The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-30

championship battle between McGOVeIA
and Young Corbett has planned 10 char
ter a special train. on which he and [
many Of his friends viii travel 10 /
Louisville.
In the international six-hour race al /
Berlin, Robl. the German, succeeded in
covering the amazing distance Of 225
miles and incidentally he shattered !
eight intermediate records. The per
Torrance was all the more remarkable /
because five minutes after the start !
Robl fell and his thigh was severely |
Iacerated. but be Temounted and con- /
tinued as If nothing had happened. His /
pace WAS equivalent TO 8 miles 29S
yards an hour
The road drivers of Philadelphia viii /
hold their annual parade on October /. |
Il is expected TO be the largest in the /
history Of the association
James 4 Murphy. commenting on the
laying up OF heats. said. DO as they do
on the running tracks-put the offenders /
down on the ground for the season or
for life
Bob Fitzs.mmons will shortly come
East with his theatrical company
Bobby Walthour defeated Bonnie Nun
roe on Wednesday night at Atlanta, Ga
Young Peter Jackson is willing 20 fight
/ George Gardner at the middIeweight
limit.
SO. 600 spring handicap Is the lat
est good thing planned for Chicago's
/ patrons Of The turf by The Harlem
/ Jockey Club
Philadelphia Jack" o'Brien, who
I cleaned out the wonderful fighting men
OF old England, and who, IN the Ian
! guage Of Joe Wolcott, hits so fast he
GOn hurt 20 has started training for
/ his fall and winter campaign O'Brien
] sOlemniy AYERS that he is earnestly de-
/ siTous of meeting Tommy Ryan. Kid
! Carter or George Gardner. O'Brien viii
! be matched TO fight the winner Of the
/ Ryar-Carter battle.
Tom Eek's prediction that George c.
Schneider. the New York amateur of
last year. who IS now a member Of the
! Imperial Cycling team, would make q
champion seems likely 10 be fulfilled.
He has been travelling faster and faster
! each week, until now he is looked upon
as possibility in the championship
4 events Schneider won the 1G-miIe IN
terEatiOnaI championship at Ottawa in
record time.
The amateur golf competition FOR the
Western championship. open TO all ANA
teur golfers belonging 20 clubs which
are members Of the Western Golf As
sOciaJi0u. VIII be played on the links
Of the Chicago Golf Club. Wheaton, III,
{ Wednesday. Thursday Friday, aad Sat
uTday, September 10. Il, y, and 49, IN
der the rules OF the United States Golf
Association. The winner in the com
petition snail be The Western amateur
Z champion for the year.
Tom Linton's performances in Paris
continue TO be Of the sensational order.
In . 100 kIometer paced race on the
Buffalo track on August ; he defeated
Boukours and TayIoTe and established
the worlds record for fifty miles OF /
hour, 5 minutes. p 20 seconds.
Frank Erne IS trying his best TO get
match with Jimmy BTitr the light
weight champion Of California. Britt
seems 70 be the hardest man in the pro
fessiCn 10 secure d match with Erne
desires 10 meet the Wc5teTner in Oc-
t0Dsr and If he succeeds in defeating
him ne viii ask q bout with Joe Cans
Cans Is still trying TO get Britt TO for
get his prcjudices against his color and
give him d match. but so far ne has
been unsuccessful
Martin Duffy and Otto Seilof. the two
best Hgh,~oigats OF Chicago, viii dghr
, at Chicago september .. The men have
/ fought three times and DuGy has won
4 7ice and SeiIon once
Arrangements are being made in
, Louisville for a light for the bantam
championship between Harry Forbes.
holder Of the title. and Gus BeHezah. the
- Cincinnati boxer
Three Of the fastest riders OF The big
racing team OF the american Cycle
Manufacturing Company are disabled
and have not appeared on the track for
some time. They are John T Fisher
Of the Monarch cycling team: liver Law
son. the Cleveland rider. and VIII c.
b StiEson, the Rambler rider from Provi-
s dence. All three are expected to ap-
- pear 10 competition within the next 'few
= days
9 Next month should be record.
- breaker at the belmont IRVING PARK
{ with Patch day September 8 and Cres-
ceus day September Il
s Jimmy Handler Is slated for another
e bout with Joe Gale. The pair viii nee:
o before the Golden Gate Athletic Club al
% Philadelphia OF Labor Day. About Z
= year ago Handler defeated Gale in elgh,
= rounds in one OF the fastest fights ever
seen in Trenton. Handler is already in
s good shape for the bout. and says
I expects TO enter the ring in better con-
t dition than he ever did before. On the
p same night and before the same club
L Handlers brother Joe will fight Dave
- Allen. whom he met recently in g boat
q before the Bordentown a C.