Show IN inma TH GAY WORLD OF SPORTS will wili the americas cup be kept on this side YOUNG griffo VS EDWARDS the turkmen of america and john A hennessey awyers prospects prospect 5 in england growth 0 of the bicycle As ft a sporting implement griffo and edwards spar comparisons of vessels copyright 2 by bacheller bachi llcy johnson a Bac bacheler heBer the sporting event par excellence of 0 the year the one ot of moot mont importance to americans Is 13 tile contest for or the americas cup which will take place on the ocean course of 0 the new york yacht club between the ath and gitil ot of next september the visible prize of this contest Is the cup offered by tho the queen of england in ISSI for competition among the yachts of all nations it was valued then at one hundred sovereigns plate date ot of this character Is frequently overrated I 1 have no to doubt that many american silversmiths would be glad to duplicate this big cup for since the cup was won by the yacht Amo ilea lit in tile the regatta from cowes around the isle of wight august 2 fil the lie duglish have ade seven un I 1 0 k 1 54 e I 1 W IN 1 I 1 V I 1 W 1 II I 1 I 1 JP I 1 ea I 1 ila i e the americas cup successful P attempts to recover it and the expense attendant upon these futile cirtorn lus has been over the eighth attempt will be made nt fit the cost to lord dunraven Dun raven and the other members of his hl english Enell sli syndicate of 0 not less im than jn in the attempts to wrest real the cup from ux its sixteen races have been selled sLl led in fill all kinds of m weather eather anil and of these only one v nas as won by the representative that one was taken by the Li livonia vorda in her race against the columbia october the columbia was aits ruled the day before she had beaten her competitor nearly eleven minutes la in the races of tile the a series rips the ralpho Pap rap pho took ook tho place and boat beat the livonia with ease it Is 48 n adl hg to state that the unk aih would not have spent it a tithe or of the money it has cot cost them to try to retain tho the cup because of its intrinsic or renti sentimental mental value they are too practical for that they know that th the e cup ts Is the visible emblem of naval a superiority por and that while it 11 remains in in our the claim that I 1 england asland Is the greatest shipbuilding nation in tile the world la in refuted by the fact that we ivon haon the cup from a fleet of the best bert prod nets of En glands most capable naval designers and constructors and for nearly halt half a century we have laughed to scot n their attempts to win it t b hack c ic V f or the war american built billt ships and ide amers were the fastest the nn fin oat et and the mor moist A that floated hundreds of thousands of dollars were f 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 0 v 11 1 0 I 1 1 g 3 I 1 if i 0 e i I 1 J 1 11 ti I 1 25 1 I 1 11 1 1 il I 1 if I 1 t I 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 tk i I 1 i I 1 0 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 A 1 HO hon 11 J A hennessey 41 I 1 tant a nt annually in this country by for ilan nations und and citizens for or vea vessels ebl tn th dill war and the change in material F f construction from wood to iron iran enabled barland to become almost oili u I 1 fronle lr enis in shipbuilding A chang 0 has bag i jak taken e n lilac arco ar co in taw alir amt ten ye tears are ara arica Is benin again to th alii front aa M a shipbuilding n nallon our new war steamers tar far exceed in ill coed ltd armament and ability to travel ing distances without ro couling those of ff tiny any other oilier nation china ond and japan ill in the next live five years spend roll mil lu new war w r steamers it we liucc ejk alio IQ eighth ni at eipl to wrest wren the eup up f rom us un w aich all ill bt be made next se september Pt ember at least half nl ot of this money ought to be spent in III our fur anil and doubtless it will that IN 1 why nil americans american of political should donbre tin lag defender to bent befit the F 11 yvet al 11 1 lit be tile site aalga or Nal valkyrie kyrle L or better still till the prince prima of 0 fleit Wl alegs eit pet ft the britannia the bal have long lone claimed and ir persistence in making the claim am 64 in reiterating I 1 it aban ia butwill ru tWill many believe it chat ill thay vy can bum ships far cheaper than we can this la is a fallacy their firstel flirt chasn itsik ships cost coat anra ban ln wf we con can hulm them tar an n has isell wn in 1110 cam cai of the st SL louis WW find and st baill the chlop ch lop lump mearn ill they ey build call coulta 11 not girt tl a register from the L united scale they tie do not come coine up to our r in many th 1 prospects prop lii of 0 retains ng M I 1 c cup I 1 win can only say nay that they are fairly rood good though it must be admitted y have more to fear than ev r b bett rall ral L thin la is bebau be caufie le the english ani have reluctantly luct antly adopted lany inny of 0 tho the apa iiii that KO go to in ake up ili the whitin saix pints P ints nt if american bat bunta a practically alir ill alna in f nn an amerl dillons cn anadel in bres arf adali or li b ban an aal in dul anwa oi 0 hold anil in her practically 1 kel keel k el the site far more clowley resembles wr boat beau than a any n F in I 1 ng gland land the ili bw ill will have to be alt rii ft to I 1 ili at hr h r I 1 think lit 1 dalf 1 lanh UI h b in adilou iM liHt jonii cn mon Itin to in nan nine 4 if r Is law w a aal nd ny LI licit w r will mil in 14 you ilia it bi 1 es cat olah ill a fair willjo miloj to bo liola ld on to I 1 I 1 than it 11 la Is to 0 obtain ata I 1 n poll poian a es A ton of it I 1 hope it II aill be found so in the cage of 0 the americas cup the turnmon of america owe a great debt of gratto gratitude to the lion ilou john A llen ol 01 neasey soy member er 0 f the AR assemble 11 for liot one ze of at the brook brooklyn lyn districts for 01 his oral is in behalf of the bercy grey grei lacing bill mr air he hennessey Henn nn esney essey Is a young man mail on the sunny side ot at 40 yet he Is I 1 one of the best informed onil and most on en turf turc writers in the country thoroughly Ehly honest himself he liaa has always advocated honesty lit racing and his labors often put him at variance with men high on tile the turf who N he were ever ready to pull off it a good thing by look hook oz or crook these mm men und and their methods ai mr I 1 I 1 liaa has fought in find and out of season under his nm n m de ae plume clack blick anil and blue and many a job he has exposed and many z J 1 A F I 1 I 1 I 1 r I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 F za 1 11 f t I 1 I 1 young Orif fot at another he has fiust frustrated rated last tall fall in the itie closing hours of 0 the I 1 donl convention in albany an amendment to the constitution making it 1 a I mony many to bet on a horse lace was slipped sll pred through the convention along with will a number of meritorious amendments when the constitution was submitted to tile the people for at the polls tile the anti antl racing amendment was in the section containing the most desirable additions to the constitution n and it was 1 approved I by a law largo majority of the votes this winter a bill was introduced by sir air percy which was afterward amended by ur air grey and subsequently materially chani chan chancell ceil ed in committee which permits racing in new york state and virtually allows wagers to be made between individuals on the english plan this bill had the support of oe all the best in the state including the Bel belmonte monts august and perry the Ne erics the laurences and in fact all Inter interested estul in horse horae raising its opponent 1 have been strict churchmen who abrou h religious scruples never will favor racing R r I 1 1 I 1 1 4 11 aka and edwards spar no matter how honestly conducted and their odd allies the poolroom pool room keepers whose business will mill be destroyed den troied by it mr llen lic neasey has been the champion ot of the bill in the legislature and his thorough knowledge of 0 the turf and of 0 parliamentary law jaw has ha been of inestimable value to tile the bill time and agal again 0 his friends hope to see him in congress Con eress arc MADY years the cleverest weight boxer in america today to day is undoubtedly alfred griffiths more commonly known as young griffo llo lie to la fr from am australia and Is 13 a 0 phenomenon in build as well as an in only 5 feet 2 inch inches tall his neck Is its as big bl around as john L sullivans and his bis chest girth Is IH almost ns its great as jim corbetts lie ile Is in wonderfully der fully actu idy and lot ao biever clever is 13 lie in ducking and parrying that it 1 in almost impossible to lilt him fairly and squarely on the face ills his deficiencies are a pair of bad hands which cannot lilt us effectively as they did live five 3 yeara ear a ago find a lack of shift I 1 ness on his feet feel so no far since his arrival in this country he has either till nil the men he be ha has fought or succeeded in making draws drawn with them ex except cc pt in one case that bet abeln ng his bout with jack tc ic auliffe in that the referee awarded tin the victory to the decision should houm have been a draw twenty years yearn ano ago billy edwards was tin the champion lightweight of amoric america a and really of england Enit land as well tor for lie he out pointed its it clever cleverest ct boxer and had ito chosen to jr maln abroad he could easily have maintained the title against k I 1 1 k if W 1 N I 1 t 1 I 1 11 I 1 billy edwards edwarc 3 rik all comora in ills ids day men won flatly in hare bare knuckle lights and they seldom beldom boxed matches niell bloes when they did the gloves worn were tho the ordinary eight ounce lows in ills time edwards was the best glover known and among the men he defeated with them was wan 0 slave tv e taylor a heavyweight who art fought john li sullivan ile he has boon been out ot of ilia ring for several yearn nearly ten years ago ae lie IB boxed charley mitchell lit 1 the iho madison Mal nn square garden gardea EdA eddards ards did not weigh over fi millia mitchell Il aoa as forty Pound bea hemler ter tile police topped mopped tho the bout lu ili the third round had bad tile the best of it it though Iid Lil ivard wards Is 1 now in his hill fifty third at ar be Is in willing to box griffo four rounds provided he has haa it a guar ant anteo of a satisfactory amount of at money moncy win or lose nw tor for tie dolne doing grieto hux hits tat not received the offer with favor lie ile and his hl backer say HAY that hint there liters would be no DO honor bonor in der defeating eating tin an old man there might be considerable money in it however and as they are eager cager for many think that the lite honor portion alon of the affair la Is not tile rl real rea pon on for ih llulu ir acceptance non ot of ed wn warl rl tiller it lio cry unpleasant to la be unable to outpoint the rl et pran eran and burve to be liy by him there tre dire precedents forand for and against nuell a match old ltd jere jem ma M irr in n his big day the nian men in Ln angland gland hi at th ahr nife of ft aa 5 undertook to box carly Clr ly ceasir round in isi and wi ax knocked t for ills lil pain on 11 itu hand kacal oba I 1 I 1 3 bear ears ao ago old mike alike Dono donovan vani t the he box I 1 ing instructor of 0 the new york aali lotic club boxed six rounds rounda with nith jack dempsey when jack was not only the champion of 0 his class but considered the Nonpar lel of 0 the american in ring to the surprise of Demp friends donovan really had the best bent of the go though the referee decided it a draw tt it was this bout that first drew attention tie n t to t the lie fact that dempsey was waa not the in invincible wonder he had been thought to be A tow ew yen years later donovan boxed a limited number of 0 rounds with dominick Alc Caffrey a heavyweight who had fought bath both sullivan and corbett Cor helt and many thought that alike had the best beat of the encounter old barney auron aaron who iho thirty years ago was waa a agile wonder in his class raid to me the other night it if edwards and grafto conic come together its no 2 to I 1 that billy wont vont win lie he Is A a wonderfully condei fully acil preserved man ile he never was waa much of 0 a drinker and lie has always taken good care of 0 himself lie ile would have height and reach in his hi favor with grafto and if he ever brings his right aerobe on ills ilia jaw he NN will III knock him out an aa sure eure as aa shooting A snatch between ibis pair would wonderfully exemplify the old and new sta stiles les ot of boxing 0 a ihrl whatever lever faults and failings mr michael F dwyer may have his bitterest bitte jest ct opponents cannot deny that he Is one of the shrewdest men in the business bushie sm of horse racing with him it Is tar far more a business than a sport and he has been called not inaptly the jay isbill IS nill III of fit the turf when lip lie went to england last your year to survey the racing situation there were many who sneered at him and predicted thit that he would come to nanan clil grief it if lie he undertook undertook to cope cop with till the english at their espee especial I 1 a game on their own grounds by these anecia sir air dwyer and till his turf partner richard croker for foi they y really tire arc turf partners partner took a stable of homes to england rn gland and sa far alwy they have not had serious cause to regret so doing I 1 doubt however if they will make its an much money over there jn in tile the long inns run its as they did in this country hint ill reason they made a mint off the turf in this und and coined money out 0 it almost as rapidly na s uj clift dnn government 0 did in the marble building on chestnut street in ili philadelphia which it its uses c a for that purpose by the way I 1 paw faw the man the other oilier day who did teach the english to their sorrow how to make money on all the turf in those days he was waa called ballel plunger walton bit bat lie he Is now nov known us aa sir fr theodore F r IV walton RIton the year that sir air james F keenen i horse foxhall won uan the czarowitz and the Cambridge shire in bergland Hr Er gland and the grand frand prix in III franco arance mr air walton won fi on ali these three events alone tho the plunger used to pay the best english jockeys large hunig a of money to win the races they were alica fred in lie ile would promise A a jockey provided he won such and such a a race of courso he got cot in advance the very boat of beable information lie he had all the leading jockeys of england fur nis hIni him with nith news and the turf ma magnates geates mer there who guard their I 1 table secrets much rorie carefully barc juliy than they do their family ones were aghast they I 1 nally got col I 1 lid d of walton by rellna him oil off the ibe turf for lam tampering with jockeys in this country many men pay jockeys not to win and it if they are not lot found out and they are arc not one time lit in ton ten they pose poe po e as clevor clever sportsmen heaven save the mark 0 ten years ago such a thin as a tire llred it bicycle was unknown now it Is estimated that thore there ate aie a million of them in use in the lite united stales scale in other words one person in every sixty of our population bikes the cry Is still they come and the demand for wheels Is so great reat that many dealers are weeks behind in their orders in new york and other 13 eastern cities many people are bryint wheels wheel on the installment allotment principle by means of what Is knon n as aa bicycle purchasing clubs the clubs are arc limited in membership members alf and only responsible people can belong klch each member pays weekly dues slid and 1 a I wheel Is 13 each week each member who gets a 0 wheel has bag to get si a now new before bike ile ho then ceases to pay dues lue 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