The evening world., 1906-04-30
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T1XcUSEs ~ -. kinds are still be-
ing made for '.he poor showing OF
Rsscbtn Ia the Excelsior Handi-
cap. Seldom 10 Il tha. 30 many good
judges 70 array IN the Judgment Of
the geldinR's capabilities as was the
case sStlrdgy Among trainers, own
ers and ranbirds the opinion was gen
eral that the race was only a romp for
Roseoen. Few thought ne would stop
at elk hrlongs. II would be just the
opposite, they figured. The ron o, Ben
strome would stmpiy race the rest
dizzy and would Ie 20 far ahead at
seven furlongs that ne could affori to
slow up and stili never be HEADED.
How wrong these experts were is told
in the story OF the race. Roseben sim
ply couldn't stay. And II was asking
too much OF him TO expect IL Hand!-
cappers and tipsiers let their snihusi-
asm run away with their usually sound
figures and Judgment with the Carter
Handicap fresh in their minds. and the
public FELL in line easily.
But for oil this. Roseoen's reputation
shouldn't suffer. He is s,il game
sprln.er and weight carrier. probably
the bes, seen In years. At HE distanA,e
and with his package" up he may niiil
oe played with confidence in any COM
pAny.
~HE race run by Eugenia Burch In
tho Excelsior is worthy OF COM
L ment Those who didn't see Il
may ge. some idea from the chart
how she got on badly. ran all around
the ield aud finally got third money.
And at at least 10 TO to show against
her. Considering Eugenla Burch's form
90 a two-year-oid. It is hard TO imagine
that su,h odds should be quoted against
her a, any time while she was half
way A.. She was the champion nlly
OF her year. the class as they say Few
OF the best colts could beat her. Isat
IL possible therefore that she should
retain enough OF that Glass" TO be
worth bet even In the company OF
the Excelsior Handicap
~EVERAL 'wen-informed" conte-.l-
poraries. IN referring to Martin
- sheridan and his wonderful per-
iormances at the Olympic games In
Athens. tell readers the age OF Mar
tin, etc, his various records on track
and field. and then wind uo with the
Information that the great athlete is an
employee OF the Park Department.
As matter OF fact. Sheridan Is
New York policeman. and has not
been employed in the Park Depart
ment in four months. Only recently
The Evening World told how sheri.
dan. while in uniform. saved the lives
M several children by stopping run
away in the Bronx, and oil more
recently The Evening World printed
the story OF how Sheridan was com
PEELED TO resign from the force to 20
10 Athens, because there was no
police rule by which he might be al
lowed u remain away Ga leave q aS-
sence for more than two weeks. Com
missioner Bingham. howeves SO the
same cory told. promised the big ath-
lvte reinstatement on his return.
These facts are mentioned simply to
assure readers OF The Evening World
tnat they got the news and the tru n.
TID mccoy and Bab Fitzslmmons
n are being framed up for
three-round bout in New York.
F.ne for the come ons The resur-
rec,lonis; behind this might 70 back
a hb and have carnival something
like this: KID Mcfarland VS. Jack
Everhardt, George Dixon rs. Jack
Shelly. Young Gtino VS.. Wilmington
Jack" DAILY. Jimmy Barry VS., Jack
Madden. and 50 on dawn the old line
New York will stand for anything. 1t
seems
Fi,z, however. IS still the goods. be-
cause he has stuck TO his trade. but
Mccoy has been ou. Of the game too
long. and has followed ton many pur-
suits. TO maze this iAte-day I'D tos
puEllistic homage We prefer TO think
OF the Kid as a diamond broker.
~ NE more boxing club. the Metro
polltan a. c.. at Lion Palnce.
~ has fallen by the wayside. The
promoters say shcy couldn't stasid the
expense It's a p!,y q, clu5 like the
Metropolitan couldn't live through the
storm. 1t was the scene o. many a
good go long before other organiza-
tons OF the mushroom var.e v sprang
w all over and its shows were al
ways well conducted.
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