Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-02
SPORTlNG...
...BREkITfES

The foot ball season is practically
over. with the exception of a few ran
rahs from Chicago and Michigan.
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Joe Cassidy, the Washington. ID. C.,
base ball player who has been mys-
~teriously missing for months, has
been discovered. He Is attending an
eastern business college, trying to tit
himself for something higher than a
diamond career.
The Tennessee a%nti-betting law goes
into effect, on Dececemb l, but II will
not be permitted to become operative
by the horsemN without a struggle.
Already plans are being mad to test
the law in the highest courts. A one
day race meet will be held to get a
test case.
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Amos Rusie, who frittered away the
rich gift nature bestowed upon him,
is trying to win back the cunning OF
mis- arm that made him one of the
great pitchers of the age. If he can
get in shape he will pitch in the
Three Eye League next season. Rusie
is 3S years old, has saved none of the
money he earned on the diamond, and
has become only a memory in the
minds of the fans.
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The fighting game is having its
troubles with the minions OF the law,
but the racing business is a close
second. Missouri, Tennessee anu
other states have passed stringent
anti-racing laws, and now California
may follow suit, which latter event
would result in closing Ascot Park at
Los Angeles and be a most severe
blow to the game. The turf wal in
New Orleans may result in shutting
the ponies out of the Creole state.
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A new feature in fighting developed
in Philadelphia the other night, when
two mixed ale scrappers met in a lin
tied round contest. In the second
round one of the men palpably fouled
the other by a terrific blow in the
groin. The fouled man sank uncon-
scious to the floor. His friends were
so incensed over the foul they had the
man who struck it arrested for as
sault and battery before he could
leave the ringside.
The Chicago National League club
has discovered a new source of work.
Manager Lnance mas discovered a
Hawaiian base ball player on the
coast who is well qualified to pass
muster in major league company, but
as the man is black enough to be mis-
taken for a negro he hesitates about
signing him, knowing that the race
prejudice would work to the detriment
of the game. The mans name is Kaul-
as. His ancestors came from China,
and married Hawaiian women, with
h result that Kaulas sometimes Is
puzzled to know whether he is Mongol
or Caucasian. He is, an outielder and
has the speed of a deer.
AS a hush fell over the great audi
ence, Mr.. Jettries advanced to the
front of the stage. Placing his right
hand over his heart, he began: "Me
friends. the story that | will re-enter
the ring Is a bum steer. | have cut
out the game for good, and that goes.
Neither Jimmy Coffroth or anyone
else can drag me into the ring again.
| also beside to state that | am not
going to start a get-happy joint in
Los Angeles. mere are too many
booze mills now. | shall continue my
present mode of living down on the
farm" Then the former champion
backed out of the spotlight and dis
appeared in the wings or the stage.
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The reason the sporting world is
making such a fuss over Britt and
Nelson Is because there is practically
nobody in the heavyweight class
worthy of serious attention. 1t is
pretty hard TO rouse the enthusiasm
OF the followers OF the game over
the bantamweights, the lightweights
and the welters when there is bigger
game astir. Nelson and Britt stepped
into the limelight at a time when the
stage was practically deserted of real
fighters. They fought a terrific fight,
but it was a battle of black and tan
Had they been followed shortly by a
pair of bulldogs, their meeting would
have passed into the records as an
interesting affair, but the big fellows
would be holding the center of the
stage right now.