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Chicago, March 25.-"Chicago
Knockout" Brown beat Roy Parker
into submission in their bout before
the East Chicago Athletic club at
East Chicago Saturday night, Ref
cree Dave Barry stopping the fight
in the middle of the tenth round to
save Parker from a knockout. In
the semi-windup Christie zanders de-
rounds. Battling Spiro had the bet
ter of Freddie Cobb in six rounds.
! San Francisco, Cal, March %
Frank Klaus, the Pittsburgh bear
cat" outroughed. outwrestled, out
fouled and barely outfought Jack
/ Dillon, the indianapolis middleweight
( in their fight at Coffroth's Daily City
open air arena Saturday, as a result
Of which he was proclaimed the win
ner by Referee Jack Welch, after 20
rounds of the foulest milling seen in
local arena in recent years.
I Cleveland. Ohio, March 25.-John
ME Kilhane, champion featherweight
/ boxer, yesterday Teceived an offer of
/ SIS, 900 or 40 per cent of the receipts
from the Madison Athletic club of
New York, for a ten round match
with either George O'Keefe or John
ny Dundee, the Scotch champion, Kill
hane to make the date. Jimmy Dunn,
Kilbane's manager, will leave next
week to close the arrangements.
! Calgary, Alberta. March 25.-
Tommy Burns, former heavyweight
champion, has issued a challenge to
Jack Johnson to fight for the worlds
championship. A purse of 100000
has been raised by Calgary friends of
Burns. To prove his good faith,
Burns offers to take Johnson's place
against Flynn in the match set for
July and beat him, providing John
son will then meet him.
Dubuque, Iowa, March 25.-By
signing four new players Saturday,
Manager Rowland of Dubuque Three
Eye league team now has so tryouts
on his list The new acquisitions
we're Pitcher Walter Seamon, Bur-
lington, KY; Catcher John ]. Ray
croft, Chicago; Pitcher Carter Will
son, Darlington, Wis, and Fielder
John Gilfeather, Chicago.
Kenosha, Wis, March 25.-A null
tiplicity of cooks has spoiled the fight
broth in Kenosha, and last night the
promoters who were waxing fat of
the shows in the city in recent months
are in gloom. This time the lid has
been clamped down by Sheriff An.
drew F. Stahl and he declares that
it is down to stay.
New York, March 25.-A purse Of
$4,000 was offered by President Glib
son of the Fairmont Athletic clut
for a ten round bout between Packey
Mcfarland and Matt Wells, the Eng
lish lightweight champion. The Ma
tional Sporting club of this city ha,
hung up a $4,000 purse for THU
match.
Philadelphia, Pa, March 25.-
Billy Ryan, another white hope O
Kentucky, who had ten knockouts L
his credit during the last IL fights
was knocked out by Farmer Harris
in the first round Saturday night.
Windsor, Ont, March 25.-Joe Hy
land Of New York and Rudy Unholz
the Boer fighter, are booked to DO.
!. eight rounds at the Windsor Athleti
club next Wednesday night. The mel
are lightweights.
Madison, Wis, March 25.-Al Tor
3 mey OF Madison tied the worlds In
b door record for the 40-yard dash Il
the annual University of Wisconsin
class meet Saturday night. Tormey'
thine was :04 1-5.
Chamberlain's Stomach and Live
Tablets invariably bring relief to VIC
men suffering from chronic constipa
ton. headache. biliousness, dizziness
sallowness of the skin and dyspepsia