The evening world., 1913-09-26

Peiky against ounboat Smith. lie
10 ASKING what terms Billy Gibson i
viii oRer for such an event. "Pelky 10 |
out shooting In Alberta at present. not !,
far from here" Burns writes from Cal. |
gary. 70 IT'S evident that Tommy didn't |
Ioes Pellky after all. in spite OF the wild |
steriss q . 'Pelky statement and Q !
selit between manager and man.
burns u stiii taking Q tropical view
Of the attempt TO grab" Pelky. lie
b'ames Tom McCarey and Tim McOrath.
and writes . few interesting notes on
''Hensst Tom"
II i had rehearsed before my Pelky
eeut. with Palky In my garrett. Mrs.
Dufns. my sister. my nephew. my
brother and myseif would have to know
semseaing about II. The story was The
moot miserable fake ever pulled of In
the history Of bonins. and never r..
osived . cent out Of the boxing game
10 . dishonest way. To be successful
Rewsdsys . person has to have some
snsmiss. and guess Mccarey and
Ac0rath would do Z good deal for .
lIttls money. Money isn't everything In
this world. although II seems to DO with
some people" Burns incioses q carbon
copy Of . letter cent to McCarcy. Tom
ny suggests quite . little INSIDE ''dope."
When refereed the hsht for You At
Maud Junction some years ago between
ABDUL the Turk and Frank Ftelds" he
writes AcCarsy, you we're much sur.
Drissd when toi1 you that did not
want 10 referee the contest ~ ! had
money bet on the result. finally ] did
referee and gave the det !siou-a fair
md honest ohe-to Abdul the Turk. The
next day you told me what . sucker ]
vas not 10 have called Il . draw and
saved my money. And also about the
oO,soo purse O'Brien and ] we're - re-
ceivs. You managed TO make the public
believe that was true"
The rest OF Il. being quite warm In
tone, we'll issvs out 1t accuses Nc.
Carey Of Joining with Tim McGrsth to
trick Pslky Into thinking Burns was
cheating him. The object being ns'ur-
ally, to "stear' Pelky away from his
faithful manager.
But that line about the famous tsc.oS
purse for the Burns.o' Brlsn nght-how
scandal will out. That was much
talked OF purse In IT. day-snd II WAS
iust Q plain fake after all. It never
sxistsA except In the elastic hnaslna-
tIea Of the promoter and on the sheets
that fell from the Iimble ypswritsr
Of the press agent.
Tin SAVAGE has . grievance. James
was billed a. recent boxing
show, and didn't appear. whore.
vson james received many and various
psnninss.
"Just q few lines In regard to that
Jack Heating affair" he writes. u
vish Il 10 be understood that never
signed Q contract to meet Heating
seot. Il, In fact. ] knew nothing
about the fight coming on on that
date. I wish some Of these people
would have . heart and stop throwing
the harpoon for . few minutes. and
give me q chance. There's no man In
the ring that phases me. from Nor
sap's champion up 10 uunboat Smith,"
- oXBR, after knocking out his
opponent . couple OF nights ago,
- followed the applause OF stand
i.g IN the ring and singing ssnu.
mental song. This opens a new line OF
.rdsayor of boxers whose aim 1t 70 10
,,sass. Why shouldn't popular cham
r,eos add TO the charm OF their exhi'
bitions BY singing, dancing clog
manipulating q deck Of cards = 10
Ksens, producing the struggling rao'
hi mystsriously from the nutterinE
handkerchi.f or tossing on a neat biz
OF yentrlloquism;
oced idea, and not copyrighted.
Anothsy latter:
Country Cub Of Springfield.
Mass. Sept. 81.
Ny Dear Edsrsn:
WHY vii! you persist In writing
authoritativsly on what you are pro-
found.y ignorantf
Al Oxford possibly 50 per cent OF
Tie students pay the 500 subscrlp-
ton which covers a!l varsity clubs:
OIL this 5000 tappr oximately) the
varsity conducts al! OF Its athletics.
What does 1t cost Yale per annum;
Where would Yale or any college bs
but for the immense football re-
csipts, and how much more per stu-
dent capita does Yale pay for sth-
Istic surroundings (cos ches. training
tables. &C.. &c) than 10 paid per
student capita AZ oxford?
All these men participating in the
results OF the expenditure OF the
large sums spent over athletics arc
headed Tor Olympic teams. whether
they reach the team or not. Com
pare them with England on expendi-
tures and advantages. Don't bs so
srasy TO os mistaken for an irish
man. 10 whom q sense OF fairness 10
Unknown. Yours very truly,
L. b. TRAVERs.
am profoundly ignorant OF what Mr.
'Travets Ii driving 81, but I'm sure he,
headed" 'or something. whether hs
caches II or not. The letter Ia printed
a. q pleasing example OF that eminent
sense u fairness" which sometlmsA
marks English comment upoa American
college sports
Uassbsii To-day. .. so y. Y. \, r. Ana
- "s-..-s-s~. Ave. S.ysIus. Alp Gyc .-Ad III