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Show THE SPORTING WORLD. WILSON WANTS TO MATCH WILLIAMS AGAINST TCRNEK IN NOVEMBER. It is Likely That the California Club wilt Accept the Proposition Goddard to Fight Billy Smith. Delancy Wilson, Jim Williams manager, has made a 6quare proposition to the California Cali-fornia club to arrange another match between be-tween Williams and Turner in November, and the probabilities are that it will be accepted. ac-cepted. Williams i3 not now confined to his bed, although quite weak, and will be able to be around in a few days. Goddard and Smith to Fight. Joe Goddard, who defeated Joe McAuliffe recently, has succeeded in getting on a fight with Billy Smith of 'Frisco. The Australian agrees to best Smith in ten rounds for a purse of $1250, and the contest is set for August 2nd. Sporting Splinters. An effort is being made to have the Dixon-Skelly Dixon-Skelly fight brought off: before the Olympic club on September 6. Duncan B. Harrison, Sullivan's late acting partner, says that John L. is a wreck anil that Corbett will punch holes through him in two rounds. The Pacific club of San Francisco is trying try-ing to match Jim Burge, the Australian, and Mike Daly, the Bangor, Me., pugilist. Burge is 88 years old, but is still a rough customer, with little science but an ability to punish that is said to be wonderful. Pete McCoy, who defeated Dune McDonald, McDon-ald, the Salt Lake pugilist, is thinking of re-entering the ring. The backer of Jim Butler, ex-amateur middle weight, want to match the latter against McCoy at 145 pounds, -which Pete considers very easy. Ernest Roeber, the German, and Appollon, the French wrestler, met in New York on Saturday night. The Frenchman took the first bout in 5 minutes and 47 seconds. Roeber Roe-ber won the second in 5 minutes and 6 seconds. sec-onds. After two minutes resting, Appollon ran off the stage, to the great chagrin of his ! admirers, claiming that his side had been hurt, thus giying Koeber the championship, the $2000 purse and the gate receipts. A.A.Zimmerman, the champion bicycle rider of the New York Athletic club, arrived ar-rived in New Y'ork on the steamer Fuerst Bismarck Satuday. A large party of his admirers went down to the bay to welcome home the clever athlete. Zimmerman has been astonishing the old world for several weeks past by his remarkable performances on the bicycle. Climatic changes did not agree with him at the start, and his early efforts in England did not arouse much en- thusiasm. He soon regained form, however, and has been smashing records and filling the eyes of English bycicle riders with dust and defeat. He brings back many handsome souvenirs and trophies. Tenny, the game little swayback who held such 'a warm spot in the affections of the public only a few years ago, was a starter in the opening event at Monmouth Park Saturday. Satur-day. He was applauded when he left the paddock. It was plain to be seen, however, that Tenny is not the horse he recently was. In the race he was last. He showed some of his old-time speed, however, by leading for half a mile. Kingston, the brown whirlwind, whirl-wind, won in easy style. He was a prohibitive prohib-itive favorite at odds of 1 to 3. |