The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-29
SPORTING TALK OF INTEREST.
JEFFRIES DECIDES TO MAKE
NEVADA CLUES BID HIGH.
Appoints BHIy Delaney HTS Manager aud
says He Is Pledged 20 Nobody --lshyOine
People Hot After Suulres-Frank seicc
Entitled TO Credit for Cubs success.

More worriment for the Nevada fight pro-
motqrs who are trying % make a match
between James j. JsfIries and Bill Squires oil
Australia developed yesterday. In sDlte OF
a telegram purportinE - have been signed
Nv Jeflries and held by the Rhyoiite people
% Ine effect TINT the champion had accepted
=. oncr OF "A $50. 900 purse. Jef declared yester-
day that he had not agreed upon terms with
any body az yet and that he intended TO leave
the whole matter to hia old manager. Billy
Delaney. In other words Jcnries evidently
believes that he can compel the various
Nevada mining camps TO hhd against one
another for the proposed mill and that IN the
course of time one of them Viii show a Wiling
meas T. hang up a $50. 600 purse. In short,
the boilermaker il out for the money. rs ne Is
SAID 10 be rather short of ready cash because
Of heavy investments made in his Los Angeles
ranch. which means that he will take his own
time in signing articles.
Meanwhile the Rhyolite people, who believed
they had cinched the big fight. concluded
Yesterday u make sure OF Squires anyway
and rs a result they Cabled 10 the Australian
70 sail for this country on January IS, at the
aame time notifying him that all OF his ex-
penes would be paid. II Squires agrees 10
sail on these terms the Rhyolite people VIA
have an ace in the hole which Jenries cannot
very well beat unless Squires joins hands with
him in an effort to effect a shakedown OF
rival pr5moters. Jefiries in defending his
y
nos ton says that when he was FIRST APP
preached with an Of er for "A return TO the ring
the purse named WAS $4,000. but that when
he consented u talk business with the hhyolite
promoters as - a battle with Squires they
promptly informed him that they could not
affori u hang up more than S3J.OOO.
In view OF the present craze for prlzehghts
In Nevada Jenries says he believes some oil
the other promoters should have a chanee 10
hid for the fight with the overrated anti
podean and that is why he is not In a hurry
10 sign. IL il said that JEFF has received a
ouiet tip from Tex Richard to lay low untl
the latter can reach Squires. In which event
Goldheld will outbid Rhyollte for the match.
In San Francisco the fight trust managers
say they would not Ofer 10000 Tor Jenrles
and Sduires in fact, they would not care TO
bid for the one sided contest at all. In turning
his affairs over to Delaney the champion
evidently believes that he can secure better
results. as Delaney il a shrewd business
proposition when il comes down to match
making and seldom receives the worst oil a
pugilistic bargain. Before some OF these
Nevada fight promoters get through with the
nghting game they are liable to turn gray.
with excellent chances for succumbing to an
attack OF nervous prostration. The fighters
are cognizant Of the fact that there is plenty
of money in the mining camps and they
intend to get all in sight while the present
bitter rivalry continues.
Joe Cans has sent word to numerous friends
10 the East that he weighs now only 1885,
pounds and is as strong as he ever was. He
SAYS that he will have no trouble at all in
making the lightweight limit on New Years
Day and that. barring accidents. he will beat
Kid Herman TO a certainty. Cans declares
that he expects to take part in a rough fight
but that he is in shape TO go as far IA
he did with Nelson. but feels confident or
ending the battle in a much shorter time.
In Tonopah yesterday the hackers OF Her
man were demanding 3 to l for their money
but could find few who would consent to such
n proposition, As the time for the battle
draws near Gans's real condition is becoming
known. with the result that many persons
who thought that Herman had a chance are
beginning TO suffer from cold feet. By the
time the men enter the ring, II Is believed that
Cans will be a topheavy favorite. with COM
paratively little Herman money in evidence.
The arena in which the men will struggle for
the lightweight championship was completed
Yesterday. II will seat more than 10000
persons and the managers say that there
WI be only standing room on the day Of the
mill.
Tommy Ryan will be compelled to wait
for some time before he can fight again.
Hugo Kelly, his prospective opponent in a
mill for the middlew eight championship.
has Just been matched to fight Joe Thomas OF
California for the title at Denver on January
n. Thomas until recently was q welter-
weight, but he has grown so rapidly that he
cannot get under IS pounds. II Kelly de-
feats him Ryan will then 60 after the former
In earnest.
While Frank Chance. the captain Of the
Chicago Cubs, is entitled to much credit for
developing a National League pennant win
ner last season. q great deal Of the credit
belongs really to Frank @. Selee. the former
Boston manager. who was compelled to leave
the Chicago team two years ago because OF
III health. When Selee left Boston for Chicago
the Cubs were so inferior that interest In the
National League games in Chicago was at q
low ebb. Selee. one OF the best judges OF
young players that ever sat on q bench. pro-
ceeded to build up the Chicago Nationals by
degrees. He dug up such players as Evers.
Tinker. King, Lundgren. Slagle. Reulbach and
others. at the same time developing Chance
4 When he resigned the Chicago management
the Cubs had grown to be a pretty fast bal
team and were factors in the race OF 1904.
Then Chance took hold and developed the
qualities which Selee had discovered In the
rough, and with the addition OF Sheckard,
steinfeldt. Schultz, overall and Moran he
succeeded in winning the pennant. an achieve
ment that had made Selee famous in Boston
for a number OF years. Selee has been In
Denver ever since. mana ging the Western
League ball team in that city. He IL in fairly
good health. but he says he can never hope
to manage an Eastern team again. IL was
sclee who discovered and developed such
noted players as Kid Nichols. Bobby Lowe.
Jimmy Collins, Chick Stahl. Herman Long
and others Who helped to bring championship
to the Hub.
The close relations between Barney Drey-
fuss Of Pittsburg and George B. Dewey. the
new owner Of the Boston Nationals, are
creating much talk. In addition to h ndins
over Second Baseman Ritchey and Pitcher
Flaherty to Boston in return for Abbaticchio,
preyfuss will probably send Centre Fielder
Beaumont and other smoky City players to
She Hub. Dewey, who was said to be ready
30 spend big money for new players. has
apparently relied solely upon Dreyfuss to
help him out. Boston fans we're delighted
when the Nationals changed ownership. but
p they are wondering tust now whether Dewey
or Dreyfuss is the man at the helm.
The Philadelphia Nationals have appaT-
entity secu red an excellent young player in