The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-07
TIMELY NOTES OF LAST WEEKS
DOINGS In THE SPORTING WORLD.
Ekes Who Killed at Boston Had Varied History
The Thirteen Club of Chicago System for Locating
the of the American Derby-Fght Promoters Busy
in Philadelphia.

F., ing the medical school OF the University
| of Pennsylvania next fall. He was unmar-
| ried.
The Thirteen Club of Chicago has made
discovery which will startle followers of
the American turf from New YORK TO the
farthest point west where a form chart is
! studied or a ticket torn UP. This hitherto
unknown organization has discovered with
I absolute certainty the winner OF the next
American Derby This may sound like one
OF the many hot tips which have gone
wrong since horse first raced horse. but the
Thirteen Club has t. the hsss DOCUMENTS with
| But the name OF the winner, so YOU can
| Mace YOUR money before the odds begin TO
down. ord of the Va Is the
nag which will canter under the wire frst.
If YOU doubt 1t glance at the mystic
eryptogram of the ne, Thirteen mi cruz VIII con-
vince the most Skepticai.
The Thirteen Club. as Its name implies. fs
composed of thirteen members, an pledeeu
to absolute faith in the luck OF their CHOSEN
No. 500 North Clark street, and is presided
over by Doctor j. H. B. .Hackett,
At its last regular meeting the club under,
the state of uncertainty which now prevails
by naming, by system which is indisputa.
bic, the winner of the Derby. In the first
thirteen standing out all over it. A glance
at the list Of probable starters was the next
step. Lord of the. Vale: thirteen letters
teen letters again. American Derby thir-
teen letters See how easy it IS: But wait
the year 1903. Add |: up. thirteen: Five
thirteens. Derby. five letters. He can
lose At this stage of the meeting the hall
| was nearly emptied IN mad rush to get
place where coin Of the realm might be ex
| changed for pasteooards scT IT'D %ltn
who had cooler heads. or We're broke.
stayed long enough to make out the follow
ing cTyptogram;; w.,
Z ii3S August Belmont.
witness with the result of the Brooklyn handi-
tory upon its side irish Lad first; ,. wnifn
| There are thirteen letters there too ,.,
Everybody who is 1S years old. who bets
| sl3 on Lord of the Vale. will please let the
| Thirteen Club know what he thinks about
it when the race is over-provided what ne
| thinks about it may be sent through the
malls without violating the postal laws.
Fight promoters in Philadelphia are GER
| tainly an Industrious lot when an opportuni-
ty offers itself for them to make money by
pulling off boxing shows. The latest scheme
which some of them have in view is that
of bringing off shows in the open air every
Saturday afternoon during the months OF
June. July and August. Matchmaker Johnny
Kelly of the Washington Sporting Cluo ana
Bert Crowhurst the official referee or tne
Penn Art A. c.. of that city are the persons
who intend to bring off these shows. Pans
for holding them are being carried OUT NJ
present and if there IL no hitch In the ar
rangements the first of these events VIII pc
held the third Saturday in June. Inc pro-
moters are trying to secure lease on .n9
ball grounds OF the Philadelphia National
League Club where the show Will pc heiu.
Matchmaker Kelly Is confident fights IN tne
open air will be a great success and on tnaI
account he is working hard to clinch the
arrangements for the holding OF these
II the details are completed all the prom
iuent fighters in the profession VIII be Of
fered big Inducements to box at these SHOWS.
The men will box siX-round bouts WITHOUT a
decision Just as they have been doing III
that city during the last nine months one
of the contests which the promoters VIII at
tempt To hold will be n six-round bout De.
tween Young Corbett. the feather-Weight
champion and Terry McGovern. sam Har-
ris manager of McGovern. has already ac-
cepted the clubs terms. but IL Is not certain
whether "COrbett" will The latter agreed
before he fought Mc(iovorn In San Francis
co 10 NEE: Terry in one Of the open-air
shows but as he has decided to make trip
to England since he beat McGovern inc
prospects are that he will pass UP the offer