El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-13

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I Charley Mitchell. the Enelisbman
[Wh0, was a former well known star in
the ring is on his way, to America
AGAIN "a, where he, has several theatrical
Isngagements, and it is said that he has
nopfs Of again, getting in the ring in
this country. Charley has seen his best
day and will never again be ranked
with the top notchers. He was a good
man in his time and says that he is
IN good condition yet and. seems very
anxious to get on match. 1t has been
suggested that Sharkey give him a go
since Maher has backed out of the pro-
posed match. Sharlsey Since his defeat
at the hands of Gus Rubin oalv wants
to hight has-beens unless ,Jeffries will
give him another chance which he
knows Jeffries will not do.
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!, The first money offered on the Jeff
ries5 Rnhlin fight was placed in New
York the other day when Joe Vendig
placed $4,000 in a bank and advertised
that he would bet it against $25OO that
.Jeffries gets the decision. There has
been very little betting going on as
the uncertainty of the fight being pull
ed OF causes the sports to wait until
the men enter the ring when it is ex-
pected that money will be bet in large
amounts. Jeffries of course will be the
favorite but there are a great many
men all over the country who will not
Bet a cent as they recognize in Rubin
one of The greatest fighters of the age
ana they WOULD not be surprised to see
him win the, fight. to- -
Il John j. sMcCloskey denies any and
all connection whateyr with the Amer
lean association team in Louisville and
says. that he is going to manage the
Tacoma team in the Pacific Northwest
ern leagre; all reports to the contrary
t7 thstanding, ,..,..5,ls5f,.s.
a.. George Considine, the former man
ager, of James J.. Corbett, has been sued
by a man named Helm of New York for
$4,000 Helm claims that he gave Con-
sidine that amount to play the races
for him but that he never bet the
money Considine denies the charge
and says that he was in Europe at the
time that he is charged with receiving
the money! '}aTf's-.1b =
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iPresidnt Ebbitts. of the Brooklyn
cinb declares that all players affiliated
with the American League ought to be
and never be allowed to
play bali again. Who will prevent
hem ? "A National league boycott is
Recommendations these days.
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PRESIDENT watkins, OF the 1ndianp-
,lis American association team has
signed 1O&4HH who played sec
md base for the University of Penn
team last year.. This makes
our college players Watty has signtd.
snihfnf Is .aTSY@Ass f-,!od
. Frank Er1ne is now in San Francisco
md an effort is being made, to match
lin With McGovern but. he, says that
he has quit the ring. 1t is thought
hat with good Inducements he will
light the terrible Terry. 1q4t
IIh mon onto s.ss}lu aHi
Walter Wilmot will manage the
American association team
his year and will begin at once to
ign his players. aeH i17l sIa
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