The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-02-09
SPORTING DOPE CARD
FOR THE COMING WEEK.

Billy Melody, the BOstOnese boy
who rejoices in the s~acharrine title
of Honey" will defend his claim to
the welterweight championship in a
fifteen round bout before the Valley
Falls. R. l., Athletic Club, with Will
lie Lewis of New York as the prospec-
tive victim. The weight is to be LAP
pounds at 3 o'clock. Melody is re-
ported to be in good condition and
looks to be an easy winner Lewis
has no been before the public recent
ly. his last important engagement hav
ing bee a New York bout with Joe
Cans, which was evidently a prear-
ranged affair as far as the Senegam-
bian was concerned.
The second annual bowling tourna-
ment for the championship of the
Southwest will open in Kansas City.
under the auspices of the Missouri
State Bowling Association, and will
continue through the wee About
forty teams of five men each. repre-
senting the principal cities of Miss
ouri. Kansas and Oklahoma, will take
part in the tourney, and prizes to the
amount of about 81, 900 will be award
ed.
The Southern championship roller
skating tournament will open at Mem
phis and all the leading Kinks of the
South will be represented by their
crack skaters. The winners of the
various events of the series will meet
the northern craks next month.
One of the biggest skating tourna-
ments ever pulled off in this country
will begin il St. Louis and will last
three weeks. The first week will be
devoted to one mile races, the second
to two mile races and the third week
to three mile races.
The sixth annuaI motor car show
of the Tri-State Automobile and sports
mems association will pen in the
Light Guard armory at Detroit n
will last six days.
TUESDAY,
The annual bench show of the West
minister Kennel Club, the greatest ev-
elt of the year for dog lovers, will
open in Madison Square Garden. New
York. Nearly 600 classes have been
arranged, including every breed of ca
nine whose existence is recognized by
the American Kennel Club. and the
premiums to be awarded will aggre-
gate about $4,000 in cash as we'll as
more han $25. 900 offered il cups and
other prizes. All of the numerous spe
cialty clubs of the country will take
part in the show, which the promoters
declare will be without exception the
greatest and most complete exhibition
of dogs ever held in this country.
Jack Twin" Sullivan of Cambridge
and Fighting Jimmy Flynn of Pueb
10 will fight twenty rounds before the
Los Angeles Athletic club and it is
expected that the battle will practic-
ally decide the light heavyweight caam
p%ionship. These men met in Los An
geleS on January 4, and the bout was
declared to be the closest ever witness
sed in the City of Angeles. Flynn
was given the decision mainly because
of Twins foul tactics. but many of the
spectators declared that Sullivan was
at least entitled to a draw. The bout
will be at catchweights, which will
give Flynn at least fifteen pounds the
better of the weight.
Steve Kenny and Parky Mcfarland
will fight fifteen rounds before the Tri
City Athletic club at Davenport The
weight will be 1913 pounds at 6 O'Clock
The dope favors Kenley and it is
likely that he will have all the better
of tine argument.
Rube Spencer and Kid Sullivan will
engage in a ten round bout at Denver
Both boys are well known in the West
as clever boxer and the bout should
be exceedingly fast.
The United States Skating cham
piolship will be decided at Lake We
ona N. ].
WEDNESDAY,
The annual St. Valentines golf tour
nament will open on the Pinehurst.
n. C., links and will last four days.
The tourney is the third of its kline to
be held at h popular winter resort
and will likely attract large numbers
of golf enthusiasts.
THURSDAY
A twe1ty-one cock main will be
fought in Dallas between the birds
of Griffin & Macklin of that city and
w L. Miller of Mississippi. Miller
will fight twenty-one Mississippi saw
yers against his opponents twenty
one Gin Greys. h battle is to def
nitely decide the merits of these two
strains of fighting poultry. The
stakes are $3.50 to each fight and S.
600 on the odd. Sportsmel interested
ii cock fighting are expected to gath
er in Dallas from all parts of this
country and Mexico to witness the
big battle, which will last three days.
Otto Jordan, the second sackman
of he Atlantic Southern League team
Is scheduled to become a benedict,
Mrs Alice Lilly Roberts of Atlanta be
ing the party of h second part Jor-
dan was formerly a Brooklyn National
Lacquer and last season was captain
of the Atlanta team. AS a guardian
of the second bag he has few equals
in the country.
FRIDAY
Baseball practice will begin at
Harvard, the university athletic COM
mittee having forbidden any practice
prior to this date. In past years base
ball candidates have began to Timber
up for the season Immediately after
the holidays. but the committee de-
cided that this early practice does
not benefit the men. while it causes
them to neglect their studies. wild
Bill" Donovan of h Detroit Club will
coach the pitchers until the opening
of the American league season. He
succeeds Jack Chesbro.
h University of Nebraska basket
ball team will begin its tour of the
middle West, opening a series of two
m with the university of Mime