The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-26
GENERAL SPORTING GOSSIP.

The battle which AIcGovern put up
against Dave Sullivan at Louisville in
which 1t took him fifteen rounds 10 de-
feat the latter, is the main reason whv
the sports figure out that Terry is not
as great fighter as he was few years
ago
Young Peter Jackson. who is in Cali
fornia. meets Jimmy Murphy at stock
ton tonight; Williams on September /
AT Oakland, and Al NeiII en- September
IS al the Hays Valley Club in san Fran
cisco.
Harry Forbes, Of Chicago. the holder
OF the bantam champion ship Of Amer
lea, and Gus Benzenab. the crack Gin
cinnat fighter, are likely to meet in
twenty-round bout at Louisville
Canajoharie. the 6eetest two-year-old
in the big stable Of Stephen Sanford. has
been retired for the season Car aloha
RE bucked the work last week and Mr..
Sanford sent him to Hurricane Farm. in
the Mohawk Valley
irritable viii never race again. The
colt broke down utterly in q race last
week and the Fleischmanns have given
him away.
Head Coach Dan Reed has instructed
the Cornell football candidates to "a
port for work September Is. FuIlback
Torney and End Rush Taussig are the
only veterans Of last year whom the
Ithacans viii miss. There viii be a
strong backfeid in Brewster. quarter:
Coffin and Purcell, halfbacks. AMI
Scheelkopf. fulIback IN the line the
IthaCans viii have the following strong
men: Turnbull and Tydeman, at end;
Hunt. center
Robert c. Gray, manager Of the South
ern Athletic Club. announces that the
GATE Of the Corbett-McGoveFn contest
in Louisville has been changed from
September Is to September p
The international rife match for the
Palma trophy, to be held at Ottawa.
Canada, between teams from England
Canada. and the United States. having
been postponed until September IS at
the request Of the English team. the
competition for places on the American
team, which was TO be held here on Au-
gust Is and Is, has been postponed until
September 8. The team Will be selected
BY q committee Of the National Rife As
ISOLATION, taking as a basis the score
made in the matches and the scores in
the separate competition.
Dick O'Brien. Of Boston, and Charlie
Armstrong. of Lowell, have been match
ed TO box at Lewiston, -. the latter
part OF the week in a ten-Egund bout.
Prince Alert and Anaconda have been
matched to race for purse Of SO, 900 at
the Bethlehem Qoa-) fair on Wednesday,
September 10 The conditions call for
sixty-yerds distant flag, winner 10 re-
ceive 60 per cent In case Of one horse
being Tagged the winner takes all
+ The yearIing chestnut colt by Hand
spring, which is owned by P. J. Dryer
has been shipped East and viii 5e put
into training The colt is a grand look
ing youngster and is a half brother to
Standing.
It is said that the Keene stable Will
have Ave starters in the Futuritv if
enough jockeys Of merit can be engaged.
If not FIVE, three are sure to start. the
jockeys being Shaw, Spencer, and Rice,
who has been secured from L. v Bell
for the occasion.
a believer in condolences wr.-es TO
an English paper that he will back Mr.
Siever's Scepter for the St. Leger. be
cause he finds that the name Of the own
er, horses. and race each is made uB Of
seven letters and begins with S Fur
Their taking the value Of the letters. &C
cording 10 their order in the alphabet.
Scepter and st, Leger each come TO 3 to-
tai Of Sc.
There is a strong probability that Ed
die" Graney viii not referee the battle
between Tim Hegarty. Of Australia
and Kid" McFadden. scheduled 10 take
place in San Francisco on August 20
Mark Shaughnessy, Hegarry's hacker.
has refused TO allow GTaney 10 oficiate.
There IS talk Of matching Joe Cans.
the lightweight champion, against Mar
tin Duffy for a six-round bout in Chi
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