The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-10-03
PuGiLIsTIC GOSSIP.
D'Rourke Wants TO Match Waicott
Against Tom sh8rhey.


Tom Sherkey has thrown Tom o'Rourko
over IS n.s manager, or Tom Rourae has
thrown the Sailor overheard. whicEeger way
one Wants to look at 1t. and Barney Reich
Will in the future handle the marine The
Sailor and ORourke pared cumpany some
time ago. but it was not unu last week
that 1t was announced that Reich would take
ORourRes place. Az soon as o'Rourke
heard OF the matter he sent out challenge
TO light Walcott, the cclofed Nelterwesnt,
AKA INST the Sailor. also mentioning Jenries'
fltzainlmons or Corbet IN case SharkeY
tailed to accent Tho challenge was. II
course, directed mainly at the Sailor. and
here is what he had % say in reply;
NO. there Is not chance on earth OF
my ever meeting that gutter Walcott Tom
o Rourle knows very well that ] never
fought a coored man and never shall.
have drawn the color line forever.
"ORourke merely shows his meanness
when he ISSUES this challenge tc match Wal
colt against me. for IN doiCE SO he IS trying
10 make the nuhlic believe that am AFRAID
Of his black faker. BY NV refusal TO ngAt
Walcc.t O'Rourte hopes to affect my pop
ularitv. As have already stated. ! am not
In the business to nght co!ored men, ami
never viii be-
What was the reason you didn't rcta
. Rourke us your manager" asked the re-
porter.
II VIII tell YOU didn't care about the
way in which oRourke managed NE and
NV aNalTbs All ne Thought hl NiN HlHl7fiA'
lie wanted everything II he didn't get It
he tried to mako In ngs MS disagreeablo for
Lis fighters as he could.
I'm the two wears during which HI man
aged mo made $50 600 for him. can prove
now that none Of his colored scrappers ey5r
n AIDE that much for hin. Furthermore they
ore not liable 10. J would not allow MN
10 MANAGE mo another year, ana on that
account, ! suppose. he Is trying 10 got even
with me by issuing the Walco;t challenge.
There IS only one man want 10 fight,
and that is Jefries. viii fieht nun any
time, and YOU can take my word for ~ II
Ieffries fights me / will beat bim. viii be
the champion OF this world In year ana a
half from this time"
Terry McGovern. the featherwelght cham
uicn. recently appeared on the streets OF
Now York as a newsboy for the Galveston
flood fund His visits around the resorts
where no Is best known letted over 500
Incidentally. Terry made his hrst appearance
IN his new play the other night FROM al
accounts be Will hardly drive any Oh nus
present day leaders OF the sage out OF the
business. lie is called upon to do the usual
amount of nelodramatic acting that falls 70
tie lot of tho average pugillst on the stage,
and does IL In jus. about the average way
one of The New York daile5 added consid-
erable 10 the gsyety OF the occasion by get
ting Tom Sharkey to write a review OF the
play. VIII ch Sharkey could not have wrltten
IN six months with the Use OF whole IL
brary 10 help him out.
Here is one section from Jefries' new
play:
II can hEht any two men In the world
without backing down; ! can ride the wiId-
est mustang that ever was cinched: ! can
face n wounded gr zzly bear with bowie
knife but | can't make love 10 woman.
and then Jeff lands on the william Win Dolh
fists and sends him into the land OF non,
II Sharkey happens to be around about
In two IaffV