The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-02
SPORTING NOTES.


giants during the coming season will,
when on the road, travel somewhat In
the manner that the braves of Tam
many Hall sometimes go to political
conVentions--with private cars and big
white streamers with the name New
York Giants" emblazoned in foot high
black letters on the sides of the cars.
That champions" can be added next
season is also a fond hope. Manager
Knowles has under consideration a
plan to charter several cars for the
season and have the players live con-
tinuously on them. Manager Knowles
has planned how the cars should be
constructed. with sleeping quarters,
smoking rooms, shower. baths and din
ing cars, in the most elaborate detail.
Chefs, walters, culinary department
and other things necessary for a trav
cling hosiery are all in the plan, and
the genial secretary is quite enthusi-
astic over the idea. The Giants will
arrive here March Is. for their pre-
liminary spring practice.
At last it looks like James ]. JEFF
fries and James. ]. Corbett will come
10 some understanding whether or not
they. shall ever meet in the roped
arena again. The men have agreed to
meet to-day in Philadelphia and talk
the matter over, the belief in that city
being that they will frame UP another
bout.
Tom McGrath and Jack Michels
evaded the New York law last Wed
nesday, and in the presence of 100 or
more sports in South Brooklyn, pum-
ia l. q =
when MichelS went down and out The
fight was for a purse of $50, winner
take all. The sports went to the bat
tie ground on trolleys. in hacks and
on foot-any old way to keep the Of
hcers of the law in the dark.
Al Weinig. the bicyclst- pugilist,
Will eventually learn that he was far
more successful on a bike than he is
in roped square. Weinig has been up
against nearly all the niddleweights
of the country and never has he turn
ed trick on a good man. His latest
trouble occurred last Thursday night
in Philadelphia, when he was badly
beaten and handled by Jack o'Brien.
Weinig is glutton for taking punish
ment, which appears to be the only
real boxing quality he possesses.
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]. A. r. Elliott, champion wing shot
of the United States. is in Augusta,
and last Thursday shot with the Au-
gusta Gun Club at clay pigeons. He
missed but four of the first fifty and
only two of the second. or six out of
100 shots. The next high guns were
Lightweight and eighty.
George Ketcham denies the report
that he has received an offer of $780,
900 for Cresceus. and says the horse
is not for sale at any price.
Young Corbett, who came so near to
losing his title to Eddie Hanlon in
San Francisco Thursday night, has
posted a $1,000 forfeit to box Terry
McGovern in that city this month.
George Davis wants to be mem
Der of the New York team of the Ma
tional League and will go to law to
carry his point. as he is determined
not to be a member of the Chicago
American League team. Davis says
that under the old reserve rules he
still owes New York two years service.
He signed a contract to play with that
team last fall and secured an advance
on salary of $500 He had, however.
previously signed two years con-
tract with the Chicago American
League team, and the Peace Commit
teer at its recent meeting in Cincin-
natl, decided that he belongs to the
Windy City aggregation. Davis
don't believe 1t, and will go to court
TO have the question settled.
Florida has the automobile and good
roads fever in virulent form. says
the Chicago Chronicle. w. ]. Morgan
of the Automobile Magazine, New York
city, attended the automobile show last
week, coming from Florida, where he
went to promote and arrange for. an
automobile race meet on the famous
Ornond-Daytona beach, which, Nor
gan declares, is the finest straight
away automobile course in the world
and where all worlds records were
broken. The beach at low water is
nearly a half mile wide and is twenty
almost as hard as concrete pavement.
The tide comes in smoothly, as the
beach is entirely level, and the con-
slant gentle pounding of the waves
for centuries has left the beach so level
and so hard that the four-ton automo-
bile coach made in. Chicago and which
is now running on the beach, leaves
practically no mark on the sands sur
face. Mr.. Morgan brought to the show
a number of Florida automobile scenes
and pictures of the beach and had them
on exhibition in the Coliseum, which
were greatly admired. The dates of
the proposed meet are March rs, q and
%, when there is low tide, and the
leading fast chaffeuers will journey to
Florida and compete for the $4,000
worth of prizes that are offered.