The sun., 1909-01-30
y CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
cross UtNTS WEIGHT CONCES-
SION FROM JEM DRISCOLL.
Abe Atteli Oners TO Meet the Latter at
i2i Pounds, Weigh IN At 3 o'clock,
With n Match Possible Ballot and
Colin Receive Top Weights In England.

'Oiln HcceiNe Top weights In England.
Nfter Watching the remarkable eNhibi-
tlon Of science displayed by Icm Driscoll,
fhe In gish fcathcrvcight champion in
his bout with IohuIy Mario At the Fair
mont \ &. on Thursday nj ght Leach Cross
the East side light weight, who had practi-
CalIv agreed to hoN Dri.col here on Febru-
ary Q, VAS suddenly sciaci with nm attack Of
cold feet, In arranging tho details of tho
match Il had been partially agreed that
brisColl ard tross would weigh 1875 pounds
AZ u O'Clock but when priscoll had beat ten
Mario With Consummate ease Cross hunted
m the IN ugiShman's mana ger and dc.
ularcd that h" wanted 10 have the scaling
time put back TO O'Clock. or about Ave
hours before entering the ring D,iscolls
mann cor. however. s1id that II must be
o clock Or there would he nothing doing
and there nc matter rested yesterday
students ~ pugilistiC form we're figuring
out Yesterday that n ross recently knocked
out Young otto he must be q better man
Than Mario. and for that reason they could
sne 40 good reason Why Cross should dc
'hro 10 make i75 pounds NJ u y clock They
also declared that II cross did not accept
that proposition It would I've due to the fa ct
that he isnot mn Nous to take chances with
The clever lriton. Gross bv the way, was
mDoiuCed 10 the crowd ~ tho Driscoll-
N'fIlp ~ Ht ne comma llRniNClRht cham ,
ron of Tho world" which was greeted Is
good Joke. the members of the club laugh
inr and shouting in dcrisioB.
Meenwhile ADe .AtteN. the American
'athervelght champion. appears more
. >'ihaR nov 10 make a match with Driscoll l
'nar AZ any time since the Iatter arrived in /
thls country. 81 first Attell answered
'fiscoil's challenge with the positive asser-
l,1n that the latter would have to make /
i2e pounds rlnVsde ~ Driscoll insisted /
Oh l2G pounds ringside. which f. the feather
weight. limit in England. it looked for a
Nhtle a. u there would be no fight Attell,
however, recently made a propostion -
weigh l2t rlngside. but stll Driscoll OBJ
lected. Now Il IL said that AttcIl il willing
To weigh l!i pounds at o'clock and that
Drls"oll is considering the matter. Both
the National and fairmont L. {. have made
u plain that they will ofIcr handsome in
ducemenis for the rill. and IL u believed
that something definite will develop in the
neSt few days. lf Driscol and AtteIl come
together in ten round bout II is thought
that one of the crear est fcatherweight
contests on record win result I
In deciding to sail for England Oh Feb
r1sry - Driscoll viii lose chance to pick
ny small fortune in this country. But
u appears that for the last six years Dris-
COL has taken part in boxing tournament :
Tor charity AZ his home in Cardiff, Wales.
on the lst OF March and he does not intend |
u be absent He told his manager, Charlie v
Harvey Yesterday that he would not miss Y
boNin2 Tor charity a. usual on the other =
slde. oven II he "lost a million dollars [
here. When Driscol reaches England b
H. viii probably remain there for while. !
e. owen Moran intends to follow him In !,
orce' 10 set fight at the National sporting I
ItNl, e.
v ,lnu 'or me hrlt,s9 featherweight title. !,
Ii hapagemcnt here, and il they met I'm mi.
Iountry the bout vould be do,id,, ~, -,
~ 'or',' W., ,, O' "ou'u DO ufrlden on ~
hem. but II Is thought best to lot them "
.Ttle re question Of supremacy on the
'lher side OF the Atlantic.
a.
Veteran ring followers who hayo seen MI
be great puGilists perform during the Esi
ioubtedly one ot the most scientiH,, bo>er. o.
hat ever pulled on a glove Some % the "
'Aperts stated Yesterday that the English. -,
espec'. and as Young Griffo was concedad
o he n phenomenal man with his har,ds of
ms rating of Driscoll Was regarded a. an -,
I9usual compliment Driscoil. Incident. De
lily, showed that he was a good sroftsr,a,, bu
,hen he entered The ring o meet Mario Ge iii
nonIett Nartos handlers oh o. tej' ,n tk,'' &c
lrlscoli took them OF and laughiI gly aid 4
MI right. old Chappie. I'Il take 'eni on /, ha
antage. ye know" since coming here he
,riScol has hedten all corner. and bi. II
leaned w neat bankroll an
IN,
Young gorbett who arra,rs T., i,,. to
AIKEN a new lease on life says he viii re,1,r,, j.
o this city very soon prepared TO meet ali XII
ingside. and SonId enio Sail maze - bounds Of
each cross, PaCky Mcfarland or any 30
her lightweight Corbett declares that So
= will never leave the water wagon and ihat lad
airing Battling Nelson he thinks he can th'
thi
\ Western snort says tba, RattIiro TIA
elsons transforming tour il n none ina
laker. lie also declares that IL took four 200
plicemen IN lronton to keep The crowds mi
barring partner. Furthermore, he statas
lat Nelson j. still long on saving lives, for ho'
IL lightweight champion saved A wouas the
y the Other d.y 'In a.i, ~! hSH'auu thi
M tho sport goes on 10 say thar Nelson ne~
ID grabbing the vehicle by the rear aXlc Du
threw II out of harms way Just as train inu
ssed al forty miles an hour Accordirs her
nd wish rerentI,, 10 ia w. " ~, "i9p .fu,
sane asylum and was glad To find that tru
,fe. tbnugmh m sIRsmgh,eaJ Ra,, alnonc tho in eIS
Iew who should be there for
of
Promoters of local boxir,, cr,bs ,r : tit
h!lant over 4 decision Just landed down and
ne our OF Specia Sessions to the effect rd'
~ cubs have legal right 10 ato money pre-
om members who want To sec bouts and res
~ clubs may receive applications for WIS
eubership aud accept them Oh the nights nav
thelr meetin gs. Just 50 long n : the local car
ios adhefe strictly to the letter OF the law wh'
q NAH flaaN 49, 49,.