The Washington times., 1903-01-20
HERMANN MA 7 WIPE OUT
COLONEL JOHN Z. BRUSH


more Pittsburg viii Iil5oIv 90 too
il was "a clever move ON Tommy Ryau-z
rarr when lee agreed TO meet Jack
o.Br5eu i'm Philadelphia for a big purse.
A sts-roanI bout with The best man in
rHe ring. at anywhere near weights.
should MOI Worry Ryan. and he is sure
of his end of The purse
0-Brien and RYAN viii engage in two
battles balor. rla title Of champion mid
dIewafehr viii BE- definitely awarded to
one OF them Bg accepting the PhtIa-
daIphia offer Ryau can make 50 800 with
ont any trouble whatever Ryan knows
that no decisions are allowed in Phila-
GeIphia. and as result he lost no time
~ accepting the offer
Both Ryan and O.Brien are clever
enough boxers and ring generals TO in
dulga in 5ua of those sIz-r0uud bouts in
which they do plenty of footwork and
cItnchinE to save themselves from get
ting hurt and there Is little doubt but
what the encounter viii prove unsatfs-
factory. Should they escape @ knockout
they Viii then he ready TO engage in g.
tventy-r0und bout for the title and. Of
course. viii lose no time in accepting
. the Fort Erie Club offer of "a purse OF
$500. the battle 10 take place in March
or April.
Young Peter Jackson. the Baltimore
velrerweisht, came out OF his battle
with Charlie Haghey. in Boston. last
night without Q scratch The negro gave
tho Boston man a severe drubbing
Haghev is much the larger man. but
mtddleweiZhfs seem to be the only ones
not afraid 10 take the BaItimorcau or.
Walcott is the only boxer in the weIter-
weight DIVISION that can make it inter
asJing for him
The men fought With clean breaks be
. fore one of the largest crowds that has
/ ever Witnessed bout in Boston. It
went twenty rounds.
The biggest bowling event in the his
tory OF the sport VIII be the annual con
vention and tournament OF the Amcri-
can Bowling Congress at indianapolis
February % to March L The entry list
for the fIve-men. two-men. and indi-
viduaI contests viii close at noon. Feb
ruarv l. The business session of the
congress vii be held February q and
% About 2200 entries are looked for.
When Father Bill" DAILY became the
owner Of the chestnut gelding by Owas
out of Utility that useful colt was
named Cuspid0r. The prominence the
colt achieved in racing brought she
L. 3.
objected seriously to it. that they de-
cided TO ask the sage OF Hartford 10
change II. offering TO pay the fee Of 500
ont OF their own pockets Mr. Daily
listened 10 reason-at that price-and
rechristened the geIding Daily Some
how the horse itself did not appear to
relish the change, Tor Daily did not ruD
up to Cuspidor- form
To the general public the word is ac-
cepted as being q little less objection
able than spittoon. A coIored porter in
one OF the Saratoga hotels splits the diff
ference and calls them "cuspitoon- " The
racing public could never see the ap-
pr0priaJeness Of the name-the point
of il. Strange TO say, there is more
point than appropr to the word
itself 1t was conceived in the zane
punniug spirit that tandem was and
came from an equally farfetched pun. a
peculiar form Of srittoon was invented
by a man who gave 1t this new name.
which he got from the Latin noun Gus
PTS" a sharpened instrument. a lance, /
q spit. and the verb "cusDido, TO sharp
en- OF 10 point IN other words. 10 point
. spit
If the stewards of the Jockey Club had
been aware Of the pedigree Of the word
II is probable that they would not have
wanted to change IL 10 DAILY.