Show GOTHAM MS WANTS FOOTBALL New York Dec It HA A loud wail wall has gone up here among lovers of for more big games In this city New York showed the football 11 managers that it would support football by the turnout at atthe atthe atthe the game and it Is possible possible possible ble that next season Season will see a couple of the big games played in New York The spirit of commercialism which was supposed to have driven dr en away the big college teams does not apply to the In Indians Indians Indiana diana nor to the minor colleges which have WHEN BAT WAS INAS PRELIM BOXER Leon L Gilkey Gilke the clever cleer football coach co ch who had charge of the Colorado college coll e Tigers the past football season tells a good one ont on Battling Nelson Gil Gilkey Gilkey key and the Battler Battier were in Hot Springs Ark a few years ago when Nelson was wag lucky to be eating regularly regular At the th tb time he was wall not getting the three squares square with sufficient side dishes di hes to suit and was looking for a chance to earn a few pen pennies pennies nies to help the meal ticket along Th The sports of ot the town dug dag up Jack Robinson a Chicago lightweight and arranged with witt Nelson to beat him The police heard or Of it through boasts by Robinson of ot what n h hP intended to do and ordered the match to tobe tobe tobe be called off oft Instead a local promoter promote bobbed up with the promise that he ha would find a place to pull pun off oft the mill and nd that he had a place which was In the con cen conter 1 center ter of ot the town and secluded besides The crowd gathered at a restaurant kept m 11 Jack Frisby and there everyone was told to steal away and meet in a small room In br the rear of ot the opera house block Thi was done and there were fully fifty inthe in inthe inthe the crowd when the fighters stripped ready for action Then a collection wa iva proposed that the men might have some something thin thing to fight for Gilkey being first de decided decided decided on as referee The collection netted The principals were told tf tt amount to expect and they decided u to fight winner take all Nelson gave Rob Robinson RobInson Robinson inson an awful beating It was undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly edly the smallest purse Nelson ever fought for The story is true on the word of Gilkey who has been prominent a as football player and coach coath and also as a Ii manager of boxers for many years A purse will not even cause Nelson to sit alt up and take notice at the present time good teams and they will win play here h re if the proper prop r arrangements arrangement can be made Princeton has had bad one game here ever even year and the Cornell game will In all probability be played here next year ear as asIt ft It is ls the Tigers turn to say sa where they shall meet It Is not known yet whether the Indians will be on the Tiger schedule but if It it is business sense will send It to this town where the public as well as the college men can see some good foot tOOl football football ball Michigan too may be one ODe of the features of New Yorks season although to date there is no opponent for tor the west westerners westerners westerners erners but If It Yost fast is willing Glenn War Warner Warnee nee nur ner might be persuaded to Bring ring his Car Carlisle Carlisle lisle braves to the city for a match with the western champions This game would be the money mon y maker of ot the year and would crowd either of at our baseball parks to their capacity New York wants the big games Barnes and the theis public p asaf Is willing to t next pay foi fol a is pa them so f it is a safe bet that next fall faU will see a revival of the game in this city it of 4 |