The sun., 1909-02-20
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
MrEY AND JEANETTE NOOK
JP IN PARIS TONIC
Both Have Met Jack johnson Freddie
Welsh win Also BOx YOUNG Erne In
New Orleans Minn Talks or Racing
IN Mexico As TO baseball FaNOrites.


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sam hoN W. Vhe Na'uoI"'a l'es,o 'ea
weight VINO mas oee' 'e'nIN ilen'n"'e" ".
heaflS year lhV' ne - lns IeH'
OF 'ne Noru aOu ,t'", Nv n"' .., "ea,en 'u. I
famous Pus"'s'S a. v'"t vs. WI W.. "I'u a
rH@slinpl9lns, Mil .a'ey n.n na'uo I,' ~ ~
iAris u'pEW H',gi Nv 49, ~ .,,
III cyop, euow ~, Wv w VI W. =" Iii az,
rounu nout' i,Ver oiS "vsaor w." ',ao "sn
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'Io"u Ni'i see Wv .i'I' =. W , o'l -, i
lV' 'na' my NV. III W. 'ou,,u ,i,, ~.
lhls Guy, iney see',lcu 70 oe pIe.., 1919
ma''heo 'hth' anu oo,'' naNp n, 80
WnoIe lo' sihcc, po'n a.''''',i, na'r ious"' 70,
'ohh7o'l' 'he preSent ,.,I "e1N I'ls"' r., iani,
ploh Jeanne,'e mas 'a'N'e, lrN"n ""vN
on SIX sepaia'e I' 9c'aIi'nH' 'n.vr ~
pou's WHOM uco'e'o,, ~ ~ '',,Is U",,,s
wheh Johnson won on io". w tno ",.us'
sgath III teu 'onnu W , ut"N anu ,'iaN =,
htteen rouhu m''' w WHO" 'o""Son so'
oectloh' ,-.-,-. ....
McNey was deIeateu on po.n's III .weu,y
round bout pF oohnSon w i''n a"u 'ne neN'
TesryJohnson hnockeu nun ouV III 'ne "rh-
Neth rouhu ol ahot"e' t"'ouh.V' ~" ue
clded III Oa'tornla' Jeannet.e also mas
miked " up WIN oarn ''ansioru, VINO -
matched wlth Johnson, I'D nVe MUS ne
deiesteu Lshgloru III e'snt Iou'us IN t'oo'
round bout the next year. In 1907 they
boxed twelve rounds TO a draw and did the
same thing in 1908. Last September they
met at the National 4. . e. in this city in a six
round bout. II looked as il Langford was
undeR a pull after the first four rounds. but
Jeannette declared afterward that he could
haye bea,en tho Roston slueaer II the bout
- 80. ,a,,.ar 4, r,.,, ho yo,i 70 rocau
ndu pten lohEeI' ~ ih"H pe wen w ie,"'
the fact that when johnson got a decision
I "a. Ia ttN . ha
I.,tar ue;shino onl,, t9s nounds had John
s"''n ~ ~ ..y ''S 80, '"'
son eeS,y cat ~ & tne sF'pho ,hnro'o ,Sono :, sss
to be a tight 1T between McNey and Jean
neIe inuLeI"'.i - wv ,rh" U"'ue
Of the nnest butt negroes III the ring. Is
clever, fast and hard walloper He pos
seaIS - tro,,, Erauo. tha, w. Eli
senus No,u iIonh .a'Iv 'nat W, wy WI
be slowed away III wh'ch event Jeannette
son and Ianvford settle their differences
aI the National Snor,ino CIub NJ I Iondon
az lne Na'lohai Hport'hs Niuo ., hohuoii'
Jeahnette always mas lnsSteu 'hat ne
could defeat either johnson or l.angford.
and in order to prove it he admits that
ne must hrst dispose OF McNey lnClden.
tally IL is a noteworthy fact that outside OF
Jenries the best heavyweights in the world
al pie'S"' "'e heS'oee
Another Interesting mill of An inter-
ratinnal aavor viii he decided ,o-niobt
when FREDDIE Welsh, the crack English
lightweight. will meet Young Erne. high
class philad elphia boy, in twenty round
nout AZ Tue tarh "" ~ - Ne" or'edls,
Welsh has taken Erne on Tor the expressed
purpose of proving that he is the only
capable opponent Tor Battllng Nelson TO
meet.
Welsh has been pleading with Nelson
Tor match Tor several months, he found
pointed Abe Attcll in a fifteen round bout
IN Los Angeies last iall and 10 less an ex;
the Englishman one of the best boxers
he ever bad seen
Welsh defeated Packey Mcfarland in
and again n July they boxed twenty
hve round draw. In the latter event Welsh
msds such an impressLve showing thar
him again. As Mcfarland admits that
he cannot make the lightweight limit, 1913
Erne, Will have a legitimate claim to a match |
with Nelson. it IS believed 49,
Welsh says he will night the Dane for |
purse. II Necessary hut so far Nelson has
sidestepped the clever Bntlsher.
,
weight eight" champion OF Of England I'd and N w Who S NH
box Joe Hans zen rounds at the National
s 9h he Naqh ha. aEen Ak mas p9r ofe" snns sRS
battles that we're scheduled to 90 moro than I
siN rounds, and has scored forty knockouts.
lie Is said 10 have won 200 contests et four
and six rounds, but they we're mo-, allowed
20 be Included in his record in England. /
fornia in 1905 he knocked Bnt down six
times in me nlst ten ROUNDS, brtt knocked
White down n the nlnet eenth round and
%he he Of 6e aS SIs TO rSe fE
interfered
Tom q Rourkei who ls managing White
in this country. thinks he Will make things
decidedly, interesting for Cans and that In
the event of success the Brlton VIII go .
after his countryman Freddie Welsh.
49,, ,,.,
Matt j. VIM, who Will be the general
manager OF the Mexico Jockey Club, lust
organized. says Mexican racing will at
tract all America. IL Is going 10 be an ideal /
bred sport. Before November Of this year
that new track ~ juareZ, opposite ri Faso, /
will be the principal racing point OF easy
access TO the people of the nlted states, !
courses at Mexico city, Guadalaiara and /
Monterey will be ready. An expenditure |
Of $500, 900 IN gold Will he required to nj up |
the JuareZ plant.
lied with these ohCerS; Alberto Terrazas.
president, !. q. Follansbee, NiCe-president: /
hgerncn DaingeTheld, secretary Lyman |
Davis racing 9andlcappeIt and Matt !.
Mexico during the winter months and rae /
ing In Canada in The spring. summer and fall !
there II no chance Tor the sport or kings 10 /
become extinct IN North America And
there are indlcations, by the way, OF re- /
yival OF the sport ~ various parts Of the
United tates, particularly tho Eastern |
tracks.
Work on the new mile track at Jackson |
Vile, Fl la is being rushed so that meeting |
can be held there this spring. The success /