Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-11-02
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Plans are maturing to take an all
star western foot ball team east this
fall to play with team representing
the athletic clubs at Chicago, Cleve-
land. Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Boston
and New York. The line up OF the
proposed team is as follows: Right
end. Bush, Wisconsin; right tackle,
BerIke, Wisconsin; right guard, lie
rum, Wisconsin; center, Remp, Wis
consin: left guard, not selected; left
end. Brush, Minnesota; quarter, Fogg,
Wisconsin; right halfback, Heston,
Michigan; left halfback, Findlay, Wis
cousin: fullback, Vanderboom, Wis
consin.
Willie Hopes failure to draw Geo.
Slosson into a billiard match may Sc
cure him a go with Champion Wig
naux. the Frenchman. A Paris billiard
firm has opened negotiations with
Hoppe to cross the ocean to meet Wig
naux, and it is likely that t boy
wonder will accept. Slosson still in
sists that it would not pay him finan-
cially to meet Hoppe, except in an In
ternational tournament.
Tommy Ryan, who always leaves
them laughing" when he says good-by
TO the ring, has decided again that he
is mo- ready to retire, and he is seek
ing a fight with Jack (Twin) Sullivan.
Sullivan recently secured a decision
over Tommy Burns, in a 20-round bout
before the Pacific A. G.. at Los An
, geles.
Joe Bernstein, the Ghetto" feather
weight, has emerged from a long re-
tirement, and would like to take a
crack at Tommy Murphy, the Harlem
featherweight.
DE Croft, who occasionally plays the
outfield for the st. Louis National
League team, is a sly humorist. Here's
a pleasant bit that's going the rounds
about his cute antics: HE keeps the
fans in the bleachers in good humor.
Every time a fly comes his way he
turns to the crowd and says: Here
comes a ham sandwich. Watch me
eat it up"
Michael j.. Donlin may open a saloon
on Broadway, in New York. His
friends are telling him hat with his
immense popularity he ought TO cop
out the coin like a life insurance pres
ident.
Charlie Mitchell made the statement
the other day that he was the first
man to ever Knock John L. Sullivan
down. Mitchell is 43 years old, and
quit the ring ten years ago, when Cor
bett took his measure. 1t seems long
er ago than ten years when Charlie
Mitchell was on earth, doesn't it?
The boxing fraternity will oon be
marching to Georgia, if everything
goes well. The lid is being pried off
at Savannah, with excellent prospects
that it will be clear off by Christmas.
Arthur Duffey, the speedy Splinter,
who holds the remarkable record Of
8 3-5 seconds for the 100 yard dash,
that he will never run
again. II the Georgetown nan is firm
in his intention TO quit athletics for
all time, then the public has seen the
last of the foremost American Splinter
and for a long period of time the
fleetest man in all the world.
1t seems that alleged offer of S25,
600 by a Detroiter named Rudolph
for the Toledo franchise in the Amer
lean Association was a joke perpe
trated on a simple minded young mar
Who is nuts on base ball. AS a mat
ter of fact. the Toledo franchise is
most valuable property, and Their
4ah I a nNNANA lNlH1 DaAA NphA an ~
country for it's size, with a winnin.
team. Detroit-welh Detroit isn't 81
muchly when IL comes to |supportin.
a first class base ball aggregation.
The gong has sounded for Youn
Corbett. His bout with Young Err
demonstrated that Father Time ha
put a crimp in his pugilistic aspira
lions, and that il is time for him t
back out of the limelight. COrbett j
one more illustration of the fact tina
a puglist cant hold high carnival wit.
wine. woman and song, and then re
form by cutting out the singing par
and work his way back to mis- forme
physical condition in a months train
ing. About the only thing in sigh
for Corbett is a succession Of defeat
by second raters until he finally drop
entirely out of sight.
Sir Thomas Upton, the gamest oil
sport that ever sold a pound OF tes
has decided to make one more attemp
10 lift the Americas Cup in 1907. II
promises to appear off Sandy Hoo
with another fleet OF ShamrOcks, I
the hope of carrying away the covete
trophy.
Gus Rubin is buying real estate in
stead Of Old Rhine wine. Rubin
said to be one OF the thrifty sons {
time. and when the final punch come
TO stop his ring career he expects {
own enough land to live in case an
ride I'm an automobile.
kid" LeWee, the sunny-tOpped SCI
end baseman of the Decatur club, j
the Three / League, has been appoin
ed manager Of that team for next SCI
son.