislature. or. " not repealed.
VIII be 20 modified that the sport viii
be practically killed.
Two well known pugiiirts have re-
Gently broken down. though from Alto
gethcr different causes. KID" Mccoy
the clever middiewelsht. came down
with heavy cold which developed fe-
yer and other complications while
training for his encounter with Peter
Mahcr. This illness OF Mccoy was not
altogether a surprise ~ those who are
followers Of boxing.
oUtN Utlofts Ftpn utttf Twins hf''"''
out by Tom sharkey. the kid" broke
down IN the same manner. lie declared
at that time that he would not nght
again for n year. while II IL not be-
iievcd that Mccoy's retirement will he
permanent. stiil II IL doubtful II he viii
ever b. In as good physical condition Ms
that which he has previously enjoyed.
Mccoy never was very robust, and his
great success has been mainly due TO
his wonderful boxing ability combined
with his marvellous auicknsss and the
shiftiness Of his leg work.
Another fighter who will apparently
never again engage In contest In the
ring Is the former lightweight cham
pion. KID" Lavirne. Ever since he
was knocked out by George McFadden
he has been trying 60 drown his ror-
rows In the flowing bowl. with the In
cvitable result.
Several matches were arranged for
him. his manager and friends hoping
by this means 10 induce him TO train.
thinking that possibly the hard work
preliminary TO an encounter would oc-
oupy his mind and that he would come
around all right. All Of these matches
had TO be postponed. however. as he
stlli continued In his misguided course.
70 that now II IL feared that his consti-
tuition 10 irretrievabiy impaired.
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The calamity bowler IL over 10 the
fore. and he has been making his wall
more persistent In regard TO cycling
than In connection with any other sport.
According 10 him the whole business
In going to the dogs, He predicts among
other things that the manufacturers are
bound to lose every cent they own. and
lot more In the snme style In regard
TO the racing contingent.
II cannot be denied that the past rae
ing season has been disappointment
In many ways. Iiut that was owing 10
the nght between two rival organiza-
tons. each OF which aimed 10 control
the sport. This will all be changed by
next season. and the racers win be hap
py once more. stlll the past season
was not without It's lessons. More than
10000 was distributed among the pro-
fessionals by the National Cycling as
sociatlon. aud n that amount Of money
was earned IN season when II was
universally admitted that affairs were
all at skies and acvens II surely argues
Il wei ibI wv FHbIt u'NN HhHlH'As Nu'u
Il Is TO be hoped that conditions will all
be favorable.
But. apart from the racing end Of
tho game while the hurrah period OF
the bicycle business IN undoubtedly
past. figures are at hand that the ca
lamlty monger can hardly yet around.
Two hundred thousand more wheels
were turned out by the manufacturers
this year than last. Now. being strictly
business men. these makers are not
building wheels unless they can sell
them. 30 we can feel pretty confident
that more wheels were sold this year
than In 1898.
The new concern known az the BIZ
cycle trust has given out some figures
which show that our trade with foreign
countries In the bicycle line IL grow
Ing fast. and even now tho export OF
bicycles exceeds In value that OF any
other manufactured article. and sur
passes even the value OF all agricultural
implements.
In this day OF the automobile. when Il
would seem that the days OF the horse
In cities are well nigh numbered. tho
new boom In the market for trotters In
extremely significant. The recent sale
OF high bred harness horses In New
York, following the very successful
horse show, proves that u really good
horse Is more valuable now than II ever
has been and that our horaemon nre
willing to pay bis money to get the
best. with the Improvement OF ronda
and the building OF speedways and 9TH
or places where horses can be driven
at speed II In likely that the prices civ
en- for well known and fast animals
VIII 10 even higher.
The prospects for n return set OF
games between the athletes OF Cam
bridge and oxford on tho one hand and
Harvard and Yale on the other now
seem very bright. II II said that the
authorities at the British universities
will give their consent for the athletes
TO so into residence week or ten days
earlier than usual for the summer term
to enable them to take part In tho
games. There II a rule In tho British
universities that a man must sleep n
certain number OF nights In the college
town during each term. and N they
should start In at the regular time tho
been engaged for the Lyceum theater
stock company Of New York as under
study TO Mary Mannering.
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