Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-08
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PInkerton,s AGENT Coming

| Plnkerton representative at Ascot this
fall, Is expected to leave New York for
Los Angeles this week.
Prof. Gus Rubin
Failing to win championships in act
| ual combat, Gus Rubin, the Akron
giant, has opened a boxing school in
Philadelphia and his shingle reads
| Prof Gus Rubin, Instructor in Box
ing"
Valuable Puppies
The gross value Of dogs entered in
the various coursing events at Robin
| son, Ill, last week Is reported to be
100000. Frankfurters are probably be-
coming too high priced for ordinary
midnight loafers to use regularly.
Jack johnson to England
Jack Johnson announces that he pro-
poses touring Europe and whipping
everything in sight. lie says the Amer
lean heavies are all scared to death
while he Is on this side of the pond and
VIII welcome the news that he Is going
to leave them alone and free to play
ball while he is gone.
Noted Turfman Dying
It is reported that Capt. s. s. Brown,
the Pittsburg millionaire and a leading
stakeholder in the American Turf as
sociation and hacker of Ed Corrigan in
his fight against the Western Jockey
club, Is in a dying condition. suffering
with tumor of the stomach
Corbett Was Beaten
According to Boston sporting writ
ers Young Corbett was beaten decisive
ly by Kid Goodman In that city recent
ly, although Referee DAILY gave draw
decision. Corbett took the count four
times in the fifteen rounds of fighting
and Is said to have only had a look in
for the winners end of the purse in
three rounds.
Private Billiard Party
James Morley will entertain a pri-
vate party of friends and their wives at
his new hall tonight, when Chic Wright
the amateur champion of the coast,
will play an exhibition game with Will
| lie Mcguire, the boy wonder. The
game will consist of a handicap, in
which Wright will play 300 points to
Maguire's 150 at balk line.
Notables Coming
Judge Jack OBrien Of Philadelphia
and Spider Kelly of Frisco are eX-
pected to arrive tonight from the
northern city to be present at the
Hanlon-Herrera argument Friday
night. While in the city the lawyer
pugilist from the City of Brotherly
Love will endeavor to arrange for fu-
ture scraps this winter to be pulled off
before McCarey's club.
Beckey at Frisco
Jake Beckley, captain and first base
man for the st. Louis Cardinals who
will officiate at Ascot as assistant
starter this winter, has arrived at
| Frisco and will come to Los Angeles
| 20 oil 1e 10 or a6
of being on the lookout for young
blood for Robinsons club for next
season and will probably pick up some
of the Pacific Coast league stars
Teddy, Jr., Is a Fight Fan
Teddy Roosevelt, jr., son of the
president, is one of the most enthusiasts
tic fight fans in the country. He re-
Gently attended the Young Corbett-
Kid Goodman fight in Boston and told
representatives of the press that box
ing was his favorite pastime and that
he would walk 100 miles to witness a
good fight. He Is becoming very clever
with the mitts and never loses an OPP
portunity to attend boxing exhibitions
near Boston.
Corrigan to Winter Here
| Ed Corrigan, the Master of Haw-
thorne," and leader of the fight against
his old time enemy and rival, John
Condor, dictator of the Western
Jockey club is reported to be on his
way to Los Angeles to spend the WIN
ter in recuperating his ebbing health.
His absence from New Orleans during
the racing season probably means that
there is some truth in the rumored
merging of the rival turf bodies and a
settlement of the turf war.
Inadequate Stable Room
There are several race courses in
| America where the officials find 1t
necessary to send missionaries to Sc
cure enough thoroughbreds to conduct
race meet, but Ascot Is not among
the number. The great fear of the
local management is that it's one
thousand stalls will be inadequate to
the demand for room. Indeed, 1t has
already proven inadequate. Practical
| ly all stable room Is now taken and
applications are being received daily in
large numbers. 1t is not improbable
that the management will construct
additional stables to accommodate the
unprecedented number of horses which
are being shipped to Los Angeles.
OutIaWry of Racing
News comes that the louisiana legis-
lature will consider a bill at it's next
session which proposes to abolish
racing In the STATE. InlS is the natural
result of the senseless turf war being
waged by John Condor, dictator of the
Western Jockey club, and Ed Corrigan
organizer of the American Turf asso-
citation. The world Is large enough for
| both these associations, yet they are
deliberately destroying themselves in
an effort to destroy the other. Since
the fight started Missouri, Illinois and
Tennessee have outlawed their business
nfh tot folI In
Prospects are favorable for the elimin-
alton of the game in all the Mississippi
valley states.
FarcicaI Agreement
The articles of agreement between
Jack O'Brien and Bob Fitzsimmons for
their fight to occur In Frisco during the
Christmas holidays provide that the
battle is to be "for the heavyweight
championship of the world" This is
the psychological moment for risibili-
ties. These two have as much right to
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