Show Sport Gossip By F. F V. V FITZGERALD I Eager to see an airship ascend the people of Oakland Md are reported to have set fire to to an a aeroplane just rust completed by a Pittsburg inventor The airship promptly went up in smoke The police won a temporary victory over Sam Berger Berg at Bellingham Wash but the chances are aie that the officers will vil re regret et their handling of the shrewd manager of the great eat champion Chess experts and enthusiasts are tho the champions of the world for patience and endurance On Saturday last a checker tournament which had lasted eight years was con concluded when Gaston Gaston Gaston Gas- Gas ton G. G Notter of France Prance won the thousandth thousandth thousandth thou thou- game from Emile of Switzerland A dispatch from Denver indicates that Utah is to re enter re-enter enter the Colorado conference If this is done arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments meats will 1 be e made for fur athletic athletic compe com pc between the University of Utah and the colleges of Colorado At least tw two Colorado sch schools will probably be taken on in in football next fall by Utah The bantam weight championship was all but transferred Saturday ni night ht in the battle between Johnny Culon and Earn Dennin Donning Denning at New Orleans In tho the second round Denning landed Denning landed a terrific light swing that put the champion down and all but out Culon staggered to his feet just lust in ini time and managed to i stave off his opponent for seven rounds and finally in in the ninth round duplicated duplicated the second with tho the reverse English Eng Eng- lish except that Denning Donning stayed down leavin leaving Culon still the he champion Youn Young Erlenborn of Denver the champion bantam and feather weight of Colorado is is in in Salt Lake arranging for a bout with Peanuts Sinclair champion feather weight feather weight boxer of Utah The boys are easily the tho best of their weight in the tIle intermountain country and the match if arranged will decide decide decide de de- de- de deI cide the feather weight championship of at least half a dozen mountain states It will also decide which one of the boys is the one to go on with the winner winner win win- ner nor of the Monte Attell Danny Attell-Danny Danny Webster dispute on the coast Jack Ti Tippett pett writes from San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco cisco that he wishes to return to Utah in in case he can caa get a match with a good middle wei weight ht Ho He is ea eager er for a return return return re re- re- re turn en engagement a ement with Caponi whom he lie wishes to hex box DOX on a proposition of winner winner win win- ner ncr take tako all He includes Frank Mantell Mantell Mantell Man Man- tell in his challenge A recent victory vic victory vie vic tory for Tippett J was over Steve OConnor O'Connor OCon nor sparring partner of Stanley y Ke Ketchel Ketch Ketch- chel ch- ch el ci whom he knocked out in m eight rounds Tippett is matched to m meet et Montana Jack Sullivan in Frisco in two weeks Arrangements may be made for Tippett to get a match with Jack Rogers Rogeis who already dy has dates ahead v with th Billy Dennington on and Tim im Craw Craw- ley Interest in the coming Sullivan Col Sullivan Col Collins lins ins match is increasing each each- day This is only partly due to the fact that the boys are evenly matched as was demonstrated demonstrated dem dem- by their to a draw in Ogden last month Sullivans Sullivan's position at it the tho top rank of the light wei weight ht pugilists pugilists pu pu- pu- pu is assured by the fact that such Buch sucha Bucha a t classy performer as Cyclone Johnny Thompson refuses to m meet et him Collins ollins was able to box a draw with Z Z Sullivan and is ambitious to win the next bout as he figures that he is is the negro to take tako the light weight championship championship cham cham- back to the black race and a victory over Sullivan would put him in inline in inline I line inc to meet the ian Increased interest in in the Sullivan Sullivan- Collins performance is aroused by the fact that it is s 's the first of a championship champion u ship hip series to be held in Utah Present Pres Free ent indications are that within the next three or four months the battle battlo for the worlds world's s 's li light ht weight championship champion champion- ship as well as the bout hout for the heavy heavyweight heavyweight heavyweight weight title will be hold held in Utah Preparations are now bein being made to i match natch the winner of f the Sullivan Sullivan Sullivan-Col- Col his libs match with Tommie Dawson th the British scrapper who has won from the best boston heston on the other side The entrance of Daw Dawson on into the championship argument gives rives the affair an international turn The rho British boy has beaten the best beston I on the other side including Johnny Summers until recently the champion light 1 weight of Great Britain Jabez White Owen Moran Joe Bowker and andI Spike I Sullivan are others of a lon long list whom Dawson has met The winner of this se second nel scheduled match bp bu proven by tI the e preliminary preliminary nary battles to be bo entitled to meet the winner whiner winner of the Wolgast Nelson-Wolgast bout anti and the tho match would undoubtedly be made in Utah Sullivan and his lii friends behove believe be be- lieve hove that he will beat both the tho negro and find the Englishman and be bd in line lino forthe forthe for forthe the belt bolt while the colored people and anda a surprisingly ly large number of others believe that the ne negro o will be bo the one ono oneto oneto onoto to have a chance at the title There are also those who are advising that the bo be not overlooked His career carcer on the other side sido justified Dawson Daw Daw- Dawson son son son-in in believing that his chance was good to grab ab the championship and he lie heis heis lieis is coming coining from Europe lust just for that purpose Salt Lake fans are countin counting on either cither Sullivan or Collins to nip his aspirations aspirations- |