Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-13

cago) team in the 1910 game with the
Brooklyn POLY" eleven last fall
The ice on Verona Lake. N. j.. not being
of sufficient strength. the championship
races of the Amateur Skating Association
Of the United States. which were scheduled
for this afternoon. have been postponed I'M
til February %.
Joe Zilligan, the big tackle Of che Uni
versity of Utah football team. who Is re-
garded as one of the fastest men in the
west, has entered the University Of Penn
sylvania and will try for place on the
Quaker eleven.
Jimmy Britt Of San Francisco intends to
make as many engagements for the future
as there are towns and clubs to accommo-
date him. The latter part of this month
Britt Is to box Kid Broad before the Re-
lance A. c.. Oakland. and next on Batt
list are Willie Fitzgerald of Brooklyn and
Jack O'Keefe Of Chicago His match with
O'Keefe may be held at Oakland on March ..
Capt. Sam Brown paid visit to the
Sheepshead Bay track Wednesday to inspect
his thoroughbreds quartered there Blue
Ribbon, the brother Of Blues and Blue Girl.
has been suffering from rheumatism. but IS
now very much improved in health and ap-
pearance. Capt. Brown will visit his young
horses at Mobile in few days.
Horses owners. trainers and jockeys par
ticipating in the race meeting now in opera
ton at the Newport track will be barred
from all the courses over which the Jockey
club has jurisd elton. Algernon Dainserheid,
secretary of the Washington Jockey CLUB.
club not to accept entries or to give stable
room to the so-called outlaws.
What is said to be the longest wrestling
bout on record took place on Monday night
In ST. Louis 1t lasted five hours and hfty-
five minutes. 1t was a catch-as-catch-can
match between Fred Doerr and Mike Christ.
Christ won the first bout in four hours and
nine minutes. Doerr took the next TWO.
Harry Corbett says the California sports
think so highly Of Jimmy BIRTHS abilities
as a fighter that they are willing to wager
$40 900 he can whip Young Corbett. II the
featherweight champion agrees to fight
Britt Corbett says, the contest will be the
fistic event Of the Pacific coast this year.
Jockey Buchanan, who was recently de-
MED the privileges of the Crescent City
track for his poor handling Of Sam Hill
dreth's lebanon, is expected at the Graves
end rack today. He left New Orleans
hurriedly few days ago for New York.
The stewards Of the Crescent City track
will recommend to the Western Jockey
Club. the turf authority of the west, that
Buchanans license be revoked.
In Boston they claim that George Gardner
got raw deal' in Philadelphia last Mon
day night, when Gardner was ordered out
of the ring during his bout with Bob Arm
strong. The claim is made that the house
was small and the referee called OF the
bout to save the clubs money. =
"Skeets" Martin, who rode the winner Of
the Derby, Ard Patrick, in 1902 left for
England yesterday. after having spent
nearly three months in this country on a
vacation. Martins first employer In Cali
fornia, "Daggie" Smith, Is one of the own
ers of Horton, who won the $4,000 Burns
handicap at the Ingleside track on Satur-
day. Martin will ride for William C. Whit
ney for the next two years in England. He
will have the mount on Acefull in the
Derby.
Tommy Ryan writes from Hot Springs
that his next match will be with "Philade-
phia Jack" O'Brien. 1t will be six-round
no-decision affair, and will take place at
Philadelphia the first week in March. Ryan
says that he has not given up hope of meet
ing Fitzsimmons, but he does not ir tend to
remain idle year waiting for "Fitz" to
accept terms.
Kenilworth has made wonderful improve
ment in California this season. He was
bought by his present owner H. Slower
from G. B. Morris for 81 200 two years ago
Since then he has won thousands Of dollars
During the present meeting in California
the horse had started nineteen times up to
February 10. Of which he has won eleven
times. Burns rode him in his last four vic
tories up to Tuesday. when Shaw had the
mount.