El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-28

I the money every time he went to the
post.
Sullivan was a great fighter. but he
| cost his hackers a bunch of money
/ when he fought Charlie Mitchell in
| France The battle was declared a
| draw. Sullivan went to the post an
/ overwhelming favorite and his admir-
! erS lost heavily when the bOokmakerS
| decided that bets would be settled like
! they are on the race tracks when two
/ horses run dead heat. Many of Sulli-
vans hackers laid 20 1 on Sullivan
! The bookies settled all bets in that
| way.
! Sullivan delivered for his hackers
when he whipped Jake Kilrain. but the
Boston boys admirers went broke when
he lost to Jim Corbett at New Orleans.
! Corbett Is another champion that cost
! the public a lot of money. The Ameri-
! can sports stood by him nobly when he
/ fought Fitz at Carson City and made
/ him a strong favOrite over the lankT
! Cornishman. But Jim went down to
defeat and the smart gamblers got al.
the money.
Public sympathy was with Jeffries
when he won the championship from
Fitz. This time the gamblers got
stung- But there was not much bet
ting on Jeffries. He was young and
while all the sports were with him
fornian.
Jeffries was the real thing as cham
pion. He brought home the dough every
time he went 10 the post. After he
beat Fitz the general public strung
with him and bet their cash on the big
fellow with the greatest confidence
when he battled Sharkey, Corbett and
Lanky Bob. Corbett also asked for an
other chance and was easier than ever
for the boilermaker. Jeffries retired
from the ring the undefeated champion
! of champions
That is what will make him the b
! favorite In the fight on July 4. But
as has been cited he may go TO the
well one time too often.
To those who follow the fighting
| game closely the selection of Tex Rick
ard as the third man in the ring on
July at the Jeffries-Johnson bout,
when the two giants will settle their
big fistic argument OF the heavy weight
championship of the world. is particu-
| larly pleasing.
| above reprOach in everything pertain
ing TO sport They Will tell you in Ne
vada that they would rather have Tex's
word than the bond OF any bank in that
state.
1t has been set out by some sporting
HiAlSiS lIlsil mas ndO no pre-
vious experience and that it was fool
ish to select him. Take it from a wise
guy that child could referee that
! fight-'it will referee itself" All that
will be required Of Richard will be to
see that no foul blows Will he struck
or other rules that govern the con
test are violated.
There viii be a winner or a loser
long before the 45th round is reached
While some will say that it is not just
the proper thing for one of the pro-
motors to judge the contest, because
they figure that If he cared to ne
could declare ii a mo contest" and
keep the fighters from getting any OF
the money, or some other thing of that
sort. You can just take it from any
man who knows Richard that he will
lose all the gate receipts before he
would stoop to any trick not strictly
to the code of a sportsman
Coming back to the fight proper it
can be said that both men are getting
into shape rapidly The big fighters
are training conscientiously and both
will be fit as a fiddle.
There are no longer any pessimistic
rumors coming out of the camp OF JEFF
fries. There is no longer any doubt
but what he will be in as good shape
as a any time in his career
Johnson viii also be in the finest
fettle and there is not the least doubt
but what 1t will be a mans battle from
the first and that the best man will
win. There will be lack of condition 10
ascribe the defeat of either TO-
Although it is very early to dis
cuss football especially in view OF the
facts that all interest is centered In
baseball, yet some noteworthy events
which affect that sport have occurred
recently.
The committee working on reform
of the game has concluded its labors
and in retaining the forward pass over
the scrimmage line and surrounding
that play with many restrictions the
new game of college football will re-
SeEnble outdoor basketball more than 1t
does the old rough and tumble game
The college professors seem deter
mined to make the game ladies' game
and in measure have succeed ed. The |
committee seems to feel that the ac-
ton would be able to stand considerable !
criticism so long as life and limb were |
better safeguarded than in the past.
In this connection it might be well !
to note that the state university is al |
ready busy for next year Manager |
Stark has arranged very attractive !
schedule for that team and the Texans |
will meet the best teams in the south
Among the games arranged are those |
with the University of Kentucky, Has !
kell Indians. University of Colorado, |
Louisiana State University, Alabama !
Techs and the University of Oklahoma !
Some of the teams have been rivals 1
of the Texas aggregation for years, but !
Kentucky has not played in Texas for |
five years. The Alabama Techs is a |
new team for this section, but is said /
to be strong. These games will all be |
played at Austin. The schedule away !