Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-11-18
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Jimmy Kelly, the New York light
weight, will try to get a match will
the winner Of the Gardner-Sullivai
fight. which is to take place in 'Frisc,
next month. Kelly has fought tire,
draws with Gardner. Kelly mas ais,
challenged Battling Nelson at 13l
pounds.
Articles of agreement for a 20
round fight have been signed by
Honey" Melody and Jack O'Keef'
OF Chicago. The contest will tsk,
+ &cc at Spokane Wash, on tae aight
cC Nov. "a.
las. J. togan. the famous Yal,
tackle. will probably succeed Nc
Cornack as coach of the Northwest
ern University foot ball team. Nc
Cornack will coach no more after thi;
year. Hogan is coaching Phillips
Exeter.
when Battling Nelson met Oar
Cupid in an unlimited round bout the
Dane was groggy in the first round
and showed signs of distress until q
short arm jolt over the heart sent
him to the mat for the count. The
Danes wonderful staying qualities
seemed to have deserted him, and in
stead of side stepping, countering OF
ducking, he stood up like a slob and
went down like a lobster. The crowC
%applauded when he was counted out
John Jacob Aston is said to hole
one automobile record. He has Z,
motor cars in his garage, which are
worth 100000. His annual expense
for maintaining them, including chauf
feurs, fuel and storage, is $4,000.
The fight for boxing is to be con
tinued in Chicago, and 1t will be car
ried to the polls, is necessary. Re
Gently petitions to permit boxing con
tests were circulated, and 10000 sig
natures secured. Mayor Dunno turned
down the petition. Sixty clubs are in
terested in the effort to secure box
ing privileges.
An invasion of foreign %billiaTdists
is being planned in Paris. If it goes
through. Marva. the Spanish expert
Cure, the Frenchman; Vignaux and
Sanchez will cross the ocean to meet
SlossOn, Schaefer and Hoppe. Dut
ton, who is now playing in Paris, will
come back with the visiting players
If they make the trip, to play against
them.
Gus Rubin has posted $500 in New
York to fight any nan willing TO
owe the amount for the heavyweight
championship. Rubin says Hart has
no claim whatever to the title. and
that when Jeffries retired he left the
ring without a heavyweight champion
According to Rubin the championship
is open TO all who wish TO fight for
it.. and he has posted his money as
an evidence of good faith.
Robert Carrothers, the former base
ball pitcher, and afterwards umpire,
is said to be dying at his home in Des
Moines, Ia.
The playing Of Eckersall in last
Saturdays game at Chicago, added
new laurels to his already enlarged
crown of glory. His most noteworthy
feat was the drop kicking of a goa
from the 44-yard line. The gridiron
has produced no more worthy repre-
sentative than this brilliant little Chi
cagoan.
AS PRECEDENT Roosevelt's eyes wan
dered gel the Sunday sporting pages
he noted the following arguments fol
revised foot ball rules: In the Penn
sylvania-H Harvard game Parker. the
crimson center, was disqualified fol
smuggling, and again in the second half
Sheble. of Penn. was removed from
the game for striking another player
in the face" Canton, o., contributed
this: Hershey and Winbigler were
put out of the game for fighting, anC
for a while n general mixup seemed
imminent" Meadvilla, Pa, shocked
the spectators by playing one of the
rcmghest games of the season Tw,
lives were lost Saturday, and n rit
was broken, besides numerous minor
injuries sustained by players.
Hugh Nichol, the famous ball play
er. has sold his interest in the Peoria
club, and will retire from the game
to invest his money in private bust
ness.
The turf war at New Orleans has
lost considerable of its picturesque
and lurid features since Ed COrrigaI
has withdrawn.
John McGraw last week spiked the
rumor that he was going to sever
connections with the New York
Giants by affiXing his signature to a
contract to manage the team for three
more years.
Wisconsin's share of the gate re.
ceipts of the game with Minnesota
was $4,000, the largest sum ever re,
ceived by the Badgers for a foot ball
game.
Dick Cooley is still trying to get
the Topeka, Kan, franchise in the
Western League. It all depends on
whether the circuit is to be enlarged
to eight clubs.
The riding of Danny Maher, the
American Jockey, has taken a big
slump, and Wheatley has passed the