The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-07

NEWS: FRIDAY
the defender is concerned. have been
completed. $50
A bleacherite yelled that the troop
ers needed their horses while running
bases yesterday. Several were caught
trying to steal the second sack.
AL Hereford, manager of Young Peter
Jackson, says that he has received an
offer TO have Jackson meet the winner
of the O'Brien-P Palmer fight. which is
to be decided in England this month
Hereford prefers to have the mill take
place in-this country, and under these
conditions he will accept
Joe Grim the Italian heavyweight
of Philadelphia, has decided to accept
the challenge of Peter Maher, and
says he will fight the Irishman if any
of the Philadelphia clubs will offer
a purse.
Young Corbett's ruse in falling in
his recent fight with Jack O'Neill at
Philadelphia in order to make his OPP
ponent think he did it to avoid pun
ishment, is an old ruse. used several
years ago by Ike Weir, who invariably
found opportunity for a knockout blow
Immediately afterwards.
Managers of the Huntsville Pulaski,
Decatur and Columbia baseball teams
of Alabama have organized a league
to be operated under the same rules
governing the Southern League.
Thomas r. Cornwall. an outlawed
turfman now racing a stable of horses
at Newport, has offered to wager any
where from 1000 to $4,000 that he has
a horse in Frank Messenger that will
defeat any horse in the world for six
furlongs. He prefers to match against
Dick Welles or McChesney.
Deep hued gloom has settled over the
Gate City, and the bleacherites are
wearing mourning. The despised fol-
lowers of Lew Whistler have admins
tered two drubbings to Manager Pow
ellis tourists.
Billy Delaney Jeffries trainer, has
written letter to a friend, saying that
Corbett would not be able to whip JEFF
fries with a baseball bat.
A North Missouri editor, who first
school boy, enters into the following
antiquities of the national game: THE
devil was the first coacher. Eve stole
first. Adams stole second. When Isaac
met Rebecca at the we'll she was walk
ing with a pitcher. Sampson struck
out good many when he beat the
Philistines. Moses made his first run
when he slew the Egyptians. Cain
made a base hit when he killed Abel
A bra ham made a sacrifice Tho rrOdi-
gal son made home run. David was
long-distance thrower, and Moses
shut out the Egyptians at the Red
SEA-"
Marvin Hart of Louisville, who has
been compelled to remain idle for
couple of months, is fast getting into
trim. Hart has not done any fighting
since he fought George Gardner. In
that battle he was compelled to quit
because of a damaged hand. The mem
Der is now said to be on the mend.
Eddie Connolly and Jack Sullivan are
to fight again. Connolly is dissatis-
fed with the outcome of their encoun-
ter at Halifax recently, which result
ed In a draw. The next match between
the two will, in all probability, be de-
cided at Boston.
Dave Sullivan is much disappointed
because he was unable to box Jack
O'Neil the other night The noted
Irish featherweight says: II think
that had 1 been in shape 1 would have
finished O'Neil #quicker than Young
Corbett did. I am training every day
| and hope to be all right in a short
while. My def to Young Corbett or
any of the other featherweights still
| holds good"
Kid Mccoy has again announced his
retirement from the ring, and he prob
ably means to keep his word. Nc
Coy says: II am all in and there is
nothing in the business If you cannot
win. l trained hard for my recent
fight with Jack Root, but lost. That
fight has convinced me that 1 am on
the down grade"
A great game of ball is expected at
the Bolton Street Park this afternoon,
when the star team from Hogansville
meets the Y. M. c. A. boys.
An indoor ball game will be played
at the Y. M. c. A. this evening, COM
mencing at $780, between the juniors
and seniors.
The Fort Screven team is so badly
crippled that 1t was decided to post
pone the trip to Fort Fremont, where
it was their purpose to play two games
with the soldiers there.
Such ball as that exhibited at Boil
ton Street Park yesterday afternoon
is the cause of the poor attendance on
the amateur games. Some of the play
ers showed a disposition to sulk and
play like children.
New Attitude i'm Canal Matters.
Colon, Colombia, Aug. 6.-The latest
advices from Bogota state that the ad-
versaries of the Panama canal treaty
have assumed a new attitude which
is based on the recently published
opinion of an eminent lawyer at Bo-
gotta. who claims that acceptance by
the Colombian Congress of the Hay
Herran treaty would be unconstitu-
tional, because Congress did not sane
ton the last canal project, and for
other technical reasons.
MISCELLANEOUS.
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