Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-12
SPORTS TALK
Date Set at Last for the Battle
Between Jeffries and
Rubin.
Will Be Fought at San Francisco
on November l5..0ther Fight
Talk.
Gossip Of the Cutters..Cresceus
to Race no More...Foot
Ball.

DALI
One of the most important announce
ments of the week in sporting circles in
general was that of3the promoters of the
somewhat celebrated Jetfries,- Rubin
mill. Attic it was announced several
weeks ago that battle was almost an
assured thing sometime in the near flu
ture, many have thought there was
more hot air" in the stories than any
thing else, and that the champion didn't
Akron giant" Then, to make matters
appear stlll more dubious, 1t was only
snort time ago that Jeffries began meet
ing men of no especial consequence in
fighting circles. giving them SO much of
the gate receipts il they stayed q linz
tied number of rounds. This looked bad
for prospective championship battle.
for the principals In matches of that
kind are not usually in the habit of
meeting Tom, Dick and Harry at any
and all times. But finally the champion
ship mill has been clinched, and will be
pulled off on Nov. Is before the Twenti-
eth Century Athletic Club at San Fran.
cisco, Jeffries has posted his $500 for
felt and nothing now remains except the
selection OF referee. Already some lit
tie trouble has been experienced in this
line, and Harry" Corbett, who was mu-
tually agreed upon by both principals to
act in that official capacity, has fatty
refused to act.
The talk that has naturally been ere
ated by the arrangements of some of the
preliminary details of the big mill has
apparently created a stimulus in the
fighting game and several other matches
are talked Of. The Adelphi Club. of Lon
don, which was only recently organized,
has made an offer of 5000 for figh.
between the English featherweight,
Ben Jordan. and the American
champion feather and lightweight,
Terry" McGovern. If the fighters ac-
cept the bout will take place near the
end of December McGovern has been
offered 81, 500 and expenses to make the
trip and it is said that his manager.
Sam" Harris. will decline.
Oscar Gardner. the Omaha Kid"
was nearly put to sleep at Kansas City
on Tuesday night by Clarence Forbes,
of Chicago. Only the interference of
Referee Tommy" Ryan, at time when
Forbes had punched Gardner into a
grogsy condition. was a Knockout blow
saved. Forbes is considerably younger
than Gardner and surprised the sports
by hammering the veteran boxer all
around the ring. Forbes has been
matched to meet Ole Oleson in Chicago
tonight, in six-round bout This Will
be the first boxing event held in Chicago
for several months.
sss
The announcement has been made
that there Will be no race between
Shamrock III. and the Columbia next
season, because of the precedent estab-
lished that one boat, defeated one year,
can not challenge again the following
year, unless some other boat has at
tempted to wrest the prize cup and
failed. Altho Sir Thomas Upton expects
to leave the Shamrock in American wa
tiers next season, and had expected that
he would be granted another trial, the
New York Yacht Club has politely de-
MED the privilege. claiming it is out of
the clubs jurisdiction to grant the Ia
vor as much as they would like to. In
the meantime the impression deepens
that Canada may make try for the
Americas cup next year. The papers all
over the dominion are calling attention
In this connection to Canadian successes
in international competitions with the
United States this year, the only loss of
any Importance having been the cricket
match at Ottawa. Capt. Morrison, edi-
tor of the Ottawa Citizen, summarizes
the whole story as regards the Canadi-
ans trying for the cup in these words:
manifest destiny is to send
over a yacht to lift that Americas cup,
which has proved too hefty for pa.
Canadian yachtsmen can beat the
Americans on the rivers and great
lakes. Why should they not heat them
on the ocean? 1t is worth trying for,
and we believe the money could be easi-
ly raised to put Canadian yacht in the
race for the Americas cup"
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A new worlds record for fifty-six-
pound weight and discus throwing was
made at ST. Louis this week by Flana-
gan. the Irish athlete, who, in the discus
throw, broke all previous records by
hurting it 124 feet. In the fifty-slx-
pound weight event Flanagan threw the
weight So feet inches, smashing the
record established by j. T. Mitchell, of IS
feet 101a inches.
George Ketcham, owner OF the king of
trotting stations, Cresceus. has an
rounced, and claims 1t is final, too, that
the famous horse will never appear in
racing harness again on any track, and
that what few engagements he has for
the fall season will conclude his work.
Cresceus has made such wonderful
record, however. that in the future his
time will likely be more valuable in stud
than on the track, and there will not be
the risk in losing nor the expense in
travelling.
The S. u. I. football team will not
pass thru the present football season
with its goal line uncrossed, as it did
last year, the game with Drake yester-
day afternoon resulting in a victory for
the varsity eleven by the close score of
to 5. Altho the Des Molnes papers
claim that tho varsity was o,1tnlavad