The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-27
KEENE SAYS A GREAT
BOOM Is ADVANCING
GENERAL SPORTING GOSSIP.

According to a letter received in New
York from St Louis, Jack McKenna and
his clever featherweight, Abe Attell,
have parted company. McKenna was
instrumental in pushing Atteu TO the
front and is naturally very sore over
what he terms a genuine case Of
''throw-down. McKenaa now wants to
match Johnny Reagan, of Brooklyn,
against AtteH- Reagan formerly trained
AtteIl.
Young Corbett is gaining admirers
day after day On the strength Of the
quick way in which he gave Terry his
quietus they cannot see how McGoveTn
can beat the aggressive little Western
fighter.
\ new record for one hour behind
pace, of which no cable account was
/ received, is reported in one of the
Partisan papers It was made by Lin
ton IN match race with BCnh0urs at
Paris on July 20. He covered - miles
1.015 yards. This beats Robl's figures
Of May Is by sos yards Although made
behind big motor bicycles with wind
shields, these records are almost stag
EeTlng. and fifty miles an hour on a
bicycle behind pace does not saem the
impcssibiliJy it did a few years ago,
when the men we're striving to reach
thirty miles an hour
Jimmy Britt has increased his forfeit
that he Will beat the winner of the Nc
Govern orbett fight from 81, GOO TO ST.
500 Britt in the meantime viii fight
Jack Clifford. of Montana, next month.
Billy Delaney has presented Frank
AcCTacken. Of 637 Hudson Street, New
York city. with the gloves worn by JET
J fries in the latter's recent champion
ship battle with Fitzsimmons.
81 Wein:g has received an offer to
fight Joe WaIcott at Baltimore in Sep
TENDER, and q Seattle manager wired
( him an offer to meet Young Peter
/ Jackson there next month Ee has re-
{ fused both propositions
+ The mana cement of the Memphis
/ Trottiag Association has decided to ex-
/ tend the duration of the annual meeting
+ IN October TO nine DAYS. It will follow
Lexington, and will wind up the cam
paign of 1902
Kid Lavigne, the former lightweight
champion, whose mind was affected
after ne was beaten By Jimmy Britt.
+ has entirely recovered. Lavigne is now
! at his home in Saginaw, Mich
". c. Whitney has decided TO sell his
I three-yeaF-cld colts King Hanover.
i Pretorius and Slipthrift.
Corbett. who is not by any means
/ boaster in regard to the speed with
which he can defeat man. as other
+ fighters are. simply says that he is
! confident he will beat Terry on Septem-
/ Der D. but does not expect 70 finish him
I as quickly as he did in their previous
/ nght.
Rohl. of Munich. beat the world six
/ hour cycle record at Friedeau. Germany.
on Sunday. He averaged thfrty-seven
miles an hour. Dickentmann. Of An
+ sterdam. and Huret, of Paris. we're
among these defeated RobI. on June
%. Won the race for the cycling cham
+ pionShip Of the world, at a distance OF
I 100 kiiemeters (62- I37 miles, His time
! WAS I hour IS minutes and Is seconds.
] The race was contested in Berlin
Shaw. the jockey. viii no longer ride
I the horses Of Frank Farrell and julius
/ FleischnanR. At least, that is the de-
I cision arrived at by Trainer Tom"
! WEIGH. who refused TO allow Shaw r.
/ have the mount on The Musbeteer and
/ Blues on Saturday, O'Connor riding the
former and OdOm the latter
The official announcement of 5he
opening of the shooting season in
France caused an enormous rush for
permits. Until 1880 the avers ge number
issued was from : coo TO 600 In the
following ten years it rose from $500 TO
9,G0G Last year the number reached
.494 and this year it viii be greater
The President viii ask for his al MoE-
telimar. No President has ever applied
at Paris. NJ Felix Faure went 10
HavTe
Big Fred Russell and Hank Griffin.
the coloTed feavyw eight. meet at Los
angeles next month. If Russell does
not resort TO his old trick Of quitting
be viii be handed many a hard punch
by the colored man
Tommy Ryan, who is always looking
for some notoriety. has given II out that
he viii box Bob Fftzsimmons Despite
the fact that Fitz has Just received a
hard humping from Jeffries. Ryan would
not be in it at any stage.