Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-11-20

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Tom O'Rourke, the well known New
York sporting man, has sold his
leasehold on the Hotel Delaven, for
sac, 900, and will tour Europe on his
profits.
Old Man Afraid-of-N THEM
Fitzsimmons is being picked as a
loser 10y two-thirds of the sporting
writers of the country In his coming
fight with Philadelphia Jack O'Brien.
Corbett was picked as a loser when
he fought with Sullivan; Fitzsimmons
was slated 10 lose when he fought
with Corbett; Nelson was ~pre-doomed
to defeat when he fought Britt. The
list could be extended ad infinitum,
but what's the use. Thefe. is one
faithful hacker of Fitzsimmons, who
has faith IN his ability to take
O'Brien's measure. and that hopeful
individual is no other than the freck-
led Cornishman himself. And he's
something of a wise old OWL
Barney Dreyfuss of Pittsburg de.
MES the soft impeachment that he is
trying to lure big Mike Gray from
st. Louis. He says the Pirate catch.
ing staff is strong enough as it is,
From Pittsburg comes the story that
Grady may be secured by Cincinnati
The next fistic bout of any conse.
quence is the meeting in California.
on Nov. gath. of Mike Sullivan and
George Gardner. The men are to fight
at catch weights, in the weller dfvls
ion, and an attempt Is being made to
show that they will battle for the
weller weight championship.
Tommy Ryan is accusing Fitzsim.
mons of lodging a fight with Marvin
Hart. 1T is the worst cast of crawl ]
ever heard Of" says Ryan. Ryan must
be a poor listener if he never heard
of a worse case. AS a dodger Hart is
a near-champion in the artificial class.
According to a dispatch. Jimmy Sc
bring has signed to play with the Chi.
Nationals next season. Accord
ing to a dispatch from Williamsport,
Pa, Jimmy Sebring is to play next
with the Tri-State League,
Take your choice.
The retirement of Joe Walcott
leaves these six boys to fight it out
for the w~elterweight title: Willie
Lewis, Jack O'Keefe, Jimmy Gardner
Buddy" Ryan, Young Peter Jack
son, and Honey" Melody.
Columbia and Pennsylvania will
next week debate the question whetn.
er professionals should be allowed to
participate in athletic events in the
colleges. The negative side will prob.
ably win, but the true answer is:
Yes, but he must not be found out
JOS. McCracken. the well known
foot ball player, will be sen to Can.
ton, China, by the Pennsylvania Uni.
versity TO establish a branch medical
school there.
The Michigan Wisconsin game at
Ann Arbor was no surprise, although
1t was thought that Michigan would
Il up a larger score. Wisconsin
played the game without a substitute.
The last and what is expected to be
the best game in the big nine this
year will occur at Chicago ON Thanks
giving day, when Yost's team will
clast with Chicago university. Coach
Stage, of Chicago, is of the belief that
he has this year a team that will de.
Feat the Wolverines. =
By defeating Princeton on Satur.
day by the overwhelming score of 90
to 4. Yale cinched its claim as cham.
pion Of the eastern gridiron this year
The features of the game was the
open playing of Yale in the second
half, in which Quarterback Hutchin.
son was the star, and the great root
ing by the Princeton students, which
completely drowned out the Yale root.
ers. Tooker, for Princeton, saved his
team from total disgrace by making a
magnificent field goal from the 43-yard
line.
For the third consecutive time
Dartmouth tied Harvard on Saturday,
the final score being 6 to 6. Both
played fast foot ball and the
odds We're in favor of the Dartmouth
which repeatedly forced far-
ward to kick. Ralph Glaze. playing
right end for Dartmouth, covered him
self with glory, and the Harvard backs
never gained a yard around his end.
By his great playing on Saturday,
Glaze has for the second time won
himself a place on the All-American
eleven. which has been his ambition.
Beef is rapidly nearing its finish as
best foot ball requirement. The
men Of Harvard were out
by the smaller, fleeter men of
The old time theory
mountains Of flesh. numbering
iown the field, presented the strong
EST line of o~ffense, or defense, has
been exploded this season. The light
heavy weight player, fleet of foot.
wiry, active. alive and alert, makes
he ideal player under the present
rules.