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Show THE SPORTING WORLD. D. P. TAR FY OF THIS CITY WINS $2.0O ON DIXON. The McAulifle Gou.laril FiKlit Will Come Oft" Tnmnruw Xijflit -Local Sports items of (iei'eral interest. Several Salt Lakers witnessed the tight between be-tween Dixon and Johnson, which was decided de-cided at the Coney Island club on Monday night, and they were all on the right side. D. P. Tarpcy, the irrepressible Tuscarora, caught the New Yorkers to the tune of. 2500. GODDARD AND M ACLIFFK. The Pugilistic Giants to Fight 111 San Francisco Tomorrow Night. The great fistic event now attracting interest in-terest is the Joe Ooddard and Joe McAuliffu match for 5,000, which is to lie decided in the California Athletic club tomorrow night. Goddard is the champion of Australia aud has gained groat prestige in the prize ring. He is over six feet iu height and weighs in i the neighborhood of -2O0 pounds. McAuliffe I is also six feet aud will light at about '-.'(JO I pounds. It will be a fight between two giauts, I aud in t lie opinion of sporting men a short j aud desperate battle. Goddard has been, ever since the California club ratified the match, a heavy favorite at 100 to 80, but Mc-Auliffe's Mc-Auliffe's st jck has gone up several points, I probably owing more to his popularity than his fistic ability. While Goddard's record shows some good performances, he has not whipped his opponents in a quick and creditable manner. It is true he defeated Joe Choynski twice and conquered Mickey Dooley, Owen Sullivan and others, but bis principal performance was his draw with Peter Jackson, which sent his stock up, for in that encounter he should have been declared the winner. McAuliffe is no doubt greatly improved since he was beaten in five minutes by Frank P. Slavin and failed to defeat Jim Daly and he may be able to win, but it looks as if he only had an outside chance, for Goddard is a hard hitter and aggressive fighter. Should Goddard de feat Me Ull fflfmr trm ch art e h gc Peter Jackson Jack-son and the California ciub will put up a big purse for such a contest. McAuliffe has trained carefully on his own system and he says if Goddard defeats him he will have no excuse, to make. The men are to fight with four-ounce gloves and Hiram Cook, the president pres-ident of the club, will either act as referee or select one. The Kennel Club. The Kennel club held a well attended meeting in the Dooly building last night and adopted the constitution and by-laws. It was also decided to join the national organization. or-ganization. Sporting Splinters. The three-mile record of Huntress, 7:31 1, has stood unbroken since 1872. The Denver and Salt Lake nines play at the State street grounds on Sunday. The final coursing tournament of the series comes off at Calder's on Sunday afternoon. after-noon. The ten round contest between Richards and Thompson comes off at Turner hall on Saturday night. Sullivan and Corbett witnessed the Dixon-Johnson Dixon-Johnson fight at the Coney Island Athletic club on Monday night. George Slosson, the billiardist, sailed for Paris last week. He will play Champion Ives, Shaffer, Carter, Cotter, Vignaux, Gar-nier, Gar-nier, Plot, Fonrniel and Gibellcr. No les distinguished a personage than the emperor of (iermany witnessed the European Euro-pean bicycle championship contests at Berlin, Ber-lin, and he was very enthusiastic when the American racingman, .imuiermau, won the half-mile event and broke the world's record. rec-ord. A Chicago paper, in a terrific, roast on the Chicago team, says the club is made up of individually good players save its one weak spot fin first base, but is trancy at times because be-cause the salary question still enters into the game to a marked degree. Cut down from a commensurate, standard, the crack players of the nine are playing only minor league ball for the minor league salaries being paid them, and tiiat some would like to get their releases is reasonably certain. |