Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-27
SPORTING.
...BREEITIES

The tribe of would-be champions is
increasing out on the coast. Pro
moter McCarey of Los Angeles has an
unknown under cover to spring IN AL
Kaufman at the proper moment; Sam
Spaulding. a six.footer, with muscles
like steel. is heralded as a fighting
marvel; Jack Mclean, the elongated
catcher of the Portland base ball club,
is also mentioned as a wonder of won
'edrs. Mclean has a reputation not
confined to the coast boomers. He
fought several good bouts in st. Louis
until the lid was put on, and then he
turned his attention to base ball.
A swimming carnival will be held
in the N. Y. A. c. natatorlum during
the week of Feb. 1926, at which con
testants from Columbia, Yale, Har.
ward, Brown and Pennsylvania col
leges, the Missouri A. c., Chicago A.
A., Milwaukee A. c., Illinois A. c.. and
'Brookline Swimming club will take
part. The events will include A. A. U.
championship from so yards to one
mile, back stroke race for 100 yards,
relay race for five-men team, breast
stroke race 100 yards, fancy diving
oAAh . DplO 1haAii BiOlehAps
Joe Walcott, who is to battle with
Willie Lewis before the Michigan A.
C., at Detroit, oct. %, for the welter-
weight championship, says he is in as
good condition as he ever was.
When Walcott accidentally shot him
self it vas thought he was out of the
game for good. When the wound
healed he could not close the fingers
of his right hand, but the hand has
been repaired, and Walcott should be
able to give a good account of him
self when the time comes.
With the assistance of Tom Cooper,
the one-time bicycle champion, Bar
ney Oldfield is constructing a racing
motor machine which is expected to
eclipse anything for speed that ever
made the dare devil drive over the
tr%eacherous Long Island course.
Clarence VI. Mackay will move his
string of stations and brood mares
from Silver Brook, n. j., to Kingston
stud, in Kentucky, on Oct. 80. There
are go in all. including the famous
stallion Meddler, for which he paid
100000, and the untried Banastar,
winner of the Metropolitan handicap
at Morris Park.
Gus Moran. whose umpiring gave
such fine satisfaction in the Eastern
League this season, may be pressed
into service by the National League
again.
Clark. Griffith is out with a denial
that he inteds trading Eberfield to
St. Louis. He says the little short
stop will be found playing with the
Yankees next season.
If Young Corbett follows his sceh-
ule, he will finish the month of Octo-
Der in a whirlwind fashion. He
fought young Erne at Philadelphia
Wednesday night; tonight he will take
On Joe Tipman at Baltimore, and on
October 81 he will meet Kid Good.
man at Philadelphia. Corbett is
training for his bouts in Philadelphia
When philadelphia Jack" O'Brier
meets AL Kaufman tonight in theil
20-round bout at San Francisco. he
will give away at least 20 pounds
O'Brien hopes to get the decision by
outpointing Kaufman.
Joe Cans, the lightweight cham
pion, has parted company with A
Herford and is now coupled up will
Jimmy Coffroth. Cans will go to thu
coast this week to begin training TO
his bout with Mike (Twin) Sullivan
which is scheduled for Nov. "a at SaI
Francisco.
Spider" Kelly has been engaged t.
| get Eddie Hanlon in condition for hi
fight with Aurelia Herrera, the Mexi
can, before the Pacific A. c., at Loi
Angeles on Nov. g..
After a careful study of the creates
fighter the world has ever produced
Bob Fftzsimmons has arrived at thu
conclusion that Jeffries is an acci
dent. Fitz says only n man of Jeff
sort is produced in a century. He
not the regular run of men," declares
Bob. 81 guess he's a sort of made-to
had to do" FitZ says Jeff is bigge'
and stronger than the ordinary morta
and hits harder than anybody in tn,
prize ring.
Jack Welch will referee the figh
between AL Kaufman and Philadel
phia Jack O'Brien.
George /. Winter, pitcher for Thu
Boston American League base bal
team, has married the nurse who wait
ed on him while he was i'll three year.
ago in the hospital in Boston. Tn,
nurse was named Mabel May Willis.
Rufus Waldorf, the 'O4 star, haI
joined the Notre Dame squad. He i
a s~ix-footer and weighs 100 pounds.
From London comes the news tina
Johnny Reiff, the American jockey
is betrothed to the daughter of Ed
mond Blanc, trainer for Lord Den
man