The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-22

George West, the noted driver and train
er, who has been gradually sinking for sew
erai weeks, was reported to be at the point
of death at Chicago last night. Vests ply
sicians have abandoned hopes of his re-
covery.
Buck stelzer. OF Columbus, met Jimmy
Murray, OF Brooklyn, at Marietta, last
night before a large crowd in a twenty
round contest. Murray was given the de-
cision on points. There was great dis
satisfaction expressed when Murray was
declared the winner.
Yesterdays Race Winners.--At New Or
leans: Arthur Behan, to L. Athara, to
L. Admetus, to 5; hummer to 1; Free
land, Cal: Ordnung, 1 to 4; Credo, 70 TO
/; Lomo, even; Mocorito. to l; Handi-
capper, to 5; Aston, to 5.
AT Montreal last night, c. E. Little I'M
dertook to throw Louis Cyr. the Canadian
ty minutes. He accomplished the task in
four minutes. Cyr weighed $40 pounds
and Little 100. Little will now accept Ath-
erton's challenge. There was a big at
tendance.
Cal, has passed a resolution limiting the
racing season in Red Cliff TO thirty-fve
days in each year The usual season at
the Tanforan track is eighty days in the
year The other eighty days of the an
nual season of 100 reserved by ar
rangement for the track at Oakland.
James ]. Jeffries, who is matched to fight
Gus Rubin at Cincinnati Feb. Is. arrived
liz Porkopolis from New York yesterday
and went to his training ground, Prices
Hill, the heights overlooking the city from
the west. Accompanying him were his
trainer, Billy Delaney; his brother, Jack
Jeffries; his sparring partner. Boz Arm
strong, and his secretary, j. P. Egan.
i Ferdinand Poggenberg, the favorite for
the billiard championship. was beaten last
night by Edward c. Gardner, the Passaic
Club star The score was coo to 201. The
players met in the first game at the Han
over Club Brooklyn In the final week of
the battle for the championship of the
National Association of Amateur Billiard
Players.
w. j. Berkowitz, president of the Kan
sas City Manufacturers Club, at a meet
ing of the Cincinnati Manufacturers Club
last night made an offer of $4,000 to the
Saengerfest committee as bonus IL IT will
give up the Jeffries-Ru fight to Kansas
CITY. provided assurances are given that all
the people who would to Cincin-
natl TO see the contest would go TO Kansas
City.
The HanIey center-board yacht. as a
competitor in the trial races OF cup de-
tenders will not be built, according TO the
statement at Boston last night of one OF
the men who offered TO give financial aid
to the project. The reason given is that
the men who intended to be the sponsors
for the boat were divided over the matter
OF material many wanting a metal hull,
while others held to wooden craft.
At Louisville last night Marvin Hart. of
that city, knocked out Al Weinig. of Buff
falo, in the eleventh round of what was
10 have been twenty-round bout Weinig
was the aggressor up TO the sixth round
but after that everything was in Hart's
favor At the opening Of the eleventh Hart
knocked Weinig down with an uppercu.
on the jaw. Weinig took the count and
was knocked down twice more in quick
succession The third time he had to be
carried TO his corner. Eugene Bezenah, OF
Cincinnati won from Shang Parreto, of
louisville in the preliminary.