New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
G.F. Horine'S Worlds High lump
Record Verified from Coast.
MORE OLYMPIC TRY0UTS
Jack Johnson and Flynn May
Meet This Week to Settle
Details for Big Bout.

Detd1lS 1Or Dig bout'
The announcement that G.. F. HORNE, OF
Stanford University. cleared feet o's
inches in the running high jump last sat
urdav al n dual meet. establishing new
worlds record and displacing the mark OF
Mike Sweeney, which has stood for seven
teen years, was verified yesterday by Johh
Elliott, president Of the Pacific Association
of the Amateur Athletic Union. Mr. Elliott
has been the recognized authority on attn
letics on the coast for many years.
No one who followed the work of Horine
doubted his ability. as he was selected III
the official athletic almanac for the all
college team last year, and would have
been named for the Al-American team If
he had competed in open competition as
often as did Harry Grumpelt, of the New
York Athletic Club
At the last meeting Of the executive COM
mittee of the American Olympic commit
tee. Gustavus T. Kirby, president of the
Amateur Athletic Union, made his report
on athletic conditions In the West, and
explained fully just what the West pro-
poses to do in relation 10 the Olympic
games. He reported that In and about Los
Angeles the tug -of-war is popular, and
that those interested felt confident a team
could be developed strong enough Il beat
the world. In view Of this the committee
decided that a tryout should be held, and
If the team showed marked ability and If
the fund secured was large enough, the
Olympic committee would make the neces-
sary entry
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the Middle West some time in May Olym-
pic tryouts in wrestling. 1t also was sug-
gested that in view Of the fact that swim
ming tryouts were not held on the coast,
that the Western clubs hold swimming
tryouts and forward the results to the
team selection committee for consideration.
Julian W. Curtiss. treasurer of the Amer
ican Olympic Committee. received yester-
day from the New England Association of
the Amateur Athletic Union a check for
$1,000 on account. Word came that more
will follow. Mr.. Curtiss Glse received the
following contributions: Morton +. Plant.
500; Xavier Athletic Association. S25; Ben
| hamin Gratz. St Louis. s25; r. S. Barnes,
$40. and F. J. McDermott, s..
expects to meet Jim Flynn the Pueblo fire.
man, and Jack Curley in a day or two for
the purpose of settling final details for the
proposed fight between the two first named
for the heavyweight championship of the
world. Curley has been in Mexico looking
over two or three places for the battle
ground.
". G. Dell, Of the St Louis Cardinals.
was restored to good standing yesterday
by the National Baseball Commission. Dell
failed 10 report last season because he
wanted more money. In making the and
ing the commission issued a warning that
hereafter players who are offered rea-
sonable salary by a major league club for
the first season will be fined If they refuse
to report for duty.
II PaCkey Mcfarland is sincere In his de-
sire to box Mart Wells at the National
Sporting Club Of America he should have
little trouble in arranging a bout Wells
will meet Mcfarland at the recognized
lightweight limit of Great Britain-13S
pounds-at o'clock, and will divide the
purse. Mcfarland has declred in tho past
that he Is the better drawing card Of the
pair, nut II Is matter OF history tndt
Wells drew $4,000 I'm a bout I'm Madison
Square Garden with Knockout" Brown as
an opponent. II was the division Of the
purse which prevented these men meeting
before.
Harry Stout, who one time refereed bouts
in the West Side Athletic Club Of New
Orleans. is authority for the statement that
the boxing promoters OF New Orleans are
willing TO put up purse Of $4,000 for
bout between I'D Wolgast and Joe Mandot
at twenty rounds. 1t is the intention Of the
promoters to have the fight take place
some time in the summer, and If Wolgast
will not consent they will offer $4,000 for
twenty-round bout between Joe Rivers.
the sensational Mexican lightweight, and
Mandot, whom they consider a coming
champion.
Two boxing clubs will conduct bouts to-
night. At the Royae Athletic Club OF
Brooklyn Terry McGraw and Bull An
derson will cross gloves, while at Browns
Gymnasium Cy Smith will face Tommy
Maoney at ten rounds.
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