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Show THK SI'OKxInO WORLD. Nhootiug of John 1'. Clow Other Spurting Kiwi. The telegraph yesterday announced tho shooting of John P. Clow, tho ex-champion ex-champion of Denver. It is likely that ho will die. The world will not miss him, neither will the sporting fraternity, frater-nity, except in ono way. His excessivo brutality will not be forgotten. If over a heartless, soulloss boast existed on earth in the Riiise of human form, it was in John Clow. Years ago he was champion of Colorado, Col-orado, lie won tho title assisted by tho guns of a gang of toughs, not by his own particular prowess, all hough ho was a vory clover man. Success turned his head and he plunged into dissipation. Jack Davis, tho man who was defeated de-feated by Joo Choyuski at San Francisco Fran-cisco a few uights ago, challenged him, and Clow again summoned his crowd together. 'I hero wero more pistols and knives behind Clow than can be found in any gun store. But Davis was a stayer and when tho battle ended Clow was a vanquished man. He went to Omaha and started to run tho town, but met a different sort of defeat de-feat at the hands of P. P. Pomeroy, a reporter, who made matters so lively that ho was forced to skip out. Sinco that time he has been in Deliver, Deli-ver, whore ho has alternately pounded abandoned women with clubs, smashed boor bottles over inoffensive men's heads and mado a general nuisance of himself. him-self. Thorewill bo no tears shod over his remains. A Slight MlBWk. The sporting editor of the Denver lle-publieau lle-publieau knows about as much about fistic matters, etc., as some old woman. In a recent issue ho speaks of Tommy Miller having fought "Spider'' Weir twenty -ono rounds al Minneapolis. Twenty-one, nothing. He fought seven rounds, four of which lie was not iu at all. In commenting ou the defeat of Myers, My-ers, the "Slrealor Cyclone," he remarks Ihnt .limiuio Lindsay of Omaha can whip Myers, Ho might if Myers was asleep, and he never will meet Billy, not it he can help it. Lindsay is a summer sum-mer lighter and has all he can attend to i:nw dodging a challenge from Arthur Ar-thur Kothcrv, v ho wanls to meet him for $(100 a side. Dickenshocts ought to read tho Clipper almanac. The Slracler-Williams i'ontest. The ten-round glove contest between Jerome Strador and Jim Williams, which was announced to take, place Saturday, June 7. at tho Athletic club, lias been changed to the night of Friday, Fri-day, Juno (j. Sporting Notes. Shaferran 1,000 poinls iu a game of billiards at San Francisco last night. The Ogilen aud Salt Lake loams are playing a game as 1'hk Times goes to press to-day. ' Billy McCarthy of Australia was defeated de-feated by I'itgoralil of Now Zealand al Ihe t'alil'oniia Athletic club rooms lat night. Nine rounds were fought. |