Show A 1 li THE WORLD OF SPORTS I 1 he match between corbett and fitzsimmons i ERAND MICHAEL H I 1 vicissitudes of the tha manhattan athletic athi I 1 club Gaud loupe the italian I 1 who was not tho the ideal umpire one of Habbert ons newspaper I 1 1 stories the variety boards and the legitimate drama draina 1 I 1 copyright ISA 1893 b bv r schiller Ec rNe hiller beller johnson 1 I 1 pome come men tire arc old before they arc 10 40 1 athers are young at 30 50 john L sullivan I 1 old man mail he Is Is it a prematurely I 1 IOE yet 40 but ala it hair Is 13 iron gray and I 1 I 1 n many respects he be Is a physical i avreck jake J ja prematurely 1 iced aged though not to such an extent fis as I 1 but five years ago it aills s ills of 0 jo ile veteran lags superfluous or on tile 11 Ira gramatte matte stage the pugilist who burns 11 mill ith ends ot of his candle sit at once has no in ill the ring poor kilrain has aund this put plit he has recently been tc le itan at coney colley liland by steve domica Domi cl who at 8 Is not neaily so BO ord od as jake was at ills his age verily J n as aa in everything else vir their own re ue slid and temperance are 1 aram 0 hy tile the way genial denial john II abberton be ae anthor of fi clenN and of 0 hat charming charm lne play playa A deacon Cran kitt decently tol tolda dm tn the following stoic story balle loafs ngo I 1 was in boston on an ny ily way sy 10 lo ty a vojt to whittier who am plaid pi ml to stay slay vas my iny friend I 1 owr belp there here I 1 stopped Mi pd into lit tile lie office of lie kosturn binl iol 1 I ilk tollie lament 0 il john polle nolle olt yli dlly tilly then editor of inet lanious OUS Ivil givus paper I 1 cau gunj ij fi I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 r I 1 j vl t A P I 1 6 V t I 1 C it I 1 r 1 I 1 W I 1 C 4 X I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 IV V I 1 I 1 el I 1 ea I 1 I 1 av I 1 I 1 1 my 9 him irn hird hard nl f and in fit response to iny I 1 t hat ho kompany me to whittles Ws lie he replied my aly jear dear jack i v will ill lp r only too pleased u KI go to inor row but to lo dinv alny inv I 1 am hat hneil it at una v nik k on it a i four column toty on in boxing which I 1 ani ain wilting for the hoston boston lit raid anil and for which I 1 sin am to lip hi paid jake pitr a in will hz b hole hoie lit in a shuit time I 1 lip R Is to pote for tile me I 1 leforc afo i e tile the earr cabrra inra after lie he doali we p will take him and get Pai kinan arid and phillips broolis and will go around to the club and all have a bite to cut and a pleasant chat enjoy W it I 1 should have enjoyed it ery cry it inucci itch salil said ali ilar haburton but as I 1 hall had to be back in now new yolk the next nem day I 1 was compelled to decline I 1 the I 1 tempting ti invitation n when I 1 saw wh whittier ile I 1 told him of it aud and it 11 made him laugh heartily at that time was in ills his prime find and lie was a picture of manly beauty I 1 his I 1 Is eyes yet wei e t an all lilse his skill shin clear and white and there w was is little or no superfluous fasl H sli on his scindy stany well wel knit frame Olpe oreally ORe llly was a catholic and at one of the grandest duets in the world parkman anti and phillips brooks wre were intellectual plants blants the latter died a tant bishop but afew a few years yearn after and yet the great relf religious ious editor knew that both men were ing big brained and liberal enough to enjoy a chat with EL a chani chain plon athlete even though th nui they did not in fri any ally way approve of tile the form of oc at athletics b letle in which he then excelled 1111 lb jim corbett and bob fitzsimmons ait have ave 10 00 ln in the hand of phil dwyer the noted man as stakes lit in a match for the heavyweight heavy beavy weight cham of the writ III which they the propose to determine by a contest in a twenty four cour foot line ing A but just Is at present very uncertain an ali 01 sanitation organization calling itself tile the flotilda aahl athletic c tic club has undertaken to fand a place it has paid cocheu Corbet tand aind 1000 apiece tor for training expenses and has deposited an with mr dwyer as a guarantee that it will pull the match olt off but it IS f likely to chave leave trouble doing so its managers intended having the affair aiala at jacksonville V file fla but adverse legislation may prevent ritza immons a preference as a fightlin tight figh tin lna ground was new Oi orleans oilcans Oil leans cans but tile the decision of 0 the supreme court 0 of the state of louisiana has knocked all tile be boxing ing clubs out in that state the betting comal commissioner of oc the dwy ers who Is called circular joe von dl dig probably because it Is said d that ilia his legs bow so BO that his pantal pantaloons have to iia b cut with a circular saw Is certain that the flotilda club has the right to pull oft off the affair wherever it can and hs be thinks that lie can do so BO in ohp state of texas near the beautiful city of oc dallas the right fight Is scheduled for early in ill september and it if ik 1 does docs take place it 11 Is very likely to be thi the last tor for the neavy weight championship jn in america tor for years I 1 0 6 meanwhile corbett lias has indicated an intention of going colne to and I 1 there meeting peter jackson the black australian with aith whom be fought a draw in still francisco some four years r ceo go the national spoiling club ot of london Jont lon tile greatest organization in the world will give a purse for ahn contest slid and it if it does the match will far overshadow tile one corbett already I 1 has with the middleweight champion naturally objects to CIr corbetts betts lighting jackson before fight lighting him find and lie has justice on his h Is side ld too meanwhile Ilean while both men or are talling tall ing freely to newspaper correspondents ond and making what nhat horace creely used to call mighty mi I 1 riLe resting reading phil dwyer who li 19 one of colletts coi bens backers as well as the stakeholder of tile the match told me the other night that li lie would bould not Ban cllon IOTA jims going abroad to fight ri ht unless lie he felt fure that M doing would not interfere intel tore with his mitch with walli it certainly will vili interfere part pan arid and parcel of the prize fitz und lind jint jim have agreed to contend tend for or Is tile the title heavyweight heavy weight Chum PlOn of the world corbett at p resent claims it and should ho he fight I 1 jackson jacksin and be beaten by him lit the negro would at once assume tho thi rh honor onor and even should corbett meet pit asim mons afterward and suffer defeat nob dob would not obtain the title he signed to fight tor for 0 I 1 mi aint bichard croker and All chael V dwyer who ski abc e now engaged I 1 in it racing a stiling of 0 american Amerl sn horses horbes on an tile english luit are not finding lh ill apart BS as profitable 11 as 8 aly hope hapel they have won some races racer it IA 14 true but their successes alarmed the bold britons your Is the greatest joseph surface in the world ami abi is mpr lally trio t I 1 t I 1 A I 1 1 1 N 1 I 1 IT 11 I 1 I 1 1 f I 1 I 1 1 P 1 1 I I 1 Z I 1 lt L I 1 aa 4 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 N t ftc I 1 t 1 D r e al 4 I 1 1 I 71 I 1 U I 1 k I 1 I 1 P I 1 I 1 r 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 is I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 t II 11 te X tho the great expectations of croker and dwyer and how they may be realized r Enell in theory ticla the most magnanimous creature alive A fall fair field anti anil no favor and may alay the best man win will are its ills favorite sentiments but alas ills his practices are not always in a c cord with anith its ills texts or ills his theories when you on touch ills pocket nerve you send a blinck hecl through ills system cult arouses arouse a all his cupidity into abnormal activity then lie he rethinks bethinks be thinks him of ills his other maxim biln in tie or wrangle ile he Is then like the th moralist who rd nd his scion my aly son get money honestly if 1 sou can but set get money johnny bull does nut not propose to deimit pel roil any one to ill d him of lit his dearly loved pounds shillings and pence it if lie can help helli it and nd especially on his own ground ulbert when lie he ila has tin the ga me lit in his own n han 4 al Ai cordingly ills his 4 are Im importing posting the american americ a it horses with i ith crus crushing hint amounts of weight velh ith tile hie result that they have had to lu ile bp out of many events in fit bleh they nere alre ell entered to run or en encounter eminter cel do defeat 1 file ex ailef lain and ills his partner have been well re received ce I 1 v ed by it the e 1 inglesi I 1 turkmen turf men but I 1 think it was richard who said A man play may smile and abile lie in one wily the trip to in 1 ln Klinl if t ai jessra essers croker anti and dwyer nay be of 0 henc ft to lo us its we in N new t v yot yolk k have leen too subservient lent to the I and to foreign ui s in general I 1 we h have vo acted as if anything in ili tile the mother country or front from atu alnoid al oad noad must muhl necessarily lie be better than a native product if the example set pel hy by the handicap pers arouses lit in us a proper decree of t inide rc and patriotic lill im pulsa he be money lost by our representatives mill not be wasted alie manhattan clubhouse in new york it ia title one of the onest finest structures or of t hie I 1 to kind in the woi ld id the club tor for which it was erected went out of existence through debt for several cars it lamed flamed through tile the athletic firman armament lit like a hil litant meteor eur then it IL flickered awhile lind and after 7 Z ae V V 11 M 1 IJ L r 1 J I 1 ICI NN 1 I 1 Z I 1 1 10 t I 1 f Z A 0 1 f wm 1 I p k ani A W I 1 1 I J I 1 11 va I 1 I 1 1 1 f n I 1 rhyd I 1 C H genslinger was total dailin daik iless its debts were incurred through the cost attendant upon expensive teams ot of krofel arnat amateurs curs if you can call comprehend that paradox to represent it II against Us ila hated rival tile new anew yolk athletic Ath letle club and because 0 of the credits accorded its members not only in the matter ot of lues dues but also alno lit in way of nonpayment non neni payment of their heir bills for eatables and after the Alan manhattan hattan athletic club tied had been defunct for or nearly two years tile the clubhouse was tenantless and its owners could not adapt it to other purposes pui posea poses except at a great expenditure of 0 money it was its V a dead loss on oil their hands dining on one a of his frequent lillis to new Y tork ork charles it genslinger who had been in the blank book and stationery business in new Ol oilcans Oil cans leans and also concerned in the management mannA rement of if at least two of its boxing clubs conceived the idea of reviving the tha club anti and utilizing its grand clubhouse upon a novel plan mr air Cen genslinger slinger reasoned in this A lae ise it a man had the only bai barroom room restaurant tau rant cah agar ar shop eliop and billiard hall bathroom and gymnasium in a town of inhabitants they would be to him in a veritable mint it Is true that halt half of tile the BUO people would be females from whom he would derive no lie revenue and of oc the remaining 2509 op halt half would be minors but the money spent by the 1230 1250 would yield to him a tremendous profit heie said lie to himself is this splendid structure coin complete in every detail and me big enough to accommodate 3 nien members ibers I 1 can get possession of it for a song bong comparatively speaking I 1 will organize a club and to got get members I 1 will take in ill 1200 good follows fellows anil and mone money y spenders fl tree 1 L gratis brails for nothing in the way of initiation initiation fees and dues for the first year T they hey will recruit other members to whom I 1 will make the initiation tion fees anti and dues very moderate I 1 m will ill pi i inet no credits tor for cafe or other supplies everything must lie be paid tolas soon noon as obtained I 1 v will not only have all athletic clubhouse but a vau a 6 dea deaile file theater as aa well veil and I 1 will I 1 have 1 a v big patro patronage naZe during all but the sleeping hours of nc the lily day mr air genslinger have more than to cairy out his brilliant idra idea lie had the energy of half a dozen chicano chicago dru drummers he worked hard d and nd organized the ripun liqua association said ile he I 1 it f yo you want t to 0 make money ng out of a brand r a now new railroad you sell as much of its block and bonds bonda sa as you yin can call then you on organize a co construction company on the inside this company builds the road and gets the bulk of the stock and bonds for its ita puy pay the rhe liqua piqua Asso association clation was and Is Cens lingers construction or rather reconstruction company through one means or other he got a lot ot of influential people to ro fo in with him and the first thing new yolk know knew tim thu new manhattan athletic club into existence Gens lingers idea had prevailed and inside of six weeks atter the doors of the clubhouse had been reopened nearly 2000 members rn were enjoying its accommodations anki and luau i 1 tvs ira then a fatal mistake was madi made genslinger began to feel his oats ile he it a provincial pro ancial liml had olne coina hole heie anil and taught the new they had not known benoie e lie ile phoned lot foi th ill lit in rich adment al ment and a I 1 id h ho dominated the club houpo irom from nuh cellar to roof lip he Is a 1 rond fellow a cotil good gond fellow under circumstances ancer but his hl wonderful rather save gave him ahn idea that he was tho napaleon leon or oc club ann n en part hf h elolf elf lf rl v him there was wag tor for a mahe title anti then new anik was again astonished when it II was announced that stock in tho the new club had been bought out at wonderful some said raid he hart had received for hla interest people in new nc w york have great croat admiration for a man who has matie marte a small coltune out of a shoe suing aa 89 tile the saying Is in a few months many men tipped their hats hall to charley chadcy in ili the hotels holds lir lip visited N anti and as af lie wal albed icca along alone broadway Kro adway lie was pointed out its as a mighty smart fellow anil and dont elx all forget it the third chapter in ahli novel history is now xing wi men it that thai genslinger was only pit paid in part fur for ins his interest in tle elvei by and by lip lie saw that the being employed by ills wem v ero not those that he thought bosl best for its interest ile brought suit tor for the renn remainder abider of tile the morny lite due him then credit riis of the club began spirg it for supplies lii of whisky anti and other and now the fine club clubhouse boule though open if 14 in iho hands it i t the A larse number of bei a have h imp A resigned esig ned and the future of tile new Alan hattan seems ionic indeed genslinger meanwhile menn nn while 1 Is organizing a for a new club aind not lot ions ao ago it hi told mo ihil al in less thin a year put in exis existence lence tile finest haiet ertl lice alce for athletic InAr poses ever built I 1 wonder ir if lie he made ilia salte ment nent rood 0 the jhc boards bo d s have the legitimate stare staffe nith som main rt of its clev enst actors it 11 ofin ir 14 irvint cint a sketch n u is i n R perfect picture of nt real life jfe it ic furnishes a varl ihrl cathie or tin tile most g kill not nil long lon ago aco I 1 into inlo tile the caiano one night to lo away nil an hour at and lid laughed lau Klied aei lily at a performer win who 1 an italian peanut ven ler and LOW stories t lit in broken PIn glish ac r ro adina to lo its his tale laid lie he had a beuther SAW said he bradda liea lie a cicat a rr purt ilia ili IIA a playa play a di batta bai ba i ball ebal i a cicat a some game one man lie he 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