The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-10

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public schools in the country has been
sent to the Intercollegiate Football
committee, asking for a modification
OF the playing rules. The changes
suggested in the rules are all en-
bodied in the one feature to do awav
with the danger incurred in gridiron
contests, without destracing from the
interest of the game. The mass PLAYS
are the most attacked, the petition
stating that the most of college play-
ers get their early training son pubiic
school teams, and that to bring them
up with less brutality embodied in
| tnelr loea OF the game, it is necessary
that the rules be changed by the
greater colleges. 1t is believed the
rules will be changed.
Young Corbett has given Bonnie
ranger the assurance that he will ar
range match with him upon his re-
turn from California, about a. month
hence. Yanger has been after the
| champions scalp many moons but
has been evaded until now.
Jim Jeffries still insists he will not
meet Corbett except in a finished
| nght. He makes this novel PROPOSE
tlon to the eX-champion IF Corbett
Will meet me in a finish fight I win
| instead of the accustomed ten. as
prescribed by the rules" Jeffries is
evidently learly of the ex-champion in
anything but a finish fight, and his
proposition is ridiculous, as the rules
| governing boxing matches call for a
| ten-second count
Harry Woods, of the University of
| Maryland, has been signed as an o,Yf
| fielder on the Cincinnati baseball team
| Woods is q years of age and weighs
100 pounds He is said to be one of
the best college players in the South.
After 10 rounds of fast boxing be-
tween Jimmie Briggs and Tonmie
Feltz in Boston Friday night the con-
| test was declared a draw. For the
hrst two rounds Feltz did the best
work as Briggs was slow in starting,
Beginning with the third and until the
finish Briggs did the better work
though in some of the rounds Feltz had
the advantage in boxing, though Briggs
scored the most points. On the whole
Briggs appeared to have a slight ad-
vantage, and although the bout was
a hot one the men left the ring with
out mark.
The late Jack Demsey's champion
ship belt will be ratified in San Fran
cisco, March, 10.
Joe Bernstein was no match for Ter
ry McGovern in Philadelphia last Fri
day night, and although he staid the
limit of six rounds, was badly punish
ed and saved being knocked out by
repeatedly hugging and going down.
He failed to do any damage to the
ex-champion.
From the fact that Chris Himmler
the Baltimore middleweight boxer, is
to tackle Jack Collier in this city Feb
10, it must be the bouts announced for
Fred Douglas and Pat Raedy with him
on early dates in Cumberland, Nd
are off. Raedy is still in Savannah
and anxious for a match. He has
heard nothing from Himmler in the
past few days and on that account
thinks there is nothing doing. Douglas
is away somewhere looking for trou-
BILE There are more boxers than bust
ness for them.
Cyclone" Kelley, the pugilist while
training on a road at Hot Springs a
few days ago was snapped on the
arm by horse which he was passing.
Turning around he struck the animal
terrific blow behind the ears killing
it dead. 1t cost him 5000 for the lick
as that was the value placed on the
animal by its owner.
: Nothing has yet been definitely decid-
ed upon relative to the programme of
running races to be held at the Sa-
vannah horse track on the afternoon
of Feb 30, though it is announced,
however, that events will certainly be
held. The horses are in condition to
run at a moments notice.
The American Baseball League will
have a sextette of short-stops this
season that are the greatest players
at this important position in the bust
ness. They will play as follows: Monte
Cross for Philadelphia; Herman
Parent, for Boston; Robt Wallace for
st. Louis George Davis, for Chicago;
Norman Elberfield for Detroit, and
Herman Long for New York.
Jack Mccormick is anxious to get in
Jack Mccormick is anxious to get in
the ring again with Kid Mccoy and
offers to bet $500 that if the match is
for twenty rounds he will take
the Kids measure. He will also bet
another $500 that Mccoy does not put
him down in the twenty rounds.
The contract has been let for the
new University of Pennsylvania gym
nasium building at a cost of $350,000
and it will be the largest in the world.
The exercising hall will be on the top
floor of the structure and will be so
feet wide by 215 in length and will
have $4,000 square feet of available
floor surface. An indoor track a tenth
of a mile in circumference will be sup
ported overhead by means of brackets.
Accessory rooms for boxing, fencing,
ETC., will also be on this floor. The
swimming pool, bath and lockers will
be on the ground floor, the pool being