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Show COEBETT NO INGEATE Mike Donovan Had So Claim Upon the Champion. HE WAS NOT IN JIM'S CORNER, And What Advice He Cave the Cali-fornian Cali-fornian Was Because of His Sis-like Sis-like for Sullivan Olympic Clnb Xews-Probability of a 3f atch Between Be-tween flail and Fitzsimmous-Ciriftin Fitzsimmous-Ciriftin and Dixon Latest Sporting Taking up Jim Corbctt a3 a protege turns out a very unsatisfactory experiment for the veteran Mike Donovan, the boxing instructor in-structor of the New York Athletic club, remarks re-marks the New York World. "When the Californian made his first visit to the metropolis, me-tropolis, three years ago, Donovan took a fancy to him, and through his influence Cor-bett Cor-bett was made a guest of the New York Athletic Ath-letic club, an honor that has fallen to no other pugilist. The professor was also largely instrumental in getting on the Cor-bett-McCaffrey match and in other ways rendered invaluable services to the young stranger. When Corbett returned to New York after his battle with Peter Jackson in San Francisco, the courtesies of . the New York Athletic club were again extended to him. Prof. Donovan proposed the challenge to Sullivan and got Ed Kearney and other New York Athletic club members to put up a large share of Corbett's $10,000 stake. Miko took a prominent part in making the big match, and since that memorable day has looked after Corbett's interests faithfully. faithful-ly. It was against the wishes of prominent officials of the New York Athletic club that T l . . . v f - -. . - -. A Campbell of Ottawa, 'Kan., and was driven by Johnny Kinney in. the last heat. A running run-ning mate accompanied Riley Medium. The quarter was made in Z2, the half in 1:05 and the three-quarters in 1:334- Eddie Hayes won the unfinished 2:40 trot; best time, 2:27. The New York World says: An incident at East Orauge has opened up a new and suggestive sug-gestive field of usefulness for the bicycle. Last ' Tuesday evening a young lady was walking on Prospect street with a female companion, when a thief snatched a pocket-book pocket-book from her hand and ran. He was evidently evi-dently a sprinter, and there seemed but little prospect of his arrest. But a bicyclist, bicy-clist, who happened to be riding by, as soon as he comprehended the situation started in pursuit. The wheels were too fast for the fugitive, who was soon run down and cap- I tured. : . . For a long time a match has been pending between Tommy White, the clever Chicago 120-pounder, and Eddie Myer of the famous Streator family. White is more thon anxious anx-ious for a go, and has substantial backing to fight almost anybody his weight. He has been holding off until after the Myer party settled their New Orleans business, but the match seems as far from being made now as it was a month ago. Tommy has now de cided to see if a challenge will bring it about, and accordingly will at once post a forfeit and issue a defl to the little Streator-ite Streator-ite to do battle for $1000 a side and a purse, the fight to be to a finish with skin tight gloves preferred. Charles Miller, the well-known millionaire million-aire horse breeder of Franklin, Pa., at whose farm the ex-queen of the turf is being trained by Charles Marvin, was in Chicago, Wednesday. "I believe," he said, "that Sunol can beat 2:05, the time made by Nancy Hanks at Independence. She has developed wonderfully within the past year and can trot faster now than ever before. She is wonderfully built, with great powers of endurance, has has all the speed necessary to lower the record of Nancy Hauks. She covered a mile in 2:15 easily in her work this season, and that gait was only a jog for her. Next season, if no accident befalls her, she will take a lower record than 2:05." Ross Ward, a train dispatcher on ihu Pike's Peak cog road, performed a n; .-L remarkable re-markable and perilous feat Sunday movnhjg. a wser oi j was maae mat n ara tooi-: i not descend from the summit of tha v.uuk to j Manitou, a distance of nine miles an 1 i full i of about 8000 feet, in fifteen wmuic. 11. wager was accepted and Waril von, :rr.kl:tg the trip in eleven aud one-fourth mimUcs. He came down by means of a t--otrfan made of a board about tureo ieet :njr and eighteen inches wide, or. tlie bottom of which was nailed a cleat winch, served as a keel. This keel fitted betwt-ua the railsof the cog road, aud the board t-iid down the track like greased lightning. Th operator braced himself with his feel against the outer rails. He says that no amount of money would tempt him to repeat the performance. visor in Corbett's corner, ancLthe matter may yet result unfortunately for him. "After Corbett's victory Donovan was the most jubilant man in the country, for he felt that he was an especially important factor to the new champion's greatness. Corbett won something like $35,000 and as Donovan bad been in a meaeure instrumental in obtaining ob-taining that money, he naturally expected a handsome remembrance. "Saturday Mike received a letter from Corbett. There was a familiar looking narrow nar-row slip in the envelope and the professor's face expanded, but as be read the figures on the check the smile faded. The piece of paper called for if'SO, aud was so fr from Donovan's expectations that he immed.ately returned the check to Corbett with a few remarks. re-marks. In roply the pugilist asked him whst he thought his services were worth. "There was some surprise ut Cor ue.t's action ac-tion in the matter, and even those who bear no good will towards the New York boxing instructor opined that the least that Corbett might have sent would be double the amount of the check, and that $1000 would be somewhat some-what nearer the proper caper." A "Western sporting authority takes issue with this statement of the case. He says: "If everybody who gave Corbett a little advice ad-vice must be presented with a check for $1000, the champion would have found himself him-self penniless after his great victory, and Mike Donovan showed his lack of appreciation apprecia-tion by his refusal to take the gift offered him. He did not have any special care of Corbett and would have sustained but little loss had the young Californian been beaten, but the victory of Corbett brought him into prominence and gave him much notoriety that is dear to the heart of men of his class. President Charles Noel of the Olympic club says that the club has done absolutely noth-iug noth-iug toward further contests and will do nothing for some time to come. There has been no proposition to arrange for the admission ad-mission of ladies to the arena, as had been reported, and consequently no such question ques-tion had been discussed. As for future contests, con-tests, the only one now in mind is a match between Hali and Fitzsimmons. There has 1 een no thought of offering a purse for Carroll Car-roll and Bowen. A match spoken of was a meeting between Corbett and Jackson. The club has never drawn the color line in settling championships, but in view of the public criticism it is about settled that the Olympic will not be a bidder for the match. As it seems now that there was a willingness willing-ness on the part of Corbett and Mitchell to face ach other, and as it would doubtless be one of the most scientific battles ever fought without the element of brute force, and would attract attention all over the world, the club would bid as much as anybody for the affair. The Olympics feel very kindly toward Sullivan for the manly showing he made there, and if he feels disposed to meet either Slavin or Goddard, both fighters after his style, a purse will be readily offered for the meeting. Sporting Splinters. Speaking of the recent fight, Joe Choyn-ski Choyn-ski said; "What a narrow squeak Fitzsimmons Fitzsim-mons had in the first round of his fight with Peter Maher. Had Maher won that battle then and there and only the gong saved Fitz from defeat Maher would have fought Sullivan. He would have whipped Sullivan in a couple of rounds and would now be the world's champion instead of a back number. It is a mere matter of luck half the time," concluded the young Californian. Riley Medium broke the world'a pacing record Saturday over the half-mile track at Toptka, Kan., pacing three heats, the first In 'Z:74, the second in 2:13 and the third in 2:11 3-5. The stallion is owned by E. C. |