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The evening world., 1903-01-02

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The annual
and a v football game will be
played as usual next year despite recent
talk to the contrary. 1t va said the
War Department would stop the game
because OF the Inconvenience It caused
the officials. who found 1t dificult to
please everybody in the distribution Of
invitations. Capt. p. e. Pierce. U. 8. A.
chairman Of the football committee of
the West Point Naval Academy, 10 here
to confer with the Navy Department on
the details for tho next game.
The War Department has no inten-
ton of stopping the annual football
game, or I would have been informed"
says Capt. Pierce. "I have Just closed
for u game with Harvard and have
been called east to finish preparation
for the annual meeting with the mid
dies. Not only will you find West Point
and Annapolis mixing 1t up o. the foot
ball field In Philadelphia next fall. but
you will find a squad In every army post
In the country. It's a soldiers game.
tf., game for soldiers. and the soldiers
when one writes that the big foot
ball game IL to be declared of, as has
been written, It ~provokes but a smile
from those who know. Why. the West
Point football team Is the pride OF every
United States soldier. no matter in what
part of the world he may be stationed.
THE soldiers money m the officers
money are what support the squad. and
every fellow who wears the blue swells
The evening world., 1903-01-02

Handler had a big advantage In weigh,
and tried to rough 1t with the Brook.
Ignite from the tap of the gong in the
first round. Fitz boxed cieverly and
evaded the wild lunges of Handler. He
frequently landed heavy blows on his
mans head and face. In the second
round Handler was bent on finishing his
man quickly. He rushed at Fitzgerald.
but the latter sid%estepped and with a
terrific right hand hook on Handlers
Jaw sent him to the mat for the knock
out sleep.
Cole Made Watts Quit.
Jim Watts, the colored fighter of
louisville. will probably retire from the
T!ng for all time now. He met George
Shan xxi rT Pa.. and asn sster in the a 0s foart r.
round had been fought Watts decided
that he had had enough Of the cruel
heating Cole was giving him and quit.
There was not one period during the
fight In which Watts seemed to have a
chance. Cole was the aggressor through
out and punished Watts severely. win
ming the $500 purse which was offered.
Duane and Bolan Draw.
Sam Solar and Danny Duane, he two
New York light weights, fought a TWEEN
ty-round bout before the Waterbury A.
c.. OF Waterbury. Conn. last night
Bill Crowley refereed the bout. and al
though Duane did all The leading in the
early part OF the hght the fact that
Bolan was on his feet at the finish
caused him to call the bout a draw.
Duane was considerably weakened By
his ex%ertions n Bolan was the stronger
ut the flniSh
The evening world., 1903-01-02

Joe Bernstein. the clever little hghtsr
OF the east side. and Young Muldoon"
arc ready for their wrestling match. which
Will be decided In Palace Garden. form
crly known as Clarendon Hall. on Th'r-
teenth street. near Third avenue. to-
night, The boys have put In three weeks
Of the hardest Kind of work in preparing
for the event, and to-day they are physi-
cally At for any kind OF an encounter
Tit bout will be governed by catch-as-
catch-can rules-two In three falls.
The strangle hold will be allowed. 1t
promises a most gruelllng contest. The
boys are not at all friendly. In fact, a
grudgs exists between them and to even
that II is certain that each Will do all
In his power on the mat tonight 70 hui
initiate the other before the big crowd
which will be present.
Bernstein and "Muldoon" ceased hard
work yesterday. Both took u n around
Central Park. with the purpose OF
strengthening their wind, Nc big New
Years dinners did they indulge in, Both
wanted to be In the best shape Tor the
bout and begin b now year with an
athletic victory.
Leo Pardello and Jimmie Francis. who
prepared Bernstein for the bout. say the
Ghetto" champion IL clever enough to
give any wrestler of HE weight in the
world n hard battle on the mat. As for
"Muldoon," he hardly needs any recon-
mendation OF mis- wrestling ability. II
has been his game for a long time and
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and time and again he tried to hit TIT
champion below the belt. He was eau
toned repeatedly, but the advice was fol
naught, and when he did finally sink
Cans to his knees with a foul blow the
referee called the bout to a halt and
gave the decision 10 Cans.
WeiniE Couldn't Last.
As nine out of every ten followers of
the pugilistic game figured AL Weinis,
t1e Buffalo middle-weight. was no match
Tor the clever philadelphia jack
O'Bren. After standing an awful Cruel
ling for twelve rounds he was finally put
to sleep. Weining. though. Is to be COM
mended for his game showing. To stay
twenty rounds with the Quaker wa his
aim that he might collect besides the
bigger share Of the receipts OF the Inter-
national Club. of Fort Erie. Can. whore
the men fought, the 1000 O'Brfen bet
against the Bison's 1880. But the night
went the way the hght dopesters
faured.
Fitzgerald Put Handler Out.
Nobody need ever dispute Willie Fits-
Serald's power to punch after his bout
with Joe Handler before the Broadway
Athletic Club in Philadelphia last night.
The Brooklyn boy fought Handler at his
own game. and before the second round
had been finished Handler lay uncon-
sclous on h canvas. where he was
counted out. 1t o ten minutes to re-
Tne tout was fast from the start.
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the race were from one to six lengths
apart at the end. In act IL va the
poorest excuse for a handicap turned
loose by. Secretary Clark this season
One OF the most exciting finishes OF
the meeting look place In the last race
Yesterday, The hTst three horses nm
who WAS riding Miss STANLEY, fell on
and received a mud bath after the finish.
Then It was discovered that the judges
had placed the horses wrong. Accord
Ing 10 the numbers. hung OF Mosketo
Mas fret, Pay the Fiddler second and
chickadee third. MosLeto won the race.
but neither of the other two horses
nnished second. and Miss shaniey third.
The mistake wa noticed and corrected
by the oficials before the spectators
in the stand had a chance q Fealize
From the stand il appeared as though
MAJ, shAniey fouled Lord Pepper and
Chiekadee by swervtng badly n the
finish. In FAC . great many close obs
ser.ers looked for the ally % be az.
stewards Lord Pepper was really -
sponsibiA seF the iouling.
The evening world., 1903-01-02
MONROE NOW SEEKS
THE CHAMPIONSHIP
Butte Miner Accepts Ryan's o.
fer to Prepare Him for Bout
with Jeffries.

BUTTE, Mont. Jan. SACK Monroe,
the miner who surprised Champion Jim
Jsffries In q four-round bout here re-
Gently. has decided to begin training for
the heavyweight championship OF the
world. Tit offer made him by Tommy
Ryan. the champion middle-weight =
the world, has been accepted by the
miner. and IN a couple Of days he vni
30 to Chicago and meet the oleaer
fighter who trained Jeffries for The
championship.
Ryan's offer was that II Monroe would
follow his course Of training no would
make him champion of the world, just
as he did Jeffries. The Butte man says
that in two weeks from now he WILL
begin the work of fitting himself for
fight with Jeffries for the championship
Of the world. 7
The evening world., 1903-01-02
HOCKEY TITLE FOR
LOCAL COLLEGES,
Columbia, C. C. N. Y, Stevens
Institute and HeffIey School
Are Forming New League.

Columbia University, Stevens institute.
the College OF the City OF New York aud
the Hefley School will decide the hockey
championship of the local colleges before
the winter season is over. Thu four In
situations of learning are forming a new
hockey league. and a schedule OF nine or
u dozen match games is being drawn up
TO he played in the Kinks OF Manhattan
and Brooklyn.
columbin's participation in the new
leagues games will in no way interfere
with her standing ia the University
League with Yale, Harvard, Princeton
and Brown.
The evening world., 1903-01-02
LITTLE MEN ARE
READY FOR BOUT,
Bernstein and Young MuIdoon" in Fine Shape
for Wrestling Match Tonight.

such experts as George Bothner and
Tom Jenkins declare that he Is as good
a boy at his weight as there is In the
country.
The confidence zach boy has in himself
Ia clearly shown by the posting OF a
side bet OF 500 on the match. In addi-
ton to that sum, which Is In the hands
OF Dave Altman. Bernstein has wagered
200 pore on himself and says he will
have more at the rlngside tonight.
"Muldoon" also declares that his friends
will be ready to take any wagers offered
on Bernstein and SO the event promises
to be a big betting affair.
There are three bouts to so e. pre-
iiminaries and to the followers OF the
principals they will DO as interesting as
the main event. In the first. young
Jenries" and Sam Goodman, two Crap
piers from the Italian district. will de-
eide q bout and then Young Bartel
and Pete Brown. members OF the ALI
ancs A. c.. will decide another contest
FOR the club championship.
or h three preliminaries, the meet
ing between the two newsboys. KID
Crosse and Young Rosove. will be
the most interesting. The newsies OF
Park Row arr, particularly Interested N
be heard In the Garden when their COM
rades step on the mat to begin their
bout, which will decide the newsboys'
championship OF Greater New York.
A referee. FOR the bouts has not been
peetlng jack Munroe TO be on hand. An
oficlal will be mutually agreed on by
the principals tonight.
The evening world., 1903-01-02
RACING NOTES..

Whisky King, who 10 date has Just one race
to his credit Siaee his advent In the West. will
be retired temporarily. The big Kaataka colt
will be taken to Memphis Sunday by Charlie
johnson. his trainer, to be rested up to7 next
seasons campaign at Memphis and chie'so,
r. J. German says that the deal with II.
Aecarren. IT,. as to the services Of Jockey j.
o'coanO- has been declared on. lie further added
tina: Jockey Landry would PROBABLY ride for Cor
man 4 Bauer next season.
The unbeAten Bartolph. by M!r:hiul. Ia win
teTins s1lsndid!y at the German farm. ard 10 Is
the hishly bred ~younEster Law Reed. Do,i will
be entered In the American Dsr1y snl many
otbeF thrse-yeaf-oid STAKES, East as well a. Yves,
The stF.Is VIII be ssut from the i1rm 10 Nash
VILE about Jan. 10,
"w'nais' o'Connor 10 a daily stleadGnt AT a
physical school OF culture In BroOkiyu. "wit-
nit," who is a ssrt OF jIek-ofsil-ratea. Is ansr
fame and E!oTy sa a symnaIt. He nil be PAD
story that he will earn SOS. 90 a year 10 a
stretch Of the Imagination. The World. 4
month ago, published the fact that he had
signed. through August Belmont, a contract with
tsininE tee OF as 1000 a year, Since then he h,G
ossD secured At 5000 a season for second cali
Danny hAher VIII rlde HocktAnd u ths EbG.
iish Derby. This colt wAA considered the u.s;
OF the crop OF tNO-ysAl-olaA lGIt ssaGoa, lie Is
NOW favoIlte for the classic event, and has bee n
trains King Edward WIS horses. the LeHl o.
which IL the colt Meade. also looks after the
welfare OF RocksAnd. Sir J. Miller oNnA the
fAyoTlts.
a Phi!o. which beat some OF the best tprintsrs a,
View Orleans yesterday. made her hrst public ap-
psaranes In nearly three months. The ally, which
a owned BY Mrs. Arthur. VAS eui down on the
s~sesAlon OF her last start at the Chicago RidEO
track. and the injury 70 her foot was ~ ssr.oul
thai nothing could be done with her until very
recently. jim Arthur, her trainer. cid not inink
sss was ,nyshsrs near M to a sfsl'ln5 rass
ssaDsntiy Old not bet a dollar on her
ThomIs ", LawSon's stable Of Jumpers are al
sArsloEa. a~ubrtsrsd at Horse Haven. The sizing
theTa TO reenpeTAte In the inylgoratinE ~slratoS.
ninteF CLIMATE until early In The mohth OF April
shsn I.ralaer Ralph Blaek Will take them hacl
~ the home quarters In Massachusetts,,
Bishop Poole, trainer for n. II. TIehenor a Co,
bad INTENDED 10 ship Floearllns. wssWlit. Elsii
~. Harry and, perhaps. one other VI the s,rlni
Fhlsh The .chieago hrm has had at New orsan
- Ncup1iH Teddy, but did not secure a car
IFaiper Poole ass wired Mr. TIclonor 10 sou,
pns % bis ogn ears down from Chicago and In
toIses VII be taken 10 Montgomery Park to b
Nika psyer, uho has been In feeble health 70
, lohH time, hAs ~impfoysd 10 much ia the paI
- Nonths nat he expects 70 bs able 10 nlar
y remain away until the opsnlng Z
I4HWK 9qI 10 tbs metropolitan dlaiTlei
'sssssss NJ. ',s.ls = The q,
4ni.a APiiAaa sna ths egherl o
The evening world., 1903-01-02
NEW ORLEANS
HORSEMEN HOPE.
special to tn. Evening world.I

NEW ORLEANS, Jan, 2.-Ths New
Years Handicap was anything but its
name would indicate, Instead OF bring
Ing the held together on sven terms.
the Handicapped had them scattered all
over the race track at the end. Az
a matter OF fact, there was no com
test TO H. Wltfull being so much the
best that he won by dvs lengths. after
being under the wraps the last fur
long. Twenty lengths separated the arst
and hst horses. The other AoEses IN
The evening world., 1903-01-02
ARMY AND NAVY FOOTBALL y
WILL NOT BE STOPPED.
"It's a Soldiers Came" and Capt. Pierce Says
War Department Won't Interfere.

with pride when his football team b
mentioned.
The same way with the navy team.
Every man-of-war in every part Of the
world sends its contribution to the grid
iron warriors. All the jackies are inter
ested and they would insist that the
game go on.
Football needs one thing more %
make It a perfect college game-that r..
an annual meeting between. the East
and West. Michigan and Yale are each
.disputing the right to the title Of college
Champion. They should have had &
chance to fight It out. What a game u
would have made! Wisconsin broke up
the fast play of the wolverines and
have done? What would We Of West
Point have done7' 4
The evening world., 1903-01-02
GAELIC FOOTBALL
PLAYERS IN GAME 81

Young Ire1ands and O'CeN
VIII BE Contesting Teams.A
Two OF the strongest Gaelic fl
teams in this city. the Young IfS
and the O'Connells. will meet at H1A
able Park. Saxty-seventh street
Eleventh avenue. on Sunday to plaS
Off their tie game. They met twice \
fore and in 10th contests the score
q tie. As q bitter rivalry exists betwee1
the teams the struggle on Saturday.
promises to be interesting.
The evening world., 1903-01-02
TRAVIS WILL PLAY At
GARDEN CITY TOMORROW.
Expert Golfer and O. n. Mcdonald
VIII Decide ChAmpionshIp Event.

VIII Decide Championship Event.
Walter J.. Travis M Charles B. Nc
decide the golf championship OF the
Garden City Club. have at last agreed
to hold their contest tomorrow on the
clubs links, The course 10 not In the
best OF condition. but the players be-
lisvs that It win be good enough to per-
NIT OF their playing on II.
This will be at eighteen holes. The
G. oss-country handicap scheduled for
yesterday over the special nine-hole
course covering a playing distance Of
over 5000 yards waS called on.
majority hung back from oompefhg In
the novel event. and II was deemed best
not 10 run the event with q slaall nsld
The evening world., 1903-01-02
CRESCENT A. C. POOL
TOURNEY ENDS NEXT WEEK
Players Will Make Up for Time
lost During Holiday Week.

Lost During Holiday Week.
Billiard and pool players did not id
anything YER startling as a starter fof
the new year. Nearly every n who,
delights In sending the worries around
the g~reen-covered tables wal probably
too busy eating New Years turkey9
and ducks. for there was not a game a
any Importance decided.
The players will make up for lost time,
however. from now on The pool tourna-
ment OF the Crescent A. c. will be
finished next week. Only three men are
left in the final matches n the COM
petition promises 10 be unusually close.
each won four games n lost none,
while. Robert Carr has won three and
lost one.
The evening world., 1903-01-02
POOL AND SQUASH FOR
ALTUSR0t GOLFERS.
Tournament for CneiHts, However.
Has neen Postponed.

The pool tournament which was to
have started at the B~altusrol Golf Club
was postponed until later In the week.
The Club Committee IL arranging a
squash to~urnaDsnt for tLis month, and
as 4 result the squash ouTts have been
Well occupied by prospective competitors
practising Tor the match.
The evening world., 1903-01-02

rnat the new year is going to be the
most prosperous for the bowlers all over
the country the local enthusiasts firmly
believe, Certainly 4; has started out
Win d wonderful rush. and more tour
naments have been announced than
ever before,
In reviewing the past year and speak
inS or the game for 1903, Louis i.
Schultz, one Of the most prominant ad-
aerents " the sport, has the following
10 say
Great improvements ave been made
In various ways during the past twelve
months, not alone here In Greater New
York. where innumerable new, commod-
ious and up-to-date alleys have been
built. but throughout the entire country
the onward march OF progress has been
OF the rapid order, and the game Is now
fostered in many cities and towns. whore
alleys were formerly unknown.
Tina the American Bowling ConEross
and the accompanying national tournl-
ment is In a great messure responsible
for this Increase In lovers OF our sport
no one having the game At heart Will
the coming meeting at indianapolis neNi
FEBRUARY lhla body may be strengthened
Dy tnu Wise selcst unS OF cupGDlo ottlCe!. 81,
who Will have the welfare of the spor,
close. at heari, for the sports sake ana
NOT for any monetary consideration.
what has also giNeE an Impetus &
the game, especially In the extreme
West, has been the trips OF the Al
American and All-Star trios,
Wherever these players nave Sp,
peared IN public the %enthusiem shown
has been great, and In many clues where
the American anne OF strike nnd spare
was practically unknown alley axe now
~spsinglns up over nlght, and Inc GIN,
formerly played Cooked Hat, Duck Of
Candle Pins, but by absolutely new
lovers and supporters OF the game. whC
the fascinating game. thus making al
endless chain that Will remain intact az
long as the sport belongs to the anna
teur ranks, and IL should h0 the duty oi
every bowler throughout the land To- SCI
that the professional realm will neVel
The evening world., 1903-01-02
Two New shootias Records.

INoEIEL Aaa., Jan. An. n, Pops
mAas 30 and 100 shot worlds records ksIs yss,
tsrday % the Standard AmsFleaa target. 100
SO ~ 100 shsks. NA ieFnsf rs1.lds were "a
sna 80. anA rse AsA by d. lLu1soa. 4 Mes
The evening world., 1903-01-02
BOWL|NGPROSPECTS
FOR YEAR BRIGHT.
Louis Schultz Says 1908 Will
Be the Greatest in the History
of the Sport.
Bowling Ganes Tonight.

American National Tournament
Phoenix. Belvidere and Berkeley. at the
White Elephant alleys.
New York League Tournnment-Orien-
tai. Metropolitan and Spartan. at Amann
& Treiss's alleys.
New York Royal Arcanum League
Tournament-Lenox Council vs. Knicker-
booker Council. at the Harlem CIRCLE
Palace alleys.
Harlem League Tournament-Hyper-
ion. Century Wheelmen II Royal Ar
canum Wheelmen. at Thum & Kahls-
DORIS alleys.
Jas Companies League Tournament
Northern Gas Company VS.. Central
Union Gas Company; Consolidated Gas
Company, Branch No. 9. VS.. Standard
Gas Company, One Hundred and Twen-
ty-nfth Street Branch. Central Union
Gas Company vs.. Consolidated Gas
Company. General oftee, at the River
side alleys.
Bronx Royal Arcanum League T%ourna-
ment-Fordham Council. Team No. q:
Claremont Council, Team No. l, and
Wakefield Council, at the Crotona alleys.
GermanIa National Tournlment-Spar-
tan. Fair Play and Nassau. at the
Germania Assembly Rooms alleys.
Alley Owners Individual Tournament
-Klumpp W. Schlusing. at the Harlem
Circle Palace alleys.
Knights OF Columbus League Tourna-
ment-Riverside Council. Castilian
Council and New Amsterdam Council,
at Stars alleys.
Athletic League-Rosevil!e A. A. VS..
North End Club. at the RosevIlle A. A.
alleys.
Roster and Mcdonald VS.. AlcAdam and
Cahoon. at STAIRS alleys,
Morning Newspaper League - Daily
America, Press, Commercial Bulletin at
Mclaughlin alleys. Brooklyn. ? J, NJ,
The evening world., 1903-01-02
PROSPECT PARK WINS
IN ROUGH BASKETBALL,
Physical Director Warns Players
Against "RouRh-HouSe" Tactics.

AEainHt "RouRh-HouSe" Tactics.
In a rough game OF basketball played
Yesterday in Prospect Park branch o,
the Brooklyn Y. NJ, c. A. Prospect Park
sisnally defeated the Boys High School
by 80 to .. The defeated team was with
out Capt. Wilson, the star player. who
broke a rib In a game with Poly. Prep.
last Saturday.
On several occasions Physical Director
Walker stopped the game on account Of
It's I%oughncss ami he repeatedly warned
the players against their "rough-house'
tactics,
The lineup:
The evening world., 1903-01-02

ReiereC-Prof WALKER. Y ". c. A. UmpIrSa
Air Goate, OF hlgh School. and Sir. Day, o.
Y. N, {. A.. TimckeeporH-MeSsrS MAcnanarA
aud Marin, Time o. H~Slyes-TNenty minutes
The evening world., 1903-01-02

Bishop Poole, trainer for n. II. Tlehenor a Co,
bad INTENDED 10 ship Floearllhs. wssvlt, Elsis
-. Harry and, perhaps. one other VI the s,rinx
Hhleh the Chicago arm has had Al New Orleans
- NempAi Teddy, but did not secure a car.
IFaipeF Poole aas wired Mr. Tlolenor 10 send
pue of bis osh cars down from Chicago And the
4nf.et VII be taken 10 Montgomery Park to b.
The evening world., 1903-01-02

ThomHs ", Lawson's stable OF Jumpers are at
sArsloEa. a~ubTtsrsd at Horse Haven. The sizing,
which includes poIs good material, viii rsmsiu
theTe 10 reonpeTAte In the inSlgorating Saratoga
Hlnter climate until early In the mouth Of April.
sFhsn IraineF Ralph Black will take them hack
" the home quarters In MAEsaehuasttI,
The daily tribune., 1903-09-17
Big Land Opening.

A large tract comprising thousands
of acres of fertile lands in the famous
Red River Valley is now thrown open
to the public for settlement. This
body of land lies directly adjoining
that rich and fertile section known as
the Kiowa and Comanche Country of
Oklahoma, on the Red and Pease
rivers, within few miles of Yer
non, Texas. fiourishing county seat
town of $500 people. substantial
homes. public buildings schools and
churches. Two lines of railroads now
completed; one. Frisco System. runs
directly through the land Here is
country where wheat. oats. corn.
cotton and alfalfa grow side by side ;
where they have seaboard market
and favorable shipping rates; where
the growing seasons are long and the
winters short and mild; laws second
to none and tsxes one-fifth that of
Eastern and Northern States. Special
trains via the Frisco System will run
to this land. leaving st. Louis at
80, S:35 nd 10 p. m. and Kansas
City at 7;l5 and II 80 p m, Tuesday
September 10, next. Low rate of
$l5. 90 from either point to Vernon.
Texas and return. Proportionately
low rates from all other points.
If it is your intention to make this
trip to secure valuable bomesite,
write to r. S. Lemon, secretary,
Frisco System immigration Bureau.
St. Louis. in order that arrangements
for ! your accommodation may be
made.
The daily tribune., 1903-09-17
Advertising Colorado.

According to II. II. Buckwalter,
Colorado will be advertised this win
ter rs never before. IAN last year 3
pictures will be run again over the
theatrical circnits this winter, he said
this morning, "and of course the
new subjects l have made this su MINER
will be included. But IN addition
to the regular circuits, there will be
several individual exhibitors on the
road who will make feature of
Colorado scenes. During the past
week have sold two complete outfits.
including almost the en.ire line of
Colorado views, and these will be
taken throughout the east and kept
busy almost every night. In my
opinion, however, the south is the
prominent field for work of this sort.
The number of visitors to Colorado
Springs from Dixielaud is rapidly
increasing every year, and there is
the great field for resping harvest.
Anything from the Rocky Mountains
is received with enthusiasm. and the
seed is easily sown and the profits
| immense. Next year l look for the
heaviest southern travel in the history
OF Colorado. and the fact must not be
overlooked that one southerner is as
good az three easterners The travel
er from the north rarely stays here
more than week or two. The tour
list from the warmer states comes
earlier and stays late and goes back
determined not only to come again
but bring all mis- friends Colorado
Springs Telegraph.