Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-11-21
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A story comes from New York to
the effect that Pennsylvania has open
ed negotiations with Michigan for a
game between these two colleges next
season. At Philadelphia they are say
ing that Harvard would have severed
athletic relations with the red and
blue had the crimson team won two
weeks age. Naturally, the Pennsyl-
vanians are sore, and now that they
have triumphed over their rivals they
argue that they should take the initia-
tive in breaking with Harvard. If
Michigan plays Pennsylvania next
year the game will take place on the
Franklin Field.
Fitzsimmons will train at San Jose
for his coming fight with "Philadel-
phia Jack" O'Brien. He says he wants
to get as far away from the madding
crowd as possible, and that he expects
TO spring a surprise on the fellows
who are Gliding him for crawling over
the graveyard fence. 1--WE been all
my life surprising people" says f1tz.
Remember how | surprised Corbett?
Well, wait till you see me in the ring
with O'Brien."
Mike Donlin has been asked to
coach the West Point cadets base ball
season next spring and will probably
accept. The big Giant is very popular
with the embryo soldiers and McGraw
has promised to let him go If he can
be spared in the early spring.
Eastern writer's say st. Paul, in the
American Association, is to be run
as a farm for the st. Louis Browns
and poin, out that already Frisk and
Van Zant have been turned over to
Padden, with other surplus players to
follow.
Willie Lewis has been engaged by
Coffroth to go to the coast 20 meet the
winner of the 20-round bout between
Jimmy Gardner and Mike Sullivan.
which is to be pulled off in Frisco
on Nov. "a.
President Pulliam says he is not
worrying about the National League
staff Of umpires for 1906. II can have
every man on the staff again, next
season, if | want him. says Pulliam.
Tod Sloan is to break into vaude-
vile. He will make his initial ap-
pearance at Hammerstein's, in New
York, on December 18th. in a mono
lOgue based on incidents in his racing
career in different parts of the world.
Billy Roche has already cleared
$4,000 from the Brltt-Nelson fight
pictures, and he has only narrowed
the field. He expects to more than
treble that amount before the present
show season ends. 1t is said Nelson
sold his interests in the pictures for
$500.
The Kentucky University foot ball
team is complaining of its treatment
at the hands of the University OF
Texas students who stoned them from
the field after their game last Satur,
day.
Since the decision of a New York
magistrate that three round boxing
bouts are legal, athletic clubs are
springing up like mushrooms in Goth
am. Already ten clubs have been or
ganized and several more will be
started A good winters spor
is anticipated in the metropolis by
the fight fans.
The biggest single shipment o
horses made so far this fall from
New York went out the other day
bound for the winter tracks at New
Orleans. The train was made up o
seventeen cars loaded with rae
horses and two sleeping cars for tn
owners and trainers. A small army G
attendants went with the 200 horse
that filled the cars.
Jockey Fred Taral, who Is in Me-
York. finished the racing season 1
Austria and Hungary at the head c
the list OF winning riders, with sever
tytwo successful mounts. Until tn
last day of the Austria racing yea
Taral and Harry Lewis. another An
erican rider were tied for the Leaf
but on the last day Taral had tw
winners, and beat Lewis by that nun
Der. Taral will return TO Austria !
the spring, under contracts he ha
made with Utehirtz and Andor d
Phinzy, wealthy Hungarian turfmer
Farmer Burns sends out this cha
lenge from Big Rock, Ia: Il hay
been in the wrestling game a Ion
time, and / am here still, ready an
willing TO meet any man in the bus
ness"