Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-15
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77Dummy" Rowan announced during
the week that he intended to quit Mon
lana and settle down here. II Ia his
intention, 80 he says, to get Job at
smelters and make this city bis head
! quarters. After fulfilling his contract
With Burns he VIII try to arrange for
match With Mexican Pete. He says
he Is not afraid Of the big Mexican and
| Will 20 against him any time. A match
will likely be the result.
Johnny Corbett passed through Chi
cago the other day and In a talk with
Joe Macais he said II Will give Kid
| Proad and Benny Yanger the prefer.
once for match with the champion
as soon az the theatrical season IL over.
! They gave US a chance and are entitled
10 first consideration After them
comes McGovern.
Joe Walcott, who Is backer than
stack NJ black cats up dark alley at
midnight. and who haa 10 be fumigated
or rather purified every once In a while
with chloride Of lime bath, was re-
Gently asked by the proprietor Of yell
low journal TO write him a treatise on
"How 10 Get Strong"
Joe isn't much given 70 superhuOus
language, so he telegraphed back: "All
! does Is to take little exercise IN hot
weather and then Use as strong ny an
onion
Those who have ever been on the lee
slide Of a ring after Joe HAS become
duly warmed uD fully appreciate the
verify Of his reply
The warm weather during the week
Killed all the Ice sports and thawed out
the enthusiasm OF the hockey players.
The result Is that the proposed game
between the Heaths and Melens has
not been played and not likely to be
played unless there Is some more freez-
ing weather IL these teams meet
again It will be at MelIen's rink, and
VIII be for purse Of s25 Il side
Tom Sharkey is out with another
challenge His latest Is that he wants
to Eight Philadelphia" Jack O'Brlen
for the championship OF Ireland. Shar-
key Is worked up over the reports that
he Is not the real nIme- blown-in-the-
bottle champion Of the Emerald isle,
II VIII be- a sorry day for Sharkey II
ever O'Brlen consents TO meet hun, The
former sailor IL about an biz q lobster
as crawls backward into the ring these
days, There isn't first class man of
almost any weight tha< can't trim him.
He won over Russell IN this city, Il Is
true, who who ever witnessed a colder
"qult" than the sO-called giant from
California made that night. Mexican |
Pete whipped Sharkey In single |
round and whipped him easily. He's a |
fine fellow 10 be talking about winning |
kn shu Of
better fight Pete for the championship |
OF Mexico. Strange as II may appear |
for the first time In history, an Ameri- |
can is champion of the little Green isle
Handball and basketball engaged the |
attention OF the indoor sportsmen dur
ing Ito week, and there were few |
really good games played The talk |
about organizing indoor baseball teams |
and forming a city league has about |
died out. The proposition wne greeted |
with considerable enthusiasm when 1t |
was first mentioned, but when Il came |
down TO business II was found that |
there were not great many in favor |
Of II. The trouble Is that there Ia not |
a hall large enough In the city for hat |
kind Of sport. Not only has the indoor |
baseball talk died out but there IS |
nothing doing In the out door game, II |
begins to look as though Salt Lake |
fans will have to go elsewhere to Wit
ness the game.
II persistent rumors are to be be-
lleved then the gay and festive boxer |
IL TO have another inning In New York. |
There Is at present q canvass being |
made among the members OF the legls-
lature OF that state and the encourage
ment already received insures the pro- |
moters of the scheme that their et- |
forts might not be In vain. Mamie |
Friend, the wellltnown lawyer, Is az the |
head of the movement, and Is Personal |
ly at Albany to push the same, IL Is |
the tnention Of the men back of the |
game to allow only one club In each |
city and all fighters must be examined |
BY board or commission, TO be ap- |
pointed by the governor, as TO their Mt |
ness to enter the ring. Mr., Friend |
says. "There were many mistakes |
made in the past that must not be re-
peated The game must be taken out |
OF the hands OF some of the former pro- |
moters who helped kill the goose that |
laid the golden egg" New Workers de- |
mand boxing and It is the demand that |
ls forcing the representatives TO act |
Boxing is the most popular Of sports |
yet denied IN great many places to |
those that enjoy the sport