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Show MAHER'S CHANCES. Bantam Thinks He Will Defeat Joe Goddard. UNCERTAINTY AT HARVARD EIow the Cambridge Men Will Line Up Against Vale on Thanksgiving lay The Victory of audaar and Hosmcr Over II an Ian and O'Con- nor Judge Collins' Ieeiion The Latent Sportlag 3We was. Feter Maher was unfortunate in having been run up against so clever a man as Robert Rob-ert Filzslmmons so early in his fighting ca- To that portion which is along the back stretch the admission Is 4 cents; the next hi;tier is 20 cents; then to a fairly desirable portion quite near the finislf the admission is 40 cents, which with the seata is 60 cents, while to the quarter stretch the admission is 51.- Carriages are $1 extra, two-horse teams $2 and four-horse teams $3. Much more interest in-terest is taken in the trotting races there than in some of our. American cities, and as ' a rule the contests are quite well attended. There are uow many well bred and fast American trotters owned in Italy, and the number is constantly increasiuer. Judge Collins' decision in the Garfield park case, in which he declared that the law per-mittinz per-mittinz pool-selling within enclosures where races were being held was unconstitutional, does not appear to have alarmed Chicago turfmen to any great extent, although it ! would seem to place all racing In Illinois in Jeopardy. "I do not believe the decision is going to stop raciur," said Mr. Corrigan. "It is merely one of many that have been made on this subject. You see the courts are a good deal like horse races. Yon never can tell what they are going to do. Ona dsy one court will decide one thing, and the next day another court will decide that it ia not right. Therefore we cannot afford to lay our plans la accordance with any one decision." deci-sion." ' Secretary BrewBier of the Washington Washing-ton park and others are about of the same opinion as Mr. Corrigan. recr, says Bantam. If the money-hunting Madden bad bided a wee, as tbe Scotch say, he might have had Maher presented with a crown. But sweet William's heart ached for the "stuff;" he was out for it, and in his Indecent haste he got the imported Galway man a licking by the Kangaroo second only to that which the Yankees got at the first Bull Run. But Peter hasn't yet given up hope of coming to the front. He has matched himself against big Joe Goddard; God-dard; tho Australian, and he ia very confident of winning a big victory. It may sound odd to say that I expect Maher to astonish not only Goddard, bat all those people who think him not game. I saw Peter give up his fleht with Bob Fitzsimmons, and I am free to say that I didn't blame him one bit for so doing. He was receiver in general in that fight, and could' I hit his opponent any more than Sullivan Sul-livan could hit CorbeU, and while he didn't tight the determined battlo which marked the champion's last ring appearance, he was wise in admitting his inability and giving the Australian his due when he did. Maher's chances against the Barrier rusher rush-er are, to my way of thinking, indeed bright, and, while some persons may wonder at such a statement, an examination of the fighting styles of Fitzsimmon and Goddard will at once show that it Is much easier to land blows on a heavyweight than it is on the nimble-footed middleweight. You can't lick a man whom you can't hit. Maher couldn't hit Fitzsimmons, hence he didn't win. Goddard, God-dard, being a much less aclenced man, will be much easier to land on, and the men on whom Peter's Pe-ter's fists have found a landing have k'tied the dust in great shape. Lambert, Joe Godfrey, Jack Fallon and Jim Daly have all bsen downed by the invading Irishman, and the last of the named quartette quar-tette is at least a; good man, and one who has these many diva been willing to engage, tbe Australian mifidle-welbt champion lp a natlcufung match. If Joe Goddard was thumned around by Joe Bntler, a man almost wholfy unknown, in the nam of St. .Anthony, why can't Maher do likewise? I , tliluk Msher is a Quicker man than his com. ing opponent. ad there's another reason why he should hure a chance to win. Uncertainty at Harvard. The Harvard football eleven bas been changed eo frequently within the last eleven days that it is almost Impossible to tell what the positions of the men will be in the Tale game, but tbr. most probable arrangement seems to be: Emmons and Hallowell, ends; Upton and Newell, tackles; Water and Acton, guards; Mackie, center; Trafford, quarterback: Lake, Gray or Lee, halfbacks; Corbett, fullback. An attempt will be made to use Lewis, the center on last year's Amherst ceater, but since he wss changed from center to tackle he has not played in any Important games, and it begins to look now as though Lewis might not play on the team at all. Tbe game with Amherst, however, how-ever, has considerably disturbed the auiet of eoachers, arid another shaking up may be expected in a, 'few days. For the last week the candidates have practiced on the soldiers' field, so called, where a high fence has been erected to keep out all curious persons. No one but the players and eoachers are allowed on the grounds. The team thus far has shown a fairly strong defense and opposing elevens h found the center particularly. Theg' J also well cared for, and Newell ls. tackle as one could wish fpM and Lewis are having a 'a'fRi tfr ifW other tackle. Two wecejsir' St) VtT ounced that Lake, the ru4r Jr Al, was so seriously injured thafTKej.V' IT not be able to play again tills year. l(c I tf9- rtrsved so ranidlv. however, that fiv Jk t J, pectod en the field again ln-aejtfdX1 Young Gray Is likely to be the other iqi-1 back. Captain Trafford has. notMhSjfrJ been a great success at quarter-biy:k. tTSsM so slow that h can hsrdly get oiapbtj own way. Corbett at full-back is fully quT to Trafford in that position. .' - The critics say that Harvard baa.flt iftfc best chance in the world of defeaifffg Yale this year. Only a marked and radical intr. provement during tho next two weeks ctn put the Cambridge men in the contest. The Oarsmen. " , Speaking of ttie great victory of Gaudaur and Hosmer, an Eastern writer says: "Edward Hanlan and .William O'Connor , have been dethroned from their prouya positions of champion double scullers Of tlrV world by Jake Gaudaur and George Hosmer:a It was an unexpected defeat for the Twron-tonians, Twron-tonians, but a well-earned victory for thetr rival scullers. Gaudaur, It is rumored, will visit this city some time this winter, When he will endeavor to make a match with O'Connor. O'Con-nor. Hanlan or Teemer, to bo rowed on lake Pontchartrain. Jake Gandaur's races with Teemer, Hanlan aid others gave him a nattonai reputation repu-tation long ago and made him feared, as well as respected, by the scullers of the world. If I am not much mistaken, Qau-daur Qau-daur forced Mr. St. John ot Bt. Louis to abandon him financially, from which time he has slowly but surely continued unnoticed unno-ticed in tho aquatic world. His and lios-mer's lios-mer's late victory, however, may prompt him to get on a race with some of his old rivals. If such ab eveat should occur, it would attract a widespread interest. Say, for instance, if H&nlan and Gaudaur would meet in a single scull race, tho world of sporting men would be delighted, and many would come to see the match. Sporttna; Splinters. - Papa Corbett ' has gone to New Tork to visit Jim. English turfmen are excited over the prospects of a match between tho Duka of Westminster's colt Orme and Baron Hirsch's filly La Fleche. If made, the match will bo for 50,000 a side. Some one has recently been figuring out what the price of admission to the trotting races in Italy would amount to in dollars and cents. The different sections of the grounds there sre divided oil and classified classi-fied much more than anywhere in America. |