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LANDS HARD TEN
ROUND MILL FROM KELLY

changed his tactics. He had found
that he could not cope with Papke at
close-quarter fighting. He tried TO
stand at long range and pick a spot
to send in a punch that might win him
the fight. But in this he was foiled,
for Billy kept right on top of him all
the time, and there was no picking and
chopping possible for Kelly.
AS the rounds rolled along Hugo was
growing weaker, though the terrific
pace did not seem to affect Papke at
all. In his corner, between>the eighth
and ninth rounds, Papke exclaimed to
his seconds:
I'm going to put hin out this time"
And the way he started the ninth
'oolked as if he would accomplish his
purpose. He tore at Kelly like a wild
man and whaled away with both hands.
Kelly stood and tried to swap punches
with him. but was soon forced to cline
and hang on. Papke tried his best;
but he was too wild to land the neces-
sary punch.
The tenth was much the same. Hugo
tried his best to sneak one over that
would end the business. but the Spring
Valley boy kept him working all the
time, and Hugo was glad when the
bell rang.
Papke all through seemed to have
little fear of Kelly. After almost every
round he turned and laughed at the
Italian as the latter went to his cor
ner. During the contest he kept up "A
running fire of arcasm Once, il the
sixth round, Billy swung a vicious
right On Hugo's Kidneys. The blow
landed with a thud and when his glove
was taken away there was an angry
looking welt on Kelly's side.
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PRINCETON NINE LINES UP
FOR FIRST TIME THIS SEASON

PRINCETON, March 17.-For the
FIRST time this year the Tiger baseball
squad lined up for a short ffve-innlng
game under the direction of Coach
h4oier. The varsity was lined up as IL
in AL probability Kill enter the first
game OF the season with New York
University next week.
G. M. Hamill held down the initial
bag, Eddie Dillon managed second and
c. f. Pitman. captain of the freshman
team last year, filled the place left va
can't by Newcomb In centre field.
Drewes and Clark took turns In tine
box forFtMo innings apiece, and Hey
Iingcr, tho big Tiger twirler. was only
allowed to handle the sphere for one
period. His right arm is limbered up
in fine style. however, and he placed
some puzzling curves over the plate
that the second team batters were un-
able to find at all.
Drewes. the southpaw, is manipula-
tins the ball in a clever fashion these
days, too, and under the coaching of
Meier he is rapidly gaining control
over the leather that will make him a
close second TO Heynlger for pitching
honors,
Eawson. the sophomore. who distin-
guishel himself as substitute quarter
beck on last fall : eleven. managed the
receiving end OF the battery. and two
puttu ts OF second we're due to his
clsvsr throwing across the diamond.
Tee team All have a scrub game on
tho sfass diamond every afternoon as
long as the weather permits outdoor
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MILWAUKEE,, Wis, March H.
Billy Papke. of Spring Valley, ILL.,, was
a real thunderbolt last night and won
a terrific battle from Hugo Kelly, of
Chicago, after ten rounds of milling as
hard as two men could put up.
Billy's victory was by a clear margin,
though it was marreS by his persist
ence in using his head in clinches. He
was warned repeatedly by the referee,
but continued until he had Kelly's face
a mass of cuts from which the blood
was streaming throughout. Papke did
not get away unpublished, however, and
had Kelly not injured his right arm
early in the fray there might have
been another ending. Kelly claimed
that he injured his arm in the second
round and it was apparent to all about
the ringside that something was wrong,
for he did not use it throughout the
rest of the contest. An examination
after the contest showed that a small
bone was broken.
IL was a terrible battle, just such an
other one as these fellows put up some
weeks ago. The men did not fight a
pretty battle. There was no fancy
work, but it vas all grim battling at
close quarters in which neither man
gave nor asked quarter. Throughout
the greater part of the contest the men
stood shoulder to shoulder and slammed
away ~viciously.
At this infghting Papke was by far
the stronger, n i was here that he
did the damage With his head. He
would put his head into Kelly,s chin
and every time he dug towards Kelly's
intersection with his fists, the head
went up at the same time and KeUy's
face suffered.
Ihere was n Touchdown in the fight
and Papke scored it.. 1t came in the
first round. and when the men had
been fighting only about a minute. The
men had been dancing around and
swinging at each others head. Papke
suddenly dashed out with an overhead
right swing that caught Hugo on the
cheek. Hugo went down to his knees
but was up Immediately. That the
blow not only startled u hurt him
was plain to be seen, and he dove inta
a cunch. Had the punch landed JUS
a little bit lower the b~attle~would hay,
ended then n there.
Toward the end of the contest Kelly
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SAYS HE WON'T FIGHT ABE ATTELL

Joe Cans yesterday Grabbed the story
that he is going to fight Abe Attell at
Sam Berger's San Francisco club, by
declaring that the public would NOT
stand for a fight between him and the
little fellow.
"Why, you know there'd be nothing
to it, said the negro. THE public does
not want to see me in the ring with d
man of Attells size, and besides I don't
think 1t would pay either Of us for our
trouble.
i am open to meet all corners and
as soon as anyone comes along and
really deserves a match with me l will
be only too willing to take him on"
When asked if he would fight Battling
Nelson again, Cans said:
You want me to fight a live one, and
not a dead one, don't you?
why, man, Nelson is out Of the
question until he fights some one and
beats him and shows me that he really
should be given another chance with
me. Should 1 fight the Dane / would
have all to lose and nothing to gain"
In speaking of the fighters OF today,
he said that Mcfarland, Unhnlz and
Moran We're good men, but the~latter
Is out of the lightweight class.
The fight scheduled to take place
some time in April between Britt and
Mcfarland should be a good one,'' said
he. and | will challenge the winner"
mcfarland is a fast man and l would
like to see him win, as you know Britt
quit the last time l fought him.
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STRENUOUS PRACTISE FOR THE TIGERS
BY G. A. FOSTER.

ayers fault. He is up with the sun in
The morning and turns in with the play
ers at night. He directed the little
plays that the men had yesterday and
This morning, and seemed to be only
toe anxious himself to have the season
start.
Pardee cut loose a little too quickly
to suit Manager Stallings, who feared
that the veteran might injure his arm
by making too free. with the salary
wing. To Catcher McManus. who is
supposed to be the property of the
Montreal Club, Pardee flung up several
of his curves. McManus is himself in
excellent shape and needs very little
training. He SO impressed Manager
%Stallings with his excellent physical
condition that it would not he a sur
prise il the big fellow donned a mask
for the Tigers nex season.
Wilhelm looks mighty good to Stall
ings, as docs the big boy Mueller, who
appeared at a training camp yesterday
for the first time in his life. Wilhelm
has a peculiar ball up his sleeve that
he is going to spring on the bunch in
a few days or just as soon as he is al
lowed to speed them up a bit. From the
little line that could be obtained on
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vESPERS BARRED.

NEW YORK. March 1.-THE Ameri-
can Rowing Association Issued its
formal announcement of the plans for
the American Henley on May %. There
will be twelve races. all as usual at
one miie, $50 yards. straightaway. The
definition of the second races is made
particularly clear. ii being explained
that rating in other organizations does
not affect the right OF entry.
Note is made of the continued barring
OF the vesper Boat Club on o Of
the trouble over Abelrs membership in
the octuple ace last ear. The club
can enter no more races until it dis
avows the action of its racing commit
tee in this matter.
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PULLIAM GETTING BETTER.

NEW YORK, March Hilary
Pulliam, the president of the National
League' who is spending his time at
present at Professor Muldoon's physical
culture farm at White Plains, reports
that he is rapidly getting into shape for
a season of hard work when the base
ball teams come North. The bracing
ozone n the healthful advantages of
the Muldoon establishment have not
been wasted on Pulliam, for he now
looks in fit shape TO go out on the
diamond himself.
Only a few days ago Pulliain sart
down to the New York A. C. for his
gymnasium clothes. He stated at the
time that he expected 10 do some very
hard work while at White Plains N
order to prepare himself for the work of
the summer season. When Puilianl
went to White Plains, just after the
battle he fought with himself about the
blacklist peril. he vas in very poor
shape. He needed a rest badly and he
was pretty we'll worn down.
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OF.WORLDS
BEST FIGHTERS
WERE |R|SHMEN
John L.,Jack Dempsey and Terry
McG0yern Were Most Pop
uIar Pugilists.

OF all the champions the prize ring
ever knew. three Irishmen hold a warm
place in the reverential memories OF
the fight fans that present or coming
heroes, of the padded door can hardly
hope to gain. These three men are
John L. Sullivan, Jack Dempsey and
Terry McGovern.
Other men have been great, in some
cases ven greater. fighters. The af-
lection of the ring world doe not hold
them so warmly on that account 1t is
not because of the admiration for the
fighting Irish race. that has given more
real fighting men to the world than
any other people. From marshals of
the First Empire down to leaders of
flibustors and Irregular forces in
Latin American revolutions. wherever
there has been fighting there has been
an Irishman in the midst Of it. They.
have waged successful warfare for
every nation but their own.
But these three men were real fight
ers and honest fighters. Jeffries is
lIODdDly iiS GT6dlSSl HB0JlnR -mdcnilG
the world ever saw. but he is not ali
idol. He has to be dragged into the
ring. and for three years, in spite of
popular clamor, he has resolutely re-
fused to do battle with the one man
who many think might beat him. Old
John l.. fought any and all OF them
until a 1.-THE young man danced around |
him n tore him to pieces.
AS great u judge of fighting men as
Billy Delaney says that Jack Dempsey, |
who was Irish born, was the greatest !
tine ring ever produced
Dempsey was another who feared no.
body that could be brought against
him.
Little Terry McGovern beat George
Dixon, the greatest of feather weight
and beat everybody else in
the world within pounds of his weight. |
He was another who would fight any
man that cared for his game and could
come anywhere near making hisl
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CHANCE TO BE OPERATED ON.

NICKSBURG, Miss, March l7.-Frank
Chance, manager Of the Worlds Cham
pion Chicago Cubs. has decided to have
an operation performed on his foot. and
departed last night for Chicago for that
purpose.
Chances foot has been bothering him
for several days. but not enough to keep
him from the practise until yesterday.
During the game with the local club
he turned his foot, so that the bones OF
his toes pressed o n and bruised the
nerve in the sole of his foot. The injury
was sustained last fall, and it has been
troubling the leader of the Cubs all
winter, but he put off the operation,
hoping for recovery without the use Of
the knife.
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Wilhelm Will Spring a New Ball
on Bunch in a Few
Days.

him it is safe to say that Wilhelm will
be one OF the pitchers on the team next
season.
Mueller seems particularly anxious to
make good. Like all bush leaguers, he
wanted to burn things up around the
grass diamond here today. Manager
Stallings allowed him to use a few
curve balls in order to see what he
could do. Mueller satisfied Catcher
McManus that he'll develop into a rat
Ting fine finger. AL Pardee is another
of the veterans who likes Mueller's
pitching.
Jim Mullen received several throws
from McManus, and likes the way the
catcher hurts them down to the second
sack. "There won't be any of them
get away from that fellow this year.
said Mullen after the practise. "They
came down to me like a cannon ball.
think Mac must have been practising
up in Weidenmayer's Park
After the regular practise the men
were given a ten-mile. run
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SAYS HE'LL BEST
ROCHE IN FEW ROUNDS
Champion MOdeStly Declares He Does Not See
How His Opponent Has Chance to Last Six
Sessions -IriShman~ Is Not in Best of
Condition. Has Taken on Flesh.

hypocritical for me TO say that ] think
Roche has anything more than an acct
dental chance to beat me, and at that
1t is a very remote one.
from what 1 have heard Roche is a
strong, willing fighter. but he doesn't
Know anything about the game.
Whether he can stand a good, stiff
punch or not / will make it my bust
ness TO find out early in the first round.
OF course I mean to win, and win
quickly. but | do not intend to try to
finish Roche in one punch. That would
hardly be fair. for then it might be
said that he didn't AVE a chance to
show what he could do. Personally, I
do not believe that Roche is any better
than Bill Squires, and you know what
happened to him when l got him into
the ring.
After that fight some persons said
that Squires did not nave a chance to
show what he could do If given a
chance. That sounds funny. | gave
him all the chance that anybody would
want. And Roche will have the same
chance. ] will be right there in front
of him, and IL he can land a knockout
before I get ready to let loose a punch
4 wonder If it will be said I didn't have
a chance to show what l can do?
accident May Happen"
Il am not going to give a lecture on
what happened to Kid Mccoy and
James ]. Jeffries at certain stages in
their careers in the ring, but accidents
are always liable to happen, and tho
only way to prevent them is to go into
the ring prepared for them.
II hav& trained faithfully for the
fight today. and win have absolutely
no excuse to offer if what I regard as
the miraculous should happen ana
Roche should win. / do not believe
that Roche will fight on the offensive,
but then it might be that he will come
rushing in swinging both arms in an
endeavor to land the winning punch. II
he pursues those tactics I will bring him
up quickly with a jolt on the jaw that
will make him careful.
II hate to boast, but I cannot see
where Roche figures to last more than
about six rounds
Roche had little to say about the
coming fight. He did not seem to be
confident of defeating Burns, but ex-
pressed himself as feeling abundantly
able to give a good account of himself.
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StalIings Gives His Men Some
Hard Training Stunts on
First Day.

HADDoCKS, Ga, March 1.-THE
Tigers here are taking kindly to sheir
training stunt, and the boys got the
winter kinks out of their arms pretty
we'll for the first days training. To-
days work was rather strenuous, and
the squad found that Stallings de-
mands results for every bit of time
spent here.
Stallings treats his players like men
and not like children. He works hard
and is out with them early and stays
until the finish. Stallings himself is
quite an athlete and keeps in training
all year round, so that when the squad
bucklcd into the first days practise
they found that their manager had it
ON them and was much stronger at
the finish.
An old player himself S~tallings\ can
show his men a few stunts. If there's
ginger lacking in the Tigers next sea-
son it won't be their watchful man
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HOPPE BEATS scHAEFER AT lS.z.

NEW YORK. March 17.--Willie Hoppe
defeated Jake Schaefer last night in the
exhibition 1872 game in Gruhn's Billiard
Academy. Sixty-flfth street and Broad
way, by a score IF 800 to S06. The vet
n got the high run of the m~atch-1ls,
and miscued just when ii seemed as If
he were destined to make a phenomenal
stand. S~chaefer's youthful opponent
played a less spectacular. hut a steadier
game. The score:
Hoppe-1, 81, 2, ?, 20. p. "A. SO, "a, ,.
A, IS. 5. Total--i00, High runs. rs, a,
Ga. Average, 30 10-13.
Schaefer-eo. AZ. ?. 0, IS. lis, 10, 1. Is,
"a, $. lS. Total BOG. High runs, lis, g.,
4a. Average, IS s-l2.
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wAGNFR's sIo,OeO OFFER.

flTfsBURG. March 17.-Hans Wag
ner' who has retired from baseball fos
ms season, at least, received a letter
Yesterday from the Philadelphia Union
League Club containing an offer of
$4,000 to play with The team this sea-
son.
i VIII not consider the offer at ALL"
said Wagner. THE sum of $4,000 from
Ptttsburs looks better to me than that
of anyone else"
Wagner says IL he plays ball again it
VIII be as a member of the Pittsburg
Club.
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TRI-STATE LEAGUE BULLETIN.

ALTOONA, Pa. March 17.--President
Carpenter issued the following Tri-State
League bulletin yesterday:
Contracts Approved-With Johns
town. Frank Richards, Charles G. John
son.
Terms Accepted-With Trenton. Ben
Caffyn, William Miller and j. b. Hoey.
Released by Purchase-Cleveland "a
Trenton, Ben caffyn; Boston to Tren-
ton, J. 3. Hoey; Newark to Lancaster.
Fred Raymer.
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DUBLIN, March 17.-Tonmy Burns.
heavyweight champion of the world,
and Jem Roche, champion of ireland,
finished their training yesterday for
their scheduled twenty-round fight at
the Theatre Royal here tonight. The
men will battle for a purse of $500
and a side bet of $1,000. r. T. Watson
has been selected to referee the con-
test. The sporting public here is en-
thusiastic over the coming battle. for
already every seat in the house has
been sold, and arrangements are being
made to provide seats for several hun.
dred more persons.
Reports from Roche's training camp
say that the Irish champion is not in
the best of condition for q long. hard
fight with the American. Jcn las
taken on a great deal of weight since
his last fight, and he has not succeeded
in getting rid OF all of his excess flesh.
There has been very little betting on
the outcome of the fight. Nearly every
one. wants to take the Burns end, and
even Roche's most ARDEN admirers are
not anxious to bet that he will last
twenty rounds with Burns. Those who
have read the opinions of American ex-
perts on the fight believe that Burns
will knock out his opponent before the
end of the sixth FOUND. In order to
make a wager that Burns viii put
Roche out inside of ten rounds it is
necessary to give odds on the title
holder.
Burns is trained to the minute. and,
barring a slight bruise on his cheek,
which he sustained while writing press
notices about himself. he will enter the
ring in h best possible condition.
Z Burns says It's Easy.
Burns is so confident of winning that
he smiles every time anybody asks him
if he thinks he viii win. Roche, on the
other hand, is not SO confident, and it is
expected hat he will merely try to
stay as long rs he can, and will fight
only on the defensive.
In discussing the fight with Roche
Burns said yesterday:
ut would sound s%uperfuous for me
to say that I will win, but, seriously,
/ believe that I can put Roche out any
time that | var to. Of course, I will
give the spectators a run for their
money! and will end the fight when IL
becomes monotonous. 1t would be
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Good Thing to Go South.
Athletic League History Made.

Athletic League history q made last night The bowling championship
in this classy Organization has SO long been taken, With more or less regu-
larty by the 1eoayMc Athletic Association and New York Athletic Club teams
that all the local followers of the gam began 20 think that these two qumhts
were inevitable winners. Now the Eliza beh Clubs representatives have come
olong, and, by decidedly hgh-class work, have captured the coveted title.
The Union County aggregation has certainly eatned the championship. The
averages put upb y the Elizabeth bowiers m materially higher than those
which have gone the credit of the other pm-knights in the league.
Ills Il good thing for the league to have a new champion eam THE tire
some habit dr the other clubs) Of the New York and Rosevfle asgregationsI
always finishing in front caused the competition in the Athletic League to be-
cene anything bt lively but now that ii has been shown that the "Mg fell
lows are not invIneibe there will b e a general bracing up all along the line.
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Wants Burns to Fight Johnson.

Folowers OF the nehtlng game IRE anxious to zee Tommy Burns COM
pleto his huc engagement with Jem Roche in Ireland tonight, and then pre-
plfc to snl across the briny and make arrangements with Jack Johnson,
the colored pugnit for a fight for the heavyweight championship. If Burns
dhpuses OF Roche in quick time thore does lot cen to be much chance
for the American to secure II other matches in England Or anywhere in
Europe, that would make it worth his while 10 sty abroad. The big offers
OF this side o. the big pond" should surely tempt him now, unless he is
really afraid to inject he negro.
notwithstanding the fact that sports in this country do o regard with
much admiration the noncy-grabbtg tactics Of Tommy Burns they still have
nuc confidence iii his ability, and would Hike to see him tested against Al
opponent able to npke him eStond himself. Were it not for the fac that
JohrFon has been known to fake It and that he Is believed to have ii streak
o yellow IN hin 1t is probable That the majority would figure that Brrns
would have hut little chance 81 beating the negro
Burns however, tx certainly a pretty shihy mar in the rims. and possessed
OF a punch that will put any Ia out ii il lends right. Though not as
speedy as the negro, he may be a better ring general and the betting is apt
70 be pretty near at 6vens If the pair ever do get together.
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work. Rain yesterday left the ground
too soft for speedy base running or ac-
curate fielding. but the nine felded in
good style notwithstanding. The var
sity lineup follows: Catcher. Dawson;
pitchers, Drewes, Clark. Heyninger:
first base, Hami1l: second base. Dillon;
third base. Sides; shortstop, Vaughn;
right field, Wister; centre field. Pit
man; left field. Harlan.
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CONKLIN MAKES I4l
IN FIRST INNING,

CHICAGO, March lie. f. Conklin,
of Chicago. won the second game in the
national amateur 14.2 billiard tourna-
ment yesterday, defeating f. W. Card
ner, of Passaio, by 400 t. 271. Conklin's
average was 70 1881 and Gardeners
s 1881.