The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-12-02
BURNS MOIR FIGHT TO-NIGHT American and English Cham pions to Clash for Twenty
 Rounds in London. .$5,000 IN PRIZE MONEY Six Day Bicycle Race to Start
 in New York Sunday Night.
$5,Ooo IN PRIZE MONEY

The close of the football season on Saturday with the Army-Navy game leaves the field of amateur sports quite barren of immediate events of interest. Attention during the week, will there 4 fore center on professional sports, among which will be the prize fight in lLondon on Monday night between \ Burns and Moir, the balk-line billiard # #match at Chicago and the beginnins off the annual six-day bicycle race next Sunday night at Madison Square Gar I den, New York.
 For Heavy Weight Championship.
 No international sporting event for ]. heavy weight championship of recent * months has attracted so much atten- ion as the twenty round fight for the worlds heavy weight championship, on Monday night in the ring of the fam bus National Sporting club, London. The contestants will be Tommy Burns he American Australian champion, Ind Gunner Moir, champion of Eng and. Strict Marquis of Queenshury s rules will govern the contest, and tlve ounce gloves will be used Besides the Ritle of champion, $5,O0O in prize money ' has been hung up and there will be a ide bet of considerable size Against # sll precedent and in compliance with I< Burns request, a sportsman not con- X iected with the club hss been chosen eferee, Burns is four to five favor te over Moir Both men are known as ushing fighters, game and strong. Ioir has been in the ring several years nd has won all of his fights with com arative ease. Burns rink achieve hents are still fresh in the public hind
 Six Day Bicycle Race.
 Shortly after midnight next Sunday light in Madison Square Garden, New IEork the six day bicyclfsts will start ln their annual grind. The advance uard of the foreign contestants is al- eady here and Is training for the Event. Among the foreigners are Jac- uelin, Breton and the Georget broth Is of France; stol, the Hollander and utt, the German. Ar the American Avorites will compete again this year. here will be preliminary races next aturday night with long and short stance events between the best riders
 the country and the foreigners.
 Schaefer to Defend Title.
 An Interesting balk-line billiard con & kst will be held on Monday night al hicago Jake schaefer will defend hi' 4 tle to the 1S,1 inch championship 4 gatnst George Sutton.
 Local basketball players are endeav ring to form a professional circuit tC 4 Aclude six or eight cities in the metro blitan district, New England and New
 ork state. A meeting will be held bre Monday to give impetus to the
 ovement. It is proposed to operate hder a set of bylaws and a con-
 tuition similar to that governing the rofessional basketball leagues. The Nomoters have interested basketball ayers in Fall River, Providence,
 henectady, Gloversville, Buffalo and her cities.
 Breach to be Bridged.
 While nothing tangible has yet come om the application of the 1nterna- bnal Skating union to the Amateur TT thletic union to take over it's own : fairs, President slayback, of the hstern Skating association, a branch
 the International organization, says
 ere is every prospect that the breach a tween the A. IA U. and the skaters
 Ill soon be bridged