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Show title In their division, ore hapqlln I over the di.Munce thev will ro to do- 1 cide who ,j ontm.-(l to play lit tl - kin-". nrmie tlio terms, collect thr advert Is lug anil in olhr ways pemllar to champions of pugilism annex the hr-n-or3 and cmolunifiits of the champion t-lip. Toulon wants n short district-. 15 or 20 rounds while Con lev Is standing out for th 15 r-.und limit. It will he Intorestlnj to watrh th iintlrs of ,oth lifihters, managers and others Interested before the two aiv Anally brought together. If thev ever are. showing much belter form on his return re-turn trip than ever before. As one sporting writer baa aptly put It "The older lie gets the faster he walks" Following the precedent set by champions cham-pions and near champions In all other lines of sport. Weston will probably accept a vaudeville contract after he has rested from bis little stroll across the country and back. He surely deserves de-serves all he can make, and herea wishing him prosperity and long Hie. Not since sorrowing baseball fans all over the country taxed the effort of the United States moil service wl'h messages of sorrow and condolence messages of condolence and sympathy sympa-thy to the sorrowing widow of "Doc." Powers, for many years catcher for the Philadelphia American League team, the Athletics, and one of the famous Connie Mack's helps in developing de-veloping recruits from tie brush leagues has such a tide of sorrow swept the domain of sport as that now being observed all over the country coun-try over the death of Jake Shaefer, known to bllliarlsts and all others, in fact, as "The Wizard." The body of the great billiard plajer was taken to Chicago for burial hut the widow and three children returned again to their home in Denver. Shaefer niado a record in billiards that would serve well as an example for men In any branch of sport, or business for that matter, for clean, square dealing at all stages of the game, and his memory mem-ory will long live not only with those who follow the game he made famous but with everyone with whom he came in contact. , Now FranKTc Onley and Johnny Coulon, bantamweights claiming the COMMENTS ON SP0RJ EVENTS Owing lo a number of unforscen complications, coupled with the fact that the fire stallon, which has been used during the past week by Tommy Dawson, as his training quarters, is too small, his manager, Tommy Walker, Walk-er, has arranged for securlnc the rooms over tho White Elephant saloon sa-loon on Twenty-fifth street as training train-ing quarters for his protege. Dawson Daw-son has been working hard all week and is apparently lu the best of shape. Tho coming clash between Sullivan and Dawson Is showing every indlcn-Mon indlcn-Mon of being fir.-.t class. The announcement an-nouncement by Dawson recently that he is Irish has given lovers of boxing box-ing in Ogden a great deal ot encouragement encour-agement In their hope of seeing a good match, as no one will deny the nationality of Su!!lvn. He halls from Fall River, but is of Irish decent Two sure enough Irishmen in the ring should put i.p a pretty good bout. As If to confute the words of the critics who have been saying that Barney Oldlield as au automobile race rrack is all in, Ihe subject of various remarks got together a few days ago, and driving a bl 200-horse power Benz car, broke the world's record for fine mile, covering Ihe distance in 28 seconds flat. The previous record of 28 1-5 seconds for this distance was made, somo years ago at Ormond Beach, Kla., by a Stanley steamer. After keeping comparatively quiet for several days, as though to collect his scattered thoughts. Battered Bat Nelson, ex-lightweight champion has again stepped calmly before the public pub-lic with a lone statement as to Just why Wolgast won. Iack of condition, underestimating the real fighting ability abil-ity of Ihe Milwaukee Wild Cat, worry wor-ry Incident to bupiness cares and a host of other reasons are produced jy Nelson to show why Wolgasl Is today champion lightweight, while Battered Bat Is on the bone yard vehicle. So many people are saying that Ihe real reason for Bat's defeat was because Wolgast was the better man, and singing, "It may be so, we don't know, hut It sounds like a doggono lie," that there Is much reason io doubt Mr. Nelson's gratultuous statement. state-ment. Nelson has announced his intention of going to his ranch In New Mexico In a short time and hobnob-Ing hobnob-Ing frequently with the gang plow and tho rake. If he can break himself of his habit, of tutting he will undoubtedly un-doubtedly make a pTeat success of plowing He's built for It. In going after the Maybray gang of swindlers the government Is doing more to promote fair poit than in any movement ever made. It is In Just such schemes as those that the public ia Induced to believe that any kind of professional sport Is necessarily crooked, and sportsmen throughout the country are following the case with great interest. After not being beard from for some time, jimmy Gardner of Lowell. Mass. broke Into the lime light again on Friday night Inst at Milwaukee by ftaylng ten rounds with Jimmy Clab-by Clab-by of that city, touted as one of the best men and a comer In the welterweight welter-weight division. Although very" much ovor weight, according to the reports of the fight, Gardner Is said to hav hail a slight shade the better of the Milwaukee boy In their bout. Gardner Gard-ner ha3 fought all the good ones of the welterweight division and has c-me off victorious with but two exceptions, ex-ceptions, those of Mlko Sullivan, who twice won from the Downeaster and Jack Blackburn, the negro who Is now serving a long term lu prison for shooting another man. He ia easily one of the cleverest welterweights welter-weights In the ring today and has many admirers who would like to see him matched with some of the many claiming the championship. Seventy-three years of age, across the continent In 90 days, started back again and now Ave days ahead of-his Ecbedule. his is the enviable record ..f Edward Payson Weston, tho man who will go down In the annals ot ' uportdom as one of the greatest ' athletes of all times-, and easily the unv greatest pedestraln of hi ago. in spite f the loog hard grind from tho , caGtern to the western boundary oi the country which Wesfon c-ndurta |