The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-27
RICHARD CROKER \
QUITS THE 7UR|
VIII Spend Much of His Tim ]
Ill America the COminu
Summer.
BOXING CLUBS BEING
ORGANIZED IN GERMAN
DrlScoll Goes Out of His clao,
Giving Weight to Freddy
Welsh.
BY RICHARD DAHLGREN
Special Cable TO The Tribune

VIII satber In Brusv.f
"heh 'he international meeting win ,Ihi
held there July II, II and "a ons t.l
ianey that followers of cycling Win y,d
treated to some rare sport. Tb. in
tests are for the worlds chamnior,,,is
ana 1t would not surprise me n - .
some new worlds records estab1,y, Ia
The international Cyclists union LIN. q,
TWO birds with one stone. for as v.,, Ia,
establishing Brussels as the scene ~ t.rt
years international meeting they sslec s.
cd turin as the meeting place In ror1n
The request OF the American daieest.,
that appeals be allowed to the Internt
tIonal union in cases where natlonr
oooies refused licenses was rejected In
Inc hrst German boxing club. modr
elec after the Paris and London ciuM
mas been formed, with Joseph Edwardf
president. ! told several weeks ago u
an organized plan 10 introduce and mad
bo%lng popular i'll the German capItt
and the establishing of this new club lp
the second step toward the consunmss
tion to that end. Mr.. Edwards Is a hoyl.
Ing master in Berlin and l know him IA
be an aggressive follower OF the sDorf
An effort VIII be made to import q num&
Der of fighters from Paris. London and
America, and / look to see the spor1
take strong hold.
We in England are waiting anxiously,
for some development in the JenrIes.
great Geal OF criticism here over the tan.
ties pursued by the promoters In the bir
fight and In some quarters there is
pessimistic feeling. Fuel was added 10
this latter by interviews given out by
John l.. Sullivan, who arrived here WITH
his bride recently. l was among those
who talked TO the old-time gladiator "a
the National Sporting club Said he:
There Is more than a bare possIhil-'
it-- l--f pn Htt- 6.rI,, ,,,gn
Before l left America that belief was
growing, l understand that Jeffries mas
settled down to training. That makes nd
| difference. You will find that II the agh'
| There is too much money involved ani
| there is going to be some crooked won
in it."
Driscoll Gives Weight. i
Jem Driscoll. like the American fghte,
Stanley ketchel is going out of his clail
when he meets Freddy Welsh nel
month. Jem is a featherwsight az
champion. For some time Driscoll ht-
shown tendency to take on flesh. whic
| will make IL easier for him TO train q
| than down.
This match is being watched with cor
siderable interest. not only here. bu
abroad, Freddy stands chance &
jeopardizing his title when he meef
Driscoll, for the champion found hlmsa
In matching himself with Driscoll III
chose a worthy opponent. The fight n
booked to go twenty rounds. and slde
bet of s2500 Is down as we'll as g guar.
anteed purse, OF which 70 per cent VII
go to the winner. II
Cecil Rhodes. the famous South Afrt
can diamond mine owner, had little ef
feet on the far-reaching effect upon In
ternational athletics when he establisn9i
the Rhodes scholarships at Oxford uni
versity for American students. L. 4
Hull. formerly Of the University OF Mlcht
gan, Is now the head of the oxford uni
vers1y track team. and he is doing a
he can 10 promote international gool
feeling in sport. Il,
But aside from this. hope to predio'
that ere long there viii exist an inter-
national football meet with Canada ana
the United States taking part. Europe
already has football league and the
British league is the life OF sport mere
AS soccer football grows in favor In the
I states II is only evident that condition.
will shape themselves 10 the formatio4
OF an international league
Turf Classics.
The present seems an opportune tlmf
10 discuss the entries of some OF tnt
1910 classics OF The turf. ana 10 1nn
end I purpose making few notes q'
the new three -year-olds engaged IN ~
Two Thousand Guineas. in which az
majesty heads the list with two darS, S
colts, OrelIius and Border Prince ~
last-named IS bay. son of Persimmql
and White Lilac, but I believe the gTea'
er hopes are centered In Orellius. a ches,
nut colt by Orme out of Ecila, VINO wy
very backward all last season, and IL w
resolved not TO hurry him, but 10 aug
the colt time TO mature. I have heal
that Orellius Is making good progres
and one hopes that the colt can pe u
forward enough TO carry the royal coig
In the first OF the classic races. Deail
Efany
alphabetical arrangement OF thelr ow
ers' names, Salamls, the properly Il,
Waldorf Astor. Is the next 10 engage ~
tention He is n chestnut colt oy AIar
out OF Semitone. and was Only thI1
stripped Ia public in his first seaso
| Thnre was no suggestion of Salamls D
Ing up 10 classic form in his three racS
though at his first outing; Wnen 9ul
unfancled he ran second 10 Green9'1
| Tor the Hurst Park foal plate, ana
Tho following week at Goodwood he W.
one of the halfdozen whom Iress1q34f, ~
heat for the Molecombe stakes.
| only other outing was for the CnesesI
| 6eId Nursery at Derby. In which ne W.
mnplaced. lniJ t, However, If salamis improysS s
during his three-year-old career Do ~
| his half-brother Mlrador. he may 49, -,
his owners colors credttably IN tne sos
ing season II there be no presen, reA1SH6 "a
| for regarding him as a candiua'e
| the Two Thousand Guineas. -, hsn
| since the election the hstors nave -
| having more than ordinary attenuyhIa
| heir horses. with the result. l oenss'm
that Waldorf Astor hopes 10 oSe'''|
the king this year. raner
I see that the German sporting iFnpfSs inpfSs
ore suggesting that Count Lehnoo'
nomination for the Gold Cup raus
Ascot concerns Marabou. the wlnhS,,, "A
the ST. Leger the biggest and eosuB,e p,
event upon the Hungarian tuti, ~
such horses as BayaTdo; Minouu, Mn e1
Martin and William ". nave e oee" tba, d
tered in the Gold Cup. and agalns'
Marathon would stand little snow 10
Croker Out of 1t. .,IS
have II from reliable source lrs,,,a4 s4 !,
Richard Croker. the former H ugfI /
nnIjfjcoi leader in New York, mas sy !,
graun from horse racing to n gre@' nd 4
tcnt with the end In view OF doins inrlssoIar,I N
or no more racing at all IN Ets M
Cro,xer has n magnificent oreedlnS IS-ryjst>~
in Ireland. and ! would not be SUN ~ N =
60 coo him undertake TO pulid ussner
f,,si, bnrf Mr. Croker is coming ~ oaossu
60 much time In America thai ne nv ~ fo,S,
hoye much time for his stable. l.ed nc 1ul
mer politician Is kecnIy iu.eI io of 4 4
horsefiesh. and Il was tne n9pIi nStpni-s Il,
life 10 shine In English turl I'M I'm 'beav, %
Tommy Burns, the CanadlIan an II, Joh; W
weight. who lost the title 10 !uIM ,he An
son has become patron VI ' II
CONTINUED on Following Faga'