The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-05-26
COMING EVENTS IN THE WORLD
OF SPORT.
Puailistic.

Thursday The battle will be pulled
off under the auspices of the Casino
| Athletic club. The scrappcrs will
meet at catch weights for 80 per cent
Of the gate receipts, rcserving the
privilege Of accepting guaranteed
purse Of $1,000. the latter proposition
remaining open until three minutes
before the call TO battle. while the
pu.se appears small compared with
the previous offerings Of the sage
brush promoters It is probably all the
contest is worth. Otto Floto. OF
Denver or George Siler, of Chicago.
will be the third man In the ring.
The heavyweight championship
battle between Bill squires-pro.
nounced Squeers-and Tommy Burns.
originally carded for next Thursday
by the Colma Athletic club. is now in
the not yet, but soon" class. The
contest has been postponed until
July 4, and there is room for consider.
able doubt II It will be staged then.
The presumable purpose Of the delay
is to allow the fight fans of the coast
TO forget the Burns O'Bricn Ootracc
run recently on McCarey's track at
Los Angeles. Meanwhile. there re.
mains the terrible doubt as to whetn.
er Squires-pronounced Squeers-can
really fight
Jimmy Dunn, of Newcastle. Penn
and Frank Carsey the fast little Chi.
cago featherweight. have been match.
ed for fifteen rounds at 1870 pounds
by the Dayton Athletic club. Of Day.
ton, o., the bout To be pulled off next
Thursday night. Carsey has shown
himself to be the best man Of his
class in the middle west, while Dunn
has made a good record before east.
ern clubs.
Joe Bowker. the little English
champion and Jim Driscoll. the Lon.
don fcatherweight, will 90 twenty
rounds before the National Sporting
club Of London. Monday night II
Bowker is victorious he will probably
come to America and attempt To ar.
range match with Abe Attell, 10
take place at Los Angeles.
Tommy Pendergast, the Michigan
lightweight, will hook up with Young
Donahue. a promising Colorado fight.
or. in twenty round battle at Pueblo
Monday night. This will be Pender.
CASTS first western appearance, most
of his battles having been fought in
the central states. His only defeat
was administered by Harry Lewis.
who smashed Tommy's jawbone after
having himself been sent to the floor
for the count of seven.
Racing.
The second session of the season
at Belmont Park under the auspices
of the Westchester Racing associa.
tion. will begin Monday and last to
Wednesday, June ..
Entries for the running stakes in
the twenty-five day racing meet at
Overland park, Denver, close next
Saturday.
Tennis.
The Gulf States championship
tournament opens in New Orleans
Monday. The Central Jersey cham
on the same date. Other events
scheduled by the United States Ma
tional Lawn Tennis association are
the meets of the New England Inter
collegiate at West Newton, Mass,
Thursday
The English district lawn tennis
tournament openi. < at Leicester
Thursday has been entered by Miss
May G. Sutton, the American woman
champion.
Horse Shows.
The sixteenth annual exhibition of
the Philadelphia Horse Show asso-
citation will be held during the com
ing week, opening Monday. The prize
list Offered aggregates $4,000.
The annual show at Bayside, \. Y,
under the auspices OF the American
Horse Show association, "Opens Satur
day.
Shooting.
The thirticth annual Iowa state
shoot will be held in Des Moines
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
The second annual tournament oi
the Michigan Gun Club will take place
at lion River Thursday.
Boat Races.
The eight-oared race between crews
OF Syracuse and Wisconsin universe