The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-25

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| terrain Church was crowded to the
| doors, and hundreds stood outside in
driving rain, waiting the opportunity
| for a last look at the features of their
| friend. Floral tributes were sent from
all parts of the country, and the fun
eral was the largest ever held in that
city.
Joe Yeager, mere boy of Cincin-
| natl, is the sensational race track
plunger of the season. At Hot Spring
few days ago he cleaned up 800 900
on one race, and in the past two weeks
has put away 100000. 1t seems i'm
possible for him to loose, and when
ever he places a bet there is a scram-
BILE in the crowd to get on.
Eugene Mccarthy, an 1S-year-old
school boy, died Thursday in Scituate,
r. l., from the effects of a boxing
match. Mccarthy was knocked down
in the fifteenth round by a body blow.
| his head striking the floor hard enough
| to effect his brain. Hugh Murphy of
, New York delivered the blow, and is
under arrest on the charge of man
| slaughter.
( The club owners of the National
! Baseball League have at last ended
I the long drawn out war between the
TWO major leagues, and baseball has
| again been put on sound basis after
, one OF the most disastrous conflicts in
the history of the game. The schedule
ior the coming season will now be
. orawn up, and will consist of 14O
| games.
The greatest endurance test of auto
mopollng ever held will be in a run
from New York to Chicago in the ear
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start and 1T is predicted that not more
than half of them will finish the dis
lance.
Mayor Harrison of Chicago is a
friend of the boxers, and in a. recent
interview, declared himself in favor of
glove contests. He says no prize
lights have been fought in Chicago,
they being nothing but boxing matches
lie declares that so far as he is con-
cerned they can fight as much as they
please in Chicago, and if the game is
| stopped it is up to the Governor to do
| it. w
| In the death of Mrs. Polly McPhee in
| austria recently the trotting world has
| lost one of its most enthusiastic mem
oers. She was known on both CONT
hents as an ardent horsewoman, and
| owned number of fine horses which
she personally directed in all of their
races.
| Joe Choyinski and Peter Maher. the
| veteran heaVyweights, will meet to-
\ morrow night in a six-round bout in
| Phlladelphia. The men are old rivals
and are trained perfectly for the go
| Inc last time they met Choyinski won.
I James A. Ten Eyck, the famous sim
gle sculler, has been appointed coach
of the Syracuse University team. sue
ceeding Sweetland.
j. IS. Mccormick. better known as
Macon" is seriously i'll at his home
at Bath Beach. N. Y, with a nervous
arllctlon. Mccormick is regarded as
the greatest authority on pugilisno in
the world, and first launched John 7,
Sullivan as professional fighter. This
| was the fight with John Donaldson in
Cincinnati in 1880, Sullivan being billed
as the coming champion of the world
james j. Corbett has hit upon a novel
plan TO force Champion Jeffries into
giving him fight. He will have large
posters printed and posted wherever
Jeffr1es shows the posters, to read
something like this: James ]. Cor.
bett, the only man Jim Jeffries is afraid
to meet" Corbett thinks the scheme
will bring about the fight he is spoil.
ing for.
Chattanooga will likely be in the
southern Baseball League after all
The franchise was taken. away from
that city, and as a compromise to thf
Old and new leagues, was given to both
IN partnership. However, both wan
all or none, and the league has notified
them that If they don't agree by to.
morrow the franchise will be returned
to Chattanooga.
| William Schneider. the lone mariner
who started out July IS last to cross the
ocean in 1S-foot dory, has been heard
from at Breslau. Ger. where he ar.
rived Jan. 8, after having been wreck.
ed and losing everything he had. The
information does not give any details
of his experience.