El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-02

tam win be Jimmy Wilde'8 first op-
ponent IN this country, when he meets
the little Briton for ten rounds at
Milwaukee next Friday Sharkey, atl
me direction OF his manager. Joe
wagner, has been training in Nil
waukee for the past three weeks for
the mill.
sharkey is an aggressive. rugged
little fellow without much science,
but knacz Of hitting with force.
ae can be counted on TO make things
interesting for wilde all the way.
Wide has been taking part in bouts
az Detroit and St Paul and the Pa
eifie coast where he boxed one or
two four round bouts before coming
back 70 prepare for his match with
Joe Lynch that win open the Interna-
tional Sporting club in February.
ANNIVERSARY OF SANKEY'S
VICTORY OVER BOB FIZTsI1IlIONs'
Tom Sharkey won on foul from
Bob Fitzsimmons In the 3th round at
san Francisco on this date in 1896.
Lhls victory OF the sailor over the
lank Australian aroused wild enthus-
iasm among Uncle Sans tars. who
looked upon Sharlzey as their special
nero and ir also put a damper on the
enthusiasm OF Fits hackers. After
whipping Dan Creedon in 189f. Fitz.
although Still a middleWeight. an
nounced that he proposed TO 90 after
the heavyweight honors then held
oy jim Corbett- In 1895 he went to
the Texas border and knocked out
Peter Maher, the Irishman. in the
Ilrsr round Bob then proceeded 70
demonstrate his right 70 fight Cor
bett- Tom had fought a around
draw with Corbett and had knocked
out Joe Choynski and other good men
While the result OF the bout was dis
appointing. i did not interfere with
the plans OF the Fitz-Corbett fight.
and in the following March Ruby
Robert met and conquered the Cal
ifornian at Carson City.
PUsHBALL GAME ANNIVERSARY.
Pushbau Contests were feature Of
the Thanksgiving day sporting pro-
grams in several cities Of the United
states This youngest OF sports has
become Increasingly popular, and IS
now played in England and Canada
as well as in Uncle Sans land where
It originated. New England was the
scene Of the first pushban contests,
and it IS said that the first pushbaIl
was made in Newton, Mass, in 1894. I
The first pushbau game witnessed in
New York was played on Thanlsgiv-
ing day II years ago. The regulation
pushnau vas not procurable for this
loAAAIa-r anu a canvas Dali LlIleu WIN /
hay was used The pushhau Of the
regular type Is the largest and the
cosulest bail used in any game. Il
is six feet IN diameter. and a good
one costs in the neighborhood OF $500. I
Even At that apparently excessive
price. e Is said that there As no big
profit for the makers. English cow
hide leather IS used for the outside
covering. and the score Of strips ne
cessary are seWed by hand. Each Of
the strips Is about ten feet long, tap
ering to points at the poles" Of the
bail, where they are secured By leath- /
er caps Half a dozen hides are re-
quired to get the leather for one bah, /
and IL takes an expert workman two
weeks TO sew the material together /
The most expensive rubber has 20 be I
used for the bladder. The rubber Is I
out into strips and cemented together I
IN the shape Of a globe, exactly lit I
ting the leather covering when inflat- I
ed. The cover viii last for many
years, but the bladder has GO be, re-
newed, at a cost Of $50 every two or
three years. Pushba1l is played both
indoors and on a field similar TO
football EridirOu. A goal occupies
each end OF the field, and &c Is the en-
deavor OF the opposing teams TO push
the ball through the enemy's goal I
Although originating on this side Of
the Atlantic. pushhall Is now more
popular IN England than In America /
The Britishers have introduced an in
novation whereby the players are on
but on this side the players
are usually atoor