The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
SPORTING CAME
 DRY IN CHICAGO Bowling is Now the Most Stir
 ring Amusement ALL BOXING IS STOPPED Baseball Gossip for the Coming Sea- son-Racng Men Have Some
 Surprises to Spring on
 Turf Lovers.
ALL BOXING IS STOPPED
BY HOMER GEORGE.

BY HOMER GEORGE.
 Chicago. December 9O.-(Special)-The coming of January will find the life of the lover of the sporting game dry and uninteresting in Chicago, for the sporting game is all up here. The fiercest and most stirring possible form of amuse- ment allowed in this big metropolis is bowling All else is tabooed, the latest ruling being the barring of boxing before private clubs of amateurs And the end is not in sight.
 Woe and more woe is all that one may hear expressed In sporting circles as one goes about town. The professional fighter has not been allowed to do business here for many months, but recently the New Illinois Athletic club conceived the idea of giving an amateur tournament in which only simon pure amateurs might compete for diplomas. It took some time to get permission for this affair, but as the members were rich and prominent permission was finally had, prizes being barred, however.
 Following the initial three-day tourney club formerly in the professional game tried to do business. But its meet was prohibited This left the Chicago Athletic association and Illinois club in the run ming and they continued to give bouts. But this week all of these were placed under the ban because friends of mem- bers of the Illinois club bought tickets from members at the tournament given this week. Now all boxing shows are prohibited and the fight fan must look to the bushes for any kind of bout.
 Racing has been barred all the year, and since Chief of Police Collins has been in control gambling has been cut off. along with the dance halls and places where sporting folk were wont to congre- gate, dance and drink to one another s health. Now checkers, chess and bowl ing are the only games permissible. Al that if one cares to put down bet on a horse he may be accommodated-or she may. as for that matter-for handbooks for both sex are operated in the shade of almost any kind of covering.
 Chicago, However, Is Not Dead.
 All of this does not exactly mean that Chicago Is dead Far from 1t. Quite a lively interest Is expressed in all matters of sporting character. Real live and ae- tive professional prize fighters are still allowed to sleep and eat here, and hay ing this privilege, they necessarily pull off lots of conversation. The latest to excite them Is the news that Kid Her man, Chicago product is to fight both Young Corbett and Jimmy Britt during the next two months on the coast.
 Kid Herman is under the care of Nate Lewis, who has developed several good fighters and Nate tells me he Is going to make this boy whip both the former featherweght kings Herman's last fight was a victory over Eddie Hanlon at Los
 NI.t. lr Ia faTan p number of minor fighters hereabouts, in- cluding that promising young Milwaukee boy, Jack OLeary, who Is under the management of Teddy Murphy. who brought to light Battling Nelson. the wonder Herman used to fight around Hot Springs and Little Rock and is a mighty little fellow. All the fans in these parts look upon him as conqueror of all the boys of his class except Nelson.
 The recent tournament of the Illinois Athletic club demonstrated that in Fred Gilmore Chicago has one of the greatest amateur lightweight fighters in the country. He Is q son of Harry Gilmore the former lightweight champion. and is one of the fastest and most scientific boxers ever seen in action here. He wof the tournament prize at Toronto las' of the amateurs. He will contest 1T 
 Baseball Gossip Is Heard.
 While it Is yet a long time before base ball seasons will open followers Of tho national game here are looking forward to the winning of two pennants next sea son. Charley Murphy, who has the Ma tional league team and who has beer making wonderful trades of late, is sure his aggregation will get the flag from McGraw's New York Giants and Drey fuss Pittsburg Pirates. His recent trade of four players for Jimmy Sheckard has melted much adverse criticism, but h' and Manager Chance are certain he VII come out all right when the season is well under way. The Cubs finished thiro last season, and this year, with theii young. successful pitchers more expe- rienced, the fans do not see how they can lose-especially as McGraw's pitching force is not likely to be as strong as last year.
 Out on the Southside the fans who al ways stick to Comiskey and the White Sox of the American league are certain they will get the flag next time. They talk of the wonderful work done by the team on it's last trip this year and the closeness of the decision In favor ol Philadelphia and they say they will beat that record all hollow when they gel started this time.
 Harding Has Some Surprises.
 w. J. Harding, known to the racing world of the south and west, at least as John Bright, the young trainer who as tonished eastern racing folk with hi colt Klingsor this past summer spent the week in Chicago visiting friends John is wintering his string of thorough breds at Memphis. and he expects to oper the season next spring with a stable that will furnish some more surprises. This colt Klingsor is sure to be entered in all the big 3-year-old stakes and John ex pects to win more than his share oi them.
 In addition to this colt Harding has sev' eral other good horses and several prom ising yearlings that promise to turn out grand 2-year-olds. He returns to Mem nhis with the determination to get then in rare shape for spring racing and tc gather in many purses.