Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04
ern course will again be selected BY
the COMMITTEES.

The class 4 A billiard championship
tournament Of the A. A. u, which be-
gins on FEBRUARY in New York at the
Knickerbocker Athletic Club, is the
talk of the hour among experts at the
cue game Six of the foremost players
of the country have sent in their en-
tries They are: Wayman C. McCreery
and j. De Nun Smith, of st. Louis;
Wilson p. Foss, of Haverstraw, n. Y;
C. F. Conklin. of Chicago; Charles
Threshie, of Boston, and DR.. L. L. Mial,
of New York
Threshie ans smith finished first and
second respeo fvely in the recent class
B tournament and demonstrated by
their clever wor1 on that occasion that
they are qualified to enter the forth
coming tourney Last year the class A
tournament vas won by Martin Mullen
of Cleveland o.. while Foss and Nc
Creepy were second and third respec-
lively. All the men are reported to be
doing exceptionally well in practice,
and as a reshig some record making
performances are looked for
The new $1,000 trophy will be COM
peted for by the players, while the sec
ond and third men also will get hand
some prizes. There is also offered a
jewelled medal for the player who
makes the highest run and average 'of
the tournament.
The announcement that the British
university athletes will come over next
summer to give Yale and Harvard
return set OF games on track and field
has been received with a good deal of
satisfaction. TIE fact that numbers
of our athletes. representing many
kinds of sports, will compete abroad
this year had Induced the feeling that
in the matter@of international compe-
tition the home stayers would have
little to encourage them this year.
The fact that the Cambridge and Ok
ford teams will make the trip is there
fore likely to excite a great deal of in
terest in track and field games during
the months preceding the contest.
Nothing is known definitely as to
where the games will take place. II
they are not held at either Cambridge
Or New Haven, they may be pulled off
at Manhattan field, New York, which
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! however, that the unusual amount of
| money that is now being spent in re-
modelling and fixing up Soldiers field
is an indication that the Harvard men
hope to have the events take place at
| Cambridge. This would be good place
for the games, if for no other reason
than that 10000 spectators can be ac-
! commodated thare.
Although the Jeffries-Corbett fight
when first arranged was regarded with
a good deal of suspicion, now that the
principals have both gone into strict
training and DY their actions shown
that they mean business, many people
are beginning ID realize that, after all,
! they may be treated to an interesting
bout next month. Corbett has chosen
Tommy Ryan rs his chief of staff dur
ing his period of preparation. after al
most every heavyweight in the country
had been mentioned for the job. 1t is
doubtful whether Ryan can teach Jim
anything in regard to ring tactics, but
/ as he was with Jeffries before the lat
ter fought Sharkey he will probably be
able to put Corbett on to many of the
| ex-boiler makers curves.
] If Corbett can step into the ring as
| good man as he was five years ago,