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Show WORLD OF SPOUTS. Gossip Concemins1 the Great Godfrey-Choyinski Godfrey-Choyinski Fi?ht. V IT WILL TAKE PLACE ON OCT. 31. The Winner Will Take 4500 Both 3Ien in Training Peter Maher, -The Irish Champion," Back Again He Wants to Fight Ooddard 1 Wlndle's Xew Kecordst The Olympic. Olym-pic. Clnb Ioes Xot Want Uoddard and Jackson. Two great fistic battles will be decided on the night of October 31, when the Coney Island Is-land Athletic club holds its next event. The meeting in the ring of the heavyweight gladiators, Joo Choyinski of California and George Godfrey, the dusky champion of Boston, is looked upon by experts as one of ids oest matcnea mat uu yet uciuncu iu the East. In Choyinski, Godfrey will find one of the beet men that he has ever met, and in order to gain the meed of victory he will have to ccomplish something he never did before. The battle is for a purse of f 5000, of which the winner will take $4500. Both have started start-ed in to train Choyinski at the Highlands of Navesink, and Godfrey at Revue Beach, Boston. The preliminary bout of the evening even-ing wiU be a ten-round go between Dolly Lyons, George Dixon's sparring partner, and Kid Hogan, who recently fought a draw with Billy Plummer. The lads will fight at 112 pounds for a good sized purse and an outside stake of $1000. Hogan and Lyons have been hankering to get at one another for some time, and their meeting on October Octo-ber 31 should prove to be a fight of the peppery pep-pery order. Choyinski is the favorite with Salt Lake sports, and M. J. Kennedy, who won on Corbet t, is willing to give odds on the Cali-I Cali-I fornian. Peter Maher is Back. Peter Maher is again in the race for the championship. About eigbt months ago it certainly looked as though he had a good chance to reach the top of the pugilistic ladder. Had he beaten Bob Fitzslmmons, Meher might now be the king-pin of sluz-ism. sluz-ism. But by-goues are by-gones with Peter. He is in line once more ready to try conclusions conclu-sions with any of the big ones. He arrived on the City of Berlin in company with Joe McGratb, a likely looking lad from Dublin, who wants to try some of the 110-pounders on this side of the water. Peter has been starring with a circus in Ireland and hia work evidently agreed with him, for he is in tine shape, To a Cincinnati Cincin-nati Etiquirer reporter he said: "I am going to stop here for good. I am fond of America and I have an idea I ean regain all I lost the last time and' more too." "Whom do you waut to fight?" "Oh, I'm not particular," he replied. "This man Goddard seems to be the only heavy-weight who is looking for a match. I'd lik to try him." . ' Maher is nursing a much swollen ffiigeron his right hand, and it will be a week or two before he can do. any boxing,v unless the wound heals up quickly- He won 300 on Jim Hall's victory over Pritchard, but lost heavily on Sullivan. "The people of Ireland were much surprised sur-prised and very sorry to hear of John L.'s defeat," Peter went on. "For a day or two you couldn't find a man who would believe that Corbett bad won, and it meant a rap over the head if you tried to argue the case. Sullivan is still as great a favorite there as ever, and he could make a trreat deal of money by takiug his play to Irelind." He has lost his old manager, Billy Madden, for that enterprising sport is now devoting his time to Joe Godaard's iuterest. Dave Holland, however, has taken hold of the Irish lad and will do his best to send Peter to the front. Windle's e w Itecords. W. "W. Windle rode five miles against time at Hampden park, Springfield, a short time ago, breaking the three, four and five-mile records. Thy time was 11:41, the best previous previ-ous record, 12 2-5, having been made on the same track September S by A. A. Zimmerman. Zimmer-man. Windle was paced by Dornge, Murphy and Campbell, riding a triplet tandem, aud by George C. Smith, F. A. Nelson, C. T. Ne'son, Harry Arnold and C. F. Martin. The nace was keDt verv sttadv and Windle finished Etrong, running away from his pacemaker at the last quarter. The miles were made in 2:21 3-5, 4:40 2-5, 7:04 3-5, 9:26 3-5, 11:41. Zimmerman's miles were 2:20 4-5, 4:43 2-6, 7:15 4-5, 9:41, 12:00 2-5. Tho timers were C. T. Sheen, C. E. Whipple and James M. Bryan. The track was in magnificent mag-nificent condition and the weather perfect. The pacing was well managed, and Wiudle went like a machine from beginning to end, and seemed hardly out of breath when he dismounted. Sporting: Splinters. Rodenbaugh's pole vaulting record of 11 feet b inches has been accepted by the Amateur Athletic union. It is reported at Newmarket that Mr. Abingdon, the horse owner, has secured the services of the jockey Watts for 20,000 sterling. As Jack McAuliffe will take no notice of the English pugilist, Harry Creten's Hite Peckham says that he will fight the latter for 1 1000 a side. Johnny Griffin, seeing that Dixon will not fight him at 122 pounds, the men to weigh in at 3 o'clock the day of the cor test now offers to split the difference and fight at 120 pounds, and weigh in at the same hour, for a stake of $10,000 or more. David Kesmith, the champion long-distance rider of the Toronto Bicycle club, recently re-cently established a track record for 100 miles. He covered the distance in 5 hours, 82 minutes and 9 1-5 seconds, resting for 14 minutes at the eighty-third mile, owing to stiffness. President Noel of the Olympic club of New Orleans has stated definitely that the club will not offer a purse for Joe Goddard and Peter Jackson. They will, however, offer inducements for Jim Corbett and Charley Mitchell, or Jim Hall and Bob Fitzsiminons, to fight before the club. A capital example of ancient vigor is the brown gelding Jack Spratt He was foaled in 1S75, and is by Tom Patchen. He made his record of 2-23 in 1S8S at Lewiston, Me., and on September 9, 1892, he reduced it in the first heat of the free-for-all to2:22. Another wonderfully well-preserved animal is the veteran bay erelding Harry Mills, by Sweepstakes, dam Taglioni, by Eureka. He is 17 years old and made a record of 2:25 at Waverly, N. J., in 18S4. L. H. Hurd recently re-cently drove theold fellow a mile in 2:26. Kew n corporation. Articles of incorporation of the' Heesch-Davies Heesch-Davies Sanitary company were filed today with Secretary Sells. The purpose and object ob-ject of this company is the establishing of a mercantile, manufacturing and mechanical business in dealing in hardware, plumbing, etc. The capital stock is $25,000, divided into 2500 shares of a par value of $10 each. The stock is divided as follows: John C Heesch 1250 shares, John Davies 300, Henry B. Davies 560, Fred B. Nelson aiO, Edward I H. Rush 50 and Wiliiain II. Trevorrou 50. The otbeers ef the company are: John C. Heesch, president and treasurer; Henry B. Davies, vice-president; John Davies, secretary. secre-tary. The main office of the company is in Salt Lake. |