Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-14
SPORTING NOTES.

Gus Rubin and Jimmy Mccormick
will meet in a twenty-rOund bout be-
fore the COlma Athletic club on Aug. II.
The winner will receive Is rcr cent. Of
the purse.
Articles of agreement for Il twenty
round bout to take place before the
Grand Rapids (Mich.) Athletic club on
July is, have been signed by Kid
Hermann. of Chicago, and Maurice
Sayres Of Milwaukee.
Tom O'Rourke. on behalf of kid"
Hermann, has declared off all negOtia-
tons looking for d match between Her.
mann and Abe Attel. O'Rourke says
that Attel agreed to fight Hermann at
126 pounds. weigh in at o'clock on the
day of the contest. and then refused
to keep his agreement, insisting that
the weighing time be o'clock.
In response to the challenge of Frank
Clayton of Coney Island. to match his
wrestler, Michael Romanoff, against
any one i'm the world for $1,000 side.
the challenger and said that he was
willing to post Il forfeit of $10OO but
that before doing SO he must know the
identity of RomanOff. ThereupOn Clay
ton called before him Il $50 pound Gin
namon bear of the Bostock wild animal
show, whom he designated as Roman
, off.
Charles E. Courtney. coach of the
slCOrnell navy, Wednesday, placed him
self on record as being emphatically in
V favor of shortening the distance for in
Intercollegiate Varsity races from four
:: 10 three miles. His strong argument
+ against the present distance is that no
: college man should be asked to do the
I necessary. training for this distance at
t.sthe rick of his health and to the det-
y 1mcnt of his university work. as it is
Utmost impossible for an oarsman to
eep up the latter when he spends SO
luch time training for the boat.
Exchange: Arthur Cote. the speedy
Naine lightweight would like to meet
Kid" Coffey, Jimmy Briggs or Peter
Salivan. While Cote hasn't wandered
vey far from his own fireside to fight,
yet he has a very good record. Cote
!, isn't very particular about conditions.
, as b. isireally looking for fight. Billy
Hamilton. who manages Matty Bald
win. Shocking out for Cotes interests.
In the National Rifle Association
tournament at Bisley. Eng. Thursday.
Scotland won the Mckinnon challenge
cup with Il score of 1859. Canada was
seccndwith a score of 14t7.
Hercules r. Atkin, who stroked the
University of Pennsylvania eight-oared
boat in The intercollegiate races on the
hudsonlast month. has developed a
painful Injury as the result. Almost all
the Qualer oarsrnen had difficulty with
; their hands at the time of the race. and
all We're afflicted with sore hands
Atkin has aot been able to get rid of
the blitters On his hands. Although the
race took place nearly two weeks ago
, his hands and arms to the elbow have
been in "A swollen condition FOR the past
five days. sIhe pain has heen so great
that he has been unable TO sleep more
than q Fhours Il night. 1t is appre-
hended>tiht the affair may be serious.
Tribune: 1t isunders.ood that there
IS good ciance that Harvey Cohn. the
long dlstafe runner and champion
hiier OF the Metropolitan district, may
enter Columbia this fall. Cohn, it is
SAD. mas hadthe intention of doing this
Tor some tim" and has Been preparing
himself for tn. course i'm the college of
pharmacy. The course in that school
is not as long as in the regular collegi-
ate department Cohn will be ineligible
Tor year. beciuse-of the rule regard
ing open competitions. He will there
fore. if he takes the-contenplated step.
represent Columbia fer not more than
two seasons. Conn is II fast man for,
almost any distanGe from 600 yards to
two miles. There are many persons
who consider thathe has good chanca
to beat Munson H. mile race. COIN
has done 4 minutes Is IS seconds. III,
performance with which lie won the
Metropolitan championship.