The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-22

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athletic relations With Chicago /,
preached. Chicago must ask us t.
play" say the Wolverines.
A plan has been proposed for the
/ organization of the entire west anG
northwest for college sports along the
lines Of the "big nine" that centers
about Chicago.
Honey" Melody, the new welter-
weight champion. is to follow in the
footsteps of the rest of the champs
and go on the stage.
The mayor of Hamilton, O., says he
is a lover of boxing and will not in
terfere with any bouts scheduled for
his city.
Arthur H. Sedan, the Boston base
ball magnate who has retired after
thirty years connection with the Ma
tional league. has had on his payroll
such noted players as Mike Kelly
Charley Radbourne. John Clarkson.
Dickey Johnson. Billy Nash, Chick
Stahl, Fred Tenny. Jimmy Collins,
and the Big Four-Brouthers Rich
ardson. White and Bennett. Soden
was one of the leaders in the fight
against the brotherhood and was a
great help in downing the players
organization. But when the American
league entered Boston they riddled
the National team of it's best players
and Messrs. Soden and Conant's club
has been down and out affair ever
since. The coming season the base
ball world will watch with interest
the way in which Mr.. Dovey will han
die the team so long owned by the
Boston triumvirate.
The Chicago football team will have
chance to meet one of the big four
teams of the east next season, ac-
cording to Coach Stage.
The second annual boxing and
wrestling championships of the West
ern association, A. A. u, are to be
pulled of today and tomorrow under
the auspices of the Missouri Athletic
club of St. Louis.
A card of star bouts has been ar
ranged for the boxing show to be pull
ed off tonight under the auspices of
the Milwaukee Boxing club. The
wind-up is to be furnished by Clarence
English, the Omaha fighter, and Rud-
Olph UnhOlZ, the South African
champion.
Guy Ashley and Harry Lenny are
scheduled to box in private in New
York tonight.
Jack (Twin) Sullivan, of Boston, and
Jack Flynn, the Colorado fireman, are
matched for go tonight before the
Pacific Athletic club of Los Angeles.
The contest will be for twenty rounds,
John Schuknecht will head the Min
nesota foot ball team next fall as
captain.
Fwichell of the Hibbings, Mich. box
ing club has offered to back an un-
known welterweight to the sum of $3.50
against Curley Ulrick A purse of
$3.50 was also posted for the event
The offer has not been accepted yet.
Now that there is talk of a match
between Jeffries and Jack johnson.
fight fans are sitting up and taking
notice. The arrangements for the
match are about completed, and will
be for a $4,000 purse 1t is hoped
to pull the fight of in Goldfield, New.
where Cans and Nelson recently
fought. Next July is the month set
for the event.
The annual Northwestern Curling
association Bonspeil will be held ut
Duluth, commencing Jan. IA.
Nevada would seem to be the fight
ers' Mecca at the present time, and
any two pugilists of reputation
can go out there and get a bigger
purse to fight for than they can in
any other part of the country. There
Is really no place in the country where
Chey are hanging up guaranteed purs-
es outside of Nevada, and the further
fact that the law of the state legalizes
prize fighting is an advantage to both
the public and prize fighters them
selves that is not enjoyed in any other
state,
The big arena in which Joe Cans
and Battling Nelson fought for the
lightweight championship of the world
last Labor day at Goldfield, New, has
been torn down.
There has been much discussion of
probable break in the athletic rela-
tions between Harvard and Yale
While it IS hardly probably that there
Will be break, the consensus is that
Yale would be justified in telling the
Cambridge athletes to play by them.
selves hereafter. Harvard, so far al
football Is concerned and in some de-
gree at least in ether lines of sport
seems to have reached the conclusion
that what she wants she must have
regardless Of the rights of anybod,
else.
Editor Weight got his eye blacken
ed and became SO sensitive over in
quiries as to how it happened tina
he announced that he would give tn