Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-25
Firs! Large Wager Reported--Locai
Sporting News.
Especial Correspondence, :,

Columbus, o., Jan. Z0.-AttOrney
General Sheets said today that 1t was
too late now to stop the Jeffries- Rllh-
lin light at Cincinnati by quo war
ranto suit as the Saengerfest hall peo-
pie would have 30 days in which to
answer. The fight will be over by that
time.
TACKLED AN ENGINE.
Youngstown, o., Jan. 25.--(Spl)-~
Amos MsGraw, a go pound foot bah
player, stopped a locomotive last night.
hour when it struck McGraw fairly.
Then it suddenly stopped. The en-.
gineer got Off to investigate and found
man on the pilot. The force of strike
ing, him, broke the air brake tube
stopping the engine McGraw was a
much surprised individual. He was
able to walk home.
ONE FOR MADDEN.
BY the way, Madden made n bulls
eye recently in Cincinnati, when he
iDtimated that those who were oppos-
ing the boxing contest between JEFF
ter If they applied their misdirected
energies to stopping bloodshedding by
the wholesale in South Africa, in
China and elsewhere, says Macon.
These wellmeaning but misguided
people remind me of the men con
demned in scripture, who 'strain Mt
a gnat, but swallow a camel" They
laud to the skies the warfare which
causes the loss OF thousands of lives,
the manning and starving of other
thousands of people,. the destruction
of property by the millions and the
ravnges of countless hundreds of wo-
men, and yet they are Mortified when
two men get together and blncken
each others eyes or bloody each 9th
er's noses by punching each other with
heavily padded gloves.
SHOULD BIZ STOPPED.
AT future entertainments, given un-
der the auspices of the local athletic
clubs, il is to be hoped that there will
not be any boys placed on the program
as drawing cards. An accident to
either of the contestants would put
an end to the pugilistic game In this
city for the next five years to come.
In the first place there is no amuse-
ment In seeing two youngsters put on
the gloves. contests of that nature
can be seen in the back alleys every
day. People do not spend money for
that sort of thing, When they go to
an athletic exhibition they expect to
see something out Of the ordinary.
PICKS RUHLIN.
| Interest In the match between jeff
ries and Ruhlin is increasing daily.
The first wager of any Importance that
has been recorded was made Wednes-
day night In the Hoffman House cafe.
Major Walter Turner bet John Il.
| lIogarty, the manager of Hodge, Podge
and Company, in which Pete DALEY
is starring, $3.50 that the Akron man
VIII get the decision.
| "Ruhlln looks to me as even better
than an even money chance" said
Turner, HE defeated Sharkey, and
that is something Jellries failed to dc
decisively In two attempts. 1t Is true
That JctfrieS got the decision over
Sharkey, but many in the audience
thought that the sailor was entitled
to IL. Rubin Is n man who has little
reducing to do because he is always
trained and In superb condition.
think he is more scientific than the
champion, and expect to see him wiz
before the 20 rounds have been reach
ed"
This wager shows that sports whl
have studied the two big fellows are
about evenly divided ms regards
preference, and will doubtless hay,
more or less influence on future bets
BONING GOES.
Youngstown clergymen called oi
Mayor Brown aud asked him to refus,
to issue permits for boxing contests
The Mayor said that as long as ther,
is no city ordinance against boxin,
that fights viii "go.'
CONTRACTS AWARDED.
Directors of the Saengerfest com
pany, OF Cincinnati, have awarded tn,
contracts for the reinodelng of tho
hall for the Jefrrles, Rubin contest
Mayor Fleischman has reassured then
that the permit viii be issued
WILL MEET ALL COMERS.
Tom Sharkey Is busy man thes,
days. He will box all comers in d
Cincinnati theater the week of Feb
10, as counter attraction TO the train
ing quarters of Rubin and Jeffrles.
BOWLING NOTES.
Jack" Kolb of the Peerless bowling
team rolled 266 on the Grand alleys