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Show WORLD OF SPORT. The Made BSMgt rh I'm sen and His Vugn on Wednesday. The benefit tendered at Electric ball Inst evening to the Maori did not draw as his friends had expected nor as the entertainment entertain-ment deserved. Slade bad earned better treatment, at the hands ol the spoiling world as bis services iiave always been open to it. Tbe entertainment opened with a set to tie.tweru Jack Hays and Geo, Anderson, the light weights, the referee pronouncing it a draw. iu Harding and Hebei Mackay, the for. mer winning hands down and In three straights. The club swinging by aptain Keilly was the most charming feature of a very striking strik-ing entertainment, ami shows him a foeman worthy the rivalry of the best. C hampion Jim Williams and .lack Martin were announced for three rounds that in. looked at with considerable interest. Tommy Mulligan, billing himself from Sm Francisco, then offered t give the champion a few points in Fistinna's art, hut the representative repre-sentative of tbe Pacific went out with one corker. T.ynotkand Coon Richards nevt dawned on the pugilietie horizon, and started to fake through it, but Hcferee Williams ordered them to fight, and failing to get ihem at it, decided in favor of I.ynott, who had made the most lejids. 1 he evening then conel uded with an exhibition ex-hibition between Herbert Slade, the beneficiary, ben-eficiary, and a sparrer announced a O'Brloil ofPhiiadcljdiia. Tug of War. Tbe teams failing to answer the sound of tbe g"iig when the hour for the matinee hi rived yesterday Ihe tournament ended in a bad state of demoralization. Financially it has been a disappointment to those who took part, and as there is bad blood a startling start-ling echo may yet be heard from it. The event for this evening is a pull be. tween a picked team under Captain Lange and another under Al Bcklund, who piloted the Swedes. Tbe contest is for $'.'t) a side and the gate receipts. B porting Noises. The visit of Peter Jackson, Con Hiordoii and Sam Fitzpatrick to this city promises some interesting sport in a possible meeting between Champion Williams and the Australian. Aus-tralian. Williams is in tine feather and Colonel Col-onel Kelley fells confident that if he mi ar range a "go" it will be at least close enough to make Fitzpatrick call for refreshments When he steps out. Sam Haller will leave for Unite Iu a few day s to arrange a lug -of-war tournament al that point. Sam is up in the husiness, and should the sinewy sons of Butte take to it, two learns will be entered from this rity. |