The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-09
THE WORLDS
SPORTING NEWS
CONDENSED

It is said that a San Francisco club
has offered a large purse for a hshl
between Jim Jeffries and Bob Fitzsim-
mons. that the champion has maze
great efforts to get Fitzsimmons TO ac
cent this offer, and that the latter mas
Notified Jeffries that he has the mat
ter under consideration. The time SET
for the fight is said to be next Deceil-
her. Notwithstanding Fitzsimmons
announced retirement from the ring
many of those who know the ex-cham-
MONS dissemination to refuse chance
to null off a rich purse believe he VIII
take advantage of the reported oiiei
from the San Francisco club.
young" Corbett of Denver easily
| outnointed Kid Broad of New York IN
| a 10-round contest at Denver. ape Al
tell of San Francisco, who. was sched-
Med TO knock out two men, knocked
or Tommy Lewis in four rounds, put
Scotty Williams, a local man, STOOD
hin off for five rounds and the referee
called it a draw.
| TIE Observation-Disclosures fight. was de-
c,a1ed a draw at the end of twenty
rounds.
Kid Oslesby of Helena Knocked ou'
Billy Armstrong of San Francesca II
the eleventh round.
Joe Walcott won the decision over
lack Bonner at the end of fitteel
rounds.
Toby Irwin of San Francisco knocked
out lack Pine of Spokane in five rounds
Young Corbett is coming to the Coas
rtv
His manager is willing to make
match with any 12S-pound man In th'
world, Terry McGovern preferred
| Potter Jackson is in a critical condi
ton in Queensland.
George Gardner and Kid Carte
Ifent in San Francisco on the 29th.
Tom Sharkey has signed to NEE
lanes T. Jeffries in San Francisco IL
September.
young Peter Jackson defeated jim
INV Handler of Newark n. J., aftel
Septep!be
J. j. Corbett is coming back from Eu
rope to open a chop-house in New
York.
Tim Hegarty of Australia has beer
matched TO fight Young" Corbett.
Ben TrimbIe lost to Hank Griffin II
nine rounds.
Eddie Hanlon defeated Frank Nei
after four rounds of hard fighting.
The Shamrock II has started on Ne
VOYAGE across the Atlantic.
The Columbia defeated the Const1tu
ton. boat for boat, in a splendid race
Eby two minutes and fifty-four SECONDS
and won the 81 900 cup presented b,
John Jacob Aston.
| ri al
struck a reef but examination Shove
THAT she sustained no serious damage.
The Constitution is. being dismantleo
For the fifth time the Royal st. Law
rance Yacht Club successfully defence
the Seawanhaka cup, the SenneVlii
easily defeating the Grey Friar.
The one-mile unpaced bicycle recor
which has stood for three years wa
broken at Salt Lake by w. r. SAN
uelson, young and comparatively ur
} known rider. The old record tWa
:55 As Samuelson rode the distan'
on an eight-lap track in 1:53 20.
Will Stinson broke the world recof
- for a paced mile on a six-lap track
Providence r. l., riding the distance
1:24 1-5.
In a race at New York Ell1es rode
mile in 1888 3-5, and. Moran two mill
= in 3:06 3-5. These are worlds recoi'
for a motor paced race.
D. Jimmy Michael outwheeled f1uu
McDuffie in a 20-mile motor-paced rae
The contest committee of the AuI
mobile Club of America estimates III
100 motor vehicles will start on the
durance tour of the club from NE
York to Buffalo on September ). 9e
eral changes in the route first propos
will be made in order to AVOID
stretches of road.
Edward Forrest of Brooklyn RODE
miles unpaced in / hour SO SECONDS,
new worlds amateur record
~ Charles ]. Bailey, one OF the INV
:. sity of California's best-known ira
- men. will leave for Honolulu early
September. He has accepted the Pc
u ton of general athletic manager
iOahu College.
RED Devil" w K. Vanderbilt, Jr