El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-12
Sports and
SpOrtSmen

Manager Ell Paso Foot Ball Team:
The Faculty refuses to let us play
you as agreed.
tSigned) George A. Robertson,
Manager University of Texas.
The above telegram received by Man
ager Hunter explains itself. But p
letter this morning states that the fac
ulty thought that the team should not
leave Austin during the present ses-
sion of the state legislature for fear
of jeopardizing their chances for an
appropriation.
1t is a hard blow to the FL Paso
team for they mad made a contract
with the Carnival association to bring
the Texas team here for a game dur
ing the Carnival They have been
playing all season at loss and were
counting on this game to put them ONT
of the hole. Manager Hunter has
wired the Indians at Albuquerque for
game on the nineteenth but they
have a game Win Las Vegas on the
eighteenth. If that game can be can
celed there may yet be a big game here
during the Carnival.
One thing is certain and that is that
the Ell Paso team will do all in their
power to secure a team to play them
during the Carnival.
The boys are practicing every night
and will be able to play a much strong
err game than they have so far this
season.
Word has just been received from
the Albuquerque Inulan team that it
will be impossible for them to play
here during the Carnival. This put an
other stumbling block in front of the
FL Paso foot ball team. But the boys
are bound to have game and VIII
hold a business meeting tonight to see
what can be done This meeting is OF
great importance and every member of
the team is urged to meet at Hagan's
store promptly at 1880 tonight.
1t seems as though the Las Cruces
team is the only team in this part of
the country which has back bone
enough to play the heavy Ell Paso
team. and they may again be asked to
come here for game. The Las Cruces
boys are gentlemanly players and il
they come to play the game advertised
for next Saturday they will bring a
much stronger team with them than
they had here on January first when
they were defeated by the score of IL
to ).
j. H. Johnson of Philadelhia is in
the city looking for sparring match.
round draw here seven years ago in
the old Gem theater under the name
of Nicholson. Johnson called at the
Herald office yesterday evening and
tated that he would spar six rounds
with any man of 1873 or 140 pounds.
His best bout was in Savannah, Ga,
where he defeated a local boxer in
four rounds. He is quite anxious for
match and the sports are trying hard
to arrange one for him.
If permission can be obtained from
the county for some friendly six round
bout it is understood that the city will
make no objection. The matter is be-
ing looked into and it is altogether
probable that there will be several
first class bouts here next week that
will draw well.
a well known sporting man of Ell
Paso showed The Herald repreSentati' e
in which he asks what chance he would
have for a boxing match in FL Paso
during the Carnival. 1t will be re-
membered that Stelzner trained Fitz-
simmons for his fight with Maher here
in Ell Paso several years ago and he Is
quite anxious for 4 go with some
heavy weight. Word mas been receiv-
ed that Dan Agan, the Montana Kid
will also be here and the sporting men
are now trying to get some heavv-
weight from Hot Springs to meet Stelz-
ner An effort was made to get Aus
tralian Billy Smith to take Steiner
on for a six round go but Billy saws
that his fighting days are over but
that he will have a son in the ring
within a few years.