Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-09-27
SPORTING BREWTIES

A group of Buffalo base ball play
ers went out to see the town the
other day. At 1870 a. m, while they
were singing Everybody Works But
Father unsympathetic copper
happened along, and in the melee
that followed George Stallings
Catcher Frank McManus and First
Baseman Murphy were pretty badly
cut up with blackjack. The next
morning each of the players contri.
buted 81 to the city.
Frank Gotch, who is a wrestler,
but imagines he's a fighter, is train
ing for his go with Boomer" Weeks,
Spokane fireman, who thinks he is
coming Jeffries. The bout is sche-
duled for September 29 at Spokane.
Harry Corbett will be in bed six
weeks; fell from a fractions horse
and cracked his knee cap.
Looks very much as though Artful
and Sysonby will meet at Brighton
Beach next Wednesday. What a
race! What a race!
This sounds like a minstrel Joke,
but it isn't. Lew Dockstader dipped
Eddie Foy off on Gertrude F. as a
god thing at Toronto Foy locked
at tfc oddse, 10 "a | ant shook his
head Not for Willie" he said. Lew
can sprng his jokes on the red necks,
but it's me that's the wise boy" Ger
trude F. romped in ahead of the
field, and Dockstader cleaned up
$4,000, but Foy is silent now.
Harlem Jockey club races begin
four and one-half weeks Races at
New Orlenas begin November 80.
Napoleon Laioie picks the athlet-
les to win from the Giants.
Knox college is rapidly getting its
eleven into fighting trim for the sea-
son. Right tackle Lampke has brok-
en- his right wrist, and Capt. Hiding
has torn loose the ligaments of his
right shoulder.
The following claims TO pugilistic
titles are all targets for brickbats
from the dissenters: Heavyweight,
Marvin Hart; light heavyweight,
Robt. Fitzsimmons; welterweight,
Joe Cans; featherweight, Abe Attell;
bantam, frankie Neil.
St. Louis American league club
owners are becoming ambitious
farmers, if signs indicate anything.
They have secured Minneapolis in
the American association, and in
stalled Dick Padden as player-mana-
ger. Now they are reaching out for
Kansas City in the same association.
If their plans 20 through they will be
able TO control about 60 ball players.
Yale hopes of landing Thompson,
the mighty Exeter guard, have turn
ed to dead sea fruit. Cornell must
have hid high.
The woe of Chicago followers of
the racing game 5 summarized by
Windy city w:!Ger as follows:
Tell me, If yCU'll ever bulge?
Tell me, If there's a chance to race?
If ever again we'll suit the Judge?
Gee! But this is a lonesome
place.
Harry Tenny. who knocked out
Monte Attell, brother of Abe, at Gold
field, is to meet frankie Neil in San
Francisco, September 20, for the Am
erican bantanweight championship.
Philadeiphia's crack featherweight,
Young Erne, Is to meet young Cor
bett at Chelsea, Mass, on September
%, in a 15round bout. They have
have met twice before. The first
meeting was all Corbett, but the sec
Ond all Erne.
Billy Nolan, who did so much talk
Ing ahGr graft before the California
leCis.a'"'e - C,uhrtt'Nu witG an
anti-prize fight measure, has been
summoned to testify before a grand
jury. Western sports fear a kibOsh
may be put on the fighting game in
the Golden state.
"Duach Lavine, Of last years Yale
foot ball squad. has reWrei % New
Haven. He is hclgier that s'er al
bis return helps Els chances for a
strong eleven.
The American Association base
ball pennant will be awarded at Chi
cago next Thursday.
There's q reunion Of dusky boxers
in t1e inviting shades of oblivion.
Joe Cans has joined George Dixon in
the has-been retreat They all look
alike TO old man. Time.
What's the matter with McGinnity?
New York would like to know. The
iron man looks more like an easy
mark Of late than the invinciple
pitcher of old Too frequent use of
the spit ball is one of the causes
given for his decline.
Terry McGovern has begun train
ing for his meeting with Tommy
Murphy early i'm October
After being out Of the ring for six
months on account of a broken wrist,
Benny langer has been matched for
a l5-round go with Tommy MOwatt
at l2O pounds, before the Kalamazoo
Athletic club
Susie n. broke the record for g.
year-Old trOtters at Columbus by
reeling Of two mile heats in 2:1O and
2:o9i2, which was within half a sec
Ond of the worlds record.
WoMAN's EXCHANGE.